Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Amy Torea ’85, P’19 poses for a photo with Wells College President Jonathan Gibralter at Wells’ Presidential Inauguration. Torea attended as the delegate for Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Eva Gurian ’19 keeps pace for the Herons on the 6-kilometer course at the Cross Country Only Conference Championship, finishing 10th out of 131 runners. William Smith finished third overall on Saturday.

Kayleigh Buffington '17 works on her Honors research under the mentorship of Associate Professor of Biology Meghan Brown.

Professor of Economics Tom Drennen and students in the Sustainable Living and Learning Community learn how to make cheese in the kitchen of Rees Hall.

Liza Alexakos 20 studies in the L. Thomas Melly 52 Lobby for her First-Year Seminar taught by Professor of Education Pat Collins.

Emmy award-winning 60 Minutes correspondent and Trustee Bill Whitaker 73, L.H.D. 97 discusses his experiences at Hobart and William Smith and the work necessary to advance the Colleges.

Student Trustees Zachary Grattan 17, Sydney Gomez 17, Brianna Moore 18 and Tyler Fuller 18 join President Mark D. Gearan (center) for an HWS TED Talk about the future of higher education in Froelich Hall of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

Carved pumpkins await trick-or-treaters on the steps of the President's House. The jack-o-lanterns were carved on Sunday afternoon during a gathering hosted by President Mark D. Gearan and Mary Herlihy Gearan.

Adjunct Professor of History John Marks speaks to students during his Introduction to Historic Preservation class that was held this week at the Geneva Historical Society.

Leslie Colunga '19 completes a diving try during the William Smith club rugby team's game against SUNY Geneseo on Saturday.

Sierramarie Fitzgerald ’18 sidesteps the goalie during the Heron's 7-2 victory over Union College.

Hannah Wood '18 sweeps the ball past a diving Union College goalkeeper during William Smith field hockey's 7-2 win on Friday.

Assistant Professor of Dance Kelly Johnson demonstrates the Ijexa a dance that originated in Nigeria and traveled down to the Caribbean settling in Brazil for students in her Introduction to Jamaican Dance class in the Bartlett Theatre. The students are practicing for their upcoming performance at the Caribbean Student Association's Trip to the Tropics event on Saturday.

Leah Connerty '17 and Madeline Devereaux '17 use optogenetics to trigger neural circuits in the brains of larval fruit flies during class with Professor of Biology James Ryan.

Demarest Hall on a beautiful autumn afternoon.

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Montana State University Wataru Nakagawa discusses a new National Science Foundation research experience for undergraduates. Nakagawa's research group will focus on the design, fabrication, characterizations and applications of novel optical devices based on nano-structures in silicon and other materials.​