31 Jan
2008
31 Jan
'08
1:41 p.m.
Dear Friends of HUCE,
This email contains event listings for Thursday, January 31
through Thursday, February 14. Please check the HUCE calendar
on our website, www.environment.harvard.edu, for the most
up-to-date listings and complete event descriptions.
If you would like to submit an event to the calendar, contact
Lisa Matthews at the Center for the Environment: 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.
Highlights:
Monday, February 4: A panel of scholars discuss how the field
of Science, Technology and Society (STS) provides a bridge for
those who see the intersection of science and humanities not
only intriguing , but essential to addressing today's greatest
policy challenges at "Lives and Careers in Science, Technology
and Society."
Thursday, February 7: Dr. Nick Aladin, the head of the Laboratory
of Brackish Water Hydrobiology Russian Academy of Sciences,
St. Petersburg, discusses the "Past Present, and Future of the
Aral Sea", focusing on the conservation and rehabilitation efforts
of the remnant water bodies to reverse the negative effects on the
lakes ecosystem due to declining water level and increasing salinity.
Calendar Listings:
Thursday 1/31/2008
4:00p
Focus the Nation: Global Warming Solutions for America
(Adams Lower Common Room, 26 Plympton St., Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA)
Focus the Nation is organizing a national teach-in on global
warming solutions for America.
Contact: Karen McKinnon (EAC), mckinnon(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.focusthenation.org)
7:00p
Harvard Coop Faculty Author: Anne Harrington
(The Coop at Harvard Square, 1400 Mass Ave., Cambridge, MA)
Anne Harrington, professor and chair of the History of Science
Department, will discuss and sign copies of her new book, The
Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine.
Contact: harvard.bkstore.com/default.asp?m=050
Friday 2/1/2008
8:30a - 9:00a
Microbial Sciences Friday Chalktalk
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
"The Surprising Microbial Diversity of Cystic Fibrosis Lung
Infections" with speaker Vanja Klepac-Ceraj (Kolter Lab, MMG
at Harvard Medical School).
Contact: Christy Herren, herren(a)fas.harvard.edu, (617) 495-8643,
www.msi.harvard.edu/fridays_spr08.html
11:00a
Harvard Forest Seminar Series
(Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main
Street, Petersham, MA)
"Coupling aquatic and terrestrial biogeochemistry: stream and
wetland carbon losses from Harvard Forest's Prospect Hill Tract"
with speaker: Bill Sobczak, College of the Holy Cross.
Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, 978-724-3302
x 268, harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc...
6:45p
New England Botanical Club Meeting
(Fairchild Lecture Hall, Room 102, 7 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA)
"Substrate Influence on Speciation in Lichenized Fungi" with
speaker: Dr. Michaela Schmull, Farlow Herbarium, Harvard University
Contact: nebc(a)rhodora.org, www.rhodora.org/Meetings.html
Saturday 2/2/2008
9:30a - 12:00p
Harvard Museum of Natural History Adult Classes
(Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
"Exploring Biodiversity."
Contact: reservations(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-2341,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/adult_classes/in...
Monday 2/4/2008
12:00p - 1:00p
Harvard Energy Journal Club
(HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St. 3rd floor, Cambridge, MA)
Visit website for current topics of discussion.
Contact: Kurt House, khouse(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html
12:00p - 1:00p
Molecular and Cellular Biology Seminar
(Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Zhijian James Chen, UT Southwest Medical Center,
Dallas. Contact: Kristen Uekermann, (617) 496-2306
3:00p - 4:00p
Space Talk: NASA Astronauts Wilson & Melroy
(Maxwell/Dworkin Lessin Room, G115, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
NASA Astronauts, specialist Stephanie Wilson '88 and Retired Air
Force Col. Pamela Melroy will discuss their experiences on recent
shuttle missions. Contact: Michael Patrick Rutter,
mrutter(a)deas.harvard.edu, 617-496-3815
4:00p
Earth and Planetary Sciences Department Colloquia
(Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"Fault Tremor Ignited by Shaking from Distant Great Earthquakes;
Examples from the San Andreas Fault System and Vancouver Island"
with speaker John Vidale, University of Washington.
Contact: miller(a)eps.harvard.edu, www-eps.harvard.edu/seminars/epscollo...
6:00p - 7:30p
Lives and Careers in Science, Technology and Society
(Boylston Hall, Ticknor Lounge, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA)
Come hear a panel of scholars discuss the ways in which Science,
Technology, and Society and life at the crossroads really works.
