[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Environmental Events at Harvard 10/19/06 - 11/2/06

Dear HUCE Faculty and Friends, Please refer to the Center website for complete details on these and other environmental events taking place at and near Harvard. If you would like to add an event to the calendar, or unsubscribe from this list, please contact Jenny MacGregor, jenny_macgregor(a)harvard.edu <mailto:jenny_macgregor@harvard.edu>, 617-495-8883. *Highlights:* *10/20/06 -- Nature's Renewable Blueprint at Pierce hall -- Charles Dismukes *10/24/06 -- Energy Symposium at Harvard Business School *10/26/06/ /-- Harvard China Project Seminar -- Acid Rain in China *Calendar Listings:* *Thursday 10/19/2006 * 4:00p - 5:00p Ecology, mosaic genomes and the evolution of organismal design <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=60107834> AveTodd Streelman, Georgia Tech Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity *Friday 10/20/2006* 8:30a - 9:30p Microbial Sciences Initiative (MSI) Friday <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59180732> Marcia B. Goldberg, Mass General Hospital Research Focus: Host-Pathogen Interactions Harvard University Center for the Environment Seminar Room, 3rd Floor Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street 11:00a - 12:15p Regeneration dynamics in large forest gaps <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59209198> Michael Dietze - Harvard University Harvard Forest Autumn 2006 Seminar Series Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest - Petersham, MA 12:00p - 1:00p Atmospheric pollution in China: measurements in source regions and implications <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=60318053> Tao Wang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Atmospheric Sciences Seminar Series Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St. Cambridge 4:00p - 5:15p Nature's Renewable Energy Blueprint: Future Fuel from Photosynthesis & Biomimics <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59892988> Charles Dismukes, Department of Chemistry Princeton Materials Institute & Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University Pierce 209, 29 Oxford Street *Saturday 10/21/2006 * 8:00a - 8:00p Conservation, Environmental Justice, and Resource Rights <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59010636> William James Hall, Room 1, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge *Monday 10/23/2006 * 4:00p - 5:00p Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Colloquium <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=60318055> Yadvinder Malhi, Department of Geography, Oxford Haller Hall 102 Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street *Tuesday 10/24/2006 * 9:00a - 10:30a Management Practices of Expert Innovators <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59481778> Robert Austin, Associate Professor, Harvard Business School Energy Technology Innovation Project (ETIP) Seminar Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, KSG 11:00a - 12:00p The Ecology of Place: The role of field stations in going from the particular to the general <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=60318170> Ian Billick - Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Harvard Forest Autumn 2006 Seminar Series Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest - Petersham, MA 3:00p - 7:00p Harvard Business School -- Energy Symposium <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=60257659> Spangler Auditorium, HBS, Soldier's Field Rd 3:00p - 4:15p Paleoseismology and earthquake surface ruptures: Could we learn anything about earthquake processes? <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=60107812> Yann Klinger, Laboratoire Tectonique, Institut de Physique du Globe, Paris, France Hoffman Faculty Lounge, 4th Floor, Hoffman Laboratories, 20 Oxford Street *Wednesday 10/25/2006 * 8:00a - 9:15a Smoke and Genes <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=60257925> Joel Schwartz, Ph.D., Professor of Environmental Health and Epidemiology, HSPH Genetics and Environmental Health Series Kresge Building, Room 110, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, HSPH 10:30a - 11:30a Temperature and Pressure Measurements from the ACE-MAESTRO Space Instrument <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=60528866> Dr. Caroline Nowlan, University of Toronto CFA AMP / Atmospheric Sciences Seminar Host Center for Astrophysics Pratt Conference Room (G04), Harvard, 4:00p - 5:30p Design Insights from the Use of Tradeable Permits for Air Emissions, Water Allocation, and Fisheries <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=58953639> Tom Tietenberg, Colby College Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard *Thursday 10/26/2006 * 12:00p Biomass-Derived Transportation Fuels to Meet Sustainability and Security Objectives <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59481783> Lee Lynd, Professor of Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Biology, Dartmouth College Innovation in Transportation Seminar Series Carr Center conference room, Rubenstein 219, JFK School of Government 4:00p - 5:00p Acid Rain in China: Current Situation and a New National Initiative <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=60468889> WANG Tao (Professor, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Visiting Scholar, China Project, HUCE/DEAS Harvard China Project seminars Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge 6:00p - 7:00p Alternatives to Oil: Dream or Reality? <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=60498910> The Third Annual Everett-Moomaw Debate TUFTS - ASEAN Auditorium *Friday 10/27/2006 * 8:30a - 9:30p Microbial Sciences Initiative (MSI) Friday <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59180735> Johan Paulsson, Harvard University, HMS, Systems Biology Research Focus: Modeling Gene Networks Harvard University Center for the Environment Seminar Room, 3rd Floor Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street 11:00a - 12:00p Land-use history and patterns of biodiversity in Southern Appalachian forests <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=60108038> Scott Pearson, Mars Hill College and Harvard Bullard Fellow Harvard Forest Autumn 2006 Seminar Series Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest - Petersham, MA 2:30p - 3:30p Satellite-Observed US Powerplant NOx Emission Reductions and Their Impact on Air Quality <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59669520> Gregory J. Frost, NOAA Atmospheric Sciences Seminar Series Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge *Sunday 10/29/2006 * 7:30p - 8:30p Global Warming and its Effects on New England <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=60348362> Kevin Knobloch, President, Union of Concerned Scientists Sponsored by the Lexington Global Warming Action Coalition Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA *Tuesday 10/31/2006 * 12:00p - 2:30p Information Session: Duke Nicholas School <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=58982205> Make a career out of your concerns about climate change, ocean pollution and sustainable development. Harvard Center for Environment seminar room, 3rd floor, Geological Museum Building, 24 Oxford St. 4:00p - 5:00p Earth History and Paleobiology Seminar Series <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=60529259> Felisa Wolfe-Simon Arizona State University Haller Hall 102 Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street *Wednesday 11/1/2006 * 4:00p - 5:30p Does Electricity Restructuring Benefit the Environment? A Structural, Empirical Analysis of Intertemporal Emission Trading in the U.S. SO2 Allowance Market <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=58981890> Fan Zhang, Harvard University Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University 6:00p - 7:00p Is the WTO Accountable? <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=60529270> Pascal Lamy, director-general, WTO, former European Commissioner for Trade, 1999-2004 2006 Wiener Lecture on International Political Economy John F. Kennedy School of Government, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge *Thursday 11/2/2006 * 8:30a - 5:00p The 2nd Annual Conference on Clean Energy: Financing and Partnering for Emerging Technologies <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=58982201> Hynes Convention Center, Boston 2:00p - 4:15p The 'instability' of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet: for too long a hypothesis? <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59209223> Duncan Wingham, Director, Centre for Polar Observational Modeling, Professor of Climate Physics, University College London Harvard Climate Seminar Haller Hall 102 Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street