Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Head Coach Stefan Thompson '13 prepares Daniel Cook '23 for the next play. In his first year as head coach, Thompson is one of the youngest head coaches in the country. In comparison, Saint Joseph's head coach Jim Calhoun is a 40-year veteran, Hall of Famer and coached the University of Connecticut to three national championships.

Patrick Walker '23 fires a bounce pass around a St. Joseph defender.

Dan Masino '22 embraces Head Coach Stefan Thompson '13.

The Statesmen celebrate a 62-61 victory over Springfield. Although the COVID-19 outbreak would cause the NCAA to cancel the remainder of the tournament, Hobart was slated to play Christopher Newport University in the sectional round.

In the postgame press conference, Dan Masino '22, Head Coach Stefan Thompson '13 and Tucker Lescoe '20 describe the leadership and resiliency that led the team to a 23-5 season, matching the program record for most wins set by the 2011-12 Statesmen.

In the final two seconds of play, Dan Masino '20 scores the game-winning layup against Springfield. In a postgame interview, Masino said, Coach Thompson called me over and said if they give you an alley, take it and finish it. The belief that the head coach has in you...When I shot it, I knew it was going in.

Provost and Dean of Faculty Mary Coffey and Associate Professor of History Lisa Yoshikawa congratulate Professor of Art and Architecture Lara Blanchard at a reception in her honor for winning the Joseph Levenson Pre-1900 Book Prize, awarded by the Association for Asian Studies. Her book Song Dynasty Figures of Longing and Desire: Gender and Interiority in Chinese Painting and Poetry was published in 2018.

Students who were slated to perform in the Junior/Senior Choreographers' showcase pose for a publicity poster in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

Director of Intercultural Affairs Alejandra Molina joins a delegation in Cuba in support of the Cuban people organized by the NY State Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Michael L. Opell 59 visits the Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship. In March, Michael and his wife Ellen Levine Opell 60 announced a new fundraising challenge to help establish the HWS Student Entrepreneurship Fund, which will support current and future programs, workshops and student initiatives.

During Modern American Literature with Professor of English and Comparative Literature Anna Creadick, Haley Schoenberger '22 poses a question while discussing The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway.

During Macroeconomics, Assistant Professor of Economics Kellin Stanfield analyzes the effects of COVID-19 on the economy using a macroeconomic model developed in class.

Students hang the exhibit something worth searching for by Sarita Zaleha in the Davis Gallery at Houghton House. The work is a history of the largely forgotten spring water system in Geneva, N.Y. and the greater Finger Lakes region.

Daphna Bendull '21 discusses her semester of research conducted in Germany at the biannual Blocker Fellowship showcase.

Students meet Joseph Goings 01, Mark Darden 87, Kelly Wynn 83, Hon. Ludwig Gaines 88, Stacy Okoro 05, Algrin Flowers 91 and Brian Sales 89 in Washington, D.C. They also visited the African American History Museum, the National Portrait Gallery and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther Kings monument. The trip was organized by the Office of Intercultural Affairs.

During Global Musicals, Assistant Professor of Media and Society Rebecca Burditt discusses the coronavirus pandemic with students and how to vet news sources.