Hobart and William Smith Colleges

As part of the Senior Symposium, Emily Rourke ’24, Isaiah Cotton ’24 and Britta Wilkerson ’24 offer a talk on their study “The First 1,000 Days Program: Transforming Lives” with Professor of Sociology Jack Harris.

Students join an Africana dance performance led by Associate Professor of Dance and Movement Studies Kelly Johnson.

In This Week in Photos, we feature highlights from the inaugural HWS Day, a student showcase of academic scholarship. Here, Provost and Dean of Faculty Sarah Kirk kicks off HWS Day at the Community Dinner in the Great Hall of Saga.

With the assistance of Associate Professor of Geoscience David Finkelstein, MaryBridget Horvath ’24 discusses the research she conducted last summer in Alaska, titled “Welcome to the Tundra: Field Work, Climate Change and Trace Gas Production in Permafrost Lakes.”

Jada Smith-Padmore ’24 speaks about her research “Bajan Speech: An Ethnographic and Linguistic Exploration of Barbados Speech Varieties” done with Professor of Writing and Rhetoric Maggie Werner.

Under the guidance of Professor of International Relations Kevin Dunn, Artem Buzoverya ’24 presents “Interplay between Linguistic Policies, National Identity, and Linguistic Nationalism” during the Senior Symposium.