The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences hosts a number of public events throughout the year. These may be found at the U-M events page and on the Department web site.
Smith Lectures
Throughout the Fall and Winter terms, the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences hosts the William T. Smith Lecture Series that brings in distinguished speakers from other universities and research institutions. These lectures are financed by a generous gift from William T. Smith.
Dorr Lecture
The annual Dorr Lecture is Co-sponsored by the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and the Museum of Paleontology. The topic of the talk is in the field of Sedimentology and/or Paleontology. The event is funded by the John A. Dorr Jr. Memorial Scholarship fund.
Events
Sep
30
Smith Lecture - Athena Eyster, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Deciphering the trajectory of marine oxygenation: Stratigraphic and geochronological clues from massive iron formations
3:30 PM
1528
1100 North University Building
Oct
28
Smith Lecture - Hannah Blatchford, Eastern Michigan University
3:30 PM
1528
1100 North University Building
Nov
04
Smith Lecture - Victor Tsai, Brown University
3:30 PM
1528
1100 North University Building
Nov
11
Smith Lecture - Carlie Pietsch, San Jose State University
3:30 PM
1528
1100 North University Building
Nov
16
Professor Rebecca Lange, the Alexander N. Halliday Collegiate Professorship in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Inaugural Lecture
Setting the Stage for a Catastrophic Supervolcano Eruption
4:00 PM
1st Floor, Multipurpose Room
LSA Building
Nov
18
Smith Lecture - Julia Kelson, University of Michigan
3:30 PM
1528
1100 North University Building
