Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Campus visitors enjoy hot air balloon rides as part of Reunion's Friday night activities.

During her mini college class "Perfectly Imperfect," Dayanara Hernandez-Garcia '96 shares what it's like to live with vitiligo.

Peggy Bokan Greenawalt '66, L.H.D. '21, Honorary Trustee Katherine D. Elliott '66, L.H.D. '08, Bob Rosenblum '66, and Allen Verne '66 discuss their careers in the Vandervort Room during the mini-college class "Passions, Hats and Second Acts."

This week, we celebrate Reunion 2026 that brought back more than 1,000 alumni and their families to campus. Here, the Class of 1996 poses for a photo before the start of the traditional Pulteney Street Parade.

Professor of Art and Architecture Christine Chin leads alumni in a demonstration during a mini-class on cyanotypes and silkscreens held in the Katherine D. Elliot Studio Arts Center.

Captain Dave Rockwell (right) discusses the travel route of the William Scandling research vessel before exploring Seneca Lake. The tour was led by Dr. Lisa Cleckner, director of the Finger Lakes Institute.

Members of the Class of 1971 stroll down Pulteney Street.

Mary Herlihy Gearan (left), President Mark D. Gearan (right), John McDermott ’56 (in white), and his family (all in t-shirts celebrating his nickname – ‘Hobart Johnny’), pose with the Elizabeth Blackwell statue.

Sophia Mughal ’25 and Director of the Abbe Center for Jewish Life Rabbi Dr. Ann Landowne examine a torah during the Abbe Center Open House. Mughal uncovered the previously unknown date and location of origin of the Torah and Esther schools in HWS’ possession.