We have several free educational programs this Winter (2024).
PORT ARANSAS
Patton Center, 855 East Cotter Ave.
Our Public Lecture Series is back at UTMSI in our newly renovated Patton Center - Thursdays from Jan 11 - Feb 29. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the lecture starts at 7 p.m. FREE.
Jan. 11- Andrew Orgill, ARK Staff Supervisor - A year in Review: Interesting cases at the Amos Rehabilitation Keep
Jan. 18 - Cory Mottice, Warning Coordination Meteorologist National Weather Service - 2023 Weather in Review and a Look at the Ongoing El Nino
Jan. 25 - Rae Mooney, Nature Preserve Manager for the City of Port Aransas - Port Aransas Nature Preserve upcoming improvements and nature programs
Feb. 1- Jordan Casey, Assistant Professor at UTMSI - Mapping marine food webs from tropical coral reefs to the Texas Gulf Coast
Feb. 8- Mark Lever, Associate Professor at UTMSI - Can seaweed farming support a green economy in Texas intra-coastal waters?
Feb. 15 - Sharon Herzka, Associate Professor at UTMSI - Greater than the sum of its parts: a system-wide tour of the Gulf of Mexico
Feb. 22 - Lori Parker, Ecologist Texas Leader at Wood Buffalo National Park & Ronnie Schafer, Crane expert - Stories of the Whooping Crane
Feb. 29 - Kyle Runion, PhD Candidate at UTMSI - Satellite-based tools detail salt marsh resilience
ROCKPORT
Bay Education Center, 121 Seabreeze Drive, Rockport Texas 78382
Our Bay Talks is a FREE public Lecture Series at the Bay Education Center in Rockport on Wednesdays @ 2 pm from January - February.
Jan. 10- Paityn Bower, Outreach Biologist at International Crane Foundation - Whooping Cranes
Jan. 17- Athena Frasca, Bringing Baffin Back Watershed Coordinator at Texas A&M CC Harte Research Institute – Watershed health and water quality
Jan. 24- Kyle Runion, Ph.D. Candidate at UTMSI – Remote sensing and salt marsh biomass
Jan. 31- Philip Souza, Ph.D. Student at UTMSI – Fish Acoustics
Feb. 7- Andrew Esbaugh, Associate Professor at UTMSI – Ocean Acidification
Feb. 14 - Kyra Cipolla, Ph.D. Candidate at UTMSI – Human-influenced stressors on coral
Feb. 21 - Isabelle Cummings, Graduate Research Assistant at Texas A&M CC Harte Research Institute– Shining Light on Harvest and Effort for the Recreational Flounder Gig Fishery in Texas
Winter Texan programs are offered weekly on Fridays from 10:30-11:15 am for our Winter Texans and others. They're limited to the first 12 adults.
