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TODAY'S HOURS: 8 AM – 6 PM

*Last entry is an hour before closing

Research Lecture Series

Lunchtime Lectures & Research Seminars

The BRIT Lecture Series is designed to create community wide conversation about a diverse range of important and rapidly developing topics. This series gives scientists and speakers a forum for sharing the most current information about their areas of expertise and allows the public to interact with leading members of the local, national, and international scientific community.

Our Lecture Series is made up of Lunchtime Lectures and Research Seminars. Lunchtime Lectures take place the first Tuesday of each month, February – December, from noon – 1 pm (Central) in the BRIT Commons (Hybrid options available). Research Seminars take place periodically throughout the year and are scheduled based on the availability of our in-house and visiting researchers.

All events are free and open to the public. Please watch this page and our social media channels for announcements of upcoming Lunchtime Lectures and Researcher Seminars. For email reminders about upcoming programs, events, and opportunities from BRIT Research, please sign up for our BRIT Research Mailing List. Check out recordings of past talks and other videos from the Research team at our YouTube Playlist.

Upcoming Events

March 2024

Bonus Lunchtime Lecture: Where Fireflies Dance and Buzzards Soar

“Where Fireflies Dance and Buzzards Soar” Author Presentation by Dr. Denis Benjamin Explore the vibrant world of “Where Fireflies Dance and Buzzards Soar” with Denis Benjamin’s humorous and insightful essays which capture the essence of the natural world and the extent of human adaptability. Tembe Publishing is excited to unveil “Where Fireflies Dance and Buzzards […]
26 Mar
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
BRIT Building
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Past Events

March 2024

March Lunchtime Lecture: Collecting Ironweeds in South Africa

“Collecting Ironweeds in South Africa: A Travelogue” A  Hybrid Lunchtime Lecture by Dr. Morgan Gostel Dr. Morgan Gostel will share experiences from a recent field trip to South Africa, where he and colleagues traveled more nearly 4,000 miles in November 2023 in search of enigmatic flowering plants in the “ironweed” tribe, Vernonieae (Compositae). This tribe […]
05 Mar
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
BRIT Building
February 2024

February Lunchtime Lecture: Conserving Plant Biodiversity

“Conserving Plant Biodiversity: Native Seed Collection & Predictive Species Distribution Modeling“ A  Hybrid Lunchtime Lecture by Kay Hankins In a rapidly changing global environment, understanding species’ distributions and how they may be expected to change over time is perhaps more critical now than ever before. Anthropogenic activities, including the explosive globalization of the world’s economy, […]
06 Feb
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
BRIT Building
November 2023
October 2023

October Lunchtime Lecture: Wild DFW

Wild DFW: A Deep Dive into the North Texas Ecotone & its Natural Wonders Why is North Texas an epic ecotone? What is the Great Trinity Forest the easternmost example of? How do tilted layers of bedrock shape our three ecoregions, foster a plethora of soil types, and lead to our plant and wildlife diversity? […]
03 Oct
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
August 2023

August Lunchtime Lecture: Curating and Digitizing the Sherwin Carlquist Collection

“Musings on Curating and Digitizing the Sherwin Carlquist Collection & Natural History Museum Collections Career Paths” Hear from Librarian Ana Niño about BRIT Library and California Botanic Garden’s National Science Foundation-funded joint digitization project, “Advancing the Sherwin Carlquist Collection”!  These two institutions are collaborating to digitize the biological and archival materials of the late botanist, […]
08 Aug
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
July 2023

July Lunchtime Lecture: Into the Neotropics, Looking at the taxonomy and evolution of Agarista (Ericaceae)

“Into the Neotropics: looking at the taxonomy and evolution of Agarista (Ericaceae)” A Hybrid Lecture from Claudenice Dalastra. Agarista D.Don (Lyonieae, Vaccinioideae) is a little-known genus of subshrubs to trees in the blueberry family (Ericaceae), including 32 species classified into two sections (sect. Agauria and sect. Agarista). Agarista sect. Agauria comprises only one species, A. […]
11 Jul
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Program Information

Lunchtime Lectures
Dates: First Tuesday of each month
Time: 12 – 1 pm (Central)
Location: Commons, BRIT Building and online
Cost: Free, open to the Public

BRIT Research Seminars
Date: Various dates throughout the year
Time: Various (Central)
Location: Online for now
Cost: Free, open to the Public

Visit the event page for specific date and time information. View recordings of past events on YouTube.

Point of Contact

Erin Flinchbaugh

Research Administrative Assistant

Email: eflinchbaugh@fwbg.org