Contact: www.ksg.harvard.edu/sts/
Tuesday 2/5/2008
9:30a
Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series
(Belfer Center Library (L-369), Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA)
The Impact of Policies to Reduce Oil Consumption and GHG Emissions
in the Transport Sector: Insights from NEMS with Kelly Sims Gallagher,
ETIP Director and Gustavo Collantes. Research Fellow.
Contact: Sam Milton, sam_milton(a)harvard.edu, www.energytechnologypolicy.org
12:00p
Herbaria Seminar Series
(Harvard University Herbaria Seminar Room, 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA )
"Biogeography of Croton (Euphorbiaceae s.s.) in the Caribbean"
with speaker Benjamin van Ee, Harvard.
Contact: www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series/
3:00p
Sixth Annual Biostatistics and Computational Biology Lecture
(Smith Family Room, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Room 1620,
44 Binney Street, Boston, MA)
Speaker: Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Professor, Department of
Physics Northeastern University.
Contact: Erica Feick, events(a)jimmy.harvard.edu,
biowww.dfci.harvard.edu/~training/
3:00p - 4:00p
ClimaTea Lecture/Journal Club
(Geological Museum, Room 418, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
Visit the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics website for
current speakers and topics of discussion.
Contact: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars...
6:00p
Harvard Museum of Natural History Public Lecture Series
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project", lecture by Spencer Wells.
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-2773,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/kids_and_familie...
Wednesday 2/6/2008
4:00p - 5:30p
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
(Littauer-382, 79 JFK St., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)
Giving Green to Get Green? Incentives and Consumer Adoption of
Hybrid Vehicle Technology with speakers Kelly Gallagher and
Erich Muehlegger, Harvard University. Contact: Jennifer Shultis,
jennifer_shultis(a)harvard.edu, 617-496-8054, isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword...
5:30p
A Proposal for a US Carbon Tax Swap: An Equitable Tax Reform to
Address Global Climate Change
(Cabot 703, 170 Packard Ave, Tufts University Campus, Medford, MA)
Speaker: Gilbert Metcalf, Professor of Economics, Tufts University.
Dr. Metcalf will discuss his proposal for a carbon tax swap that is
both revenue and distributionally neutral.
Contact: Mieke van der Wansem, mieke.wansem(a)tufts.edu, 617-627-2476,
fletcher.tufts.edu/ierp
7:00p - 9:00p
Boston College Department of Geology and Geophysics Colloquium Series
(Weston Observatory, 381 Concord Rd, Weston, MA)
"Ice That Burns: Assessing Methane Hydrates as an Energy Resource and
Contributor to Climate Change with Carolyn Ruppel, Ph.D., Research
Geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey.
Contact: www.bc.edu/research/westonobservatory...
Thursday 2/7/2008
4:00p
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Plant Biology Search
Contact: www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/semin...
4:00p
Center for Astrophysics Colloquium
(Phillips Auditorium at the CfA, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA)
"High-Energy Neutrino Astronomy: Towards a Kilometer-Scale Neutrino
Observatory" with speaker Francis Halzen, U. Wisconsin.
Contact: www.cfa.harvard.edu/events/colloquia/
4:00p - 5:00p
Climate Seminar
(Haller Hall, 20 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Myles Allen, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
Contact: Sarah Colgan, colgan(a)eps.harvard.edu, 617-496-9770,
www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars...
4:00p - 6:00p
Past, Present, and Future of the Aral Sea
(Maxwell/Dworkin Lessin Room, G115, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Dr. Nick Aladin, Head, Laboratory of Brackish Water
Hydrobiology Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu
7:00p
The Economics of Climate Change, Climate Protection and Energy Policy:
The European and German Perspective
(Goethe-Institute Boston, 170 Beacon St., Boston)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Claudia Kemfert, Humbolt Universität Berlin,
Director of Department Energy, Transportation and Environment at the
German Institute for Economic Research.
Contact: info(a)boston.goethe.org, 617-262-6050,
www.goethe.de/ins/us/bos/en2897666.htm
Friday 2/8/2008
8:30a - 9:30a
Microbial Sciences Friday Chalktalk
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
John Mekalanos (MMG at Harvard Medical School).
Contact: Christy Herren, herren(a)fas.harvard.edu, (617) 495-8643 ,
www.msi.harvard.edu/fridays.html
12:00p
Atmospheric Sciences Seminar
(Pierce Hall, Room 100F, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
"Hubbert's Peak, The Coal Question, and Climate Change" with
speaker Dave Rutledge, Caltech. Host: Daniel Jacob.
