Cody Watson, Computer Science - Oral Examination
Title: Deep Learning in Software Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Denys Poshyvanyk

Last day to apply as a Non-Degree Seeking student for W&M Summer Sessions.

This event is invitation-only. Networking reception for DC Summer Session students participating in the Political Violence in the Middle East: From Colonialism to ISIS Hybrid Class. Open to alumni working in a relevant field.

Jianhua Sun, Computer Science - Dissertation Defense
Title: On the Construction of Moving Target Defense and Cyber Deception Systems
Advisor: Dr. Kun Sun

Four steps are required at least two weeks before you defend. July 5 is the last day by which you may meet this requirement if you intend to graduate in August 2019.

Withdrawal period begins

Joseph Matheson Karpie, Physics - Final Oral Exam for the Ph.D. Title: The Extraction of Parton Distributions from Lattice QCD

Probir Roy, Computer Science - Ph.D. dissertation defense
Title: Lightweight Memory Profiling Techniques to Identify Performance Inefficiencies
Advisor: Xu Liu

Brandon Kyle Eskridge, Physics - Final Oral Exam for the Ph.D. Title: Local Embedding and Effective Downfolding in the Auxiliary-Field Quantum Monte Carlo Method 

Qingsen Wang, Computer Science - Ph.D. dissertation defense
Title: Exploring Lightweight Profiling Techniques in Modern CPU Architectures
Advisor: Xu Liu

Your defense must be scheduled and completed by this deadline.

Final submission deadline for A&S graduate students to satisfy degree requirements for graduation in August 2019

Experience Day is an opportunity for prospective students to learn more about the Executive MBA Program and interact with current Executive MBA students in a classroom setting.

Students must meet with their advisor or graduate director before registering.

Orientation occurs immediately prior to the fall semester to introduce all new students to the many aspects of William & Mary including student life, academic policies, and the honor code. 

Add/Drop period begins. Juniors and Seniors may elect to take a course Pass/Fail or Audit.

Come learn some tricks to approaching your first year of law school!

 Haonan Wang, Computer Science - Oral Exam
Title: Design and Analysis of Memory Management Techniques for Next-generation GPUs
Advisor: Dr. Adwait Jog

Welcome back to campus and welcome to the Economics Club!

Join President Rowe and fellow members of the William & Mary community for discussion on the university’s mission, vision and values.

A&S Graduate students are encouraged to apply for support [maximum of $350] from the Office of Graduate Studies and Research (OGSR) that will allow them to collect data at museums or archives, conduct research, and travel to field work sites.

Application

Experience Day is an opportunity for prospective students to learn more about the Executive MBA Program and interact with current Executive MBA students in a classroom setting.

Jason Andrew Creeden, Physics - Final Oral Exam for the Ph.D.,  Title: Growth Engineering and Characterization of Vanadium Dioxide Thin Films for Ultraviolet Detection 

The Global Research Institute is hiring over 40 students for various projects and programs. This is a casual, walk-in event, no materials are needed. 

Withdrawal period begins

The WRC is here to support you! 

In free, one-on-one sessions, our trained peer consultants help you learn how to construct an argument, deliver a presentation, or use and cite sources. 

At the Writing Resources Center, we help you strengthen your writing and communication skills by providing resources, workshops, and one-on-one support for all kinds of assignments and projects that require writing.

In collaboration with The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, The Charles Center presents the first lecture of its speaker series, 'Monuments, Memory, and Migration'. 

Looking for a job, internship, or research opportunity on campus? Learn about opportunities available at the Global Research Institute on Tues. Sept. 10 from 11am-2pm in Tidewater A/B.

The McGlothlin Leadership Forum brings together two generations of leaders: the next generation from the business and law schools and the McGlothlin Leadership Forum Fellows, pre-eminent leaders in their fields. 

This lecture will address the complex history and recent developments of the Kashmir dispute in the midst of tense India and Pakistan relations as well as a very diverse Kashmiri people.

 Learn more about careers in news & media!  Hear from a panel of DC-area journalism and multimedia professionals, moderated by DCSI News & Media Professor Tim Barnard. Students will have the opportunity to network with panelists after discussion. 

