Hobart and William Smith Colleges

10 August 2022Finding Autonomy: Layne ’25 Reflects on First Year at HWS

During his first year at the Colleges, Jadon Layne ’25 jumped right in to preparing for medical school. He declared a major in biochemistry, joined the HWS EMS squad and started a position with sports medicine on campus.

16 July 2022Dwyer ’23 Earns Goldwater Scholarship

Alex Dwyer ’23 has been selected for the Goldwater Scholarship, the preeminent undergraduate award of its type in natural sciences, mathematics and engineering.

7 July 2022Introducing the New Aquatic Sciences Minor

A new minor in aquatic sciences capitalizes on the campus’ long history of limnologic research and leverages the Colleges’ location on Seneca Lake.

24 June 2022Sipos '23 Honored by Botanical Society of America

Biology major Erika Sipos ’23 is one of only six students nationwide to earn a 2022 Undergraduate Student Research Award from the Botanical Society of America.

17 June 2022Rundlett ’22 Accepted to University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine

Emily Rundlett ’22, who graduated cum laude with a B.S. in chemistry, will attend the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine in the fall.

6 May 2022Lewis '23 Conducts Research in Stockholm

While studying abroad, Ethan Lewis ’23 is serving as a research assistant with Science for Life Laboratory.

6 May 2022Aquatic Science Students Present Their Research

Seniors showcase their lake research at New York State Federation of Lake Associations Conference in April.

4 May 2022HWS Alum and Parent Trip to Cuba

Hobart and William Smith professors will be leading a week-long trip to Cuba, designed for HWS parents and alums.

27 April 2022Downs ’22 Headed to Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing

22 April 2022First Year Writing Prize Finalists and Winners

Center for Teaching and Learning and Writing Colleagues Program presented the 10th annual First Year Writing Prize, with Sophia Mughal ’25 as winner. The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) and …

8 April 2022Science Students Present Research at Major Conference

HWS students presented research at the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology conference in Philadelphia.

8 April 2022Bitcoin Boosts Science

HWS receives its first cryptocurrency gift from Vietnam medic and cardiologist Dr. J. Robert McGhee ’70.

7 April 2022Fleishmann '22 Interns at Alum Founded Company

For Talia Fleishmann ’22, getting her foot in the door started with a shared appreciation for liberal arts values including critical thinking and the ability to communicate.

1 April 2022Student Scholarship the Focus of Senior Symposium 2022

24 March 2022New Data Analytics Minor

Offered starting this fall, the program is designed to provide students in any field with future-focused skills such as coding and the ability to collect and present data in a thoughtful manner while also critically interrogating its use.

21 February 2022Out of Afghanistan

Zahra Arabzada ’19 returns to campus to discuss being a refugee while helping her family navigate immigration processes and exile.

24 January 2022HWS to Host Feingold as ACE Fellow

Statistical Geneticist and University of Pittsburgh Dean Eleanor Feingold joins HWS this spring.

24 January 2022HWS to Host Feingold as ACE Fellow

Statistical Geneticist and University of Pittsburgh Dean Eleanor Feingold joins HWS this spring.

10 December 2021Mathematics Research Students Win Awards

The Department of Mathematics summer Research Experience for Undergraduates provided students with close faculty mentorship, research opportunities and insight about graduate study in the field.

9 December 2021Donors Step Up to Fund Repairs to The William Scandling

Thanks to the generosity of the Fred L. Emerson Foundation and other benefactors who value the work HWS performs both on campus and in the community, the Colleges’ floating laboratory will continue its educational voyage.

23 November 2021Plant Evolution and Water Quality

Students present at the annual Rochester area science conference.

15 November 2021Masses in the Stellar Graveyard

More than 30 new black hole events are detailed in a new report from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA international scientific collaboration, which includes Associate Professor of Physics Steve Penn.

22 October 2021Medical Careers Start Here

Why HWS is an ideal place to prepare for a career in the health professions.

22 October 2021Nature's Remedy

A labyrinth will offer the HWS community a new site for spiritual restoration.

16 September 2021Widing '22 Earns Research Scholarship to Germany

With the support of a prestigious scholarship, Charlie Widing '22 will research water purification techniques at the Technological University of Berlin this summer.

3 September 2021Discovery During Medical Rotations

Tyler Fuller 18 is finishing his fourth year in medical school at SUNY Upstate Medical Universitys Rural Medical Scholars Program. He completed his pediatrics, emergency medicine, family medicine

13 August 2021Slippery Duck Theorem Wins National Mathematical Writing Award

A paper coauthored by Assistant Professor Jocelyn Bell won the 2021 award for best expository mathematical writing.

