Hobart and William Smith Colleges

The sun sets over Seneca Lake State Park in Geneva, N.Y.

Dusk at the New York State Fingerlakes Welcome Center in Geneva., N.Y. In 2016, The City of Geneva received a $10 million investment through the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council as part of a $100 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative launched by New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo.

This week, we highlight the beauty of summer in the Finger Lakes region through a selection of works by HWS Chief Photographer Kevin Colton. Here, the sun sets over the city of Geneva, N.Y. and Seneca Lake.

The sun sets over a sunflower farm in Phelps, N.Y.

A wooden cask rests on a hill overlooking Seneca Lake in Dundee, N.Y. The Finger Lakes are home to a flourishing wine industry. On Seneca Lake alone, there are more than 90 wineries.

Water flows over the falls at Watkins Glen State Park in Watkins Glen, N.Y.

In Seneca Falls, the home of the womens rights and suffrage movements, a statue of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Amelia Bloomer created by Professor of Art Ted Aub commemorates the meeting of the influential women. Trinity Church stands in the background.

Built in the early 1800s, the iconic row houses on South Main Street offer a unique perspective of Geneva's history.

Allie Seminer 20 (right) earned honors for her work Mercury Bioaccumulation in Fish Food Webs of New York State Finger Lakes Tributaries. The research was advised by Director of Introductory Biology Laboratories Susan Cushman '98.

Shannon Smith 20 earned Honors with her creative project Exploring and Abstracting Intimacy in the Female Form advised by Professor of Art and Architecture Philla Yi.

Jacob Kotcher 20 (center) earned Honors for his research Origination in the Phanerozoic advised by Professor of Geoscience Nan Crystal Arens. Here, he poses with other students in the Bahamas, where he completed a short-term study abroad trip with Arens.

Brian Schaumloffel 20 earned Honors for his research Beyond Industrialization: An Alternative Approach for Transitioning of the East Asia Growth Model advised by Professor of Economics William Waller.

Liam Sullivan 20 and his debate partner Sreyan Kanungo '23 celebrate their victory at the Bard IV Tournament. Sullivan earned Honors for his project Faith in a Deeper World: The Vision and Praxis of Deep Ecology in Buddhism and Islam advised by Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Shalahudin Kafrawi.

Bridgid Keane '20, Whit Swanson '20 and Cait Peglow '20 prepare for an anthropology exam in the library. Swanson earned Honors with her project Exploring Animal Frontiers: Space, Place, and Culture advised by Associate Professor of Anthropology Brenda Maiale.

Kaitlynn Sockett 20 earned Honors with her project The Synthesis of Novel 3,4-Bisindole Furanone Analogs of Staurosporinone advised by Professor of Chemistry Erin Pelkey. Here, she participates in the Summer Research Symposium at Homecoming and Family Weekend.

Meredith Steinfeldt 20 earned Honors for her research Becoming Empathetic: An Exploration of Empathetic Masculinities on Campus advised by Associate Professor of Sociology James Sutton.