Talks Archives

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VOLUME	DATE	SPEAKER	TOPIC	LECTURE MATERIALS	WEBCAST
85	April 4, 2013	Dr. Andrew Ellington	Diagnosing Ourselves: Take Two Assays and Don't Call Me in the Morning	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
84	March 6, 2013	Dr. Jason Kalirai	Space Telescopes as Time Machines: Hubble's Legacy and the Future through the James Webb Space Telescope	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
83	February 22, 2013	Dr. Robert Bullard	Environmental Justice: Progress Towards Sustainability	Powerpoint Presentation PDF Presentation
82	January 8, 2013	Dr. Kerry Emanuel	Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico: The History and Future of the Texas Coast	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
81	November 30, 2012	Dr. Mark Clanton	The War on Cancer: 41 Years after Nixon's Declaration	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
80	October 26, 2012	Dr. Jay Famiglietti	Last Call at the Oasis: Will There be Enough Water for the 21st Century?	PowerPoint Presentation  (560 MB) PDF Presentation
79	September 14, 2012	Dr. David Orr	Black Swans & the U.S. Future: Building Sustainable & Resilient Societies	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
78	April 13, 2012	Dr. Britney Schmidt	Life on Europa? Exploring Jupiter's Icy Moon	PowerPoint Presentation (Zip file) PDF Presentation
77	February 24, 2012	Dr. Michael Webber	From Fracking to the 40 Acres: Energy Challenges for UT, Texas, and the World	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
76	January 13, 2012	Dr. Andrew Howell	Dark Energy, Explosions, and Zombie Stars	Presentation (Mac Keynote 370MB) PDF Presentation
75	December 2, 2011	Dr. Christopher Kirk	Your Eye, My Eye, and the Eye of the Aye - Aye: Evolution of Human Vision from 65 Million Years Ago to the Present	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
74	October 27, 2011	Dr. Mark Helper	Astronauts, Robots, and Rocks: Preparing for Geological Planetary Exploration	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
73	September 23, 2011	Dr. Alison Preston	Building Memories for Tomorrow: How Our Brains Predict Our Futures	PDF Presentation
72	April 22, 2011	Dr. Camille Parmesan	"Conservation in a Changing Climate "	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
71	March 25, 2011	Dr. Julia Clarke	"Dinosaurs In Living Color"	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
70	February 25, 2011	Dr. Neil Shubin	"Your Inner Fish"	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
69	December 3, 2010	Dr. Brian Korgel	"Powered Paint: Nanotech Solar Ink"	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
68	October 15, 2010	Dr. Peter Stone	"Autonomous Robots Playing Soccer and Traversing Intersections"	PDF Presentation
67	September 16, 2010	Dr. Mark Moffett	"Adventures Among Ants"	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
66	April 30, 2010	Dr. Sean B. Carroll	"Remarkable Creatures"	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
65	March 26, 2010	Brewster McCracken Karl Rabago Dr. Michael Webber	"Pecan Street Project: Smart Grids and Austin's Energy Future"	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
64	February 19, 2010	Dr. Sacha Kopp	"Angels & Demons: Physics, Antimatter, and Armageddon"	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
63	December 11, 2009	Dr. Gerald R. North	"Global Warming - Lone Star Impacts"	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
62	Oct. 30, 2009	Dr. Sally Ride	"Reach for the Stars"	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
61	Sept. 11, 2009	Dr. Jack Holt	"Icy Mysteries of Mars Revealed"	PowerPoint Presentation (Zip File) PDF Presentation
60	Apr. 17, 2009	Dr. Robert Duke	”How We Learn and How We Don't”	PowerPoint Presentation (ZIP File) PDF Presentation
59	Feb.27, 2009	Dr. Werner Lang	”Design with Climate: Building for a Cooler Planet”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
58	Jan. 30, 2009	Dr. Tyrone Hayes	”From Silent Spring to Silent Night”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
57	Nov. 14, 2008	Dr. Donald Blankenship	”Beginning the Search for Life on the Outer Planets”	PowerPoint Presentation (ZIP File) PDF Presentation
56	Oct. 10, 2008	Dr. Richard Corsi	”Is Your House Killing You?”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
55	Sept. 5, 2008	Dr. Ginny Catania	”Giant Ice Sheets Threaten Globe !?: Climate Change and the Greenland Ice Sheet”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
54	May 2, 2008	Dr. Sean Gulick	”The Rock that Changed the World”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
53	Apr. 4, 2008	Dr. Kenneth Miller	”God, Darwin, and Design: Lessons from the Dover Monkey Trial”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
52	Feb. 22, 2008	Dr. Michael E. Webber	”Our Energy Future”	PowerPoint Presentation Online Presentation
51	Nov. 16, 2007	Dr. Eric J. Barron	”The Changing Debate on Global Warming”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
50	Oct. 19, 2007	Dr. J. Craig Wheeler	”Exploding Stars in an Accelerating Universe”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
49	Sept. 14, 2007	Dr. David Hillis	”DNA in Hollywood: Fact, Fiction and Future”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
48	Apr. 27, 2007	Dr. Carl Safina	”Voyage of the Turtle”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
47	Mar. 28, 2007	Dr. David Vaughan	”Come Ice or High Water: How Will Global Warming Affect Antarctic Ice Sheets and Sea Levels?”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
