Highlights:
Tonight: A colloquium featuring Lawrence Buell (Harvard), Ursula Heise
(Stanford), and Karen Thornber (Harvard) about the present state and
possible futures of 'Ecocriticism' - that has burgeoned into an
interdisciplinary movement of worldwide scope and diverse critical approaches.
Monday, April 12: Mercedes Pascual, University of Michigan, discusses the
role of climate forcing in the population dynamics of epidemic malaria in
the next HUCE lecture on Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change.
Tuesday, April 13: Kristina Johnson, Under Secretary of Energy, US
Department of Energy, presents "Building a Green Energy Economy through
Accelerated Innovation" at the next Future of Energy Lecture. **Please
note, this lecture is now scheduled for 11:45 am in the Piper Auditorium,
GSD, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge.**
Calendar Listings:
April 8, 2010
6:00pm MSI Thursday Evening Seminar
Center for the Environment (Rm 310) 24 Oxford St, Harvard University Cambridge, MA
"The Control of Apical Growth and Branching in Streptomyces." Mark Buttner, John
Innes Centre, Dept. of Molecular Microbiology.
http://www.msi.harvard.edu/thursdays.html
MSI-Info(a)hms.harvard.edu
6:15pm - 8:00pm The Environmental Turn in Literary and Cultural Studies
Barker 114 (Kresge Room) Harvard University Cambridge, MA
A Colloquium with: Lawrence Buell, English/American Civilization, Harvard; Ursula Heise,
English/Modern Thought & Literature, Stanford; and Karen Thornber, Comparative
Literature, Harvard.
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~humcentr
617.495.0738
April 9, 2010 (All day) - April 11, 2010 (All day)
Down:2:Earth (D2E) - Boston's third annual Green Living Festival
Hynes Convention Center 900 Boylston St. Boston, MA
D2E is a weekend long event that showcases the best in eco-friendly products and sampled
by the companies themselves in one location.
http://www.d2eboston.com/
miriam(a)d2eboston.com
April 9, 2010
2:00 pm EPS Dissertation Defense
Haller Hall - Geo Museum 102 24 Oxford St Cambridge, MA
"Multiscale models of atmospheric mercury: bromine chemistry, air-sea exchange, and
global transport" by Chris Holmes.
11:00am Harvard Forest Seminar
Harvard Forest Seminar Room 324 North Main Street Petersham, MA
Kamal Bawa, University of Massachusetts, Boston and Harvard Bullard Fellow. Seminar title
http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminars.php
Contact Name: Audrey Barker Plotkin aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu
1:30pm Solid Earth Physics Seminar
4th Floor Faculty Lounge Hoffman Laboratory 20 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA
Yehuda Ben-Zion, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los
Angeles, CA.
April 10, 2010
9:00am Communicating Science Symposium, Wellesley College
Wellesley College Science Center 106 Central St. Wellesley, MA
Keynote Speaker: Dr. James Hansen
https://sites.google.com/site/wellesleycommsci/
wc.commsci(a)gmail.com
7:00pm - 11:00pm Earth Night
Back Bay Events Center 180 Berkley St. Boston, MA
Featuring a tribute to Roger Berkowitz, President/CEO Legal Sea Foods for his longtime
service on the ELM Board of Directors, for co-founding the ELM Corporate Council and for
Legal Sea Foods' environmental leadership in the sea food industry.
http://www.EarthNight.org
EarthNight(a)classic-communications.com 508.680.6810
April 11, 2010
4:00pm Movie Screening: "The Fish Belong to the People" (Boston University)
kdeuel(a)pewtrusts.org
Boston University Life Sciences Building, Room B01 24 Cummington St. Boston, MA
A documentary about a group of family fishermen struggling to keep their businesses afloat
in Port Clyde, Maine.
April 12, 2010
12:00pm - 1:00pm OEB Faculty Search Candidate Seminar:
Biological Laboratories Main Lecture Hall 16 Divinity Avenue Cambridge, MA
"Sponges and the early evolution of developmental signaling." Scott Nichols,
University of California, Berkeley.
