Fusing Curiosity with Discovery: February 21 - March 2

Science for Everyone

Celebrate STEAM (science, tech, engineering, art and math) and dive into exploration at talks, demos, shows and tours for learners of all ages!

About a dozen children cheer as a fountain of soda shoots up out of a soda bottle in a scientific demo.

Feb

22

2025

Open House & Tour

STEM Girl Day at UT Austin

11:00 am – 4:00 pm In Person

Radio Telescope

Mar

1

2025

Science Night Out

Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know

7:00 pm – 9:30 pm In Person

Butterfly on flower

Mar

2

2025

Partner-Powered Programming

The Texas Science Festival is made possible with generous support from our donors and involvement from dozens of partners in the community and across The University of Texas at Austin. 

Through the Texas Science Festival, we hope to share the sense of discovery and awe at the heart of our disciplines with Texans everywhere.”

David Vanden Bout

Dean of The University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences

Show-Stopping Speakers

Hear from a Nobel Prize winner, leading experts and award-winning science writers and film-directors.

Donna Strickland

Physicist and Nobel Laureate

University of Waterloo

Ed Viesturs

Mountaineer, Author & Public Speaker

Vauhini Vara

Journalist, Editor & Author

 

Ian Cheney

Director

Wicked Delicate Films