W&M Featured Events

Relay for Life is an overnight event (6 p.m.-6 a.m.) open to students, faculty & staff and dedicated to raising money for the American Cancer Society. Form a team at {{http://www.relay.org/wmva, Relay For Life}} and join us at Busch Field on April 12!

Join the Mason School of Business for the 2013 Norfolk Southern Excellence in Financial Reporting Conference.

With instructor Ling. This ancient art is a great way to get fit both mentally and physically. Utilizing stretching, breathing and strengthening movements, yoga is a perfect way to revitalize and energize your body.

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Grab your lunch and join us for an interactive session on recognizing and overcoming blocks to creativity and innovation!

With Instructor Melanie, pilates is a mat-based conditioning routine that helps build flexibility and long, lean muscles, and strength and endurance in the legs, abdominals, arms, hips, and back.

The Student Intellectual Property Society is pleased to host Margaret Focarino, United States Commissioner for Patents, for a lecture at the law school on current issues in intellectual property. Lunch will be served - RSVP here: http://goo.gl/LCikf

Talk by Nikolai Vasilevski, CINVESTAV, Mexico

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We've all felt it: the panic before you ask a professor for a letter of recommendation. Come to this Focus On to learn how to communicate effectively with your professors and recommenders and get great letters!

Jon Dattelbaum, University of Richmond presents "Natural Products Discovery in New Zealand"

Eric de Sturler, Department of Mathematics, Virginia Tech, will introduce some of the complications of tomography that make accurate reconstruction computationally expensive and then describe some recent approaches to solve these problems much faster.

Prof. Shanti Morell-Hart, Department of Anthropology, will speak on "Archaeological Approaches to Gastronomic Heritage." Presented by the Pre-Modern Studies Forum.

Dr. Larry Sanford, Professor at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences, will discuss how bivalve biodeposits from aquaculture farms impact water quality.

Lecture by Matt Andrews, Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Co-hosted by the Reves Center for International Studies and the Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations.

"Heavy metal and H. pylori: a recipe for disaster"

The Fulbright personal statement can be the most challenging part of the application, but it's also your opportunity to be creative! Let us help you generate ideas for your personal statement.

Dr. Richard Averitt, Boston University, Title of Talk: "Terahertz Dynamics and Control in Complex Materials"

With Courtney, Zumba fuses Latin rhythms and easy to follow moves to create a dynamic workout system that will get you hooked! Come try out this total body cardio and toning workout that is more fun than it is work! Join the party!

Prof. Rebecca Wines (Cornell College) will be speaking on "Henri Desgrange, Cycling, and the Shape of the French National Body," on Friday, April 12, at 4:30 p.m. in Tyler 102.

Come join the Philosophy department by the statue of James Blair for a BBQ and a volleyball match.

With instructor Remy, awesome music, motivation, and enthusiastic coaching leads participants through Spinning(TM) routines that are designed to simulate situations similar to cycling outdoors!

Delivered by Alan Mikhail, Yale University Department of History.

A ceremony to announce the prizewinners of the 2013 student literary awards contest, and celebrate the flourishing writing life at W&M.

Ever wanted to raft the New River? Of course you have! And now is your chance, with the TAP!

With Paul & Terry. The original barbell class that strengthens your entire body.

T.G.I.F.! Every Friday, the instructor and the class will change. Get ready for exciting themes, intense fusion classes and a lot of fun! Check online or outside of the fitness studios to see what is coming next!

Lecture given by Ambassador Thomas Pickering, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Part of the MUN conference hosted by the W&M International Relations Club.

Andrews Gallery and the Department of Art & Art History presents the work of sculptor Stephen Mohring March 21 - April 18, 2013. Mohring is also giving an artist's talk Thursday, March 21st at 4 p.m. in Andrews 101. A reception will follow.

Over the years some College artifacts, library possessions and personal items that had been lost have been returned to the College. Many lost treasures now make their home in Swem Library's Special Collections. A new exhibit displays some of these items.

Through photos and interviews, the Jefferson Hall Fire exhibit captures the devastating results of a fire that broke out in one of the College's dormitories in 1983.

The exhibition, Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane, Masterpiece Drawings from the Casa Buonarroti, honors the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Muscarelle Museum in 1983.

This exhibit explores the federal occupation of the Historic Triangle during the Civil War and its impact on area residents. Letters, newspaper articles and other items reveal a unified hope for the war to end, but with varied desired outcomes.

Integration at William & Mary was not achieved simply with the acceptance of the first students of color; instead it has been a decades-long process. A new exhibit at Swem Library traces the admission of some of the first W&M African American students.

Visit the new exhibit "The Enemy Has Disappeared From Our Waters: The War of 1812 in Southeastern Virginia" in Swem's Special Collections now-April 12. In letters, maps, and testimony those affected by the war tell their part of its larger narrative.

"Open Minds: An Exhibit of Psychology Department Faculty Publications" displays significant published works and awards won by this outstanding group of faculty members.

Visit Swem Library for exhibits from the "From Fights To Rights" project commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement. Exhibits rotate at least twice each year.