2012 After Hours Lectures

For information on upcoming After Hours lectures, visit our event calendar. Funding for this series is provided by the CBNERRVA and CCRM programs at VIMS and the VIMS Communications Office.

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Jamestown and the "Starving Time:" Did groundwater play a role?

(March 29, 2012) During the "Starving Time" of 1609-1610, nearly half the Jamestown colonists perished before supplies and reinforcements arrived from England. W&M geologist Greg Hancock describes his research into the role that bad drinking water may have played in this tragic event and the fate of the Jamestown colony.

Is Mycobacteriosis killing Virginia's striped bass?

(February 23, 2012)  A chronic bacterial disease known as Mycobacteriosis infects more than half of all striped bass in Chesapeake Bay. VIMS professor Wolfgang Vogelbein describes his team's research into the nature of this disease and how it might be affecting the Bay's rockfish populations. View archived lecture online.

Earthquakes in Virginia: Past, present, and future

(January 26, 2012) W&M geology professor Chuck Bailey explores the nature and history of earthquakes in Virginia and the probability of future temblors, with a focus on the magnitude 5.8 temblor that struck Virginia on August 23, 2011. View archived lecture online.