Hobart and William Smith Colleges

HWS Finger Lakes Institute Interns McKenzie Frazier '20 and Morgan Ross '19 study a plankton sample under a microscope.

Visiting Instructor of Asian Studies Yi-Tung Wu (center) works with students as they practice recognizing, memorizing and writing Chinese characters on iPads funded by the Katherine D. Elliott ’66 Faculty Innovation Grant. Using the Pleco app, students are able to check Pinyin (the romanization system for Chinese characters), hear how to pronounce words and view the correct stroke order when writing characters.

Seniors majoring in biology and chemistry gather for a photo in Lansing Quad.

HWS Finger Lakes Institute Lab Manager Trevor Massey uses the FluoroProbe to test a water sample for algal concentrations.

Retiring Professor of Education Charles Temple is celebrated by students, faculty and friends at the end of his last class. Temple joined the faculty in 1982.

Rachael DeLue, the Christopher Binyon Sarofim '86 Professor in American Art at Princeton University, presents Arthur Dove's Music Pictures, or, How to Make a Painting of Sound during the first annual Arthur Dove Memorial Lecture in the Fish Screening Room in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

Margaret Hollister '20, Isabel Ingram '19 and Jacqueline Bange '19 study outside the Warren Hunting Smith Library.

Students, colleagues and friends raise a toast to retiring Professor of Philosophy Steven Lee at the conclusion of his last class. Lee has taught at Hobart and William Smith Colleges for 38 years.

Associate Professor of Psychology Julie Newman Kingery conducts a Developmental Detectives activity, where students are asked to guess the age of visiting children after observing their motor and language skills.

Associate Professor of Sociology Kendralin Freeman discusses social change and technological innovation in Introduction to Sociology.

Andrew Schrader '21, competing for the Albert Holland Prize for Public Presentations of Physics, presents Archimedes' Principle: What else will float your boat? During the competition students are given 15 minutes to explain a significant principle or application of physics. The Albert Holland Physics Lecture competition and prize were conceived and endowed by Professor Emeritus of Physics Allan M. Russell P'81, P'86.

Students observe children as part of a Developmental Detectives activity conducted by Associate Professor of Psychology Julie Newman Kingery. The students guess the childrens' ages based on their motor skills and language skills.

Associate Professor of Art and Architecture Kirin Makker conducts Drawing for Study and Storytelling at the Ramada Geneva Lakefront Hotel in Geneva, N.Y.

A student works on a watercolor sketch during Drawing for Study and Storytelling with Associate Professor of Art and Architecture Kirin Makker. During the class, students focused on drawing meals and the rituals of eating breakfast.

Trees bloom on campus.

Members of the Alpha Alpha Alpha National Honor Society gather for a photo in the Vandervort Room. The society includes first generation students, faculty, staff and alumni/ae.