Hobart and William Smith Colleges

10 August 2022Moreau ’13 Takes Center Stage at Essence Festival

Performing as Lynda Starr, singer-songwriter Youdlyn Moreau ’13 dazzled judges at the 2022 Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans this summer, winning the Center Stage showcase of emerging artists.

5 August 2022Cohen ’67 Provides Strategies, Insights into Talent Development Consulting

A new book by Dr. Stephen Cohen ’67, an expert consultant in the talent development field, provides strategies and insights into how businesses within the field can develop strategies and grow.

5 August 2022HWS Wins National Awards for Branding, Website, Admissions

Hobart and William Smith were awarded a gold and two silver Circle of Excellence Awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.

3 August 2022HWS Community Mourns Dean Banks

Dr. Cerri Banks, former dean of William Smith College and member of the Education Department, has passed away.

18 July 2022“I’m on the side of Truth:” Whitaker ’73 Honored with L.A. Press Club’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Whitaker, a renowned journalist and HWS Trustee, earned the Los Angeles Press Club’s highest recognition this month, when actress Rita Moreno presented him with the Joseph M. Quinn Award for Lifetime Achievement.

18 July 2022Rep. Lowenthal ’62 to Retire

After a decade in Congress, Rep. Alan Lowenthal ’62 recently announced that he will be retiring after the end of his current term.

15 July 2022Anderton Establishes Symposia on World Affairs and Economic Policy

Two new speaker series invite international experts to campus, thanks to gifts from former Trustee James F. Anderton IV ’65.

15 July 2022Black Woman Be Whole: Alums on Prioritizing Self-Care and Mental Wellness

Ednesha Saulsbury ’00 and Kimberly Moore ’00, the cofounders of “Black Woman Be Whole,” led a self-care workshop on campus.

15 July 2022The Grassroots Initiative that Grew into America Reads

Grounded in a rich culture of student initiative at HWS, the founders of America Reads made a lasting impact at HWS.

14 July 2022Cohen ’81 Donates HWS Debate Case

23 June 2022HWS Celebrates Support for Pell Grants

Along with colleges and universities across the country, Hobart and William Smith will recognize the 50th anniversary of the National Pell Grant on Thursday, June 23.

21 June 2022Studying Community Development at London School of Economics

Emma Falkenstein ’21 calls on HWS research experience at the London School of Economics.

3 June 2022Reunion 2022 Kicks Off During Bicentennial Year

This year, Hobart and William Smith will host two Reunion celebrations. It’s two parties this year!

22 May 2022Commencement 2022: “Your Education Matters More than Ever”

During his Commencement address to graduates, Dr. Christopher Beyrer ’81, Sc.D. ’22 emphasized the vital role of education and critical thinking in fostering democracy, validating truth and combatting disinformation.

20 May 2022Wickenden ’76 Wins 2022 Christopher Award

The Agitators by Dorothy H. Wickenden ’76, L.H.D. ’14 is one of six nonfiction books for adults recognized this year for affirming “the highest values of the human spirit.”

20 May 2022Dr. Christopher Beyrer 81 to Deliver 2022 Commencement Address

The epidemiologist, recently named Director of the Duke University Global Health Institute and HIV/AIDS expert, will also be awarded an honorary degree at this year’s graduation ceremony. Dr. Chris…

20 May 2022Bicentennial Year Commencement

As senior week begins, the Colleges prepare to send off the Classes of 2022.

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.

2 May 2022Princeton Review Names HWS a "Best Value College"

The national list recognizes Hobart and William Smith’s academic excellence, affordability and career outcomes for graduates.

2 May 2022Hobart College Deans of Yore: A Panel Discussion

30 April 2022Matthai P’94, P’96, L.H.D. ’94 Recognized on UN Postal Stamp

The United Nations Postal Administration has honored Dr. Wangari Matthai P’94, P’96, L.H.D. ’94 on a stamp in remembrance of her birthday.

29 April 2022Conservatism Today: Bret Stephens kicks off the Stern Family Forum

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Bret Stephens reflected on intellectual humility, the benefits of a healthy conservative politics and the perils of ideological orthodoxy.

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

26 April 2022Percoski ’21, MAT ’22 Earns Fulbright to Germany

HWS Master of Arts in Teaching candidate Katherine (Katie) Percoski ’21, MAT ’22 has been accepted into the U.S. Government’s flagship international exchange program.

19 April 2022Thinking About your Future? So is Dan Rosensweig '83

Don’t miss a chance to get career advice from President and CEO of Chegg Dan Rosensweig ’83.

