Arts & Sciences Events

Learn about Phi Mu Alpha, Delta Omicron, and Nu Kappa Epsilon, the Music Greek Organizations on campus! Have good food, listen to great music, and meet the best people!

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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.

Presented by Professor Christine Nemacheck. If you are applying to law school or are planning on attending law school at some point after graduation, please attend this workshop to be held on Monday, Feb. 2, 4-6pm in Morton Hall rm. 220.

Professor Vance (Ph.D., University of Colorado), Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at William & Mary, will give a presentation on "The Ship of Theseus and Space-Time Worms." All students are invited to this presentation and discussion!

Dr. Nicolas Young from the Lamont-Doherty Observatory at Columbia University presents, "Holocene evolution of the southwestern Greenland Ice Sheet"

Applications for W&M in Washington's Fall 2015 semester are open! http://dcapps.wm.edu/apply/wmindc/

Learn more information about opportunities with the Peace Corps.

A lecture by Janet Stephens

When a member of the Tribe needs help, they should know where to go. Come to learn and have your voice heard about the Counseling Center. A picture tour, stories from students, and an expert panel will be featured in this interactive program.

This exhibit explores Virginia's 35 years of hip-hop history through oral histories, curated playlists, artifacts, posters, and other archival materials in the William & Mary Hip Hop Collection.

Professor Green will speak on the recent cert grant by the Supreme Court on the same-sex marriage cases out of the 6th circuit.

Title: Paraorthogonal Polynomials and Electrostatics on the Unit Circle

Stop by the Chinese House 4-6pm on Wed., Feb. 4, for an open house event. Light snack will be provided.

Want to learn more about the German House?

Join Swem for a reception and gallery talk celebrating an exhibit featuring pieces from the William & Mary Hip Hop Collection. Open to the public.

The Boehly Center for Excellence in Finance invites you to join us for the 2nd Annual Financial Services Roundtable on Wednesday, February 4th from 6-7:30 pm in Miller Hall?s Brinkley Commons.

The W&M Global Film Festival's Wednesday pre-festival lineup continues with the 2011 Russian drama {{http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1925421/,Elena}}. Free entry, no reservation required.

Projjwal Banerjee from Univ. Minnesota who will discuss some interesting physics of nucleosynthesis in supernovae.

Matt Repsher | Gwendolyn Yoppolo | Simon Levin an exhibition of recent ceramic art works Exhibition Dates: January 27 - February 19 Reception: February 5, 4-6pm

In this event, you throw beans at your opponents to get them out of the court. It's like dodgeball!! The winning team will get presents!

Constitutional Conversations explores the history of the Constitution at Williamsburg Library.

Cyclist, journalist, and gender-equality advocate Kathryn Bertine screens her film "Half the Road" in the Commonwealth Auditorium at 7 PM. There will be Q/A and a reception to follow.

The W&M Global Film Festival is putting on a special screening of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" for its third weekly Mug Night at the Kimball Theatre. Tickets are $3. Drink Special: 22 oz of local Alewerks Brewing Company beer for only $3.

Please join Africana Studies' First Friday Lecture with James Padilioni. His lecture is entitled, "Three Faces of Martin in Atlanta: Refractions and Refulgences of Africa and the Americas in the Cult of Saint Martin De Porres"

William & Mary alum Melissa Trask talks about her position as a consultant at Clinovations, a leading health care consulting firm. Learn about opportunities in this field and how to best prepare yourself.

Come hang out with HOPE and make care packages for the long distance loves in your life!

Title: Large-Scale Fork-Join Networks with Non-Exchangeable Synchronization

Prof. Tyler Hildebrand (Ph.D., University of Colorado) will offer a colloquium for students, entitled "Will the future be like the past? Solutions to the problem of induction." All interested students are invited!

"Ecosystem services provisioned by birds in coffee farms of Jamaica and Kenya"

Dr. Alberto Marino, University of Oklahoma, Title of Talk: Controlling the Spatial Properties of Entangled Twin Beams

The Best Student Bands William & Mary has to offer compete for the Opportunity of the Year! The Winner will rock the stage at the TribeFest Music Festival, the weekend of April 25th.

