VIMS Internal Events

Described as a "delicate balance of comedy and lecture," the annual Raft Debate features four W&M faculty members from diverse disciplines, stranded on a desolate island with only a one-person life raft for escape to civilization.

Come experience a sex ed crash course with HOPE to explore decisions regarding sex and sexual actions, safe sex, your and your partner's anatomies, and resources that we have on campus!

Dr. Dave Secor of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science's Chesapeake Bay Laboratory will discuss the mapping of migrations onto dynamic seascapes, arguing that "the most essential things are invisible to the eye."

No seminar - please attend the VIMS 75th Anniversary Homecoming Symposium

Help us celebrate VIMS' 75th Anniversary at our first-ever homecoming!

Dr. Jeffrey M Leis of the University of Tasmania and Australian Museum Research Institute will present a biophysical larval-fish dispersal model for the Great Barrier Reef based on empirical larval and adult behaviour data

"Beach Biogeochemistry: Seasonal Effect On Redox Chemistry", by Alison O'Connor, VIMS

This workshop (Bring Your Own Lunch!) focuses on terms, definitions, examples, what is happening on colleges around the country as well as the work done here at W&M, and how faculty and staff can be involved in such work.

Increase your effectiveness as a student advocate to reduce gender violence and meet like-minded peers in this exciting workshop presented by Dr. Stephanie Gilmore. This workshop is for students only (undergraduate, graduate or exchange).

In this workshop facilitated by Dr. Stephanie Gilmore, see and hear examples of how the media create or even disarm a rape culture. By the end of the workshop, participants will have created a relationship-positive Spotify song list!

Dr. Tom Munroe of the National Marine Fisheries Service will use examples from the New Zealand fish fauna to discuss impediments to taxonomic progress

Dr. Aswani Volety, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences & Professor at UNCW, will explore the effects of Deepwater Horizon oil and dispersants on various stages of oyster Crossostrea virginica: ecological implications.

Dr. Vincent Saba of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center will discuss how enhanced warming of the U.S. Northeast Continental Shelf under climate change will impact fisheries

"Identification of Suspended Resilient Fecal Pellets in Particles Tracked by the Particle Image Camera System (PICS) in the York River Estuary", by Grace Cartwright, VIMS

Interested in poetry and healthy relationships? Join HOPE's Healthy Relationships/Sexual Aggression Branch for the first annual Red Flag Campaign Poetry Slam on Thursday, October 29 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm on the Tucker Stairs!

Join Dr. Mary Voytek, Senior Scientist for Astrobiology at NASA, as she wraps up VIMS' 75th anniversary lecture series by exploring the possibility of discovering life on Jupiter's moon Europa.

Come join SchoolHouse Block as we create a night of some cheesy Halloween fun. We'll have tons of cheese-based foods available for purchase like: - Grilled Cheese - Nachos - Mac n Cheese - Fondue - Cheese Danishes - SO MUCH MORE