Dear Friends of HUCE, 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. 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, April 26: Celebrate Earth Day with a host of activities on and around the Harvard Campus. Wednesday, April 30: Learn about the role of the media in covering climate issues, how it can be most effective, and the challenges of keeping pace with the science of a changing environment, in "Covering a Climate Change." Monday, May 5: Susan Cischke, Senior Vice President, Ford Motor Company Sustainability, Environment, and Safety Engineering division, gives the final lecture in the spring Future of Energy lecture series. Calendar Listings: Thursday 4/24/2008 5:00p Harvard International Affairs Council event: Can Global Warming Be Stopped by Engineering Our Climate? Should We Even Consider It? (Land Lecture Theatre, 4th floor, Belfer Center, Kennedy School of Government) Professor Daniel Schrag, Director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment; Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences and Director, HUCE. Contact: Jason Blackstock, jason_blackstock(a)ksg08.harvard.edu Friday 4/25/2008 8:00a - 5:00p Earth History and Paleobiology Special Symposium (Hoffman Laboratories, 4th Floor, 20 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "A world in transition: Geobiology of the Proterozoic-Cambrian II" a symposium featuring the research of young scientists on old rocks. Contact: Francis Macdonald, fmacdon(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~knollgrp/... 8:30a - 9:30p Microbial Sciences Friday Chalktalk (HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) "Sinorhizobium (nitrogen-fixing bacterium) motility and chemotaxis" with Birgit Scharf (Research Scientist in Berg Lab - MCB). Contact: Christy Herren, herren(a)fas.harvard.edu, (617) 495 8643, www.msi.harvard.edu/fridays.html 9:00a - 4:30p Current Climate Change Initiatives: The Carbon Summit (Suffolk University Law School , Boston , MA) Carbon Summit to analyze the brave new world of carbon regulation. Contact: Steven Peters, energy-events(a)mit.edu, www.law.suffolk.edu/academic/als/cour... 11:00a Harvard Forest Seminar Series (Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA) Speaker: Andrew Altieri, Brown University. "Agents of environmental change: ecological interactions along stress gradients" Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc... 11:45a Atmospheric Sciences Seminar (Geological Museum, Room 218, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA) "3-D Virtual Reality Visualization of Wind in the Amazon Forest: Atmospheric-Biosphere Interactions at Local and Regional Scales" with Gil Bohrer and Marcos Longo, Harvard University. RSVP required. Contact: Brenda Mathieu, bmathieu(a)seas.harvard.edu , www-as.harvard.edu/seminar.html 12:30p - 1:30p Seminar in Occupational and Environmental Health Research (Kresge 502, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA) "Arsenic Contamination in a Molecular Beam Epitaxy Laboratory" and "Investigation of Environmental Contamination of Chemotherapeutic Drugs in a Hospital Setting" Contact: Ann Backus, MS, abackus(a)hohp.harvard.edu, 617/432-3327 2:30p - 6:30p Microsoft's Digital Dorm Room (Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences) Microsoft's Digital Dorm Room, a tricked-out truck, will be coming to the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (Pierce/Maxwell Dworkin parking lot). Contact: Michael Patrick Rutter, mrutter(a)seas.harvard.edu, 617-496-3815 Saturday 4/26/2008 Cambridge Science Festival (Various locations) A celebration showcasing Cambridge as an internationally recognized leader in science and technology. Contact: www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/Home... 9:00a - 12:00p 9th Annual Earth Day Charles River Clean-Up (At sites all along the Charles River and its tributaries) The Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup is organized by a collaborative of groups interested in environmental and river issues. Contact: www.crwa.org/cleanup.html 11:00a - 3:00p Environmental Action Committee's Earth Day Celebration (MAC Quad, Harvard Campus, Cambridge) Come to the MAC quad for free local ice cream, live music, and games. Learn about a variety of green topics from student groups and get involved in the environmental movement at Harvard and beyond. Contact: Alexandra A. Mushegian, amusheg(a)fas.harvard.edu 12:00p - 7:00p EPS Day (Hoffman Labs, 4th Floor, 20 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) An annual symposium of short presentations and posters by postdoctoral fellows and senior graduate students in the Earth and Planetary Science Department. Contact: Jenny Fisher, jafisher(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.eps.harvard.edu/eps_%20day_%20200... 1:00p Documentary Screening: "The Greening of Southie" (Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square, Somerville, MA) "The Greening of Southie" goes behind the scenes and onto the scaffolds to follow the construction of Boston's first green residential structure, a luxury condominium complex Contact: Julia Marchesi, julia(a)wickedelicate.com, (646) 522-7403 , www.iffboston.org/2008/tickets.php Sunday 4/27/2008 Cambridge Science Festival (Various locations) A celebration showcasing Cambridge as an internationally recognized leader in science and technology. Contact: www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/Home... 11:30a Documentary Screening: "The Greening of Southie" (Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline, MA) "The Greening of Southie" goes behind the scenes and onto the scaffolds to follow the construction of Boston's first green residential structure, a luxury condominium complex. Contact: Julia Marchesi, julia(a)wickedelicate.com, (646) 522-7403 Monday 4/28/2008 Cambridge Science Festival (Various locations) A celebration showcasing Cambridge as an internationally recognized leader in science and technology. Contact: www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/Home... 4:30-6:30p Science, Technology, and Society Workshop (Barker Center/Thompson Room, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA) "Beyond the Creation-Evolution Controversy: Science and Religion in Public Life" Contact: Sang-Hyun Kim, sang-hyun_kim(a)ksg.harvard.edu, www.ksg.harvard.edu/sts/ 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 4:00p Earth and Planetary Sciences Department Colloquia (Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA) "Pyrochlore and Plutonium: The Elegant Response of a Simple Structure to Extreme Conditions" with speaker: Rod Ewing, University of Michigan. Contact: miller(a)eps.harvard.edu, www-eps.harvard.edu/seminars/epscollo... 