Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Associate Professor of History Lisa Yoshikawa speaks with students during The Asia Pacific Wars in Trinity Hall.

Professor of Chemistry Erin Pelkey and Associate Professor of Biology Patricia Mowery look on as Nathanyal Truax ’17 draws a molecular diagram for a bisindole–pyrrolidinone conjugate. Traux is conducting his Honors thesis on this synthesis of indole-containing small molecules with potential anti-cancer activity.

Emily Iuli '17 and Desiree Brown '17 discuss the skeletal system and the unique characteristics of each bone of the human body during Anatomy with Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Brielle Fischman (standing).

Dylan Hedgepeth '17 examines the different types of bones found in the human body during Anatomy with Visting Assistant Professor of Biology Brielle Fischman in Eaton Hall.

Students work in the café of the Scandling Campus Center.

Jerlin Garo '17, Dignauris Garcia '17 and Chris Kniesche '17 study in Napier Hall.

Jedidiah Collins '18 works on an art project in the Katherine D. Elliott '66 Studio Arts Center on Wednesday.

Students walk across the Quad on Monday afternoon.

Novelist Bob Proehl gives a reading from his debut novel, “A Hundred Thousand Worlds, in the Fisher Center on Wednesday.

Plymouth State University Professor of Meteorology Eric Hoffman and Assistant Professor of Geoscience Nick Metz accompany students Peyton Capute '18 and Jeremiah Piersante '18 in presenting their summer research at the American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting.

Students walk to class on a snowy afternoon.

Michael Barlow '11 and President Mark D. Gearan reconnect during the Gearan Farewell celebration in Los Angeles.

President Mark D. Gearan poses for a photo with Eric Lax '66, L.H.D.’93 and his wife Karen Sulzberger in Los Angeles. Lax and Sulzberger hosted the L.A. Gearan Farewell celebration.

Cydney Chibnall '15, Rebecca L. Siegel '15 and Subin Nepal '15 pose for a photo outside of the Tate Modern Art Gallery in London.

Geneva City Manager Matt Horn accepts a check from HWS Colleges President Mark D. Gearan. A recent analysis by the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities said the Colleges’ total economic impact in 2015 was $269.2 million, an increase of about $25 million since 2013.

During break, Professor of History Clifton Hood talks to second graders in a public school in Manhattan about the history of the New York City subway, on which he has written a book. Hood’s most recent publication “In Pursuit of Privilege: A History of New York City’s Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis,” has received significant national and international media attention.