For all of those interested in the Center for the Environment Energy
program.
Alan
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From: Susan Kinsella for CCB Chair <kinsella(a)chemistry.harvard.edu>
Date: Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Subject: Fwd: New Graduate Consortium on Energy and Environment
To: all_faculty(a)chemistry.harvard.edu
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*From:* Dan Schrag <daniel_schrag(a)harvard.edu>
*Date:* September 26, 2008 2:49:31 PM EDT
*To:* undisclosed-recipients:;
*Subject:** New Graduate Consortium on Energy and Environment *
TO: FAS Department Chairs
FROM: Dan Schrag, Director
Harvard University Center for the Environment
DATE: September 26, 2008
SUBJECT: New Graduate Consortium on Energy and Environment
I am delighted to announce the launch of the* Graduate Consortium on Energy
and Environment*, a new interdisciplinary training opportunity for doctoral
students interested in energy issues. The Consortium will foster a new
community of students who will be well versed in the broad, interconnected
issues of energy and environment while maintaining their focus in their
primary discipline.
Starting in the Spring 2009 semester, the Consortium will admit its first
cohort of students, who will enroll in a suite of new courses that
constitute the program requirements. Mike Aziz of SEAS will offer a course
on energy technology and energy systems; Bill Hogan and Erich Muehlegger of
the Kennedy School will co-teach a course on energy policy; and in Fall 2009
I will offer a course on energy consequences. Students will also be
required to participate in a weekly reading seminar that will provide an
overview of the energy field from a wide range of perspectives, and will be
led by faculty members from around the university. We hope your department
will consider whether one or more of these new courses might satisfy
elective requirements for students in your program. Students enrolled in
the Consortium will be expected to fulfill all the requirements for the
Ph.D. in their home department or program and must have the approval of
their advisers to apply.
Students accepted into the Consortium will be eligible to apply for graduate
fellowships provided by the Center for the Environment, which will
coordinate with the GSAS on fellowship decisions. Consortium students will
also be eligible to receive up to $1,000 to attend conferences or other
professional activities during their time in the program.
The attached brochure offers more information on the Consortium and details
on how to apply. The deadline for applications is October 31st with a
second application cycle in May 2009.
We will be sending information to graduate students early next week. Please
let me know if you have any questions in the meantime.
--
Susan M. Kinsella
Assistant to the Chair
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Mallinckrodt Hall, Suite 132-135
Harvard University
12 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-496-4088
--
Alan Aspuru-Guzik
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
12 Oxford Street
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: (617)384-8188
Group URL:
http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu