Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Mark Pitifer '18 deals blackjack to local community members during the Geneva Scholarship Associates’ Casino Night event in the Vandervort Room of the Scandling Campus Center.

Geneva Scholarship Associates (GSA) President Sarah Heieck '97 welcomes HWS and Geneva community members to the annual GSA Casino Night event in the Vandervort Room.

Edison Cabrera '17 and Maria Arias '17 enjoy the Latin music performed live by the band Calle Ocheo during the Latin American Organization's Havana Nights event in the Barn.

Julia Serin '20 and Max Brodheim '20 learn to make Rugelach during the “Jewish Cooking 101” event at the Abbe Center for Jewish Life.

Members of the HWS Geoscience Club visit Taughannock Falls in Ulysses, N.Y., one of tallest waterfalls in the Northeast.

Keirys Pena '17 and Genesis Gonzalez '17 pose for a photo during the Latin American Organization's Havana Nights event.

President Mark D. Gearan looks on as Retired Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) delivers his lecture to a standing room only crowd: “Looking Forward: The ADA, Election, and You.

Retired Senator Tom Harkin chats with students and President Mark D. Gearan during lunch in Saga Dining Hall.

On Saturday, President Mark D. Gearan offers his analysis of the presidential election to first-year students as part of the annual first-year learning community trip to Washington, D.C. Accompanying him was his daughter, Madeleine Gearan, who spoke about the power of internships and her career in D.C. working for Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA).

Retired Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) – who created and championed The Americans with Disabilities Act – offers insight into his public service work and his reflections on the past, present and future of American politics during Monday's President's Forum in the Vandervort Room.

Anthony Vodacek, professor of digital imaging and remote sensing laboratory at Rochester Institute of Technology, discusses the process of monitoring cyanobacteria with remote sensing during the Finger Lakes Institute's Fall Aquatic Seminar Series.

Sunlight breaks through the trees on William Smith Hill.

Assistant Professor of Economics Warren Hamilton stands with HWS students who competed in the Early Leader Case Competition hosted by the Simon Business School at the University of Rochester. HWS students led their teams to finish in first, second and third place during the weekend event.

Associate Director of Admissions Claire Criniti ’13 leads parents of prospective students on a tour of campus.

Completed earlier in 2016, the Richard S. Perkin Observatory is a nearly 1,000-square-foot teaching facility that provides students with opportunities to observe and photograph astronomical objects trillions of miles from Earth. The building sits adjacent to the Katherine D. Elliott Studio Arts Center.

The critically acclaimed Irrera Brothers perform in Froelich Hall of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.