Events: Larger Community

Join the astronomy department for a free public viewing at the Painter Hall telescope.

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm • In Person

Celebrate everything feathered, furred, smooth and scaled at Texas Science & Natural History Museum!

10:00 am – 3:00 pm • In Person

The 2026 Great Lecture in Astronomy will be “Galactic Archaeology: The History of Our Cosmic Home” by UT Astronomy Professor Keith Hawkins.

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm • Virtual

Speaker(s): Keith Hawkins

Join the astronomy department for a free public viewing at the Painter Hall telescope.

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm • In Person

A conversation about how brains have evolved protection against poisons (or not) with Dr. Harold Zakon, Professor of Neuroscience at UT Austin.

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Harold Zakon

Enjoy FREE museum admission all day during H-E-B Free Fourth Sundays, held the fourth Sunday of every month.

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm • In Person

What secrets are hiding in the stars above us, and what can they tell us about our galaxy? In the next Hot Science – Cool Talks, astronomer Dr. Keith Hawkins takes us on a galactic journey through the Milky Way.

5:30 pm – 8:15 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Keith Hawkins

Join guest speaker Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin, MD, Ph.D., KCSL, for his distinguished lecture on regenerative engineering, followed by a reception.

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin

Dr. Vicky Kalogera, the Daniel I. Linzer Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Northwestern University will give the 2026 Weinberg Memorial Lecture.

4:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Vicky Kalogera

Celebrate the planet with special hands-on activities for all ages at Texas Science & Natural History Museum.

10:00 am – 3:00 pm • In Person