Upcoming Events

Online: UTIG talks (whether in person or virtual) are streamed via Zoom. See UT Zoom requirements. For a link please email costa@ig.utexas.edu.

In person: In person seminars and live screenings will be held at the UTIG Seminar Conference Room, ROC 1.603

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UTIG Seminar Series

The UTIG Seminar Series is a forum for cutting-edge earth and planetary sciences attended by scientists, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics and the wider UT Jackson School of Geosciences. Every semester, we invite leading scientists around the U.S. and beyond to present results from their recent research projects.

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Contact: costa@ig.utexas.edu

Seminar Chair: Shuoshuo Han

Guide for Seminar Speakers

UTIG Discussion Hour

The UTIG Discussion Hour hosts weekly talks Tuesday afternoons at 2 pm CST. The Discussion Hour is a flexible format seminar hosted by UTIG and open to all members of our community. Presentations range from spotlighting new geoscience research to less technical talks sharing fieldwork excursions.

Organizer: McKenzie Carlson and Hunter Reeves

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Seminar Archives

UTIG Seminar Series and Discussion Hour talks are open to the geoscience community and, whenever possible, are made freely available online. Our archive includes almost every UTIG Seminar Series talk since 2010 as well as many recorded Discussion Hour talks. These can be accessed at the links below. If you know of a UTIG science talk not listed in the archive please contact costa@ig.utexas.edu.