Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Professor of Geoscience Nan Crystal Arens leads a discussion on grain size as part of Introduction to Geology in Napier Hall.

Joined by Interim President Patrick A. McGuire L.H.D. '12, members of the Urick family cut the ribbon on the David J Urick Stadium. Dave Urick (center), coached the Statesmen lacrosse team to 10 straight NCAA Division III Championships during the 1980s. In honor of his indelible impact on the Statesman lacrosse program, the Colleges named the stadium at the Caird Center for Sports and Recreation in his honor.

During Homecoming and Family Weekend, Jonas Toupal ’19, representing the Druid Society, moves ahead of Campus Safety Officer Dustin Bovard in the box-car derby at Fall Nationals.

Students canoe at the Henry Hanley Biological Field Preserve while collecting pond water samples as part of Aquatic Biology with Associate Professor of Biology Meghan Brown.

Professor of Sociology and co-director of the Colleges' Alcohol Education Project Wes Perkins shares his thoughts on attitudes around alcohol consumption among college-aged students on NPR’s On Point at the campus radio station.

Associate Professor of Philosophy Eric Barnes and Professor of Philosophy and Faculty Pre-Law Advisor Scott Brophy 78, P12 present at the annual Pre-Law Information Session in the Sanford Room at the Warren Hunting Smith Library on Wednesday.

Erica Trabold, winner of the inaugural Deborah Tall Lyric Essay Book Price, delivers a reading from her book Five Plots in Hirshson Ballroom. Five Plots will be published by Seneca Review Books, a new imprint of Hobart and William Smith Colleges Press in November.

Students walk across the Quad on Tuesday.

Students attend the annual Welcome Back barbecue hosted by HWS cultural clubs on the steps of Coxe Hall.

Interim President Patrick A. McGuire L.H.D.12 examines a poster on German food by Jack Polentes '21 during the annual Julius G. Blocker '53 Cultural Showcase in the Vandervort Room.

Instructor of History Virgil Slade checks out a poster by Evan Bixby '19 during the annual Julius G. Blocker '53 Cultural Showcase in the Vandervort Room.

Mike Baroody '21, Aman Cumberbatch '21, Faith Hicks '21, Jobed Hilaire '21, Alec Biegen '21 and Teresa Kepes '21 talk about leadership characteristics as part of the The Changing Nature of Leadership event in the Centennial Center.

Tory Miletti 22, Emeline Smith 22, Casey Pupek 22 and Lily Armstrong 22 pick raspberries at the HWS Fribolin Farm.

Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Kristen Brubaker, Emily Mink 22 and Gretchen Hundertmark 22 harvest vegetables grown by the first-year seminar students in Eat Like a Slav taught by Associate Dean for Curricular Initiatives and Development and Associate Professor of Russian Area Studies David Galloway.

Cailyn Garber '21 prepares for her quiz on Tibetan Mandala Painting on the third floor of the Warren Hunting Smith Library.

Shayna Riggins '22, Olivia Stine '21 and Samantha Foulk '22 work on assignments in the Warren Hunting Smith Library on Thursday afternoon.