Hobart and William Smith Colleges

To preserve the safety and health of the HWS community, the Colleges announced a shift to a remote learning model on March 13. Before students left campus, Chief Photographer Kevin Colton stopped by classrooms, study spaces and events to find students engaged in critical studies of globalism and the world economy, government and society, and the arts and athletics. Here, Shannon Smith '20 studies in the Katherine D. Elliott Studio Arts Center.

Assistant Professor of Sociology Ervin Kosta lectures in Stern Hall.

During Global Musicals, Assistant Professor of Media and Society Rebecca Burditt discusses the coronavirus pandemic with students and how to vet news sources.

Students leave class in Demarest Hall.

During Modern American Literature with Professor of English and Comparative Literature Anna Creadick, Haley Schoenberger '22 poses a question while discussing The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway.

During Macroeconomics, Assistant Professor of Economics Kellin Stanfield analyzes the effects of COVID-19 on the economy using a macroeconomic model developed in class.

Daphna Bendull '21 discusses her semester of research conducted in Germany at the biannual Blocker Fellowship showcase.

Students hang the exhibit something worth searching for by Sarita Zaleha in the Davis Gallery at Houghton House. The work is a history of the largely forgotten spring water system in Geneva, N.Y. and the greater Finger Lakes region.

Students who were slated to perform in the Junior/Senior Choreographers' showcase pose for a publicity poster in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

Provost and Dean of Faculty Mary Coffey and Associate Professor of History Lisa Yoshikawa congratulate Professor of Art and Architecture Lara Blanchard at a reception in her honor for winning the Joseph Levenson Pre-1900 Book Prize, awarded by the Association for Asian Studies. Her book Song Dynasty Figures of Longing and Desire: Gender and Interiority in Chinese Painting and Poetry was published in 2018.

Michael L. Opell 59 visits the Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship. In March, Michael and his wife Ellen Levine Opell 60 announced a new fundraising challenge to help establish the HWS Student Entrepreneurship Fund, which will support current and future programs, workshops and student initiatives.

Director of Intercultural Affairs Alejandra Molina joins a delegation in Cuba in support of the Cuban people organized by the NY State Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Students meet Joseph Goings 01, Mark Darden 87, Kelly Wynn 83, Hon. Ludwig Gaines 88, Stacy Okoro 05, Algrin Flowers 91 and Brian Sales 89 in Washington, D.C. They also visited the African American History Museum, the National Portrait Gallery and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther Kings monument. The trip was organized by the Office of Intercultural Affairs.

Izzy Friedman '23 skates past the defense during the United Collegiate Hockey Conference. The William Smith College hockey team was edged by Manhattanville 2-1, concluding their season with an 18-9-0 overall record.

Jack Ledford '22 and Jeremy Atwater '22 take on Hamilton College in doubles at the Bristol Field House. The match was their last for season as the Liberty League canceled all remaining games due to the COVID-19 public health threat.