46	Feb. 9, 2007	Rich MacMath	”Choosing Our Future: Greenhouse Gases or Green Homes?”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
45	Nov. 16, 2006	Dr. Stephen R. Palumbi	”The History and Future of Whales”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
44	Oct. 5, 2006	Dr. Kerry A. Emanuel	”Is Climate Change Increasing Hurricane Activity?”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
43	Sept. 7, 2006	Dr. David M. Oshinsky	”Race for a Cure”	N/A
42	Apr. 7, 2006	Dr. Lauren Ancel Meyers	”Fighting Deadly Diseases: Strategies for Prediction and Containment”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
41	Mar. 3, 2006	Dr. Jeremy Jackson	”Brave New Ocean”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
40	Feb. 2, 2006	Dr. Michael Starbird	”To Infinity and Beyond”	N/A
39	Nov. 18, 2005	Dr. Travis LaDuc	”The Striking Behavior of Rattlesnakes”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
38	Oct. 13, 2005	Dr. John Grotzinger	”The 2004 Mars Exploration Rover Mission: Evidence for Water and Prospects for Life”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
37	Sept. 9, 2005	Dr. Timothy Rowe	”Dinosaurs in the Digital Age: Facts, Fictions, and Forgeries”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
36	Apr. 15, 2005	Dr. Lonnie G. Thompson	”Ice Adventures: Tracking Evidence of Abrupt Climate Change Across the Tropics”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
35	Mar. 11, 2005	William L. Ginn	”CSI-Texas: The Science of Sleuthing”	PowerPoint Presentation (ZIP file) PDF Presentation
34	Feb. 4, 2005	Steve Wolf	”Science in the Movies: The Science Behind Stunts & Special Effects”	PowerPoint Presentation (ZIP File) PDF Presentation
33	Nov. 19, 2004	Dr. Wallace Fowler	”Exploring Outer Space: Fact vs. Fiction”	PowerPoint Presentation (ZIP File) PDF Presentation
32	Oct. 22, 2004	Dr. George Pollak	”Seeing the World Through Their Ears: The Exotic World of Bats”	PowerPoint Presentation (ZIP File) PDF Presentation
31	Sept. 10, 2004	Dr. Barbara Mahler	”What's in the Water? The History and Future of Barton Springs”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
30	April 23, 2004	Dr. John C. Abbott	”The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Texas' Amazing Insects”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
29	Mar. 26, 2004	Dr. David Wald	”Citizen Science: Man vs. Machine in Providing Rapid Earthquake Information”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
28	Feb. 13, 2004	Mark Kapner, P.E.	”Austin's Power: Green Power is Clean and Renewable”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
27	Nov. 21, 2003	Dr. Paul Barbara	”Nanoscience: Big Science at Tiny Scales”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
26	Oct. 24, 2003	Dr. Robert Duke and Dr. Eugenia Costa-Giomi	”Our Perceptions of Music: Why Does the Theme from Jaws Sound Like a Big, Scary Shark?”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
25	Sept. 5, 2003	Dr. David Allen	”Big, Beautiful Sky: The State and Future of Texas' Air”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
24	Mar. 21, 2003	Dr. Roger Bilham	”Global Death and Construction: Earthquakes on an Urban Planet”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
23	Feb. 21, 2003	Dr. G. David Tilman	”Life on a Human-Dominated Earth: The Challenges Ahead”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
22	Jan. 24, 2003	Dr. Kelley Crews-Meyer	”I Spy... Seeing Our Environment in a New Light: The Technology of Remote Sensing”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
21	Nov. 15, 2002	Dr. William D. Cochran	”Beyond Our Solar System: The Search for Extrasolar Planetary Systems”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
20	Oct. 18, 2002	Dr. John M. Sharp	”The Edwards Aquifer:Will There Be Water For Texas?”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
19	Sept. 13, 2002	Dr. Brent L. Iverson	”Biological Weapons and Bioterrorism”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
18	April 19, 2002	Dr. John Kormendy	”Supermassive Black Holes: Galaxy Monsters”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
17	March 22, 2002	Dr. Leon Long	”Geologic Wonders of Central Texas”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
16	Nov. 16, 2001	Dr. Carlton Erickson	”Exploring Myths about Addiction”
15	Oct. 12, 2001	Dr. William Fisher	”Energy: A Global Challenge”
14	Jan. 25, 2002	Dr. Camille Parmesan	”Global Warming: Impacts on Wildlife and Society”	PowerPoint Presentation PDF Presentation
13	Apr. 20, 2001	Mr. Troy M. Kimmel	”Tracking Tornadoes: Examples from Oklahoma and Texas”
12	Mar. 30, 2001	Dr. Frank N. Bash	”Origins of the Universe”
11	Mar. 2, 2001	Dr. John W. Kappelman	”Ancestors of Us All: Recent Discoveries in Human Origins and Evolution”
10	Jan. 26, 2001	Dr. Michael Ryan	”Sexual Selection”
9	Nov. 17, 2000	Dr. David M. Hillis	”Hotspot of Biodiversity:  Unique and Endangered Animals of Central Texas”
8	Oct. 6, 2000	Dr. Timothy B. Rowe, Kyoko Kishi, John W. Merck, Jr. and Mathew Colbert	”The Age of Dinosaurs ”
7	Sept. 15, 2000	Dr. Henrietta N. Edmonds	”Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea”
6	Aug.  25, 2000	Dr. Randall Marrett	”When the Earth Quakes”
5	May 5, 2000	Dr. Mark Helper	”True Gems: Origins and Identification”
4	Mar. 24, 2000	Dr. Richard Kyle	”The Geologic History of Texas”
3	Feb. 25, 2000	Dr. Daniel Barker	”Volcanoes: Killers and Creators”
2	Jan. 28, 2000	Dr. William Muehlberger	“Studying the Earth From Manned Spacecraft”
1	Nov. 19, 1999	Dr. Timothy B. Rowe	“What Happened to the Dinosaurs?”