Stop by the Sadler Terrace or outside Tyler Hall for FREE coffee, breakfast bars, and Study in DC materials on your way to your morning class!

Connect online with fellow members of W&M's Association of 1775 (Ao75) from all over the world!  Whether you are a member of Ao75 or simply want to network, all are welcome to participate. 

Come listen to a panel discussion on public art and policy from DC and W&M experts. This will be an excellent preview of the upcoming Spring 2020 Semester Program. Dessert and coffee will be provided.

Join the W&M Washington Center staff, professors, former students, and financial aid counselors for more Study in DC details. Free pizza will be provided while supplies last. No RSVP necessary! 

The Center for Comparative Legal Studies and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and the Reves Center for International Studies will host a symposium titled "Rethinking Constitutions when Democracy Is under Siege: A Global Perspective" on Friday, September 13.

Join the American Constitution Society for a discussion of progressive constitutional interpretation with renowned constitutional law scholar and Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky.

Joan Biskupic will present the university's Constitution Day lecture on September 16. The nation's annual Constitution Day and Citizenship Day observance commemorates  the signing of the Constitution on September 17, 1787.

Business Analytics for Strategic Leaders will provide the necessary knowledge to empower you to build a data-driven culture at your organization.

Prof. Nadia Abu El-Haj (Anthropology,  Barnard College and Columbia University,  Co-Director of the Center for Palestine Studies)  talks explores the field of military psychiatry and public understandings of the trauma of American soldiers.

The LGBTQ Research Project is recruiting student researchers for Fall 2019 and Spring 2020. Under faculty guidance, you will be trained in research methods for both archives and oral history as well as help put together exhibits online and here at W&M.

Dr. Kevin Moran, a postdoctoral fellow in Computer Science, will present an Emerging Scholars Series talk for the public. Presented through partnership between the A&S Graduate Center and the Williamsburg Regional Library.

Join the SMA for donuts on our first event of the semester! We will be quickly reintroducing ourselves for new members and discussing ad campaigns. We look forward to seeing you again or meeting you for the first time!

David Brandenberger (Professor of History, University of Richmond) reveals for the first time the enormous role that Stalin played in the "Master Narrative" of the USSR between 1938 and 1956.

David Brandenberger (Professor of History, University of Richmond) reveals for the first time the enormous role that Stalin played in the "Master Narrative" of the USSR between 1938 and 1956.

Please join the Honor and Conduct Councils and the Dean of Students Office for Ethics Week Featured Speaker, Dr. Chris Nowinski. Dr. Nowinski is credited with bringing the concussion and CTE crisis to the forefront of global consciousness. 

The Alexander Hamilton Society, John Quincy Adams Society, and Global Research Institute present the first annual AHS/JQAS debate. Guest speakers will debate the following: should America seek primacy or restraint? See description for speaker bios. 

 Dean Itsuji Saranillio , Associate Professor of Social & Cultural Analysis at New York University will give a talk titled: "The Fail-Forward Logic of Settler Colonialism: Statehood and Hawai’i"

Hongyang Zhao , Computer Science - Ph.D. Final Defense
Title: Motion Sensors-based Human Behavior Recognition and Analysis
Advisor: Gang Zhou

Colloquium Speaker: Pieter Peers from Computer Science at William & Mary

The Williamsburg AIA presents Dr. Laurie Rush, Cultural Resources Manager at Fort Drum, for a lecture on "Saving Archaeology in Crisis Areas."  

Grad student Write-ins are writing retreats hosted by GWRC on Saturday mornings. Come once, or come every week!  We provide snacks.  You should bring your own beverage and a can-do attitude!

Interested in archaeology? Join us for a poster session, information on career and fieldwork opportunities, and a screening of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Toby Heytens will discuss the way that states, mainly state attorney general's offices, have played a role in curbing the expanding executive power during the Obama and Trump administration. 

 Dr. Karen Fields and Dr. Barbara Fields, authors of Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life, to hold an insightful presentation and conversation on moving forward together. This program is apart of the 400th Anniversary Commemoration.

