Punchapalooza
Home of the Energy Events Punch Card

Hello, students! Welcome to Punchapalooza, where we celebrate you for actively participating in UT’s cross-disciplinary energy and climate community. Pick up your Energy Events Punch Card today and get it stamped at eligible events throughout the year. 

Follow these steps to earn prizes:

• Step 1: Pick up an Energy Events Punch Card onsite at eligible events (see Punch Card Events, below) or at participating locations around campus (location TBA). 
• Step 2: When you attend a Punchapalooza event, present your card at registration to get it punched, or register your attendance through a unique onsite QR code. 
• Step 3: Bring your punch card to Energy Week this Spring (March 31-April 4) for prizes! 

Student Hub Events

There are tons of events at UT related to energy, sustainability, and innovation. We created the Student Hub so you can find info about these events in one place and more easily plan your year. Although we can’t claim to have tracked down every single event focused on energy and energy-related topics, we’ve compiled a pretty long list, and we promise to keep adding to it as we find more. You can find all of these events in the Student Hub Events Listings.

Punch Card Events

Not all events found in the Hub are part of Punchapalooza. To help you find the events that will earn you stamps on your Punch Card, we've listed them below. As we learn of more, we'll add them to this list. Always check individual event links ahead of an event to be sure details haven't changed. (Want to submit your event to the Punchapalooza? Contact Nora Ankrum at nora@energy.utexas.edu.)

Note: For multi-day events (such as a long-running exhibit), you can earn only one stamp for the whole event, unless otherwise noted. 

OCTOBER

10/22: UT ENERGY SYMPOSIUM: Sustainability & Autonomy—the Interconnected Future of Modern Flight (UT Energy Institute)  (Note: You may earn only one stamp per semester for attending a UT Energy Symposium lecture.)

10/23: Mitchell Sustainability Symposium (Office of Sustainability + Planet Texas 2050 + UT Energy Institute): Details TBA

10/29: UT ENERGY SYMPOSIUM featuring Joseph Kiesecker, lead scientist at the Nature Conservancy (UT Energy Institute)  (Note: You may earn only one stamp per semester for attending a UT Energy Symposium lecture.)

10/30: Quant Night (Texas Career Engagement)

NOVEMBER

11/1 ENVIRONMENTAL & ENERGY ECONOMICS & POLICY SEMINAR SERIES: Major/Minor Thresholds in Environmental Regulation (LBJ School of Public Affairs +McCombs School of Business +UT Department of Economics)

11/5: UT ENERGY SYMPOSIUM: The State of Energy in Mexico (UT Energy Institute) (Note: You may earn only one stamp per semester for attending a UT Energy Symposium lecture.)

11/12: UT ENERGY SYMPOSIUM: Engineering and Social Justice (UT Energy Institute) (Note: You may earn only one stamp per semester for attending a UT Energy Symposium lecture.)

11/15: ENVIRONMENTAL & ENERGY ECONOMICS & POLICY SEMINAR SERIES: Drained Away: Oil Lost from First Nations Reserves (LBJ School of Public Affairs +McCombs School of Business +UT Department of Economics)

11/19: UT ENERGY SYMPOSIUM: Oil in the Crosshairs (UT Energy Institute) (Note: You may earn only one stamp per semester for attending a UT Energy Symposium lecture.)

DECEMBER

12/3: UT ENERGY SYMPOSIUM: Influencing a Culture of Safety While Designing Energy Transition Solutions (UT Energy Institute) (Note: You may earn only one stamp per semester for attending a UT Energy Symposium lecture.)

12/6: ENVIRONMENTAL & ENERGY ECONOMICS & POLICY SEMINAR SERIES: Final Talk (LBJ School of Public Affairs +McCombs School of Business +UT Department of Economics)

JANUARY 

1/23-1/24: TJOGEL Symposium (School of Law)

FEBRUARY 

Date TBA: Planet Texas 2050 Symposium (Planet Texas 2050)

MARCH

3/31-April 4: UT Energy Week (UT Energy Institute + KBH Energy Center)

ARCHIVE: FALL 2024

AUGUST

8/26-9/30: Looks Like But Isn’t (School of Architecture) (Note: You can earn a maximum of one stamp for attending this multi-day event.)

