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4 June 2025 Exploring Cultural Continuity Through Design
“Morphologics” (18 inches x 18 inches, wood and wire, November 2024) was a semester-long Architecture Design Studio project by Mira Linderman-Vento ’26 and Madelyn Lyons ’25.
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3 June 2025Geneva Students Explore Learning and Community at HWS
Second and sixth-graders from Geneva visit campus for storytelling, collaboration and a celebration of educational journeys.
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3 June 2025Reunion Radio: The Class of '75 Brings the Beat Back
Spearheaded by alumni DJs, Reunion Radio will stream retro sounds – from Led Zeppelin to the Decemberists—across the Quad to celebrate classes ending in 0 and 5.
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29 May 2025Gorges, Ghosts and Gender: History Reimagined at HWS Theatre
A motel full of secrets, reenactors in conflict, and a gender-bending epic—this HWS Theatre season, the past is not behind us, it’s center stage.
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27 May 2025Global Experience, Local Impact: Students Earn Prestigious Bickley Internship Awards
With support from the Bickley International Internship Award, three HWS students will pursue hands-on professional experiences in the Czech Republic, Spain and the U.K., advancing their academic and career goals on a global stage.
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27 May 2025HWS to the Workforce: A Tradition of Alumni-Powered Opportunity
Fellowship Home Loans Branch Manager Brian Schiele ’02 and Senior Loan Officer Joe Escamilla ’18 continue a proud legacy of mentoring and hiring HWS students.
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22 May 2025Howes '27 Awarded Prestigious Hollings Scholarship
HWS sophomore joins an elite group of U.S. undergraduates recognized for academic excellence with sought after research scholarship.
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18 May 2025"May I Have Your Attention?"
Former TIME Editor in Chief, presidential historian and Harvard professor Nancy Gibbs L.H.D. ’25 urged members of Class of 2025 to apply the knowledge they gained as students to focus on sources of information that truly deserve their attention.
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Wattenberg '55, L.H.D. '75 Profiled in the Washington Examiner
The late Ben Wattenberg '55, L.H.D. '75, a speechwriter for President Lyndon Johnson and later a political commentator and author, is remembered in a biography in the Washington Examiner.
Gibbs' Commencement Speech Highlighted in NY Times
Former TIME Editor in Chief, presidential historian and Harvard professor Nancy Gibbs' L.H.D. ’25 HWS Commencement address is highlighted in an article by the New York Times analyzing the themes of this year's graduation speeches.
Jacobsen Featured in FL Times on Tariffs
Professor of Economics and former HWS President Joyce Jacobsen speaks in the Finger Lakes Times on the impact of Walmart raising its prices from tariffs enacted under President Donald Trump.
Doctoral Candidate Tanquary '17 Receives Graduate Student Teaching Award
Nicole Tanquary ’17, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English at Dietrich College, studies rhetorics, political discourse and public accountability.
Marinucci '06 Appointed Library System COO and Deputy Director
Angela Marinucci '06 has been appointed as the chief operating officer and the deputy director of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System.
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Otero '18 Earns Top Dissertation Honor
Former Geoscience major Jeremiah Otero ’18 honored for best dissertation at the University at Albany for groundbreaking research on hurricane patterns.
Creativity, Curiousity and Community at the Core of Graduate's Journey
Brooke Prochniak ’25 blends her artistic passion and career ambition during her liberal arts education.
Career Trajectory: Tess Weber '23 Accepted to Top-Ranked Ph.D. Program in Chemistry
HWS grad will hang up her lab coat at Mass General Brigham to further her career goals at the University of Buffalo.
Emma Faso '23, MSM '24 Joins New York State Police
HWS graduate trades lesson plans for a badge as she embarks on a career in law enforcement.
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Reporting with Purpose: Pete Lambos '18 Elevates Local Sports Journalism
At the Finger Lakes Times, Lambos blends a love for sports and storytelling — winning 12 statewide journalism awards in the process.
Four Members of the Class of 2025 Join Peace Corps
HWS seniors will serve two-year positions in Africa, South America and the Caribbean, continuing HWS’ long-standing commitment to service abroad.
Iasenza to Play Professionally in France
Forward on the three-time national champion Hobart Statesmen hockey team Matthew Iasenza '25 will play with the Dogs de Cholet.
Quint '21 Named a 2025 Knight-Henessy Scholar
Meg Quint ’21, current medical student at Stanford School of Medicine, earns prestigious Knight-Hennessy Scholarship to pursue a master’s at Stanford, advancing groundbreaking work in LGBTQIA+ and gender affirming care, intersex health justice, homeless health access, harm reduction, sexually transmitted infection prevention and plastics and reconstructive related surgical education and research.
