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 to 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.
FALL 2025
*Thursday's between August 28th and November 20th
12:30-1:30pm
FASB 295
*No lecture on October 9th (Fall Break) or October 23rd (GSA Conference Week)
If approved by the speaker, lectures will be recorded and posted on our Youtube page.
Date | Presenter | Organization |
8/28 | Parade of Rock Stars (FacultySlam) | University of Utah Geology & Geophysics Faculty |
9/4 | Parade of Rock Stars (FacultySlam) | University of Utah Geology & Geophysics Faculty |
9/11 | tbd | tbd |
9/18 | Elliott Mueller | University of Colorado Boulder |
9/25 | Brenda Bowen | University of Utah Geology and Geophysics |
10/2 | Kate Freeman | Penn State |
10/16 | Ed Young | UCLA |
10/30 | Cari Johnson | University of Utah Geology and Geophysics |
11/6 | Brian Romans | VA Tech |
11/13 | Bayani Cardenas | University of Texas Austin - GSA Hydrology Lectureship "Birdsall-Driess and LaMoreaux lecture" |
11/20 | Toni Van Dam | University of Utah Geology and Geophysics |
Previous Lectures
Check out our YouTube channel to watch past lectures (starting in 2019).
For the previous years lectures click here