Past Events

Join Hot Science - Cool Talks and explore the science behind one of the most dramatic events in Earth’s history, the asteroid impact that ended the age of dinosaurs.

5:30 pm – 8:30 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Sean Gulick

Come and enjoy a mid-day musical break at this free concert featuring works by Henry Eccles, Pau Hindemith, Niccolo Paganini, Giovani Bottesisini and Fritz Kreisler.

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): David Bernat, Mark Bernat, and Jiarong Li

Join Science Under the Stars to delve into the fascinating world of floral biology, exploring the diverse traits flowers have evolved to attract their pollinators.

8:00 pm – 9:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Rossana Maguiña-Conde

Join the astronomy department for a free weekly public star party on the roof of the Physics, Math and Astronomy Building (PMA).

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm • In Person

Travel back 183 million years to the Early Jurassic, a time when dinosaurs were just getting started on land—and life in the oceans was in crisis.

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm • In Person

Join Astronomy on Tap ATX for a night full of astronomy talks, astronomy news and more. This month features Prof. Adam Ginsburg of the University of Florida and Dr. Anthony Taylor of UT, who recently helped identify the oldest confirmed black hole.

7:45 pm – 9:00 pm • In Person

Part block-party, part-fest by the Long Center for the Performing Arts, featuring science demos and hands-on experiments by Texas Science faculty, staff and students.

11:00 am • In Person

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

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm • In Person

Explore the science of spectroscopy at Texas Science & Natural History Museum in its special exhibit, Big Eye on Dark Skies, featuring a scale model of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope.

1:00 pm – 2:00 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.

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Kim Nixon and Marion Friske