Past Events

Recognize colleagues who go above and beyond in their service, research, and contributions to our community.

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm • In Person

Professional Development Awards provide support for students to attend major professional meetings at which they present an original paper based on their research conducted at the University of Texas.

11:00 am – 12:00 pm • Hybrid

Speaker(s): Ingrid Bunholi, Juan Pablo Lozano, Marissa Kordal, Lu Lin, Bailey Bonham, and Tess Kelly

Join the Green Team’s Clothing Swap on March 25, 4–6 PM in the ERC Seminar Room! Bring gently used clothes, shoes, or accessories and swap sustainably!

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm • In Person

Students at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute will have their Spring Break from March 17 to March 21, 2025.

8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Uncovering Landscape-Scale Salt Marsh Resilience Through Geospatial Informatics

11:00 am – 12:00 pm • Hybrid

Speaker(s): Kyle Runion - PhD Candidate - UTMSI

Becca Young explores how transcriptomics, genomics, and development drive convergent traits in frogs and fishes, revealing the predictability of evolution.

9:00 am – 10:00 am • Hybrid

Speaker(s): Becca Young - Assistant Professor - Department of Integrative Biology at UT Austin

Professional Development Awards provide support for students to attend major professional meetings at which they present an original paper based on their research conducted at the University of Texas. on

11:00 am – 12:00 pm • Hybrid

Speaker(s): Jack Lloyd, Jordan Cisco, Kyle Capistrant-Fossa, Mariana Rivera, and Laura Sisk-Hackworth

The lost Corpus Christi Pass has intriguing geology and history, shaped by nature, war and humans. This event takes place in Port Aransas at the Marine Science Institute and online and highlights Texas’s intertwined natural and cultural legacies.

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm • Hybrid

Phytoplankton drive marine primary production, but their community shifts with environmental changes. Alex Barth explores how extreme rain events shape estuarine phytoplankton and trophic interactions.

11:00 am – 12:00 pm • Hybrid

Speaker(s): Alex Barth

What is a book blind date? This is an opportunity to bring books you no longer want or have already read and swap them out for new and exciting books to add to your to-be-read pile.

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm • In Person