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.

Monday, February 24 
Trivia Challenge

2-3 pm | UC Bluebonnet Ballroom

Join us for a fun trivia contest! Win prizes and compete against students visiting from the UTA-Fort Worth Regional Science & Engineering Fair. Download the Kahoot app to play.
 
Monday, February 24 
UTA-FWRSEF Poster Exhibition

3-7 pm | College Park Center

Come and see the amazing research projects done by inspiring young scientists from schools in Tarrant County and the surrounding region at the UTA-Fort Worth Regional Science & Engineering Fair  
 
Tuesday, February 25
UTeach Info Session

12-1 pm | Science Hall 103

Greg Hale, UTeach Arlington co-director, presents "What Is UTeach, and Why Will They Give Me $100?" Learn all about the UTeach teacher preparatory program and how to get paid just for trying it out!
 
Tuesday, February 25
JAMP Info Session

5-6 pm | Science Hall 121

Thinking about medical school? Come by this informative session on the Joint Admission Medical Program, hosted by Greg Hale, JAMP faculty director
 
Wednesday, February 26
Lunch Talk: Dylan Parks

12-1 pm | SEIR 298

Join us for a lunch talk by Dylan Parks, UTA assistant professor of biology. His talk will be titled "Integrating Academia and Industry through Brewing and Fermentation Science". Parks is the creator and director of UTA's Brewing and Fermentation Science Certificate program. Free food and "mocktails" will be served.
 
Thursday, February 27 
Free Planetarium Show

3-4 pm | UTA Planetarium

Come check out a free Planetarium show, Invaders of Mars! Explore the Martian surface through the eyes of various spacecraft "invaders" from Earth. Raffle prizes before and after the show!
 
Friday, February 28
UTA Calculus Bowl

12:30 pm | UH 108

The Department of Mathematics hosts the 23rd Calculus Bowl. The event features teams of area high school students competing in a quiz bowl format to answer a series of difficult calculus questions and claim the coveted championship trophy!
12-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 9
UC Rio Grande Ballroom

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.

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

1/17/2025

Ricardo Sanchez-Murillo

UT Arlington  Hydrology               Winguth  In-person
2 1/24/2025 Jihoon Jung University of North Texas Environmental Health Li In-person

3

1/31/2025

Hannah Laue

University of Mass. Amherst

Environmental Health

Shen

Virtual

4

2/7/2025

Bayani Cardenas

UT Austin

Hydrogeology

Ghanbarian

In-person

5

2/14/2025

Jing Wei

University of Maryland College Park

Air Quality

Li

Virtual

6

2/21/2025

Ray Yeager

University of Louisville

Environmental Health

Li

Virtual

7

2/28/2025

EES Career Day

       

8

3/7/2025

Shoshannah Eggers

University of Iowa Environmental Health

Shen

Virtual

9

3/14/2025

Spring Break

       

10

3/21/2025

Tongwei Zhang

UT Austin              Geology  Fan

In-person

11

3/28/2025

Daniel Tong

George Mason University

Air Quality

Li

In-person

12

4/4/2025

Xian Wu

UT Dallas

Climate

Li

In-person

13

4/11/2025

Qingwang Yuan

Texas Tech University             

Geology

Fan

In-person

14

4/18/2025

Discover Student Research Symposium

       

15

4/25/2025

Honghai Zhang

University of Houston Climate Li In-person

16

5/2/2025

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.