30 June 2021Wagner '21 Accepts Position with Liberty Mutual Insurance

Peggy Wagner '21 Lands Post at Liberty Mutual Insurance Economics major and mathematics minor Peggy Wagner '21 accepted a position with Liberty Mutual Insurance.

18 June 2021Cultures, Aesthetics and Politics Collide in Global Video Games

In a new Media & Society course, HWS students explore the cultural contexts of video games and produce games of their own.

10 June 2021Dental School for HWS Grads at Harvard, UPenn, Conn, BU

Four recent Hobart and William Smith alums have been admitted to some of the premier dental schools in the world, including programs at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania. Between his cours

10 June 2021HWS Awarded Nearly $50K for Finger Lakes Research

Two new grants support HWS researchers in their exploration of harmful algal blooms, both historical and contemporary, in the Finger Lakes.

8 June 2021Smith '21 Lands Policy Internship on Capitol Hill

Graduating magna cum laude in biology with a minor in economics, Amelia Smith '21 has landed an internship with the House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources.

8 June 2021Beckley '20 Earns Graduate Award from Wisconsin

A graduate student in atmospheric and oceanic sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ian Beckley '20 was recognized with the Schwerdtfeger Award for academic achievement.

30 April 2021Improving Filtration for Cleaner Water

Using water pressure and a series of filters, reverse osmosis is a common method of water purification.

30 April 2021Foisy '22 Interns at MathWorks

Isabelle Foisy '22 begins a finance internship at the mathematics computing software company in May.

27 April 2021New STEM Research Stipends for HWS Students

HWS research students are not laboratory assistants; they are co-investigators into our unknown world.

16 April 2021Lewicki '21 Earns NIH Research Training Award

Sarah Lewicki ’21 is the recipient of a prestigious award that will support up to two years of hands-on biomedical research training at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

9 April 2021Robitaille '21 Pursues Med School with Air Force Support

The wealth of opportunity and academic rigor here at HWS have been crucial in preparing me for this next step.

12 March 2021Pirate Plants of the Caribbean

A new study led by Professor of Biology Meghan Brown documents that Cuba is home to hundreds fewer invasive plant species than expected.

9 December 2020Announcing the HWS STEM Scholars Program

A new program at Hobart and William Smith Colleges is designed to support more inclusion of racially and ethnically underrepresented scholars in STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).

3 November 2020The Substance (and Science) Behind the Art

From painting and literature to comedy and country music, first-year students at HWS probed the making and meaning of a wide range of artistic media.

9 October 2020HWS Awarded NSF Grant on Evolution in Cities

A new grant from the National Science Foundation will support a collaborative research project that, through a study on eastern gray squirrels, will explore the ways cities shape animal evolution.

25 June 2020Honors Students Demonstrate Academic Rigor

Twenty-eight students in the Classes of 2020 have graduated with Honors, demonstrating academic rigor and excellence in written and oral communication.

3 June 2020Konradi '24 Interns with Dallas Mavs, Competes in Euro Lax Championship

As an intern for the Dallas Mavericks in 2019, Alexander Konradi '24 gained professional experience in both information technology and community relations.

28 August 2019H.I.V., Justice and the Law: Beyrer '81 in NYT

Dr. Christopher C. Beyrer ’81, a past president of the International AIDS Society and an internationally renowned epidemiologist, co-authored a New York Times op-ed this month, decrying the gap between scientific understanding of H.I.V. and the attitude of the legal and criminal justice system toward people living with the disease.

13 August 2019Polentes '21 Named NOAA Hollings Scholar

Jack Polentes '21 has been awarded the prestigious Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship, giving the geoscience major a paid 10-week internship with researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

16 May 2019Schrader '21 Wins Holland Prize

Andrew Schrader ’21 was recently named the winner of the Physics Department’s 2019 Albert Holland Physics Lecture Competition, after the delivery of his presentation, “Archimedes’ Principle: What Else Will Float Your Boat?”

31 May 2018Defying the Laws of Physics and Dance

As Hobart Colleges' first dance major, Drew Scammell '18 took to the Deming Theatre stage for the final performance of his college career in April.

21 April 2017Piersante '18 Pursues Atmospheric Research

Jeremiah Piersante ’18, a double major in Geoscience and Spanish & Hispanic studies, was recently selected to take part in the Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric (SOARS) program through the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

15 February 2017Physics Truck Brings Experiments on Wheels

Students experimented with professional physics equipment in the Food Truck for the Physics Mind on Feb. 8 and 9 outside of the Scandling Campus Center.