Arts & Sciences Events

Hear from students about our Clinical Mental Health (concentrations in Couples, Marriage & Family Counseling, Military and Veterans Counseling, and School Counseling) programs!

Professor Leora Batnitzky of Princeton University intertwines rock and roll, the Vietnam war, and Baruch Spinoza! 

Information session for the geoLab Data Science Research Lab!

Learn about the 2024 W&M Rome & Pompeii Summer Study Abroad Program.

Join W&M alum Massey Whorley ’06, MPP ’08, a Principal with the healthcare consulting firm Avalere, for a conversation about how to set yourself up for success in Public Policy and Health Policy careers.

Join Dean Suzanne Raitt & Dr. Josephine Reynolds of Hertford College, Oxford, for an information about study abroad at Oxford! 

Students in the Institute for Integrative Conservation's year-long Conservation Research Program will be presenting the findings from the research they completed in collaboration with external conservation partners and faculty in 2023.

Learn more about the W&M summer study abroad program in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Join the Japanese Studies Program for our annual Open House, where you can learn more about exciting new courses for Spring, the major and minor in Japanese Studies, study-abroad opportunities, and more.  Delicious snacks provided.  We hope to see you!

Deadline to declare major/minor for guaranteed processing before Spring 2024 priority registration

Four steps are required at least two weeks before you defend. November 3 is the last day by which you may meet this requirement if you intend to graduate in January 2024.

Hundreds of undergraduate students across the NATO Alliance will unite for a case challenge to address and counter disinformation in one of seven realms, competing to develop the most comprehensive and innovative solution that can be put into practice.

"Come and meet the viola da gamba! An instrument prized in the Baroque for its expressivity and virtuosity, come and be introduced to the wide-ranging body of solo repertoire composed for the viol family - treble, tenor and bass."

Dr. Collin McMillan from the University of Notre Dame will present his talk: Neural Models for Source Code Summarization

Cheminar: Back to the Future – Synthetic & Pharmaceutical Applications of Ergot Alkaloids

Peter Wipf, Distinguished University Professor, University of Pittsburgh

Bryan Ramson, Associate Scientist Neutrino Division Fermilab, Title of talk: Reviewing the Physics Program of the Fermilab Modern Modular Bubble Chamber

Stop by for free cider and cookies and information about Charles Center summer internship opportunities in 2024. 

Opening Reception for "Face to Face: Across Spaces and Places," The Curatorial Project exhibition

Mark your calendars for the Multicultural Game Night on November 3rd! It will take place in Boswell Hall, rooms 3, 37, 38, 39, 40 with five different cultural games to play.

Don't forget to RSVP on the link below! https://forms.gle/eubgTKSrcVdE6FGe6

The Computer Science (CS) Department is hosting its 2nd Symposium for Graduate Studies! Learn everything about getting a PhD or MS degree, and pathways for non-CS majors! Visit the symposium website for more information, and register here.

Dr. Gianfranco Ciardo from Iowa State University will present his talk Improving "one of the only really fundamental data structures that came out in the last 25 years”

Offices closed. No undergraduate classes scheduled.

Join us for the final ARII workshop to be held this semester! John Meck, Executive Director W&M Corporate & Foundation Relations, will be presenting on corporate funding.

When: November 8th  at 4:00PM (ET)

Where: McGlothlin-Street Hall, Room 219

We would like to extend a warm welcome to Dr. Adam Pritchard from the Virginia Museum of Natural History

Are you interested in gaining invaluable professional experience and immersing yourself in the vibrant cultures of East Asia? If so, mark your calendar for the upcoming Freeman Intern Fellowships in East Asia Information Session on 11/8!

Learn more about the W&M Faculty-led Summer Study Abroad Program in Adelaide, Australia.

Jas Hammonds (they/she) was raised in many cities and between the pages of many books. Their debut novel, We Deserve Monuments, won the 2023 Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award. Her second novel, Thirsty, is forthcoming Summer 2024.

Nathan Wintersgill, Computer Science - Thesis Defense
Title: Exploring Software Licensing Issues Faced by Legal Practitioners
Advisor: Dr. Denys Poshyvanyk and Dr. Oscar Chaparro
Location:  zoom meeting

Join us for a lunch talk featuring Melanie Davenport, Director of Regulatory Affairs and Outreach at the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). 

Ezekiel Wertz, doctoral candidate in Physics: "Building Blocks of the Universe"

Offered in partnership between the Graduate Center and the Williamsburg Regional Library.

Non-business majors can earn a Global Business Minor through the Mason School's Summer Study Abroad in Dublin.

