Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Professor of Spanish and Hispanic Studies Carolina Travalia helps students prepare for a mock debate in "Spanish for Conversation and Debate."

While aboard the William Scandling Research Vessel during “Parched” with Associate Professor of Geoscience Tara Curtin, Jubayer Ansary ’29 and Nigel Presume ’29 discuss the pH and total dissolved solids in water sampled from Seneca Lake.

This week, we celebrate mentorship at HWS and the dedicated faculty who help students discover their passions and pursue new opportunities. Here, Associate Professor of Politics DeWayne Lucas and Tristan Fasig '26 discuss the Politics Department’s new Pi Sigma Alpha Speaker Series, where alumni working in public service, law and government share their career experiences.

During “Data Analytics and Visualization,” Professor of Business Management and Entrepreneurship Tom Drennen reviews students’ findings regarding ChatGPT’s ability to plot data.

At the Bozzuto Boathouse, Associate Professor of Geoscience David Finkelstein and Kate Abdalla '26 titrate lakeshore water to decipher groundwater flow into Seneca Lake.

Christina Mohonta ’27 joins Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectional Justice Michelle Martin-Baron in her office to chat about their research exploring the historical and political use of gendered violence to control women in South Asia.

Associate Professor of History Janette Gayle and Alexandra Dickinson ‘27 examine the Mapping Harlem Digital Project, studying settlement patterns and neighborhood formation in Harlem, with a focus on Black self-employed dressmakers from 1900-1920.

Professor of American Studies Elizabeth Belanger discusses data visualizations with students in "Storytelling Through Data."

Christian Kneaskern '28 examines an ancient coin with Associate Professor of Greek and Roman Studies Jim Capreedy in "Ancient Epigraphy."

At the Henry Hanley Biological Field Preserve, Professor of Biology Mark Deutschlander works with Katie Crandall ’26 to record data, band and release birds as part of a new migration project. Permits for this work are provided by the USGS Bird Banding Laboratory and NYDEC to Professor Deutschlander, and birds are handled using ethical guidelines from the North American Banding Council.

In Stern Hall, Leia Brunt ’26 and Professor of Sociology Jim Sutton discuss Brunt’s research project creating a secure database of accounts from victims and survivors of crime.

Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing Kathryn Cowles chats with Nadir Khan ’27 while leading a found-text art workshop held at Houghton House.

Nadir Khan ’27 crowd surfs during the Folk Fest concert held in April. Before more than 1,000 students, the indie rock band Arcy Drive headlined Folk Fest. HWS Student Government organized the revival of the cherished tradition held on campus from 1976-2001.

Reunion 2025 brought back hundreds of alumni and their families to campus in June. Here, the Class of 2000 poses for a photo before the start of the traditional Pulteney Street Parade.

July means summer research aboard the William Scandling. Here, Finger Lakes Institute research student Daudi Aden ’26 shows Daniel R. Baker ’72 organisms collected from sediment in Seneca Lake.

In a special year-end edition of This Week in Photos, we selected one photo to encapsulate each month of the year. In early January, Professor of Economics Feisal Khan and Senior Associate Director of the Salisbury Center for Career Services Shayne Feinberg join students on the finance career trek for a photo with the charging bull on Wall Street.