Events

Doctoral Defense: Brandon Shuck

Please join the Jackson School of Geosciences for the final doctoral examination for BRANDON SHUCK on JULY 1, 2021; 9:00AM; JGB 4.102 (Barrow Family Conference Room) and via Zoom (see below).

The PhD project “Mechanisms Of Lithospheric Failure During Late Continental Rifting And Early Subduction” was supervised by Dr. Harm van Avendonk and Dr. Sean Gulick.

Committee members include: Donna Shillington, Nathan L Bangs, Thorsten Becker and Luc L Lavier

Zoom link:  https://utexas.zoom.us/j/4732830175

Doctoral Defense: Evan Ramos

Please join the Jackson School of Geosciences for the final doctoral examination for EVAN RAMOS has been scheduled for JULY 1, 2021; 10:00AM; JGB3.222 and Zoom (see below).

The PhD project “Toward A Mechanistic Understanding Of Silicate Weathering And Li Transfer Across Landscapes, Past And Present” was supervised by Dr. Jaime Barnes and Dr. Dan Breecker.

Committee members include: Brady Foreman, Joel P Johnson and Daniella M Rempe

Zoom link:  https://utexas.zoom.us/j/95141295703

Doctoral Defense: Wen-Ying Wu

Please join the Jackson School of Geosciences for the final doctoral examination for WEN-YING WU has been scheduled for JULY 21, 2021; 9:00AM; JGB3.222 and Zoom (see below).

The PhD project “Advancing the Application of Remote Sensing to Improve Land ?Surface Modeling” was supervised by Dr. Zong-Liang Yang.

Committee members include: Bridget R Scanlon, Bayani Cardenas and Daniella M Rempe

Zoom link:  https://utexas.zoom.us/j/3882854315

Doctoral Defense: Natasha Sekhon

The final doctoral examination for NATASHA SEKHON has been scheduled for JULY 23, 2021; 10:30AM; Zoom (see below).

The PhD project “A monitoring and 20^th stalagmite study from a shallow cave in New Mexico elucidating climate controls on geochemical variability with insight into stalagmite suitability for paleoclimate reconstructions ” was supervised by Dr. Jay Banner and Dr. Dan Breecker.

Committee members include: Bryan Black, Yuko M Okumura, Timothy M Shanhan

Zoom link:  https://utexas.zoom.us/j/91054608576

The defense is open to all members of the University community and the public.

Hot Science At Home "To Err is Human"

Much of what we experience in our lives each day is entirely forgotten. So what leads our brains to store experiences in memory that help us navigate the world? Perhaps the most important signal is mistake-making. Formal schooling unfortunately conveys the message that becoming more skillful means making fewer mistakes, which is demonstrably untrue. Come and learn how mistakes lead to advantageous changes to our memories and are the key to learning.

Professor Bob Duke is a former studio musician and public school music teacher whose research at UT focuses on human learning and behavior. Along with Art Markman, he co-hosts the NPR program and podcast Two Guys on Your Head, produced by KUT Radio in Austin.

Time: 7:00 – 7:40 p.m.

The event will be streamed live through our Facebook and YouTube channels and will include a Q&A session. Additional information is available at www.hotsciencecooltalks.org.