The W&M Global Film Festival's Saturday Family Matinee lineup begins with the 1960 American classic {{http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054357/,Swiss Family Robinson}}. Free entry, no reservation required.

Come by to talk with current residents about living in William & Mary's "Global Village" and enjoy an array of international food and music!

Join the Bots for their Broadway gala concert featuring Harris Simon, jazz piano and harmonica. All proceeds go to the Choral International Tour Fund.

We will watch the movie "Departures." 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 certain topics afterward. Please join us if you are interested!

The Sexual Health Branch of HOPE will be selling Valentine's Day Condomgrams in Sadler from Monday Feb. 9 to Friday Feb. 13 at 11:00-2:00pm and 5:00-7:00pm!

Lianyi He, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Title of Talk: Many-body approaches to strongly interacting Fermi and Bose gases in the quasirepulsive regime

Dr. Alison Anders from the University of Illinois gives a talk entitled, "From the Quaternary to the Anthropocene: Impacts of the Glacial Legacy on the Landscape Response to Intensive Agriculture across the Upper Midwest".

Ambassador David O'Sullivan, appointed European Union Ambassador to the United States in November, visits William & Mary for a special lecture and reception. The topic: Expanding the EU-US Relationship to Face Common Challenges. A reception follows.

Please join us as Onawumi Jean Moss performs, "Stories that Make You Go: Ah'm, Jes' Sayin'" with a reception to follow. All are welcome!

Love on the Rocks: a new guide to sex, alcohol and relationships. Join HOPE's Healthy Relationships branch to discuss how to navigate the role of alcohol in relationships.

Reves Hall international living learning community is William & Mary's own "Global Village," housing international and domestic students with an interest in international affairs.

Gene Tracy and Nick Popper share their experiences working on COLL 100 course development and ask how the CLA can best support faculty in the coming months.

Election Law Society welcomes Jack Young from top political law firm Sandler Reiff Rosentein & Birkenstock. He will discuss preventative mediation in conflict prone states including his work in the recent Afghan presidential elections.

Title: Composite Empirical Likelihood: A Derivation of Multiple Non Parametric Likelihood Objects

The W&M Global Film Festival's Wednesday pre-festival lineup continues with the 2013 Japan-USA co-produced documentary {{http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2574306/,A2-B-C}}. Free entry, no reservation required.

Considering a history major? Join Prof. Hahamovitch and Prof. Koloski for the chance to hear about majoring in history and ask any questions you may have.

The Mediation Society's Science of Persuasion Speaker Series will feature three different speakers who will talk about their experiences using persuasion in their careers, and share how you can effectively use persuasion in your lives and careers.

Gene Tracy and Nick Popper share their experiences working on COLL 100 course development and ask how the CLA can best support faculty in the coming months.

First lecture in a Speaker Series sponsored by the Russian and Post-Soviet Studies Program and the Gregory Tepper Lecture Fund: Ukraine & Russia: Past, Present & Future of the Region:

Dr. Nicholas Balascio from the Lamont Earth Observatory with Columbia University presents, "Reconstructing Past Climate and Environmental Change in the Arctic: Insights from Lake Sediment Records and Data Synthesis Efforts".

Because this activity will be limited to 15 people, you will have to sign-up to join. Otherwise, you cannot participate. Sign-up sheet will be on the board in J-House on Monday, Feb. 9th 1:00 pm.

Join the CSD as we celebrate Black History Month on Thursday, Feb. 12th at 6:30 pm in Commonwealth Auditorium to hear the powerful, relevant and profoundly educating story of Chad Goller-Sojourner.

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

To live in Chinese House 2015-2016, the application deadline is 5pm Friday, Feb 13th.

Grey Ballard, Sandia National Labs, will give a talk with the title of Reducing Computation and Communication in Scientific Computing.

Title: Recruitment stocking problems

"Penguins as biomonitors of mercury availability in Southern Hemisphere marine food webs"

Simona Malace, Jefferson Lab, Title of Talk: The Structure of the Nucleon

Performance of Appalachian music by the Cary Street Ramblers. Admission: $10/general public, $5/students. Tickets available at the door.

Come to C House to learn and make some beautiful paper cutting works for the Chinese New Year Decoration!

