[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [Aspuru-meetings-list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Email October 20 - November 3

Highlights: Tonight, October 20: Join Harvard geologist and Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology Emeritus Paul Hoffman as he shares his fascination with the give and take between those who discovered the ancient changes and those struggling to develop theories of climate change. His story ranges from the beginnings of climate change as a science to his own involvement in the controversy over the ultimate climatic disturbance: snowball Earth. Saturday, October 22: The Harvard Business School Energy Symposium features panels and keynotes from individuals representing cleantech, conventional, finance (banks/PE/VC), consultants, regulators & governments. Additionally, a “Start-up Showcase” will feature 20 energy related start-ups. This is a great opportunity to learn about the sector, its players and trends as well as to boost your network and career prospects. Wednesday, October 26: The Future of Energy series welcomes Susan Tierney, Managing Principal at Analysis Group and former Assistant Secretary for Policy at the U.S. Department of Energy for a discussion on the opportunities and risks of natural gas. Calendar Listings: October 20, 2011 6:30pm Earth's Surprising Climate History MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building 32-123, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge A climate change talk featuring Harvard geologist and Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology Emeritus Paul Hoffman. http://web.mit.edu/science/events/john_carlson_lecture.pdf Contact Name: Shira Wieder swieder(a)mit.edu Friday, October 21, 2011 - Sunday, October 23, 2011 7th Annual Connecting for Change: A Bioneers by the Bay Conference Downtown New Bedford This 3 day solution based conference brings together over 900 college and high school students to build and strategize how they can create positive change in their communities. The conference combines innovative keynote speakers, engaging workshops and inspiring musical performances and spoken word. http://www.connectingforchange.org Contact Name: The Marion Institute 508-748-0816 October 21, 2011 8:45am - 9:30am MSI Chalktalk Breakfast HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street 3rd Floor, Cambridge Discovering Chemistry in the Microbial World” Emily Balskus, FAS-CCB. Host: Colleen Cavanaugh. Please join us for coffee/tea/pastries at 8:30 am 12:00pm “Uncertainty in Environmental Analysis” 100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge Featuring Daniel Jaffe, Univ. of Washington. Host: Emily Fischer 5:00pm - 8:30pm MIT Energy Night MIT Museum‎, 265 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge Showcasing the most exciting energy research, education and entrepreneurship. Check out 60+ cutting edge research and startup ideas in conventional energies, renewable energies, energy storage, energy in motion, and energy efficiency. http://energynight.mit.edu/ October 22, 2011 8:00am Harvard Business School Energy Symposium Harvard Business School, 35 Harvard Way, Allston Panels and keynotes representing cleantech, conventional, finance (banks/PE/VC), consultants, regulators & governments. Additionally, a “Start-up Showcase” will feature 20 energy related start-ups. This is a great opportunity to learn about the sector, its players and trends as well as to boost your network and career prospects. http://www.harvardenergyclub.org/symposium_home/ Contact Name: Louis Beryl louis.beryl(a)gmail.com 2:00pm Wicked Bugs: The Louse that Conquered Napoleon’s Army and Other Insect Monstrosities Weld Hill, 1300 Centre Street, Boston Author and gardener Amy Stewart discusses the insects, worms, and spiders that have tormented humankind for centuries. http://arboretum.harvard.edu/ October 23, 2011 10:00am - 2:00pm Student Run Weatherization of OFA and OCS Office of Career Services, 54 Dunster Street, Cambridge Students will give their peers hands on experience insulating pipes, installing light fixtures, and weather-stripping windows - useful skills that they'll be able to implement in their own home one day. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHU0VjIwa19sczZYWlBpR2… Contact Name: Brandon Geller brandon_geller(a)harvard.edu 5:00pm - 8:00pm Community Empowerment in the Coal-Mining Region of Colombia Courtyard by Marriott, 777 Memorial Drive, Cambridge Join us in this seminar to learn how the indigenous communities are resisting the encroachment of the world’s largest open-pit coal mining operation in Colombia. http://gingermint.info/pdf/Community-Empowerment-Colombia.pdf October 24, 2011 11:45am - 12:45pm Harvard Energy Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge 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 Policy Seminar Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge "China’s energy future with Trevor Houser, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Lunch with be provided. 