Public Policy Events

The Charles Center will select one W&M student for a paid internship with David Melding, AM in spring 2015. Current undergraduates in any major are eligible to apply.

Ariel BenYishay, AidData Chief Economist, discusses experiments in development.

The Science and Technology Advisory Committee is a faculty-student group that focuses on certain sustainability issues at W&M. We are having our first meeting of the year soon and need motivated students to populate our 3 working groups. All are welcome!

The Procurement Processes training will provide an overview of how to navigate the purchasing process and what tools you will need to perform these functions successfully.

In celebration of the Reves Center's Silver Anniversary, Dr. James Goldgeier will present the George Tayloe Ross Lecture on International Peace.

Join us on Monday, October 6 at 7 PM for a conference call session with Phillip Denny, the Big Ideas program director from Berkeley's Blum Center for Developing Economies.

You are invited to meet with an admissions officer from NYU School of Law to learn about NYU Law and its programs and the law school application process.

The lecture--"A Case for Incremental Invention: Two Cheers for Quality Patents"-- will be given by the Hon. Randall R. Rader, retired chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Oct. 7 at 3:30PM in Rm 124. Free & all are welcome.

How can technology increase intimacy in a relationship? What is the meaning of privacy when sending digital images? Throughout this presentation, HOPE members will facilitate an open dialogue centered on sexuality, privacy, and consent.

A discussion of sexual assault policy on the William and Mary Campus; the legal response; and how students are affected

This is a guest lecture from University of Virginia Professor of Sociology, Ekaterina Makarova

Guest lecture

U.S. Congressman Robert Wittman will be speaking to the College Republicans at our weekly meeting. Come, meet your Representatives, and bring a friend!

Professor Angela Banks and the Immigration Law & Service Society present the second installment of the Immigration Roundtable at W&M on October 16th at 12:50 in Law School Room 133.

Ally Burleson-Gibson will give a data-driven demonstration using {{http://www.census.gov, Census}}.

Bert Rein, founding partner of Wiley Rein, will be discussing Fisher v. University of Texas and Shelby County v. Holder. He successfully argued BOTH cases in front of the Supreme Court.

Join the co-founders of Beyond Boobs!, a Williamsburg-based nonprofit breast health organization, as they discuss laws that were enacted as a result of issues surrounding breast cancer.

Join the Mason School of Business and the W&M Law School for the 2014 McGlothlin Leadership Forum.

Jennifer Bickham-Mendez, professor of Sociology, will present on gender.

Richmond attorney David Baugh will be talking about disenfrachised voters in Virginia and America.

The Middle Eastern Student Association and Muslim Student Association are hosting a lecture by Dr. Nabil Al-Tikriti, who teaches Ottoman and contemporary Iraq and Turkish history at the University of Mary Washington.

The W&M Geography Club will be holding its first meeting to gather interest for the club, get to know interested students, plan out goals for the club, and possibly draft a club constitution. Any and all students are welcome. Hope to see you there!

BLSA has partnered with the Veterans Benefits Clinic to host an event with Col. Will A. Gunn (USAF, Ret.). He will present "From Guantanamo to Veterans Affairs: Adversity, Leadership, and Impact." This is an event you don't want to miss!