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
Mar
19
Zachary Quirk Dissertation Defense
Investigating leaf adaptation and evolution in living and fossil non-woody monocot flowering plants
10:00 AM
2540
1100 North University Building
Mar
21
John and Ruth Dorr Dinner
6:30 PM
Off Campus Location
Mar
22
Multi
Dorr Lecture - Dr. Joern Callies, California Institute of Technology
Using earthquakes to measure ocean warming
3:30 PM
1528
1100 North University Building
Mar
29
Smith Lecture - Yadidya Badarvada, University of Michigan
What is an Oceanographer doing in Michigan? - Predicting Internal Tides using Supercomputers
3:30 PM
1528
1100 North University Building
Apr
05
20th Annual Michigan Geophysical Union Symposium
11:00 AM
Biological Sciences Building
Apr
10
EARTH Geobiology Seminar - April
Undergraduate presentations
12:00 PM
2540
1100 North University Building