Hobart and William Smith Colleges

In this special edition of This Week in Photos, we feature students and faculty abroad during the 2018-19 academic year. For the second year in a row, Princeton Review has ranked HWS as having the number one study abroad program in the nation. Above, Professor of Sociology Jack Harris and students are in Ghana for a J-term program in the agrarian village of NKontomire.

Brianna Hursyz '20 visits Neuschwanstein Castle in Frankfurt, Germany, while studying abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Chloe Brown '21 samples various types of tea at the Makaibari Tea Estates in Kurseong, India.

Students enjoy tea at the Makaibari Tea Estates.

Al Sarker '20, Mary Healy '20, Elise Donovan '22 and Brandon Harding '20 stop for a break while hiking the Darjeeling hills in India.

Nicholas Khan '20, Arin McLaughlin '21 and Olivia Torres-Fields '21 take a selfie in a sculpture studio in Rome. Their program was led by Professor of Art and Architecture Ted Aub and Assistant Professor of Art and Architecture Liliana Leopardi.

Assistant Professor of Art and Architecture Liliana Leopardi speaks with Lucas Harris '20 during an outing to the Roman Forum.

William Knox '20, Assistant Professor of Art and Architecture Liliana Leopard and Alicia Leavitt '20 study Donatello's David at the Bargello National Museum in Florence.

In Rome, students pose on the Spanish Steps with Professor of Art and Architecture Ted Aub.

Assistant Professor of Dance Kelly Johnson captures a large public gathering called a Dundunba, where guests enter the space and dance with lead Djembe drummers, in Conakry, Guinea.

Assistant Professor of Dance Kelly Johnson travels to Conakry, Guinea, to apprentice with Master Drummer Mohamed Diaby (far left).

Rizky Kafrawi '20 checks out a local mosque in Itaewon, Seoul's foreigner friendly international district.

Allie Seminer ‘20 captures a dogsled in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.

Elizabeth Fajardo '20, Josh Wasserman '20, Madeline Fitzwilliam '20 and Ally Bryan '20 visit the Park and National Palace of Pena in Sintra, Portugal, while studying abroad in Germany, Denmark, Italy and Spain, respectively.

Dhiraj Mukkamala '20 captures the sunset over the Vatican in Italy.

Students go scuba diving off the coast of Australia.

Students studying abroad in Australia with Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Darrin Magee and Professor of Biology Mark Deutschlander collect samples from tide pools.

Students studying abroad in Australia with Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Darrin Magee and Professor of Biology Mark Deutschlander pose for a photo.

Mike Goulart '20 stands beneath the Aurora Borealis in Abisko, Sweden. The photo was submitted as part of the annual Study Abroad photo contest.

Tamari Bekauri '20 poses in front of Ponte Vecchio while visiting Florence, Italy, on break from studying abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Cailey Mastrangelo '19, Yalemwork Teferra '21, Alec Biegen '21 and Spencer Maslin '19 propose a method for bookkeeping for the seamstresses in the village of NKontomire, Ghana. During a three-week study abroad program, students lived with local families and became immersed in the daily life of the village.

Djeneba Ballo ’20 poses for a photo in Dakar, Senegal, while studying abroad.

Olivia Bennett '20, Samuel Thurston '19, Annika Linden '20, Aubrey Johnson '19, Kristina Worts River '20 and Zach Kaplan from Union College take a trip to the Red Delta, the river that separates China and Vietnam.

Sophie Foster '20, Kristina Worts '20 and Annika Linden '20 walk through the mountainous villages of North Vietnam while studying abroad.

Under the direction of Assistant Professor of Physics Leslie Hebb, Max Brodheim '20 conducts research at the Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory in La Serena, Chile.

Gavin Flood '20 visits Mont-Saint-Michel during a class excursion while studying abroad in Rennes, France.

In Dingle, Ireland, Jacqueline Steinman ’20 pets a four-day-old lamb held by Professor of Political Science Kevin Dunn. The HWS program was based in Galway.

Savannah Jelks '20 poses at the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland.

In Ireland, Genevieve Carpenter '21, Bennett Tierney '20 and Sophie Kaufman '20 stop for a photo while on a day trip to Inishbofin Island.

Tanner Poisson '19 captures Mal·Strana and Prague Castle at sunset.

Caitlin Lasher '19 captures a street scene in Portugal.

Jonah Salita '19 takes a photo of the bustling Temple Street night market in Hong Kong.

Edie Falk ’21, Ryan Carey ’20, Dylan McDonald ’20, Lindsay Carr ’20, Genevieve Carpenter ’20, Eileen Rath ’20 and Bennett Tierney ’20 stand at the Burren National Park on the West Coast of Ireland.

In England, students studying abroad at the University of Chichester enjoy a day trip to Portsmouth.

Students studying abroad at the University of Chichester in West Sussex, England, enjoy a day trip to Arundel Castle, a restored and remodeled medieval castle established in 1067.

Carsen Lennon ’20, Gillian Owens ’20, Sarah Linsner ’20, Samantha Buckenmaier ’20 and Chloe Emler ’20 pose for a photo during a trip to Cambridge while studying abroad at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England.

During her semester abroad in Galway, Ireland, Eileen Rath '20 visits Tamari Bekauri '20 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Josh Wasserman '20 stops for a photo at the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Brian Schaumloffel '20 hikes in the Scottish highlands near Glencoe while studying abroad in Glasgow.

Colby Fenn ’20 (center) meets hometown friends while studying abroad in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Myles Silverman '19 (right) poses for a photo in Siberia. Silverman represented both Hobart College and the United States during the Winter Universiade 2019 in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. He became a four-time national champion at the 2019 United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association National Championships.