College faculty discussion events are designed to stimulate interactions among faculty across departments and even colleges, while highlighting the distinctive research capabilities and educational strengths at UT Austin.

Events typically consist of adult beverages, food and a program where intellectual conversation is the centerpiece. The fall Teaching Discovery Dinner event also includes a full dinner.  

Cross-Cutting Conversations

To explore intersections, both within the college and with other units on campus, faculty, their graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, research scientists and key staff and supporters are invited to this series of interdisciplinary discussions, exploring frontiers in research and education, as they meet colleagues from other units.

Recent discussions include a discussion about Science Communications' Future with experts from the Moody College of Communication and journalists who cover science Kenneth Chang from the New York Times, Joe Hanson of PBS Digital Studios, and Loren Grush of The Verge; and two conversations in collaboration with the Dell Medical School: Frontiers in Brain Research and a conversation about Computational Health.

TEACHING DISCOVERY DINNER 

Each fall, this event brings faculty together in a relaxed environment for intellectual discourse about improving excellence in the classroom. This event is held in conjunction with the Teaching Discovery Day each year.  

CNS 'BIG READ' DISCUSSION

During the fall 2019 semester, Dean Paul Goldbart hosted a "Big Read" event with award-winning faculty Uri Treisman of the Department of Mathematics and the Charles A. Dana Center and David Laude of the Department of Chemistry, along with best-selling writer Paul Tough, author of The Years that Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us.