2 Oct
2008
2 Oct
'08
12:55 p.m.
Dear Friends of HUCE,
Please be sure to check the HUCE calendar on our website,
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]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:
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students, faculty, colleagues, and anyone else who may be interested in
environmental events around the community.
Highlights:
Monday, October 6: John Rowe, Chairman and CEO of Exelon Energy Corporation,
the largest utility holding company in the United States, kicks off the
_Future of Energy_ series of 2008 with his lecture,_ "In Pursuit of a
Sustainable Energy Future."_
Tuesday, October 7: The European Commission for the Environment, Stavros
Dimas visits Harvard to discuss "European Leadership on Global Environmental
Challenges."
Wednesday, October 15: Karen Fisher-Vanden, Pennsylvania State University,
and Karin Thorburn, Dartmouth College, present "Voluntary Corporate
Environmental Initiatives and Shareholder Wealth" in the Environmental
Economics and Policy Seminar.
Calendar Listings:
Thursday 10/2/2008
3:15p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=120524176 ]
Rapid Climate Change in the Arctic: Why It Should Concern Us
(Grossman Common Room, 51 Brattle St., Cambridge, MA)
James J. McCarthy, Harvard University. Sponsored by the Harvard Institute
for Learning in Retirement. Free and open to the public.
4:00p - 5:00p
MIT: LEES Colloquium [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=121238543 ]
(MIT Stata Center, Building 32, Room 141, 32 Vassar St., Cambridge, MA)
"The Future of the New England Power System." Gordon van Welie, President
and CEO of ISO New England. Organized for the MIT Laboratory for
Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems
Contact: lees.mit.edu/lees/colloquium.htm [ http://lees.mit.edu/lees/colloquium.htm ]
4:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117826182 ]
OEB Seminar Series
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"Some like it cold: individual-, species-, and community-level responses to
a changing Arctic climate." Eric Post, Pennsylvania State University. Host:
Moorcroft Lab
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu [
mailto:kparodi@oeb.harvard.edu ],
www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/semin... [
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html ]
6:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=120524135 ]
Graduate School of Design PhD Talks
(Gund Hall / Piper Auditorium, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA)
"Reading the Urban Landscape of Tokyo: Ecology and History." Jinnai
Hidenobu, Japanese architectural historian and professor of architecture at
Tokyo's Hosei University.
Contact: Alex Bueno, bueno(a)fas.harvard.edu [ mailto:bueno@fas.harvard.edu ]
Friday 10/3/2008
8:30a - 9:30a [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=112064424 ]
Microbial Sciences Friday Chalktalk
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
"Chemical ecology and behavior of C. elegans in a microbial world." Adam
Bahrami (MSI Postdoctoral Fellow, FAS Dept of Organismic and Evolutionary
Biolog, Zhang Lab)
Contact: Christy Herren, herren(a)fas.harvard.edu [ mailto:herren@fas.harvard.edu ], (617)
495 8643,
www.msi.harvard.edu/fridays.html [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.msi.harvard.edu/fridays.html ]
3:00p - 5:00p
Learning from Catastrophe: The Public Health Consequences of Katrina for
New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=120322674 ]
(Auditorium G-2, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave.,
Boston)
Various expert panelists, see website for detailed information.
Contact: 617 496 0721, www.hsph.harvard.edu/diversity [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.hsph.harvard.edu/diversity ]
4:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=121357600 ]
Distance in His Eyes
(Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, Harvard Campus, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge,
MA )
Ken Burns, Florentine Films, speaks on his upcoming feature film, "The
National Parks: America's Best Idea." Free, no tickets required. Seating is
limited; first-come, first-serveed.
Contact: 617) 496-2222
7:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117871222 ]
Sustaining Life: A Conversation with Eric Chivian and Edward O. Wilson
(Museum of Science, Boston)
The Museum of Science, Boston will present Sustaining Life: A Conversation
with Eric Chivian and Edward O. Wilson
Contact: Cheryl White, cwhite(a)mos.org [ mailto:cwhite@mos.org ],
617-723-2500,
www.mos.org/adults [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.mos.org/adults ]
Sunday 10/5/2008
2:00p
Harvard Museum of Natural History Lecture Series [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=116987741 ]
(Haller Hall, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Tuna: A Love Story" Author talk & booksigning by Richard Ellis Author and
marine artist.
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu [ mailto:hmnh@oeb.harvard.edu ], 617.495.3045,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.hmnh.harvard.edu ]
4:00p - 7:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=120322979 ]
Harvard Environment Society BBQ
(6 Adams Terrace, Cambridge, MA)
The Environment Society is an umbrella org for all of the environment
related clubs at Harvard, and this kick off BBQ will be a great chance to
meet people from other schools with an interest in the environment.
