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.

COLLOQUIUM SERIES

Each semester, the Department of Physics hosts a weekly colloquium featuring a guest speaker discussing a topic related to their research. Colloquia are held each Wednesday from 4-5 p.m. in Science Hall (SH) Room 101 unless otherwise noted.

Date Speaker Title Affiliation Host
Aug 21 Yong Wang Associate professor of physics University of Arkansas Yujie Chi
Aug 28 Glennys Farrar Professor of physics New York University David Nygren
Sep 4 Barry Sanders Professor of physics University of Calgary Jae Yu
Sep 11 Valeria Ospina Scientist  Focused Energy, Inc.  Ben Jones
Sep 18 Mohammad Akbar Clinical associate professor UT Dallas Muhammad Huda
Sep 25 Liping Yu Associate professor of materials science and engineering University of Central Florida  Qiming Zhang 
Oct 2 Jaehoon Yu Professor of physics UT Arlington   
Oct 9 Krishan Mistry  Assistant professor of research  UT Arlington   
Oct 16 No colloquium - department event      
Oct 23 Chen-Yu Liu James H. Rudy Professor of Physics  Indiana University  Ben Jones 
Oct 30 Stella Offner Associate professor of astronomy UT Austin Amir Shahmoradi
Nov 6 Christophe Royon Professor of physics and astronomy Kansas University Andrew Brandt
Nov 13 Brooke Russell Neil and Jane Pappalardo Special Fellow in Physics MIT Raquel Castillo/Jonathan Asaadi
Nov 20 Wilhelmus Geerts  Professor of physics  Texas State University  Ping Liu 
Nov 27  No colloquium - Thanksgiving holidays       
Dec 4  Monica Hew  EVA human performance engineer  KBR, Inc.  Yue Deng 

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.