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html
12:00pm Upcoming Innovations in Government Seminar: Water Scarcity- How Technology Can
Help Solve the Problem
Ash Center 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200N Cambridge, MA
Seminar Featuring the State of Idaho’s Mapping Evapotranspiration Program, which has
become a nationwide model for solving water-resource conflicts and improving water
management, and it won the Innovations in American Government Award in 2009.
http://www.ash.harvard.edu
(617) 496-4491
12:00pm - 1:00pm Harvard Energy Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of discussion.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/
Contact Name: Kate Dennis kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu
1:00pm - 2:00pm Environmental Sciences & Engineering Seminar
Cruft Laboratory, room #309 Harvard University Cambridge, MA
"The Reactivity of Iron Nanoparticles: Spectroscopy, Electrochemistry, Kinetics, and
Environmental Implications." Paul Tratnyek, Oregon Health & Science University.
Contact Name: Norma Stewart nstewart(a)seas.harvard.edu
4:00pm EPS Spring Colloquium
Haller Hall (Geo-Museum 102) 24 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA
"Exploring the New World of Terrestrial Exoplanets with Kepler." Dimitar
Sasselov, Harvard University.
(
http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/directory/researchers/dimitar-sasselov)
Contact Name: Ganna Savostyanova ganna(a)eps.harvard.edu
5:00pm Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change
Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, 7 Divinity Ave Harvard University Cambridge, MA
"Population Dynamics in Epidemic Malaria: Climate Forcing and Parasite
Evolution." Mercedes Pascual, Rosemary Grant Collegiate Professor of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan.
Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883
5:15pm Ecologies of Human Flourishing Lecture Series
Sperry Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Avenue Harvard Divinity School Cambridge, MA
"What's Enough? A Conversation Between Harvard Business School and Harvard
Divinity School"
http://www.hds.harvard.edu/cswr/events/theme.html
Contact Name: Rebecca Kline Esterson resterson(a)hds.harvard.edu
April 13, 2010
9:30am - 10:45am Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements Special Seminar
Harvard Kennedy School Littauer Building, Room 332 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA
"International climate change policy: Next steps for Japan and the world."
Ambassador Makio Miyagawa, Deputy Director-General for Global Issues, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Japan.
Contact Name: Tyler Gumpright Tyler_Gumpright(a)harvard.edu 17-384-8415
11:45am - 1:00pm The Future of Energy: Kristina Johnson, Under Secretary of Energy, US
Department of Energy
Piper Auditorium Gund Hall, GSD 48 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA
“Building a Green Energy Economy through Accelerated Innovation.” **Note this is a new
time and location.**
Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883
11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room 310 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Guest speaker: Mercedes Pascual, Rosemary Grant Collegiate Professor of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan. All interested researchers are welcome and
lunch is provided.
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/journalclub.htm
Contact Name: Primrose Boynton pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu
12:00pm China Project Seminar
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA
"Traffic Problems, Challenges and Integrated Solutions under Rapid Urbanization in
China." LU Huapu, Professor, Institute of Transportation Engineering, Tsinghua
University.
http://chinaproject.harvard.edu/seminar%20folder/seminar/Lu100413
Contact Name: Chris Nielsen nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu
2:30pm - 4:00pm Energy Policy Seminar Series
Bell Hall - Belfer Building Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA
"Unconventional Takes on the Climate-Energy Problem." Prof. John Schellnhuber,
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
Contact Name: Louisa Lund louisa_lund(a)hks.harvard.edu
April 14, 2010
4:00pm Centennial Panel on Sustainability
Lowell Lecture Hall Corner of Kirkland and Oxford Streets Cambridge, Mass.
"Sustaining Our Earth's Ecosystems" A global forum on the future of
sustainability. Key environmentalists share their passion and commitment to their
life's work.
http://www.extension.harvard.edu/centennial/events
7:00pm Harvard Forest Seminar
Harvard Forest Seminar Room 324 North Main Street Petersham, MA
"Birds of Harvard Forest." Brooks Mathewson, Avian Art Images.
http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminars.php
Contact Name: Audrey Barker Plotkin aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu
April 15, 2010 (All day)
Harvard Green Video Competition
Harvard’s Office for Sustainability is sponsoring a competition for short video clips
highlighting how individual actions can help reduce environmental impacts at Harvard.
