Convocation 2019:  “Get Out There and Explore”                                                  August 27, 2019

    In his address at the 2019 Convocation ceremony, paleontologist Matt Lamanna ’97 advised HWS students to “explore who you are, and who you’d like to become.”  Lamanna, one of the few scientists in...

HWS Presents at American Chemical Society Symposium                                        July 3, 2019

     Students from the research lab groups of Professors of Chemistry Walter Bowyer and Erin Pelkey and Assistant Professor of Chemistry Elana Stennett presented lectures and posters on their work at...

Faculty Prizes for Eck, McKinney and Pelkey                                                            June 18, 2019

    Three Hobart and William Smith faculty were recently recognized by their colleagues for their work as scholars, community leaders and educators.  Based on the recommendations of fellow HWS faculty, the committee...

Award Winning Chemistry Presentations                                                            February 25, 2019

   HWS chemistry students delivered an award-winning poster presentation at the Binghamton University Conference in Undergraduate Chemistry Research during the fall semester. Accompanied by chemistry faculty Professor Walter Bowyer, Professor Erin…

HWS Presents at Organic Chemistry Symposium                                                    July 17, 2018

      In July, HWS chemistry faculty and students joined their counterparts from Hamilton College and Colgate University at the annual Summer Organic Research Symposium (SmORS).  Accompanied by Professor of Chemistry Erin...

Melvin ’18 Pursues Chemistry PhD at Johns Hopkins                                            April 26, 2018

       After commencement this spring, Sophia Melvin ’18 will head from Geneva to Baltimore, Md., where she will continue her studies at the renowned Johns Hopkins University Ph.D. program in chemistry...

Bio-Chem Collaboration on Anti-Cancer Research                                              February 3, 2017

      In a recent article in the journal Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, two HWS faculty members, four alums and four students coauthored a study on the interrelated biological and chemical…

Four HWS Students Completing Honors                                                             December 7, 2016

     The Colleges’ Honors Program provides students with a unique experience to conduct some of the most sustained and sophisticated work at HWS. Although students typically complete their Honors theses in…

Learning in the Research Lab                                                                                    March 25, 2015

        This semester, Professor of Chemistry Erin Pelkey is providing students with crucial lab experience. Nate Truax '17 and Maeve Holton '15 are continuing research they began in the fall, and are joined by Fernando Banales Mejia '17 whose work began at...

Banales Mejia ’17 Begins Independent Study                                                          March 17, 2015

        When he arrived at HWS, Fernando Banales Mejia ’17 thought he would pursue a degree in political science.  After his first semester, he decided to take an introduction to chemistry course to satisfy goal four, “Experience scientific inquiry and understand the nature of scientific knowledge in both its promise and limitations.”...

Two Accepted to Yale School of Nursing                                                                 March 18, 2015

     Amy van Loon ’15 and Nora McKey ’15 are heading to New Haven this fall, where they will attend Yale School of Nursing...

HWS Juniors Attend Upstate Medical                                                                   October 21, 2014

     When Hannah Connolly '16 and Courtney Franceschi '16 first met while they were high school students, they bonded over their mutual interest in medical school and the options offered by the partnership between HWS and SUNY Upstate Medical University...

Patchett Grant Funds Chem Research                                                                       June 20, 2014

    Under the guidance of Professor of Chemistry Erin T. Pelkey this summer, student researchers Courtney Franceschi ’16, Maeve Holton ’15, and Nate Truax ’17 are conducting intensive research on synthetic methods that produce compounds able to be used in...

HWS Success at ACS Symposium                                                                                  May 9, 2014

    The Pelkey Research Group, led by Professor of Chemistry Erin T. Pelkey, recently attended the 2014 Undergraduate Research Symposium, hosted by the Western New York section of the American Chemical Society at the University at Buffalo, SUNY, where...

Pelkey and Chem Majors Present                                                                                 July 20, 2013

    The Pelkey Research Group, led by Professor of Chemistry Erin T. Pelkey, attended the 43rd National Organic Chemistry Symposium (NOS) between June 23 and 27 at the University of Washington in Seattle. Held biennially to highlight recent advances in o...

Students Complete Honors                                                                                             May 2, 2013

   During the 2012-2013 academic year, several Hobart and William Smith students successfully completed Honors projects. The students and their advisers were recognized by the HWS Board of Trustees last weekend and will be again honored at a reception h...

NSF Funds Cancer Project                                                                                            July 20, 2011

    Professor of Biology Sigrid Carle, Associate Professor of Chemistry Justin Miller, Assistant Professor of Biology Patricia Mowery and Associate Professor of Chemistry Erin Pelkey have been awarded a $180,000 grant by the National Science Foundation...

Honors Students Recognized                                                                                       May 13, 2011

    During the 2010-2011 academic year, 27 Hobart and William Smith students successfully completed Honors projects. They were recognized, along with their advisers, at a Porch Party given by Provost and Dean of Faculty Teresa Amott on Friday, May 6...

Three Students Join Pelkey in Lab                                                                                  July 1, 2010

    "Research is a collective enterprise between faculty and students. Together, we make research progress. It is very rare for faculty in chemistry to do research alone," says Erin Pelkey, associate professor of chemistry. "Somewhere between 99 and 100...

