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DeFord Lecture | Tianna Bruno
Start:May 2, 2022 at 4:00 pm
End:
May 2, 2022 at 5:00 pm
Contact:
John Lassiter
Environmental Injustice and Ecological Memory in the Biophysical Afterlife of Slavery by Dr. Tianna Bruno, UT Austin’s Department of Geography and the Environment.
Abstract: This talk draws together concepts in Black geographies and critical physical geography to examine the linkages between racial and environmental histories in Black environmental justice communities along the U.S. Gulf Coast. Specifically, this talk considers the notion of ecological memory, a natural science concept that refers to how past states or processes influence present or future responses in ecological communities, and its compatibility with threads within Black geographies and Black studies, in particular the afterlife of slavery. The afterlife of slavery refers to the precarity and devaluation of Black life set in motion by chattel slavery. Heeding calls within critical physical geography to take seriously the biophysical and social co-constitution of landscapes, I put forth the concept of the biophysical afterlife of slavery to describe how the precarity and devaluation of Black life has impacted the natural environments in which these Black lives exist. In this talk, I will discuss a framework I have developed that draws together the reconstruction of environmental histories with analyses of the past, present, and future of the biophysical afterlife of slavery: using dendrochronology and trees as archives of the biophysical afterlife of slavery, as well as witnesses to Black life and sense of place in environmentally precarious spaces over time. This research focuses on a case study of Port Arthur, Texas, a historically Black community nestled in what the US Environmental Protection Agency calls “the largest oil refinery network in the world”.
DeFord Lecture Series
Since the 1940’s, the DeFord (Technical Sessions) lecture series, initially the official venue for disseminating EPS graduate student research, is a forum for lectures by distinguished visitors and members of our community. This is made possible through a series of endowments.
Faculty Meeting
Start:May 3, 2022 at 12:30 pm
End:
May 3, 2022 at 1:45 pm
EPS Awards Ceremony
Start:May 3, 2022 at 4:00 pm
End:
May 3, 2022 at 5:00 pm
Location:
Boyd Lecture Hall
TBD - Bureau Seminar Series
Start:May 6, 2022 at 9:00 am
End:
May 6, 2022 at 10:00 am
Location:
TBD
Contact:
Dena Miller, dena.miller@beg.utexas.edu
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Bureau Seminar Series
WCE Seminar | Nilay Dogulu - RCRC Climate Centre
Start:May 6, 2022 at 12:00 pm
End:
May 6, 2022 at 1:00 pm
Location:
Online
Contact:
Cansu Demir, cdemir@utexas.edu
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Speaker: Nilay Dogulu (Consultant research lead at Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre and independent researcher)
Title: Applications of Clustering Methods in Hydrology
Zoom link: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/93865487444
Bureau Seminar Series - Zoltan Sylvester, PhD, Bureau QCL
Start:May 13, 2022 at 9:00 am
End:
May 13, 2022 at 10:00 am
Location:
TBD
Contact:
Dena Miller, dena.miller@beg.utexas.edu
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Bureau Seminar Series
Doctoral Defense | Anna Turetcaia
Start:May 13, 2022 at 2:00 pm
End:
May 13, 2022 at 4:00 pm
Location:
JGB 4.102 (Barrow Family Conference Room)
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The final doctoral examination for ANNA TURETCAIA has been scheduled for MAY 13; 2:00pm; JGB 4.102 (Barrow Family Conference Room) AND VIRTUAL..
The PhD project “Aerobic Metabolism Of Organic Matter Across The Terrestrial-Aquatic Interface Through The Lens Of Flume Experiments and Models” was supervised by Dr. Bayani Cardenas.
Committee members include:
Adam Kessler
Daniel O Breecker
Philip C Bennett
Matthew H. Kaufman
Zoom link: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/99293373966
The defense is open to all members of the University community and the public.
Hot Science At Home "Finding Ancient Water"
Start:May 13, 2022 at 7:00 pm
End:
May 13, 2022 at 7:40 pm
Location:
Online (YouTube and Facebook)
Contact:
Didey Montoya, didey@austin.utexas.edu, 5124714211
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Caves with their luminous rock formations fascinate both explorers and scientists. But trapped in these glittering crystals are tiny droplets of water that have preserved what rain and snow were like thousands of years ago. Dr. Isabel Montañez shares her fascinating research in creating a timeline for Northern California’s climate history going back nearly 20,000 years.
