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Paul Smith’s College Names Maureen Cunningham as New Executive Director of AWI effective this month.

The lumberjack shows are among the unique experiences you can find at the New York State Fair. (Spectrum News 1/Emily Kenny)

Paul Smith’s College, in partnership with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), hosted a formal dedication ceremony on July 25, 2025 for the Hoyt and Peroni Memorial Forest & Picnic Area — a newly named 42-acre site within the Adirondack Forest Preserve.

Reporter Marliese Best highlights the changes at Paul Smith's College and their unique graduate study options.

This new partnership program provides financial support for qualified biathletes pursuing higher education in the Adirondacks.

The Adirondack Land Trust and Paul Smith’s College are working together to protect 2,800 acres surrounding the College’s Visitor Interpretive Center (VIC).

U.S. Biathlon and Paul Smith's College today announced the extension of their strategic education partnership through June 2028, reinforcing their shared commitment to advancing the sport of biathlon in the United States and expanding opportunities for collegiate athletes.

The collaborative sustainability course invites students to learn in the great outdoors at Paul Smith’s Adirondack campus.

Paul Smith’s College graduated 181 students in 27 Associate, Bachelor’s, and Master’s programs at its 78th Commencement Exercises on Saturday, May 10, 2025.

Paul Smith’s College is proud to announce that it has been awarded a Generous Acts grant for Mobile Emergency Operations Center (MEOC) for Enhanced Disaster Response in the Adirondacks in the amount of $19,700 from the Adirondack Foundation, funded in partnership with the WaterWheel Foundation.

Chef Christian Hunter holds a culinary degree from Paul Smith’s College and is a founding partner of Atelier-Chicago

Paul Smith’s College is proud to welcome Bernie Gracy and Jim McKenna to its Board of Trustees, further strengthening the institution’s leadership with their expertise and commitment to advancing the college’s mission.

At Paul Smith’s College in upstate New York, students spend months going through each step of the construction process of a finished 8-by-10-foot tiny house.

From left, Paul Smith’s College Nordic ski head coach Matt Dougherty, Aidan Ripp, Diego Schillaci, Gustav Whitcomb, Paul Smith’s College trustee E. Philip Saunders, Logan Jensen, John Thompson, Brady Miller, Jack Fogarty, Timothy Ziegler, Charles Forbes, and Dawson Dunn. The Paul Smith’s College men’s Nordic ski team received rings in January 2023 for winning the United States Collegiate Ski Association National Championships in Lake Placid in March 2022. A documentary about the team will be screened at the Harrietstown Town Hall on Saturday at 5:00pm. (Enterprise photo — Parker O’Brien)

A media event was held on January 9, 2025 at the Phil Saunders Sports Complex on the campus of Paul Smith's College. Seven student-athletes from Paul Smith's College are headed to Torino, Italy for the FISU World University Games, headed by Coach Matt Dougherty.

Renowned film-makers take viewers into the Paul Smith’s College ski room and on the road with documentary “Coach Matt and the Outdoor ‘Cats” to debut February 8, 2025 in Saranac Lake, NY.

Paul Smith’s College today announced that, from January 13-19, 2025, students from its Disaster Management and Response (DMR) Club will bring their classroom knowledge to life as they volunteer in Buncombe County, North Carolina.

Please Support Paul Smith's on Giving Tuesday. December 3, 2024.

Bill Brosseau

Gazebo Lighting at Paul Smith's College, November 20, 2024.

The VIC was originally a project of the State of New York’s Adirondack Park Agency (APA), that officially opened to the public in 1989.

This [reprinted with permission] article from Forbes is part of this journalist’s continuing series revealing “Hidden America”— worthy travel destinations unknown by most people.

Paul Smith's College launches Summit Scholars scholarship program, revealing 50 scholarships are funded for fall 2025.