Arts & Sciences Events

We will watch the Japanese movie, "The Wind Rises," a drama film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. You don't need to sign-up for Movie Night. You can enter or exit anytime during the show.

Performance by the William & Mary Women's Chorus and the Botetourt Chamber Singers.

CLA Fellows are available for informal discussion with faculty about COLL course development. Come have coffee on us. What's on your mind? See the full schedule.

Intermediate Russian Conversation

Professor Javier Guillen Carames will give a public presentation on Statehood, Succession, the Right to Self-Determination and the Referendum on Cataluna. Sponsored by the Program in Comparative Legal Studies & Post-Conflict Peacebuilding.

Richard Palmer, Professor of Theatre and director of Brecht's Threepenny Opera this semester at W&M, will be coming to the German House on Tuesday, November 4th at 5:15 pm to talk about Brecht, The Threepenny Opera and bringing Brecht's play to the stage.

First Tuesday Lecture Series, Muscarelle Museum of Art

Information session for students interested in learning more about the W&M Cambridge 2015 summer abroad program.

The Election Law Society is hosting an election night watch party for all you politicos out there!

Join Swem research librarians to see demonstrations of our latest databases.

Please join us for Sabrina Madison-Cannon's demonstration lecture on Nov. 5th from 2-3:20 in Botetourt Theater and Master Classes on Nov. 6th from 11:05-12:20 & 12:30-1:45 in Adair Hall.

Tun-jen Cheng, professor of government, will present on U.S.-China relations.

Dr. Marjorie Friedrichs from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science presents Coastal-Nitrogen Fluxes: Results from a Land-Estuarine-Ocean Biogeochemical Modeling System

Dr. Ellen Herscher will be speaking on Ancient Cyprus: An Island Between East and West.

Russian sci-fi dystopian black comedy

Two young men, Martin and Rudi, both suffering from terminal cancer, get to know each other in a hospital room. They drown their desperation in Tequila and decide to take one last trip to the sea.

Join us to hear Anne Balay talk about why gay steelworkers opted to remain invisible, and how and why that is now changing. A reception in the foyer of Tucker Hall will follow the lecture.

Come learn more about the Ebola outbreak and get all your questions answered by our very own W&M experts from multiple departments: Professor Camilla Buchanan, Professor Alison Scott, Professor Leah Shaw & Professor Admasu Shiferaw. Everyone is welcome!

Advanced Russian Conversation

Women in Business is hosting Sue Panzer, CEO of Panzer Consulting and former Vice President of Affiliate Ad Sales and Distribution Marketing for Lifetime Television Network. Join us in hearing her insights into the world of Media & Communications!

Join the Remembering Slavery, Resistance, and Freedom Project and The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities for a community conversation about the changing meanings of freedom and equality in America. Participation is free but registration is required.

How significant is the ISIS threat? What role does the United States play in addressing that threat? Join the Human Security Law Center for lunch on Nov. 6 to discuss these issues and more with Dr. Daniel Masters.

Professor Lee Epstein of Washington University in Saint Louis will present the Wythe Lecture titled "Why We Should Study and Teach Judicial Behavior" on November 6 at 3:30 PM in Room 124. Free and all are welcome.

Students for Belize Education is holding a friend auction to benefit our service trip to Belize over winter break. Come bid on W&M students offering all kinds of awesome activities (including a twerk session and lifting lesson)!

A successful Chinese Comedy about several guys' funny journey to the Thailand.

Please join Africana Studies' First Friday Lecture with Professor Gerard Chouin. His lecture is entitled, "Against the Current: Building evidence of the spread and impact of Bubonic Plague in sub-Saharan Africa (6th-20th c. CE)."

Senior Erin Landis discusses her summer research at the University of Delaware entitled "Marsh madness: Sinking in to Carbon storage in Delaware Bay's tidal wetlands"

Irwin Jacobs, Founder of Qualcomm, will visit the W&M campus. At 2 PM, there will be an open talk with questions and answers with one of the best entrepreneurship stories in modern history.

Title: Statistical inference for dynamical systems: theory and practice

This lecture by Paul Brock is presented as part of the Department of Music's Music in American Culture Series.

Dr. Tim Targett, Professor in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment at the University of Delaware, will use examples from the lab and field to explore how hypoxia and pH levels in estuarine tributaries impact fish growth and behavior.

Jeff Johnson, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill presents "On the Merits of Pursuing Stereoerrors in Natural Product Synthesis" Please join us for refreshments before the seminar.

