Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Fernando Banales Mejia '17 and Professor of Chemistry Erin Pelkey create dry ice by compressing carbon dioxide into a solid.

Sarah Benyo '18, Natalie Booth '18 and Meghan Cloutier '19 extract and sequence genomes of the milkweed family as part of Assistant Professor of Biology Shannon Straub's summer research group.

On the Quad, members of the Nancy Curvin Playground Players plan for their upcoming summer production of “The Soldier and the Tinderbox.” The public performance will be held on July 13 at the Lakefront Gazebo.

President Mark D. Gearan joins a group of alumni and alumnae for a photo during an HWS summer gathering in Cohasset, Mass., hosted by William '90 and Melissa Tierney P'20.

Alums and friends of the Colleges gather for a photo during Sunday's HWS at the Orioles event.

On behalf of Hobart and William Smith, Chair of the Board of Trustees Thomas S. Bozzuto ’68 throws out the first pitch at Sunday's Orioles game at Camden Yards. The Day at the Orioles was hosted by Edward '86 and Robin Savits '87 Cooper P'16.

Subin Nepal '15, Georgia Baker '15​ and Chris Gorman '17 meet up in London, England to watch the Wimbledon Finals.

Marjorie Kulesa P'93, P'04, Kathleen Lucchesi P'20 and Jenn Kulesa-Kast '93 stop for a photo during the summer alumni and alumnae gathering in Westhampton, N.Y.

HWS Trustee Thomas B. Poole ’61, P’91, L.H.D. ’06 speaks during a summer alumni and alumnae gathering in Westhampton, N.Y., hosted by Poole and his wife Mary Jane Poole P'91.

The sun illuminates the Rosenberg Hall atrium on Wednesday afternoon.

Construction begins on the Colleges' new solar farms. Once completed, the combined arrays will provide five megawatts of power, the largest solar installation at any institution of higher education in New York State.

Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies Thomas Drennen checks out the construction project at the Colleges’ new solar farm. The two arrays will deliver 50 percent of the Colleges' power through renewable energy while providing new hands-on curricular opportunities for students.

Noland Michels '17 and Sara Volo '17 hold a fishing net filled with Round Goby on Cayuga Lake as part of their summer research positions with the Finger Lakes Institute.

Members of the Geneva community and the Colleges gather in Geneva’s Bicentennial Park to memorialize the victims of the attacks at an Orlando nightclub over the weekend.

Amy Hickey ’97 addresses community members, including Chaplain Maurice Charles, on Tuesday night at an event to honor the victims of the attacks at an Orlando nightclub last weekend. Hickey is the executive director of the LGBTQ Center of the Finger Lakes.

Tuesday night's sunset from under the docks of Bozzuto Boathouse.