Miles P. Grier, Associate Professor of English at Queens College, CUNY will speak on research related to his just-published book Inkface: White Authority 

Join National Geographic photographer, filmmaker, writer and explorer Ami Vitale

Timothy Olbrych, Classical, Baroque, and Renaissance Guitarist, has performed throughout the United States in solo, chamber, and orchestral settings, including Merkin Hall. Club A, and Club 54 in NYC, and has been a performer on radio and television.

Title: Exploring Solution Structures in Nonlinear Models of Pattern Formation 

Cheminar: Twists & Turns On the Path of Reaction Discovery

Hosea Nelson, Professor of Chemistry, Caltech: California Institute of Technology

Interested in a summer internship focused on human rights in Argentina? Come to our info session!

Raghav Kunnawalkam-Elayavalli, Vanderbilt University, Title of talk: Back to fundamental QCD - how do quarks and gluons evolve in space and time?  

Music by Bach, Galuppi, Runestad, Makaroff, Grimsdottir and many more.

Spring 2024 priority registration for continuing students

Questions about the Applied Research and Innovation Initiative? Come to this virtual info session and speak with Candice Vinson, ARII Program Manager about the funding opportunity!

The Global Research Institute is hosting a panel and reception event featuring William & Mary alumnae working in international relations, including experience at the State Department, USAID, the World Bank, Amnesty International, and more!

STLI Teaching & Learning Talk | The Post-Pandemic Student: Opportunities and Challenges

Learn about the W&M faculty-led summer study abroad program in Cambridge, England!

Anthropologist Danielle Moretti-Langholtz, Thomasina E. Jordan Director of the American Indian Resource Center, will give the university’s fall 2023 Tack Faculty Lecture.

Steve DeRoy Anaishinaabe/Saulteaux, geospatial technologies expert, indigenous mapper, and co-founder/CEO of The Firelight Group, Xwmélch’tstn, West Vancouver, Canada speaks on "Indigenizing the Map: Restorying and reconciling our homelands using GIS"

NEW Leadership Virginia is a non-partisan six-day residential program for women interested in American policy and politics. 

This presentation will provide information on internal fellowship opportunities that are organized and awarded by W&M as well as external fellowships that are managed, funded, and awarded by organizations outside of W&M.

Interested in an internship or a research opportunity for next summer? The second annual Internships & Applied Learning Expo will take place on the Sadler Terrace, Nov. 15 from 4 - 6 p.m. Drop by to learn what summer opportunities lie ahead!

Come learn about the program this summer in India!

Join us at the Copper Fox Distillery in Williamsburg as Director of VIMS' Eastern Shore Lab weaves together elements of the history of shellfish into compelling stories celebrating the importance of shellfish along the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

William & Mary Theatre is pleased to announce its production of Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare and directed by Laurie J. Wolf.

Are you a student eager to excel in your academic and professional journey while building a diverse skill set? Join us for International Education Week and participate in the "Unlocking Your Full Potential Using the NACE Competencies" workshop.

Join the students from W&M's Geovisualization & Cartography (GIS 405/505) course in Swem Special Collections for Speed Dating with a Map hosted by the Center for Geospatial Analysis!

Eric Lyttle has been teaching piano for 25 plus years. He his bachelor's degree in jazz composition at the Berklee College of Music in 1980 and his master's degree in music composition from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1992.

Patterns in Shape Memory Alloys    

Qihan Wang, Computer Science - Dissertation Defense
Title: Efficient Parallelization of Irregular Applications on GPU Architectures
Advisor: Dr. Bin Ren
Location:  zoom meeting

Dr. John V. Shebalin, Affiliate Research Professor, George Mason University, Title of Talk: Statistical Solution of the Dynamo Problem

Offices closed. Remote instruction.

Remote instruction days (courses in session remotely, offices closed)

Dr. Paolo Rech from Università di Trento will present his talk: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in Quantum Computing: Computational Power, Intrinsic Noise, and Transient Faults

Offices closed. Remote instruction.

Offices closed (4 recognition hours added to state additional time off). No classes scheduled.

Classes resume from Thanksgiving Break

Spring 2024 schedule adjustment for continuing students

Join the W&M Bray School Lab each month in a new series on Zoom: Bray School Stories: Finding the Bray School Students. Led by Elizabeth Drembus of the W&M Bray School Lab. In November, the focus will be on Bray School scholar Molly.

Learn about the summer '24 W&M study abroad program in Cape Town!

Opening reception for an exhibit featuring the works of ceramics artist Hiroe Hanazono, who has been an artist-in-residence in the Art and & Art History department for Fall 2023. 

Advising period

Interested in helping students with their writing and communication skills? Apply to work as a paid writing center consultant! 

Visit us at the Stryker Center to explore the story of art at the Muscarelle Museum of Art and William & Mary.