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4 September 2025Convocation 2025: "Put yourself out there. Make yourself heard."
Convocation called students to collaborate, question and lead with purpose, while recognizing Walt Disney Imagineer Richard “Toby” Pugh ’67 with the Hobart Medal of Excellence.
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26 August 2025Tanaka Funds Hong Kong Internship and Kabuki Research
Sandeep Tissaaratchy ’26 and Johnny Bewley ’27 were awarded the Tanaka Fellowships.
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15 August 2025Why Students Love HWS: Top National Rankings Roll In
Princeton Review ranks Hobart and William Smith among the happiest, friendliest and most student-loved colleges in the nation.
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5 September 2025Exploring Womanhood Through Art and Dance
Professors Kelly Johnson and Kirin Makker partner for a performance that weaves movement, installation and reflection on identity.
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4 September 2025Preparing for Their Next Steps
Media and society grads pursue passions in nonprofits, film, sports and PR in graduate programs across the world.
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4 September 2025An Eye into Psychology
Maggie Adams '25 is gaining firsthand knowledge of psychology research as a Human Subject Research Specialist.
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4 September 2025Plurality of Perspectives
The Princeton Review ranks HWS #10 in the Nation for Race and Class Interaction.
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3 September 2025Changing the Perception
Leia Brunt ’26 is conducting a feasibility study to explore ways to engage the HWS community with crime survivors.
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2 September 2025Schonning ’16 Debuts First Poetry Collection
A poetry collection by Professor of Practice and Director of HWS Debate Daniel Schonning ’16 will be published this October.
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29 August 2025Service and Education are in his DNA
For a career devoted to narrowing the achievement gap, Brendan Csaposs ’09 is one of 11 nationally to win the 2025 Service Year Alum Award.
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25 August 2025HWS Launches Frelinghuysen Summer Program in Washington, D.C.
A recent gift from former U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen ’69, L.H.D. ’01 (R-NJ) will expand public service, policy and advocacy internship opportunities for Hobart and William Smith students.
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Phillips '62 Honored in Avenue of Heroes
Dr. Steven J. Phillips '62, a retired lieutenant colonel of the United States Army Reserve who served two tours during the Vietnam War and held a career in medicine, was featured in the Coronado Eagle and Journal's Avenue of Heroes.
Q and A with Gregory '07 in The Daily Record
Peter J. Gregory '07, a partner at Goldberg Segalla, answers questions on real estate law for The Power List in The Daily Record.
McNally '96 Named Bellow Scholar
The Association of American Law Schools’ Committee on Lawyering in the Public Interest has recognized Laura McNally ‘96 for her efforts in uncovering the rampant “tangled title” problem plaguing estate law.
Jacobsen in Yahoo! News on Bill
Professor of Economics and former HWS President Joyce Jacobsen talks in a Yahoo! News article about how President Trump’s recently passed spending bill will impact women with children.
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.
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From Statesmen to Educator: Inspiring the Next Generation
Jamie Anderson ’06 Named Ontario County Youth Bureau School Employee of the Year.
HWS 2025 Convocation: Honoring Walt Disney Imagineering Architect Richard "Toby" Pugh '67
As the new academic year begins, the HWS community welcomes students back and awards distinguished Vietnam Veteran, Architect and Alumnus Toby Pugh ’67 with the Hobart Medal of Excellence.
HWS Shines in Princeton Review Rankings with 9 National Honors
From Best Career Services to Top Student Support, HWS has been recognized as a top college for community, career and campus life.
Melly Gift Leads $113M Fundraising Year
Support for Hobart and William Smith students, programs and facilities reaches historic levels during a remarkable start of capital campaign.
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Career Trajectory: Nathan Deller '27 at Gallagher
Nathan Deller '27 lands a summer internship with Gallagher as a sales intern.
Startup-Inspired Device Targets Nighttime Seizures
At the intersection of business and biomedical innovation, one undergraduate’s prototype could change epilepsy care.
Career Trajectory: Samuel Oestreicher ’27 at The Knothole Foundation
Samuel Oestreicher ’27 builds on his passion for baseball as a marketing and social media intern at The Knothole Foundation this summer.
Investigating Gene Connections
Under Professor of Biology Kristy Kenyon, three students have spent the summer conducting experiments to better understand molecular partnerships in the development of fruit flies.
