Highlights: Monday, November 2:Join Daniel Schrag (SEAS and EPS) and Joel Schwartz (HSPH) for the first HUCE Green Conversations event with Peter Lehner, the Executive Director of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Lehner will present "Climate Change: Getting from Science to Law." Science Center A at 5:00 pm.
Tuesday, November 3: French botanist Patrick Blanc presents "The Vertical Garden, from nature to the city... or how to bring biodiversity close to everyone's daily life" at the Graduate School of Design Margaret McCurry Lecture in the Design Arts. Monday, November 9: "Climate Change: A Perspective from the Arctic" –a public symposium In conjunction with a meeting of the US Arctic Research Commission from November 9 – 11 at HUCE.
4:00p - 5:00p OEB Seminar (Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA) "Phylogenetics: The BEST way to sort out incongruent gene phylogenies." Dennis Pearl, The Ohio State University. Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi@oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891
8:30a - 9:30a MSI Chalktalk Breakfast (Haller Hall, 102 Geological Museum Building, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Antibiotic resistance and mobile DNA in Enterococcus faecalis: where have all the CRISPRs gone." Kelli Palmer, Post Doctoral Fellow in Gilmore Lab. Contact: Karen L. Lachmayr, PhD, klachmay@fas.harvard.edu
12:00p Fast Track to the Future: The New Vision for High-Speed Rail (1st floor Conference Room, Institute of Politics, Littauer Building, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA) Polly Trottenberg, Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation; Karen Rae, Deputy Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration. Contact: Erin Dea, Erin_Dea@hks.harvard.edu
2:00p EPS Dissertation Defense (Haller Hall, 102 Geological Museum Building, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Transpacific transport of mineral dust: its impact in the United States and on sulfate, nitrate, and ozone in Asian pollution plumes." Duncan Fairlie. Contact: Sarah Colgan, 617-496-9770 Sunday 11/1/2009
5:00p Green Conversations with Peter Lehner (Science Center, Lecture Hall A, One Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Climate Change: Getting from Science to Law." Peter Lehner Executive Director of the Natural Resources Defense Council. With discussants: Daniel Schrag (SEAS, EPS) and Joel Schwartz (HSPH). Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews@harvard.edu, 617-495-8883
6:30a Margaret McCurry Lecture in the Design Arts (Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy St., Cambrige, MA) "The Vertical Garden, From Nature to the City." Patrick Blanc. How to bring biodiversity close to everyone's daily life. Contact:www.gsd.harvard.edu/events
12:00p - 1:00p Harvard Herbaria Seminar (22 Divinity Ave, Seminar Room, Cambridge, MA) "How Evergreen Plants Control Leaf Longevity: The role of leaf vascular transport in regulating leaf senescence." Juan Pablo Giraldo, Holbrook Lab, OEB. Contact: Erin Ciccone, eciccone@oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-7504
Wednesday 11/4/2009
4:00p - 5:30p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy (Room L-382, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA) "Marketing Stoves to Combat Indoor Air Pollution: A Randomized Intervention in Bangladesh." Grant Miller, Stanford Medical School, and Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University. Contact: Jason Chapman, 617-496-8054, isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword...
5:30p MSI Graduate Consortium Information Session (HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) RSVP required to Andrea Lenco. Include in the email your school, department, lab, and year in graduate school. Dinner will be served. Contact: Andrea Lenco, alenco@fas.harvard.edu
8:00p - 9:00p Enviromental Action Committee Meeting (Spindell Room, Quincy House, 58 Plympton St., Cambridge, MA) Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a difference for the environment is welcome. Contact:www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/
3:30p Harvard China Project Seminar (Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Potential for Wind-Generated Electricity in China." Lu Xi, doctoral student, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard. Contact: Chris Nielsen , nielsen2@fas.harvard.edu, 617-496-2378
4:00p - 5:00p OEB Seminar (Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA) Speaker: H. Bradley Shaffer, Sarah and Daniel Hrdy Fellow in Conservation Biology. Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi@oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891
6:00p Natural History Museums in the Environmental Century Lecture by Michael Novacek (Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) American Museum of Natural History Paleontologist and Provost Michael Novacek will discuss how natural history museums like Harvard's MCZ offer unique opportunities for scientific discovery, education, and inspiration, and provide a management plan that draws on the past, reveals the present, and maps our future. Contact:www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe...
7:30p Boston Area Solar Energy Association ( First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian Universalist 3 Church Street , Harvard Square, Cambridge) Joonki Song, PHOTON Consulting will discuss the worldwide PV industry: market size, growth, and leaders, as well as the future possibilities for technologies, manufacturing and installed cost. Contact:info@basea.org
2:30p - 4:30p MIT Seminar on Environmental and Agricultural History (Building E51, Room 095, MIT, Cambridge, MA) "Bound in Twine: Changes in Technology, Agriculture, and Environment from a Commodities-Web Perspective." Sterling Evans, History, University of Oklahoma. Contact: Margo Collett, mcollett@mit.edu
2:30p - 6:00p Climate Change: A Perspective from the Arctic (Northwest Science Building, Room B101, 52 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) A symposium at Harvard University in coordination with a meeting of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission. Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews@harvard.edu, 617-495-8883
Tuesday 11/10/2009
12:30p - 2:00p Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar (Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA) "Getting Serious about Climate Change in the Post-Kyoto Era." Robert N. Stavins. Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Director, Harvard Environmental Economics Program; and Chairman, Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Group, Harvard Kennedy School. Contact:us_japan@wcfia.harvard.edu, 617-495-1890, www.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/schedu...
Wednesday 11/11/2009
6:00p Green Tie Gala (JFK Library and Museum, Columbia Point, Boston, MA) "A Celebration of the Year's Clean Energy Accomplishments and Milestones." Featuring: Remarks from Congressman Edward Markey (MA), and awards ceremony for outstanding achievements in ... Contact:www.cleanenergycouncil.org/node/4926 8:00p - 9:00p Enviromental Action Committee Meeting (Spindell Room, Quincy House, 58 Plympton St., Cambridge, MA) Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a difference for the environment is welcome. Contact:www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/
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