Hobart and William Smith Colleges

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.

Members of the HWS community watch the National Science Foundation press conference in Washington, D.C. as the founding scientists of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) Science Collaboration share the first results of their discovery.

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.

In his Lansing Hall lab, Associate Professor of Physics Steven Penn welds the suspension of a coating sample to a mirror that he is researching for the next generation of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory. Penn pioneered the use of fused silica for LIGO.

Meghan Moore '18 and Elizabeth McCabe '18 find a quiet place to study in the Warren Hunting Smith Library on Wednesday afternoon.

Hobart lacrosse coach Greg Raymond addresses students and alums during a kickoff event for the 2016 season at the New York Athletic Club.

Laurel Brown '18 protects the goal during a game against Sacred Heart. Brown was named to D3hockey.com National Team of the Week.

Cecelia Foley '18, Alex Cirra '17 and Hannah Fricke '18 enjoy cotton candy in the Scandling Campus Center. The event was sponsored by Student Activities.

Shantel Carrasco '16, Ashley Bermingham '17, Alexandra Carter-Huffman '18, Kat Barry '16 and Egan Morales '17 stand before Niagara Falls on the U.S. side after attending the Lake Ontario Visionary Establishment conference with Institutional Research Officer Ron Gerrard.

Maggie Salmon '18 stops a shot from an Oswego State player on Sunday night.

While studying abroad in France, Maddie Popp '17, Marjorye Santos '17, Danny Corren '17, Josh Weinstein '17 and Malorie Maher '17 pose for a photo in front of the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Erin Lichter '17 takes a photo of Allie Rubin '17, Katie Winovich '17, Brittany Coburn '17, Hallie Weiss '18 and Isa Akerfeldt-Howard '18 as they toss coins into the Trevi Fountain while exploring Rome, Italy.

Rebecca Begley '18 moves the puck down the ice as the Herons take on the Lakers in the Cooler on Sunday night.

The Hobart club team defeated Skidmore 10-3 in the Cooler on Saturday afternoon.