Arts & Sciences Events

Need-based awards for students participating in W&M-sponsored summer programs.

The AidData Center for Development Policy will be adding 12 new interns to the research team this spring!

The application deadline has been extended until February 8 for W&M summer study abroad programs in Athens, Barbados, Beijing, Cadiz, Cape Town, Montpellier, Santiago de Compostela, and Siracusa.

James R. Cordy, School of Computing, Queen's University, explains why implicit assumptions made by clone detectors cause them to do very poorly in analysis of similarities in modeling languages, and how taking context into account resolves the problem.

Public lecture by Christopher Jones, Dept of Mathematics, UNC

Christopher Jones, Bill Guthridge Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, UNC - Chapel Hill, Title of Talk: Climate Change: the science and the math

Professor Linda Radzik of Texas A&M will present a colloquium entitled "Bystanders and the Social Enforcement of Morality" in James Blair 223.

Erin will be performing a Senior Recital on the flute, performing pieces by Vivaldi, Copland, Piazzolla, Reinecke and Ganne.

One-day conference in celebration of World Interfaith Harmony Week.

The William Cross Ferguson and Harry L. Blair Scholarship in Publishing is an annual scholarship which is awarded to a graduating senior or recent graduate of the College of William & Mary.

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.

Huey-Wen Lin, University of Washington, Title of Talk: Probing TeV Physics with Precision Nucleon Matrix Elements

Guest Speaker: Dr. Peter Brand, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

The Language Partnership Program will officially be introduced to all Chinese learners and W&M school community on Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. in Washington 201.

A panel of speakers will discuss and debate the question of why, when Canada and the United States share many common values, do they have such different criminal justice systems?

Ted Rogers, Stony Brook University, Title of Talk: "Exploring Hadron Structure with Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics"

Visiting Assistant Professor Brian Kelley will exhibit his paintings and drawings at Andrews Gallery from February 7 - 28, 2013. Reception: February 7th, 4 - 6 p.m.

Visiting Assistant Professor Brian Kelley will exhibit his paintings and drawings at Andrews Gallery from February 7 - 28, 2013.

Films by Fyodor Khitruk

Join a brown bag conversation about gender, work, and wages in the non-profit and volunteer sector. Featuring Mary Lynch, Literacy for Life; Dr. Jocelyn Henry-White Head, Community Action Agency; Buzz Lambert, YMCA; Prof. Hanley, Sociology. Please RSVP.

Talk by Junping Shi, The College of William and Mary

P. Andrew Evans of Queen's University, Canada presents "New Transition Metal-Catalyzed Higher-Order Carbocyclization Reactions"

Reves Hall is William & Mary's international living-learning community.

Join alumni, students and volunteers as they continue efforts to scan, photograph, label and preserve items documenting William & Mary's choral music program (1945-1974) in Swem Library's Special Collections.

Taylor Ashlock, soprano, will present an early music recital with Rebecca Davy of Bruton Parish Church, organ and harpsichord; and Herbert Watson of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, German and English flutes.

Featuring Harris Simon, jazz harmonica and piano, and Nick Starr, jazz piano. Tickets are $15. All proceeds go to scholarship aid for the W&M Choral International Fund.

The William & Mary Global Film Festival, in partnership with Swem Library's Media Center, once again bring you the 24 Speed Filmmaking Competition. Teams of W&M students and alumni will have 24 hours to write, shoot and edit a short film.

Join Tim for his Senior Recital, featuring Sax Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, Brass Quintets, Piano Solo and String Quartet

This is the 2nd annual Lemon Project Dance Concert, and it is sponsored in conjunction with the Center for Student Diversity.

WMCI, CSO, and CUSA are happy to announce our 2013 New Year Celebration!

Come celebrate and experience a taste of Chinese culture. Authentic Chinese Food, Dumplings, Games, Calligraphy and more.

Sign-up sheets are posted outside the Psychology department office (ISC 1137) for eligible students interested in declaring Psychology as their major.

Learn about exciting internships nationwide in the conservation and environment field. A recruiter from the SCA will highlight opportunities and explain the application process. Register to attend at the website below.

Professor Lara Farina, Dept. of English, West Virginia University, will address medieval practices of reading, focusing on the role of tactility: the "handling" of books suggested by religious texts.

