About the Lecture Series
The Guy F. Atkinson Endowed Distinguished Lecture Series is a free, public, weekly event to which we invite researchers, educators, and communicators from around the world. Here, they present their unique and intriguing contributions to the field of Earth sciences. Our hope is to encourage meaningful discussion, challenge ideas, and spark interest in the creation of a rich and diverse scientific culture that our students, staff, and faculty may carry out to the rest of the world.
SPRING 2026
*Thursday's between January 15th and April 9th
12:30-1:30pm
FASB 295
*No lecture on March 12th (Spring Break).
If approved by the speaker, lectures will be recorded and posted on our Youtube page.
SCHEDULE
| Date | Presenter | Organization | Title - updated regularly |
| 1/15 | GEOSLAM Part 1 | University of Utah Geology & Geophysics Graduate Students | Get to know our new grad students |
| 1/22 | GEOSLAM Part 2 | University of Utah Geology & Geophysics Graduate Students | Get to know our new grad students |
| 1/29 | Leif Anderson | University of Utah Geology & Geophysics |
Last Ice (Age) in Utah: insights from models, isotopes, and geophysics
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| 2/5 | Juli Scamardo | Utah State University | |
| 2/12 | Jen McIntosh | University of Arizona | |
| 2/19 | Russell Callahan | University of Connecticut | |
| 2/26 | Katie Potter | Utah State University | |
| 3/5 | Steven Loheide | University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
| 3/19 | Josh Feinberg | University of Minnesota | |
| 3/26 | Tara Shreve | Utah Geological Survey | |
| 4/2 | Kevin Furlong | Penn State | Outstanding Alumni Award |
| 4/9 | Nick Tosca | University of Cambridge |
Previous Lectures
Check out our YouTube channel to watch past lectures (starting in 2019).