Events: Graduate Students & Postdocs

With several events also featured in the Texas Science Festival, the PT2050 Symposium lets you learn from researchers dedicated to studying resilience.

9:00 am – 5:00 pm • In Person

Learn about equipping the next generation of leaders to use AI tools responsibly in their work, research and lives through innovative, interdisciplinary approaches from UT Austin Good Systems leaders.

11:00 am – 12:00 pm • Virtual

Homeownership has never looked like this. Get the scoop on why from an investigative reporter who looked into how shifts in Texas weather are changing the stakes. This event is part of the UT Planet Texas 2050 Symposium.

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm • In Person

Join us for an inspiring and insightful event featuring Donna Strickland, 2018 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Kim Budil, Director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Elaine Li, co-director of the Texas Quantum Institute.

4:30 pm – 6:45 pm • In Person

Part of a series of discussions by the Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research about the neuroscientific, genetic and social aspects of alcohol drinking and the development of Alcohol Use Disorder.

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Laura Ferguson and Rajesh Miranda

Learning Lunches, sponsored by STEMx and UTeach, are a series of talks and presentations highlighting timely teaching topics.

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Ariel Chasen

Join the award-winning journalist Vauhini Vara for a talk on the delicate intersection of human expression and living in our artificial intelligence age, where rapidly evolving AI technologies may transform how we relate with one another.

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm • Hybrid

Discover how we learn across the lifespan in a lively panel discussion with neuroscientists and enjoy interactive hands-on demos, brought to you by the Center for Learning and Memory. This event pairs with Musical Memories.

5:30 pm – 8:30 pm • In Person

Learn about nutritional concerns and the overall science of climbing the world’s highest mountains from the country’s foremost mountain high-altitude mountaineer. The inspiring Dr. Ed Viesturs will deliver the 2025 Jean Andrews nutrition lecture.

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm • In Person

Hear an in-depth research talk probing a future with digital cognitive prosthetics: smart phones used to aid in regaining memories or personal-assistant apps to supplement the work of caregivers.

11:30 am – 1:00 pm • Hybrid