Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Jasper White 20 graduated with Honors for his research, Portable Hydroelectric: Generating Energy in Remote Locations. Here, he stands with his advisor Associate Professor of Physics Ileana Dumitriu.

Yamileth Cedeno 20 discusses her Honors research with advisor Assistant Professor of Womens Studies Michelle Martin-Baron. Cedeno's work is titled, The Black Body & Reproductive Trauma.

Ryan Klimkewicz 20 earned Honors for his research, An Inquiry of Quality In The Age Of Streaming: Exploring Semantic Dimensions and the Erosion of Quality in the Age of Streaming advised by Associate Professor of Music Mark Olivieri.

Joshua Andrews '20 (right) visits North Street Elementary School to share photos from his study abroad trip to Chile. Andrews' Honors research is titled, Remote Sensing through the Use of Consumer Drones: Harmful Algae Blooms in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State, advised by Associate Professor of Physics Ileana Dumitriu.

As a summer research assistant Margaret Gretty Hollister 20 led tours of the Smith Opera House. Advised by Associate Professor of Theatre Christopher Hatch, Hollister earned Honors for her research From Marivaux to Modern Theatre: Translating an 18th Century Play for a 21st Century Audience. Her translation was performed in a spring production at McDonald Theatre.

Brianna Hurysz 20 (left) participated in summer research at Cornell Universitys New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in 2017. She earned Honors for her research, Assessing Anti-cancer Potential and Mechanism of Action of Novel Staurosporine Analogs advised by Associate Professor of Biology Patricia Mowery.

Mike Goulart 20, a member of the Hobart soccer team, earned honors for his work Political Institutions, Corruption, and their Economic Implications: An Institutional Analysis of Brazil advised by Associate Professor of Political Science Vikash Yadav.

Kate Foley 20 discusses summer research with Director of Introductory Biology Laboratories Susan Cushman '98, who also served as her Honors advisor. Foley's Honors research is titled, Competition for Food Resources between the Native Lake Sturgeon and Invasive Round Goby.

Elizabeth Fajardo 20 received Honors for her work, Roman Red Sea Trade: An Analysis of Trade in the First and Second Centuries C. E. advised by Associate Professor of Classics James Capreedy.

Jacob Kotcher 20 (center) earned Honors for his research Origination in the Phanerozoic advised by Professor of Geoscience Nan Crystal Arens. Here, he poses with other students in the Bahamas, where he completed a short-term study abroad trip with Arens.

Abby Frederick 20 earned Honors for her creative writing, Ivory, Ink, and Onionskin: Lyric Essays advised by Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature Geoffrey Babbitt.

Alexandra Curtis 20 (middle, sitting) earned Honors for her project Cherednichenko and the Circus: A First Translation into English and Contextualization Analysis advised by Associate Professor of Russian Studies Kristen Welsh. Here, she volunteers at an ESL program.

Ara McCorkle 20 visits office hours with her adviser Associate Professor of Sociology James Sutton. McCorkle earned Honors with her research Professionalization of Past Criminality and Addiction: How Former Prisoners and Addicts Manage a Professional Ex Identity.

Josh Pugliese '20 and Anna Leffer '20 pose for a photo in the Finger Lakes Institute lab. Leffer earned honors for her project Variation in Exploratory Behavior of Red-backed Salamanders from the Finger Lakes National Forest (FLNF) advised by Professor of Biology David Droney.

Rizky Kafrawi 20 received Honors for his research Investigating the Interplay between Chloroplast and Mitochondrial Genomes in Asclepiadoideae (Apocynaceae) advised by Assistant Professor of Biology Shannon Straub.

Lawson MacDougall '20 joins a group of regular volunteers with the Geneva Community Lunch Program. MacDougall earned Honors with his project An Assessment of Canadas Position in a Global Economy advised by Associate Professor of Political Science Vikash Yadav.

Gabriel Pietrorazio '20 attends the Excellence in Journalism Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Pietrorazio earned Honors for his project Prisons of Prisons in Upstate New York advised by Assistant Professor of Media and Society Rebecca Burditt.

Khanh Le 20 earned Honors with her project Examining the Reliability and Validity of Interpersonal Acceptance - Rejection Theory (IPARTheory) in Vietnamese Adolescents advised by Associate Professor of Psychology Brien Ashdown.

Brian Schaumloffel 20 earned Honors for his research Beyond Industrialization: An Alternative Approach for Transitioning of the East Asia Growth Model advised by Professor of Economics William Waller.

Allie Seminer 20 (right) earned honors for her work Mercury Bioaccumulation in Fish Food Webs of New York State Finger Lakes Tributaries. The research was advised by Director of Introductory Biology Laboratories Susan Cushman '98.

Shannon Smith 20 earned Honors with her creative project Exploring and Abstracting Intimacy in the Female Form advised by Professor of Art and Architecture Philla Yi.

Kaitlynn Sockett 20 earned Honors with her project The Synthesis of Novel 3,4-Bisindole Furanone Analogs of Staurosporinone advised by Professor of Chemistry Erin Pelkey. Here, she participates in the Summer Research Symposium at Homecoming and Family Weekend.

Meredith Steinfeldt 20 earned Honors for her research Becoming Empathetic: An Exploration of Empathetic Masculinities on Campus advised by Associate Professor of Sociology James Sutton.

Liam Sullivan 20 and his debate partner Sreyan Kanungo '23 celebrate their victory at the Bard IV Tournament. Sullivan earned Honors for his project Faith in a Deeper World: The Vision and Praxis of Deep Ecology in Buddhism and Islam advised by Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Shalahudin Kafrawi.

Bridgid Keane '20, Whit Swanson '20 and Cait Peglow '20 prepare for an anthropology exam in the library. Swanson earned Honors with her project Exploring Animal Frontiers: Space, Place, and Culture advised by Associate Professor of Anthropology Brenda Maiale.

Max Brodheim 20, who conducted research at Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory in Chile, earned Honors for his project Masses and Radii of MML 48: A New Pre-Main Sequence Eclipsing Binary advised by Associate Professor of Physics Leslie Hebb.

Alessandra Bryan 20 earned Honors for her project Effects of Urbanization on the Evolution of Coat Color in Eastern Gray Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) advised by Associate Professor of Biology Bradley Cosentino.

Grant Emerson '20 earned Honors with his research Identity and the Foreign Policy Decision-Making Process: Analyzing U.S. Foreign Policy in Cuba from 1959 to 1963 advised by Professor of Political Science Kevin Dunn.