The W&M Global Film Festival's Saturday Family Matinee lineup concludes with the 2014 American animated film {{http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3246908/,The Boxcar Children}}. Free entry, no reservation required.

W&M GFF is partnering with Chef Everett's Restaurants--The Blue Talon, The Trellis, and The Dog Street Pub--to renew a Valentine's classic: the romantic "Movie & Dinner" date with screenings of two classic romance films, The Quiet Man and Roman Holiday.

Because this activity will be limited to 15 people, you will have to sign-up to join. Otherwise, you cannot participate. Sign-up sheet will be on the board in J-House on Monday, Feb. 9th 1:00 pm.

W&M will hold its Fourth Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference on March 21 & 22, 2015. Paper submissions should be prepared for anonymous review and be approximately 2,000-3,000 words. Deadline: February 15th. See full submission information below.

Merit and need-based awards for study abroad in particular Arabic-speaking countries

Publicizing the information sessions which departments are offering in advance of fall registration

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Danfeng Zhang, Cornell University, will give a talk with the title of "Designing Programming Languages to Build Provably Secure Systems."

Title: Gauging subellipticity in the dbar-Neumann problem

Please join us for a discussion on Universal Universities? Teaching and Research in Global Perspective. The event will include a panel of William & Mary faculty members from various disciplines and a poster session featuring student research.

Dr. Diane Thompson from the National Center for Atmospheric Research discusses tropical climate change and its effects on coral reef ecosystems. This is sure to be eye-opening and informative!

Jean-luc Doumont proposes a systematic way to prepare and deliver an oral presentation, covering structure, slides, and delivery. Sponsored by the Center for the Liberal Arts and the Dean's Office, Arts & Sciences. For faculty and students.

Jean-luc Doumont leads a highly interactive workshop covering ways you can structure your courses and assignments to improve students' public presentations. Sponsored by the Center for the Liberal Arts and the Dean's Office, Arts & Sciences.

This talk illustrates capabilities in Mathematica 10 and other Wolfram technologies that are directly applicable for use in teaching and research on campus.

Please join our brownbag with Professor Annie Blazer. Her talk in entitled, "Playing for God: Evangelical Women and the Unintended Consequences of Sports Ministry." All are welcome. Light snacks and drinks available.

Title: Peak interpolation for continuous multipliers of the Drury-Arveson space

Thinking about majoring in geology? Come out to our majors information session, where a panel of current geology majors and Professor Rowan Lockwood will be there to answer all of your questions about what it means to major in geology at William & Mary.

Join Shaye Areheart, Director of the Columbia Publishing Course, to learn about their program.

Interested in Study Abroad? Are you a pell grant recipient? The Gilman Study Abroad Scholarship aims to make study abroad a viable option for all students. Come learn more at an Information Session with previous recipients.

Because this activity will be limited to 15 people, you will have to sign-up to join. Otherwise, you cannot participate. Sign-up sheet will be on the board in J-House on Monday, Feb. 16th at 1:00 pm.

The W&M Global Film Festival's Wednesday pre-festival lineup concludes with the 2013 Irish drama {{http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2760590/,Out of Here}}. Free entry, no reservation required.

Learn how to apply to Graduate School abroad and succeed. Discover how you can gain your Master's degree in a year or a Ph.D. degree in 3 years from world leading universities and gain an international experience which will set you apart.

Jerry Miller from the University of Washington, Title of Talk: "The Electron is Not Round: Electron Shape, Size and GPDs in QED"

Lecture by Prof. Michael Nelson, Queens College (CUNY)

Dr. Jennifer Cotton from the University of Utah presents, "Climate, CO2, and the history of C3 and C4 grasses in the western hemisphere."

Second lecture in a Speaker Series sponsored by the Russian and Post-Soviet Studies Program and the Gregory Tepper Lecture Fund: Ukraine & Russia: Past, Present & Future of the Region:

Second lecture in a Speaker Series sponsored by the Russian and Post-Soviet Studies Program and the Gregory Tepper Lecture Fund

Events include screenings of The Duke of Burgundy, Something, Anything (with special guest, director Paul Harrill), and the GFF Galway Documentary Project, as well as the REcycled REception, the first party of the festival weekend.

