22 Jan
2009
22 Jan
'09
2:36 p.m.
Dear Friends of HUCE,
Check the HUCE calendar on our website, www.environment.harvard.edu, for the most
up-to-date listings and complete event descriptions. Please send event information to Lisa
Matthews at the Center for the Environment: lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu. Feel free to
distribute this email to your students, faculty, colleagues, and anyone else who may be
interested in environmental events around the community.
Highlights:
Tuesday, January 27: Energy Technology Innovation Policy Fellows discuss how sectoral
approaches could be used to help solve the climate crisis in a post-Kyoto world.
Friday, January 30: Google's Green Energy Czar Bill Weihl talks about Google's
green energy initiative and discusses ways that all institutions (businesses, governments,
universities, etc.) and individuals can make sustainable energy choices.
Tuesday, February 3: The Future of Energy Spring 2009 series kicks off with Steven Leer,
Chairman and CEO of Arch Coal, the nation's second largest coal producer. Leer's
talk is entitled, "The Vital Role of Clean Coal in Securing our Energy Future."
Calendar Listings:
Today 1/22/2009
3:30p China Project Seminar
(Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Emissions of Anthropogenic Primary Particulate Matter in China: A Technology-Based
Analysis." Dr. LEI Yu, postdoctoral researcher, Harvard China Project.
Contact: Chris Nielsen , nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617-496-2378,
chinaproject.harvard.edu/
4:00p EPS Dissertation Defense
(Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"Neoproterozoic stratigraphy of Alaska and Mongolia." Francis Macdonald.
Refreshments to follow in Hoffman Student Lounge.
Contact: Sarah Colgan, colgan(a)eps.harvard.edu
6:00p Harvard Museum of Natural History Lecture Series
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Sea Creatures in Glass and Glass in Sea Creatures." Johanna Aizenberg, McKay
Professor of Materials Science in Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied
Sciences (SEAS).
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_classes...
6:30p Global Energy: Supply and Demand Scenarios in the Context of Short-term Volatility
(ASEAN Auditorium of The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford, MA)
Nick Welch, head of global stakeholder relations for Shell Energy, will be visiting The
Fletcher School to talk about the current global energy situation.
Contact: Mieke van der Wansem, mieke.wansem(a)tufts.edu
Friday 1/23/2009
11:00a Harvard Forest Seminar Series
(Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA)
"Tri-trophic dynamics in an insect protection mutualism." Manuel Morales,
Williams College.
Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, 978-724-3302 x 268
Monday 1/26/2009
11:30a Harvard Energy Journal Club
(HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St. 3rd floor, Cambridge, MA)
Visit the Energy Journal website for current topics of discussion.
Contact: Mark Winkler, mwinkler(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html
Tuesday 1/27/2009
9:30a - 11:00a Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series
(Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA)
"International Climate Policy for a Post-Kyoto World: Understanding Sectoral
Approaches." Speakers: Jonas Meckling, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation
Policy; and Gu Yoon Chung, MPA candidate, Harvard Kennedy School.
Contact: etip(a)ksg.harvard.edu, 617-496-5584
Thursday 1/29/2009
11:00a Harvard Forest Special Three Part Series on Soil Warming
(Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA)
1) Masahiro Nakamura, Hokkaido University (Japan). "Soil warming influences herbivory
of canopy foliage." 2) Onno Muller, Tohoku University (Japan). "The effect of
soil and branch warming on leaf traits and reproduction in 200 year old oaks."
Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, 978-724-3302 x268,
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc...
4:00p - 5:00p Climate Seminar
(Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"Arctic sea-ice change and potential societal impacts from the large-scale to the
local level: A perspective from Alaska." Hajo Eicken from the Geophysical Institute,
University of Alaska.
Contact: Shuting Jin , shuting(a)eps.harvard.edu, 617-384-9005,
www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminar...
4:00p OEB Seminar Series
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge)
"The challenge of diversity presents a diversity of challenges: new research
directions in computational biology." Allen Rodrigo, the Bioinformatics Institute,
University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891 ,
www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/semin...
6:00p - 7:00p Microbial Sciences Initiative Thursday Evening Seminar Series
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
"How Bacteria Breathe Rust: New Insights into the Molecular Mechanism of Bacterial
Metal Respiration." Thomas DiChristina, School of Biology, Georgia Tech.
Contact: Runal Mehta, runal_mehta(a)harvard.edu, (617) 495 8643 ,
www.msi.harvard.edu/thursdays.html
6:30p HMNH: Nature and the Written Word: A Roundtable on Natural History Writing
(Harvard Center for the Humanities, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge)
How can writers best engage and inspire public concern for wildlife, nature, and
conservation? Join us for a round table discussion with four of New England's most
prominent natural history authors.
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045, www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe...
Friday 1/30/2009
11:00a - 12:00p Harvard Forest Special Three Part Series on Soil Warming
(Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA)
3) Jerry Melillo, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory. "The Heat Is
On; carbon/nitrogen interactions, feedbacks to the climate system and more."
Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, 978-724-3302 x 268,
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc...
4:00p Clean Energy at Google
(Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA )
Bill Weil, Green Energy Czar, Google. The "renewable electricity cheaper than
coal" initiative at Google is funding innovation aimed at driving the cost of
renewable electricity generation below that of coal-powered electricity -- with the goal
of making renewable energy the economically sensible choice for everyone.
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883
Monday 2/2/2009
11:30a Harvard Energy Journal Club
(HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St. 3rd floor, Cambridge, MA)
Visit the Energy Journal website for current topics of discussion.
Contact: Mark Winkler, mwinkler(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html
Tuesday 2/3/2009
12:30p Herbaria Seminar Series
(Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, Room 102, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA)
"A morphometric analysis of water transport in seed plants." Jonathan Wilson,
Knoll Lab.
Contact: Margaret Richards, prichards(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 496-8062
5:00p The Future of Energy
(Science Center C, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"The Vital Role of Clean Coal in Securing our Energy Future." Steven Leer,
Chairman and CEO of Arch Coal, Inc., the nation's second largest coal producer.
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883
6:00p HBS: Second Annual Cleantech and Alternative Energy Panel
(Aldrich 112, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA)
"What does the Future hold?" Cleantech and alternative energy are getting a lot
of attention, but what are the opportunities? Who are the companies out there making a
difference?
Contact: www.hbsab.org/article.html?aid=229
Thursday 2/5/2009
4:00p OEB Seminar Series
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge)
"Exploring the genetic basis of mimicry and speciation in Heliconius
butterflies." Marcus Kronforst, FAS Center for Systems Biology.
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891 ,
www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/semin...
6:00p - 8:00p Climate Change: Policy Change and Complex Systems
(MIT Sloan, E51-376, Tang Center, 70 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Dr. John Sterman, the Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management and Director of
the System Dynamics Group at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Contact: https://www.123signup.com/servlet/Sig...
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