Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Jeremiah Piersante '19 takes a lunch break on the quad with the rest of the student researchers working in the GeoScience Department.

________ takes a shot before the buzzer during the summer carnival festival in hopes to win a large plush toy.

Fresh strawberries like these are always available at farmer's markets around Geneva.

Analyzing these samples of extracted milkweed DNA using spectroscopy will determine if the extraction is a success. This summer, Assistant Professor of Biology Shannon Straub is working with three William Smith students to study the genomic makeup of the milkweed family.

Jada finds a shady spot to relax by Odell's Pond during the dog days of summer.

Back to the lab! This nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) machine is another tool summer research students are using to help identify the structural and chemical composition of synthesized products.

Making the final throw to win a prize at the Geneva summer carnival is never as easy as it looks. Maybe next year, blue gorilla.

Over the bridge and through the reeds, to the Goldstein Family Carriage House we go! This bridge, located in front of the Katherine D. Elliott Studio Arts Center, was designed and built by HWS art and architecture students.

Adding liquid nitrogen to this matrix isolation system keeps it cool during lab work. Students in Assistant Professor of Chemistry Josh Newby’s summer research group are currently using the system to help analyze intermolecular interactions.

Surrounded by wooden bookshelves and stained glass windows, the Blackwell Room located in Demarest Hall is the most peaceful place on campus to study or read a good book.

If swimming isn’t enough, give this a try! Paddle boarding is great way to see a new side of Seneca Lake.

With festivals occurring throughout the summer, there's never a shortage of places to eat great food like these tacos at the Hispanic Festival in Geneva’s Bicentennial Park.

After a morning of picking berries at Tomion's Farm, it’s time to taste the finished product!

Perfect day for a sail on Seneca Lake.

Let’s join geoscience research students for lunch on the Quad. There are several research projects happening this summer in the Geoscience Department, ranging from the study of lake effect snow from the Great Lakes to stationary fronts east of the Rocky Mountains.

Smiles all around after playtime on the Quad.