Dear Friends of HUCE, Happy New Year! We hope you had a happy and healthy holiday season. This is the first weekly events listing in what is already shaping up to be an exciting semester of events here at the Center for the Environment, at Harvard University, and in the Cambridge/Boston area at large. As always, check the HUCE calendar on our website, www.environment.harvard.edu, for the most up-to-date listings and complete event descriptions. If you would like to submit an event to the calendar, contact Lisa Matthews at the Center for the Environment: lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu. Feel free to distribute this email to your students, faculty, colleagues, and anyone else who may be interested in environmental events around the community. Highlights: Saturday, January 17: The Harvard Museum of Natural History hosts journalist, conservationist, and artist John Frederick Walker who wil discuss his most recent work, "Ivory's Ghosts: The White Gold of History and the Fate of Elephants." Save the Date: On February 3, the Center for the Environment welcomes our first Future of Energy lecture series speaker Steven Leer, the Chairman and CEO of Arch Coal, Inc., which is the second largest coal company in the US. His talk is entitled: “The Vital Role of Clean Coal in Securing our Energy Future.” Calendar Listings: Friday 1/9/2009 12:30p - 1:30p Seminar in Occupational and Environmental Health Research (Kresge 502, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA) "Exposure to Traffic Pollution and Increased Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis." Jaime E. Hart, ScD, Research Fellow, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health Contact: Ann Backus, MS, abackus(a)hsph.harvard.edu, 617-384-5404, https://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/live/... Sunday 1/11/2009 2:00p HMNH: Family Program and DVD Screening (HMNH, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "A Man Among Bears." Join us for a DVD screening and discussion with N.H. naturalist, author, and wildlife rehabilitator Ben Kilham. Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu Monday 1/12/2009 11:30a Harvard Energy Journal Club (HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St. 3rd floor, Cambridge, MA) Visit the Energy Journal website for current topics of discussion. Contact: Mark Winkler, mwinkler(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html Tuesday 1/13/2009 5:15p Boston Environmental History Seminar (Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston St., Boston, MA ) "Geological Record of Paleo-Earthquake in the New Madrid Region." Tish Tuttle, M. Tuttle and Associates. Comment: Conevery Bolton Valencius, Harvard University Contact: Jane Becker, jbecker(a)masshist.org, 617-646-0518 Saturday 1/17/2009 2:00p HMNH: Author talk and booksigning (HMNH, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Ivory's Ghosts: The White Gold of History and the Fate of Elephants." John Frederick Walker shares the fascinating story of ivory's enormous impact on both human history and that of the African elephant. Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_classes... Monday 1/19/2009 11:30a Harvard Energy Journal Club (HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St. 3rd floor, Cambridge, MA) Visit the Energy Journal website for current topics of discussion. Contact: Mark Winkler, mwinkler(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html Wednesday 1/21/2009 5:00p - 6:00p Wind Policy and the New Administration (Muddy Charles Pub, Walker Memorial, Bldg 50, 142 Memorial Dr., Cambridge, MA) Informal discussion surrounding thoughts on what will happen with wind policy in the new administration. Discussion based on AWEA's workshop on the same topic. Sponsored by the MIT Energy Cl... Contact: Katherine Dykes, dykesk(a)mit.edu Thursday 1/22/2009 3:30p China Project Seminar (Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Emissions of Anthropogenic Primary Particulate Matter in China: A Technology-Based Analysis." Dr. LEI Yu, postdoctoral researcher, Harvard China Project. Contact: Chris Nielsen , nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617-496-2378, chinaproject.harvard.edu/ 6:00p Harvard Museum of Natural History Lecture Series (Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Sea Creatures in Glass and Glass in Sea Creatures." Johanna Aizenberg, McKay Professor of Materials Science in Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) The HMN... Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_classes... ============================================== You are receiving this email because you indicated interest in Harvard University Center for the Environment events. 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