[Aspuru-Guzik group list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Email February 24 - March 10

Highlights: Friday, February 25: HUCE co-sponsors the South Asia Initiative Water Seminar - a discussion on "Indus River Basin Research: Emerging Challenges and Directions" - led by Jim Wescoat, Aga Khan Professor of Architecture, MIT and chaired by John Briscoe, Professor of the Practice of Environmental Health, HSPH, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering, SEAS. Monday, February 28: Sarah Jordaan, HUCE Fellow, presents her research on "Quantifying Land Use Impacts of Energy Extractions" at the ETIP/Consortium on Energy Policy Seminar Series. Wednesday, March 2: Assistant Secretary of Defense Sharon Burke discusses the strategic imperatives for the Nation, the underlying challenges for Defense Department and will conclude with her thoughts about how energy will transform the way we fight in the next HUCE Future of Energy lecture. Note: The Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change lecture with Jon Chase, Professor of Biology; Director, Tyson Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis has been rescheduled for March 24. Calendar Listings: February 25, 2011 8:30am MSI Chalktalk: Lessons from Bacteria-Nematode Mutualisms Harvard University Center for the Environment (HUCE), 24 Oxford St, 3rd floor, Room 310 Speaker: Jason Crawford (HMS-BCMP); Postdoctoral Fellow in Professor Jon Clardy's lab. http://www.msi.harvard.edu/events/fridays.html 10:00am - 12:30pm Sawyer Seminar Series on Energy Transitions and Society Room 424, School of Management 595 Commonwealth Ave Boston University Boston, MA "Role of Energy in Avoiding Collapse" With Joe Tainter, Utah State University, Robert Kaufmann, Boston University, and Robert Weller, Boston University. http://www.bu.edu/pardee/2011/01/09/sawyer-seminars-spring/ pardee(a)bu.edu 12:00pm Atmospheric Sciences Seminar Pierce Hall, Room 100F 29 Oxford St Cambridge, MA Annele Virtanen, Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland. Title TBA. Host: Scot Martin. http://www.as.harvard.edu/seminar.html 12:30pm - 2:00pm South Asia Initiative Water Seminar CGIS South, Room S020 (Belfer Case Study) 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA "Indus River basin Research: Emerging Challenges and Directions." Jim Wescoat, Aga Khan Professor of Architecture, MIT. Chaired by John Briscoe, Professor of the Practice of Environmental Health, HSPH, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering, SEAS http://southasiainitiative.harvard.edu/ Contact Name: Megan Rajbanshi mrajbans(a)fas.harvard.edu 1:30pm - 4:00pm Harvard Energy & Environment Expo 18 Mason Street (Radcliffe Gym) Cambridge, MA 2nd Annual Harvard Energy & Environment Expo -- learn about exciting opportunities in these fields. Hear about new technologies, products and get advice from people working on cutting edge solutions. http://www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu/enviroexpostudent.html Contact Name: Anthony Arcieri arcieri(a)fas.harvard.edu February 28, 2011 Harvard Green Carpet Award Nominations Due The Harvard Office for Sustainability is once again rolling out the Green Carpet in honor of the many students, staff and faculty across Harvard who have made significant contributions to Harvard’s Greenhouse Gas/Energy Reduction Goal and other sustainability efforts. http://www.green.harvard.edu/greencarpet sustainability(a)harvard.edu 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 ETIP/Consortium Energy Policy Seminar Series Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building Harvard Kennedy School Cambridge, MA "Quantifying Land Use Impacts of Energy Extractions." Sarah Jordaan, HUCE Fellow. http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/events.htm 12:30pm - 1:45pm Tufts Energy and Climate Research Seminar Cabot 703, The Fletcher School Tufts University Medford, MA "Is IP Infringement a Barrier to the Transfer of Cleaner Energy Technology?" Kelly Sims Gallagher, Associate Professor Of Energy and Environmental Policy, The Fletcher School Contact Name: Jacqueline Deelstra Jacqueline.Deelstra(a)tufts.edu 1:00pm Atmospheric Sciences Seminar Pierce Hall, Room 100F, 29 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA "Globel modeling of bromine and iodine chemistry in the troposphere: Interactions with marine aerosol and oxidants" Tom Breider, Univ. of Leeds. Host: Daniel Jacob http://www.as.harvard.edu/seminar.html 4:00pm EPS Colloquium Series Haller Hall, Geo-Museum 102 24 Oxford St Cambridge, MA Oded Aharonson (Caltech). Title TBA. http://www.eps.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k58621&pageid=icb.page298… 6:30pm - 8:30pm The Good, the Bad, and Occasionally the Dead: Humanity's Relationship with Earth's Nitrogen Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Hunnewell Building 125 Arborway Boston, MA Alan Townsend, University of Colorado, Boulder speaks about humanity’s relationship with phosphorous and nitrogen, the good these chemical elements do and the harm they cause, and ultimately, the reasons we can have hope for a better future. Registration required. http://environment.harvard.edu/my.arboretum.harvard.edu. Contact Name: Pam Thompson pam_thompson(a)harvard.edu 617-384-5277 March 1, 2011 1:00pm - 2:30pm “Addressing Climate Change: Korea’s Green-Growth Policy” Pound Hall 213 (John Chipman Gray Assembly Room) Harvard Law School Mass Ave Cambridge, MA Suh-Yong Chung, Associate Professor of Law and International Relations, Division of International Studies, Korea University. http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/5420/addressing_climate_change.h… Contact Name: Tyler Gumpright Tyler_Gumpright(a)harvard.edu 617-49 4-8415 March 2, 2011 7:30am - 10:00am "Transforming the Grid with Technology" The Colonnade Hotel 120 Huntington Ave Boston, MA 02116 MIT Enterprise Forum - Energy SIG Breakfast. Discounts available to Council Sponsors & Members. $10 students. http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/events/energy-sig-breakfast/ Contact Name: Walter Frick wfrick(a)cleanenergycouncil.org 11:00am OEB Weekly Seminar Series Main Lecture Hall BioLabs Building 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA David Jackson, Cold Harbor Laboratory. Title TBD. Host: Kramer Lab. http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html 5:00pm Future of Energy: "Energy for the War Fighter" Science Center D, One Oxford Street, Cambridge Sharon Burke, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, U.S. Department of Defense. Contact Name: Brenda Hugot bhugot(a)harvard.edu 617-496-1788 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 March 3, 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 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 Masdar Institute Info Session Maxwell Dworkin 119 33 Oxford St Cambridge, MA An info session for the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Masdar is the world's first graudate-level university dedicated to research in alternative energy and sustainable technologies. Contact Name: Brian Warshay bashay48(a)gmail.com 4:00pm Climate Seminar Haller Hall Geo Museum 102 24 Oxford St Cambridge, MA Peter deMenocal, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University. Title TBA. http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climateseminar.html March 4–5, 2011 MIT Energy Conference: Confronting Limits with Fact-Based Analysis Westin Copley Place Boston, MA This year’s conference theme – Confronting Limits with Fact-based Analysis – leverages MIT’s core strengths to explore the limits of specific technologies, funding mechanisms, and other proposed energy system transformations. http://www.mitenergyconference.com/index.php 510-759-1174 March 4, 2011 10:00am - 3:00pm All Ivy Environmental and Sustainable Development Fair Columbia University Low Memorial Library New York, New York The eight Ivy League schools have teamed up again this year to provide representatives from public agencies, consulting firms, nonprofit organizations and business and industry an opportunity to connect with top undergraduate and graduate students interested in careers in energy, environment, or sustainability. http://www.earth.columbia.edu/education/ivy_career_fair/. Contact Name: Anthony Arcieri arcieri(a)fas.harvard.edu 11:00am Harvard Forest Seminar Harvard Forest Seminar Room Petersham, MA "Sustainable mortality limits for seabirds." Peter Dillingham – University of Otago, New Zealand http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminars.php March 5, 2011 Bio-inspired Robots at Insect Day Harvard Museum of Natural History 26 Oxford St Cambridge, MA Attendees will get a chance to see and play with robots designed to move and act like real insects: from flying like a bee to crawling like a cockroach to working together to build a nest like termites. http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php March 7, 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, Ground Floor, Belfer Building, HKS 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA Greg Nemet, Visiting Scholar. "Where do new energy technologies come from? Using patent data to identify the importance and sources of knowledge flows from other industries." http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/cepr/events.html Contact Name: Louisa Lund Louisa_Lund(a)harvard.edu 4:00pm EPS Colloquium Haller Hall Geo Museum 102 24 Oxford St Cambridge, M Tom Jordan (USC). Title TBA. http://www.eps.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k58621&pageid=icb.page298… 4:00pm OEB Special Seminar Main Lecture Hall BioLabs Building 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA Michael Foote, University of Chicago. "The evolution of geographic range within species and general." http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html March 8, 2011 12:00pm OEB Special Seminar Haller Hall Geological Museum 102 24 Oxford St Cambridge, MA "Evolutionary dynamics of genus size-frequency distributions." Michael Foote, University of Chicago. http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html March 9, 2011 2011 Science, Technology and Policy Crossroads Symposium A student led symposium exploring the intersection of science, technology and policy. This year’s symposium will comprise an introductory address by a DC senior policy practitioner, a panel discussion by senior faculty members in the field of science and technology policy from both MIT and Harvard, break-out sessions on a variety of policy questions, and a reception with time for socializing and networking. http://stpcrossroads.org/ 11:00am OEB Weekly Seminar Series Main Lecture Hall BioLabs Building 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA "Genomic architecture of ecological speciation." Patrik Nosil, University of Colorado. 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 David HerberichUniversity of Chicago "How Many Economists Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb? A Natural Field Experiment on Technology Adoption" http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/events.htm 5:00pm Future of Energy: "Responsible Stewardship of U.S. Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Development" Northwest Building B103, 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge Michael R. Bromwich, Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Michael_R._Bromwich Contact Name: Brenda Hugot bhugot(a)fas.harvard.edu 6:00pm There and Back Again: Deep-Sea Exploration to the Earth's Most Extreme Habitats Geological Lecture Hall 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA Harvard biologist Peter Girguis, Loeb Associate Professor of the Natural Sciences at Harvard, will highlight some of amazing deep-sea explorations and discuss current research, including the role of deep-sea microbes in mitigating oil spill disasters. http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php 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 March 10, 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 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-…... --- Always check the calendar on the website for updated information. 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. Be sure to sign up to receive the HUCE newsletter. Become a Fan of HUCE on Facebook! You are receiving this email because you indicated interest in Harvard University Center for the Environment events. 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