14 April 2022Give Write Now: A 48-Hour Fundraising Challenge

A 48-hour giving challenge will support the Writing Colleagues Program.

8 April 2022Bitcoin Boosts Science

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

7 April 2022Hobart's Slaughterhouse-Five Connection

The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle’s spotlight on Kurt Vonnegut’s celebrated novel highlights the Hobart grad who inspired its main character.

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 2022Vincent ’83 Named President of Talladega College

1 April 2022Latimer ’85 Named President of Chestnut Hill College

9 March 2022Ramsay '25 Lands Internship with BCE Consulting

As a first-year, Annabel Ramsay ’25 is already seizing opportunities for experiential education.

25 February 2022Athletics Day of Donors Shatters Fundraising Goal!

During 24 hours of giving, supporters of HWS Athletics donated nearly $900,000.

24 February 2022Athletics Day of Donors returns Feb. 23-24

The Hobart and William Smith Colleges’ Athletics Day of Donors returns on Wednesday, Feb. 23.

23 February 2022Perspectives from the Hill

Current and former U.S. Congressional Representatives, including HWS alums, joined members of the campus community for a panel discussion on careers in the nation’s capital.

17 February 2022Bicentennial Kick-Off Celebrates our Beloved Community

200 years after Trinity Parish supported Bishop John Henry Hobart’s vision to found a college, the Hobart and William Smith community returned to Wall Street to mark our Bicentennial.

8 February 2022Hip Hobart, Forever!

The Hobart College Bicentennial Kick-Off Celebration will be hosted at Trinity Wall Street in New York City, the home church of the College’s founder, Bishop John Henry Hobart, with an address from the Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church, The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry’75, D.D.’20.

31 January 2022Celebrating Excellence Highlights William Smith Student Achievement

Teacher and former Peace Corps Volunteer Shanelle France ’11 to offer keynote address. Shanelle France ’11 will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Celebrating Excellence event on Thursday, Feb. …

28 January 2022Mentorship that Maximizes Potential

Director of the Centennial Center Amy Forbes shares a story of significant mentorship.

28 January 2022Hobart's Permanent Charter Preserved and On Display

Hobart College’s Charter penned in 1825 will be on display in the Warren Hunting Smith Library beginning in February.

10 January 2022Mulligan ’07 to Judge Musk-funded XPRIZE Competition

20 December 2021From HWS to Med School

Jerlin Garo ’17, a first-year medical student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, reflects on the research projects and internships she had at HWS.

17 December 2021Four Alum Branding Experts Join Media and Society Class

Students discuss branding with HWS Media and Society alums who work for Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, Food52 and NBCs Peacock.

17 December 2021Road to World War II

In Sins of the Fathers, Stern and co-author Alan A. Winter continue the story of Adolf Hitler’s political rise and the road to World War II.

10 December 2021Franks '72 Creates Richard L. 'Doc' Heaton - Edward P. Franks, M.D. Professor of Human Rights, Genocide, and Social Justice

A gift from Dr. Edward Franks '72 endows a permanent fund in memory of Professor of Religious Studies Richard Heaton, in recognition of the late professors contributions to awareness of human rights.

2 December 2021Crocetta '21 Featured in Literary Publication

Living is also about your unconscious experiences, Jillian Crocetta 21 explains about her nonfiction work Salamander Literature.

1 December 2021Austin Hassett '69 establishes a planned gift to the Colleges

Thankful for his enlightening education, Austin Hassett '69 gives back.

23 November 2021On the Frontline of PTSD Studies

Stephanie Wells 10 is exploring new ways to treat PTSD, understand why patients drop out of treatment, and how to increase engagement in PTSD treatment.

17 November 2021Announcing the New HWS Rowing Center

Excavation and construction began this summer at the site of the Miltenberger and Bennett-Hooper Rowing Center.

11 November 2021Whitaker '73 Receives Top Honor for Journalistic Excellence

Trustee Bill Whitaker '73, L.H.D. '97 is the recipient of the Founders Award for Excellence in Journalism from the International Center for Journalists.

11 November 2021Honoring HWS Veterans: Frelinghuysen '69

New Jersey Globe profiles Rodney Frelinghuysen '69 and his family's legacy of service.

5 November 2021HWS Hosts Veterans Day Conversation

Two Veterans Day discussions pay tribute to U.S. Armed Forces.

26 October 2021Founder's Day Celebrates Leadership and Progress

This Founders Day celebrate the William Smith legacy of preparing women to make a difference.

25 October 2021Suddenly Sick

In his new memoir, Peter Karp '54 offers an absorbing and moving account of his wifes unexpected battle with lung cancer.

