[Aspuru-Guzik group list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Email: September 30 - October 14

Highlights: October 5: Tony Meggs, senior member of MIT Energy Initiative discusses "The Future of Natural Gas" at the Harvard Kennedy School Energy Policy Seminar Series. October 6: Rohini Nilekani, the Founder-Chairperson of ARGHYAM, a charitable trust that funds initiatives in water and sanitation in India, speaks at the Frontiers in Sustainable Development Speaker Series. October 12: The Future of Energy lecture series continues with Sunil Sinha, CEO of Tata Quality Management Services, Tata Group, who will talk about the Tata Nano and broader implications for energy in India. Become a HUCE Facebook Fan! HUCE has launched an official Facebook page with info on Center news and upcoming events. Stay up-to-date by becoming a Fan of HUCE. Calendar Listings: September 30, 2010 5:00pm Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change Biolabs lecture Hall 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA Daniel H. Janzen, Ph. D., Thomas G. and Louise E. DiMaura Professor of Conservation Biology, University of Pennsylvania "How to Conserve a Large Tropical Wildland through Biodiversity Development: The Costa Rican Example." Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883 September 30, 2010 - October 1, 2010 Frontiers of Renewable Energy Sciences and Technologies Workshop (F.O.R.E.S.T.) Harvard Faculty Club The F.O.R.E.S.T workshop seeks to explore scientific frontiers in pure and applied sciences and device engineering in areas potentially connected to energy technologies. http://www.energy.harvard.edu/events/forest Contact Name: Brenda Hugot bhugot(a)fas.harvard.edu 617-496-1788 October 1, 2010 8:45am - 9:30am MSI Chalktalk Breakfast HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Allon Hochbaum, SEAS. "Bacteria at interfaces: Directing organization and chemical interactions" http://www.msi.harvard.edu/ 6:00pm Biodiversity: Conserving through Knowing Tsai Auditorium 1730 Cambridge St Cambridge, MA Join E.O. Wilson (Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology) and Daniel Janzen (University of Pennsylvania; Area de Conservación Guanacaste) for a discussion of how we understand and protect the wild living world, how we can do these things better, and, most of all, why we should care. Contact Name: Rob Pringle rpringle(a)fas.harvard.edu October 2, 2010 4:00pm Spider Silk: Evolution and 400 Million Years of Spinning, Waiting, Snagging, and Mating Haller Hall (102 Geo Museum) 24 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA Harvard Museum of Natural History Lecture and booksigning with Catherine L. Craig (MCZ research associate) and author Leslie Brunett Contact Name: Thomas Scanlon tscanlon(a)lsdiv.harvard.edu 7:00pm "Cape Wind" -- Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion Starr Auditorium, Belfer Center Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA Sneak Preview of Cape Wind: The Fight for the Future of Power in America. Part of the "Global Voices" film festival. http://www.hksne.org/events/global-voices-2010-sneak-peek October 4, 2010 11:45am - 12:45pm 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 12:00pm MCZ Lunchtime Seminar MCZ 101 Seminar Room 26 Oxford St Cambridge, MA Adam Bahrami, Postdoctoral Fellow, OEB & Harvard Center for Brain Science, Zhang Lab. "When females produce sperm: genetics and evolution of C. Elegans mating behavior” Contact Name: Catherine Weisel cweisel(a)oeb.harvard.edu (617) 495-2460 4:00pm EPS Colloquium Haller Hall (Geo Museum 102) 24 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA Christian Schoof, University of British Columbia Contact Name: Sabinna Cappo scappo(a)fas.harvard.edu October 5, 2010 12:00pm Harvard Herbaria Seminar Herbaria Seminar Room 22 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA Leonora Bittleston of the Pringle Lab will give a talk entitled “Endophytic fungi reduce leaf-cutting ant damage to seedlings.” She will be joined by Wang Xugao of the Center for Tropical Forest Science whose talk is entitled “Spatial patterns and dynamics of trees in an old-growth temperate forest, Northeastern China.” http://www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series/ Contact Name: Erin A. Ciccone eciccone(a)oeb.harvard.edu 617-495-7504 2:30pm - 4:00pm Energy Policy Seminar Series Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building, HKS 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA Tony Meggs, MIT. “The Future of Natural Gas” Contact Name: Louisa Lund Louisa_Lund(a)harvard.edu 3:00pm - 4:30pm ClimaTea HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Visit the Climatea website for updates and topics of discussion. http://www.deas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html Contact Name: Sierra Petersen speters(a)fas.harvard.edu October 6, 2010 11:00am OEB Weekly Seminar Biolabs Lecture Hall 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA Patricia Brennan, Yale University. "Sexual Conflict and Genital Evolution in Waterfowl." Host: Haig Lab http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html 12:00pm - 1:30pm Frontiers in Sustainable Development Speaker Series Center for International Development Perkins Room (Rubenstein-415) Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA Rohini Nilekani, Founder-Chairperson, ARGHYA. "Water and Urban Futures in India: Learning from Small Towns" http://www.cid.harvard.edu/sustsci 4:10pm - 5:30pm Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy Harvard Kennedy School Room L-382 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA Emanuele Massetti, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, and Robert Mendelsohn, Yale University. “Estimating Ricardian Models with Panel Data.” Contact Name: Jason Chapman jason_chapman(a)harvard.edu 617-496-8054 4:30pm Carlo Petrini Talk & Book Signing Science Center B One Oxford St Cambridge, MA Harvard University Hospitality and Dining Service’s (HUHDS) Food Literacy Project cordially invites you to a talk, film screening, and book signing by Carlo Petrini. Mr. Petrini will be joined by Corby Kummer, a senior editor and food writer for The Atlantic Monthly. http://bit.ly/c87YeC 8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting Quincy House Spindell Room Harvard University Cambridge, MA The best way to get involved with the EAC is to attend the general meetings. 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 7, 2010 11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 310 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 Harvard Climate Seminar Haller Hall (102 Geo Museum ) 24 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA Kenneth Golden, University of Utah. "Climate Change and Critical Behavior in Sea Ice" http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climateseminar.html Contact Name: Shuting Jin jin(a)fas.harvard.edu 617.384.9005 October 11, 2010 11:45am - 12:45pm 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 October 12, 2010 2:30pm - 4:00pm Energy Policy Seminar Series Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building, HKS 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA Matthias Risse, HKS. "Climate Change and Common Ownership of the Earth." http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/cepr/events.html. Contact Name: Louisa Lund louisa_lund(a)hks.harvard.edu (617) 495-8693 3:00pm - 4:30pm ClimaTea HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Visit the Climatea website for updates and topics of discussion. http://www.deas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html Contact Name: Sierra Petersen speters(a)fas.harvard.edu 5:00pm The Future of Energy Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883 Science Center D One Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA Sunil Sinha, CEO, Tata Quality Management Services, Tata Group. Based in Mumbai, India, Tata Group Tata companies operate in seven business sectors: communications and information technology, engineering, materials, services, energy, consumer products and chemicals. October 13, 2010 8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting Quincy House Spindell Room Harvard University Cambridge, MA The best way to get involved with the EAC is to attend the general meetings. 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 14, 2010 11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 310 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 3:30pm China Project Seminar Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA J. William Munger, Senior Research Fellow, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences "CO2 and its Correlation with CO at a Rural Site Near Beijing: Implications for Combustion Efficiency in China." 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