Arts & Sciences Events

Series of assignments on Blackboard to help new students to become acquainted with Blackboard and degree requirements.

Recruitment drive for peer advisors for 2015-2016

Constitutional Conversations explores the history of the constitution at the Williamsburg library.

On Sunday, January 18th, join Branch Out Regional and the Lemon Project Directors for a chance to uncover William and Mary's true relationship with racism, slavery, and Jim Crow.

The William & Mary Jazz Combo, comprised of William & Mary students under the direction of faculty member Harris Simon, will perform at the Winter Blues Jazzfest.

Spring Semester classes begin. Welcome back!

The W&M Global Film Festival's Wednesday pre-festival lineup begins with the 1971 Australia-UK co-produced classic {{http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067959/,Walkabout}}. Free entry, no reservation required.

Angela Ciccolo, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary for Special Olympics, Inc. and former General Counsel for the NAACP, will be speaking at the law school, room 127, on January 22 at 12:50 pm.

On Thursday, January 22, at 3:30 pm, our Law School is hosting a special 75 minute program in Room 127 on Magna Carta and its importance to our legal tradition. This event is free and open to the public. All are welcome.

Movie night at the French House: Let's watch The Intouchables (Intouchables).

The W&M Global Film Festival is putting on a special screening of "The Big Lebowski" for its first weekly Mug Night at the Kimball Theatre. Tickets are $3. Drink Special: 22 oz of local Alewerks Brewing Company beer for only $3.

The non-DAC/ODCA team at AidData is looking to hire two interns for the Spring 2015 semester. Our team engages in the collection, publication, and analysis of data on the foreign aid of non-traditional donors (such as Brazil, Colombia, India.

Gather 'round with faculty, staff, and students as exciting news and events for this Spring Semester are revealed.

Title: Statistical inference for dynamical systems

Carol Woody, a senior member of the technical staff at the Software Engineering Institute, will give a talk with the title of Software Security: Today's Primary Software Challenge.

All students are invited to this special presentation! Professor Southgate teaches at the University of Wisconsin.

Dr. Bharat Ratra (Kansas State University), Title of Talk: The "Standard" Model of Cosmology ... and Open Questions

A one-day student summit hosted by the Center for Student Diversity exploring ways to move from this catalytic moment in the struggle for racial justice to a movement that can achieve lasting change. Students: register by Jan 22 to ensure a seat & a lunch

Learn and perform Bhangra with W&M Dhamaal, the College's competitive Bhangra team! Auditions consist of a choreography session at 8pm Sun 1/25 and 9pm Tue 1/27, followed by tryouts on Thu 1/29. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY, jut a desire to learn!

Join Juanita Graham, M.Ed., Director of Outreach Services for Avalon, a shelter for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, who will talk about the significant and damaging effects suffered by victims. Sponsored by the Clinical Program.

Prof. Ulrika Carlsson (Ph.D., Yale) will speak on "Philosophy and Happiness," a discussion of Schopenhauer and the relation between philosophy, reflection and well-being. All students are invited!

Recent ceramic art works by Matt Repsher, Gwendolyn Yoppolo and Simon Levin

Every year the College of William & Mary and the Student Assembly sponsor a trip to Richmond in which students are able to meet and lobby Virginia state representatives. Please sign up to be a part of the day on this GoogleDoc: https://forms.wm.edu/185

Are you looking to improve your language skills? Join the MLL Language Houses and the Global Education Office to learn more about study abroad and on-campus residential programs.

Learn more about the faculty-led W&M 2015 Summer Study Abroad Program in Antigua!

Are you looking to improve your language skills? Join the MLL Language Houses and the Global Education Office to learn more about study abroad and on-campus residential programs.

Join the W&M in Washington program for a "Conversation with Joan Claybrook," a consumer advocate and former head of Public Citizen and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

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.

Title: Ensemble Trees and CLTs: Statistical Inference in Machine Learning

Professor Timothy Costelloe will talk about procedures and deadlines for pursuing Honors and writing an Honors thesis in Philosophy. All students welcome.

This year's keynote speaker will be Dr. Marc Lamont Hill.

The W&M Global Film Festival's Wednesday pre-festival lineup continues with the 2012 American documentary {{http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1788461/,The Pruitt-Igoe Myth}}. Free entry, no reservation required.

The Schroeder Center for Health Policy is currently accepting applications for a new summer research fellowship program focused on health policy and health services research. Applications are due March 18, 2015 at 12:00 p.m.

David Wilson (Old Dominion University) Title: Resonances in coupled channel scattering from lattice QCD

The Department of Modern Languages & Literatures announces the first Bellini Colloquium of 2015, presented by Professor Katherine Brown: "The Spirit Moves: Saintly Mobility in Old French Hagiography."

Are you thinking about majoring in History? Are you already a History major? Come talk to W&M History alumni about what kind of work they do and why it is satisfying to them.

Hyakunin Isshu is a Japanese traditional card game. In this event, we will have a special guest, Mrs. Miwa Takeda.She will explain to us the history of Hyakunin Isshu, and we will also play one of the Hyakunin Isshu games which is easy to play.

Come audition for W&M's student choreographed hip hop dance team! We will teach you a short 30-second combination to perform in small groups at the end. Prepared solos are welcome but not required. There are two audition sessions: 6-7 or 7-8.

Join us for the W&M in Washington Fall 2015 Information Session to find out more about the semester program and the Fall 2015 theme!

The W&M Global Film Festival is putting on a special screening of "National Lampoon's Animal House" for its second weekly Mug Night at the Kimball Theatre. Tickets are $3. Drink Special: 22 oz of local Alewerks Brewing Company beer for only $3.

These annual awards for A&S graduate students are in recognition of outstanding undergraduate mentoring in scholarship and research outside of classroom teaching. Awards are $250 each.

Geology Senior Brady Coleman presents, "A (Denitrifying) Bedtime Story: Stifling Eutrophication with Woodchips and Biochar"

This event is open to all students of all majors and class years! No RSVP necessary.

The Office of Academic Advising will provide tools and practice on creating an academic plan.

Title: Modeling for the Equitable and Effective Food Distribution under Stochastic Capacities

Professor Griffith (Ph.D., UC-Irvine) teaches at Central Michigan University. He will be giving a presentation and leading discussion on "Fatalism, Freedom, and the Future," for all interested students!

Are you considering getting a Ph.D. in Political Science, IR, Econ, or Public Policy? David Leblang (UVA) and Bill Bernhard (Illinois) will be in town to speak to you about how and whether to apply to graduate school.

"Polycyclic alkaloid natural products of fungal origin"

Prof. Christine Aidala, University of Michigan Title of Talk: Spin-Momentum Correlations, Aharonov-Bohm, and Color Entanglement in Quantum Chromodynamics

We will watch the movie "The Last Samurai". You don't need to sign-up for Movie Night. You can enter or exit anytime during the show. We will have a discussion about the movie and the samurai spirit after the movie. Please join us if you are interested!

Scholarship On Display is a rotating exhibit series showcasing faculty work from academic departments at the College of William & Mary. This installment features publications and research from current faculty members in the Economics Department.