The William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice cordially invites you to our 2020 Symposium: First Amendment Marketplace Morass: Free Speech Jurisprudence and its Interactions with Social Justice.

APIA Banh Mi Lecture Series presents Dr. Davesh Soneji of UPenn who will discuss how discursive, political, historical, and aesthetic performance converge in the work of Nrithya Pillai of Chennai. Co-sponsored by AMES: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies.

Prof. Panos K. Chrysanthis

Department of Computer Science
School of Computing and Information
University of Pittsburgh

Come for a workshop on affirmative action/race-conscious admissions policies and a panel on minority representation in law schools and in the legal practice. Light breakfast items and lunch will be served, with a reception to follow.

Designing Interactive Systems for Community Citizen Science

Dr. Yen-Chia Hsu, Carnegie Mellon University

“The Jewish Background of Spinoza, or How Spinoza reads the Bible through Rabbinic Lenses” Monday, March 2, 5:00 p.m. Washington Hall Room 315

Please join us on Monday, March 2 for a talk by Thomas Travisano at 5 PM in Tucker Theatre.  There will be a reception to follow.  

Seminar: “Omnis determinatio est negatio: Determination, Negation and Self-Negation in Spinoza, Kant, and Hegel” Tuesday, March 3, 12:30-1:50, Tucker 222

Discussion on the Draft Judicial Ethics Opinion Regarding Judges' Involvement in the American Bar Association, Federalist Society, and American Constitution Society

The large dams built across the United States in the period from 1931 to 1944 were monumental undertakings. Now, Professor Richard Guy Wilson will focus on the design and building of Hoover Dam and examine its impact upon the other great dams.

Yifan Sun from Northeastern University

Taipei City Councilmember, Lo Chih-Chiang, will explain his pioneering use of social media, and comment on the role of social media in Taiwanese & Cross-Strait politics.

Speaker: Dr. Supreeth Shastri, Postdoctoral Fellow from the University of Texas at Austin

Colloquium: Xiaoyuan Chang, Junping Shi

Dr. Jieming Yin from AMD Research

Hua Huang from Stony Brook

Dr. Amina Tawasil of the Columbia University's Teacher College will present her research on the social protests of Iranian women against Iran's forced veiling policy. 

The Center for Comparative Legal Studies and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding (CCL/PCP) welcomes Professor Bernard Freamon to the Law School on March 18 for a presentation on the issue of slavery in Islamic legal history. 

This event has been canceled.

Lecture by Mr. Paul Smith, recipient of the 2020 Marshall-Wythe Medalllion, the highest honor given by the W&M Law faculty. Free and the public is welcome.

All events and gatherings in university facilities as well as university-sponsored events on and off campus are suspended through at least April 3.  Learn more: https://www.wm.edu/news/announcements/alert/ 

This event has been canceled.

All events and gatherings in university facilities as well as university-sponsored events on and off campus are suspended through at least April 3.   Learn more: https://www.wm.edu/news/announcements/alert/ 

WMGIC IV is a case competition, which recruits teams of students from all majors to pitch proposals concerning relevant global challenges scheduled for 3/20 and 3/21. Register here: bit.ly/WMGICIV.  Cash prizes of at least $2000 will be awarded! 

Sarah Stroud Is Director of the Parr Center for Ethics and joined the Philosophy Department at UNC in 2018. All interested are welcome!

The W&M Confucius Institute and Law School are proud to invite Frank R. Samolis to campus for a lecture on U.S. and China trade relations as of 2020.

In the second talk of the 2019-2020 Diversity Speaker Series, the School of Education welcomes Naomi Snider, research fellow at the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development and co-author of Why Does Patriarchy Persist?

As part of W&M's response to COVID-19, all events and gatherings in university facilities as well as university-sponsored events on and off campus are suspended through at least April 3. 

The 15th Annual Student-Faculty Research Conference in European Studies features Prof. Rita Chin (U. Michigan) on "The Crisis of Multiculturalism in Europe: Historical Lessons for the Present Moment." Students will present papers on migration in Europe.

Dr. Patxi Pérez Ramallo will give a lecture on his research on the Camino de Santiago at the Former Residence of the Ambassadors to Spain in Washington D.C.

Ron Tarver is a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer with a background covering photojournalism and art photography. Now, Tarver explains how he has reimagined the African American experience in the Jim Crow United States through the lens of his father.

Come join the Center for Geospatial Analysis in our virtual celebration of GIS research by showcasing both student research and experienced professionals that apply GIS and other geospatial technologies. 

