http://www.hws.edu/news/ Daily Updates from Hobart and William Smith Collegesen-usWed, 20 Aug 2008 08:26:07 GMTWed, 20 Aug 2008 08:26:07 GMThttp://hws.edu/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10931Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMTNavigating intricate socioeconomic issues is never easy. Especially when it's an issue as complex and close-to-home as polarization in the United States. Fortunately, Hobart and William Smith have an ...http://hws.edu/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10904Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMTWith complex and often theatrical politics, intricate institutions, and competing regional and global pressures, the current political situation in Lebanon can be a complex subject to understand. Than...http://hws.edu/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10893Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMTIf you look at mended Japanese ceramics, many of their repairs seem "instantly obvious," says Associate Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures James-Henry Holland. But the intricacies of this art f...http://hws.edu/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10900Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMTSpend a summer listening to music all day? Ahmad Koraganie '09 jumped at the chance. As the summer music director at WEOS, Koraganie is getting firsthand experience working in the music industry. “...http://hws.edu/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10903Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMTFor Travis Blum ’10, antennal dissections, DNA isolation and gene cloning are all in a day’s work. The biology major is spending his summer months working alongside Assistant Professor of Biology Kris...http://hws.edu/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10939Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMTThe University of Virginia conducted a six-year study of student alcohol consumption based on the “Social Norms” theory of H. Wes Perkins, professor of sociology at HWS, who also helped UVa with the r...http://hws.edu/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10936Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMTThe Western Civilization Curriculum marked an era at the Colleges. It was a rigorous two-year program founded by the late Professor Emeritus of History Frank O'Laughlin and others that took students f...http://hws.edu/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10878Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMTThis summer, upstate New York has had its fair share of unpredictable weather, from sunshine and hail showers to thunderstorms and tornadoes, but the students conducting research alongside Assistant P...http://hws.edu/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10923Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMTProfessor Penn’s research at the heart of the new observatory’s design When you jump on a trampoline you will notice the canvas stretch and curve beneath your feet. With each bounce a vibration is cr...http://hws.edu/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10885Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMTAn article about Barack Obama's visit to Jordan that appeared in a number of newspapers over the course of the past week, including the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Miami Herald and Raleigh News Observer, ...