Mr. Robinson Jr. grew up in Alabama and is now a Founding Shareholder of Ogletree Deakins’ Richmond office and serves as the office’s Managing Shareholder. His practice focuses on traditional labor and employment litigation matters.

Small Steps to Big Changes, the first session of the  Introspection, Investigation & Iteration Workshop Series for Fall 2019

Patrick Hayes Series Presents: HERNAN DIAZ is the author of Borges, between History and Eternity

Webinar to learn about the Higher Education Master's Program and Doctoral programs (Executive Ed.D. and Ph.D.) in Higher Education Administration.

Dr. Michelle Stocker, an assistant professor of Geosciences at Virginia Tech, will be presenting a seminar on "Life after Death-- Evolutionary experimentation in the aftermath of the Permo-Triassic mass extinction."

Colloquium: Analysis of Access Control Enforcement in Android

Grad student Write-ins are writing retreats hosted by GWRC on Saturday mornings. Come once, or come every week!  We provide snacks.  You should bring your own beverage and a can-do attitude!

An exhibition of rare books on early American law from the collection of Sid Lapidus at the Wolf Law Library at William & Mary Law School.

Apply to graduate in 2020 with the Online Graduation Application. The form is open through October 1, 2019.

For guidance please see  the Graduation Application website.

Ph.D. Candidate: Yongsen Ma
Title: Improving WiFi Sensing and Networking with Channel State Information


 

The Strategic Planning Steering Committee will present drafts of the university’s mission and values statements.

Karin Olofsdotter, Ambassador of Sweden to the United States, is delivering the 2019 McSwain-Walker lecture.

The period ca. 645–770 marked an extraordinary era in the development of East Asian Buddhism and Buddhist art.

Ann Stoler talk is canceled and will be rescheduled in the SPRING 2020.

The annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference is presented by the William & Mary Property Rights Project and is named in recognition of Toby Prince Brigham and Gideon Kanner for their lifetime contributions to private property rights.

Jason Andrew Creeden, Physics - Final Oral Exam for the Ph.D.,  Title: Growth Engineering and Characterization of Vanadium Dioxide Thin Films for Ultraviolet Detection 

Michael Zimmerman, Professor of Philosophy at UNC/Greensboro, will present a colloquium paper.  All welcome.

Presented as part of Muscarelle Explorations: Bauhaus at 100, this film memoir recounts the beginning of the Staatliche Bauhaus Weimar with contributions from former students and historians, a strong selection of artworks as well as archival footage. 

Calling All Scholars! All of our Scholars Programs - That's WMSURE, Monroe, Sharpe and 1693 - are getting together on Family Weekend! Scholars and their families are invited to see what it's like to be a scholar at William & Mary.

Explore William & Mary's study abroad options.

Midterm grading ends on October 25, 2019 at 5 p.m. More information about midterm grading: https://www.wm.edu/offices/registrar/facstaff/grading/index.php

The Composer's League of William & Mary presents its first colloquia of the Fall Semester, "Becoming Composer" by W&M Professor Brian Hulse.

In collaboration with The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, the Charles Center presents the second lecture of its speaker series, 'Monuments, Memory, and Migration'.

The election of right-wing populist Jair Bolsonaro represents a dramatic shift in Brazilian politics.

The University Teaching and Learning Project will offer its first 2019-20 workshop from noon to 2:00 PM in Tidewater B of the Sadler Center.  Professor Karl Wirth will present on Redesigning Content-Rich Courses to Encourage Self-Directed Learning. 

Sylvia Chong (English and Asian American Studies at UVA and Director of the Asian American Studies Program) will present material from her newest project, "Fifty Shades of Yellow: Fetishizing Culture and Transnationalizing Race in Crazy Rich Asians"

In our Fall 2019 Higher Ed Salon, a panel of admission officers from universities across the region will discuss hot topics in college admissions.

IT Certification Info Session - MBA

Featuring Michael Steele (former RNC Chairman & Lt. Gov. of MD) and Saul Anuzis (former Chair of the Michigan Republican Party)

Come learn about effective writing techniques, differences in academic writing in the U.S., and the additional helpful resources available to W&M students.