"Age-dependent genetic regulation of skeletal muscle stem cells"

Gianpaolo Carosi, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL); Title of Talk: The Hunt for Dark Matter Axions

Because this activity will be limited to 15 people, you have to sign-up to join. Sign-up sheet will be on the board in J-House on Monday, Nov. 3rd 1:00 pm until .

Vocalist, instrumentalist, and composer Tomas Lozano lends his artistry to Spanish poet and 1956 Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature, Juan Ramon Jimenez whose verses inspired Lozano to compose original melodies and give voice to the poetry turned lyrics.

Psi Chi is sponsoring a Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Awareness Event

No matter what health or safety information you wish to share with peers, this nationally recognized certification will improve your efforts. Note: Both days (12-6PM) are required to pass the certification. The $20 fee covers all materials.

Please join us for a Q&A panel with married celebrity voice actors Yuri Lowenthal (WM `93) and Tara Platt. They will talk about their work in the entertainment industry as actors, authors, and voicing characters in popular anime series and video games.

Celebrity voice actors Yuri Lowenthal (W&M '93) and Tara Platt host master classes and an open-to-the-public Q&A panel

Performance by the traditional Irish ensemble Brock McGuire Band. Admission: $10/general public, $5/students. Tickets available at the door. This concert is co-sponsored by the Williamsburg Regional Library's Dewey Decibel Series.

We will watch the Japanese movie, "The King of Apology". You don't need to sign-up for Movie Night. You can enter or exit anytime during the show.

The W&M Early Music Ensemble presents a concert of baroque chamber music on period instruments.

Join Al for a conversation about his journey to reconcile the sacred and the spiritual, and how both can contribute to meaningful,interactions and relationships. This event is a part of the Student Assembly Health & Safety Department's Thrive Initiative.

Department of Music Artist-in-Residence eighth blackbird will hold a blended performance and lecture drawing on the group's current touring programs.

Master class by Department of Music Artist-in-Residence eighth blackbird including W&M student ensembles and solo performers.

Intermediate Russian Conversation

Dan Millison, P.E., P.G./Transcendergy, L.L.C. Title of Talk: Saving the Forest and the Trees: A Conceptual Model of Sustainable Coal

Come and learn about two experiences in Social Entrepreneurship in 2015 (a 3-credit course on campus in Spring and a 6-credit fieldwork experience in the Dominican Republic in Summer).

AMERICAN STRATEGY IN ASIA FROM 1784 TO THE RISE OF CHINA

Alessandro Principi, Department of Physics and Astronomy (University of Missouri) Title of talk: "Violation of the Wiedemann-Franz law in clean graphene layers."

When walking through campus, one sees memorials of our history, but not of the many African-Americans who toiled on campus. Come participate in a discussion about William and Mary's history with slavery and Jim Crow and how we can memorialize this past.

Open Discussion: How should William and Marys Forgotten People be remembered?

Get the sleep you need for the energy that you value!

Join the Global Education Office in celebrating the Summer 2015 application launch. Find out about each W&M summer program, speak with former students, and learn about scholarship opportunities! Refreshments provided!

Professor Angela Banks and the Immigration Law & Service Society present the third installment of the Immigration Roundtable at W&M. Professor Cindy Hahamovitch of W&M's own History Department will lead a discussion on Labor and Migration.

Three recent geology alums will discuss their work across a variety of sectors and answer many of your questions regarding career opportunities in the geosciences, finding a job, interviewing, and more!

Thinking about doing an Honors Thesis?Get all the info you need at Phi Alpha Theta's History Honors Workshop. Wednesday November 12th at 5:00PM, History Department Library (Blair 206). FREE and open to all majors.

Advanced Russian Conversation

How does the way we talk about disabilities and individuals living with disabilities have an impact on our healthcare, society, and policy? Please join Professor Leslie Cochrane and Dean of Disability Services Leslie Henderson for an open conversation.

Join us in the screening of Waiting For Superman, a film that explores educational inequity and the achievement gap. Food will be provided! Contact Jillian Turner ([[e|jwturner]]) with any questions. This event is supported by Teach for America.

Chris Bouchard (W&M) Title: The CKM Matrix Element Vub and Bs ? K l ?

Hispanic Studies professor Timothy McCallister will present the Department of Modern Languages & Literatures November Bellini Colloquium, " 'Don Quijote' without Don Quijote" on Thursday, November 13, 2014, at 3:30 p.m. in Washington Hall 315. All welcome

Join us for an informal conversation and Q&A in Spanish with Neva Micheva, one of the most accomplished translators of contemporary literature in romance languages into Bulgarian.