Isabel Montañez is a paleoclimatologist whose research focuses on reconstructing past climates, in particular those during major warming periods. Dr. Montañez is a professor at the University of California, Davis. She has been president of the Geological Society of America and currently is the Director of the UC Davis Institute of the Environment.
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 with Dr. Montañez!
JSG Graduation Breakfast
Start:May 20, 2022 at 8:30 am
End:
May 20, 2022 at 11:00 am
Location:
Holland Student Center (JGB 2.102)
Please join us for a breakfast for JSG students/ faculty/guests
Jackson School of Geosciences, 2305 Speedway, Holland Family Center, JGB 2.102
JSG Graduation
Start:May 20, 2022 at 12:00 pm
End:
May 20, 2022 at 1:30 pm
Location:
Bass Concert Hall
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Friday, May 20, 2022 – 12:00pm – 1:30pm
Bass Concert Hall
The Jackson School of Geosciences holds commencement ceremonies each May to honor the graduates and candidates of the entire academic year. The May 2022 commencement ceremony includes Fall 2021, Spring 2022 and approved Summer 2022 graduates. Attendance at the school graduation ceremony is optional.
DeFord Lecture | Emily BrodskySeptember, 24 2026Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PMLocation: JGB 2.324 How Earthquakes Organize Stress by Emily Brodsky, professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz Abstract: Stress is not uniform in the Earth. Therefore, we must use natural experiments to measure the distribution of stresses and related quantities, rather than single values. For instance, dynamic triggering shows that faults are uniformly distributed over their loading cycles in Southern California. The probability that a fault ruptures across a barrier measures the in situ energy distribution. Fault roughness reflects the distribution of strength. These natural experiments produce observable distributions that are surprisingly consistent and suggest some degree of self-organization in the Earth’s crust. Once established, the functional form of the distributions can be used to track changes in response to earthquakes as well as to distinguish fundamentally different fault systems. Transient fault locking before stress release in laboratory experiments can be interpreted as a consequence of self-organization of fault stress. The robust self-organization of multiple variables in earthquake systems suggests that the most consequential mechanical outcome of earthquakes may be the redistribution of stress and the strain energy associated with it. The low friction on a fault during seismic slip as inferred by temperature measurements of the Tohoku earthquake is consistent with dissipation playing a secondary role to this redistribution process. Through stress redistribution and interaction, subduction zone faults tend to synchronize, perhaps due to their geometric simplicity, while the continental system of Southern California cannot synchronize, perhaps due to the complexity of the fault network. Earthquakes organize stress in the crust and produce a suite of well-defined, consistent distributions. |
DeFord Lecture | Courtney SchumacherOctober, 01 2026Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PMLocation: JGB 2.324 How Stratiform Rain Shapes Weather, Climate, and the Geological Record by Courtney Schumacher, professor at Texas A&M University |
Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar SeriesOctober, 02 2026Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMLocation: BEG Bldg 130, VR Room 1.116C BEG Seminar presented by Chas Bolton, UTIG, in person. Topic: TBD |
Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar SeriesOctober, 09 2026Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMLocation: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/93201377630?pwd=KzF3TW53SFYzSUg4SUZVNGtxd3JvZ BEG Seminar presented by Bruce Hart, Western University, virtual Topic: TBD |
DeFord Lecture | Ching-Yao LaiOctober, 15 2026Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PMLocation: JGB 2.324 |
AI and Your Best SelfOctober, 16 2026Time: 5:30 AM - 8:15 AMLocation: Welch Grand Hallway and 2.224 Auditorium Artificial intelligence is breaking free of chatbots and computer screens and moving into the physical world around us. Next-generation AI systems are learning to see, understand, and act in the world the way a person would. In this Hot Science - Cool Talks, pioneer Dr. Kristen Grauman will explore how these systems will one day coach you through a new skill, guide you through an unfamiliar place, or help with everyday tasks by watching and offering real-time feedback, making personalized learning more accessible. Join us for a look at a future where AI is a part of your environment, helping everyone learn, discover, and navigate the world more easily. |
Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar SeriesOctober, 16 2026Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMLocation: BEG Bldg 130, VR Room 1.116C BEG Seminar presented by Ruthie Halberstadt, JSG, in person. Topic: TBD |
DeFord Lecture | Naoki SakaiOctober, 22 2026Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PMLocation: JGB 2.324 |
Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar SeriesOctober, 23 2026Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMLocation: BEG Bldg 130, VR Room 1.116C BEG Seminar presented by Ashley Matheny, JSG, in person. Topic: TBD |