[Aspuru-Guzik group list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Email March 31 - April 14

Highlights: Tuesday, April 5: Jeffrey Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University, and one of the world’s leading voices for combining economic development with environmental sustainability, concludes the Future of Energy lecture series with "Hurrying History: Can the World Adopt a Fast Path to Low-Carbon Energy?" Wednesday, April 6: Jon A. Krosnick, Professor, Stanford University, presents "What Americans and Massachusetts Residents Think About Climate Change: Attitude Formation and Change in Response to a Raging Scientific Controversy" in the HUCE Green Conversations lecture series with discussants Stephen Ansolabehere (FAS, Government), and Andrew Hoffman (MIT Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan). Thursday, April 7: The Arnold Arboretum welcomes Bill McKibben, environmentalist and writer, for a talk at the Trinity Church in Boston: "The Earth Is Our Garden: Are We Doing Our Best?" Calendar Listings: Tonight: 6:00pm IOP: 2011 Corliss Lamont Lecture IOP Forum Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St Cambridge, MA The Honorable Bill Richardson, Institute of Politics Visiting Fellow. The Corliss Lamont Lecture features an individual widely recognized for leadership in diminishing the risk of nuclear war. http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Events-Meetings/JFK-Jr.-Forum-Calendar/FORUM-A-p…... April 1, 2011 8:45am MSI Chalktalk Breakfast HUCE Seminar Room 310 24 Oxford St Cambridge, MA "Upper respiratory tract microbiota and pathogen carriage." Katherine Lemon, Forsyth Institute, HMS. http://www.msi.harvard.edu/ April 3, 2011 2:00pm HMNH Family Program HMNH 26 Oxford St Cambridge, MA John "Woody" Hastings, Professor of Natural Sciences at Harvard, will explore how and why creatures emit light, show live specimens from his collection, and discuss how scientists are discovering new benefits of bioluminescence for medical research. Free with museum admission. http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/family_programs/index.php#bioluminescent Do Something Reel Film Festival 3:00pm Coolidge Corner Theatre Brookline, MA "Vanishing of the Bees." Narrated by Oscar-nominated actress Ellen Page, this cautionary tale reveals the mystery of the disappearing bees, and the links to industrial farming and our attitude toward the natural world. Tickets: $9.75 Adult / $7.75 Members. http://dosomethingreel.com/ April 4, 2011 12:00pm Harvard Energy Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Facilitating discussion and furthering our understanding of the technical details of energy technology and science. Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of discussion. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/ Contact Name: Dan Recht drecht(a)fas.harvard.edu 12:00pm - 1:30pm Energy Technology Innovation Policy/Consortium for Energy Policy Research Energy Policy Seminar Series Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS 79 JFK St Cambridge, MA "Is an Electric Car in Your Future?" Henry Lee, HKS Contact Name: Louisa Lund Louisa_Lund(a)harvard.edu 4:00pm EPS Colloquium Series Haller Hall Geological Museum 102 24 Oxford St Cambridge, MA "Tiny Worlds of the Ice and Grit: NASA’s Latest Encounters with Comets Hartley 2 and Tempel 1." Jay Melosh (Purdue). http://www.eps.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k58621&pageid=icb.page298… 5:30pm Barton Seaver on Sustainable Seafood Harvard Hall 103 Cambridge, MA Join Barton Seaver, Esquire Magazine's 2009 Chef of the Year and National Geographic Fellow, for a talk on sustainable seafood. Barton is also the author of the forthcoming book, For Cod and Country. 5:30pm - 7:00pm Movie Screening: Dirt! Rock Cafe, Divinity School Harvard University Cambridge, MA Celebrate National Garden Month with a screening of Dirt! the movie. Tasting of "dirt" starting at 5 p.m. Free and open to the public. http://www.dining.harvard.edu/flp/calendar.html April 5, 2011 12:30pm - 2:00pm Reischauer Institute Special Series on Globalization and Governance Bowie-Vernon Room K262, CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA "The Future of Global Food Security." Robert Paarlbert, Betty Freyhof Johnson Class of 1944 Professor of Political Science, Wellesley College, and Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (WCFIA), Harvard University http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~rijs/programs/calendar.html rijs(a)fas.harvard.edu 3:00pm - 4:30pm ClimaTea HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Visit the Climatea website for updates and topics of discussion. http://www.deas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html Contact Name: Shuting Jin shuting(a)gmail.com 4:10pm Deliberative Democracy and Climate Governance 124 Mount Auburn, Suite 200-North Cambridge, MA Making reference to studies ranging from locally constituted citizen forums to global negotiations and networks, John Dryzek of Australia National University will claim that the theoretical arguments for deliberative democracy can be sustained when it comes to climate governance. http://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/events-calendar/deliberative-democra…... bruce_jackan(a)hks.harvard.edu 5:00pm Future of Energy: Jeffrey Sachs Science Center D, One Oxford St., Cambridge "Hurrying History: Can the World Adopt a Fast Path to Low-Carbon Energy?" Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University. Contact Name: Brenda Hugot bhugot(a)fas.harvard.edu 617-496-1788 April 6, 2011 11:00am OEB Weekly Seminar Series Main Lecture Hall BioLabs Building 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA "Where Darwin meets Freud: Genomics, Evolution and Psychopathology of the Social Brain." Bernard Crespi, Simon Fraser University. Host: Haig Lab http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html 4:10pm Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy L-382 Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St Cambridge, MA "Climate Treaties and Approaching Catastrophes." Scott Barrett, Columbia University http://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/events-calendar/seminar-in-environme…... Contact Name: Jason Chapman jason_chapman(a)harvard.edu 5:00pm - 6:00pm Green Conversations with Jon Krosnick Maxwell Dworkin G115 Harvard University 33 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA "What Americans and Massachusetts Residents Think About Climate Change - Attitude Formation and Change in Response to a Raging Scientific Controversy" Jon A. Krosnick, the Frederic O. Glover Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences, and Professor of Communication, Political Science and Pyschology at Stanford. Discussants: Stephen Ansolabehere, Professor, Harvard Department of Government and Andrew Hoffman, Holcim Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, University of Michigan; MIT Visiting Professor of Management. Moderated by Daniel Schrag, HUCE. Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883 7:30pm Do Something Reel Film Festival Coolidge Corner Theatre Brookline, MA On Coal River: A compelling and transcendent narrative on the human costs of coal and strip-mining, this provocative film follows the journey of a former coal miner and his neighbors. Tickets: $9.75 Adult / $7.75 Members. www.coolidge.org/showtimes 8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting Quincy House Spindell Room Harvard University Cambridge, MA Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a difference for the environment is welcome. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/ Contact Name: Jackson Salovaara jsalov(a)fas.harvard.edu April 7- 9, 2011 Science and Technology Studies: The Next Twenty [See conference website for locations.] This meeting is the product of a year of conversations across several continents and dozens of institutions. It weaves together the hopes, aspirations, and-yes-frustrations of STS scholars from around the world who have committed their careers to studying the central role of science and technology in our social, political, and moral lives. http://stsnext20.org/ April 7, 2011 11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club HUCE Meeting Room 318 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Reading and discussion group on diverse topics in ecology. Visit the website for topics of discussion. All interested researchers are welcome and lunch is provided. http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/journalclub.htm Contact Name: Primrose Boynton pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu 12:00pm - 1:00pm HARVie Chat on Sustainability at Harvard Join Heather Henriksen, Director, Office for Sustainability (OFS), to learn about the University-wide sustainability goals, including the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal to reduce campus emissions by 30% by 2016, and resources and programs available from OFS to help you get involved and engaged in reducing campus environmental impacts. HARVie’s chats offer members of the Harvard community the opportunity to learn from experts across campus. From the HARVie homepage, select Chats in the left-hand column to participate. 4:00pm - 5:30pm IOP Study Group Faculty Dining Room Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK Street Cambridge, MA Study with IOP fellow and Former U.S. Representative for South Carolina’s 4th District Bob Inglis. discussing energy and environmental policy. http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Programs/Fellows-Study-Groups/Spring-2011-Study-…... 4:00pm Climate Seminar Haller Hall Geological Museum 102 24 Oxford St Cambridge, MA "Precipitation parameter sensitivity and optimiztion challenges in climate models." David Neelin, University of California, Los Angeles. http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climateseminar.html 5:30pm - 6:30pm HCGEI Seminar with Altaeros Energies Sever 110 Harvard University Cambridge, MA Altaeros will speak about the airborne turbine that they are in the process of developing and its potential for producing abundant, low cost renewable energy while operating at higher altitudes than conventional wind turbines. Contact Name: Kamilia Kaczor kkaczor(a)fas.harvard.edu 7:00pm - 8:00pm The Earth Is Our Garden: Are We Doing Our Best? Contact Name: Pamela Thompson 617-384-5277 Trinity Church 206 Clarendon St Boston, MA Speaker: Bill McKibben, Environmentalist and Writer. Fee $20 Arnold Arboretum and Trinity Church members, $25 nonmember. Registration. http://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/ April 8- 9, 2011 The Future of South Asia [See conference website for location information.] The symposium features a host of Harvard faculty members, dignitaries, and leaders in their respective fields. Sponsored by the Harvard South Asia Initative. http://southasiainitiative.harvard.edu/future_of_southasia/welcome.html April 8, 2011 8:45am MSI Chalktalk HUCE Seminar Room 310 24 Oxford St Cambridge, MA "Structure & function in natural