Greger ’11 Earns Two Grants                                                                                        July 10, 2009

    Jessica Greger '11 will be a junior at William Smith this fall, but already has earned two grants for her synthetic organic chemistry research, has co-authored a research paper with Associate Professor of Chemistry Erin Pelkey that is pending...

Completing Honors                                                                                                        May 21, 2009

    During the 2008-2009 academic year, 36 Hobart and William Smith students successfully completed Honors projects. This is the largest number of students completing honors since 2000. They were recognized, along with their advisers, at a Porch Party...

Chemistry on Capitol Hill                                                                                              June 17, 2008

    Yoon-Miller '09 Presents in "Poster on the Hill" In Washington D.C., political agendas, bills and statutes are as common to see as national monuments. However, organic chemistry research conducted by a Hobart or William Smith student is not. At this...

Four Faculty Promotions Announced                                                                        August 6, 2007

    Four faculty members — experts, authors and researchers in their respective fields — received promotions at Hobart and William Smith Colleges this summer. President Mark D. Gearan announced that the Board of Trustees named Jodi Dean, an author and...

Garman Named to Academic All-America First Team                                               June 16, 2006

    Matt Garman '06, a forward on the Hobart Statesmen hockey team, was recently named to the ESPN-The Magazine Men's At-Large Academic All-America first team. A biology and chemistry major, he graduated summa cum laude with high honors in chemistry in...

Honors Projects Completed                                                                                            May 9, 2006

    During the 2005-06 academic year, more than two dozen HWS students completed Honors projects. They and their advisers were recognized at a Porch Party given by Provost and Dean of Faculty Teresa Amott on May 5 at the Gerhart House...

Hobart and William Smith Colleges Recognize Honors Students                               May 9, 2005

    Each year the students at Hobart and William Smith Colleges who successfully complete Honors projects get well-deserved recognition for their work. This academic year, 26 students from Hobart and William Smith Colleges...

Eight Chemists Receive Prestigious Graduate Fellowships                                      April 25, 2005

    HWS graduates will attend Duke, Ohio State and other universities. With their time at Hobart and William Smith Colleges coming to an end, eight chemistry and biochemistry majors have accepted graduate fellowship offers...

HWS Chemistry Students Present at National Meeting                                       October 11, 2004

      The 228th American Chemical Society national meeting features Colleges' work. Twelve students, one alumna, and three faculty members from Hobart and William Smith Colleges recently traveled to Philadelphia to present the...

Hobart and William Smith Colleges Recognize Honors Students                             May 13, 2004

    Each year the students at Hobart and William Smith Colleges who successfully complete Honors projects get well-deserved recognition for their work.  This academic year, 30 students from Hobart and William Smith Colleges...

Six Chemists Receive Prestigious Graduate Fellowships                                         April 21, 2004

   Six chemistry majors have accepted graduate fellowships from Boston College, University of Nebraska, Oxford University, Purdue University and the University of Virginia. Each student will receive full tuition waivers and generous graduate...

Chemistry Professors Go Three-for-Three with ACS Grants                          November 17, 2003

      Any chemistry department would be proud to have three research proposals simultaneously pending, but to have all three proposals funded in the same funding cycle is truly an amazing accomplishment...

HWS Chemistry Professor Begins Research on Anti-Inflammatory Compounds    May 29, 2003

   A grant from the Research Corporation will fund the project, student undergraduate research, equipment and supplies for work on future anti-inflammatory agents.  The search for a more effective anti-inflammatory drug may...

Science Students Present at Research Symposium                                                 March 2, 2003

    Twenty-one students and their professors presented at the 48th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on Saturday, April 26, at SUNY College at Brockport.  Seven students presented poster sessions:  Eryn Apanovitch '03 and Chemistry Professor Erin Pelkey...

Pelkey Published in Chemistry Text                                                                   November 19, 2002

      Erin Pelkey, assistant professor of chemistry, is the author of a chapter titled "Five-Membered Ring Systems: Thiophenes & Se, Te Analogs" that has been published in the science textbook titled "In Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry" by...

Students Present Work at National Chemistry Meeting                                   September 9, 2002

    American Chemical Society gathering offers wealth of opportunities for Hobart and William Smith students.  Thirteen students and five faculty members from Hobart and William Smith Colleges presented scientific papers...

Discovering a Better Way to Make Anti-Cancer Compounds                                   June 27, 2002

    Three chemistry majors at Hobart and William Smith Colleges are working in the area of synthetic organic chemistry in search of new cancer-fighting compounds...

American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Symposium                        April 17, 2002

    Students and faculty from area colleges and universities will convene to present chemistry research at the American Chemical Society's Undergraduate Research Symposium at the Colleges...

Two Chemistry Professors Earn Summer Research Scholarships                          April 15, 2002

       HWS professors earn two of only eight scholarships given in chemistry across the nation by the Council on Undergraduate Research. Students will work with faculty mentors on "real" research over the summer...

Hobart and William Smith Colleges Welcome New Faculty Members                      July 31, 2001

       Each year Hobart and William Smith Colleges welcome new faculty to its community, and again this year there is a large group of talented scholars and teachers due to converge on campus in August. The faculty search committees worked...