Events

Upcoming Events

11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 15
Chemistry & Physics Building (CPB) atrium lobby

The College of Science presents our annual welcome back to campus event as part of Maverick Stampede for Spring 2025. We'll have free hot chocolate, coffee, and sweet treats, plus COS swag, and a student organization fair featuring many of our science student orgs.

4 p.m. Tuesday, February 11
Science & Engineering Innovation & Research (SEIR) Building 298

The College of Science welcomes Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Ph.D., professor of biogeochemistry and Felasco Chair in Earth Sciences and Geology at the University of California, Merced. Her talk will be titled "From Roots to Reach: One Scientist's Quest to Understand Soils, Confront Climate Change, and Open Doors in STEM." Dr. Berhe was director of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science from May 2022 to March 2024, and was the first person of color to lead the office. Her research is broadly focused on soil science and global change science. Her research themes include the effect of climate changes (specifically rainfall and temperature) on storage and stabilization of soil organic matter; nano-scale biogeochemistry of iron oxides; erosion and terrestrial carbon sequestration; and political ecology of land degradation and ownership. A reception will be held preceding the talk at 3:30 p.m.

12-2 p.m. Wednesday, April 9
Location TBA

The Spring Swing Health Professions Fair offers students a chance to meet and talk to 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.

10 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday, April 18
Chemistry & Physics Building (CPB) and Planetarium

The College of Science's annual Discover Student Research Symposium features the amazing research being done by our undergraduate and graduate students. The event is a hybrid of online poster viewing followed by a live exhibition of posters in CPB and a showcase of the best of undergraduate and graduate posters in the UTA Planetarium, with awards going to the top entries.

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 Thursdays from 4-5 p.m. in the Science & Engineering Innovation & Research Building (SEIR) Room 298 unless otherwise noted.

Date Speaker Title Affiliation Host
Feb 6 Joshua Woodward Professor of microbiology University of Washington Qing Tang
Feb 13 Jon Hibshman Assistant professor of biological sciences Southern Methodist University Piya Ghose
Feb 20 Corey Welch  Director of STEM Scholars Program  Iowa State University  JC Buckner 
Feb 27 John-Demian Sauer Associate professor of medical microbiology and immunology University of Wisconsin, Madison Qing Tang
Mar 6        
Mar 13 Spring Break  
 
Mar 20        
Mar 27        
Apr  3 Denise Dearing Distinguished professor of biological sciences University of Utah Alison Ravenscraft
Apr 10  
   
Apr 17  Neha Garg Associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry Georgia Tech University  Alison Ravenscraft

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.