5:30p Oil Shockwave: Oil Crisis Executive Simulation (JFK Forum, Littauer Building, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA) Please join us on April 28, 2008 at Harvard's John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum as a group of former White House advisors and senior government officials contends with a simulated oil crisis. Contact: belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/oilforum... Tuesday 4/29/2008 Cambridge Science Festival (Various locations) A celebration showcasing Cambridge as an internationally recognized leader in science and technology. Contact: www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/Home... 9:30a Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series (Belfer Center Library (L-369), Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA) "Coal Assessment and Extraction in India: Issues and Prospects" with speaker Ananth Chikkatur, ETIP Research Fellow. Contact: Sam Milton, sam_milton(a)harvard.edu, www.energytechnologypolicy.org 11:30a Solid Earth Physics Seminar Series (Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street) "Self-healing shear rupture pulse driven by thermal pressurization of pore fluid" with Dmitry Garagash, Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS Contact: esag.harvard.edu/rice/SOLID.EARTH.SEM... 12:00p Herbaria Seminar Series (Herbaria Seminar Room, 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA) "Revisionary Systematics of the Tuberaceae and phylogenetic placement of unidentified Tuber mycorrhiza" with Greg Bonito (Duke University) Contact: www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series/ 3:00p - 4:00p ClimaTea Lecture/Journal Club (Geological Museum, Room 418, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA) Visit the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics website for current speakers and topics of discussion. Contact: Itay Halevy , ihalevy(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars... 4:00p Earth History and Paleobiology Seminar (Haller Hall, Room 102, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Dinoflagellates and the evolution of plastids" with Dr. Chuck Delwiche University of Maryland Contact: Phoebe Cohen, pacohen(a)fas.harvard.edu , www.eps.harvard.edu/seminars/ehapcoll... 4:00p - 6:00p Kelman Seminar: Rethinking the United States' Behavior in the World: The Role of Global Warming (Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, 2nd Floor, Room N-262, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA) Cristine Russell and Lawrence Susskind discuss the United States' behavior regarding global warming. Contact: swhitman(a)law.harvard.edu 6:00p Harvard Museum of Natural History Public Lecture Series (Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Thinking Outside the Fossil Record: Explanations for the Cambrian Explosion of Animals" lecture by Harvard Professor Charles Marshall, Curator of the Department of Invertebrate Paleontology. Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045, www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe... 7:30p Documentary Screening: "Asparagus!: Stalking the American Life" (Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA ) This acclaimed film tells the story of rural Oceana County, Michigan, once the self-proclaimed "asparagus capital of the world," now struggling to preserve its cherished livelihood in the... Contact: theresa_mcculla(a)harvard.edu, www.asparagusthemovie.com/ Wednesday 4/30/2008 Cambridge Science Festival (Various locations) A celebration showcasing Cambridge as an internationally recognized leader in science and technology. Contact: www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/Home... 4:00p - 5:30p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy (Littauer-382, 79 JFK St., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University) Speaker: Ian Parry, Resources for the Future. "Should Urban Transit Subsidies Be Reduced?" Contact: Jennifer Shultis, jennifer_shultis(a)harvard.edu, 617-496-8054, isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword... 4:00p - 6:00p Covering a Changing Climate: The Media Challenge (Barker Center for the Humanities, Harvard University, 12 Quincy Street, The Thompson Room (Room 110), Cambridge, MA) A public lecture co-sponsored by The Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School and The Society of Environmental Journalists featuring noted editors and journalists incl... Contact: Emily Huhn , Emily_Huhn(a)hms.harvard.edu , 617-384-8739, chge.med.harvard.edu/ 5:00p - 6:00p McKinsey & Company Global Energy and Materials (MIT, 66-110, Cambridge, MA) "Perspectives on Climate Change" Contact: Contact Steven Peters, energy-events(a)mit.edu 6:30p - 8:00p It's Not Easy Being Green: Why Our Generation Can Change That (Museum of Science, Museum Cafe, Cambridge, MA) Green living has been very trendy lately but is it a sustainable movement? Contact: 617.742.6800 ext. 131. Thursday 5/1/2008 Cambridge Science Festival (Various locations) A celebration showcasing Cambridge as an internationally recognized leader in science and technology. Contact: www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/Home... 12:30p Managing Global Energy and Environmental Problems (Bowie-Vernon Room, CGIS, N-262, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA) A panel discussion with Reiko Nakamura, GRIPS; Eiichiro Fujii, Tokyo Gas Company; and Naoki Kobayashi. Sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs/Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Contact: (617) 495-1890, www.