Hobart and William Smith Colleges

In this special edition of This Week in Photos, we highlight stories from the 2020 Spring issue of the Pulteney Street Survey. Titled, From the Ground Up, the magazine includes stories about the literal and figurative foundations of the Colleges. Here, the sun rises over the Quad.

Professor of Political Science Jodi Dean lectures in Trinity Hall. Her new book Comrade examines political belonging in the 21st century and how solidarity is a vehicle for action.

On Oct. 18, HWS community members celebrated the inauguration of President Joyce Jacobsen. In the PSS, an excerpt from her inauguration speech reads -a college still provides the single best bet for having a positive transformational experience that lays the groundwork for successful adulthood.

Kevin Lin '20, Hugh McKenny '20, MAT '21, Israel Oyedapo '20 and Quinn McFeeters '20 study in the Warren Hunting Smith Library. The photograph appears in the Hill & Quad.

A map created in 1771 depicts Upstate New York. The PSS article, The Lay of the Land: The Seneca Nation, The Pulteney Estate and the Pre-history of Hobart and William Smith, by Andrew Wickenden '09, includes interviews with HWS faculty, and James Corwin, Ph.D., executive director of the Seneca Media and Communications Center and member of the Seneca Nation.

Recent donations to the Collections of Hobart and William Smith Colleges - from the Agah Collection and the Stephanopoulos Collection - include a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr (1964) photographed by Flip Schulke and and Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller (1956) photographed by Ken Heyman.

If it wasn't for Professor Woodworth as a mentor and supporter in who I am as a person, beyond the stage, I wouldn't have the work ethic and drive I do today, Nick Stewart '15 says. The feature Indelible Effects includes reflections from 8 other alums.

A student bikes by Gulick Hall.

HWS alums celebrate the marriage of Rafael Rodriguez '07 (center) and Jillene Johnson.

Emily Alcott '07 is the principal ecologist and fluvial geomorphologist at Inter-Fluv, an organization dedicated to the design, restoration and conservation of rivers, lakes and wetlands. A critical part of her work is community outreach and education.

Chairman of investment banking for Hong Kong at Goldman Sachs Stephen Wong '89 is also a life-long collector and one of the world's foremost authorities on baseball history and its artifacts.

Kent Brown Jr. '65 helped shape the editorial direction of Highlights for Children, the quintessential children's magazine, for more than 30 years. He is also the founder of the Highlights Foundation, improving the quality of children's literature by helping authors and illustrators hone their craft.

Sasha Borenstein '14 is a patrol officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. She is also a member of the LAPD women's basketball team, where she participates in a department-sponsored youth program.

Diana-Louise D-L Kenney Casson '70 served as the project director for the Public Health Management Corporation's Philadelphia Urban Food & Fitness Alliance. Casson coordinated nutrition and food preparation education for high schoolers, as well as empowered students to advocate for more nutritious school meals.

Kenza Kebdani Lahouir 21 overlooks Odell's Pond. Last summer, Kebdani Lahouir participated in the Summer Sandbox entrepreneurial program.

Media and society major Harrison DeMaira '19 sits on the steps leading to deCordova Hall. DeMaira now works as a sales and marketing associate for the Bozzuto Group.