When it launched the design competition for it's new headquarters, the Chicago Tribune was seeking to build “the world’s most beautiful office building.”  Now, David Brashear will examine the importance of the competition and some noteworthy submissions.

Today’s national security challenges transcend borders and domains. Join us at the 3rd Annual National Security Conference to discuss challenges, policy dilemmas, tools, and sustained outcomes  in a multi-level, all domain environment. 

Marco Antonio Merchand Medina, Physics - Final Oral Exam for the Ph.D., Title: Study of Scalar Extensions for Physics Beyond the Standard Model

Prof. Jennifer Gülly will be speaking on "The Art of Migration: The Political, The Beautiful, and The Dead."

In this online Spanish-language webinar, educators and health providers from different parts of the world will share ideas for Spanish-speaking families looking to find ways to support their children's learning experience in the midst of the pandemic.

Join VIMS on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/fbvims/) all week to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day! Learn about our complex environment, human impacts on ecosystems, and the positive ways we can give back to our planet.

Myisha Cherry, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of California/Riverside, will give a colloquium paper. Her research interest lies at the intersection of moral psychology and social and political philosophy.

The tradition of the Earth Week Festival Lorax reading continues this year with Provost Agouris reading the Dr. Seuss classic live on Youtube.

The 2020 Classical Studies Colloquium, an annual showcase of student research, will be held on-line.  This year the theme is "Treks and Tales: Mobility in Antiquity."

The Classical Studies Colloquium is an annual celebration of the scholarship of advanced students in Classical Studies at William & Mary. The Colloquium is designed and presented by the students, and is free and open to the public.

Akira Mizuta Lippit, (Vice Dean, USC's School of Cinematic Arts) explores the ways in which Japanese cinema has responded to a second nuclear crisis, and how the echoes of 1945 have returned to the contemporary moment, or perhaps had never left at all.

This annual event celebrates the learning across the University and promotes new ideas & connections with colleagues. The symposium is organized by STLI.  Breakfast and lunch will be served.  A full schedule will be released in April.

This webinar is intended for parents of kindergarten through eighth-grade students who are struggling with, or below grade level in, reading.

Speaker: Jordy De Vries, University of Massachusetts 
Title: “Neutrinoless double beta decay in effective field theory" 

Join us (via Zoom!) as the very first cohort of the Japanese Studies Major present their final research projects.  These students have faced unique challenges this semester; come and help us celebrate their achievements! 

Dr. Matt Kirwan presents his research on ghosts forests as an indicator of sea level rise, which has been featured by TIME, CNN, and The New York Times.

Join us for an online webinar designed to introduce parents and families to the science and strategies of mindfulness. 

As a student, Frank Harmon used sketching to discover, study, and understand structures and nature. Now, he will describe his own journey, discuss the importance of attention, and preview his book, Native Places: Drawing as a Way to See.

WHAT IF . . . .?  Adaptability and Resilience:  Flourishing in an Ever-Changing, Ambiguous, Unpredictable, Confusing, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Resound Presentation by Sue Wasiolek, Dean at Duke University as part of the Learning Forward series.

Join fellow School of Education students in a safe space to discuss how we move forward as scholars and educators in the current climate.

Join us for our next Courageous Conversation about race, equity and education. 

The Nunnally Ichthyology Collection at VIMS began in the 1950s and has grown to house over 500,000 specimens of fishes. Join us as collections manager Dr. Sarah Huber shares some unusual specimens from the collection along with preservation techniques.

Join us on Friday, June 26th at 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. on Zoom for insight on Daoist philosophy and how it relates to our lives today through a lecture given by scholar Manuel Parreno!

Join us for a Discovery Lab on marine debris. Guest speaker, Sam Athey, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto, will describe where microfibers and microplastics in our oceans are coming from, how they get there, and ways to slow their release.

Join 3 VIMS grad students as they give 5-minute fast-talks on the important research they are conducting. Register to join the students and be entered to win door prizes. Students will be available to answer questions after each presentation.

Rachel Dixon, Ph.D. student in the Department of Fisheries Science at VIMS, will share a presentation on the diversity of fishes in the Chesapeake Bay, the methods used to sample and study fishes, and the challenges facing fishes and their habitat.

Join us online for July's After Hours lecture on the 30th at 7 PM.

Dr. Carl Hershner will be discussing climate change and sea level rise. Learn about the latest emerging issues and understanding of these topics vital to life by the water.

