Event Title

Conversation with John Pipkin on “The Blind Astronomer’s Daughter”

Event date and Time

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 7 P.M.

Event Cost/Admission

Free and open to the public

Please be aware that the Ransom Center’s Charles Nelson Prothro Theater seats 125. Line forms upon arrival of the first patron, and doors open 30 minutes in advance.

Description

Former Ransom Center research fellow John Pipkin, author of the critically-acclaimed “Woodsburner,” reads from his new novel “The Blind Astronomer’s Daughter” and discusses how his research in the Center’s Herschel family papers influenced the novel. Materials from the Herschel family papers will be on view during the reception and book signing that follow.

Location

Harry Ransom Center

Event Title

Exhibition Curator Lecture: “Looking at Photographs: Visual Research in the Elliott Erwitt Photography Collection”

Event date and Time

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 7 P.M.

Event Cost/Admission

Free and open to the public

Please be aware that the Ransom Center’s Charles Nelson Prothro Theater seats 125. Line forms upon arrival of the first patron, and doors open 30 minutes in advance.

Description

Jessica S. McDonald, Nancy Inman and Marlene Nathan Meyerson Curator of Photography, presents “Looking at Photographs: Visual Research in the Elliott Erwitt Photography Collection,” a behind-the-scenes look at the visual detective work involved in researching photographs for the exhibition Elliott Erwitt: Home Around the World. She recounts how various tools—from contact sheets to Google Earth—helped shed new light on some of Erwitt’s best-known works. Following the talk, McDonald will be available for questions in the galleries. 

Location

Harry Ransom Center

Dear UT Undergraduates:

With registration for next semester coming up in a few weeks, let me tell you about an exciting internship course.

Are you thinking about whether graduate school is in your future?  Are you uncertain about what it would be like to be a graduate student and what academic program may be suited best to your interests and career goals?

If your answer to these questions is yes, you may wish to consider undertaking the Intellectual Entrepreneurship (IE) “Pre-Graduate School Internship.”  This internship is open to students in all UT colleges/schools and departments.  You may earn one, two or three hours of academic credit (CMS 164M/264M/364M) by participating in the internship.

Attached is a flyer describing the Pre-Graduate School Internship. In addition, you may read more about this program (including FAQ’s, examples of internship activities and an easy to complete internship contract) on the web:

http://communication.utexas.edu/ie/

You may also be eligible for a Kuhn Intellectual Entrepreneurship Award.  This award is designed to encourage both first generation and economically disadvantaged undergraduate students to pursue their academic passions and to seriously consider graduate study.

The awards will be in the form of $1,000 stipends offered to a select number of qualified undergraduate interns. The award is intended to support and encourage students to pursue opportunities that further enrich the Pre-Graduate School Internship experience. (e.g., traveling to conferences, potential graduate school visits, research endeavors, supplies, books etc.)

In addition, each intern’s graduate mentor will be awarded a matching $1,000 stipend through the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement.  For more information about this award, please go to:

http://communication.utexas.edu/ie/kuhn-ie-award

A wonderful video about IE is at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWx0qNZERI0

If after examining these materials you have questions, please feel free to contact me at: spaj737@uts.cc.utexas.edu

NOTE: Because of the generosity of several UT deans, undergraduates who do their pre-grad internship in programs in the following colleges will be eligible to receive travel grants to help cover part of the cost of attending an academic conference (with their grad mentor)– Law, Public Affairs, Communication, Information, Nursing, Architecture, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Pharmacy, Business, Social Work, Information, Nursing, Architecture, Education, Natural Sciences, Fine Arts.

Sincerely,

Rick Cherwitz                                                                                                                                

Professor and IE Director 

We are hosting our annual Capture the Flag at the Capitol on October 19th. We’ll meet at 6:45 at Carothers and walk to the Capitol together, picking up people at Jester along the way.

Primates and rainforests in West Texas? Dr. Kirk takes us millions of years back and discovers a time when, if you were walking through parts of Texas, you would hack your way through hot, tropical rainforests and encounter curious primates. Registration is required to attend this event: www.hotsciencecooltalks.org.

