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
Oct
19
Diana Velazquez Dissertation Defense
Organic Matter Burial and Preservation in Modern and Ancient Hypoxic Aquatic Environments
9:00 AM
2540
1100 North University Building
Oct
22
Jeronimo Morales Toledo Dissertation Defense
Bridging Macroevolution and Ecology in the Arum Family (Araceae): Insights from Exceptionally Preserved Fossil and extantFruits
11:00 AM
2540
1100 North University Building
Oct
23
Jada Langston Dissertation Defense
Lake Erie Hydrology Over the last 15 ka: Insights from Stable isotope Geochemistry, Water Balance Modeling and Bulk Geochemistry
9:00 AM
2540
1100 North University Building
Oct
23
Smith Lecture: Qinya Liu
High-resolution full-waveform seismic imaging beneath seismic arrays based on ambient-noise and teleseismic body waves
3:30 PM
1528
1100 North University Building
