Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Erika King teaches Graph Theory in Lansing Hall.

Fatima Saravia '16 studies for her class Cancer Biology taught by Professor of Biology Sigrid Carle 84.

Students walk in front of the Scandling Campus Center during the first week of classes.

Professor of Political Science Jodi Dean leads a discussion in her class Introduction to Feminist Theory. Students are learning about feminist theory by focusing on three sites the university, work and culture.They will consider how feminist theory helps them analyze each site, identify problems, propose solutions and formulate strategies for feminist change.

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Kristen Brubaker teaches Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems.

Pierce de Boisblanc '19 finds a quiet place to read in the Warren Hunting Smith Library.

Members of the Geneva community and the Hobart and William Smith community march through downtown Geneva during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. March on Monday.

On the steps of City Hall, members of the Geneva and HWS communities listen to speeches delivered by members of the Martin Luther King Jr. Committee.

Elley Smith 18 and Carolyn Martinez Diaz 19 help clean the Geneva lakefront as part of the Colleges Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. Students volunteered at four sites in Geneva on Monday.

In the Vandervort Room, Jonathan Berhanu, Ph.D. candidate in educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin, opened the sixth annual Leadership Institute with a keynote address titled, From Hope to Action: College Student Activism and the Pursuit of a Just World.

Students, faculty and staff participating in the Leadership Institute pose for group photo in the Vandervort Room of the Scandling Campus Center. More than 100 HWS students and Geneva High School juniors and seniors participated in the three-day leadership conference.

Chaplain Maurice Charles and students participate in Boals Theatre exercises as part of a workshop with social change theatre troupe Mosaic, NY that was held in conjunction with the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service activities.

German Veras '17, Marie Claire Hamet '19 and Sydney Gomez '17 check out the new spaces in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

Morning light reflects off the windows of St. John's Chapel on Tuesday.

Crew members install the sign for the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday afternoon.

The 65,000-square-foot Gearan Center for the Performing Arts brings together music, dance, theatre and media and society in a unified academic space for the first time in HWS history.