Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Students work in the café of the Scandling Campus Center.

Starry skies above the Richard S. Perkin Observatory. Completed in 2016, the Perkin Observatory is a nearly 1,000-square-foot teaching and outreach facility that provides students with opportunities to observe and photograph astronomical objects trillions of miles from Earth.

James Cooper '17 works in a lab in Rosenberg Hall. A biochemistry major and philosophy minor, Cooper recently completed an Honors project in the field of immunology under the guidance of Professor of Biology Sigrid Carle

Joshua Martin '18 (left) and Jedidiah Collins '18 present research from their abroad experience in Japan titled, Ramen: Regionalism and Preparedness, at the Student Research Symposium in the Vandervort Room.

Samantha Shaffner '17 wards off a group of dragons during HWS Theatre's production of She Kills Monsters in the McDonald Theatre.

Geoscience students conducting summer research on campus join Professor of Environmental Studies John Halfman aboard the William Scandling research vessel.

Students return home to the house of the Amigos de Lago Atitlán in Santa Catarina Palopó, on the banks of Lake Atitlán in Guatemala.

Led by Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sociology Christopher Annear (back, center), HWS students studying abroad in Vietnam pose for a photo with a local monk in front of the Theravada Buddhist Temple in Can Tho.

Associate Professor of History Lisa Yoshikawa speaks with students during The Asia Pacific Wars in Trinity Hall.

Students on the Ecuador and Peru study abroad program pose for a photo during a visit to Quito, Ecuador. The program is being led by Professor of Economics Scott McKinney.

Ryan Montbleau '19, Sarah Walters '19, Soren Anders-Macleod '18 and Elleanor Smith '18 gather for a photo in Nuremberg City Hall during a reception honoring the 70th anniversary of the international war crimes trial proceedings. The four are leaders of the HWS Human Right and Genocide Symposium and went to Nuremberg with Associate Professor of Religious Studies Richard Salter 86, P15 to attend the 10th International Humanitarian Law Dialogs.

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

A group of 13 HWS students studied abroad to Havana, Cuba for a three week trip this summer to learn about Cuban history and culture. Here, the group poses with the Cuban flag on the Malecón in Vedado.

Students in Visiting Assistant Professor Kirby Benjamins Adaptive Re-Use Advanced Architecture Studio sit below their design project that was on display in Houghton House.

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

In Warren Hunting Smith Library, Gabrielle Eure 17 works on a project for her class Introduction to Architectural Design II with Assistant Professor of Art and Architecture Jeffrey Blankenship.