In this event, we will play card games which are popular in Japan, Daifugo (Rich Man) & Buta no Shippo (Pig's Tail).

Come savor your favorite Extraordinary Cupcake, learn two brief flourishing tips from the Authentic Excellence Initiative from Kelly Crace, and take a 2nd cupcake for the road. Cost of cupcakes: Listening to Kelly for 10 minutes.

Movie night at the French House - we are showing the movie: La Belle Verte

Need-based award for a student committed to public service and cross-cultural understanding who is studying abroad for a semester..

Professor Clarissa Hayward of the Political Science department at Washington University in St. Louis, will be speaking about her new book, How Americans Make Race: Stories, Institutions, Spaces (Cambridge).

A lecture on the life and work of twentieth-century Japanese woodblock print-maker Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995) by Professor Kendall Brown. The last event of the semester long Visual Cultures of East Asia Lecture Series.

Junior John Christoph discusses "Project Phase-Hunter: A Geochemical Study of Ordinary Chondrite Meteorites"

Georgetown Law invites all interested W&M students to an information session.

Xin Ma, Applied Science Ph.D. Defense, Title: "Optical Characterization of Ferromagnetic and Multiferroic Thin-Film Heterostructures."

Uttam Tambar of the University of Texas Southwest Medical Center presents "Catalytic Asymmetric [2,3]Rearrangements". Please join us for refreshments before the seminar.

"Incidence of endo- and ecto-parasites and its implications for health of an imperiled giant amphibian"

W. Vincent Liu (University of Pittsburgh), Title of Talk: Topological orbital bands: from optical lattices to oxide interfaces

On November 15th, 2014 the Student Assembly and Student Athlete Advisory Counsel will be hosting the Williamsburg chapter of the National Eating Disorders (NEDA) Walk. They will be working with the Williamsburg NEDA Walk Coordinator, Michael Deitz.

Jessica Hoover, mezzo-soprano, with guest artist Diane Snider, piano.

Attend a free print-making workshop led by Prof. Brian Kreydatus (Art/Aft History) on Saturday, November 15 from 2-5PM. No experience is necessary! RSVP [[e|knbell]].

Join the William & Mary Appalachian Music Ensemble as they perform in large and small groups.

We will watch the Japanese movie, "Kaiji". You don't need to sign-up for Movie Night. You can enter or exit anytime during the show.

Title: Spreading speed of integro-difference models in periodic habitat

Speaker: Dr. Russell "Buzz" Wincheski

Karin Kirk, freelance writer and professional ski instructor, talks about "Adventures in Geology: Climbing and Skiing Andean Stratovolcanoes". Learn how the geology and culture of southern Chile set the stage for skiing adventures!

Judge and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Tommy Miller will speak on the prosecution he led against former Naval Officers stationed in Norfolk who acted as spies for the Soviet Union.

Intermediate Russian Conversation

Karin Kirk, a freelance educational writer, presents "The Lifestyle Project: A Three-week Conservation Challenge That Turns Out to be Fun". This is sure to be both thought-provoking and entertaining!

W&M Second Season is auditioning The Jungle Book based off of Kipling's classic tale.

Recipients of the Louis E Catron Scholarship for Artistic Development will exhibit their final projects from November 18th to December 5th in the Andrews Gallery. A reception for the exhibit will be held November 20th from 5-7 pm.

Dr. Driss Badiane, College of William and Mary, Title of Talk: "Nonequilibrium properties of topological and multiterminal Josephson junctions"

Please join our brownbag with Professor Bettina Judd. Her talk is entitled, "'The Inauguration of Experiments': Methodology, Creative Process, and Telling the Stories of Enslaved Women in Patient". All are welcome! Light snacks and drinks available.

Dr. Qamar Shams from the NASA Langley Research Center discusses the "Internal and external dynamics of our planet" and talks about recent technological advances for monitoring Earth's environmental systems.

A talk in French by Prof. Hadj Miliani of the University of Mostaganem in Algeria, a leading authority on North African popular culture in the colonial and postcolonial periods.

Professor Berel Lang, Wesleyan University will deliver a public lecture "Primo Levi as Writer and Thinker" on Wednesday, November 19, at 5pm in WASHINGTON 201. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Students for Animals will be hosting a vegan Thanksgiving potluck on Wednesday 11/19 at 5:30 PM in Small 111, followed by a 6:00 PM screening of Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret, a new documentary that focuses on factory farming and climate change.

Information session for students interested in learning more about the W&M Galway 2015 summer abroad program.

