Category Archives: Events

Immigration Dialogue with Girasol

 Girasol (Spanish for sunflower) is a nonprofit organization in the UT Institute for Child and Family Wellness in the School of Social Work.  Tuesday, November 17 from 5:30-7PM, Girasol is hosting the third installment of the “Immigration Dialogues” series.

For our last Immigration Dialogue of 2020, Social Work Master’s students Alisa Hernández and Sarahí Rojo will join us to present their research on alternatives to immigrant detention. We will discuss existing alternatives, consider ideas for centering mental health in support systems for immigrants, and engage in a creative activity to re-imagine our current immigration system.

Training Objectives:

Girasol’s Immigration Dialogues are held on the third Tuesday of the month as a virtual space for students, mental health professionals, and community members to join together to:

  1. Learn about the detrimental mental health impacts of immigrant detention,
  2. Explore ways to advocate for the end of immigrant detention, and
  3. Re-envision communities without detention that support the wellbeing of all immigrant families.”

Students can register for the event to receive the Zoom link.

The event is a community dialogue open to everyone, but the invitation is especially for students whose research interests revolve around immigrant populations, prison and immigrant detention abolition, and mental health. 

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Do you want to work for a cause? Are you ready for an online, global experiential learning journey in social change?  If yes, you could be the Global Youth Advocate we are looking for!

As a GYA, you will have the opportunity to learn and support our team by contributing ideas to champion positive societal change. Teamwork is our core value to get things done, even more so during a global pandemic.

Your role as an Advocate will give you a strong competitive edge to advance your global career. By joining our team, you will gain a first-hand, real-world perspective of humanitarian issues around us. Most importantly, you are part of the Global Youth Movement in Social Change!

Be a Team Player. Come with an open mind and enthusiasm for international exposure. Leave with a heart filled with joy knowing you are part of something BIGGER than yourself.

Career Services Event for Humanities Students

The Importance of the Humanities in the Corporate World | Register here

The College of Liberal Arts is excited to launch The Futures Initiative, highlighting how studying the humanities prepares students for public and professional lives of purpose. Join us for this special virtual event exclusively for Liberal Arts Longhorns.

 A Conversation with Vasu Raja, American Airlines Chief Revenue Officer and Liberal Arts Alum

 Wednesday, November 18, 5:00-6:00pm CST. Please register for this event via Handshake to receive Zoom meeting information.

 Vasu received his BA in Humanities from UT Austin in 1998 and credits the liberal arts for his career success. Tune in to learn how Vasu’s humanities coursework prepared him to excel in the corporate world. He looks forward to sharing advice with the next generation of Liberal Arts Longhorns.

TEDxUTAustin Spring 2021 Conference

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.

Professional Development Workshop: Networking in Washington D.C

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.

Texas A&M’s online Public Service Weekend

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

Download our PSW 2020 Flyer

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.

Texas Social Innovation Challenge: Impact & Sustainability Social and Fall Workshops

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.

When:

  • Impact and Sustainability Social – October 7th at 5:30 p.m.
  • Systems Thinking for Impact – October 13th at 6 p.m.
  • Human Centered-Design for Impact – October 23rd at 6:30 p.m.

 Where: Online; links to be sent to those who RSVP

How:

More info:

Kenneth Judd – Paul H. Bauer Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace

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.

Join the Seminar via Zoom

 

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.

Join the event via Zoom