Arts & Sciences Events

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

All currently enrolled students are invited to submit their best creative work to the annual W&M literary contest. Eminent outside judges select the winners, who will receive cash prizes. Submissions are open until March 22.

Photography Exhibition "Signatures". By photographer Josh Jalbert.

Jiayu Zhou, Samsung Research America, will give a talk with the title of Multi-task learning and its applications to biomedical informatics.

Brad Shadwick, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Title of Talk: "Variational Formulation of Macro-Particle Algorithms for Kinetic Plasma Simulations"

Reception for Photography Exhibition "Signatures". By photographer Josh Jalbert.

Get an inside view of Israel by following the journey of five young Israeli high school graduates who are drafted into the army to defend their country. An Israeli soldier featured in the film will join to share his/her experience with the audience.

Come see student-written plays take the stage! 4 nights of entertaining theatre, 5 unique shows, only $1 per night. Performances start at 8 PM in the PBK Lab Theatre.

Sara Khan, director of Inspire, a women's human rights and counter-terrorism organization which seeks to address inequalities facing British Muslim women, is the 2015 Kraemer Middle East Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence.

Matthew Hammer, University of Maryland-College Park, will give a talk with the title of Incremental Computation with Adapton.

Sara Khan, director of Inspire, a women's human rights and counter-terrorism organization which seeks to address inequalities facing British Muslim women, is the 2015 Kraemer Middle East Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence.

Kick-the-Can is one of the most common games played by children in Japan. Please send an email to the J-House tutor if you'd like to join.

Join us for Snacks, Film Screening, and Discussion of Food Chains, featuring CIW's Fair Food Program

The Peer Scholarship Advisors share all the information you need about Charles Center (and related) summer research funding. Applications are due March 18 at noon.

"Rio" Riofrio, Carey Bagdassarian and Paul Mapp talk about how to convert your old William & Mary course into a shiny new COLL 100.

Prof. Marc Sher, William & Mary, Title of Talk: "The instability of the Standard Model vacuum"

In the wake of Italy's 1976 Seveso chemical disaster, which released a dioxin cloud large enough to directly contaminate 15 sq. kilometers housing 37,000 people, pioneering Italian environmentalist Laura Conti took on the challenge of telling the story.

Come make and eat glutinous rice dessert "tangyuan", then guess Chinese New Year's riddles !

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

Tim Olbrych, guitarist and W&M faculty member, and Judy Olbrych, soprano, will present a concert of voice and guitar.

The W&M Global Film Festival is putting on a special screening of {{http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088847/,The Breakfast Club}} for its fifth Thursday Mug Night. Tickets are $3. Drink Special: 22 oz of local Alewerks Brewing Company beer for only $3.

In Summer 2015 Woody Scholarships will support undergraduate internships at the J. Paul Getty Museum, The Phillips Collection, and Colonial Williamsburg. Applications due Wednesday, March 25th.

Xia Hu, Arizona State University, will give a talk with the title of Understanding Social Spammers: A Data Mining Perspective

"Rio" Riofrio, Carey Bagdassarian and Paul Mapp talk about how to convert your old William & Mary course into a shiny new COLL 100.

Please join Africana Studies' First Friday Lecture with R. Benedito Ferrao. His lecture is entitled, "(Non) Saints: Margaret Mascarenhas' Skin and Afro-Asiatic Myth"

Prof. Mike Snow, University of Indiana, Title of Talk: "Nuclear/Particle/Astrophysics with Slow Neutrons"

If you want to see your sustainability project funded, submit a proposal!

Gregory Gay, University of Minnesota, will give a talk with the title of Steering Model-Based Test Oracles to Admit Real Program Behaviors

Nesreen Ahmed, Purdue University, will give a talk with the title of Large-scale Network Analysis and Graph Mining.

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

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

Peter Mackay, Lecturer at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, will be speaking.

Creating an academic plan will help you find the resources to develop a personal educational journey.

W&M's Black Law Students Association, in collaboration with other organizations, will host its annual symposium on race, law, and current events. Please join us for a much needed and enlightening discussion!