Contact: Spring Greeney , sgreeney(a)fas.harvard.edu [ mailto:sgreeney@fas.harvard.edu ]
Monday 10/6/2008
12:00p - 1:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=118021153 ]
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: Kurt House, khouse(a)fas.harvard.edu [
mailto:khouse@fas.harvard.edu ],
www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.ht… ]
12:30p - 1:15p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=121238604 ]
Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology Monday Seminar
Series
(FXB G12, 651 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA)
"Diesel exposure and lung cancer - an exposure biology approach." Thomas J.
Smith, PhD, CIH. Professor Harvard School of Public Health
Contact: Ann Backus, MS, abackus(a)hsph.harvard.edu [ mailto:abackus@hsph.harvard.edu ]
4:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=121238610 ]
EPS Fall Colloquium
(Haller Hall, Room 102, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Hydrodynamic escape of atmospheres, revisited." Raymond T. Pierrehumbert,
the University of Chicago.
Contact: Ganna Savostyanova, annasavostyanova(a)gmail.com [
mailto:annasavostyanova@gmail.com ]
4:15p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=120322800 ]
Radcliffe Institute Lecture in the Sciences
(Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, Room 102, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA)
"Reading Between the Spectral Lines: Revealing Interactions Within Living
Cells." Carol Robinson, Professor of Biological Chemistry, University of
Cambridge, England
Contact: 617-495-8600, www.radcliffe.edu [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.radcliffe.edu ]
5:00p
The Future of Energy [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=113635036 ]
(Science Center D, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"In Pursuit of a Sustainable Energy Future." John Rowe, Chairman, President
and Chief Executive Officer, Exelon Corporation, a utility holding company
headquartered in Chicago.
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu [ mailto:lisa_matthews@harvard.edu ],
617-495-8883
7:30p - 9:30p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=121238562 ]
Energy Debate
(W16 Kresge Auditorium, MIT, Cambridge, MA)
Come see a lively debate between the McCain and Obama campaigns on the topic
of Energy Policy.
Contact: Amy Fazen, energy-events(a)mit.edu [ mailto:energy-events@mit.edu ]
Tuesday 10/7/2008
9:30a - 11:00a [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=120322750 ]
Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series
(Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., JFK School of Government,
Cambridge, MA)
"Equity and Climate Policy: An Allocation Method Based on Individual
Emissions." Ananth Chikkatur, ETIP Research Fellow; and Shoibal Chakravarty,
Researcher, Princeton Environmental Institute.
Contact: Sam Milton, sam_milton(a)harvard.edu [
mailto:sam_milton@harvard.edu ],
[
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/project/10/energy_technology_innovation…
]belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/project/...
11:30a [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=121357550 ]
Solid Earth Physics Seminar Series
(Hoffman Faculty Lounge, 4th Floor, 20 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Fluid Flow in Viscoplastic Porous Media: Porosity Waves as a Mechanism for
Fluid Expulsion." Viktoriya Yarushina, Physics of Geological Processes,
University of Oslo, Norway
Contact: esag.harvard.edu/rice/SOLID.EARTH.SEM... [
http://esag.harvard.edu/rice/SOLID.EARTH.SEMINAR.html ]
12:00p
Herbaria Seminar Series [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117102191 ]
(Herbaria Seminar Room, 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA)
"Beginning to understand the ends: Duplication and diversification of key
components of the Arabidopsis telomerase enzyme." Dorothy Shippen, Texas A&M
Contact: [ http://www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series ]www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series/
3:00p - 4:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117067223 ]
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: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu [
mailto:kdennis@fas.harvard.edu ],
www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars... [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/semi…
]
4:15p - 5:15p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=121357571 ]
MIT Energy Initiative Seminar Series
(66-110, Landau Building, 25 Ames Street, MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"Energy Services for the Poor." H. Harish Hande, co-founder and managing
director of SELCO-INDIA.
Contact: Jameson Twomey , jtwomey(a)mit.edu [ mailto:jtwomey@mit.edu
],
[ http://mit.edu/mitei/news/seminars ]mit.edu/mitei/news/seminars/
4:30p
European Leadership on Global Environmental Challenges [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117067213 ]
(JFK Forum, Littauer Building, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Stavros Dimas, European Commissioner for the Environment. Chaired
by John Holdren, Professor of Environmental Policy.
Contact: Sarah Delude, sadelude(a)fas.harvard.edu [ mailto:sadelude@fas.harvard.edu ]
5:00p - 6:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=121238583 ]
Meet the Radcliffe Institute Fellows
(10 Garden St., Cambridge, MA)
This year's class includes scientists in Astronomy, Biology, Electrical
Engineering, Evolutionary and Organismic Biology, Materials Science,
Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and
Physics.
Contact: Becki Smith, science(a)radcliffe.edu [ mailto:science@radcliffe.edu ], (617)
496-5545
6:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=116987742 ]
Harvard Museum of Natural History Lecture Series
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Elegant Eggs & Remarkable Nests" Lecture & booksigning by photographer
Rosamond Purcell
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu [ mailto:hmnh@oeb.harvard.edu ], 617.495.3045,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.hmnh.harvard.edu ]
Wednesday 10/8/2008
7:00p - 9:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117067296 ]
Science in the News Seminar Series
(Armenise amphitheater, Harvard Medical School, Longwood Campus, Boston, MA)
Visit the Science in the News website for the schedule of topics.
