Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Project Manager Chris Button and lead architect for Gund Meng Howe Lim stand outside of the newly completed Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

Assistant Professor of Music Mark Olivieri plays the grand piano in Bartlett Theatre during the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts celebration dinner on Friday.

Trustee Cynthia Gelsthorpe Fish '82 toasts Chair Emeritus of the Board of Trustees L. Thomas Melly '52, L.H.D. '02 during the celebration dinner.

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.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Tarah Rowse and Town of Geneva representative Joe Bracko give a tour of the municipal solid waste transfer station for the Town of Geneva to students in the class Sustainable Community Development Methods and Tools taught by Rowse and Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Robin Lewis.

On Thursday afternoon, Merritt Hall is surrounded by snow.

The Bartlett Theatre is transformed for the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts opening weekend celebration dinner on Friday.

Students perform an African dance piece in Deming Theatre during the opening celebrations of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

The Colleges Choral directed by Professor of Music Bob Cowles performs in Froelich Hall on Saturday evening.

Members of Mosaic NY perform in McDonald Theatre during Saturday evening’s celebration in the Gearan Center for Performing Arts.

Members of the platform party celebrate as they cut the ribbon, officially opening the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday afternoon.

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 directs the jazz ensemble during an open rehearsal in the Hilayama-Williams Family Ensemble Hall of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts. The Hall is named in honor of Nozomi Williams L.H.D. ’14.

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

Micaela Loconte '16 and Morgan Onorato '16 study for biology classes in Eaton Hall.

Assistant Professor of American Studies Elizabeth Belanger leads a discussion with students in her class Art, Memory & Cultural Power of Place in Gulick Hall.