Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Chair of the Board of Trustees Joe Stein ’85, Partner and Managing Director at Solomon Partners, speaks with students interested in a career in finance and consulting during the Career Office Hours with the Board of Trustees.

Construction is now underway on the Fish Center for the Sciences, a 40,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility that will offer interdisciplinary teaching and laboratory spaces to support students across the science curriculum.

Rebecca Barr ’25, MAT ’26 works with students at North Street Elementary School. Barr is the recipient of a 2026 U.S. Student Fulbright Award to Indonesia where she will serve as an English Teaching Assistant.

In this edition of This Week in Photos, we relive some of the best moments from the 2025-2026 academic year. Here, students pose for a photo while cheering on the Hobart football team during Homecoming and Family Weekend.

During “Leadership and Strategy in Entrepreneurial Organizations,” author and former COO of Meta Sheryl Sandberg, James Beard award-winning chef Dan Kluger and venture capitalist Katie Stanton joined class. Here, Kluger takes a selfie with President Mark D. Gearan, Professor of Business Management and Entrepreneurship Tom Drennen, CEO of Chegg Dan Rosensweig ‘83, Stanton and students.

During the HWS Day community lunch in Saga, students joined the “Each One Teach One: Dance and Drum” West African dance performance led by Associate Professor of Dance and Movement Studies Kelly Johnson.

As part of an independent study in chemistry aimed at discovering new anticancer compounds, Ameer Muse ’26 inserts the first-ever sample into the carousel of a new 500 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer. The purchase of the NMR was made possible by HWS Trustee Kevin Stein ’88.

President Mark D. Gearan chats with Associate Professor of Politics DeWayne Lucas and students while touring the United States Capitol Building as part of the annual Day on the Hill Career Trek.

Orientation Mentors welcome the Class of 2029 to campus in August.

At Brook Street Park, Leyton Demeo ’27, Chloe Odell ’27 and Iona University student Jess Navarrete paint a Little Free Library during the Fall Day of Service.

Manuela Taff-Freire ’27 receives feedback on her artwork from Professor of Art and Architecture Phillia Yi during “Intaglio Printing.”

Director of the Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship Craig Talmage and President Mark D. Gearan pose with the Pitch Contest winner David Charles II, “Duke” ’27.

Students dance on Bristol Lawn while enjoying Folk Fest headliner Kaleb Cohen.