Contact: sitnboston(a)yahoo.com [ mailto:sitnboston@yahoo.com ], [
http://www.hms.harvard.edu/sitn ]www.hms.harvard.edu/sitn/
Thursday 10/9/2008
4:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117826183 ]
OEB Seminar Series
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Ted Turlings, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland. Seminar Title:
TBA.
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu [
mailto:kparodi@oeb.harvard.edu ],
www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/semin... [
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html ]
Friday 10/10/2008
5:30p - 8:00p
MIT Energy Night [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=121357587
]
(MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA)
MIT Energy Night is an MIT energy community showcase social event held
annually by the MIT Energy Club and at the MIT Museum.
Contact: Matt Denman , mrdenman(a)mit.edu [ mailto:mrdenman@mit.edu ]
Tuesday 10/14/2008
12:00p
Herbaria Seminar Series [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=121357608 ]
(Herbaria Seminar Room, 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA)
"Population biology of the ubiquitous ectomycorrhizal fungus Cenococcum
geophilum: species complex or complex species?" Greg Douhan, UC Riverside.
Contact: [ http://www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series ]www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series/
3:00p - 4:00p
ClimaTea Lecture/Journal Club [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117067224 ]
(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: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu [
mailto:kdennis@fas.harvard.edu ],
www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars... [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/semi…
]
5:30p
Clean Energy Forum - Creating a Clean Transportation Future [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=121238541 ]
(Foley Hoag Enterprise Center, 1000 Winter Street, North Entrance, Suite
4000, Waltham, Massachusetts)
Contact: Lucy Rohner , lrohner(a)MassH2.org [ mailto:lrohner@MassH2.org ], (978) 232-0081
Wednesday 10/15/2008
4:00p - 5:00p
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=120322803 ]
(Littaur-382, 79 JFK St., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
University)
"Voluntary Corporate Environmental Initiatives and Shareholder Wealth."
Karen Fisher-Vanden, Pennsylvania State University, and Karin Thorburn,
Dartmouth College
Contact: Jason Chapman, Jason_Chapman(a)ksg.harvard.edu [
mailto:Jason_Chapman@ksg.harvard.edu ], 617-496-8054,
www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/heep/event... [
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/heep/events.html ]
4:00p - 5:00p
Origins of Life Initiative Forum [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117102195 ]
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"A Simpler Origin for Life." Professor Robert Shapiro, Department of
Chemistry, New York University.
Contact: Sharmon G. Davis, sdavis(a)cfa.harvard.edu [ mailto:sdavis@cfa.harvard.edu ],
617.496.1451,
origins.harvard.edu/OriginsForum.html [ http://origins.harvard.edu/OriginsForum.html ]
7:00p - 9:00p
Science in the News Seminar Series [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117067337 ]
(Armenise amphitheater, Harvard Medical School, Longwood Campus, Boston, MA)
Visit the Science in the News website for the schedule of topics. The
mission at Science in the News is to take scientific topics present in
today's current events and examine the science behind th...
Contact: sitnboston(a)yahoo.com [ mailto:sitnboston@yahoo.com ], [
http://www.hms.harvard.edu/sitn ]www.hms.harvard.edu/sitn/
Thursday 10/16/2008
4:00p
OEB Seminar Series [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117826184 ]
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Scott Hodges, University of California Santa Barbara. Seminar
Title: TBA. Host: Kramer Lab
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu [
mailto:kparodi@oeb.harvard.edu ],
www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/semin... [
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html ]
5:00p - 6:30p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117102172 ]
Green Conversations with Max Page
(Robinson Hall, Lower Level Library, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Max Page (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) discusses his new work, "The
City's End: Two Centuries of Fantasies, Fears, and Premonitions of New
York's Destruction" with faculty panelist Jerold Kayden, Graduate School of
Design
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu [ mailto:lisa_matthews@harvard.edu ],
617-495-8883
6:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=116987743 ]
Harvard Museum of Natural History Lecture Series
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity" Lecture and
booksigning by Dr. Eric Chivian and Dr. E. O. Wilson
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu [ mailto:hmnh@oeb.harvard.edu ], 617.495.3045,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.hmnh.harvard.edu ]
6:00p
Microbial Sciences Initiative Thursday Evening Seminar Series [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=112098337 ]
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
"Advantages of Traveling by Tube - Explorations of Fungal Networks" Lynne
Boddy (Cardiff University, UK), School of Biosciences. Host: Prof. Anne
Pringle
Contact: Christy Herren, herren(a)fas.harvard.edu [ mailto:herren@fas.harvard.edu ], (617)
495 8643,
www.msi.harvard.edu/thursdays.html [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.msi.harvard.edu/thursdays.html ]
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