Dear Friends of HUCE,
I hope you had a wonderful summer. I am pleased to send you the first installment of this Fall's HUCE Weekly Calendar email. If you are new to this service, welcome! Within this email you will find two week's worth of environmentally related events here on the Harvard campus and in the Boston area. Already, there are some fantastic events on the calendar and I hope you will take full advantage of the many engaging lectures and seminars listed here. Always be sure to check the HUCE calendar on our website, www.environment.harvard.edu, for the most up-to-date listings and complete event descriptions, as venues and times may change.
If you would like to submit an event to the calendar, contact Lisa Matthews at the Center for the Environment: lisa_matthews@harvard.edu. Feel free to distribute this email to your friends, colleagues, family, and anyone else who may be interested in environmental events around our community.
Calendar Listings:
Friday 9/4/2009
2:00p China Energy and Environment Seminar
(Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Impacts of Megacities on Air Quality and Climate Change." Zhu Tong, Professor, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Peking University.
Contact: nielsen2@fas.harvard.edu
6:00p - 8:00p The Future of International Oil Companies in a Carbon-Constrained World: Preparing for Copenhagen 2009 and Beyond
(UK Consulate 1 Memorial Drive (suite 500), Cambridge)
Gilles Cochevelou, Total Vice President for R&D Gaz and Alternative Energies, TOTAL. RSVP required.
Contact: Blandine Antoine, blandine@mit.edu
Sunday 9/6/2009
9:00p - 11:00p Planet Earth and Sustainable Sundaes
(Student Organization Center at Hilles, 59 Shepard St., Cambridge, MA)
Come and enjoy sustainable sundaes made with local ice cream and toppings from vendors at the Harvard Square Farmers Market.
Contact: www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/?s=default
Wednesday 9/9/2009
5:30p Looking Back, Looking Forward: A Conversation with James D. Watson and Edward O. Wilson
(Sanders Theatre at Memorial Hall, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA)
Harvard Museum of Natural History special lecture. Moderated by Robert Krulwich. (Tickets to this event are sold out.)
Contact: www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe...
6:00p - 7:00p Smart Grid-related Strategies to Achieve Energy Efficiency
(E51-335, MIT, Cambridge, MA)
Harvey Michaels, Energy Efficiency Scientist and Lecturer Environmental Policy and Planning Program and M.I.T. Energy Initiative (MITEI).
Contact: Mahesh Konduru , kondum@mit.edu, events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?e...
Thursday 9/10/2009
4:00p OEB Departmental Seminar
(Biological Laboratories Main Lecture Hall, Room 1068, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA)
"Simple aspects of growth and form." Professor L. Mahadevan Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University.
Contact: Katharine Parodi, kparodi@oeb.harvard.edu, 617.495.5891
7:30p Boston Area Solar Energy Association Forum
(First Parish Unitarian Church, 3 Church St., Cambridge, MA)
"A Global Overview of Action on Climate Change." Professor William Moomaw, Tufts University.
Contact: info@basea.org, www.basea.org
Friday 9/11/2009
7:00p - 9:30p Vault N51: A Low Carbon Masonry Innovation
(MIT Museum Building N51 265 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA)
The MIT museum invites the design community and the general public to celebrate the unveiling of a thin brick vault, constructed by graduate architecture students at MIT.
Contact: museuminfo@mit.edu, 617.253.5927, web.mit.edu/museum/programs/programde...
Tuesday 9/15/2009
6:00p Smart Grid Applications, Standards Development and Recent Deployments
(Auditorium at Milas Hall, Olin College, Needham, MA)
John McDonald, P.E., General Manager, Marketing of GE Energy T&D.
Contact: Ron Tabroff, r.tabroff@ieee.org, 978-535-2815, www.ieeeboston.org/power_energy.htm
6:30p Science for the Public
(Boston Public Library 700 Boylston Street(Copley Square) Room C-05-06, Johnson Bldg., Boston, MA)
"Notes from the Wildlife Hot Zone." Dr. Bryan Windmiller, Ecological Consultant; Founder, Hyla Ecological Services. In recent decades, a wave of enigmatic population crashes and extin...
Contact: 617-536-5400, scienceforthepublic.org/index.php?pag...
Wednesday 9/16/2009
4:00p - 5:00p Origins of Life Forum
(Biological Laboratories Main Lecture Hall, Room 1068, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA)
"Information in the Prebiotic World." Irene Chen, FAS Center for Systems Biology, Harvard.
Contact: origins.harvard.edu/Origins%20Forum.html
8:00p - 9:00p Enviromental Action Committee Meeting
(Spindell Room, Quincy House, 58 Plympton St., Cambridge, MA)
Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a difference for the environment is welcome.
Contact: www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/
Thursday 9/17/2009
4:00p - 5:00p OEB Departmental Seminar
(Biological Laboratories Main Lecture Hall, Room 1068, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA)
"A new epoch in termite biology." Kenji Matsuura, Graduate School of Environmental Science, Okayama University, Japan.
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi@oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891
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