Join us for a talk with Jack Trammel, author of The Richmond Slave Trade: The Economic Backbone of the Old Dominion. Event will take place in the library's Botetourt Theatre and Gallery and will include a reception.

Latin American Studies Invites you to Major/Minor Information (and Pizza!) Night

Meet people in a totally inclusive, meaningful way! All sexualities, identities, and personalities are welcome. Come out to meet potential friends and partners! This event is part of HOPE's Healthy Relationships month.

Come out and support our latest student-run, student-directed, student-cast senior directorial!

Adwait Jog, Pennsylvania State University, will give a talk with the title of The Future of Parallel Computing with GPUs

Christopher Triola, Final Oral Examination for the Ph. D. Degree, Title: "Electronic properties of chiral two-dimensional materials." Open to the public.

Please stop by the offices of Chinese professors for a consultation in Washington Hall on Friday, Feb 20th.

Pizza and information session for students interested in declaring a Music major or minor.

Sit down with filmmaker Paul Harrill, director of Something, Anything? and special guest for the 2015 W&M Global Film Festival, in Swem Library's Research Room to discuss the filmmaking process and his experience in the film industry. Free pizza!

Title: The Langlands program

Reza Ghiladi, North Carolina State University (NSCU) presents "The Dehaloperoxidase Paradox: How Nature Juggles Oxygen Transport, Peroxidase, and Peroxygenase Activities at a Single Heme Active Site"

This Focus ON, led by Emma Craige and other Peer Scholarship Advisors, will be especially useful for any students planning to submit research proposals for summer 2015 funding.

Please join us for Terri Babineau, M.D., Dean of Students, EVMS for her lecture, " They Told Me to Stay in My Place: I Went to Med School Instead."

"Microbial ecology of methane oxidation in extreme environments"

Dr. Alexander Balatsky (LANL/Nordita) Title of Talk: Dirac Materials

Terri Babineau, M.D. is Dean of Students at Eastern Virginia Medical School and one of the leaders of the COLL 200 W&M-EVMS Narrative Medicine for Excellence Project.

Events include a sneak preview screening of the monumental 2015 documentary The Hunting Ground, screenings of Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure and Silence, and the annual 24SPEED Film Competition Screening.

W&M alum and professional actor, Thomas Fiscella, takes time out from his role of mob boss Gyp DeCarlo in the national tour of Jersey Boys to meet and speak with current students who are interested in careers in the performing arts.

The Chinese Student Organization, Japanese Culture Association, and Korean American Student Association will host the annual Lunar New Year performance Friday, February 20th. Come enjoy an evening of cultural dances, friends, family, and lots of food!

There will be a short presentation followed by an exhaustive stargazing session, and hot beverages will be served!

Events include screenings of 52 Tuesdays, Charlie's Country (with special guest, director Rolf de Heer), and the newly remastered Moana with Sound, as well as three Student Short Film Competition showcases and GFF's signature After Party at the Trellis.

Support the William & Mary Women's Chorus by attending its annual Women in Music Concert! The event will feature female talent from a variety of performance ensembles. Saturday, February 21, in the Ewell Recital Hall. Tickets are $3 at the door.

Cheesefare Week Celebration

Hosted by Ebony Expressions Gospel Choir

This confidential health survey allows the College to map a wide range of health issues, making our campus healthier. And as a full-time undergraduate or graduate student, you have a chance of winning one of many great prizes!

Events include screenings of Slamdance favorite Across the Sea and a Silent Family Matinee-pairing of An Eastern Westerner and Go West (with live piano accompaniment by Matt Marshall), the annual Wind Ensemble Concert, and a catered morning brunch.

Join the William & Mary Wind Ensemble, led by Dr. Paul Bhasin, in a program featuring popular and classic works for winds performed with your favorite film clips in the historic Kimball Theatre.

Eric Eaton, University of Pennsylvania, will give a talk with the title of Efficient Lifelong Machine Learning

TITLE: Generalized quadrangles with symmetry

This Focus ON, led by Johnathan Maza and other Peer Scholarship Advisors, will be especially useful for participants at the Honors Colloquium, Science Symposium, and other presentation events.

Join W&M IT for a discussion of the important implications of data privacy.

