TEDxUTAUSTIN speaker applications for the 2021 conference have now opened! If you have been looking for a platform to share innovative and inspiring ideas, here is your opportunity. TEDxUTAustin is looking for passionate speakers to spark conversations in our community. We welcome any UT Austin students, professors, or Austin community members to apply.
Applications are due November 20th, 2020 by 11:59pm (CDT).
The application can be accessed via our website: https://www.tedxutaustin.com/apply.
WHEN: Tuesday, 13 October at 4pm
WHERE: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/92573659646 (Meeting ID: 925 7365 9646)
Description:
As part of the Clements Center’s mission to prepare students for careers in public service, we are pleased to host a Professional Development Workshop on Networking in Washington D.C. featuring former Clements Center students, Kelsey Ritchie and Maria Pereyra-Vera. At the workshop, our panelists will talk to students about how to network, the etiquette of networking, and their own personal experiences networking in D.C. This workshop is designed for all students interested in careers in public service in the federal government, intelligence community, military, and large-scale international organizations. Maria is currently Special Assistant in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Kelsey currently works for Deloitte’s defense and national security consulting practice.
The Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University seeks undergraduate students interested in restoring trust in public service and leading the way. We host an annual Public Service Weekend that will be ONLINE this year for those who have self-identified as future public servants interested in nonprofits, government agencies (local, state and federal), national security organizations, government contracting, think tanks, international NGOs, and more.
For a few hours late afternoon/early evening on Friday, Nov 6 (2:30-6:40 PM) and the morning of Saturday, Nov 7 (10:00 AM-12:40 PM), attendees will hear about public service careers and what benefits they offer, participate in a career workshop, attend breakout sessions over various career sectors, join a faculty-led exercise, have Q&A opportunities with both an alumni panel and current students panel, learn the graduate admissions timeline and how to be competitive, and discover how grad school funding works. Network and fuel your passion for service while learning the next steps to take from professionals who live it!
WHAT: Public Service Weekend hosted by the Bush School at Texas A&M
WHEN: November 6-7 (Fri-Sat), 2020
WHERE: ONLINE via Zoom
WHO: Those who exhibit leadership skills, demonstrate an interest in public service, support diversity, and have a 3.0+ GPA (or other marks of academic distinction)
WEBSITE: https://bush.tamu.edu/psw2020
Click here to REGISTER
APP DEADLINE: Wednesday, November 4. We will provide reminders and a Zoom link days before the event.
Still have questions? Email or call us at 979-862-3476. We’ll be glad to help.
What: In a world of social distancing, find your place among impact-oriented innovators through the Texas Social Innovation Challenge, funded by Bumble! Part workshop, part networking, and part competition, TSIC is your one-stop-program for taking a passion for sustainable impact to pitching a venture for funding. Learn more and meet others at our Fall workshops and October 7th social! All UT-Austin students welcome.
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Where: Online; links to be sent to those who RSVP
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Salem Policy Seminar: Monday October 5th, 12-1:30pm
Climate Change Policy Analysis: An Example of how Supercomputing can Solve “Intractable” Economic Models
Models that analyze climate change policies are necessarily complex because they need to include elements of both the climate and economic systems. The result is that the literature is full of papers that investigate a few features of an integrated system, justifying unrealistic simplifications by asserting that doing more “is intractable”. I will describe the DSICE framework which takes basic deterministic models developed by Nordhaus and adds elements of economic and climate uncertainty. I will illustrate applications to the social cost of carbon, how direct capture of CO2 could affect policy, and implications for scenarios of global warming.
Policy@McCombs: Monday October 5th, 4-5:30pm
When Will the Fed Join the Third Millennium?
The U.S. Government and most businesses use powerful computing tools, but the Federal Reserve stands out as one government agency that has rejected modern computational tools. It is easy to document this description, but difficult to find good reasons for these gaps. This raises questions about the ability of a laptop-based Fed to regulate financial institutions that use supercomputers to decide how to respond to Fed regulations. I will describe the gap between computational science and computation in economics, and efforts to close it.
If you or your parents are immigrants to the US, you may apply for a $90,000 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. This Fellowship is to support full-time graduate degrees in the US.
A webinar describing the Fellowship and application process will take place Tuesday, October 6, from 3:00-4:00 pm. Please register at the following link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P90Cls8mQ-OVWBxvnbfPcA
Eligibility for the Fellowship is described here: https://www.pdsoros.org/apply/eligibility
Join us for an evening with bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bob Woodward, who will discuss his explosive new book, the balance between journalism and history, and his nearly 50-year career covering nine presidents. The conversation is presented by the Harry Ransom Center, LBJ Presidential Library, and the School of Journalism and Media at The University of Texas at Austin.
The program will be streamed at 7:00 p.m. CDT on Thursday, October 1. A link to view will be emailed to registrants earlier that day. Comments and questions will not be taken live, so please submit questions in advance as part of the registration process.
Click here to register! 
The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States and Festival Experiences are offering an exclusive opportunity for UT Austin and other institutions of higher education to receive complimentary access to synchronous Live Talks with world-renowned artists, playwrights, musicians, and influencers from the Festival d’Avignon in France. We encourage you, your colleagues, and students to attend the first talk featuring Olivier Py on Wednesday, September 23 at 12pm (CST).
To receive a Zoom link for this event, please register here. All Live Talks will be conducted in English and questions may be submitted in advance.