Join Dr. Donglai Gong, VIMS Associate Professor, as he shares current research he and a team from the US and Canada are conducting in the Arctic Ocean. Learn about the changes taking place in this part of the world and the predicted impacts.

Diskussion zum Film "Toni Erdmann" (Dir. Maren Ade, 2016)

Prof. Shiwei Zhang, William & Mary and Flatiron Institute, Title of talk:  Towards the solution of the many-electron problem: properties of the hydrogen chain

Virtual talk:  "Behavior and Policy During a Pandemic:  HIV as an Historical Analogy" by Nick Papageorge, Ph.D., Broadus Mitchell Associate Professor, Economics, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University

To kick off its Speaker Series, the Center for Racial & Social Justice welcomes W&M epidemiologist and public health expert Dr. Iyabo Obasanjo to discuss the health disparities experienced by Black and Brown people in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 

"Living Together / Living Apart" is a long term research project that focuses on the human experience and toll of persistent racial segregation in Hampton Roads. 

Srimoyee Sen (Iowa State), Title of Talk: Particle vortex statistics and the phases of dense matter

Keynote Speaker: Ninotchka Rosca, award winning author and political prisoner of the Marcos dictatorship

Panelists:

Rinabeth Apostol, Actor and Activist

Dr. Joi Barrios, UC Berkeley

Ryan Macasero, Rappler

Leezel Tanglao, HuffPost

Moderator:

Francis Tanglao Aguas

The Reves Center presents Haben Girma, first Deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School and activist for disability rights, who will deliver the 2020 McSwain-Walker Lecture: How Disability Drives Innovation: An Intersectional and Global Perspective. 

The Charles Center, in collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, present Arionne Nettles, who will discuss her experience reporting as a journalist during a global pandemic. Nettles will focus on the impact of COVID-19 on museums. 

Family Weekend features events and special programs designed to showcase life at William & Mary. Learn about world-class faculty, experience special performances from one of many talented student groups, and connect with families from across the nation.

Dr. Johnson is currently the Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow for the Lemon Project at William & Mary

Virtual talk on “COVID-19's Effects on Virginia and the Role of Public Policy in Addressing These Effects” by Marvin Figueroa, Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Resources, Commonwealth of Virginia; Legislative Director, Governor Ralph Northam

You are invited to join us virtually for Family Weekend 2020!

Alan Poole, author of Ospreys: the Revival of a Global Raptor, will lead us through a story with dazzling looks at some of the places where Ospreys are found and introduce us to a few of the colorful characters that helped make an Osprey revival possible.

Greg De Temmerman, ITER Organization, Title of Talk: ITER: the technical and scientific challenges of controlling nuclear fusion

Join 3 VIMS grad students as they give 5-minute fast-talks on the important research they are conducting. Register to join the students and have a chance to win prizes. Students will be available to answer questions after each presentation.

This Brown Bag given by Buck Woodard and Megan Victor explores their recent project: Archaeological Research and Community Engagement at The Millie Woodson-Turner Nottoway Reservation Allotment and Farmstead. 

The winner of the 2020 Sutlive Book Prize for Historical Anthropology, Alizer Doostdar will give a lecture on his research exploring the intersections of Islam and science. 

Join Tara Rudo, Marine Education Specialist with CBNERR, as she leads us through an exploration of the wetlands of the York River. We will learn about the crucial role wetlands play, and discover some of the fascinating animals that live there.

Redistricting is on the ballot this year in Virginia. Join ELS to learn the ins and outs of the amendment, the protections it offers against gerrymandering, and what it would mean for the Virginia electoral process going forward. 

Watch the film ahead of time on Kanopy, then meet on Zoom to discuss in German. 

https://wm.kanopy.com/video/kebab-connection

Join the Center for African Development (CAD), a Global Research Institute research center, for an installment in their speaker series, this Thursday, October 8th, at 10am via Zoom. 

Join Professor Michele Goodwin, who expands the reproductive rights debate beyond abortion and discusses how laws criminalize women - especially poor women and women of color - for miscarriages, stillbirths and threatening the health of their pregnancies.

Weekly interdisciplinary seminar series presented by faculty and students in the VIMS Biological Sciences and Physical Sciences departments.

“Promoting America: Maps of the Colonies and the New Republic,” follows how maps served as powerful propaganda tools for colonial expansionists eager to convey the richness and abundance of the land and its inhabitants.

Elizabeth Goldschmidt, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Title of talk:  Quantum information with photons

Annie Blazer of the William & Mary Religious Studies Department will give a talk on the ethical aspects of doping and confession in elite sports. 

