Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Matthew Skinner ’17 recently landed a summer internship with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He will be researching domestic and international agricultural policy and investigating the climate change response plans of foreign countries.

Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science John Vaughn P’08 discusses Arduino electronic prototyping platforms with Dominique DeRubeis '18 during Vaughn’s class “Embedded Computing.”

Professor of Media and Society Lester Friedman leads a discussion before a screening of the silent film “The Mark of Zorro.”

In the Blackwell Room, award-winning novelist Jess Row and Associate Professor of English Melanie Conroy-Goldman host a master class in fiction writing titled, “Knowing Your Name, Knowing Mine: An Exercise in Interpersonal Fiction.”

Natalie Young ’18, Luis Figueroa ’18, Mimi Scott ’16 and Presidential Fellow Nick Stewart ’15 perform in McDonald Theatre during a rehearsal for “Twelfth Night,” the inaugural theatre production in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

Snow blankets the campus on Wednesday afternoon.

Rick Yackel ’16, as Sir Toby Belch, is flanked by Isabel Ingram ’19, as Maria, and Mariana Bell ’16, as Fabian, during “Twelfth Night.” The play runs Friday, Feb. 19 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 20 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

Devyn Workman ’15, MAT ’16 plays Duke Orsino and Casey Cady ’18 portrays Viola/Cesario in “Twelfth Night,” Shakespeare's romantic comedy directed by Assistant Professor of Theatre Chris Hatch.

Assistant Professor of English at New York University Sonya Posmentier, presents her talk titled Black Reading: A talk with NYU Critic Sonya Posmentier” in the Hirshson Ballroom as part of the Trias Residency for Writers program.

Jess Row, author of “Your Face in Mine,” reads excerpts from his work in Hirshson Ballroom as part of the Trias Residency for Writers program.

Students discuss the Teacher Education Program with Director of Elementary Education Jennifer Harris at the Soup-er Bowl event in Hirshson Ballroom.

Garrett Janssen ’16 and his Honors adviser, Visiting Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature Vinita Prabhakar, meet in the Blackwell Room to discuss the novel Janssen is writing for his English Honors project.

Afrika Owes '16 and Innis Baah '10 catch up before serving as the keynote speakers during this year’s Rev. Dr. Alger L. Adams ’32 Dinner in the Common Room. The special event is named in honor of Adams, the first African American to graduate from Hobart College. Owes is the current recipient of the Lillian E. Collins Endowed Scholarship Fund.

Director of the Office of Academic Opportunity Programs James Burruto welcomes members of the HWS community to the Alger Adams dinner in the Common Room of the Scandling Campus Center. The event was sponsored by the Office of Academic Opportunity Programs and the Office of Intercultural Affairs.

A group of attendees at the Charity Date Auction gather for a photo in the Vandervort Room.

Hannah Nichols '17, Mary Herlihy Gearan, and Nicole O'Connell '16 pose for a photo following the Caribbean Student Association’s annual Charity Date Auction in the Vandervort Room.