Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Orientation Coordinators Tanner Arnold ’20 and Miranda Smith ’18, MAT ’19 pose for a photo outside of Albright Auditorium. The two are on campus this summer preparing for the Classes of 2022.

Carl Wagner '19 and Therese Mandracchia '19 examine a common milkweed plant in a greenhouse on top of Eaton Hall. Wagner and Mandracchia are studying the evolutionary relationships among North American milkweeds using DNA sequence data.

The sun sets over Seneca Lake.

Associate Professor of Theatre Chris Woodworth (back, center) greets HWS and Geneva community members before a tour of the Smith Opera House in downtown Geneva, N.Y. Woodworth is conducting a study of the history of the Smith Opera House with summer research assistants Margaret “Gretty” Hollister ’20 and Austin Jennings ’19.

Winner of the Architecture category in this year's study abroad photo contest, Taylor Gorycki '18 captures a sunset at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Vicuna, Chile.

Tied for first place in the Landscape category in this year's study abroad photo contest, Elizabeth Anderson '18 climbed 16,300 feet above sea level for this shot from the top of Rainbow Mountain.

Tied for first place in the Landscape category in this year's study abroad photo contest, Kate Homet's 18 mountaintop sunset outside of Rjukan, Norway.

Winner of the Street Photography category in this year's study abroad photo contest, Elise Wyatt '18 snaps a convergence of culture in London, England.

Winner of the People's Choice category in this year's study abroad photo contest, Lauren Downes '20s photo of a traditional gypsy flamenco dance in the caves of Granada, Spain.

Winner of the Portrait category in this year's study abroad photo contest, Maddie MacDowell '18 captures a smiling woman in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Winner of the Best In Show category in this year's study abroad photo contest, Nagina Ahmadi 20 photographs the beauty of the Baños de Doña María de Padilla in La Alcazar in Seville.

Winner of the Black and White category in this year's study abroad photo contest, Soren Anders-Macleod '18 takes a photo of shark finning in Puerto Lopez, Ecuador.

Jobed Hilaire '21 digitally plots data points collected from a water sample from Canoga Creek. Hilaire is researching the effect of streams on local algal blooms.

Students walk the creek bed within the Taughannock Falls gorge.

HWS Associate Professor of Geoscience Nick Metz and HWS Associate Professor of Geoscience Tara Curtin share a laugh as REU mentors and students take a break along the hike.

The HWS Finger Lakes serves as a hub for several student research projects this summer. Here, a bicycle from the Colleges' yellow bike program awaits its owner outside of the Institute on South Main Street.