Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Associate Professor of English at the State University of New York at Fredonia Birger Vanwesenbeeck discusses Sylvia Plath’s translation of a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke in the Sanford Room of the Warren Hunting Smith Library.

Asian Student Union board members gather following the Lunar New Year dinner which celebrates the end of the Year of the Rooster and welcomes the Year of the Dog.

Sophie MacCracken '18 leads first-grade students in yoga and mindfulness exercises at West Street Elementary School. The exercise is part of an independent study she is conducting on classroom behavior and academic performance.

Kevin Collado ’18, Ren Workman ’18, Alejandro Rico, Spanish Fulbright Teaching Assistant at Keuka College Juan Francisco Amand de Mendieta, Spanish Fulbright Teaching Assistant at Merrimack College, HWS Arabic Fulbright Teaching Fellow Augar Khoshaba, Graham Hughes ’17​ and HWS Italian Fulbright Teaching Fellow Alessandra Bottacin visit the Black History Month exhibit at the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, N.Y.

Members of the HWS Model African Union represent the nations of Chad and Gabon while participating in the 2018 International Model African Union Conference. The conference was hosted by Howard University and brought together students from around the world to discuss African politics and simulate the role of delegates to the African Union.

Students experience a sampling of food and drinks during the Taste of the World event in the Barn on Sunday afternoon. The event was organized by the Latin American Organization.

Congressman Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) and Hilary Mosher, coordinator for the Finger Lakes-Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management, discuss how the nearly $900,000 in grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded to the Colleges will address invasive species issues. Reed, who helped secure the funding, visited HWS on Thursday along with members of the media to talk about invasive species management and tour the Finger Lakes Institute.

Participants in “Finger Lakes Photo/Plays” gather in front of a photograph taken on South Main Street by Chief Photographer Kevin Colton. As part of a fundraiser for the Smith Opera House, students, faculty, staff and community members write, direct and act in a play based on a local photograph.

Harrison DeMaira 19 skateboards through campus on Tuesday.

Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature Geoffrey Babbitt delivers a reading from his new book, appendices pulled from a study on light, in the Blackwell Room on Wednesday.

In Stern Hall, Interim Chief Diversity Officer Solomé Rose leads a discussion during a meeting with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

Divya Tewari 18 paints a window in the Scandling Campus Center to advertise for the Congress to Campus event on Monday, Feb. 26. The event is hosted by HWS Votes.

Students make custom bags of M&Ms as part of Fun Friday in the Scandling Campus Center.

A magician performs for students in Saga Dining Hall as part of Fun Friday.

Students, faculty and staff gather on the steps of Coxe Hall on Tuesday for a candlelight vigil in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla.

Members of HWS a cappella group Perfect Third sing during the candlelight vigil on Tuesday.