microbial communities: a transcriptomic perspective." Edward Delong (MIT-CEE/BE). Host: Colleen Cavanaugh. http://www.msi.harvard.edu/default.htm 7:00pm - 9:30pm HMNH: Special Event HMNH 26 Oxford St Cambridge, MA "Bizarre Animals 2.0: An Evening of Contemporary Art Interventions." Artists and performers - including Harvard students, alumni and others - will transform the museum into laboratory, library, exploratorium, and stage. Admission: $6.00 at the door (ticketing begins at 6:30 pm). Free to museum members and Harvard ID holders (please note there is no plus one/free guest admission for this event.) http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php#bizarre April 9, 2011 8:30am - 6:00pm China Energy and Environment Conference http://www.chinaenergyenvironment.org Harvard University, Northwest Science Building 52 Oxford St Cambridge, MA The China Energy and Environment Conference at Harvard University will provide a forum for extensive debate and collaboration bringing influential scholars, government officials, and private sector leaders from China and the U.S. together to address Chinese energy and environmental issues. 6:00pm - 10:00pm Environmental League of Massachusetts Earth Night Sheraton Boston Boston, MA Earth Night, a party to benefit the Environmental League of Massachusetts, is Boston's biggest environmental benefit, drawing hundreds of the state's business, environmental, and community leaders. http://www.earthnight.org info(a)classic-communications.com 508-698-6810 April 11, 2011 12:00pm Harvard Energy Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Facilitating discussion and furthering our understanding of the technical details of energy technology and science. Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of discussion. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/ Contact Name: Dan Recht drecht(a)fas.harvard.edu 12:00pm - 1:30pm Energy Technology Innovation Policy/Consortium for Energy Policy Research Energy Policy Seminar Series Weil Hall, Ground Floor, Belfer Building, HKS 79 JFK St Cambridge, MA "Low-carbon energy options." Richard Vietor, HBS. Contact Name: Louisa Lund Louisa_Lund(a)harvard.edu 3:30pm - 6:00pm Harvard Green Carpet Awards Sanders Theater, Memorial Hall 45 Quincy St Cambridge, MA Celebrate the many dedicated and hard-working staff, faculty and students involved in campus sustainability initiatives at Harvard with distinguished guest presenters, live student performances, awards and more. http://www.green.harvard.edu/greencarpet April 12, 2011 3:00pm - 4:30pm ClimaTea HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Visit the Climatea website for updates and topics of discussion. http://www.deas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html Contact Name: Shuting Jin shuting(a)gmail.com 5:00pm Science and Democracy with David Brooks: "Politics, the Brain, and Human Nature" Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall 48 Quincy Street, Harvard David Brooks, columnist for The New York, with panelists Max Bazerman, Straus Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, David Kennedy, Director, Institute for Global Law and Policy, Harvard Law School, Steven Pinker, Harvard College Professor, Department of Psychology, and moderator Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard Kennedy School. http://www.hks.harvard.edu/sts Contact Name: Lisa Matthews matthew(a)fas.harvard.edu 617-495-8883 April 13, 2011 11:00am OEB Seminar Series Main Lecture Hall BioLabs Building 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA Rasmus Nielsen, University of California, Berkeley. Title TBD. Host: Desai Lab http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html 4:10pm Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy L-382, Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St Cambridge, MA Juan Pablo Montero Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. "The Effect of Transport Policies on Air Quality: Theory and Evidence from Latin American Cities" 8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting Quincy House Spindell Room Harvard University Cambridge, MA Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a difference for the environment is welcome. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/ Contact Name: Jackson Salovaara jsalov(a)fas.harvard.edu April 14, 2011 11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club HUCE Meeting Room 318 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Reading and discussion group on diverse topics in ecology. Visit the website for topics of discussion. All interested researchers are welcome and lunch is provided. http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/journalclub.htm Contact Name: Primrose Boynton pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu 7:30pm - 9:30pm Does radiation from cell phones cause cancer? Sever Hall 113 Harvard Yard Cambridge, MA Dr. Devra Davis, Founder and President of Environmental Health Trust and author of Disconnect, argues that the link exists and that the cell phone industry may be trying to do with this issue what the tobacco industry did to hide the health risks of smoking. Dr. Davis will be presenting as part of the course "Critical Thinking About Issues of Public and Environmental Health" (ENVR 160), an offering of the Harvard Extension School’s Environmental Management Program. Seating on a first come, first serve basis. dpr(a)dropeik.com --- Always check the calendar on the website for updated information. 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