First prize wins $700 and second wins $300—plus both videos will be publicly screened at
Harvard’s first-ever Green Carpet Awards ceremony taking place on April 23rd in Sanders
Theater and honoring environmental work on campus.
http://www.green.harvard.edu/greencarpet
April 15, 2010
12:00pm - 1:00pm OEB Faculty Search Candidate Seminar
HUH Seminar Room 22 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA
"New perspectives on the evolution of functional specialization in Siphonophora
(Cnidaria)." Casey Dunn, Brown University.
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html
Contact Name: Jeannette Everritt jeverritt(a)oeb.harvard.edu
4:00pm OEB Seminar
Biological Laboratories Main Lecture Hall 16 Divinity Avenue Cambridge, MA
"Phylogenies, speciation and the Red Queen hypothesis." Chris Venditti,
University of Reading, UK.
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html
Contact Name: Jeannette Everritt jeverritt(a)oeb.harvard.edu
4:00pm - 5:30pm IOP Study Group - All Politics is Local: Even Global Warming
Faculty Dining Room (FDR) Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA
Led by IOP Fellow Greg Nickels, Mayor of Seattle (2002-09), President of the U.S.
Conference of Mayors (2009), and Founder of the US Mayors Climate Protection agreement.
http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Programs/Fellows-Study-Groups/Spring-2010-Study-…...
April 16, 2010 (All day) - April 17, 2010 (All day)
Tufts Energy Conference 2010: The Evolution of Energy
Tufts University Medford, MA
The Tufts Energy Conference 2010 brings together leading energy experts and the Tufts
community to showcase and discuss innovative solutions to current and developing energy
challenges.
http://www.tuftsenergyconference.com/
April 16, 2010
1:30pm Solid Earth Physics Seminar
4th Floor Faculty Lounge Hoffman Laboratory 20 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA
Jenny Suckale, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science, MIT.
April 17, 2010
11:00 am The First Harvard Garden Community Workday
Harvard Garden, in front of Lowell House Mt. Auburn Street Cambridge, MA
Come out starting to help move soil, fill our newly-built raised beds, and start some
spring planting. There will be an afternoon break for food and a garden dedication. Work
will finish around 4 PM at the latest. Feel free to help out for all or part of the day.
http://green.harvard.edu/garden
April 18, 2010
2:00pm - 4:00pm Presentation and Book Signing - Carlo Petrini: Founder of Slow Food
Science Center Lecture Hall B Harvard University 1 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA
In Terra Madre, Petrini shows us a solution in the thousands of newly formed local
alliances between food producers and food consumers. And he proposes expanding these
alliances - connecting regional food communities around the world to promote good, clean,
and fair food.
RSVP:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEw1NjY3aEZIRy1oYzc2X2dGZV…
April 19, 2010
12:00pm - 1:00pm Harvard Energy Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of discussion.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/
Contact Name: Kate Dennis kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu
April 20, 2010
2:30pm - 4:00pm Energy Policy Seminar Series
Bell Hall - Belfer Building Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA
"Climate Change Mitigation as a Stimulus for Expanding Rural Energy Access in
India." Balachandra Patil, Research Fellow, ETIP.
Contact Name: Louisa Lund louisa_lund(a)hks.harvard.edu
4:00pm Project on Justice, Welfare & Economics
CGIS S020 1730 Cambridge St.
"The Ethics and Economics of Intergenerational Distribution in a Warming
Planet." Speaker, John Roemer (Yale University)
http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/jwe/
Contact Name: Jessica Barnard jbarnard(a)wcfia.harvard.edu 617-495-8923
April 21, 2010 (All day) - April 23, 2010 (All day)
Harvard University Graduate School of Design: Zofnass Program for Infrastructure
Sustainability
Harvard University Graduate School of Design 48 Quincy Street Cambridge, Massachusetts
“Infrastructure Sustainability and Design Conference.” The conference will identify many
challenges of sustainability, including the need for infrastructure rehabilitation in
developed countries. Registration required.
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/infrastructuresustainability
April 22, 2010
11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club
HUCE Meeting Room 318 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Reading and discussion group on diverse topics in ecology. Visit the website for topics of
discussion. All interested researchers are welcome and lunch is provided.
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/journalclub.htm
Contact Name: Primrose Boynton pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu
5:00pm Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change
Biolabs Lecture Hall 16 Divinity Ave Harvard University Cambridge, MA
Mary Power, Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley.
Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883
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