Hobart and William Smith Colleges

In this edition of This Week In Photos, we feature the top picks of Chief Photographer Kevin Colton, who recently received the National Gold Award in Photography from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. In the 2015 photo above, the moon rises over the cupola on top of Coxe Hall.

Led by Associate Professor of Biology Meghan Brown, students observe plankton while aboard the William Scandling in 2010. The project can only be done in pitch black when plankton are most active.

In 2009, Colton took this photo of Bob Taylor '10 banding a puffin while interning with Project Puffin, a project of The National Audubon Society to restore puffins to historic nesting islands in the Gulf of Maine.

In 2007, a bear cub was spotted near the pole barn on St. Clair Street. Chief Photographer Kevin Colton was able to get a few photos as members of Campus Security, Geneva Police Department and the Department of Environmental Conservation monitored the bear's movements.

Professor of Physics Donald Spector uses lasers to illuminate the path of a stream of water as part of an experiment with fiber optics in 2008.

In 2014, Assistant Professor of Physics Leslie Hebb poses for a photo while observing the Milky Way from the Quad.

Professor of Biology Mark Deutschlander releases a Northern (Baltimore) Oriole at Braddock Bay Bird Observatory in Greece, N.Y. in 2009.

In 2016, Assistant Professor of Architectural Studies Gabriella D’Angelo instructs students on how to use AutoCAD to transfer their hand drawn designs to the computer.

The stages of the 2016 Lunar Eclipse viewed from the Geneva Lakefront. The image was created by layering photos taken at 15 minute intervals as the moon crossed the sky.

Students march silently across campus as part of the 2016 Black Lives Matter candlelight vigil.

The President’s Garage Band performs for students in Bristol Field House during the President’s Ball in 2017.

Students enjoy beautiful skies and fall weather on the Quad in 2014.

A half moon shines above St. Mark's Tower in 2016.

Members of the Kate Weare Dance Company perform in the Deming Theatre in 2016.

Sunlight breaks through the trees on William Smith Hill in 2016.

Students take a water sample from Flint Creek in Canandaigua, N.Y., in 2008.

A student relaxes on the Quad after watching the sunrise in 2008.

Tent lights illuminate the Quad during the 2016 Pre-Orientation Adventure Program campout on the Quad.

Emily Rogowski ’12 reads a book on the porch of Hope House in 2009.

Silhouettes dance onstage during the performance of XII choreographed by Tanina Urbanski '17 during Koshare 2016.

Fireworks fill the sky over Gearan Center for the Performing Arts during the Senior Barbecue for the Classes of 2016.

Shards of ice surround Bozzuto Boathouse on a chilly December night in 2015.

Sunset over the Katherine D. Elliott '66 Studio Arts Center in 2016.

Dr. James Fingeroth '78 performs a hip replacement on a german shepherd at his general practice in Rochester, N.Y., in 2008.

Before drone photography, cameras were attached to sailboat masts for a prime view of the HWS sailing team while practicing on Seneca Lake in 2010.

Hobart Head Football Coach Mike Cragg P’13 celebrates after a touchdown in 2014.

In 2010, members of the William Smith soccer team shower Head Coach Aliceann Wilbur P’12 with Gatorade in celebration of her 400th win.

After a 13-3 win against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Boswell Field, the Herons were ranked No. 1 in Division III women's lacrosse in US Lacrosse Magazine in 2017.

Michael Moulton ’12 collides with the goalie during Hobart's game against the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2011.

Jeff Colburn '09 attempts a diving shot on goal in 2009.

Kaileigh Fowler ’12 dives off the three-meter board in 2011.

The William Smith rowing team traverses Seneca Lake at sunset in 2016.

A rainbow stretches over Seneca Lake in 2010. The photo was taken from the benches on South Main Street.

The waterfall at Rainbow Falls in Watkins Glen in 2012.

In 2016, a lone fisherman stands on the Geneva Pier during the rise of the Supermoon.

In December 2014, high winds blow water on the ropes at the pier in Watkins Glen.

The Prince of Wales Hotel sits nestled in the mountains of Waterton National Park in Alberta, Canada, in 2016.

A Great Blue Heron looks out over the Montezuma Wildlife Refuge in Seneca Falls, N.Y. in 2017

Waves crash against rocks at the North Shore in Waialua, Hawaii in 2017.

The Colorado River cuts through Horseshoe Bend in Page, Arizona in 2010.

In Iceland, stormy skies are caught with black sand beaches in 2017.