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17 December 2024Tauscher '25 to Join Willis Towers Watson
Oliver Tauscher ’25 will serve as a health benefits analyst in the financial, actuarial and analytics group at Willis Towers Watson following graduation.
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16 December 2024Unveiling Curiosities at FSEM Symposium
First-year students showcase their semester of learning
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16 December 2024Schonning Featured in Best New Poets Anthology
Director of HWS Debate Daniel Schonning ’16 will be included in the next edition of the Best New Poets anthology.
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13 December 2024Leading the Charge: HWS Students Inspire High Schoolers at Climate Summit
Hobart and William Smith students led environmental sustainability workshops for high school students during the annual Finger Lakes Youth Climate Summit.
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13 December 2024Deborah Tall Lyric Essay Book Prize Winner
The Deborah Tall Lyric Essay Book Prize winner Matthew Morris’ work was released on Dec. 10. Morris will give a reading of his work on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025 at 7 p.m. in Bartlett Theatre.
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12 December 2024Mapping the Self Exhibit
Students in “Drawing for Study and Storytelling” exhibit work at the Provenzano Student Art Gallery.
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11 December 2024Exploring Ancient Innovation: Experimental Archaeology and Paleotechnology
ANTH 310 engages students in hands-on exploration of Upper Paleolithic technology.
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11 December 2024Media & Society’s Shorts Film Festival
The Media & Society Program's annual film festival featured six short films with various topics, genres and styles from the U.S., the UK, Japan, Kenya and Brazil.
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Sensational Statesmen

The Hobart hockey team was featured on News 10 to discuss their dominance in Division III, including back-to-back national championships and a 42 game unbeaten streak.

Sipher ’83 Featured in NYT on Trump and Intelligence Community

John Sipher ’83, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and former member of the CIA, examines in the New York Times how President-Elect Donald Trump could affect intelligence agencies.

Gale '69 on EVs and Deep-Sea Mining

Steven Gale '69, a senior strategic advisor at Global Foresight Strategies LLC and former senior foresight advisor at USAID, explores how electric vehicle demand is driving mineral mining on the ocean floor.

Teaching Elections On Campus

President Mark D. Gearan, Associate Professor of Politics DeWayne Lucas and Will Jones '26 were guests on "Connections with Evan Dawson" talking about the Gearan and Lucas co-taught class "Elections and Voting in America" offered this semester.