[Aspuru-Guzik group list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Email April 1 - 15

Highlights: Tomorrow: David MacKay, Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Energy and Climate Change, UK and Professor in the Department of Physics at Cambridge University, discusses his research and book, Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air in the second Future of Energy lecture this spring. April 5, 6, 7, 2010: The annual John M. Prather Lectures in Biology will be presented by Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino Research Professor Emeritus and Honorary Curator in Entomology at Harvard, and one of the world’s leading voices for conservation of global biodiversity. April 12: Mercedes Pascual, Rosemary Grant Collegiate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan joins us for the next HUCE lecture on Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change. Calendar Listings: April 1, 2010 3:30pm Movie Screening: "Tapped" Aldrich 208 - Harvard Business School Allston, MA Award winning documentary about the bottled water industry. Movie snacks and drinks provided. Movie run time is 76 minutes. 4:00pm OEB Seminar Biological Laboratories Main Lecture Hall 16 Divinity Avenue Cambridge, MA "Extinction in Our Times. Global Amphibian Decline." James Collins, University of Arizona. Host: Losos Lab. Contact Name: Jeannette Everritt jeverritt(a)oeb.harvard.edu 4:00pm - 5:30pm IOP Study Group - All Politics is Local: Even Global Warming Faculty Dining Room (FDR) Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA Led by IOP Fellow Greg Nickels, Mayor of Seattle (2002-09), President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors (2009), and Founder of the US Mayors Climate Protection agreement. http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Programs/Fellows-Study-Groups/Spring-2010-Study-…... 4:30pm - 5:45pm Perspectives on the Smart Grid Harvard Business School – Aldrich 8 Allston, MA The HBS Greentech & Sustainability Club is hosting a Smart Grid panel to discuss key aspects of our electricity infrastructure upgrades (pilot programs, customer adoption, regulation, technology, and environmental impact.) Contact Name: Emily Matorin ematorin(a)mba2011.hbs.edu 5:00pm - 7:00pm Science and Democracy: Arundhati Roy Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall 48 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA “Can We Leave the Bauxite in the Mountain?” Field Notes on Democracy. Arundhati Roy, Author of The God of Small Things (Booker Prize, 1997). Commentator, Homi Bhabha, Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities and Director, Humanities Center at Harvard and moderated by Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Harvard Kennedy School. http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/sts/ Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883 April 2, 2010 (All day) - April 3, 2010 (All day) GSD Conference: Critical Ecologies Piper Auditorium Graduate School of Design 42 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA Critical Ecologies is a one-and-a-half-day event that will focus on a review of recent scientific shifts that have occurred in the fields of ecology, biology, and horticulture. http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/calendar/ April 2, 2010 8:30am MSI Chalktalk Breakfast HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA "The Harvard Yard truffle and other observations on the importance of urban soil microbes." Ben Wolfe, OEB, PhD Candidate. Host Anne Pringle. http://www.msi.harvard.edu/fridays.html MSI-Info(a)hms.harvard.edu 11:00am Harvard Forest Seminar Harvard Forest Seminar Room 324 North Main Street Petersham, MA "Evolution of ecosystem services in a coastal New England watershed." Wil Wolheim, Complex Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire. http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminars.php Contact Name: Audrey Barker Plotkin aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu 4:00pm - 5:00pm The Future of Energy: David MacKay - Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Energy and Climate Change, UK Northwest Labs B103 52 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA David MacKay, Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Energy and Climate Change, UK; Professor in the Department of Physics at Cambridge University; and author of the influential book "Sustainable Energy - without the hot air." Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883 April 3, 2010 (All day) EPS Day EPS day is an opportunity for the varied disciplines of the EPS community to share some of our research and socialize. There will be nine talks over the course of the day from varied graduate students and post-docs in the department. Lunch, dinner and drinks will be provided. http://www.eps.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do April 5, 2010 12:00pm - 1:00pm Harvard Energy Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA NO Meeting on March 15. (Spring break.) Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of discussion. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/ Contact Name: Kate Dennis kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu 4:00pm EPS Spring Colloquium Haller Hall (Geo-Museum 102) 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA "Early planetesimal differentiation and core dynamos" Benjamin Weiss, MIT. Contact Name: Ganna Savostyanova ganna(a)eps.harvard.edu (617) 495-3637 6:00pm John M. Prather Lectures in Biology: E.O. Wilson Sanders Theatre at Memorial Hall Harvard Yard Cambridge, MA "Biodiversity and the Future of Biology." Lecture tickets are required, and can be obtained through the Harvard Box Office. http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/news_items/prather_2010.html April 6, 2010 2:30pm - 4:00pm Energy Policy Seminar Series Bell Hall - Belfer Building Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA "The Recent Evolution of the Brazilian Electricity Industry." Joisa Saraiva, Visiting Scholar, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. Contact Name: Louisa Lund louisa_lund(a)hks.harvard.edu 4:00pm John M. Prather Lectures in Biology: E.O. Wilson Science Center One Oxford St. Cambridge, MA "The Superorganism." The evolution from organism to superorganism has been the major transition between levels of biological organization, easiest to penetrate and understand. Free, advance tickets not required. http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/news_items/prather_2010.html 617.495.5891 April 7, 2010 4:00pm John M. Prather Lectures in Biology: E.O. Wilson Science Center One Oxford St. Cambridge, MA "Consilience." A definition of human nature will be offered and examples from the borderland will be used to illustrate it. Free, advance tickets not required. http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/news_items/prather_2010.html 617.495.5891 6:30pm - 8:30pm It’s Easy Being Green: