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.
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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@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@fas.harvard.edu 617-496-1788
October 1, 2010
8:45am- 9:30amMSI 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/
6:00pmBiodiversity: 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@fas.harvard.edu
October 2, 2010
4:00pmSpider 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@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- 12:45pmHarvard 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@fas.harvard.edu
12:00pmMCZ 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@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@fas.harvard.edu
October 5, 2010
12:00pmHarvard 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@oeb.harvard.edu 617-495-7504
2:30pm- 4:00pmEnergy 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@harvard.edu
3:00pm- 4:30pmClimaTea
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@fas.harvard.edu
October 6, 2010
11:00amOEB 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- 1:30pmFrontiers 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@harvard.edu 617-496-8054
4:30pmCarlo 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- 9:00pmEnvironmental 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@fas.harvard.edu
October 7, 2010
11:45am- 1:00pmEcology 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@fas.harvard.edu
4:00pmHarvard 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@fas.harvard.edu 617.384.9005
October 11, 2010
11:45am- 12:45pmHarvard 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@fas.harvard.edu
October 12, 2010
2:30pm- 4:00pmEnergy 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@hks.harvard.edu (617) 495-8693
3:00pm- 4:30pmClimaTea
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@fas.harvard.edu
5:00pmThe Future of Energy
Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews@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- 9:00pmEnvironmental 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@fas.harvard.edu
October 14, 2010
11:45am- 1:00pmEcology 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@fas.harvard.edu
3:30pmChina 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."
http://chinaproject.harvard.edu/seminar%20folder/seminar/Munger101014
Contact Name: Chris Nielsen nielsen2@fas.harvard.edu
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