Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Associate Professor of Physics Steven Penn shares news with the campus community on his research that has detected gravitational waves. Penn is a member of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) Research Project, funded by the National Science Foundation.

Haley Okun '18, Harry Simbliaris '17, Gabrielle Aulwes Zola '18, Kristina Weston '17 and Audrey Bates '17 launch a kite with an attached weather station at Seneca Lake State Park during a class with Assistant Professor of Geoscience David Finkelstein.

Virginia DeWees '16 and Professor of Education Jim MaKinster meet in Merritt Hall to discuss DeWees’ Honors work on diversity in private schools.

Drew Ritter '17, Kat Coughlin '16 and Molly Naef '16 present during Associate Professor of Biology Meghan Brown's Aquatic Biology class about how nutrient pollution alters carbon cycling and harms forest stream communities.

Assistant Professor of Geoscience David Finkelstein (center) assists Connor Cough '16, John Hoeller '16 and Yukun Yang '18 as they launch a weather station to collect data as part of a hydrogeology class.

In Deming Theatre, Professor of Dance Donna Davenport creates new choreography for “We Are They,” an upcoming piece that will appear in the Faculty Dance Concert.

Haipeng Lin '18 works on seeing and creating measured color interactions during the class Color and Composition with Professor of Art and Architecture Michael Bogin P’04 in the Katherine D. Elliott '66 Studio Arts Center.

Professor of Art and Architecture Michael Bogin P’04 works with Thomas Reny '18 during the class Color and Composition in the Katherine D. Elliott '66 Studio Arts Center.

The plaque dedicating the Melly Lobby is adorned with a purple and green bow to celebrate the official opening of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

Light snow settles on Houghton House, home to the Colleges' Art Department. Through Feb. 26, The Davis Gallery on the first floor will feature the exhibition “Chromatherapy” by Patrick Ryoichi Nagatani.

Director of Introductory Biology Laboratories Susan Flanders Cushman ’98 speaks with students during lab in Eaton Hall.

Rio Schmidt '16 and Katie Kaftan '16 bevel the edges of pieces of Plexiglas before drawing on them with printmaking ink to create a unique print during Professor of Art and Architecture Nick Ruth's class Intaglio Printmaking.

Professor of Art and Architecture Nick Ruth explains monotype printmaking to Ema Johnson '16 during his class Intaglio Printmaking.

Chair Emeritus of the Board of Trustees L. Thomas Melly '52, L.H.D. '02 speaks during opening remarks during Saturday's ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The HWS community gathers in Gearan Center on Saturday for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Chair of the Board of Trustees Maureen Collins Zupan ’72, P’09 welcomes members of the HWS community to the ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house at the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday afternoon.