Dear Friends of HUCE,
Thank you for making our 2007-08 event season such a success! There are still a few
exciting events here on campus and around the community, especially if you are willing to
venture out of the metro Boston area. Please 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. 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.
Highlights
Tuesday, May 27: Dr. R. Haven Wiley, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, discusses
the evolution of communication in an OEB Special Seminar.
Monday, June 2: Sherry Boschert, author of "Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars that Will
Recharge America", will discuss cleaning up the U.S. fleet at MIT.
Calendar Listings:
Thursday 5/22/2008
9:45a
Northeast Energy Efficiency Summitt
(Hartford Marriott Downtown, Hartford, CT)
"Clean, Lean and Green Growth" focused on the business and policy issues that
impact energy efficiency adoption and implementation.
Contact: Bethany Vasecka , bvasecka(a)neep.org, 781-860-9177 ext. 13.,
www.neep.org/conference/2008/index.html
4:00p
State of the Indian Economy
(Pierce Hall 114, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Dr. Satish Jha, Member, Council of Economic Advisors to the Prime Minister of
India.
Contact: Chris Nielsen, 617-496-2378
6:30p
Controlled Nuclear Fusion: Where are We at? What Problems Remain?
(University Massachusetts Lowell, Ball 301, Lowell, MA)
Speaker: Robert S. Granetz, MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center.
Contact: Prof. Dikshitulu Kalluri, dikshitulu_kalluri(a)uml.edu , (978) 934-3318,
www.ieeeboston.org/nuclear_and_plasma...
Friday 5/23/2008
11:30a
Solid Earth Physics Seminar Series
(Hoffman Faculty Lounge, 20 Oxford St., 4th Floor, Cambridge, MA)
"A Two-Step Approach for Combining GPS and Seismic Data in Kinematic Inversions"
with Susana Custodio, Institute for Crustal Studies, University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Contact:
esag.harvard.edu/rice/SOLID.EARTH.SEM...
12:00p
Atmospheric Sciences Seminar
(Pierce Hall 100F, 19 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Lightning NOx Production Observed in Tropical and Subtropical Thunderstorms During
TROCCINOX and SCOUT" with Heidi Huntrieser, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre.
Contact: Brenda Mathieu, bmathieu(a)seas.harvard.edu ,
www-as.harvard.edu/seminar.html
Monday 5/26/08
Memorial Day Holiday
Tuesday 5/27/2008
11:30a
Solid Earth Physics Seminar Series
(Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
"Finite Volume Methods for Elastodynamic Problems, with Application to the Study of
Remarkably Strong Tremor Episodes Heralding the Onset of the Current Eruption at Mount St.
Helens, Washington" with speaker Roger P. Denlinger,USGS Cascades Volcano
Observatory, Vancouver, WA.
Contact:
esag.harvard.edu/rice/SOLID.EARTH.SEM...
2:00p
OEB Special Seminar
(Museum of Comparative Zoology, Room 101, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Signals in a noisy environment: the evolution of communication" with Dr. R.
Haven Wiley, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617.495.5891
Thursday 5/29/2008
7:30a - 12:00p
EBC Seminar Series on Land-Based Wind Energy Session 2- Siting and Project Development
(The Lenox Hotel, 61 Exeter Street, Boston, MA)
This second seminar, of a two part series of seminars on Land-Based Wind Energy in New
England, will present wind developers, consultants, regulators and environmental advocates
to focus in more detail on siting approvals and project development.
Contact: 617.725.0207,
www.ebcne.org/index.php?id=77&no_;no_...
8:00a - 4:00p
Transportation Climate Change Symposium
(University of Massachusetts Amherst, Mullins Center, Amherst, MA )
This two-day event brings together people from the public and private sectors whose
decisions have far reaching ramifications in the transportation field.
Contact: kstetson(a)ecs.umass.edu,
www.ecs.umass.edu/umtc/climatechange_...
Friday 5/30/08
8:00a - 4:00p
Transportation Climate Change Symposium
(University of Massachusetts Amherst, Mullins Center, Amherst, MA )
This two-day event brings together people from the public and private sectors whose
decisions have far reaching ramifications in the transportation field.
Contact: kstetson(a)ecs.umass.edu,
www.ecs.umass.edu/umtc/climatechange_...
Saturday 5/31/2008
10:00a - 2:00p
Nature for All: Urban Youth and their Access to the Outdoors
(Mill Building, 60 Island Street, Lawrence, MA)
This issue forum, hosted by the Environmental Leadership Program, will examine
today's urban youth and their relationship with the environment with a particular
focus on the challenges affecting lower-income communities.
Contact: newengland(a)elpnet.org, 617.755.6719,
www.elpnet.org/youthhealth.php
8:30p
World Premiere: Secrets of the Reef
(New England Aquarium, Simons IMAX Theatre, Boston, MA )
Speaker: Jonathan Bird, underwater photographer. Come see the premiere of this stunning
new film about Indo-Pacific reefs, their inhabitants and the dangers facing this unique
ecosystem.
Contact: Vickie Cataldo, vcataldo(a)neaq.org , 617-973-0235,
www.neaq.org/education_and_activities...
Sunday 6/1/2008
7:30p
Censoring Science
(Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington, MA)
Speaker: Mark Bowen, author of "Censoring Science: Inside the Political Attack on Dr.
James Hansen and the Truth of Global Warming." Joined by Hansen, the Director of
NASA'S Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University in New York City.
Contact: info(a)lexgwac.org,
www.lexgwac.org
Monday 6/2/2008
12:00p - 1:00p
Harvard Energy Journal Club
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
Visit
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/schedule.html for current topics of discussion.
Contact: Kurt House, khouse(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html
5:30p - 7:00p
Plug-in Hybrids and Electric Vehicles
(MIT, Building 32-124, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Sherry Boschert, author Sponsored by the Massachusetts Chapter of the Sierra Club
and the Commuting Task Group of the MIT Working Group for Support Staff Issues. Open to
the public.
Contact: Steven Peters, energy-events(a)mit.edu,
www.sierraclubmass.org
Thursday 6/5/08
Harvard University Commencement - Congratulations Graduates!
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