Hobart and William Smith Colleges

With a 10:1 faculty/ student ratio, faculty know their students. Gianna Gonzalez '20 stops by office hours to meet with her adviser, Assistant Professor of Media and Society Rebecca Burditt.

The sun rises over the Quad in the early morning.

HWS faculty hold office hours every week. Here, Kathryn Dranichak 21 stops by Professor of Environmental Studies John Halfmans office hours to discuss an assignment.

In this special edition of This Week in Photos, we feature images taken before the pandemic that demonstrate some of the reasons why HWS students call this beautiful campus on Seneca Lake home. Here, students in Child Psychology enjoy an interactive workshop on the developmental benefits of play with Michael Sullivan from the LEGO Foundation.

During lab, students gain technical skills through hands on experience. In Quantitative Chemical Analysis with Professor of Chemistry Walter Bowyer (back right), students perform chemical analyses on dyes extracted from foods.

The Colleges' curriculum encourages interdisciplinary study across multiple perspectives and experiences. Here, Professor of Art and Architecture Nick Ruth instructs Shelby Johnson '21 during Color and Composition.

Associate Professors of Theatre Chris Woodworth (left) and Chris Hatch (right) discuss senior capstone performances with theatre majors Kels Veeder '21 and Gianna DeVita '21.

With a campus culture that celebrates civic engagement, the Colleges earned a 2020 Carnegie Community Engagement Classification. Here, students gather on the hill outside of Trinity Hall with Director of the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning Katie Flowers.

First year students are matched with a faculty adviser from the outset of their HWS experience. Dante Kimbrough '22 meets with his adviser, Professor of Dance Donna Davenport in her office.

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.

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 Biology James Ryan demonstrates how a fluorescence microscope can capture signals from neural tissue. Ryan and his collaborators designed a fluorescence microscope at an economic price point that has the potential to change high school and undergraduate curriculums and clinical practices in developing countries.

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.

Adjunct professor of political science and Africana studies at the State University at Cortland and founder Hasan Stephens '00 is empowering at-risk youth through The Good Life Foundation, an organization using hip-hop culture to help marginalized youth understand financial literacy and entrepreneurship.

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.