Offered twice – choose the time that works for you: * Wednesday, November 19 @ 6 - 7 pm * Thursday, November 20 @ 12 - 1 pm Join us to learn some of the basics about transgender identities and everyday actions you can take to be respectful and an ally.

Advanced Russian Conversation

Join us for a talk by Dr. Ana Celia Zentella, Professor Emeritus, University of California at San Diego, author of Growing up Bilingual: Puerto Rican children in New York and Building on Strength: Language and Literacy in Latino Families and Communities.

Please join us for a talk by Dr. Ana Celia Zentella on Bilinguals and Borders: Patrolling Languages and Identities on the US-Mexico Border.

Paulo Bedaque, from the University of Maryland, who will discuss "Neutron stars, sound speed bounds and hypernuclei?."

Offered twice - choose the time that works for you: * Wednesday, November 19 @ 6 - 7 pm * Thursday, November 20 @ 12 - 1 pm Join us to learn some of the basics about transgender identities and everyday actions you can take to be respectful and an a

Ekaterina V. Mastropas , Final Oral Examination for the Ph. D. Degree, Title: "Some Properties of Meson Excited States from Lattice QCD."

Dr. Tomoyuki Sasaki, of Eastern Michigan University, traces the development of Japan's Self-Defense Forces within the context of postwar economic development. Part of the Reves Distinguished Lectures in International Studies.

Interested in a study abroad scholarship of up to $10,000 per semester? Love to learn languages? Come learn about the Boren Scholarship for study in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, the Middle East, and Latin America.

Jamie Quatro, W&M alumnus (MA English) and Award-winning author will be doing a reading on Thursday, November 20 at 7 p.m. in Tucker Theatre. This event is free and open to the public.

The Center for Student Diversity will launch its first Popcorn and Pop Culture: "Celebrities Claiming Racial Identities" directed by Professor Artisia Green. We look forward to seeing you there!

This semester Syndicate is celebrating our 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY with a showcase of brand new choreography that represents who we are, what we do and why we love to dance! Admission: $3 at the door (CASH ONLY) Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

The W&M Opera Workshop will perform scenes from iconic operas.

William & Mary Theatre presents Bertolt Brecht's adaptation of the story of Mack the Knife, set to the jazz sounds of Kurt Weill in their resetting of the longest running Off-Broadway musical, The Threepenny Opera.

Come to the Calligraphy class, learn how to write your Chinese name.

William & Mary Law School and the Black Law Students Association present Law Days, November 21-22, 2014

Dr. Don Anderson, Director of the Cooperative Institute for the North Atlantic Region at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, will explore new technologies and approaches for studying and managing harmful algal blooms in New England.

Dean Harman of the University of Virginia presents "Dearomatization Agents in Organic Synthesis". Please join us for refreshments before the seminar.

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Dr. Markus Diefenthaler (University of Illinois-Urbana) Title of Talk: "The E-906/SeaQuest Experiment at Fermilab" Open to the public.

Because this activity will be limited to 15 people, you will have to sign-up to join. Sign-up sheet will be on the board in J-House on Monday, Nov. 17th 1:00 p.m.-

The W&M Global Film Festival will be presenting Land Ho for its Fall Theme Launch Event on November 21 at 7 pm!

William & Mary Theatre presents Bertolt Brecht's adaptation of the story of Mack the Knife, set to the jazz sounds of Kurt Weill in their resetting of the longest running Off-Broadway musical, The Threepenny Opera.

We will watch the Japanese movie, "Rurouni Kenshin. You don't need to sign-up for Movie Night. You can enter or exit anytime during the show.

William & Mary Theatre presents Bertolt Brecht's adaptation of the story of Mack the Knife, set to the jazz sounds of Kurt Weill in their resetting of the longest running Off-Broadway musical, The Threepenny Opera.

Competition to determine a soloist for the William & Mary Symphony Orchestra's spring concert.

William & Mary Theatre presents Bertolt Brecht's adaptation of the story of Mack the Knife, set to the jazz sounds of Kurt Weill in their resetting of the longest running Off-Broadway musical, The Threepenny Opera.

Joy Alegria Haynes, of Haynes Novick Immigration, will be speaking about the intersection of immigration law and LGBT rights. The talk will be Monday, November 24th at 12:50pm in Room 127. Lunch will be provided!

Intermediate Russian Conversation

Come and learn about two experiences in Social Entrepreneurship in 2015 (a 3-credit course on campus in Spring and a 6-credit fieldwork experience in the Dominican Republic in Summer).

Join us for a joint performance by the Woodwind Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble.

No classes scheduled.