Virtual talk on "Disparities, Determinants and Data in the Era of Covid-19" by Rashida Dorsey, Ph.D., M.P.H. (Founder and Principal, WisdomBuilds)

Professor Utkin will discuss configurations of queer subjectivity in interwar Europe’s Russian diaspora. 

Funding provided by the Gregory Tepper Lecture Fund, the German Studies Program, and the Reves Center for International Studies

A conversation with alumnus Yuri Lowenthal '93 and  Tara Platt, two in-demand voice actors for anime and games. Lowenthal has voiced characters for Naruto, Gurren Lagann, Code Geass, Persona 4, etc. Platt has worked on Naruto, Sailor Moon, etc.

Historical Presentation on Marshall 'Major' Taylor - World Champion Cyclist and African American Pioneer in Professional Sports

Talk by Valentín Concha-Núñez, Art Historian and Educator (MoMA, El Museo del Barrio, Brooklyn Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art).

Physics department invites alimni and members of the general public to listen to the public lecture, inspired by 2020 Nobel prize and to interact with physics faculty and students.

Faculty, alumni, and students gather to offer song, dance, poetry, and tributes to honor the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and all Equal Rights heroes like her. Admission by registration: https://www.aguasartsink.com/register-for-a-show

Voter suppression, harsh voter ID laws, and voter disenfranchisement are on the rise. How does this affect primaries and United States' most-watched election?

Dr. Stefani Crabtree from Utah State University will give a talk on archaecology. 

Please join us on Thursday, October 22 at 1:00 PM EDT for a panel discussion on the School-to-Prison Pipeline, featuring Cheryl Poe, Keith Howard, and Valerie Slater.  Please RSVP here (https://forms.gle/BfcBb61tiiqdk6689) for a link to the event.

Join us for the Bi-Annual Ferguson Blair Publishing Seminar featuring panels from W&M alumni in publishing, journalism, and digital media. This year the event will take place via Zoom. 

Creativity and Resilience Amidst the Pandemic: Global Approaches to COVID-19

Lior Cohen, Louisiana State University, Title of talk:  Quantum Effects utilizing Photon-Number Detection

Join If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice and the Center for Racial and Social Justice on October 27th at 1 PM for an important discussion on the future of reproductive rights with William & Mary Law Professor Vivian Hamilton.

Chris Rodning of Tulane University will give a talk on Joara, Cuenca, and Fort San Juan: Indigenous Peoples and Iberian Colonists in the Western North Carolina Piedmont, 1540-1600. 

Virtual talk : “The Impact of COVID-19 on College Students Studying Abroad” by Eric Pedersen, Ph.D.

The W&M Confucius Institute and Law School are honored to host Frank R. Samolis through Zoom for a virtual lecture on U.S. and China trade relations as of 2020.

Tunas and billfishes support commercial and recreational fisheries around the world. Join Bruce Collette, John Graves, and Val Kells for highlights of these incredible fish and their five-year journey to create the book Tunas and Billfishes of the World.

Part of the Institute for Integrative Conservation Speaker Series,  Dr. Melissa Checker will give a Zoom talk about her research exploring the hidden socioeconomic consequences of sustainable policies and urban redevelopment in New York. 

In this seminar Dennis Hallema will discuss how to properly train a classifier for the purpose of predicting potential fire control locations, and show what a prediction map looks like.

Prof. Sharona Gordon, Physiology & Biophysics University of Washington, Title of talk:  If I’m not safe, nobody is: science, power, and activism in the age of #MeToo

A talk with Professor Tara Grove about textualism, the Supreme Court's decision in Bostock v. Clayton, and the future of LGBTQ+ rights.

Join Shené V. Owens, Associate Director for the Center for Student Diversity in a discussion about identity and belonging. 

Interested in learning more about solar technology and the co-op process?

Led by presenter Chloe Edwards, we will dive into history and peel back the comfortable and utterly uncomfortable layers of our individual and collective experience.

This is event is part of the Tree of Life Black Faith Matters Seminar. Panelists for this seminar are Dr. McQueen Derrick, Dr. Nigel Hatton, Dr. Faith Fletcher. Moderated by Dr. Joanne Braxton.

Barbara Hamm Lee is familiar to Hampton Roads listeners as host and executive producer of WHRO’s Another View. She will moderate an open discussion about race and racism, its history in our region and its current effects.

Frozen Obsession follows the Northwest Passage Project team, including Dr. Donglai Gong from VIMS, on their 18-day, 2,000-mile expedition aboard the icebreaker R/V Oden in the Arctic in search of clues to understanding the effects of climate change.

