Hobart and William Smith Colleges

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.

If swimming isnt enough, give this a try! Paddle boarding is great way to see a new side of Seneca Lake.

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.

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.

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.

Angelina Godderz '17 leads HWS community members on a march through campus.

Students gather in front of Scandling Campus Center as part of a student organized campus walkout and open forum about issues surrounding immigration and sanctuary campuses.

Erica McLaughlin '16 speaks to students about careers in marketing during an information session in Stern Hall. McLaughlin currently works for HubSpot, a marketing company located in Boston, Mass.

First organized in 1999 by Gwendolyn Ann Smith in Allston, Mass., HWS Pride Alliance holds a vigil for the 17th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance in memory of Rita Hester, a trans woman of color murdered the year before.

Prominent trans and anti-racist activist Kat Blaque speaks about the white-washing of LGBTQ+ history and the implications it has for activist organizing during True Tea Party in the Geneva Room.

Associate Dean for Global Education Tom D'Agostino looks on during a study abroad information session for first-generation college students in Stern Hall.

Professor Tim McCay from Colgate University presents his research Earthworms in natural environments of the Northeast: The good, the bad, and the ugly as part of the Biology Department Seminar Series in the Sanford Room of Warren Hunting Smith Library.

Stacey Robinson, an artist and educator who creates art based on the history of Black oppression and resistance in America, delivers a talk following the opening of his exhibit Into the AfroFuture at Houghton House.

Mark Curiel 17 views a piece from Into the AfroFuture by Stacey Robinson in the Solarium Gallery in the Davis Gallery at Houghton House.

MacArthur Fellowship winner Claudia Rankine (center) talks to Brandi Taylor '19 and President Mark D. Gearan during the student art exhibit From Slave to Citizen held in the Davis Gallery in Houghton House.