First Amendment Watch, ConSource, and the John Brademas Center at New York University will co-host a panel discussion on "Hate Speech on Social Media.” A book signing by Professor Timothy Zick will immediately follow. RSVP on website.

The Raymond A. Mason School of Business and the Washington Area Alumni Business Alliance (WAABA) are proud to partner with Intel and Amazon Web Services to bring you our Thought Leadership Event: Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Work.

An information session to help you prepare to submit your thesis or dissertation to Proquest (and W&M ScholarWorks) and make decisions about any embargoes, copyright, licensing and more.

Sarah Barringer Gordon, Arlin M. Adams Professor of Law and Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, will present a lecture, “Staying in Place: Church Property and the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church after the Civil War."

Professor William N. Eskridge, Jr., of Yale Law School will present William & Mary's 2019 Cutler Lecture titled “Why Marriage Equality Prevailed—and Lessons for Other Social Movements.” 

Join the Human Security Law Center in welcoming Arthur R. Traldi for a discussion on Mass Atrocity Trials. Mr. Traldi will speak from his extensive experience in international justice and law in Room 124. There will be pizza! 

Join Professor William Eskridge of Yale Law School for a discussion of whether federal antidiscrimination law prohibits workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and transgender status. Sponsored by the Equality Alliance.

The Classical Studies department presents the 2019 Lee Lecture: Dr. Dimitris Nakassis of the University of Colorado, Boulder (and MacArthur Fellow 2015), will lecture on "The World before Odysseus: Rethinking the History of Late Bronze Age Greece"

David P. Gushee is a Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics and Director of the Center for Theology and Public Life at Mercer University.

Dr. Frank Cha received his Ph.D. in American Studies from William & Mary. This talk traces the emergence of Vietnamese American communities in Louisiana and Mississippi and their growing wave of social and environmental activism.

Speaker: Dr. David T. Nguyen, Senior Research Scientist from Facebook

Join the W&M Anthropology Department this Homecoming Weekend as Dr. Daniel O. Sayers, Chair of the Department of Anthropology at American University, presents "Creating Home: African and Native American Resistance Communities of the Great Dismal Swamp." 

"I tell stories about my work with queer steelworkers, truckers, and whores that unpack what queerness means in these places and times."

A discussion featuring Warren M. Billings (University of New Orleans), Davison M. Douglas (William & Mary Law School), Mitchell Frass (University of Pennsylvania) and Karin Wulf (Omohundro Institute). Free; RSVP to reserve your seat.

Mark Young, Professor Emeritus at University of Central Florida, will be presenting on self-care in a talk titled, "How to Avoid Becoming a Zombie."  In addition, alumni and students will be given the chance to network and mingle.

I-MIC 2019: Featuring Award-Winning poet and physician Irène Mathieu '09, W&M student poets, and the Russian Music Ensemble

This is a fun engaging event with Free Food, Prizes and a oppertunity to find out if you are a real fan of Horror Movies! Here are the categories for the event:

The Certificate in Business Managment is a five-day program created to address core functional business areas allowing participants to broaden their professional skills and enhance their career potential. 

Spring Advising Period Begins (Undergraduates)

A public talk by John C. Powers (National Archives) &  Carlos Osorio (National Security Archive)

Current graduate students will present their research in under three minutes before a panel of judges. Learn about world-class research at W&M!

 "Palestinian Child Detainees" will be the focus of a presentation by Palestinian human rights activist Yousef Aljamal on Tuesday, October 22, 7 p.m. in Blow 332 on W&M's campus.

Deborah Denenholz Morse, Sara E. Nance Professor of English, will present "Liberating Black Beauty: A narrative on animal rights, gender, race, and nation" on Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 7pm in the Commonwealth Auditorium. 

Dr. W. John Kress is Distinguished Scientist and Curator of Botany Emeritus at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.

Midterm grading began on October 7, 2019 and ends on Oct. 25 at 5 p.m. More information about midterm grading: https://www.wm.edu/offices/registrar/facstaff/grading/index.php

Showcasing the best of undergraduate research at W&M.