25 October 2021Collier '73 Honored for Great Lakes Leadership

The Great Lakes Protection Fund recognized Rob Collier '73 for the trailblazing environmental program network he created, which has inspired similar programs across the country.

21 October 2021Strong Parents, Strong Daughters Fund

Best friends from the William Smith Class of 1984 have established the Strong Parents, Strong Daughters Fund in honor of the late Judith Murtha P'84.

18 October 2021Temkin '89 Named DriveWealth CIO

Former eBay executive Harry Temkin 89 joins DriveWealth, a pioneer in fractional investing and embedded finance, as Chief Information Officer.

15 October 2021New Druids Bring Character, Loyalty and Leadership

The newest inductees to Hobart Colleges Druid Society, the highest honor society for Hobart students, were announced at the Homecoming and Family Weekend football game on Saturday, Sept. 25.

14 October 2021Guys Talk Yoga

On his podcast, Guys Talking Yoga, Derek Vanderwarker 96 interviewed Dan Bornstein, Ph.D. 95, a health and exercise science expert at The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina.

12 October 2021The Far and the Near Released This Year

David Lehner '80's fourth novel, The Far and the Near, explores the ramifications of cancel culture and the suppression of ideas.

12 October 2021Bozzuto '68 Inducted to Baltimore Sun Hall of Fame

This fall, The Baltimore Sun inducted former HWS Board Chair and Honorary Trustee Thomas S. Bozzuto 68, L.H.D.18 and Barbara Bozzuto into the Business and Civic Hall of Fame.

12 October 2021Make It, Don't Fake It

Ever wonder what it takes to lead a successful business? Sabrina Horn '83 offers valuable answers in her new book Make it, Don't Fake it.

8 October 2021Remembering Alan Kalter '64, the Voice of Letterman's Late Show

Alan Kalter '64, the longtime announcer for the Late Show with David Letterman and beloved Class Correspondent since 1972, died on Monday.

6 October 2021Ten Years After Graduation: Where is Ben Ahearn Now?

Ben Ahearn 11 reminisces on his time at the Colleges and how the Charles H. Salisbury Summer International Internship Stipend influenced his life and career journey. In the past few months, I hav

2 October 2021Alums Build the Business They Want to See in the World: New Podcast Talks Entrepreneurship

HWS alums share a fresh, front-line perspective on launching business ventures in the new student-led podcast Entrepreneurial Endeavors.

30 September 2021McMillan '21 Chases the Wind

Tracking tornados in the field as an HWS undergrad prepared Patrick McMillan '21 for his graduate studies in meteorology at Ohio University.

30 September 2021Upscaling Downtown

The ethnographic Honors research conducted by Chloé Sudduth 17 at HWS has been published as a peer-reviewed article in The Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography. Sudduth has been accepted to the R

21 September 2021New Blueprints: "To Help People See"

University of Rochesters Memorial Art Gallery features works by Associate Professor of American Studies Kirin Makker and G. Peter Jemison L.H.D. '20.

20 September 2021Confessions of an Applied Psychologist

Lessons on guiding leaders through times of rapid and unpredictable change. Dr. Stephen Cohen '67 will visit campus on Monday, Nov. 1 to speak to students interested in careers in psychology.

14 September 2021Pulteney Street Podcast: Hobart Football

Head Football Coach Kevin DeWall ’00 joins the Pulteney Street Podcast with President Joyce P. Jacobsen.

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

3 September 2021Herons Earn IWLCA Academic Honors

The Intercollegiate Womens Lacrosse Coaches Association announced its 2020-21 academic award winners today.

1 September 2021Wickenden '76 to Discuss The Agitators in Auburn, N.Y.

Dorothy H. Wickenden '76, L.H.D. '14 discusses her new book at the Seward House Museum in Auburn, N.Y.

28 July 2021Rev. Cloughen '64 Authors One Minute Stewardship

Rev. Charles Cloughen Jr. '64 is the author of One Minute Stewardship: Creative Ways to Talk about Money in Church.

26 July 2021The Meeting with Super Bowl Champion Marpet '15 and Secret Service Officer Ellis '15

The Meeting with Super Bowl Champion Marpet '15 and Secret Service Officer Ellis '15

23 July 2021Lawver '21 and Boland '21 Begin at Aon

Two recent graduates have accepted positions at Aon. Delia Lawver '21 and Julian Boland '21 have landed full-time positions at Aon, a global financial services firm.

23 July 2021New Endowment Celebrates 150 Years of Phi Beta Kappa at HWS

For academically accomplished students, there is no higher recognition than admission to Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the United States.

