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The
Department sponsors four formal seminar series named in honor of distinguished
alumni or former faculty members. The Bromery Seminars are held
weekly and may involve any topic of interest to members of the Department. Graduate
students are expected to attend all weekly seminars, regardless of
the topic, for the same reason they are expected to attend all meetings
of Journal Club. Students are encouraged to ask questions of
the speaker as is expected after any seminar or talk at a professional
meeting. Students are also encouraged to request individuals
of their choosing to be invited as Bromery Seminar speakers (see Grant
Garven, the faculty supervisor of the Bromery Seminars). Inviting
a speaker, however, carries the responsibility of arranging their
travel logistics (e.g., airport pickup and drop off), a schedule of
meetings with interested members of the Department, and their social
schedule (lunch, dinner).
Three additional formal seminar series involve inviting distinguished scientists to spend several days in the Department each year. The Cloos Scholarship and Lectureship is primarily intended for those in the geological sciences, the Elsasser Lectureship for those in the atmospheric sciences, geophysics and geobiology, and the Benton Lectureship for those in the atmospheric sciences and meteorology. The faculty usually choose the Cloos, Elsasser, and Benton Lecturers, but student input is encouraged as are questions after the lectures and participation in related social functions.
Other less formal luncheon groups meet weekly to discuss petrology, GFD, etc., where attendees are expected to participate by describing their current research efforts in detail, even if they are in the formative states or incomplete. Sometimes questions are posed rather than answers given, but all who attend are expected to participate