Hobart and William Smith Colleges

As part of an update on Geneva 2020, President Mark D. Gearan speaks to a crowd of community members about the collective impact initiative’s efforts to date. Since 2010, the four-year graduation rate has moved from 70.7% to 84.9%.

Barbara DeBolt of Lakeview Health Services and HWS Associate Director of Communications Steven Bodnar receive the Geneva 2020 Community Report from Geneva third-grader Chris during the Geneva 2020 Update breakfast.

In conjunction with the International Women’s Strike, members of the HWS community and the Geneva Women’s Assembly hold banners in English and Spanish over Routes 5 and 20.

Sponsored by the Salisbury Center for Career, Professional and Experiential Education,​ Vice President of Corporate Treasury Solutions with HSBC Bank USA Jason Merritt '09 speaks with members of the HWS Finance Society on Thursday. The group prepares students interested in finance for highly competitive Wall Street internships.

Sponsored by HWS Soundshare, students participate in a silent disco in the Bartlett Theatre.

Yoga Instructor Jacoby Ballard discusses the neurobiology of mindfulness practices and their collective impact on our organizations and communities during Mindfulness and Social Change in the Geneva Room.

Poet Shira Dentz gives a reading of her work in the Hirshson Ballroom on Thursday as part of the Trias Speaker Series.

Director of the Abbe Center for Jewish Life and Hillel adviser Julianne Miller joins members of the HWS Hillel board for a photo following HWS Shabbat on Friday.

A snowy evening on campus.

Pianist Nicola Melville performs in Froelich Hall in the Gearan Center for Performing Arts on Wednesday.

Students enjoy the annual HWS Shabbat celebration in the Vandervort Room of the Scandling Campus Center.

Caitriona Carey '18, Davis Moffly '18, Olivia Romano '18, Brenna Sherman '18 and Kelly Kenlon ‘18 look out over the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland. The photo was taken by Daria Stacey '18.

Emily King ’17, Andrew Dines ’16, Emma Herbst ’17, Prof. Nan Crystal Arens and her dog Taz examine an outcrop on the shores of Lake Ontario.

Prof. Nan Crystal Arens and Yoko Furuya ’18 discuss the origin of stripes on the surface of a pebble from the beach at Chimney Bluffs State Park.

Starry skies above St. Mark's Tower.

Led by Professor of Geoscience Nan Crystal Arens, Andrew Dines ’16, Emily King ’18, Emma Herbst ’18, Frank Gallo ’18 and Yoko Furuya ’19 study exposed sediments at Chimney Bluffs State Park as part of the Maymester course, Introduction to Geology.