Batten School & VIMS Events

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CBNERR-VA Discovery Lab - Seafood Farms
Wednesday, September 17
6pm - 8pm
Batten School & 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!
Marine Life Day at VIMS' Eastern Shore Laboratory
Saturday, September 20
12pm - 4pm
Batten School & VIMS - Seawater Facility (Eastern Shore Laboratory)

Join us for a free, fun, and educational day showcasing marine science research at the VIMS Eastern Shore Laboratory. We will have touch tanks, creatures under microscopes, activities and crafts, and opportunities to interact with our scientists!

After Hours Lecture Series: "Algae, Antibodies, and e-DNA: Innovative Science for Solutions"
Thursday, September 25
7pm - 8pm
Batten School & VIMS - Watermen's Hall, McHugh Auditorium, also available as a live webinar

What do mouse antibodies, e-DNA, and seaweed have in common? They are the focus of the newest projects being supported by the Batten School & VIMS Innovation Fund! Join us to learn more about these cutting-edge projects that support science for solutions!

VIMS @ York County's 6th Annual BugFest!
Saturday, September 27
10am - 2pm
Grafton Middle School, 405 Grafton Dr, Yorktown, VA 23692
Join the Batten School & VIMS in Yorktown on Saturday, September 27 for insect displays, local experts with bug facts, Bug Talks, crafts, activities and more! VIMS' exhibit will focus on the "bugs" of the sea: zooplankton and other marine invertebrates!
VIMS @ Yorktown Wine and Oyster Festival!
Saturday, October 4 - Sunday, October 5
12pm - 6pm
Yorktown Waterfront

VIMS is joining the fun at the Wine and Oyster Festival along the Yorktown Waterfront on October 4th and 5th! This free, fun, family-friendly event will feature performances on five stages by local bands, musicians, storytellers and dancers.

Fireside Chat with Secretary of State John. F. Kerry, Inaugural Blue Horizons Fellow
Wednesday, October 15
2:15pm - 3:15pm
Sadler Center, Commonwealth Auditorium

Made possible through the generous support of philanthropist Jane Batten HON ’17, L.H.D. ’19, Blue Horizons Fellows will visit the Batten School & VIMS each year to participate in advancing the institute’s science for solutions. 

After Hours Lecture Series: A Night at the (Fish) Museum
Thursday, October 30
7pm - 8pm
Batten School & VIMS - Watermen's Hall, McHugh Auditorium, also available as a live webinar

Join us for a special Halloween-themed After Hours lecture where Dr. Sarah Huber and Dr. Eric Hilton will highlight particularly interesting specimens housed in the Batten School & VIMS' Nunnally Ichthyology (Fish) collection.