Andre' Walker-Loud, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Title of Talk: The Most Perfect Physical Theory (until one wants to compute properties of matter)

Through this annual event, students pursuing Honors projects have the chance to present their work to faculty members and their fellow students. {{http://www.wm.edu/as/charlescenter/honors/currentstudents/colloquium/schedule/index.php, See Full Schedule}}

Tim Carlson, the director of IFE will be on campus on WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 13, between 11:30 and 3 pm. Please come meet him, no appointment necessary. This program has now 3 sites: Paris, Strasbourg and Brussels. Internships and field research in any field!

Andrew Follett and Drew Engelhardt will present their Honors project research.

Allyson Zacharoff will present her Honors thesis research on "Spanish Antisemitism? The Jews in Spain Under Francisco Franco."

In a small Tokyo apartment, 12-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and doesn't seem to be coming back.

Lecture delivered by the 2013 Kraemer Scholar-In-Residence, Dr. Muhammed Tabiu of the Department of Islamic Law at Bayero University in Kano, Nigeria.

"Soul Kitchen" (Regie: Fatih Akin, 2009)

Dr. My Haley collaborated with Alex Haley on the celebrated novel "Roots." Come and hear her speak and sign your copy! Limited seating: RSVP to Jenny Holly, jmholly@wm.edu.

The Africana Studies Mellon Lecture Series is proud to present Dr. My Haley

This year's W&M GFF opens with a Valentines Day-themed night, including: Turn Me On, Dammit! presented by lead actress Helene Bergsholm, 24Speed competition films, and a screening of Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Lecture by Prof. John Herman, Virginia Commonwealth University for the William and Mary Confucius Institute China Lecture Series.

Emily Loney will present her work on "Texts, Textiles and Agency: Gendered Performance in The Two Gentlemen of Verona."

WMCI China Lecture Series Professor John Herman Virginia Commonwealth University February 14, 2013 5:00 p.m., Blow Hall 332 Financing Empire in Southwest China: Copper, Land and Local Society, 1650-1750.

Summer Arabic Language and Media (SALAM) takes place in the Sultanate of Oman and is administered by the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center (SQCC).

Greg Yellen will present his Honors thesis research on "The United States and Postwar Challengers: Applying an Interest-Based Prism."

Dr. Robin O'Keefe, from Marshall University, presents New Insights into Plesiosaur Paleobiology!

Have you considered becoming a Physician Assistant? Learn all about the profession from Emily Dudley, a PA at Patriot Primary Care. She will discuss education and training, work settings, daily activities, and lifestyle, as well as answer your questions.

Emma Aylor will present her Honors project research on " 'The vernacular of light': Wallace Stevens' Constructions of Belief."

Colloquium talk by Chunyuan Deng, School of Mathematics Science, South China Normal University

Friday's GFF highlights include the Iranian film "Circumstance," a W&M filmmaking showcase, the French film "Tomboy" co-sponsored with the W&M French and Francophone Film Festival, and a late-night screening of "The Fall."

Friday's GFF highlights include the Iranian film Circumstance, a W&M filmmaking showcase, the French film Tomboy co-sponsored with the W&M French and Francophone Film Festival, and a late-night screening of The Fall.

Jim Killarney of the University of Maine presents "Fluorescence Spectroscopy as a Rapid, Cost-Effective Method to Quantify and Characterize Low Levels of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Environmental Water Samples"

Peter Buchholz, Department of Computer Science, TU Dortmund, will introduce Rational Processes and show that, when compared to Markov Processes, they define a modeling approach to handle large state spaces in an efficient way.

Nick Martin and Ben Lauer will present their Honors project research.

"Making Muslim Sense of Japan: Anti-Colonial Japanophilia and the Constraints of a Muslim Japanology, c. 1890 - 1930" delivered by Nile Green, UCLA Department of History.

Nile Green, UCLA Department of History, will deliver a lecture in the "Islamicate Cultures and Histories in a Global Context" lecture series.

Join us for the first senior led field trip of the semester as we gallivant across the Coastal Plain.

Highlights of Saturday's GFF programming include screenings of skate films This Ain't California and Bones Brigade, Academy Award-nominated Beasts of the Southern Wild (including live video chat with crew members), and Attack the Block.

