Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Members of the William Smith basketball team participate in a face painting activity during the Kids Night Out at the Geneva Community Center. Kids Night Out runs in conjunction with Geneva Night Out, an event on the first Friday of each month in which downtown businesses and restaurants offer special entertainment and art.

Community members at the YMCA in Geneva receive some one-on-one coaching during a basketball clinic hosted by the William Smith basketball team.

Allison Wilcox '16 and Nathanyal Truax '17 measure how much a molecule rotates in a solution during an advanced lab with Professor of Chemistry David Craig.

French philosopher Frédéric Neyrat leads a discussion titled, Cosmophagy, Cinema and Anthropocene, on Wednesday evening as part of the Fisher Center series.

Shaahida Samuel ’19 and Lauryn Downing '17 speak during their small group discussion at HWS Impact on Sunday afternoon. The event was a platform for students to engage in collective exploration of campus culture.

Students study outside the Warren Hunting Smith Library on a sunny afternoon.

HWS Chaplain Maurice Charles shares his thoughts on Not by Rage Alone: Spiritual Practice and Social Justice during a discussion hosted by the Office of Intercultural Affairs.

Benjamin Lawrance, the Conable Chair of International Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology and a distinguished scholar in the fields of African history and international legal studies, delivers his lecture, African Refugees, International Law, and the Global Asylum Crisis, in the Sanford Room.

A thermal camera image taken during an astrobiology course demonstrates that all bodies emit light. Students in the class co-taught by Associate Professor of Geoscience David Kendrick and Assistant Professor of Physics Leslie Hebb are studying thermal emission spectra.

Geneva Scholarship Associates President Sarah Wethey Heieck '97 speaks to HWS and local community members during the group’s annual fundraiser Casino Night on Saturday evening.

HWS students and Geneva community members play a game of blackjack during the Casino Night fundraiser. The event raises money to provide scholarships to Geneva High School graduates who attend HWS.

At noon on Friday, students, faculty and staff gather in support of students at University of Missouri and other colleges across the country, as well as to bolster an environment for constructive dialogue and support for marginalized individuals and groups on campus.

Christian Salemy '17 checks HWS' electricity usage at a table hosted by the Eco-Reps in the Scandling Campus Center. The Colleges are participating in the Negawatt Challenge, a college competition to see which campus can reduce electricity usage the most during the month of November.

At HWS Impact, Danielle Ramos '18 discusses her Filipino heritage, exploring the marginalization of the Asian community and the negative effects of homogenizing cultures. Ramos was one of six students to share their personal experiences at the event.

During HWS Impact, Cody Rivera '17 addresses what it means to be a part of a family, drawing attention to the foster care system.

Chaplain Maurice Charles and Assistant Professor of Political Science Justin Rose facilitate a small group discussion after hearing from the student storytellers at HWS Impact on Sunday afternoon.