[Aspuru-Guzik group list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Update December 13 - 19

Dear Friends of HUCE, This email, the last of 2007, contains event listings for Thursday, December 13 through Wednesday, December 19. Please check the HUCE calendar on our website, <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/> www.environment.harvard.edu, for the most up-to-date listings and complete event descriptions. The HUCE Autumn Newsletter is now available! To see what HUCE has been up to this semester, view the newsletter PDF at: <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/docs/Newsletter_Fall_07.pdf> http://www.environment.harvard.edu/docs/Newsletter_Fall_07.pdf If you would like to submit an event to the calendar or unsubscribe (!) from this list, contact Lisa Matthews at the Center for the Environment: <mailto:lisa_matthews@harvard.edu> lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu. Please distribute this email to your students, faculty, colleagues, and anyone else who may be interested in environmental events around the community. We hope to see you soon and often. Happy Holidays! Highlights: *Today's HUCE EVENT CANCELLED due to Winter Weather Conditions: We will reschedule our second Green Conversations lecture series with GridPoint Technologies in the Spring. *Saturday, December 15: Join us at the 2007 Harvard Holiday Science Lecture as we observe, touch, taste, and explore some of your favorite foods in "Squishy, Gooey, Stretchy: The Science of Making Pizza." Lectures at both 10am and 1pm. Calendar Listings: Thursday 12/13/2007 12:30p - 1:30p <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=88331610> Film Screenings on Global Trash Trade "The Digital Dump: Exporting Re-Use and Abuse to Africa" and "Exporting Harm: The High-Tech Trashing of Asia" CGIS Knafel Building, Room N-354, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA Contact: Clare Putnam, <mailto:cputnam@wcfia.harvard.edu> cputnam(a)wcfia.harvard.edu, 617-495-9899, <http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/> www.wcfia.harvard.edu/ 4:00p CANCELLED: <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=87672481> HUCE Green Conversations Series Join us for a conversation with three representatives from GridPoint, whose SmartGrid platform empowers utilities to achieve business objectives, increase grid reliability, promote environmental stewardship and fuel the adoption of renewable energy sources. Pierce Hall, Room 209, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA Contact: Lisa Matthews, <mailto:lisa_matthews@harvard.edu> lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883, <http://www.gridpoint.com/> www.gridpoint.com/ 4:00p <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=83539802> OEB Seminar: Evolutionary Biorobotics: Navigating Simulated Selection Environments to Test Adaptation Hypotheses Speaker Dr. John Lang, Vassar College Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge Contact: Katie Parodi, <mailto:kparodi@oeb.harvard.edu> kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, <http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/seminars.htm> www.oeb.harvard.edu/seminars.htm 4:00p - 5:00p <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=88331622> China Project Seminar "Understanding Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides from China Using Satellite Observations" with Dr. Wang Yuxuan, Research Associate, China Project and SEAS Pierce Hall 100F, 19 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA Contact: <http://chinaproject.harvard.edu> chinaproject.harvard.edu 4:00p <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=88992073> SEAS Colloquium "Development of a Self-Driving Car" with Seth Teller Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT. Maxwell Dworkin G125, 33 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA Contact: <http://www.seas.harvard.edu/> www.seas.harvard.edu/ 7:00p <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=88696223> Harvard in Allston: Raising Voices for Sustainability, Students, and the Community Come learn about what Harvard can do to be sustainable and community friendly in Allston. Harvard Hall 103, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA Friday 12/14/2007 8:30a - 9:30a <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=87446378> Friday Chalktalk: "Germ Stories, GASPing and Microfluidics" Roberto Kolter, Dept. MMG, Harvard Medical School. HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA Contact: Christy Herren, <mailto:herren@fas.harvard.edu> herren(a)fas.harvard.edu, (617) 495-8643, <http://www.msi.harvard.edu/fridays.html> www.msi.harvard.edu/fridays.html 11:00a - 12:00p <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=82935343> Harvard Forest 2007 Seminar Series Tom Kunz - Boston University Aeroecology: probing and modeling the Aerosphere Harvard Forest Seminar Room, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA Contact: Audrey Barker Plotkin, <mailto:aabarker@fas.harvard.edu> aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, (978) 724-3302 11:00a <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=88992075> Chemistry & Chemical Biology Seminar "Making Science a Business (And You Can, too)" with speaker: Vicki Sato, Harvard Business School. Pfizer Lecture Hall, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA Contact: Helen Schwickrath, <mailto:helen@chemistry.harvard.edu> helen(a)chemistry.harvard.edu , (617) 496-8190 12:15p - 1:30p <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=89021799> Systems Biology Theory Lunch "Energy optimization and the design of photosynthesis" with speaker Ron Milo, Harvard Medical School. Room 563, Alpert Building, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Contact: Jeremy Gunawardena, jeremy(a)hms.harvard.edu, (617) 432 4839 3:00p <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=87348286> OEB Special Seminar: Building the Encyclopedia of Life at Harvard Presenters: James Edwards, Executive Director, EOL, Smithsonian Institution; and Jesse Ausubel, Program Officer, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Chair, EOL Steering Committee Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA Contact: Katie Parodi, <mailto:kparodi@oeb.harvard.edu> kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-5891 5:00p - 8:00p <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=86682055> HMNH: Night at the Museum Free admission and 20% off everything in the museum store! Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA Contact: <mailto:hmnh@oeb.harvard.edu> hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617.495.3045 Saturday 12/15/2007 10:00a [Encore at 1:00 pm] <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=88992071> Squishy, Gooey, Stretchy: The Science of Making Pizza. A Holiday Lecture for Children and Their Parents Discover the physics, chemistry, and biology of cheese and bread in this hands-on, interactive lecture. Recommended for children ages 7 and up. Registration is required. Science Center, Lecture Hall B, One Oxford St., Cambridge, MA Contact: <mailto:sciencetix@deas.harvard.edu> sciencetix(a)deas.harvard.edu Monday 12/17/2007 12:00p - 1:00p <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=81038271> Harvard Energy Journal Club Visit http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/schedule.html for current topics of discussion. HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA Contact: Kurt House, <mailto:khouse@fas.harvard.edu> khouse(a)fas.harvard.edu, <http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html> www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html 6:00p <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=83539763> Harvard Museum of Natural History Public Lecture Series "Life in the Valley of Death" lecture and booksigning by Alan Rabinowitz. Harvard Museum of Natural History, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge Contact: <mailto:hmnh@oeb.harvard.edu> hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-3045 Tuesday 12/18/2007 12:00p <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=88331671> Herbaria Seminar Series Rfael Rubio de Casas (Donohue Lab/OEB). Title TBA. Harvard University Herbaria Seminar Room, 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA Contact: <http://www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series/> www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series/ 3:00p - 4:00p <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=84667708> ClimaTea Lecture/Journal Club Visit the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics website for current speakers and topics of discussion. Geological Museum, Room 418, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge Contact: Kate Dennis and Martin Tingley, <http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html> http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html Wednesday 12/19/2007 7:00p - 9:00p <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=89021803> The Weston Observatory: Department of Geology and Geophysics (BC) "What's New Regarding Earthquakes in New England" with John Ebel. Reservations required. Weston Observatory, 381 Concord Rd. Weston, MA Contact: 617-552-8300 Lisa Matthews Events Coordinator Harvard University Center for the Environment 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu p. 617-495-8883 f. 617-496-0425