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@harvard.edu,
617-495-8883.
Highlights:
TODAY – The
Future
of Energy Lecture Series 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. Please note that you will need the latest version of Real
Player
to view this and other presentations on our site. Click here for free download.
12/15/06 – Photovoltaics with Harry Atwater, Director,
12/19/06 –
Calendar
Listings:
Thursday 12/14/2006
4:00p -
5:00p
Organismic
and Evolutionary Biology Weekly Seminar Series - Gene networks and
natural
selection
Andreas Wagner,
Bio Labs
Lecture Hall,
5:00p -
6:15p
The
Future of Energy Lecture Series - Meeting the Energy-Environment
Challenge
...and How Harvard Can Help
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
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
12:30p - 1:30p
Aresnic
Exposure and Birth Outcomes
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
Belayneh
Abate Abejie, MD,MPH Chief Resident, Occupational and Environmental
Medicine,
Kresge 502,
4:00p -
5:15p
Photovoltaics
to meet the Terawatt Challenge
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
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
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
Glorian
Sorensen, PhD, MPH Professor of Society, Human Development and Health,
HSPH
Director, Center for Community-Based Research, Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute
Kresge 502,
Tuesday 12/19/2006
4:00p -
5:00p
Cycles,
Sources, and Distances of Aerosols and Trace Gases in Beijing
Kenneth A. Rahn, Professor Emeritus, Center for Atmospheric Chemistry
Studies,
Graduate School of Oceanography,
Pierce Hall
100F,
Wednesday 12/20/2006
7:00a -
8:00a
Looking
for Life without a Known Chemical Core
Professor
Neville Woolf,
The Origins
Forum
Main Lecture Hall,
Thursday 12/21/2006
12:30p -
2:00p
AIDS
Research in Africa: Solutions to the Global Pandemic
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