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
04
Smith Lecture: Broc Kokesh
Secrets of the Dead: Using Seashell Assemblages to Reconstruct Ecological and Environmental Change Across Timescales
3:30 PM
Room 1528
1100 North University Building
Sep
11
Smith Lecture: Amanda Ostwald
Igneous Processes on Mars as Told by Meteorites
3:30 PM
1528
1100 North University Building
Sep
16
Meat, Veggies, or Termites? New Insights into Hominin Diet from Nitrogen Isotopes in Fossil Tooth Enamel
Tina Lüdecke from Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
10:00 AM
2008
1100 North University Building
Sep
18
Smith Lecture: Raquel Alonso-Perez
From Emeralds to Gold: Provenance and Traceability Using Harvard's Mineral Collection
3:30 PM
1528
1100 North University Building
