Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Gavin Gross '19 stands in Memorial Park, in Taibei, Taiwan, with Lin-Yu Viola Chen, who served as his Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant on campus.

In the Blackwell Room, students taking “Foundations of Africana Studies” with Visiting Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Elana Jefferson-Tatum present a portion of their final projects during the Africana Studies mini-conference #BlackStudiesMatter.

Taylor Murray ’17, editor of the Herald and President of the HWS Debate Team, interviews Lucy E. Kaylin '81 in The Bartlett. The Editor-in-Chief of O, The Oprah Magazine, Kaylin spent nearly two decades working at the men’s magazine GQ.

Associate Professor of Art and Architecture Kirin Makker snaps a group photo of HWS students studying abroad in New Zealand.

Richie Andes '19 does a flip to celebrate his first day in Wales in front of Llansteffan Castle, a 10th century Norman structure situated at the mouth of the Tywi River.

HWS summer abroad students explore the Pacaya Volcano in Guatemala. The short term summer program was led by Assistant Professor of Psychology Brien Ashdown and Associate Professor of Biology Meghan Brown.

Directed by Assistant Professor of Theatre Chris Woodworth and written by playwright Qui Nguyen, “She Kills Monsters” explores the world of role-playing before the technology boom, through the narration of a geek heroine.

First-year students participating in the Pre-Orientation Adventure Program take to the water near the Seneca Lake Yacht Club for a lesson.

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

HWS Dance alums join together to form a movement choir during the “Dance Alumnae/i Weekend” performance in the Deming Dance Theatre.

Kenan Williams ’17 stands outside City Hall in Geneva, where he spent the summer shadowing City Councilor Mark Gramling.

Students in “Invasion Ecology” traverse a field at Ganondagan State Historic Site where they observe the restoration effort to remove invasive Pale Swallow Wort and return the native grasslands for bird habitat. The class is taught by Associate Professor of Biology Meghan Brown.

Professor of Geoscience John Halfman and Briana “Breezy” Swete '17 show off a camera drone they are using to track blue green algae over the Finger Lakes. A portion of a grant from the Fred L. Emerson Foundation is helping to fund the project.

Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science David J. Eck explains the general structure of an operating system during CPSC 431: Operating Systems.

Yuxi Liu ’18 prepares to test fly moths in a flight tunnel as part of her summer internship at the New York State Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y.

Students enjoy a late summer day as they walk to class in front of Coxe Hall.