The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences hosts several public events throughout the year. These may be found at the U-M events page and the department website.
Smith Lectures
Throughout the Fall and Winter terms, the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences hosts the William T. Smith Lecture Series which 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.
Ermine Cowles Case Memorial Lecture
This annual lecture, named in honor of the late Collegiate Professor of Paleontology Ermine Cowles Case, is hosted by the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology each spring.
Events
Sep
23
EARTH Career Conversations
So, you want to be a professor?
6:00 PM
2540
Virtual
Sep
26
Smith Lecture: Megan Whitney
The evolution of 'mammalness' in fossil synapsids
3:30 PM
1528
1100 North University Building
Oct
10
Smith Lecture: Madison L. Myers
No Single Model for a Supereruption
3:30 PM
1528
1100 North University Building
Oct
17
Smith Lecture: Ettore Biondi
Distributed acoustic sensing for high-resolution subsurface imaging and earthquake monitoring
3:30 PM
1528
1100 North University Building
Oct
24
Smith Lecture: Pia Viglietti
Recovery after catastrophe: Lessons from survivors of the Permo-Triasic mass extinction event
3:30 PM
1528
1100 North University Building
