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
Jan
25
Special Lecture: Listening to the Environment with Seismic Waves
Lucia Gualtieri, Princeton University
1:30 PM
Room 2540 -
1100 North University Building
Feb
01
Smith Lecture: The Mineral Physics Test Kitchen: Finding the Recipe for Lower Mantle Heterogeneities
Susannah Dorfman, Michigan State
3:30 PM
Room 1528 -
1100 North University Building
Feb
04
Camp Davis Rocky Mountain Field Station Financial Aid Information Session
5:00 PM
Room 2520 -
1100 North University Building
Feb
08
Smith Lecture: Geologic Setting and Origin of the Iron Oxide Deposits and Host Igneous Rocks of the Mesoproterozoic St. Francois Mountains Terrane, Missouri, USA
Warren Day, U.S. Geological Survey
3:30 PM
Room 1528 -
1100 North University Building
Feb
12
Special Lecture: Decoupling Tooth Loss from the Origin of Baleen in Whales
Carlos Mauricio Peredo, George Mason University
3:30 PM
Room 2540 -
1100 North University Building
Feb
15
Smith Lecture
3:30 PM
Room 1528 -
1100 North University Building