The Small Hall Makerspace provides access to electronics/computing tools, a 3D printer, a CNC wood milling machine, and a wood/acrylic laser cutter. We are seeking proposals for student-driven projects. Review will start on March 18.

ITPIR anticipates employing roughly 120 student researchers this summer. We welcome applicants from all majors with a particular emphasis on government, international relations, public policy, global studies, modern languages, and computer science.

Questions about withdrawing? Visit Academic Advising for some answers.

Applications for Charles Center Summer Research Scholarships are due no later than 12 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18. All parts of the application are due at that time, including letters and transcripts. Student IRB protocol, if required, must be submitted.

Please join our brownbag with Professor Monika Gosin. Her talk in entitled, "Racial/Sexual Appropriation and Erasure in the Veneration of Afro-Cuban Salsera Celia Cruz." All are welcome. Light snacks and drinks available.

Sensitivity Analysis for Unmeasured Confounding in Linear Structural Equation Models

An award winning documentary featuring Mike Wilson, border activist and member of the Tohono O'odham nation.

The Office of Academic Advising will be closed on Thursday, March 19 & Friday, March 20 while the advisors attend a professional development and training program.

A joint session conducted by the Reves Center for International Studies and the Cohen Career Center.

Join Professor Banks and ILSS for the final installment of the Immigration Roundtable at W&M this Thursday during lunchtime in Law School Room 127.

Lei Wang, Final Oral Examination for the Ph. D. Degree, Title: "Plasmonics and Magneto-Plasmonics in Thin Films and Nanostructures." Open to the public.

Spring 2015 Art and Art History Distinguished Lecture Series welcomes Photographer Duane Michals.

The W&M Global Film Festival is putting on a special screening of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" for its sixth Thursday Mug Night. Tickets are $3. Drink Special: 22 oz of local Alewerks Brewing Company beer for only $3.

The annual Graduate Research Symposium (GRS) is a unique educational and networking event, encouraging exchange between disciplines and bringing together students from William & Mary and regional universities.

A day of talks, workshops, and roundtables examining what Digital Humanities tools and practices have to offer for research and teaching, with invited participants from around the region. See the full description for complete details and schedule.

Speaker: Dan Cranston, Virginia Commonwealth University Title: Planar graphs are 9/2-colorable and have big independent sets

All who knew George from the campus, the community and Commonwealth are welcome to join in the tribute.

Corey Stephenson of the University of Michigan presents "Photoredox catalysis: Enabling Chemical Synthesis with Visible Light"

Dimension Reduction for Big Data Problem via Single-Index Models

Guest talk by Professor Stephen Norris (History, University of Miami/Ohio) on WWI commemorations in Russian media.

A lecture by Professor Scott DeVeaux of the University of Virginia as part of the Music in American Culture Series (MACS).

A Universal War to Solve All Questions: The Outbreak of the First World War and the major diplomatic and social questions of its age. Prof. Holly Case, Cornell University

The William & Mary Hip Hop Collection and Swem Library present Women in Hip Hop. Please RSVP by Mar. 16 to [[swemrsvp]]. Free and open to the public.

Performance of classical music by the Richmond Piano Trio. Free admission.

With immense social changes occurring with regard to LGBT issues, youth are grappling with sexual and gender identities at younger and younger ages. What opportunities and challenges do such developments create?

W&M Russian/Post-Soviet Studies hosts its annual competition for students passionate about the Russian language and culture. This year's events include crowd favorite jeopardy, skits, riveting debates, and surprise musical guests.

Join us for a leisurely 30 mile ride down the flat Capital Trail to Charles City Courthouse Grille, one of the finest restaurants of the Tidewater area. We'll meet at the Sadler Terrace and drive out to Chickahominy Riverfront park.

W&M will hold its Fourth Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference on March 21 & 22. All interested students are invited to attend.

Professor Vicki Jackson of Harvard Law School will deliver this year's Cutler Lecture, entitled "Pro-Constitutional Representation and Constitutional Democracy: Comparing the Role Obligations of Judges and Elected Representatives." Reception to follow.

Dr. Rebecca Streit from UC-Santa Barbara will discuss "Controls on intermontane basin filling, isolation, and incision on the margin of the Puna plateau, NW Argentina."

