[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Environmental Events 12/14/06 - 12/21/06

Dear HUCE Faculty and Friends, This will be the final Environmental Events email of 2006. I will resume sending calendar listings in the second week of January. Seasons greetings to one and all. Please refer to the Center website for complete details on these and other environmental events taking place at and near Harvard. If you would like to add an event to the calendar, or unsubscribe from this list, please contact Jenny MacGregor, jenny_macgregor(a)harvard.edu <mailto:jenny_macgregor@harvard.edu>, 617-495-8883. *Highlights:* TODAY -- The Future of Energy Lecture Series <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/FOE06.htm> continues with Professor John Holdren at 5 PM in the Yenching Auditorium on 2 Divinity Ave. The first 'Future of Energy' presentation by *Mark Little *is now available for viewing on the Center's website <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/video/future_of_energy/little/presentation.html>. Please note that you will need the latest version of Real Player to view this and other presentations on our site. Click here <http://www.real.com/> for free download. 12/15/06 -- Photovoltaics with Harry Atwater, Director, Caltech Center for Sustainable Energy Research 12/19/06 -- China's Atmospheric Challenges with Kenneth A. Rahn, Professor Emeritus, Center for Atmospheric Chemistry Studies, URI *Calendar Listings:*** *Thursday 12/14/2006 * 4:00p - 5:00p Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Weekly Seminar Series <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=61818488> - Gene networks and natural selection Andreas Wagner, University of New Mexico Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Cambridge 5:00p - 6:15p The Future of Energy Lecture Series - Meeting the Energy-Environment Challenge ...and How Harvard Can Help <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=60710706> John P. Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Kennedy School of Government, and Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard and Director, The Woods Hole Research Center Yenching Auditorium, 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge 6:00p - 7:00p The Puzzle of Uncultured Bacteria <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=61538997> Geoff McFadden, Northeastern University, Dept of Biology Microbial Sciences Initiative Thursday Evening Seminar Series Harvard University Center for the Environment Seminar Room, 3rd Floor Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street *Friday 12/15/2006 * Ongoing Cambridge Science Festival, Call for Entries <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=61569624> 12:30p - 1:30p Aresnic Exposure and Birth Outcomes <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=62198066> Karen Huyck, MD, PhD, MPH Resident, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health Kresge 502, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston 12:30p - 1:30p Patterns of Pulmonary Dysfunction in Asbestos Workers <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=62198065> Belayneh Abate Abejie, MD,MPH Chief Resident, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health Kresge 502, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston 4:00p - 5:15p Photovoltaics to meet the Terawatt Challenge <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=62040655> Harry Atwater, Director, Caltech Center for Sustainable Energy Research; Director, Caltech Center for Science and Engineering of Materials Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science, California Institute of Technology Pierce 209, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge *Saturday 12/16/2006* 10:00a - 11:00a Science by Candlelight: A Holiday Lecture for Children and Their Parents <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=61787142> Harvard Science Center, Lecture Hall B, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge Recommended for ages 7 and up Kids, families, students, teachers, and the curious are invited to spend an hour observing candles and learning about the scientific ideas they inspire *Monday 12/18/2006* 12:00p - 1:00p The Importance of Health Reform in Reaching a Harmonious Society <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=62232521> Dr. Henk Bekedam, WHO Representative in China Presented by Harvard Initiative for Global Health & Harvard Center for Population and Development 104 Mt. Auburn Street, 3rd Floor 12:30p - 1:30p Integrating Occupational Health and Safety and Worksite <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=62198074> Glorian Sorensen, PhD, MPH Professor of Society, Human Development and Health, HSPH Director, Center for Community-Based Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Kresge 502, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston *Tuesday 12/19/2006 * 4:00p - 5:00p Cycles, Sources, and Distances of Aerosols and Trace Gases in Beijing <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=62232617> Kenneth A. Rahn, Professor Emeritus, Center for Atmospheric Chemistry Studies, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island; research affiliate of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Dep't of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge *Wednesday 12/20/2006 * 7:00a - 8:00a Looking for Life without a Known Chemical Core <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=62040223> Professor Neville Woolf, University of Arizona The Origins Forum Main Lecture Hall, Bio Labs Building *Thursday 12/21/2006* 12:30p - 2:00p AIDS Research in Africa: Solutions to the Global Pandemic <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=61570198> Saidi Kapiga, associate professor of reproductive health, Department of Population and International Health; Phyllis Kanki, professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases Building FXB G-12, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston -- Jenny MacGregor Events and Publications Coordinator Harvard University Center for the Environment ph: 617-495-8883