Hobart and William Smith Colleges

In this special edition of This Week in Photos, we highlight stories from the 2020 Spring issue of the Pulteney Street Survey. Titled, From the Ground Up, the magazine includes stories about the literal and figurative foundations of the Colleges. Here, the sun rises over the Quad.

Professor of Biology James Ryan demonstrates how a fluorescence microscope can capture signals from neural tissue. Ryan and his collaborators designed a fluorescence microscope at an economic price point that has the potential to change high school and undergraduate curriculums and clinical practices in developing countries.

Professor of Political Science Jodi Dean lectures in Trinity Hall. Her new book Comrade examines political belonging in the 21st century and how solidarity is a vehicle for action.

Kevin Lin '20, Hugh McKenny '20, MAT '21, Israel Oyedapo '20 and Quinn McFeeters '20 study in the Warren Hunting Smith Library. The photograph appears in the Hill & Quad.

On Oct. 18, HWS community members celebrated the inauguration of President Joyce Jacobsen. In the PSS, an excerpt from her inauguration speech reads -a college still provides the single best bet for having a positive transformational experience that lays the groundwork for successful adulthood.

Recent acquisitions to the Colleges' archives include personal letters and family photos of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to receive a medical degree after graduating from the medical school of Geneva College (Hobart's precursor) in 1849.

Members of the Hobart football team gather for a photo with students from Happiness House. The Statesmen volunteered to play with and read to the preschool students as part of the Touchdowns and Tackles program.

Adjunct professor of political science and Africana studies at the State University at Cortland and founder Hasan Stephens '00 is empowering at-risk youth through The Good Life Foundation, an organization using hip-hop culture to help marginalized youth understand financial literacy and entrepreneurship.

Executive Director of Bring Change to Mind (BC2M) Pamela Harrington '89 is changing the national conversation about mental health. The organization's efforts include work to provide young people with the skills and vocabulary they need to talk about mental illness.

Founder of Hempitecture Matthew Mead '13 was named to Forbes' 2020 30 Under 30 list for creating the products, methods and materials of tomorrow. Featured is the company's flagship design-build project The Highland Hemp House.

Chairman of investment banking for Hong Kong at Goldman Sachs Stephen Wong '89 is also a life-long collector and one of the world's foremost authorities on baseball history and its artifacts.

Emily Alcott '07 is the principal ecologist and fluvial geomorphologist at Inter-Fluv, an organization dedicated to the design, restoration and conservation of rivers, lakes and wetlands. A critical part of her work is community outreach and education.

Kent Brown Jr. '65 helped shape the editorial direction of Highlights for Children, the quintessential children's magazine, for more than 30 years. He is also the founder of the Highlights Foundation, improving the quality of children's literature by helping authors and illustrators hone their craft.

Diana-Louise D-L Kenney Casson '70 served as the project director for the Public Health Management Corporation's Philadelphia Urban Food & Fitness Alliance. Casson coordinated nutrition and food preparation education for high schoolers, as well as empowered students to advocate for more nutritious school meals.

Sasha Borenstein '14 is a patrol officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. She is also a member of the LAPD women's basketball team, where she participates in a department-sponsored youth program.

Recent donations to the Collections of Hobart and William Smith Colleges - from the Agah Collection and the Stephanopoulos Collection - include a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr (1964) photographed by Flip Schulke and and Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller (1956) photographed by Ken Heyman.

A map created in 1771 depicts Upstate New York. The PSS article, The Lay of the Land: The Seneca Nation, The Pulteney Estate and the Pre-history of Hobart and William Smith, by Andrew Wickenden '09, includes interviews with HWS faculty, and James Corwin, Ph.D., executive director of the Seneca Media and Communications Center and member of the Seneca Nation.

If it wasn't for Professor Woodworth as a mentor and supporter in who I am as a person, beyond the stage, I wouldn't have the work ethic and drive I do today, Nick Stewart '15 says. The feature Indelible Effects includes reflections from 8 other alums.

HWS alums celebrate the marriage of Rafael Rodriguez '07 (center) and Jillene Johnson.

A student bikes by Gulick Hall.