12:15pm - 2:00pm STS Circle Lecture 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100, Room 106, Cambridge With Joanna Radin (University of Pennsylvania), "Frozen Human Tissure and the Problem of Indeterminacy." Please RSVP to the sts(a)hks.harvard.edu by the Thursday before. http://www.hks.harvard.edu/sts 12:45pm The Center for International Environment and Resource Policy’s Road to Durban Speaker Series Cabot 102, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, 160 Packard Avenue, Medford Climate Governance at the Crossroads: Experimenting with a Global Response after Kyoto A book talk with Matthew J. Hoffman, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto. RSVP required. http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2286262272 Contact Name: Miranda Fasulo 617.627.2778 4:00pm EPS Colloquium Haller Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge "A Roadmap for Empirically Constraining the Chaotic Behavior of the Solar System and its Implications," with Paul Olsen, LDEO of Columbia University. Contact Name: Sabinna Cappo scappo(a)fas.harvard.edu October 25, 2011 3:00pm ClimaTea HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street 3rd Floor, Cambridge Visit the ClimaTea website for a list of speakers and topics: http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html 7:00pm Autumn Colors: A Mystery Revealed Weld Hill, 1300 Centre Street, Boston Featuring David Lee, Tropical Biologist, Florida International University. Lee will explain some of the biological processes that take place within a deciduous plant come fall and also the signals to humans and animals that are communicated through plant pigments. http://arboretum.harvard.edu/ October 26, 2011 9:00am - 5:00pm Intersections—Aligning Environmental and Transportation Policies to Mitigate Climate Change New York University School of Law’s D’Agostino Hall, 108 West 3rd Street, New York A day-long workshop for practitioners, government officials, and academics to discuss cutting edge issues in environmental and transportation economics. Topics will focus on the continuing challenges posed to policymakers by climate change. Contact Name: Luan Khuong luan.khuong(a)nyu.edu 212-992-8932 5:00pm - 6:00pm Future of Energy Lecture Northwest Building B-103, 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge "Risks and Opportunities of Natural Gas"featuring Susan Tierney, Managing Principal at Analysis Group and former Assistant Secretary for Policy at the U.S. Department of Energy. Contact Name: Lisa Matthews matthew(a)fas.harvard.edu 5:30pm Peabody Museum Lecture Peabody Museum Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge "Trash Track: Reverse Engineering the Removal Chain” with Dietmar Offenhuber, SENSEable City Lab, MIT. http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/files/2011%20Fall%20Cal_0.pdf 6:30pm - 7:30pm Technology Series: Engineering Design @ Harvard GSD Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge “Climate Engineering: Why Architects Need Engineers to Achieve Holistic Design Excellence” with Matthias Schuler, Founder, Transsolar, Stuttgart http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/events Contact Name: Jill Larson Jlarson(a)seas.harvard.edu 8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting Quincy House Spindell Room Harvard University Cambridge 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 October 27, 2011 9:00am Wood Decay Fungi Common to Urban Living Trees in the Northeast Weld Hill, 1300 Centre Street, Boston Christopher J. Luley, Ph.D. Urban Forestry LLC http://arboretum.harvard.edu/ 11:30am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 310 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor Cambridge 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 12:00pm - 1:00pm Home Efficiency 101 Workshop Barker Center Thompson Room, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge Learn easy ways to reduce your utility bills while also reducing waste. We’ll highlight new and affordable technology, and share techniques from Harvard’s own energy experts on campus. Space is limited, so please RSVP to Brandon_geller(a)harvard.edu by Oct. 26th Contact Name: Brandon Geller brandon_geller(a)harvard.edu 4:00pm EPS Special Lecture Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St (Geological Museum 102), Cambridge “The Loss of the Sphinx – Geoscience Shows the Way Out”with Dr. Andreas Laake, Geophysical Advisor, WesternGeco. The famous Pyramids and Sphinx of Giza have withstood decay for almost 5,000 years, but have come under increasing threat of destruction in recent decades. The main threats are related to water, a fact that is not quite obvious in the hyper-arid climate of the Egypt. Studies of the geology and the hydrogeology of the Giza Plateau help us understand the context of these threats and guide methods for mitigating the effects of water-related erosion. Contact Name: Maryorie Grande (617) 495-2351 6:00pm The Emergent Forest of New England Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge