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 (tentative date)
SEIR Building, room TBA

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 movie screening in the Planetarium theater, which features the latest in digital technology. We'll be announcing the movie soon!

TECH SESSIONS

Each semester, the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences hosts a weekly Tech Session featuring a guest speaker discussing a topic related to their research. Tech Sessions are held each Friday from 12-1 p.m. and are located in EES 100 unless the event is virtual. Please fill out the online form here or email Dr. Yike Shen (yike.shen@uta.edu) to sign up for one-on-one meetings with our speakers.

 

Week

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Expertise/Topic

Host

Type

1

8/23/2024

Orientation

     
2 8/30/2024 Minghao Qiu Stony Brook University Environmental Science Li Virtual

3

9/6/2024

Yinghui Wu

University of Regina

Climate

Winguth

In-person

4

9/13/2024

B.H. Baek

George Mason University

Environmental Science

Li

In-person

5

9/20/2024

Timothy Logan

Texas A&M University

Environmental Science

Li

In-person

6

9/27/2024

Kristina Butler

UT Dallas

Geology

Fan

In-person

7

10/4/2024

Andres Cardenas

Stanford University Environmental Science Shen              

Virtual

8

10/11/2024

Jeanette Stingone

Columbia University Environmental Science

Shen

Virtual

9

10/18/2024

Natalie Tanski

University of Oklahoma

Geology

Brown             

In-person

10

10/25/2024

Jeffrey Karson

Syracuse University              Geology  Li             

Virtual

11

11/1/2024

Noemi Vergopolan

Rice University

Climate

Li

In-person

12

11/8/2024

Barbara Shipman

UT Arlington

Geology

Winguth

In-person

13

11/15/2024

Insung Kang

UT Arlington             

Environmental Science

Shen

In-person

14

11/22/2024

Xiaojing Du

George Mason University

Paleoclimate

Li

Virtual

15

11/29/2024

Thanksgiving Holidays

16

12/6/2024

Final exams (no seminar)

       

 

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.