Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Welcome to Geneva, the thriving community that is home to Hobart and William Smith Colleges. For This Week in Photos, student photographer Billy Bird ’17 takes you through just a fraction of the local businesses and hot-spots that helped make Geneva an “All-America City in 2015.

A downtown Geneva landmark since 1894, the Smith Opera House is a popular destination for students, faculty, staff and Geneva community members. Each year the Smith hosts numerous events including films, concerts, plays and performances.

Here, Caitlyn Heinz, a pastry chef at Bagels and Cakes, puts the finishing touches on a set of vanilla and chocolate cupcakes.

A stunning look at the sky through a sculpture at Houghton House.

HWS architectural studies students present their landscape design proposals for the new Richard S. Perkin Observatory, 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.

Prevention and Education Coordinator Katheryn Stiffler and Deputy Title IX Coordinator Tremayne Robertson pose for a photo at the Office of Title IX Programs and Compliance, which they join this summer as new members of the staff and HWS community.

Geneva Middle School teacher and freelance artist Jon George leads Art Week for a group of students participating in the 2016 summer Kids College at HWS.

Outside of Smith Hall, Taylor Rugg ’17 discusses her Honors project with Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric Ben Ristow. Rugg’s Honors project explores the effects of war on the individual.

Austin Gallegos '17 works on leadership programming for incoming students as part of his summer internship with the Centennial Center for Leadership.

Kenan Williams ’17 stands outside of City Hall in downtown Geneva where he is spending his summer shadowing City Councilor Mark Gramling.

Houghton House viewed through a sculpture on campus.

Under the guidance of Assistant Professor of Psychology Daniel Graham, Nina Prescott ’17 is spending her summer performing background research, measurements and statistical analysis in order to better understand how people interpret and respond to masks.

Faculty members participate in the inaugural Pop-Up Writing Day organized by the Center for Teaching and Learning on Monday.

Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Montrose Streeter addresses attendees of HWS Campus Safety’s collegiate campus safety supervisor training academy. The gathering was held on campus in late July.

A summer intern for The Bucks County Herald, Juliana Heffern ’17 holds up her first published article on water contamination issues in Pennsylvania.

Shivam Tewari ’18 works on a coding project in the Rosensweig Learning Commons at the Warren Hunting Smith Library. Tewari recently completed a summer internship with Associate Professor of Physics Steven Penn.