Events

Upcoming Events

3-5 p.m. Friday, August 22
Science & Engineering Innovation & Research (SEIR) Building 2nd floor lobby

All new and returning College of Science students are invited to our back-to-school mixer as we kick off our 60th anniversary! Make new friends and chat with College of Science faculty members from all departments in an informal setting. Refreshments will be served.

11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Monday, August 25
Chemistry & Physics Building (CPB) lobby and Planetarium Plaza

You are invited to join the College of Science during our Maverick Stampede welcome back to school event! Come by for a cold treat, games, giveaways, and more. Connect with other Mavericks, cool off and find your community in a science student organization.

12-1 p.m. Monday, September 8
Science & Engineering Innovation & Research (SEIR) Building, room TBA

All College of Science students are invited to this session on what careers you can go into with a science degree. More details coming soon.

COS Ph.D. Open House 

4-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 30
Science & Engineering Innovation & Research (SEIR) Building, 2nd floor

All students interested in enrolling in a College of Science doctoral program are invited to this info session, which includes a panel discussion and Q&A followed by an informal mixer in the SEIR 2nd floor lobby. Refreshments will be served.

3-5 p.m. Wednesday, October 1
Science & Engineering Innovation & Research (SEIR) Building, 2nd floor

Students, are you interested in learning how to get involved in undergraduate research in the College of Science? Come to this 3 p.m. event where a panel of student researchers will discuss how they got started, and faculty will give tips on how to become involved, followed by a Q&A session. The panel will be followed by a faculty-student mixer at 4 p.m. in the SEIR 2nd floor lobby where you can ask faculty members from various departments questions about research for students! Refreshments will be served at the mixer.

October 6-10
Events, dates and locations coming soon!

The Office of Health Professions will host a week of informative and fun events for students interested in careers in health professions fields. Stay tuned for specific event announcements, dates and locations.

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.

 

Week

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Expertise/Topic

Host

Type

1

8/22/2025

Orientation

       
2 8/29/2025 Chengfei He Northeast University Climate and Oceanic Science Li In-person

3

9/5/2025

Karthikraj Rajendiran

UT Arlington

Environmental Chemistry

Shen

In-person

4

9/12/2025

Nadine Ushakov             

UT Dallas

Geophysics

Shen

In-person

5

9/19/2025

Blake Gibson             

Reed Engineering Group

Industrial Speaker: Geotechnical and Environmental Consultant

Fan             

In-person

6

9/26/2025

Karin Ardon-Dryer             

Texas Tech University

Environmental Health

Winguth             

In-person

7

10/3/2025

Kenneth Tramm              Modern Geosciences  Industrial Speaker: Environmental Science              Winguth  In-person             

8

10/10/2025

Benjamin Kiesling              Univ of Texas Institute for Geophysics Ice Sheet Modeling

Brown

In-person

9

10/17/2025

Xueying Zhang              Baylor College of Medicine  Environmental Health              Shen  In-person             

10

10/24/2025

Dimitris Herrera              University of Tennessee-Knoxville             Hydroclimate             Sanchez-Murillo

In-person

11

10/31/2025

Sunil Mehta              Vice President, INTERA

Industrial Speaker: Hanford Site contamination

Ghanbarian

In-person

12

11/7/2025

Hector Lamadrid              University of Oklahoma

Geochemistry

Sanchez-Murillo

In-person

13

11/14/2025

Nathan Brown              UT Arlington          

Geology

Winguth

In-person

14

11/21/2025

Jenna Hua              CEO, Million Marker              Industrial Speaker: Environmental Exposure and Health          Kim              In-person             

15

11/28/2025

Thanksgiving holiday              
 

16

12/5/2025

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.