Crossing Boundaries is a symposium to be held in St Andrews, and is designed to bring together members of the faculties from St Andrews and William & Mary to discuss shared research interests.

Save the Date! VA Attorney General Herring will visit the Law School on Tuesday, March 24th at 3:30pm in Room 119. Reception to follow - free and open to the public.

In this event, a student will give us a presentation about Samurai, Bushido, and Sword. We will also have a discussion afterwards for further understanding about the topic.

The Election Law Society welcomes Stanley Brand for our last speaker series lecture of the year. His talk is entitled "Secretary Clinton's Emails: Congressional subpoenas, criminal law and independent counsel investigations."

Prof. Stephen Sheehi examines how the portrait during the 19th c "Arab Renaissance" mediated and stabilized social and economic transformations in the Arab world, enacting a local subject, necessary for the establishment of localized capitalist order.

The Cloud committee is pleased to announce that Kathryn Bond Stockton, Distinguished Professor of English and Interim Associate Vice President for Equity and Diversity at the University of Utah, will deliver the annual Cloud lecture.

Join us in welcoming the keynote speech for W&M's college level Model UN conference, &MUN. The speaker, Dr. Jacob Kumaresan, is currently the Director of WHO's UN office. Business attire is required.

Debra Nystrom is the author of three books of poetry, Bad River Road and Torn Sky (Sarabande Books) and A Quarter Turn (Sheep Meadow Press).

Join VIMS Professor Rom Lipcius as he continues VIMS' 75th anniversary celebration with a look at the history and future of blue crabs in Chesapeake Bay.

On Thursday, March 26, at 7:00pm, the College Republicans will be hosting the Republican National Committee's new liaison, Mike Mears, to talk about the purpose of his role and how to unify the conservative party. Will be followed by a Q&A.

A concert in which students have the opportunity to explore and develop their original choreography performed by their peers in the Orchesis Dance Company, under the mentorship of W&M Dance faculty.

"Quality control at the endoplasmic reticulum translocon"

Panel on Future US Energy & Sustainability

William & Mary's Environmental Law and Policy Review and the Virginia Coastal Policy Clinic present their annual multi-day symposium on water quality issues in Virginia.

Please join us for Natasha Sriraman, M.D., Pediatrics Faculty, EVMS for her lecture, "Why Stories Matter: Understanding Narrative Medicine."

Christopher Monahan, University of Utah, Title of Talk: Wanted: new physics

A Talk by Natasha Sriraman, M.D., Pediatrics Faculty, Eastern Virginia Medical School. Natasha Sriraman, M.D. is one of the leaders of the COLL 200 W&M-EVMS Narrative Medicine for Excellence Project.

A concert in which students have the opportunity to explore and develop their original choreography performed by their peers in the Orchesis Dance Company, under the mentorship of W&M Dance faculty.

The Q-Summit is a gathering of southern queer youth (ages 17-25) focusing on our place in the South and building strong, resilient communities.

Join Mark for his Senior Project in Music recital, accompanied by piano faculty member Judith Zwerdling Zwelling. Featuring music of Bellini, Beethoven, Schubert, Barber, and Copland.

This event has no limit on people, but please send me an e-mail if you would like to join, so that I can prepare enough snacks.

A concert in which students have the opportunity to explore and develop their original choreography performed by their peers in the Orchesis Dance Company, under the mentorship of W&M Dance faculty.

Led by Dr. Paul Bhasin, the Wind Ensemble performs an eclectic program of classic and emerging works for winds.

A concert in which students have the opportunity to explore and develop their original choreography performed by their peers in the Orchesis Dance Company, under the mentorship of W&M Dance faculty.

Dr. Joseph Panzik from the University of Tennessee presents, "Continents and Cratons and P-Mag, Oh My: Using paleomagnetism from the Sinclair terrane, Namibia, Africa to infer paleogeography of the Kalahari craton."

Screening of a hilarious Russian comedy.

Jiehang Zhang, University of Maryland, JQI Title of Talk: Spectroscopy with Laser-cooled Francium and Progress towards Atomic Parity Non-Conservation