Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Nominees and winners of the First-Year Writing Prize gather for a photo in Bartlett Theatre.

Former president of New York University John Sexton speaks to students during the 12th Annual HWS Round Robin debate tournament. Recognized as one of the best debate coaches by Emory University, Sexton is the board chair of the Associated Leaders of Urban Debate.

In Trinity Hall, Senior Counselor for Public Affairs at Eric Mower and Associates Adam Croglia 10 talks with students about his career in public affairs as part of the Professionals In Residence series sponsored by the Salisbury Center for Career, Professional and Experiential Education.

Rick Balestra performs with HWS Jazz Guitar Ensemble Director Greg Wachala as part of the Jazz n Guitar series in The L. Thomas Melly 52 Lobby.

Associate Professor of Music at Dickinson College Amy Wlodarski delivers the keynote speech at the German Area Studies symposium in Bartlett Theatre. Titled Curating the Traumatic Past: Music and Memory of the Holocaust, the talk focused on the music composed by concentration camp inmates during the Holocaust.

Director of the Abbe Center for Jewish Life and HWS Hillel Advisor Julianne Miller leads a Holocaust Remembrance Candlelight Vigil for students, faculty and staff on the Coxe Hall steps.

Cailey Mastrangelo '19 chats with Taylor Mancini 19 and Lauren Mercier '19 about Relay For Life. The Colleges will host its annual relay on Friday.

Journalist Katie Pavlich discusses the second amendment with students in the Sanford Room of the Warren Hunting Smith Library. The event was hosted by the HWS chapter of the Young Americans for Freedom.

Associate Professor of Religious Studies Richard Salter 86, P15 reads the names of those lost in the Holocaust as part of Hillel's annual Reading of the names in observance of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Members of the HWS community took turns reading throughout the day.

Radar meteorologist from the Center for Severe Weather Research, Alycia Gilliland (left) demonstrates how to use the Doppler-on-Wheels (DOW) mobile weather radar to Haley Okun 18 and Elizabeth McCabe 18. As part of a grant awarded by the National Science Foundation, the DOW will be in the region through April 17 for an extensive education and outreach program.

Associate Professor of Biology Meghan Brown, Dev Davis 18 and Nimer Farhood '18 speak with Biocontrol Specialist Amara Dunn at Cornell University's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y.

Hobart Tennis Assistant Coach and Ph.D. candidate at Cornell University Bill Weldon discusses powdery mildew, a fungal disease that can appear in hops, with Dev Davis '18 and Nimer Farhood '18 at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y.

A national meteorological observing facility managed and operated by the Center for Severe Weather Research, the Doppler-on-Wheels mobile radar collects measurements of tornadoes, hurricanes, lake-effect snowstorms and other types of severe weather across the United States and has been featured on the Discovery Channels Storm Chasers series.

Yaroslav Shkriada 21(left) and Victoria Loshusan '20 face off during Game Night in Bampton House.

HWS and Geneva community members gather for an Easter service in St. John's Chapel.

Students chat before Passover Seder at the Abbe Center for Jewish Life.