VIMS Events

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Integrating Career Readiness and Mentorship into Research-Centered Internship Experiences
Tuesday, April 30
3pm - 4pm
Sadler Center, Chesapeake A/B - HYBRID

Kathleen Powell and Phil Heavilin from Career Development & Professional Engagement will be hosting an interactive workshop, where you will gain insights into the hiring and mentoring of student academic interns.

VIMS @ Mathews May Faire!
Saturday, May 4
9am - 4pm
Courthouse Green, Main Street, Mathews, VA

VIMS is excited to join the Mathews Historical Museum for the 2024 Mathews May Faire: A Rural Life! Activities will take place both on the Court House Green and in the Museum. All exhibits, entertainment, arts and crafts, and more are FREE.

A Scientist Walks into a Bar: Graduate Student Edition
Thursday, May 16
6:30pm - 8pm
Frothy Moon Brewhouse, 1826 Jamestown Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23185

Join us at Frothy Moon Brewhouse as three VIMS graduate students give 5-minute fast-talks on the important research they are conducting on oysters, fish vaccines, and clams! Drop in, interact with the students, and enter to win door prizes and discounts!

VIMS' 22nd Annual Marine Science Day
Saturday, June 1
10am - 3pm
VIMS - Watermen's Hall, Campus-wide

VIMS' annual open house is a free, fun-filled event for the whole family! Join us for marine science exhibits, child-friendly crafts and activities, hands-on experience with animals, lab and facility tours, and more! Event proceeds rain or shine.

VIMS @ Colonial World Nature Conservation Day BioBlitz 2024!
Saturday, July 20
8am - 12pm
New Quarter Park, 1000 Lakeshead Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23185

Join VIMS for the Colonial World Nature Conservation Day BioBlitz at New Quarter Park, where you can help identify and document any living organisms you encounter while contributing to scientific understanding of this habitat and its creatures.

CBNERR-VA Discovery Lab - Predators of the Skies
Wednesday, September 18
6pm - 8pm
VIMS - Catlett-Burruss Research and Education Lab
From eagles and osprey; to cormorants, pelicans, and heron; birds flock to the water of the Chesapeake Bay to hunt and feast. Michael Academia, from the Center for Conservation Biology, will talk about his work with osprey in the lower Bay. See you there!