Batten School & VIMS Events

This calendar presented by the Batten School & VIMS
Skip calendar navigation
March 2025
23
24
25
26
27
28
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
1920
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
Go to today
Skip calendar navigation
March 2025
23
24
25
26
27
28
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
1920
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
Go to today
View: GridListExport: iCal Feed
CBNERR-VA Discovery Lab - Marine Fossils: Histories that Rock!
Wednesday, March 19
6pm - 8pm
VIMS - Catlett-Burruss Research and Education Lab
This Discovery Lab is all about how scientists can glimpse that fascinating past by studying fossils of creatures that lived long ago. 
CBNERR-VA Home School Discovery Lab - Marine Fossils
Thursday, March 20
10am - 12pm
VIMS - Catlett-Burruss Research and Education Lab
This Discovery Lab is all about how scientists can glimpse that fascinating past by studying fossils of creatures that lived long ago. 
After Hours Lecture Series: Beautiful Swimmers: Blue Crabs in Chesapeake Bay!
Thursday, March 20
7pm - 8pm
VIMS - Watermen's Hall, McHugh Auditorium, also available as a live webinar
Dr. Rom Lipcius, Professor at the Batten School & VIMS, will provide attendees with a look at the history and future of blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay - based on findings from the annual Bay-wide Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey.
VIMS @ 7th Annual Virginia Osprey Festival!
Saturday, April 12
9am - 4pm
Town Hill, Colonial Beach, Virginia

VIMS is excited to once again join the Virginia Osprey Foundation for the 7th Annual Virginia Osprey Festival in beautiful waterfront Colonial Beach, Virginia. This FREE festival includes presentations, live bird encounters, nest tours, and more!


CBNERR-VA Discovery Lab - Plastic Oceans
Tuesday, April 15
6pm - 8pm
VIMS - Catlett-Burruss Research and Education Lab
At the April Discovery Lab, you'll learn about the science of plastic, what it is, how it affects our oceans and coasts, and what we can do about it.
After Hours Lecture Series: Searching for Sturgeon
Thursday, April 24
7pm - 8pm
VIMS - Watermen's Hall, McHugh Auditorium, also available as a live webinar
Dr. Angelina Dichiera, Assistant Professor at the Batten School & VIMS, will explain how eDNA can be used to detect and monitor the presence of endangered sturgeon in Bay tributaries, and help guide recovery and conservation of these “living fossils.”
23rd Annual Marine Science Day!
Saturday, May 31
10am - 3pm
VIMS - Watermen's Hall, Campus-wide

VIMS' annual open house is a free, fun-filled event for the whole family! Join us for marine science exhibits, child-friendly crafts and activities, hands-on experience with animals, lab and facility tours, and more! Event proceeds rain or shine.

After Hours Lecture: Ospreys of the Chesapeake
Thursday, June 26
7pm - 9pm
VIMS - Watermen's Hall, McHugh Auditorium, also available as a live webinar
Join us for the June After Hours lecture, where Dr. Bryan Watts of the W&M Center for Conservation Biology will share information about one of the most charismatic Bay species (and harbinger of spring): the osprey!
After Hours Lecture: The National TRAP Program: Tackling derelict fishing gear from coast to coast!
Thursday, July 17
7pm - 8pm
VIMS - Watermen's Hall, McHugh Auditorium, also available as a live webinar
Join us to learn how projects being funded through the National TRAP Program - from diving 130 feet to retrieve lobster and crab traps, to removing debris in tribal fishing grounds - are tackling the issue of derelict fishing gear from coast to coast!
CBNERR-VA Discovery Lab - Seafood Farms
Wednesday, September 17
6pm - 8pm
VIMS - Catlett-Burruss Research and Education Lab
At this month's Discovery Lab, visitors will learn how farming shellfish can be the future of sustainable seafood, from the estuary to your plate!