Hobart and William Smith Colleges

The Bartlett Theatre is transformed for the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts opening weekend celebration dinner on Friday.

Known for her scholarly work on male and white privilege, Peggy McIntosh answers questions from students who filled the Vandervort Room on Wednesday.

Feminist and anti-racism activist Peggy McIntosh discusses the campus climate with students in the Office of Intercultural Affairs on Tuesday.

Joy Gitter '16 introduces noted scholar, feminist and anti-racism activist Peggy McIntosh prior to McIntosh's talk, Understanding Privilege Systems: The Surprising Journey.

Before a standing-room only crowd, noted scholar Peggy McIntosh explains the development of her best known article, White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.

Members of the HWS community take part in a movement workshop in the Dance Studio, a gift of Rita Goldstein Ashton P'04, P'07. The exercise was led by Professor of Dance Cynthia Williams as part of the opening celebrations on Saturday.

Assistant Professor of Music Mark Olivieri directs the jazz ensemble during an open rehearsal in the Hilayama-Williams Family Ensemble Hall of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts. The Hall is named in honor of Nozomi Williams L.H.D. ’14.

Students perform an African dance piece in Deming Theatre during the opening celebrations of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

Members of the platform party celebrate as they cut the ribbon, officially opening the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday afternoon.

Assistant Professor of Music Mark Olivieri plays the grand piano in Bartlett Theatre during the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts celebration dinner on Friday.

Trustee Cynthia Gelsthorpe Fish '82 toasts Chair Emeritus of the Board of Trustees L. Thomas Melly '52, L.H.D. '02 during the celebration dinner.

Chair of the Board of Trustees Maureen Collins Zupan ’72, P’09 welcomes members of the HWS community to the ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house at the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday afternoon.

Assistant Professor of Education Khuram Hussain speaks with students about the concept of privilege.

Associate Professor of Art and Architecture Kirin Makker snapped this photo of HWS students studying abroad in New Zealand.

Professor of Art and Architecture Michael Bogin P’04 works with Thomas Reny '18 during the class Color and Composition in the Katherine D. Elliott '66 Studio Arts Center.

Haipeng Lin '18 works on seeing and creating measured color interactions during the class Color and Composition with Professor of Art and Architecture Michael Bogin P’04 in the Katherine D. Elliott '66 Studio Arts Center.