Lauren's program features both classical and musical theatre selections, including works by Mozart, Schumann, American composer Ned Rorem, and Broadway composers Adam Guettel, Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, and Jason Robert Brown.

Sponsored by the Department of Music and the Center for Student Diversity

The William & Mary Middle Eastern Music Ensemble will host guest artist Simon Shaheen for a concert on February 16. Shaheen, an incredibly versatile virtuoso musician, deftly leaps from Arabic to Classical to Jazz styles.

On Sunday, the Festival will host a filmmakers' lunch, a "Film & Youth" concert featuring the W&M Wind Symphony, a screening of Le Tableau at the Muscarelle Museum and a closing reception at Andrews Hall.

The W&M Wind Symphony performs in collaboration with the 2013 William & Mary Global Film Festival. The guiding theme of this year's festival is, "Youth."

The Africana Studies Lecture Series Presents, "The Role of the Clergy During the Civil Rights Movment" by Rev. Robert Hunter

Arthi Aravind and Aaron Barksdale present their Honors research in English.

Learn about the major & minor curricula, courses, policies, declaration, and the advising process before your group advising meeting.

Tyler Moran presents Honors research in Mathematics.

Katie Beaver and Elsa Voytas present Honors research in Government and International Relations.

Bastian Kubis, University of Bonn, Title of Talk: Strong interactions and the precision frontier in particle physics

Jessica Murray and Brian Rabe present their Honors Research in Biology.

Brett Evans and Kayla Grant present their Honors Research in Classical Studies and English.

Latin American Studies and the Department of Anthropology Present: Communities in Practice in Ancient and Modern Bolivia Reconsidering Style and Social Boundaries Before Tiwanaku

Thomas Spahn, a partner at McGuireWoods, will talk about "The Ethics of Email and Social Media" on February 20 at 1 p.m. in Room 119. Free and all are welcome.

Taylor Ashlock and Matthew Reese present their Honors research in Music.

Part of the Reves Hall Coffee Hour lecture series focusing on international affairs topics.

Kelly Watson and Joanna Weeks present their Honors Research in Biology.

Gretchen Nutz and Nina Cavazos present their Honors research in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Art History and Religious Studies.

Das Deutsche Haus in Verbindung mit German Studies zeigt den Spieilfilm "Maennerherzen" (Regie: Simon Verhoeven, Deutschland 2009)

Lecture delivered by the 2013 Kraemer Scholar-In-Residence, Dr. Muhammed Tabiu of the Department of Islamic Law at Bayero University in Kano, Nigeria.

Katie Kaugars and Eva Szymanski present their Honors Research in Neuroscience and Biology.

Daniel Hodges presents Honors research in Francophone Studies.

Lecture by Helma Lutz, Woodrow Wilson Fellow 2012-2013, Sociology Professor and Chair of Women and Gender Studies at Goethe University, Frankfurt.

Carework and Immigration in Europe Thursday, February 21, 2013 4:00 PM @ Washington 201

Katherine Hoptay and Hallie Nelson present their Honors Research in Biology.

There will be a reception and book signing to follow.

The Biology Club is hosting a speaker panel and discussion featuring professionals from different sectors of the biology field. Organizations represented include: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service EPA Health Diagnostic Laboratories

William & Mary Theatre and Dance presents The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare

The Friday Dialogues are held at the William & Mary Washington office, located in the Carnegie Endowment building near Dupont Circle. Typically, speakers address the group in a conference-room setting, with a break for lunch in the middle.

Nancy Lauer presents the second brown bag of the semester - Cloudy With a Chance of Sodium-22: a study of cosmogenic sodium-22 variability in precipitation in Williamsburg, Va

Students who have conducted research in the sciences will present their work at the 19th Annual Science Symposium. {{http://www.wm.edu/as/charlescenter/undergrad_research/science_symposium/index.php, See the full schedule}}.

Brian Robinson, ABB, will discuss challenges developers and testers face in adapting and deploying research solutions to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of software engineering activities.

A public lecture by Dr. Miriam Kingsberg, Assistant Professor of History, University of Colorado at Boulder, author of Moral Nation: Modern Japan and Narcotics in Global History (University of California Press, Forthcoming 2013)

Professor Neil Sinhababu will give a colloquium talk to the philosophy department, entitled "Desire's Explanations".

