Hobart and William Smith Colleges

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.

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.

Members of the HWS community take part in a movement workshop in the Dance Studio.

Members of the HWS community take part in a movement workshop in the Dance Studio, a gift of Rita Goldstein Ashton P'04, P'07. The exercise was led by Professor of Dance Cynthia Williams as part of the opening celebrations on Saturday.

Assistant Professor of Music Mark Olivieri performs with students in the Hilayama-Williams Family Ensemble Hall.

Assistant Professor of Music Mark Olivieri directs the jazz ensemble in Hilayama Williams Hall, made possible by Nozomi Hilayama Williams L.H.D. ’14.

Assistant Professor of Music Mark Olivieri presents a rose to Nozomi Hilayama Williams L.H.D.'14 after a performance in the Hilayama-Williams Family Ensemble Hall.

Associate Professor of Dance Cadence Whittier and Eric Goldstein lead a group in the Dance Rehearsal Studio, a gift of Rita Goldstein Ashton P'04, P'07, the sister of Eric Goldstein.

Former Trustee Richard K. Abbe '92, P’19 and his daughter, Samantha Abbe '19, speak with attendees at the Opening Weekend festivities.

Sigma Chi alumni and current brothers serenade Chair of the Board of Trustees Maureen Collins Zupan '72, P'09 with the Sigma Chi Sweetheart song.

Students and alums take a photo on Stine Terrace.

President Mark D. Gearan, Chair of the Board of Trustees Maureen Collins Zupan '72, P'09, Trustee Thomas B. Poole '61, P'91, L.H.D. '08, Trustee Carolyn Carr McGuire, Trustee Katherine D. Elliott '66, L.H.D. '08, Vice Chair of the Board Andrew McMaster '74 P'09 and Trustee Craig Stevens '85 on the central stairwell of the Gearan Center.

President Mark. D Gearan, Mary Herlihy Gearan and their daughters Kathleen and Madeleine pose in front of the donor plaque in the atrium of the Gearan Center.

Lights illuminate a tree in front of Williams Hall.

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.