Colloquium Speaker: Dr. Jiajia Li, Research Scientist from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Please join us for the French and Francophone Studies annual student research forum.

Join us for our second installment of MUSCARELLE READS. This semester, we are reading Gropius: The Man Who Built Bauhaus.

Stanley Brand will be discussing the scope of Congress' ability to investigate the President, focusing on recent investigations into President Trump and the Mueller Report.

In this webinar, the authors of Transparent Design in Higher Education Teaching and Leadership discuss how to apply the TILT framework to course design and larger campus initiatives to provide benefits of transparency in teaching for all students.

This workshop aims to provide students with opportunities to work on a real-time business case under the direct supervision of the Executive Partners and guidance from Principal Consultant, Janeen Shaffer.

Infosession for W&M sponsored Summer Study Abroad Programs

"The Evolving Course: Adapting to a Changing Landscape," second workshop in the Fall 2019 Studio for Teaching & Learning Innovation "Introspection, Investigation and Iteration" series

Part of the Religious Studies Brown-Bag Lunch Series 

SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce will join our community for a public lecture during the lunch hour. Free admission and the public is welcome. Her visit is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Law and Markets.

Mire Koikari, a professor in the Department of Women's Studies at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, she will speak on gender issues in culture and politics in Japan since the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown in Fukushima in March 2011.

The 4th Annual Diversity & Inclusion Symposium will be a day-long event focused on advancing the conversation on diversity & inclusion within higher education.

Four steps are required at least two weeks before you defend. November 1 is the last day by which you may meet this requirement if you intend to graduate in January 2020.

Spring Advising Period Ends (Undergraduates)

Matt Mutka , Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University, and Program Director of Division of Computer and Network Systems, Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, National Science Foundation 

Spring priority registration for continuing students

William & Mary will host the 10th Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD) Nov. 5-9, 2019, in the Williamsburg Lodge.

Join this lunch panel for a discussion on the variety of challenges to free speech, free press, and dissent in the current era with Professor Tim Zick, Professor Nadine Strossen, and Robert Corn-Revere.

Reset DOC and Reset Dialogues in partnership with William & Mary present a roundtable discussion about the uncertain future of liberal democracy.

Interested in the Shark Tank? Join us for an Info Session!

Jasmeen Patheja's lecture at W&M.

Share breakfast with Dr. Mark DeHaven from UNC-Charlotte and members of the W&M and Williamsburg community to draw on Dr. DeHaven's experience with community-based research and community health improvement.

Learn strategies for conducting fundable community-based participatory research (CBPR), the CommUniversity and community health science model that DeHaven has developed, and receive guidance on how to conduct community engaged work.

Tomos Llywelyn Evans, a doctoral student in Anthropology, will present an Emerging Scholars Series talk for the public. Presented through partnership between the A&S Graduate Center and the Williamsburg Regional Library.

The Global Research Institute and TRIP present: Foreign Policy Journalism in the Trump Era: A Panel Discussion.

5:00pm on Thursday, November 7 in Tucker 127A . This event is open to the public.

Lecture by Ayodeji Ogunnaike, co-sponsored by Africana Studies Department & the Reves Center for International Studies

Dr. Dylan Rogers of the University of Virginia will present a lecture on "Water and Sensory Experience: Reconstructing the Procession of the Eleusinian Mysteries."

APIA-W&M is proud to present  a talk by Dr. Kita Douglas that explores the fulcrum of the fine arts, queerness, and the Asian American and Pacific Islander experience.

Professor Jeffrey Herf, Distinguished University Professor of History at the University of Maryland, will do a workshop on his books Divided Memory and Undeclared Wars with Israel on Friday

Professor Merritt B. Fox will present a lecture titled "The New Stock Market: Law, Economics, and Policy" based on his latest book. The lecture is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Law and Markets. Admission is free and all are welcome.

Professor Jeffrey Herf, Distinguished University Professor of History at the University of Maryland, will give a public lecture on "Germany and Jewish Questions in the Revolution and Unification of 1989-1990--and Since"

Spring schedule adjustment period 1 begins