Prospects for the Green Party in Germany and Europe Lower Level Conference Room, Busch Hall 27 Kirkland Street Cambridge, MA Discussion and Reception with Cem Özdemir, Co-Chairman of the German Green Party (Alliance 90/The Greens). This event is free of charge. RSVP (acceptances only) http://www.ces.fas.harvard.edu Contact Name: Ellie Falk ces(a)fas.harvard.edu (617)495-4303 April 8, 2010 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 12:00pm - 2:00pm Climate Change and Economic Development Tufts University Alumnae Lounge 15 South Campus Road Medford, MA Dr. Rosina Bierbaum, Dean of the University of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources and Environment and Co-Director of the World Bank’s World Development Report 2010. Contact Name: Mieke Wansem Mieke.Wansem(a)tufts.edu 4:00pm OEB Seminar Main Lecture Hall BioLabs Building 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA “Chasing maximal animal performance: Lessons learned from the celebrated jumping frogs of Calaveras County.” Thomas Roberts, Brown University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Contact Name: Jeannette Everritt jeverritt(a)oeb.harvard.edu 4:00pm - 5:30pm IOP Study Group - All Politics is Local: Even Global Warming Faculty Dining Room (FDR) Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA Led by IOP Fellow Greg Nickels, Mayor of Seattle (2002-09), President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors (2009), and Founder of the US Mayors Climate Protection agreement. http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Programs/Fellows-Study-Groups/Spring-2010-Study-…... April 9, 2010 (All day) - April 11, 2010 (All day) Down:2:Earth (D2E) - Boston's third annual Green Living Festival Hynes Convention Center 900 Boylston St. Boston, MA D2E is a weekend long event that showcases the best in eco-friendly products and sampled by the companies themselves in one location. http://www.d2eboston.com/ miriam(a)d2eboston.com April 9, 2010 11:00am Harvard Forest Seminar Harvard Forest Seminar Room 324 North Main Street Petersham, MA “Millennium development goals , biodiversity change and tropical forests: insights from India.” Kamal Bawa, University of Massachusetts, Boston and Harvard Bullard Fellow. http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminars.php Contact Name: Audrey Barker Plotkin aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu 1:30pm Solid Earth Physics Seminar 4th Floor Faculty Lounge Hoffman Laboratory 20 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA Yehuda Ben-Zion, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern Title to be announced. California, Los Angeles, CA. April 10, 2010 9:00am Communicating Science Symposium, Wellesley College Wellesley College Science Center 106 Central St. Wellesley, MA Keynote Speaker: Dr. James Hansen. Visit the website for detailed information on schedule, directions, speaker bios, and contact information. Free registration (required). https://sites.google.com/site/wellesleycommsci/ wc.commsci(a)gmail.com 7:00pm - 11:00pm Earth Night Back Bay Events Center 180 Berkley St. Boston, MA George Bachrach, Environmental League of Massachusetts President invites you to Earth Night, featuring a tribute to Roger Berkowitz, President/CEO Legal Sea Foods for his longtime service on the ELM Board of Directors. Special Guest MC - Billy Costa, Host of NECN's TV Diner. http://www.EarthNight.org EarthNight(a)classic-communications.com 508.680.6810 April 11, 2010 4:00pm Movie Screening: "The Fish Belong to the People" (Boston University) Boston University Life Sciences Building, Room B01 24 Cummington St. Boston, MA "The Fish Belong to the People" is about a group of family fishermen struggling to keep their businesses afloat in Port Clyde, Maine. kdeuel(a)pewtrusts.org April 12, 2010 12:00pm - 1:00pm Harvard Energy Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of discussion. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/ Contact Name: Kate Dennis kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu 5:00pm Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883 Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, 7 Divinity Ave Harvard University Cambridge, MA Mercedes Pascual, Rosemary Grant Collegiate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan. 5:15pm Ecologies of Human Flourishing Lecture Series Sperry Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Avenue Harvard Divinity School Cambridge, MA "What's Enough? A Conversation Between Harvard Business School and Harvard Divinity School" http://www.hds.harvard.edu/cswr/events/theme.html Contact Name: Rebecca Kline Esterson resterson(a)hds.harvard.edu April 13, 2010 12:00pm China Project Seminar Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA "Traffic Problems, Challenges and Integrated Solutions under Rapid Urbanization in China." LU Huapu, Professor, Institute of Transportation Engineering, Tsinghua University. http://chinaproject.harvard.edu/seminar%20folder/seminar/Lu100413 Contact Name: Chris Nielsen nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu 2:30pm - 4:00pm Energy Policy Seminar Series Bell Hall - Belfer Building Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA "Unconventional Takes on the Climate-Energy Problem." Prof. John Schellnhuber, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Contact Name: Louisa Lund louisa_lund(a)hks.harvard.edu 4:00pm - 5:00pm The Future of Energy: Kristina Johnson, Under Secretary of Energy, US Department of Energy Northwest Labs B103 52 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA Kristina M. Johnson, Ph.D. is currently the Under Secretary for Energy at the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883 April 14, 2010 2:00pm - 3:30pm Green Conversations with Tata Technologies Northwest Labs B101 52 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA Panel discussion of the Tata Nano in the context of energy, environment, and economic development in India. Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883 7:00pm Harvard Forest Seminar Harvard Forest Seminar Room 324 North Main Street Petersham, MA "Birds of Harvard Forest." Brooks Mathewson, Avian Art Images. http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminars.php Contact Name: Audrey Barker Plotkin aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu April 15, 2010 (All day) Harvard Green Video Competition Harvard’s Office for Sustainability is sponsoring a competition for short video clips highlighting how individual actions can help reduce environmental impacts at Harvard, and they want you to submit!! First prize wins $700 and second wins $300—plus both videos will be publicly screened at Harvard’s first-ever Green Carpet Awards ceremony taking place on April 23rd in Sanders Theater and honoring environmental work on campus. http://www.green.harvard.edu/greencarpet April 15, 2010 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. 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