Contact: Brenda Mathieu, bmathieu(a)seas.harvard.edu,
www-as.harvard.edu/seminar.html
3:00p
Harvard Museum of Natural History Lecture Series
(Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
"Bilingual Glass Flowers Gallery Talks," Celebrating the Chinese New Year.
Encore at 4:00 pm. Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617.495.3045,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe...
Saturday 2/9/2008
2:00p
Harvard Museum of Natural History Lecture Series
(Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
Documentary Screening: First Flower. Celebrating the Chinese New
Year DVD screening of First Flower, a NOVA documentary.
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617.495.3045, www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe...
3:00p
Harvard Museum of Natural History Lecture Series
(Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
"Shangri-La: At the Heart of a Biodiversity Hotspot" Slide
Presentation by Susan Kelley. Celebrating the Chinese New Year.
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617.495.3045, www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe...
Monday 2/11/2008
12:00p - 1:00p
Harvard Energy Journal Club
(HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St. 3rd floor, Cambridge, MA)
Visit website for current topics of discussion.
Contact: Kurt House, khouse(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html
4:00p
Earth and Planetary Sciences Department Colloquia
(Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Special Joint session w/ Radcliffe Christina Ravello.
Contact: miller(a)eps.harvard.edu, www-eps.harvard.edu/seminars/epscollo...
4:15p
Radcliffe Institute Lecture in the Sciences
(Science Center Lecture Hall D, One Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Regional Expressions of Global Warmth: Lessons from the Pliocene"
with Christina Ravelo, University of California at Santa Cruz
Contact: 617-495-8600, www.radcliffe.edu/events/calendar.php...
Tuesday 2/12/2008
11:30a
Solid Earth Physics Seminar Series
(Room 209 Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
"A New Continuum Model for Dense Granular Deformations" with
Kenneth N. Kamrin, Applied Mathematics Program, MIT.
Contact: esag.harvard.edu/rice/SOLID.EARTH.SEM...
3:00p - 4:00p
ClimaTea Lecture/Journal Club
(Geological Museum, Room 418, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
Visit the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics website for
current speakers and topics of discussion.
Contact: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars...
7:30p
Cambridge Entomological Club Meeting
(MCZ 101, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
Meeting subject to be announced. Speaker: Barry Trimmer,
Tufts University. Please join us for dinner at the Harvard Law School
cafeteria, second floor of Harkness Commons, at 6:15pm - note new lo...
Contact: entclub.org/
Wednesday 2/13/2008
4:00p - 5:30p
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
(Littauer-382, 79 JFK St., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)
Speaker: Matthew Adler, University of Pennsylvania.
Risk Equity: A New Proposal
Contact: Jennifer Shultis, jennifer_shultis(a)harvard.edu, 617-496-8054,
isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword...
5:00p
Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change
(Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Jane Lubchenco, Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of
Marine Biology and Distinguished Professor of Zoology at Oregon State University
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883
7:00p - 9:00p
Boston College Department of Geology and Geophysics Colloquium Series
(Weston Observatory, 381 Concord Rd, Weston, MA)
"Ice That Burns: Assessing Methane Hydrates as an Energy Resource and
Contributor to Climate Change with Carolyn Ruppel, Ph.D., U.S. Geological Survey (Woods
Hole...
Contact: www.bc.edu/research/westonobservatory...
Thursday 2/14/2008
3:30p - 6:30p
Harvard Center for Risk Analysis Seminar Series
(HSPH, 618 Huntington Avenue, FXB G-13, Boston, MA)
Applications of Relative Risk Modeling. Risky Business:
Ecological Risk Assessment at Regional Scales for
"Chemical and non-Chemical Stressors" with speaker Wayne G. Landis.
Contact: Katherine von Stackelberg, Sc.D., 617.998.1037,
KVON(a)hsph.harvard.edu, www.hcra.harvard.edu
4:00p - 5:00p
Understanding Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides from China Using
Satellite Observations
(Pierce Hall 100F, 19 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Dr. WANG Yuxuan, Research Associate, China Project and
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).
Contact: Chris Nielsen , nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617-496-2378,
chinaproject.harvard.edu/seminars/200...
4:00p - 5:00p
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge)
"The logic of self-deception" with speaker Robert Trivers,
Rutgers University.
Contact: Deborah Smiley, (617) 384-5062
4:00p
Center for Astrophysics Colloquium
(Phillips Auditorium at the CfA, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Bozena Czerny, Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw.
Title TBA. Host: Aneta Siemiginowska. Tea at 3:30 pm, lecture at 4:00 pm.
Contact: www.cfa.harvard.edu/events/colloquia/
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