Scientists Lisa Kellogg and Eric Hilton discuss the development of the RecFish app, winner of VIMS Innovation Fund awards in 2018 and 2019. RecFish will aid in fisheries management by providing fish population data gathered by anglers.

The Center for Student Diversity’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. commemoration program pays tribute to his life and impact.

Learn conversation starters and strategies to help families have meaningful conversations about race with Professor Natoya Haskins from W&M's School of Education. 

This talk uses case studies from the seafloor near Rhode Island and the deserts and mountains of Arizona to demonstrate how to combine, synthesize, and translate spatial data into information that is accessible to resource managers for decision-making.

Daniel Griffin, MD, PhD, Ctrop of Columbia University presents

"COVID-19: Phases, Timing of Therapeutics, Focus on Immunization"

Prof. Twomney (Saint Lawrence U.) will speak on "Othering Blackness: Ideas of Racial Difference in Medieval & Early Modern Europe'

Monday, February 8, 2:00-3:20 pm

Welcome back everyone! Join us on 2/10 at 4PM  for the first virtual seminar of 2021 presented by PhD student Teri Oehmke from UC Berkeley with a seminar on fluid mechanics (full title next page) | Click the event title to contact Brent Owens to attend!

Join WMCI for a virtual event celebrating the Lunar New Year on Wednesday, February 10!

Decolonization is not a Metaphor

Faculty Discussion, Zoom.  

Discover how VIMS researchers produce the polyploid oysters that transformed Virginia’s oyster aquaculture industry. Join us as Aquaculture Technician and Field Specialist Shelley Katsuki presents on the work done at the Kauffman Aquaculture Center.

The next School of Education Courageous Conversation will focus on the topics of democracy, freedom and justice in education.

A conversation with philosopher and essayist Susan Neiman on her book Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil, published in 2019, which asks what Americans can learn from Germans about confronting the evils of the past. 

An overview of the new special exhibition at the Jamestown Settlement Museum by Luke J. Pecoraro, Ph.D., Director of Curatorial Services at the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation. Please contact Joni Carlson [[w|jdcarlson]] for Zoom link. 

Steve Prince will take participants on a historical journey examining the power of racist imagery upon the psyche of America and the world.

How are pandemics like COVID linked to conservation, equity, and governance?

Slice of Data Science is a fun way for students to obtain quick, direct insight into some of the latest applications in data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, computer vision, natural language processing, and more.

Decolonization is not a Metaphor: Faculty Discussion with Modern Language and Literature Dept. 

We will discuss Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang. “Decolonisation is Not a Metaphor" and Patrick Wolfe, “Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native."

To kick off the Asian Centennial at W&M commemorating the admission of Chen Pu-Kao, the first Chinese, Asian, and student of color so far on record, the Asian, Pacific, and Middle Eastern Film Series presents Larissa Lam's film "Far East Deep South."

This talk will focus on how I used the tools and skills I learned in the CGA at The Nature Conservancy and National Audubon Society. 

Life cycle of SARS-CoV-2 viewed through the lens of proximity proteomics

Dr. Luisa Rebull - Caltech/IPAC, Title of Talk:  Stellar Rotation in Young Clusters using K2 and TESS

Dr. Michael L. Blakey is the featured speaker at the NY Academy of Science's annual archaeology lecture, conducted via Zoom on Feb. 22 at 6:30pm. He will discuss the NY African Burial Ground's impact as this national monument marks its 30th anniversary.

Jason Reynolds is the New York Times bestselling co-author of Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, along with Ibram X. Kendi. Reynolds will discuss his book and answer questions from the audience.

Join us for a discussion about the life and legacy of Harriet Tubman and the educational implications.

Join us for a discussion on multicultural issues within the eating disorder world, with a focus on helping to identify our own seat at the table.   This National Eating Disorders Awareness Week speaking event will be led by clinician Khara Randall.

Speaker: Dr. Kevin Leach, Postdoctoral Research Scientist and Lecturer at the University of Michigan.

ESRI has updated StoryMaps! Tune in to learn about the new features they have added and how to use them. 

Prof. Geraldine Heng (U. Texas) will give the 2021 Fauvel Lecture on "Teaching Early Global Literatures: Worlding the World, Traveling the World."

Zoom link: https://cwm.zoom.us/s/6281668144

Meeting ID: 628 166 8144

Join Dr. Eric Hilton, curator of the VIMS Nunnally Ichthyology Collection, as he tells the story of the Coelacanth- from its fossil record to its unlikely discovery and why it may be more closely related to four-legged land animals than other fishes.