16 July 2021Anderson '21 Named Liberty League Scholar Athlete of the Year

Liberty League Commissioner Tracy King announced that Hobart College tennis all-star Walker Anderson is the 2020-21 Liberty League Men’s Scholar Athlete of the Year.

16 July 2021Pierson '21 Secures Job at Prudential Financial

Tyler Pierson '21 accepts position at one of the worlds largest financial services institutions, Prudential Financial.

16 July 2021Matt '81 Shares Principles of Leadership Success

Fred Matt 81, president of the fourth-generation brewery F.X. Matt Brewing Co., reflects on the family business, its longevity and effective management in the Syracuse Post-Standards weekly series.

16 July 2021FEVEN YOHANNES '04: Divine Messages

Feven Yohannes '04 and her identical twin sister Helena have always seen beauty as a way to connect with other women.

14 July 2021Montgomery '21 Voted Liberty League Scholar of the Year

William Smith College lacrosse defender Mekayla Montgomery was voted the 2020-21 Liberty League Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year Commissioner Tracy King announced today.

9 July 2021HWS Summer Reading Picks

If you've been looking for a great read to fill your summer days, look no further. From engaging nonfiction to page-turning thrillers, you're sure to find something you love in this compilation.

9 July 2021MUSTAFA SAYED '11: The Art of Listening

Diplomacy is only as productive as each partys capacity to listen. This principle, which Mustafa Sayed '11 absorbed from mentors around the globe, serves as a model for his work as executive director of the Pakistan-China Institute.

30 June 2021RUIWAN XU '11: Mentoring through the Unknown

Your mentor only has one hour for you. What are you going to use it for? Ruiwan Xu 11 likes to ask young professionals. Her advice? Touch base with them during life's big moments.

11 June 2021Payne '88 Wins Pulitzer Prize for "The Dead Are Arising"

The epic biography of Malcolm X - coauthored by Tamara Payne '88 and her father, the late Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Les Payne P'88 - previously won the National Book Award for Non-Fiction.

8 June 2021Hoffman '21 to IHS Markit

Brian Hoffman 21 accepts position on Leads Generation team at IHS Markit.

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.

20 May 2021Honorary Degree Recipients Announced for Commencement 2021; HWS to Celebrate Two Commencements this Year

Hobart and William Smith Colleges will host two in-person Commencement ceremonies this spring, celebrating 2021 graduates as well as the Classes of 2020.

19 May 2021France '11 Reflects on Peace Corps Service

In conjunction with the 60th anniversary of the Peace Corps, Shanelle France '11 reflects on her service in Lesotho and her journey to becoming a teacher.

17 May 2021Midgley Foundation Endows $1 Million Fund for Conservation Research

A $1 million gift from the Midgley Foundation establishes a permanent fund to support summer research projects focused on environmental conservation.

4 May 2021Stapleton '83 named AD at Monmouth

Hobart basketball alumnus Jeff Stapleton '83 was recently named the next director of athletics at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, N.J.

9 April 2021HWS Supports Bridges Over Walls Leadership Project in Geneva

Everything happening nationally is happening locally, and we need these discussions about nonviolent communication and capacity building so we can be stewards of public good.

9 April 2021"Live. Work. POSE!" With Screenwriter, Producer Steven Canals

This month, HWS will host a conversation with Steven Canals, co-creator and co-executive producer of the FX drama series Pose.

9 April 2021"I Can't Change" with Grammy-nominated Mary Lambert

This month, HWS will host a performance by singer and composer Mary Lambert, followed by a discussion on authenticity, mental health awareness and LGBTQ+ lived experiences.

31 March 2021Alums Boost Geneva Business' Digital Reach

Geneva’s downtown businesses have a new avenue to reach their patrons thanks to a collaboration between HWS graduates and community members.

23 March 2021Delayed but Determined: Linden '20 to Serve in Peace Corps

In celebration of the Peace Corps 60th anniversary, we checked in with HWS alums who, due to COVID-19, were serving abroad and called home, or whose plans have been delayed. 

19 March 2021Emmy Winning Producer Kunin '09 Profiled by Reel 360

Sarah Kunin ’09, a three-time Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning television producer, is featured in Reel 360’s Women’s History Month series spotlighting leaders in news and entertainment.

18 March 2021Whalen '01 Publishes Debut Story Collection

In Semiotic Love [Stories], Brian Phillip Whalen '01 draws upon symbols and objects to explore the loss of relationships with tenderness and longing.

18 March 2021Spraggs '17 Reflects on Peace Corps Service in Botswana

Since President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps in 1961, more than 240,000 Americans have served worldwide, including scores of HWS graduates.