Research Lecture Series
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 Research Events
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events
Jul 18, 2026
SOLD OUT – Members-Only: Botanical Waltz Across Texas
A Botanical Waltz Across Texas highlights the state’s extraordinary plant diversity shaped by its role as a biological crossroads. This lecture offers a broad overview of Texas’ major landscapes, vegetational regions, and remarkable native and endemic plants that make the Lone Star State botanically unique. This is an exclusive event for FWBG members. Not a member... -
adult education classes
Jul 21, 2026
Lunchtime Lecture: The Urban Wildlife Information Network
The Urban Wildlife Information Network (UWIN) is an international research project started by the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. The focus is monitoring wildlife along the urban to rural gradient using camera traps. The Fort Worth UWIN project began in 2021 and uses the TX-199 corridor as a transect to collect data in Tarrant and... -
adult education classes
Jul 24, 2026
Free for members
Expeditions through the Lens: Staff Gallery Talk
Curious about the research side of BRIT? Join research staff for a deeper look at the ambitious digitization and collection project that produced the current exhibit “Expeditions through the Lens: Botanical Photographs of Sherwin Carlquist.” You’ll hear insights and stories from the team that lead the project, be introduced to the new imaging lab, and... -
adult education classes
Aug 24, 2026
BRIT Reads Book Club: “The Food Explorer” by Daniel Stone
Do you love to read? Are you passionate about botany, natural history, sustainability and similar topics? Then, you’ll love the BRIT Reads Book Club! This informal group meets every other month to discuss a chosen book, in-person and virtually. We begin with a moderator summarizing the book and reviewing its key points. Then there is...
