VIMS Internal Events

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May After Hours Lecture: Hokule'a
Tuesday, May 3
7pm - 8pm
VIMS - Watermen's Hall, McHugh Auditorium
Join us as native Hawaiian navigators describe the rediscovered art of wayfinding and explore how to set a course for a sustainable future.
    Science Under Sail: Hokule'a
    Wednesday, May 4
    2pm - 4pm
    Embarks from Yorktown Waterfront
    Join us as a crew member of the Polynesian voyaging canoe Hokule'a--docked in Yorktown on its round-the-world sail--shares how anyone can be a navigator of our "island Earth." VIMS staff will help broaden the discussion of ocean sustainability.
      Defense Seminar (Ph.D.): Tin Chi Solomon Chak
      Thursday, May 12
      12:30pm
      VIMS - Watermen's Hall, McHugh Auditorium
      "Evolution and Eusociality and Host Specificity in Synalpheus"
        Science Under Sail: Oysters
        Wednesday, May 18
        2pm - 4pm
        Embarks from Yorktown Waterfront
        Join Jessica Small, assistant director of the Aquaculture Breeding and Technology Center at VIMS, to learn about oysters in Chesapeake Bay and how VIMS scientists selectively breed these bivalves for fast growth and disease resistance.
          Marine Science Day
          Saturday, May 21
          10am - 3pm
          VIMS - Watermen's Hall, Watermen's Hall Watermen's Visitor Center
          Join us in Gloucester Point for our annual open house. All activities are free, as is parking. The event proceeds rain or shine. This year?s theme is Sounds of the Sea.
            Science Under Sail: Fishes big and small
            Wednesday, May 25
            2pm - 4pm
            Embarks from Yorktown Waterfront
            Graduate student Cindy Marin Martinez of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science will cast a net to see what?s swimming beneath the Alliance. Learn about larval fishes of the York River and how scientists track the fishes populations.
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