Speaker: Huajie Shao, UIUC

Monday, 3/1/2021, Noon 12:00 PM

The Office of Diversity & Inclusion, in collaboration with Student Assembly and the Center for Student Diversity, will host its annual Student Diversity & Inclusion Symposium.

Ambassador Dennis Ross is presented by W&M Hillel, the W&M Reves Center for International Studies, the W&M Global Research Institute, and the W&M Department of Government.

 Ilit Ferber, who teaches Philosophy at the University of Tel Aviv will be giving a talk on her new research Wednesday, March 3 at 11am on ZOOM.

Speaker: Ziyu Yao, Ohio State University 

A talk with Shannon Minter from the National Center for Lesbian Rights about LGBTQ+ rights and his work. 

Curious about GISP certification? This discussion aims to demystify GISP (GIS Professional) Certification with an overview of the what, why, and how of the process. Find out if GISP certification is something to consider in your career planning.

Speaker: Yu Huang, PhD candidate in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan

Join Italian Studies at W&M for a lunchtime conversation with acclaimed Italian columnist and writer Beppe Severgnini.

Speaker: Dr. Nate Veldt, Postdoctoral associate in the Center for Applied Mathematics at Cornell University

Join us for a discussion about the life and legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the educational implications.

Eurocentrism, Knowledge Making and Decolonial Dialogue

Linda Martín Alcoff (Hunter, CUNY) and Carlos Rivera Santana (Hispanic Studies, W&M)

Thursday March 11 3:30-5pm:

Open to Public 

Speaker: Dr. Andrew Perrault, Postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Research in Computation and Society at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science

GRI's Blockchain Lab presents a discussion on privacy and policy, featuring Elena Giralt of Blockchain Latinx. 

Join us on 3/12 at 12:05PM for a zoom seminar by Denison geoscience professor Dr. Anjali Fernandes titled "Backwater Controls on the Kinematics and Sedimentary Records of Large Rivers and Deltas" | Click the event title to contact Brent Owens to attend!

Diego Mendez-Carbajo, Senior Economic Education Specialist , will give a basic introduction to FRED; an overview of GeoFRED; and a demonstration of using GeoFRED data on inflation for economic analysis and instruction. 

A lecture presented by Professor Tamara Sonn, the 2021 Virtual Kraemer Middle East Distinguished Scholar-In-Residence.  Presented in celebration of the Asian Centennial at William & Mary.

Rana Ashkar-Virginia Tech, Title of Talk:  Collective Dynamics in Lipid Membranes: From Fundamental Physics to Health and Disease  

Rana Ashkar, Department of Physics & Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Virginia Tech
e-mail: ashkar@vt.edu

Speaker: Dr. Camille Cobb, CMU

Dr. Carnegie, a research professor at VIMS, will share about his research focusing on host-parasite interactions in oysters, aquaculture health, and shellfish restoration in the Chesapeake Bay.  

Speaker: Dr. Benjamin Fish, Postdoctoral fellow at Mila

Join ELS for a conversation with W&M Law alumni Jonathan Peterson on campaign finance and his work at the Federal Election Commission. 

Esteemed novelist and filmmaker Alia Yunis (The Night Counter) is the premiering author of Asian American Plural: Literature Across Borders, organized by Dr. R. Benedito Ferrao as part of his course OUTSIDE IN: TRANSNATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE.

Anthropology professor Grey Gundaker will give the 2021 Tisch Lecture at Columbia Teachers College. 

Building Bridges between Technology, Business, and Conservation: How Augmented Reality is Advancing Conservation Solutions in Hawai'i

Speaker: Najoung Kim, Department of Cognitive Science at Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Joel S. Levine - William & Mary Applied Science, Title of Talk:  The Human Exploration of the Moon and Mars: A Preview

Speaker: Hongyuan Mei, Department of Computer Science at the Johns Hopkins University (JHU)

Our Spring 2021 Symposium will take place virtually Monday, March 22 through Saturday, March 27, 2021.

Four Centuries of Black Women in America: Freedom, Activism, and Justice for All

Register and view the program here.

This talk presented by Megan Victor of Queen's College is an overview of the recovery excavation season at the Standford Arboretum Chinese Labor Quarters and discusses findings of an analysis ceramic assemblages. Email jdcarlson@wm.edu for Zoom link. 

Speaker: Dr. Dan Williams, Research Staff Member at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Lab