Events

Events will cover a wide range of topics in education, including hearing from best-selling author David Yeager and assistant baseball coach Max Weiner, K-12 education experts and the “Two Guys on Your Head” podcast team.

9:00 am – 5:00 pm • In Person

Explore the future. Network and meet experts like Sal Khan. Enjoy fun demos. Get inspired.

9:00 am – 4:00 pm • In Person

Dr. Daniel Raftery On “Nutritional and Disease Biomarkers in Metabolomics: What’s working and Not (Yet) Working”

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Daniel Raftery

The college’s Visualizing Science competition helps raise the profile of UT science, with public displays of images that celebrate the extraordinary beauty of science and the scientific process.

11:59 pm • Virtual

Dr. Courtney Karner On “Glutamine Metabolism and the Regulation of Bone Mass"

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Courtney Karner

Dr. Ankit Sabharwal On “Fishing for Cures: Zebrafish as a Pioneering In Vivo Model to Help Solve Mitochondrial Medicine Odysseys”

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Ankit Sabharwal

Dr. Julia Wolfson On “Food Agency and the Potential for Cooking Skills Interventions to Promote Healthy Diets”

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Julia Wolfson

Dr. Alexandra van den Berg On “Growing Healthy Futures: The Impact of School Gardens on Children's Well-Being”

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Alexandra van den Berg

Dr. Peter Tontonoz On “New Pathways in Lipid Transport”

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Peter Tontonoz

Dr. Philipp Scherer On “The Expected, the Unexpected, and the Downright Amazing Impact of the Adipocyte on Systemic Metabolism”

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Philipp Scherer