8/28: Sustainability Open House (UT Office of Sustainability)

SEPTEMBER

9/1-9/30: Looks Like But Isn’t (School of Architecture) (Note: You can earn a maximum of one stamp for attending this multi-day event.)

9/3: UT ENERGY SYMPOSIUM: Electric Paradigms (UT Energy Institute)  (Note: You may earn only one stamp per semester for attending a UT Energy Symposium lecture.)

9/4: Energy Innovation Panel (Genesis + TEX-E + UT Energy Institute)

9/4: Activate Info Session (Texas Career Engagement)

9/5: Recurrent Energy Back to School Mixer (KBH Energy Center)

9/5: Dinner & Career Panel: Longhorns in Sustainability (Global Sustainability Leadership Institute)

9/6: ENVIRONMENTAL & ENERGY ECONOMICS & POLICY SEMINAR SERIES: Equity & Risk in the Social Cost of Carbon (LBJ School of Public Affairs +McCombs School of Business +UT Department of Economics)

9/10: UT ENERGY SYMPOSIUM: Lowering the Risk of Commercialization of Co2 Capture With Amine Solvents (UT Energy Institute) (Note: You may earn only one stamp per semester for attending a UT Energy Symposium lecture.)

9/13: KBH Energy Symposium (KBH Energy Center)

9/17: UT ENERGY SYMPOSIUM: Electric Paradigms (UT Energy Institute)  (Note: You may earn only one stamp per semester for attending a UT Energy Symposium lecture.)

9/17:  POWER UP SERIES: Behind the Scenes at ERCOT (KBH Energy Center)

9/18: Coterra Info Session (Texas Career Engagement)

9/19: Hilcorp Info Session (Texas Career Engagement)

9/22: TEX-E Bootcamp (TEX-E + UT Energy Institute) (Note: Application deadline is Sept. 1)

9/23: EOG Info Session (Texas Career Engagement)

9/24: EPA Meet & Greet (LBJ School of Public Affairs + Longhorn Energy Club)

9/24: UT ENERGY SYMPOSIUM: Carbon Capture and Storage in the Global Climate Scene (UT Energy Institute)  (Note: You may earn only one stamp per semester for attending a UT Energy Symposium lecture.)

9/25: EnergizeUT (UT Energy Institute + Texas Venture Labs + Longhorn Energy Club + TEX-E)

9/25: Breakout Sessions at EnergizeUT (UT Energy Institute + Texas Venture Labs + Longhorn Energy Club + TEX-E) (Note: You can earn a stamp for general attendance at EnergizeUT plus an additional stamp for attending one of the Breakout Sessions during EnergizeUT)

9/26: Lunch & Learn: How to Protect Intellectual Property (Herb Kelleher Entrepreneurship Center + Texas Venture Labs + Global Sustainability Leadership Institute + Harkey Institute)

OCTOBER

10/1: UT ENERGY SYMPOSIUM: Fusion on Earth (UT Energy Institute) (Note: You may earn one stamp per semester by attending a UT Energy Symposium lecture.)

10/2: Virtual Roundtable: Community-Engaged Research Rules of Thumb (Planet Texas 2050)

10/2: Good to Be Green: A Sustainable Career Event (Texas Career Engagement + Office of Sustainability)

10/3: Texas EU Business Summit (Center for European Studies)

10/4: ENVIRONMENTAL & ENERGY ECONOMICS & POLICY SEMINAR SERIES: Power Flows: Transmission Lines, Allocative Efficiency, and Corporate Profits (LBJ School of Public Affairs +McCombs School of Business +UT Department of Economics)

10/8: Hydrogen Day (UT Energy Institute)

10/15: UT ENERGY SYMPOSIUM: Utility Regulation as Social Policy (UT Energy Institute)  (Note: You may earn only one stamp per semester for attending a UT Energy Symposium lecture.)

10/17: Policy on the Rocks: Energy & Environment (LBJ School of Public Affairs + UT Energy Institute)