Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Coxe Hall on a sunny summer afternoon.

Mary Baillos ’24 volunteers at Mission: Wolf, a wolf sanctuary in Westcliffe, Colo.

President Mark D. Gearan awards Trustee Bill Whitaker ’73, L.H.D.’97 with the Hobart Alumni Association’s Distinguished Service Award for Lifetime Service during a gathering of alums. The reception was hosted by David and Jane Blum Ebby ’84, P’18 and Bailey Ebby ’18 on Martha’s Vineyard, Ma.

President Mark D. Gearan speaks to alums, parents, friends and members of HWS 2027 during a reception at the Westhampton Country Club hosted by Trustee Herbert J. '76, P'04, P'09 and Lori McCooey P'04, P'09.

Between rainstorms on Monday, a rainbow appears on the east side of Seneca Lake.

Finger Lakes Institute intern Anjalee Wanduragala ’26 (center) leads a timeline activity during the Climate Change Educator Retreat.

Office of Admissions tour guides pose for a photo under the flagpole between Trinity Hall and Geneva Hall.

Members of the HWS community gather for the annual “Saratoga Day at the Races” in Saratoga, N.Y.

Working in a research lab at Cornell AgriTech this summer, Olive McCall ‘24 examines Spotted Wing Drosophila on a red sticky trap.

Ali Muzaffar ’26 and Kate Barilla ’23, MSM’24 examine pieces of the Collections of Hobart and William Smith as part of a research project with Associate Professor of Art and Architecture Angelique Szymanek.

Under the guidance of Professor of Chemistry Justin Miller, Emilie Mussi ‘25 and Emily Gorczynski ‘26 use a rotary evaporator to remove solvents from compounds present in a sample.

Under the guidance of Professor of Spanish and Hispanic Studies May Farnsworth, Abel Guzman '25 translates Latin American literature from Spanish to English.

Working with Professor of Chemistry Justin Miller, Brogan Dietsche ’25 adds spent materials from an oxidation reaction to a solid waste container.

Associate Professor of Sociology Ervin Kosta talks with Autumn Washington ‘24 and Mercedes Weigel ’25 about their study of how local wineries use nature to define their Finger Lakes identity.

Working with Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Chris Fietkiewicz, Khairul Islam ’25 develops code for a neural controlled spider in the Physics Library of Eaton Hall.

Jillian VanLare '26 checks the lighting setup in the Deming Theatre before the Somatic Dance Performance. As a research fellow, VanLare worked with Professor of Dance Cynthia Williams.