Events

Upcoming Events

11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 14
Chemistry & Physics Building (CPB) 1st floor lobby

All College of Science students are invited to our Maverick Stampede Spring 2026 back-to-school event featuring free hot cocoa, coffee, cookies, and COS swag! There will also be a science student organization fair where you can meet members of various science student orgs and find out how to get involved.

3-5 p.m. Friday, January 23
Science & Engineering Innovation & Research (SEIR) Building 2nd floor atrium

All College of Science students are invited to this informal mixer where students can meet College of Science faculty and staff members and ask any questions about department and College programs. Meet your friends and make some new friends, too! Refreshments will be served.

 
12-1 p.m. Tuesday, January 27 (tentative)
Science & Engineering Innovation & Research (SEIR) Building, Room TBA

All College of Science students are invited to this informative session about ways that you can use your science degree to find the job you want. Food will be served. 
 
February 23-27
Various locations; events, dates and locations TBA 

The College of Science will host its annual Science Week, which features special events which celebrate the achievements of College of Science students, faculty and alumni.  
12-1 p.m. Wednesday, February 25 (tentative)
Science & Engineering Innovation & Research (SEIR) Building, Room TBA

All College of Science students are invited to this informative session; agenda TBA. Food will be served.

3-6 p.m. Thursday, March 19
Central Library 6th floor atrium

Everyone is invited to the 2nd Ethics Bowl, a fun event where teams of 3-4 students will go head-to-head tackling real-world medical ethics dilemmas relevant to medical school and healthcare training. The teams will present their argument for each scenario and a panel of judges will score the responses. The winning team advances to the next round until one champion is crowned. Sponsored by the College of Science Office of Health Professions, UTA Libraries, and the Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) student organization.

12-1 p.m. Wednesday, March 25
Science and Engineering Innovation and Research (SEIR) Building, Room TBA

All College of Science students are invited to this informative session; agenda TBA. Food will be served.

12-2:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 7
Maverick Activities Center, Room TBA

The Office of Health Professions hosts the annual Spring Swing fair, which gives students the opportunity to meet with admissions staff, directors, and deans from health professions schools, colleges, and programs. Represented programs include medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, optometry, physician assistant, chiropractic, nursing, public health, military medicine, test prep services, and more.

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 or field of employment. Unless noted below, Tech Sessions are held each Friday from 12-1 p.m. and are located in EES 100 unless the event is virtual.

 

Week

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Expertise/Topic

Host

Type

1

1/16/2026

Xiaoqiang Li

UT Arlington EES Geology  Majie Fan  In-person 
2 1/23/2026 Xiaoxu Tian Sorcerer Earth Weather forecasting (industrial speaker) Yunyao Li Online

3

1/30/2026

Gyeyoon Yim

Dartmouth College

Environmental Omics

Majie Fan

In-person

2/2/2026 (Monday)  Yewei Wang  Emory University  Environmental Omics  Majie Fan  In-person 

4

2/6/2026

Zhenchun Yang             

University of Southern California

Environmental Omics

Majie Fan

In-person

5

2/13/2026

Jiwon Oh             

UC Davis

Environmental Omics

Majie Fan             

In-person

6

2/20/2026

Trey Cortez             

Burnett Oil

Oil and gas (industrial speaker)

Behzad Ghanbarian

In-person

7

2/27/2026

Career Day                                          

8

3/6/2026

Un-Jung Kim              UT Arlington EES Environmental health

Arne Winguth

In-person

9

3/13/2026

Spring Break                                             

10

3/20/2026

Rahul Kaushal            UT Arlington EES             Geomorphology, geochronology Nathan Brown

In-person

11

3/27/2026

Farhad Khormali             Southern Methodist University

Soil science

Nathan Brown

In-person

12

4/3/2026

Rose Jones              Rapid Anthropology Consulting

Environmental health (industrial speaker)

Yunyao Li

In-person

13

4/10/2026

Michael Young              UT Austin Jackson School of Geosciences    

Water/energy nexus

Behzad Ghanbarian

Online

14

4/17/2026

Discover Student Research Symposium                                       

15

4/24/2026

Drew Syverson           University of North Carolina at Charlotte  Water-rock interaction  Xiaoqiang Li Online 

16

5/1/2026

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.