Events

Upcoming Events

3-5 p.m. Friday, August 23
SEIR Building 2nd floor lobby

All new and returning College of Science students are invited to our back-to-school mixer! Make new friends and chat with College faculty members from all departments in an informal setting. Refreshments will be served.

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, August 26
CPB Lobby and Planetarium Plaza

Join the College of Science during our Maverick Stampede welcome back event and science student org fair! Come by for a free cold treat, games, giveaways, and more. Connect with other Maverick scientists, cool off, and find your community in a science student organization.

https://uta.edu/student-affairs/maverickstampede

8-10 p.m. Saturday, September 14
UTA Observatory, Park Central Garage roof, 500 S. Center St.

This annual event is celebrated internationally and provides a great opportunity to focus on our celestial neighbor. The UTA Planetarium will host the event at the UTA Observatory, where its powerful telescope provides great views of the Moon and planets (weather permitting).

3-5 p.m. Wednesday, October 2
SEIR Building 298, 2nd floor lobby

Learn about some of the exciting and innovative research being done in the College of Science! From 3-4 p.m. in SEIR 298, Kayunta Johnson-Winters, director of the UTA Office of Undergraduate Research, will deliver remarks, followed by a Q&A panel comprised of COS faculty and students involved in research. From 4-5 p.m., a mixer in the 2nd floor atrium gives students the chance to talk with COS faculty about how to get involved in undergraduate research. Refreshments will be served.

12-1 p.m. Wednesday, October 9
SEIR Building, Room 294

The Science Constituency Council hosts this informal Q&A session where COS students can meet and chat with Dean Morteza Khaledi, and ask the Dean any questions they have about things going on in the College of Science. Pizza lunch will be served.

October 21-25
The College of Science presents a week full of events and informative sessions focusing on health professions.
 
Free Vision Screenings
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21
Life Sciences Building, Room 101

Come by and have your vision checked for free! Provided in collaboration with Prevent Blindness Texas and the UTA Pre-Optometry Society

Suture Workshop
2-5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22
SEIR Building, Room 198

Come and get valuable practice in how to do a suture! Hosted with the American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine and UT Rio Grande Valley

Pre-Health 101 Session
12-1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23
SEIR Building, Room 194

Get all your pre-health questions answered by Sandy Hobart, program director of health professions. Hosted with UTA Global Medical Training and the UTA Science Constituency Council

Women in Healthcare Panel
3-5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23
SEIR Building, Room 298

Hear from UTA alumni in healthcare careers or programs. Hosted with UTA Advancement of Females in Medicine

7 p.m. Thursday, October 24
UTA Planetarium

Bring your friends and watch a free screening of the 2016 sci-fi drama Arrival on the Planetarium's giant screen! Arrival, starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Forest Whitaker, tells the story of a linguistics professor who leads an elite team of investigators who must find a way to communicate with extraterrestrial visitors to Earth before a global war begins.

SEMINAR SERIES

Each semester, the Department of Biology hosts a weekly Seminar Series featuring a guest speaker discussing a topic related to their research. Seminars are held each Thursday from 4-5 p.m. in the Science & Engineering Innovation & Research Building (SEIR) Room 298 unless otherwise noted.

Date Speaker Title Affiliation Host
Sep 12 Francis Alonzo Associate professor of microbiology University of Illinois-Chicago Qing Tang
Sep 19 Leah Rosin Investigator National Institutes of Health Daniela Palmer
Sep 26        
Oct 3 Ben Ross Assistant professor of microbiology and immunology Dartmouth School of Medicine Qing Tang
Oct 10 Matt McCary Assistant professor of biosciences Rice University Shane Dubay
Oct 17    
 
Oct 24 Marisa Bartolomei  Professor of cell and developmental biology  University of Pennsylvania   
Oct 31        
Nov 7 Yolanda Chen Assistant professor of ecology University of Vermont Alison Ravenscraft
Nov 14 Nicholas Mason Assistant professor of biological sciences
LSU Shane Dubay
Nov 21  Jeremy Nance Research professor of cell biology  New York University  Piya Ghose 

Explore Student Events

UTA has over 260 active student organizations – including more than 30 related to science. Student organizations are a great way for students to make new friends, meet peers with similar interests, participate in service activities, hear from industry professionals, and establish connections which can be helpful when it’s time to find a job. Visit the MavOrgs webpage for a listing of current events.