Past Events

Undergraduates already enrolled in the College of Natural Sciences are encouraged to join to learn about the application process for scholarships for the upcoming year.

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm • Virtual

Learn birds respond to human-driven environmental change with UT Ph.D. student Brian Stokes, who studies how birds across Texas and North America are responding to a rapidly changing world.

8:00 pm – 9:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Sunishka Thakur

A conversation on brain-machine interfaces with José del R. Millán, a UT Austin engineering professor.

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): José del R. Millán

Choose your favorite entries to help us select our People’s Choice winner in the 2026 Visualizing Science Competition.

11:59 pm • Virtual

Join the McDonald Observatory as they explore the constellation of Orion.

7:30 pm • Virtual

First day of classes for the spring 2026 semester

8:00 am • In Person

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

Join the McDonald Observatory as they explore white dwarf stars, neutron stars and black holes!

8:00 pm • Virtual

The Red River Ensemble will give a special Holiday Concert featuring classical holiday music from Mozart, Handel and more.

12:00 pm – 1:00 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.

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm • In Person