Hot Science – Cool Talks #103

Some Like It Hot, Hot, Hot: When Primates Roamed Texas Rainforests

Dr. Christopher Kirk, Professor of Anthropology, UT Austin

Friday, October 21, 2016

5:45 – 6:45 p.m. Interactive Community Science Fair

7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Talk (includes Q & A session)

Student Activity Center (SAC) Auditorium

All participants must be registered to attend. Check-in opens at 5:45 p.m. The optional interactive Community Science Fair features engaging hands-on activities and is included with the registration. 

A new ticket option is available for those who only wish to attend the Community Science Fair without staying for the talk. It is the perfect option for those families with young children!

You can also watch the live webcast on Friday, October 21st at www.hotsciencecooltalks.org. 

Presented by the Environmental Science Institute (ESI) at The University of Texas at Austin, the Hot Science – Cool Talks series is a venue for leading researchers to share their scientific discoveries with the public, K–12 science educators and their students. The series consists of six free public lectures each year, reaching an annual audience of more than 2,500. 

LAHSC is having its freshman information session this upcoming Wednesday, October 12th from 7 – 9pm in Welch 2.308.

Fall 2016 Career & Internship Fair

Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2016 

Time: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Location: Texas Union Ballroom, Career Fair Info…

Attire: Professional attire required (no jeans, shorts, running shoes/sneakers or flip flops; visit our Dress for Success page to learn more about professional attire.)

Employers: Meet recruiters from a variety of companies and organizations, including Charles Schwab, Austin Film Festival, The U.S. State Department, United Airlines, Indeed.com, Peace Corps and more! 

Explore Attending Employers and Opportunities: Download the Career & Internship Fair App by visiting the following links or searching for “UT Liberal Arts Career Fairs” in your Google Play Store or Apple Store.  UT Liberal Arts Career Fairs:  iOS  |  Android 

Meet representatives from graduate programs across the country and around the world at the UT Austin Graduate School Fair, October 11 from 10am – 2pm in the Texas Union Ballroom. Over 100 programs will be in attendance!

Visit the Event Page for a full list of represented programs, and for more updates.

During the Grad Fair, there will be panel discussions with UT faculty and with current grad students. The panels will talk about the benefits, challenges, and realities of graduate school, to help you decide if grad school is for you! Join us in the Sinclair Suite of the TX Union from 10:30 – 11:30am for the Faculty Panel and from 12:30 – 1:30pm for the Grad Student Panel.

Both events are free and open to all majors at UT. Click here to register. 

EVENT DETAILS:

Graduate School Fair

October 11

10:00am-2:00pm

Texas Union Ballroom

Featuring:

Is Grad School For Me?  

Faculty panel: Hear from faculty members in different areas who can tell you what they look for in successful applicants, how they select students, and the different kinds of funding available to students.  

10:30am-11:30am

Student panel: Current graduate students can tell you what it is like to be a graduate student on the UT campus.  They can also give tips on how to apply to graduate schools and what to expect when dealing with programs.

12:30pm-1:30pm

Sinclair Suite (Texas Union) 

Master the Possibilities inside The Daily Texan on Monday, October 10 for more details about the event and other graduate programs around the country.

Next Plan II PreMed Meeting will be next Wednesday, October 5th at 7pm in CRD 007B.  We will be hosting Dr. Winnie Whitaker, a pediatric emergency doctor.  Dr. Whitaker graduated from the University of Texas Medical School in San Antonio in 2001, and she is affiliated with Dell Children’s and UMC Brackenridge.  We will have food!

All LAHers are welcome.

Impact Hub is hosting an event to explore global trends of Economic Inequality THIS Tuesday (the 27th) called “Creating Common Ground on Economic Inequality” featuring UT’s own Dr. James K Galbraith, director of the UT Inequality Project. 

Here is a link for more information of the event: http://impacthubaustin.com/events