[Aspuru-Guzik group list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Email October 28 - November 11

Highlights: Saturday, October 30: Interested in Energy? Meet students from the college, HBS, HKS, MIT, HLS who are interested in the future of renewable energy research, policy, law, and business at an energy mixer hosted at "Sunny Memories", an exhibit on solar energy design. Tuesday, November 2: Ashley Brown, Harvard Kennedy School, Series, discusses "Issues in Implementing the Smart Grid" at the next Energy Policy Seminar. Wednesday, November 10: In the Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy, Mark Jacobsen, University of California, San Diego, presents "Fuel Economy, Car Class Mix, and Safety." Tonight 6:00pm "Global Water & Food Security: A New Role for the Private Sector" with Nestlé Chairman Peter Brabeck Harvard Kennedy School Starr Auditorium Mr. Brabeck leads the Water 2030 Group, a consortium of private companies working with governments to develop solutions to the world’s emerging water crisis. Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883 6:15pm - 7:30pm Energy 101: China and Climate Change - the Role of Energy MIT 4-370 Cambridge, MA Leader: Hengwei LIU. This talk will focus on the challenges facing China as well as China’s efforts to combat climate change. The talk will also look at ways to break the international climate negotiation deadlock. http://www.mitenergyclub.org/events-and-programs/energy-101/china-and-clima…... October 29, 2010 8:45am - 9:30am MSI Chalktalk Breakfast HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor "Micro-friend or foe? Identity and territorial behavior in Proteus mirabilis" Karine Gibbs, MCB. Host: Rich Losick http://www.msi.harvard.edu 9:00am - 12:15pm The 119th New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable Foley Hoag LLP 155 Seaport Boulevard, 13th Floor Boston, MA 02210 The 119th New England Electric Restructuring Roundtable with the U.S. EPA's Joe Goffman and Curt Spalding. "Impacts of Major New Environmental Regulations on New England's Electricity Future" Contact Name: Susan Rivo susan(a)raabassociates.org 11:00am Harvard Forest Seminar Harvard Forest Seminar Room 324 North Main Street Petersham, MA "Improving the quality of forest-tree seedling production in the Philippines - an application of systems thinking integrating science, social science and policy." John Herbohn, The University of Queensland and Harvard Bullard Fellow http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminars.php Contact Name: Audrey Barker Plotkin aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu 1:30pm - 2:30pm The Future of Global Health: Policy, Evidence, and You Harvard Hall 104 Harvard Yard Cambridge, MA Join us for a discussion about the intersection of global health policy, research, and individual action. Julio Frenk: Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health; former Minister of Health of Mexico, founding director-general of the National Institute of Public Health in Mexico, former executive director of Evidence and Information for Policy at the World Health Organization http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hpsd 6:30pm Sunny Memories: A New Vision for Solar Energy Northwest Labs 52 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Sunny Memories is a large-scale international workshop created to innovate around the concept of ‘dye-sensitized’ solar cells. HUCE Director Dan Schrag joins, Didier Burkhalter, Swiss Minister of the Interior, and Nicolas Henchoz, Founder of the EPFL+ECAL Lab in a discussion moderated by Christoph Reinhart, Professor, Department of Architecture and head of Sustainable Design Concentration and GSD-Squared research initiative. http://thelaboratory.harvard.edu/content/sunnymemories/ October 30, 2010 7:00pm Energy Mixer: At Sunny Memories - An exhibit on Solar Energy Design Northwest Laboratory Basement 52 Oxford St Cambridge, MA Interested in Energy? Come and meet students from the college, HBS, HKS, MIT, HLS who are interested in the future of renewable energy research, policy, law, and business. akcohen(a)college.harvard.edu November 1, 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 "Family Matters: How altruistic or spiteful should you be to your relatives?” Edgar A. Duéñez-Guzmán, Postdoctoral Fellow, Haig Lab Contact Name: Catherine Weisel cweisel(a)oeb.harvard.edu (617) 495-2460 4:00pm EPS Fall Colloquium Haller Hall - GeoMuseum 102 24 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA David Noone, University of Colorado. Title TBA. Host: Dave Johnston. Contact Name: Sabinna Cappo scappo(a)fas.harvard.edu November 2, 2010 12:00pm Harvard University Herbaria Seminar HUH Seminar Room 20 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA Mariah Carbone, Richardson Lab, "The influence of clouds and fog in Bishop pine (Pinus muricata D. Don) forests on Santa Cruz Island, California"; and Youngryel Ryu, Richardson lab, "Global terrestrial estimates of gross primary productivity and evapotranspiration using satellite observations." 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 Ashley Brown, HKS. "Issues in Implementing the Smart Grid" 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 November 3, 2010 11:00am OEB Weekly Seminar Series Main Lecture Hall BioLabs Building 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA Jarmila Pittermann University of California, Santa Cruz. "The evolution of water transport in conifers and ferns/" Host: Holbrook Lab http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html 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 November 4, 2010 9:00am - 5:00pm Cross Currents: Water and Energy Challenges in the 21st Century Winthrop Street Function Hall 51 Winthrop Street, Tufts University Medford, MA Stockholm Environment Institute 2010 Symposium. Free, advanced registration requested. http://www.sei-us.org/about/symposium2010 617.627.3786 11:45am - 12:45pm 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 3:30pm China Project Seminar Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA "Scenario Analyses of China's Vehicle Emissions on Regional Air Quality in 2000 and 2020." Eri Saikawa, Postdoctoral Associate, Center for Global Change Science, M.I.T. http://www.chinaproject.harvard.edu Contact Name: Chris Nielsen nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu 617-496-2378 6:00pm Darwin's "Abominable Mystery" and the Search for the First Flowering Plants Harvard Museum of Natural History 26 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA Asa Gray Bicentennial Celebration at Harvard Museum of Natural History. Speaker: William (Ned) Friedman, newly appointed Director of the Arnold Arboretum and Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures-classes-events/asa-gray-bicentennial.h… November 5, 2010 12:00pm Atmopsheric Sciences Seminar Pierce Hall, Room 100F 29 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA "Warmer and wetter climate: More soluble pollutants." Yuanyuan Fang, Princeton University. http://www.as.harvard.edu/seminar.html November 8, 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 4:00pm EPS Fall Colloquium Haller Hall - GeoMuseum 102 24 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA Juan Perez-Mercader, Harvard University. Title TBA. Host: Stein Jacobsen. Contact Name: Sabinna Cappo scappo(a)fas.harvard.edu November 9, 2010 2:30pm - 4:00pm Energy Policy Seminar Series Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building, HKS 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA Fu Feng, HKS. "Promoting Energy Conservation in China" 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 November 10, 2010 12:00 - 1:15 pm Ecology Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 310 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Special Guest: Oswald Schmitz, Oastler Professor of Population and Community Ecology, Yale University. http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/journalclub.htm Contact Name: Primrose Boynton pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu 4:10pm - 5:30pm Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy Harvard Kennedy School Room L-382 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA Mark Jacobsen, University of California, San Diego. "Fuel Economy, Car Class Mix, and Safety." Contact Name: Jason Chapman jason_chapman(a)harvard.edu 617-496-8054 5:00pm Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change Biolabs Lecture Hall 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA "The Ecology of Fear and the Ecosystem: How Predation Risk Drives Ecosystem Nutrient Dynamics."Oswald J. Schmitz, Oastler Professor of Population and Community Ecology, Yale University. Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883 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 November 11, 2010 - Veterans Day Holiday -- Always check the calendar on the website for updated information. 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