The William & Mary Women's Chorus presents the 3rd annual Women in Music Concert in Trinkle Hall. Tickets are $2 in advance and $4 at the door. Performers include several W&M all female a cappella groups and several talented solo performers as well.

iPAX is proud to present "AIN'T I A WOMAN": A Celebration of the Life of Sojourner Truth In conjunction with The Center for Student Diversity and W&M's Black Caucus' Black History Month 2013-SHADES OF UNITY

Featuring Irfan Khan, Sarod and Loren Oppenheimer, Tabla. Free and open to the public.

William & Mary Theatre and Dance presents The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare

Prof. Delos studies the heart rate and respiration of infants in neonatal intensive care units. He will show how monitoring the heart rate of infants can be used to detect bacterial infections early on.

Join Kevin for his Sr. Oboe Recital. Featuring works of J.S. Bach, Michael Head, Benjamin Britten, and Gordon Jacob. Kevin will be accompanied by Professor Tom Marshall on the harpsichord and Sarah Glosson on the viola da gamba.

Join Matthew for his Senior Conducting Recital, offered through the William & Mary Department of Music.

William & Mary Theatre and Dance presents The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare

Rachel will be accompanied by Nick Starr, piano. Program features music of Haydn, Schubert, Faure, and British composer Michael Head. Rachel and Nick are award-winning Music Majors at W&M in Voice and Piano.

William & Mary Theatre and Dance presents The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare

Join Mike for his Senior Recital on Harpsichord and Organ, featuring works by Bach, Telemann, Couperin, Pachelbel and others.

Join the choir for this concert, in preparation for their spring tour. Directed by James Armstrong.

Professor David Hilbert will give a colloquium talk to the philosophy department, entitled "Perceivers, Circumstances, and Seeing Color."

Eli Dollarhide and Jill Found present their Honors research in Anthropology and History.

Shannon Crawford and Aylin Kaya present their Honors research in Literary and Cultural Studies and Psychology.

Join the IC Virtual Career Fair to explore career opportunities, chat with recruiters and subject matter experts, and learn how to apply for job openings, all from your computer or mobile device.

Meredith Dost and Avery Newton present their Honors research in Public Policy and International Relations.

Zack Quaratella and Henry Ware present their Honors research in History.

The WMSO presents a very dark, very German concert, with classic themes of love, lust, and death. Don't miss the juxtaposition of Wagner and Brahms, with some new music thrown in!

Nicole Brown will present her Honors thesis research on "A Separated Sudan: Redefining South Sudanese Immigrant Transnational Identity."

Daniel Angeles and Lindsay Schleifer present their Honors research in Neuroscience and Biology.

Graham Bryant and Eliza Urban present their Honors research in English.

A general information session for those interested in majoring in Biology to discuss what students may do as a Biology major.

Apolis is hosting a panel on gun control that will feature professors Harvey Langholtz of Psychology, Victoria Costa of Philosophy, Carlisle Moody of Economics, and Adam Gershowitz of W&M School of Law.

Roy Chan, Chinese Studies, will speak on "The People's Heartstrings: Female Sociality, Revolutionary Affect, and Dreams in Zong Pu's Fiction." All are welcome.

Roy Chan, Chinese Studies, will speak on "The People's Heartstrings: Female Sociality, Revolutionary Affect, and Dreams in Zong Pu's Fiction." All are welcome.

Associate Professor of Law Eric Chason will present the 2013 Blackstone Lecture titled "Can Tax Policy Stabilize the Financial System?" on Thursday, February 28, at 3:30 p.m. in Law School, room 127. Free and all are welcome.

"Why Were the Kizilbash Persecuted? Ottoman Confessionalization and Kizilbash/Alevi Communities in the 16th Century and After" delivered by Ayfer Karakaya-Stump, W&M Department of History.

Info session for fall semester in Sevilla, Spain.

Join W&M geology professor Jim Kaste as he explores the issues surrounding a proposal to mine a large uranium deposit in Virginia. {{http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=dfaqgicab&oeidk=a07e6t7h9xk05b7d1b5, Register here.}}

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