Amanda Dulin, the head of analytics at HCA Healthcare in Richmond, will discuss how to display health care data in maps and how to use GIS software. Lunch will be served, but RSVP is required.

Join John Kunich, Professor Robb, the Federalist Society, the Environmental Law Society, and the Business Law Society for a no-holds-barred look at fracking and its environmental, economic, and energy impacts.

Please join us for "Queer Comix" an artist talk and slideshow by Nicole J. Georges, author of Calling Dr. Laura & A.K. Summers, author of Pregnant Butch. Reception to follow. All are welcome!

What if you were denied your right to higher education simply because of your beliefs? Come out to watch a new documentary on the issue, To Light A Candle, then followed by a panel discussion, and a chance to add your voice to those around the world.

Alla Rozovskaya, Columbia University, will give a talk with the title of Automated Methods for Text Correction

Major/Minor information for Environmental Science and Policy will be provided to all interested students

Campus deadline: 12 pm 2/25/14 The Udall scholarship honors the legacies of Morris Udall and Stewart Udall, whose careers had a significant impact on American Indian self-governance, health care, and the stewardship of public lands and natural resources.

Come listen to Ambassador Scheffer speak about his experiences as the first US Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues as the UN Secretary General's Special Expert on UN Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Tribunal.

Please join the Federalist Society and IBRLSD in welcoming Jonathan Mitchell, former Solicitor General of Texas, to William & Mary. Mr. Mitchell has argued before the US Supreme Court, the 5th Circuit, and the Texas Supreme Court.

Vernacular legal culture in Medieval Armenia: Real estate, endowment and protection on the margins of empire

Interested students are invited to attend an information session on Virginia hospital, physician, and patient healthcare data that can be used for Honors projects, independent studies, and summer research projects.

Major information for students interested in Computer Science

Join HOPE's Healthy Relationships branch for an interactive screening of the movie Pariah! Pariah is an incredibly powerful and uplifting lesbian coming-of-age film.

Please join us in welcoming Gwendolyn Yoppolo, ceramicist, who will be giving a workshop and Artist talk on February 26

Pre-election Litigation: Judicial Influence Before Election Day

Third lecture in a Speaker Series sponsored by the Russian and Post-Soviet Studies Program and the Gregory Tepper Lecture Fund: Ukraine & Russia: Past, Present & Future of the Region:

This event will be re-scheduled. Arlene Davila, Professor of Anthropology and American Studies at New York University, applies shopping malls in Latin America as a lens to explore issues of class and social inequality. The 2015 Vincent Sutlive Lecture.

A show about what moves us to move others. Join us for a special night of original monologues, music, and poetry, and get to know your peers on a deeper level.

William & Mary Theatre presents Regina Taylor's Crowns directed by Artisia Green, February 26-March 1.

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

Join the William & Mary Law School Journal of Women and the Law and the Women's Law Society for the annual JOWL Symposium.

William & Mary students are invited to join a campus community Conversation on the Legacies of Slavery, Resistance and Freedom at the College

Please join us for Mekbib Gemeda, VP for Diversity, EVMS for his lecture, "Unconscious Bias: Overcoming the Demons of Inequality."

Because this activity will be limited to 15 people, you will have to sign-up to join. Otherwise, you cannot participate. Sign-up sheet will be on the board in J-House on Monday, Feb. 23rd at 1:00 pm.

A talk by Mekbib Gemeda, Vice President for Diversity at Eastern Virginia Medical School, February 27, 2015, James Blair Hall, 227, 4-6 p.m. Mr. Gemeda is one of the leaders of the COLL 200 W&M-EVMS Narrative Medicine for Excellence Project.

Dr. Jennifer Adams, USAID's deputy assistant administrator in the Bureau for Global Health, will be presenting on "The U.S. Response to the Recent Ebola Crisis." Following her talk, there will be a Q&A session.

William & Mary Theatre presents Regina Taylor's Crowns directed by Artisia Green, February 26-March 1.

William & Mary Theatre presents Regina Taylor's Crowns directed by Artisia Green, February 26-March 1.

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 certain topics afterward. Please join us if you are interested!

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.

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.

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

Recruitment drive for peer advisors for 2015-2016

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.