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan 4:00p - 5:00p Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series (Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA) Speaker: Chris Amemiya, Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle. Title: TBA. Hosted by the Edwards Lab. Contact: Deborah Smiley, (617) 384-5062 4:00p - 5:00p Climate Seminar (Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA) "Thoughts on climate sensitivity" with speaker Isaac Held, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton University Place: Haller Hall, 102 Geological Museum Building, 24 Oxford St.... Contact: Sarah Colgan, colgan(a)eps.harvard.edu, 617-496-9770, www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars... 4:00p - 5:00p ETIP Occasional Speaker Series (Belfer Center Library (L-369), Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA) "Impact of Non-Enforcement of US Mining Laws on Future CCS Regulations" with speaker Burt Lauderdale, Executive Director of Kentuckians For The Commonwealth. Contact: Sam Milton, sam_milton(a)harvard.edu, (617) 496-5584, www.belfercenter.org/subscribe.html Friday 5/2/2008 Cambridge Science Festival (Various locations) Contact: www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/Home... 11:00a Harvard Forest Seminar Series (Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA) Speaker: Tom Kunz, Boston University. "Aeroecology: probing and modeling the Aerosphere" Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc... Saturday 5/3/2008 Cambridge Science Festival (Various locations) Contact: www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/Home... Sunday 5/4/2008 Cambridge Science Festival (Various locations) Contact: www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/Home... 9:00a SBGrid 'Quo Vadis Structural Biology?' Symposium (Longwood Medical Area) Throughout this interactive, 2-day symposium, speakers from Harvard University and outside will present their work, plus 2 tracks of hands-on workshops. Contact: Meg Bentley, Ph.D., meg_bentley(a)hms.harvard.edu, 617-432-6698, cmcd.med.harvard.edu/activities/confe... 2:00p HMNH: Sunday Afternoon Family Program (HMNH, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Discovering the World Around Us: Biodiversity and Climate Change" with Marie Studer. Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, www.hmnh.harvard.edu/family_programs/... Monday 5/5/2008 9:00a SBGrid 'Quo Vadis Structural Biology?' Symposium (Longwood Medical Area) Throughout this interactive, 2-day symposium, speakers from Harvard University and outside will present their work, plus 2 tracks of hands-on workshops. Contact: Meg Bentley, Ph.D., meg_bentley(a)hms.harvard.edu, 617-432-6698, cmcd.med.harvard.edu/activities/confe... 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 5:00p Future of Energy (Science Center C, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Sustainable Mobility: An Automaker's Perspective on Transportation Energy & Climate Policy" with Susan M. Cischke, Senior Vice President, Ford Motor Company Sustainability, Environment, and Safety Engineering Division. Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, (617) 495-8883, www.environment.harvard.edu Tuesday 5/6/2008 12:00p - 1:30p Frontiers in Sustainable Development Speaker Series (Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA) "Incentives for Sustaining Ecosystem Services in Multi-functional Landscapes: A pentagon of research questions for the World Agroforestry Centre" with Brent Swallow. Contact: maryanne_baumgartner(a)harvard.edu, www.cid.harvard.edu/sustsci 3:00p - 4:00p ClimaTea Lecture/Journal Club (Geological Museum, Room 418, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA) Visit the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics website for current speakers and topics of discussion. Contact: Itay Halevy , ihalevy(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars... 4:00p Program for Evolutionary Dynamics Seminar (One Brattle Square, Suite 6, Room 616, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) "Understanding Baseball Team Standings and Streaks" presented by Prof. Sidney Redner, Physics Department, Boston University. Contact: Jordan M. Bice, bice(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617.496.4737 , www.ped.fas.harvard.edu/ Thursday 5/8/2008 9:00a - 5:00p 4th Annual Plant Biology Symposium (Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA) "Phylogeny Informs Biology: Seeing the Forest from the Trees" The 4th Annual Plant Biology Symposium at Harvard. Contact: Heather Ehlers, hehlers(a)oeb.harvard.edu, www.pbi.fas.harvard.edu/events.htm 6:00p - 7:00p Microbial Sciences Initiative Thursday Evening Seminar Series (HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) "Daughter Cell Separation Anxiety and Other Tales of Envelope Distress" with Thomas Bernhardt, Dept of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School. Contact: Christy Herren, herren(a)fas.harvard.edu, (617) 495 8643, www.msi.harvard.edu/thursdays.html ================================================== Unsubscribe aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu from this list: http://list-manage.com/unsub.phtml?id=B0zHQJG0mGc7GdW4SkES0 Our mailing address is: Harvard University Center for the Environment 24 Oxford St. 3rd floor Cambridge, MA 02138 Our telephone: (617) 495-0368 Forward this email to a friend: http://forward-to-friend.com/tell_friend.phtml?cid=B0zHQJG0mG&f=1 Update your profile: http://list-manage.com/profile.phtml?id=B0zHQJG0mGc7GdW4SkES0