Upcoming Events
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Sunday October 5, 2025, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Microfarm (215 W 51st St)
Join us for planting, harvesting, composting, weeding, mulching, and more at the Microfarm!
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Monday October 6, 2025, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Speedway by WCP
Drop of your compost to Speedway by WCP every Monday from 11:00am-12:30pm!
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Monday October 6, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Harry Ransom Center Prothro Theater
Join the School of Architecture for the lecture "Drifting Symmetries: Projects and Provocations" by Marion Weiss & Michael Manfredi.
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Tuesday October 7, 2025, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
In Person EER 3.646 or Stream Online (via Zoom or YouTube)
This talk presents the technical foundations of decentralized architectures and power coordination protocols, and describes how distributed optimization and AI can align safety, autonomy, scalability, sustainability, resilience, and economic efficiency objectives at massive scale, positioning the grid as an intelligent, participatory, and sustainable infrastructure for the future.
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Tuesday October 7, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Zoom
Learn how to build a strong grad school application!
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Wednesday October 8, 2025, All day
Join the Energy Institute in Austin at The University of Texas campus for Hydrogen Day 2025, a one-day event dedicated to exploring innovations and advancements in clean hydrogen technology.

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Wednesday October 8, 2025, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Jester Plaza at 21st and Speedway
Visit UT Farm Stand’s on-campus market to purchase local and sustainably grown produce, bread, honey and their famous hibiscus tea.
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Wednesday October 8, 2025, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Microfarm (215 W 51st St)
Join us for planting, harvesting, composting, weeding, mulching, and more at the Microfarm!
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Saturday October 11, 2025, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Texas Science & Natural History Museum
Join Texas Science & Natural History for a special outdoor screening of The Wild Robot!
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Sunday October 12, 2025, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Microfarm (215 W 51st St)
Join us for planting, harvesting, composting, weeding, mulching, and more at the Microfarm!
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Monday October 13, 2025, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Speedway by WCP
Drop of your compost to Speedway by WCP every Monday from 11:00am-12:30pm!
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Wednesday October 15, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Zoom
Hear from CNS alums pursuing graduate studies!
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Wednesday October 15, 2025, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Microfarm (215 W 51st St)
Join us for planting, harvesting, composting, weeding, mulching, and more at the Microfarm!
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Friday October 17, 2025, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Zoom
Students interested in transferring into the College of Natural Sciences are encouraged to attend an Information Session to learn more about the process.
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Sunday October 19, 2025, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Microfarm (215 W 51st St)
Join us for planting, harvesting, composting, weeding, mulching, and more at the Microfarm!
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Monday October 20, 2025, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Speedway by WCP
Drop of your compost to Speedway by WCP every Monday from 11:00am-12:30pm!
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Wednesday October 22, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Zoom
Dive into grad school admissions essays!
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Wednesday October 22, 2025, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Microfarm (215 W 51st St)
Join us for planting, harvesting, composting, weeding, mulching, and more at the Microfarm!
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Thursday October 23, 2025, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Rowling Hall
Join the GSLI for an evening of dinner, networking, and panelist advice on sustainability careers! You'll learn how not every sustainability job is labeled as such, how to find opportunities, and how to seek the right mentors - all from UT Austin alumni in the field.
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Sunday October 26, 2025, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Microfarm (215 W 51st St)
Join us for planting, harvesting, composting, weeding, mulching, and more at the Microfarm!
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Monday October 27, 2025, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Speedway by WCP
Drop of your compost to Speedway by WCP every Monday from 11:00am-12:30pm!
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Tuesday October 28, 2025, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Rowling Hall
Join the GSLI for an engaging speaker and discussion event around the changes in corporate sustainability.
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Wednesday October 29, 2025, 8:00 am - 2:00 pm
Multiple Locations
Drop off your alkaline batteries for safe disposal with Resource Recovery!

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Wednesday October 29, 2025, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Jester Plaza at 21st and Speedway
Visit UT Farm Stand’s on-campus market to purchase local and sustainably grown produce, bread, honey and their famous hibiscus tea.
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Wednesday October 29, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Goldsmith Lecture Hall (GOL 3.120)
Rob Holmes, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Landscape Architecture Chair at Auburn University, presents "To See the Thing at All."
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Wednesday October 29, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
FAC 2.236
Learn all about effective networking!
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Wednesday October 29, 2025, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Microfarm (215 W 51st St)
Join us for planting, harvesting, composting, weeding, mulching, and more at the Microfarm!
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Thursday October 30, 2025, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Zoom
Sustainability challenges? Our LIFT consultants find solutions! Learn about the Longhorn Impact Fellowship at Texas in this session.
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Monday November 3, 2025, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Speedway by WCP
Drop of your compost to Speedway by WCP every Monday from 11:00am-12:30pm!
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Tuesday November 4, 2025, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Zoom
Join fellow Longhorns working in sustainability and impact careers for a discussion around current industry challenges and solutions! We will also have breakout rooms for open networking. GSLI alumni are especially encouraged to attend.
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Friday November 7, 2025, All day
Mebane Gallery
Featuring boundary-expanding presentations, the Interior Provocations symposium looks to further the scholarship of the expanding fields of Interior Design and Interior Design History through mutual collaboration and exchange.
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Friday November 7, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Philippe Rahm presents "The Anthropocene Style / Toward a Climatic Design" as the keynote lecture for WEATHER: the 2025 Interior Provocations Symposium, hosted by UTSOA in partnership with Pratt Institute
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Monday November 10, 2025, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Speedway by WCP
Drop of your compost to Speedway by WCP every Monday from 11:00am-12:30pm!
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Monday November 10, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Goldsmith Lecture Hall (GOL 3.120)
Join us for a lively dialogue between Eve Blau and Eric Mumford.

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Wednesday November 12, 2025, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Jester Plaza at 21st and Speedway
Visit UT Farm Stand’s on-campus market to purchase local and sustainably grown produce, bread, honey and their famous hibiscus tea.
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Wednesday November 12, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Goldsmith Lecture Hall (GOL 3.120)
Join us for a lecture from Faranak Miraftab, a scholar of social and institutional aspects of urban development and planning that addresses basic human needs including housing, urban infrastructure, and the services that support them.
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Thursday November 13, 2025, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Zoom
Students interested in transferring into the College of Natural Sciences are encouraged to attend an Information Session to learn more about the process.
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Monday November 17, 2025, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Speedway by WCP
Drop of your compost to Speedway by WCP every Monday from 11:00am-12:30pm!
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Monday November 17, 2025, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
CBA 3.302
Join GSLI for the launch of the inaugural Parekh India Impact Prize on 11/17! An info session and mixer will run from 12-1.
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Monday November 24, 2025, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Speedway by WCP
Drop of your compost to Speedway by WCP every Monday from 11:00am-12:30pm!
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Monday December 1, 2025, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Speedway by WCP
Drop of your compost to Speedway by WCP every Monday from 11:00am-12:30pm!
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Tuesday April 7, 2026 - Friday April 10, 2026, All day
UT Energy Week is an annual event that connects students, researchers, faculty, energy professionals, and industry leaders across disciplines and sectors to build community, support energy literacy and education, facilitate strategic partnerships, and advance research.