Hobart and William Smith Colleges

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.

Snow blankets the campus on Wednesday afternoon.

Assistant Professor of Physics Leslie Hebb poses for a photo with the telescope that will be installed in the new Richard S. Perkin Observatory, a teaching and outreach facility that will provide students with opportunities to observe and photograph objects trillions of miles from Earth.

St. John’s Chapel and Geneva Hall create a picturesque scene as students walk between classes.

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.

Olivia, played by Mimi Scott ’16, is a wealthy countess who becomes entangled in a relationship as part of the romantic comedy’s storyline.

Associate Professor of English Elisabeth Lyon holds a discussion with her class Film Histories II (1930-1950) in Albright Auditorium on Wednesday afternoon.

Students walk past Demarest Hall on Wednesday morning.

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.”

Duncan Lilley ’17 discusses a problem with Susan Tuvell ’16 during the class “Embedded Computing” with Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science John Vaughn P’08.

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.

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.

Professor of Education James MaKinster snapped this photo of Assistant Professor of Education Khuram Hussain in his Merritt Hall office as he prepared for an upcoming class.

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.”

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

The Society for New Music, conducted by Travis Newton, perform during a live screening of the 1920 Douglas Fairbanks' silent film, The Mark of Zorro. The original score accompanying the film was composed by Assistant Professor of Music Mark Olivieri.