Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Elizabeth Dunne 19 poses a question following a Presidents Forum with Dan Boysen 11 addressing local, state and federal issues around gun safety.

In the Seneca Room, President Mark D. Gearan and Executive Director of the New York Six Consortium Amy Doonan Cronin gather with representatives from the NY6 which includes HWS, St. Lawrence, Union, Colgate, Hamilton and Skidmore for the 2016 Academic Support Services Summit.

TJ Adams '18 talks to students during Hobart football's annual visit to Happiness House. Throughout the academic year football players visit Happiness House to assist teachers and meet with students.

Austin Letorney '17 leads prospective students and their families on a campus tour.

Premilla Nadasen, an associate professor of history at Barnard College, gives the lecture, Labor of Love: Social Reproduction and the Politics of Care as part of the Fisher Center Lecture Series on Wednesday. The 2016-17 theme is No Place Like Home.

During her Fisher Center lecture, Premilla Nadasen, a scholar-activist, examined the concept of the caring economy, which has often been used to describe the labor of social reproduction both paid and unpaid labor in the home.

During his Presidents Forum address, Curry quoted the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., saying We shall learn to live together as brothers and sisters or perish together as fools. Curry added: But be not dismayed. Do not give up. The choice is actually ours. The fates have not determined it. We can choose chaos or community. And Im here, and youre here, because weve chosen community.

Student experiments are underway in Microbiology with Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Amara Dunn.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies Craig Talmage discusses project ideas with students during Social Innovation for the Entrepreneur in Coxe Hall.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Amara Dunn talks to students in a Microbiology lab in Eaton Hall. On Wednesday, students conducted the experiments they designed over the course of the semester.

Sunrise over Seneca Lake.

President Mark D. Gearan joins students for an Election Day discussion on Tuesday during Modern American Conservatism with Professor of Political Science Iva Deutchman.

Professor of Art and Architecture Nick Ruth gives feedback to students in Color and Composition outside the Katherine D. Elliott '66 Studio Arts Center.

In recognition of his lifetime dedicated to serving others, Michael B. Curry 75, the 27th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, was bestowed the Hobart Medal of Excellence on Friday during a ceremony coinciding with a Presidents Forum. Curry (center) stands with Trustee Dr. Jeremy Cushman 96, immediate past president of the Hobart Alumni Association; President Mark D. Gearan; Hobart Dean Eugen Baer P95, P97; and Jared Weeden 91, assistant vice president for advancement and director of alumni relations.

President Mark D. Gearan looks on as The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry 75 delivers a Presidents Forum address coinciding with his Medal of Excellence ceremony. A former member of the HWS Board of Trustees, Curry gave an engaging talk in the Vandervort Room that received a standing ovation.

Ellie Cook 18 and Rachel Evans 18 study outside Demarest Hall on Thursday afternoon.