Peter Del Tredici, botanist and senior research scientist at the Arnold Arboretum, will present an overview of the recent history of the forests of southern New England as impacted by natural disasters, shifting land-use patterns, pests and pathogens, invasive species, acid rain, and climate change. http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php October 28, 2011 8:30am - 9:30am MSI Chalktalk Breakfast HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street 3rd Floor, Cambridge Speaker: Veronica Kos (HMS-Ophthalmology) "What do we know about hospital-acquired Staphylococcus aureus?" Host: Michael Gilmore 9:00am - 12:30pm New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable Foley Hoag LLP, 155 Seaport Boulevard, 13th Floor, Boston The roundtable featuring two panel discussion on broader smart grid issues and national trends on dynamic pricing. Contact Name: Susan Rivo susan(a)raabassociates.org October 31, 2011 11:45am - 12:45pm Harvard Energy Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge 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 Policy Seminar Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge Jody Freeman, Harvard Law School, "Legal and Regulatory Challenges to Moving Energy and Climate Policy Forward.” Lunch with be provided. Contact Name: Louisa Lund louisa_lund(a)hks.harvard.edu 12:15pm - 2:00pm STS Circle Lecture 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100, Room 106, Cambridge With Emma Frow (Edinburgh), "Making Big Promises Come True? Articulating and Realizing the Value of Synthetic Biology." Please RSVP to sts(a)hks.harvard.edu by the Thursday before. http://www.hks.harvard.edu/sts 4:00pm EPS Colloquium Haller Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge With George Hilley, Stanford University. Hosted by Brendan Meade. Contact Name: Sabinna Cappo scappo(a)fas.harvard.edu November 1, 2011 8:00am The 7th Annual Conference on Clean Energy Westin Boston Waterfront, 425 Summer Street, Boston An action-packed day designed to provide you with the latest investment opportunities, business insights, career options, and fund-raising strategies, from seed to Stimulus. http://greenovationconference.com/ Contact Name: Mary Essary info(a)basea.org 12:30pm - 2:00pm Nuclear Power after Fukushima Tsai Auditorium (S010), Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge Featuring Charles Ferguson, President, Federation of American Scientists http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/ Contact Name: Shinju Fujihira, Ph.D sfujihira(a)wcfia.harvard.edu 3:00pm ClimaTea HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street 3rd Floor, Cambridge Visit the ClimaTea website for a list of speakers and topics: http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html November 2, 2011 4:10pm - 5:30pm Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge “Do EPA Regulations Affect Labor Demand? Evidence from the Pulp and Paper Industry" http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k82245&pageid=icb.page4438… Contact Name: Jason Chapman 617-496-8054 8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting Quincy House,, Spindell Room Harvard University, Cambridge 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 November 3, 2011 11:30am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 310, 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor, Cambridge 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 6:00pm - 8:00pm Sustainable Practices for Managed Landscapes Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway, Boston Featuring Eric "T" Fleisher, Director of Horticulture, Battery Park City Parks Conservancy. He has developed protocols to help our landscapes recover from the harmful impacts of industry and chemicals, and will describe the design and implementation of a sustainable landscape management program. Contact Name: Pamela Thompson 617-384-5277 6:00pm Islands of New England: Models for Alternative Energy Futures Science Center A, Harvard University, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge Join us for a presentation on "Islands in the Wind," a documentary about Fox Islands Wind, the largest community wind-power facility on the East Coast, in Maine's Penobscot Bay. The 30-minute film, directed by David Conover of Compass Light Productions, will be followed by a moderated panel discussion about community energy and offshore wind projects. Contact Name: dwilson(a)islandinstitute.org (207) 594-9209 ext. 138 --- 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. <a href="http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&am… title="Like HUCE Weekly Calendar Email October 20 - November 3 on Facebook" rel="fblikebtn"><img src="http://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/fb/like.gif" border="0" alt="Like HUCE Weekly Calendar Email October 20 - November 3 on Facebook" height="20" width="48" style="display:inline;"/></a> Become a Fan of HUCE on Facebook! 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