Dear HUCE Faculty and Friends, Please refer to the Center website for complete details on these and other environmental events taking place at and near Harvard. If you would like to add an event to the calendar, or unsubscribe from this list, please contact Jenny MacGregor, jenny_macgregor(a)harvard.edu <mailto:jenny_macgregor@harvard.edu>, 617-495-8883. *Highlights:* * 9/25/06 - India's Energy Security - ETIP Seminar Series with T.L. Sankar * 10/5/06 - Online chat about climate change with Dan Schrag and Michael Oppenheimer * 10/5/06 - First Harvard Climate Seminar with Robbie Toggweiler of Princeton *Calendar Listings:* *Friday 9/22/2006 * 8:30a - 9:30p Microbial Sciences Initiative (MSI) Friday <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59180722> Daniel Fisher, Harvard University (Physics and Applied Physics Research Focus: Evolutionary Dynamics Harvard University Center for the Environment Seminar Room, 3rd Floor Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street *Monday 9/25/2006 * 10:00a - 11:30a Reconstruction of New Orleans Following Hurricane Katrina: A Research Perspective <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59636495> Robert Kates Frontiers in Sustainable Development Speaker Series Center for International Development (CID), Perkins Room (Rubenstein-415), Kennedy School of Government 12:00p - 1:30p Harvard Energy Journal Club (HEJC) <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59208949> Harvard University Center for the Environment Seminar Room, 3rd Floor Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street 10:30p - 12:00p Energy Security: India's Search Through Optimized Use of Indigenous Resources <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59324431> T.L. Sankar, Adviser and Project Leader for the Power Sector, Administrative Staff College of India ETIP Seminar Series Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, KSG * Tuesday 9/26/2006* POSTPONED: Energy in Caspian Basin <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59324435> Abbas Maleki, Energy Technology Innovation Project (ETIP) Fellow, KSG, Harvard ETIP Seminar Series Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, KSG 3:00p - 4:00p ClimaTea Lecture/Journal Club <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59452201> Conference Room, Center for Climate and Atmosphere, Geological Museum Building, 24 Oxford Street, 4th Floor 4:30p - 6:00p The Impact of Health Care on Population Health: Evidence from English Programme Budgeting <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59669440> Peter C. Smith, Professor of Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, University of York Harvard Initiative for Global Health & Harvard Center for Population and Development Seminar 104 Mt. Auburn Street, 3rd Floor *Thursday 9/28/2006 * 4:00p - 5:00p Beauty before brains: Animal evolution prior to the origin of Bilateria <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59209194> Allen Collins, National Systematic Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave 6:00p - 7:30p Arthropods: Creatures that Rule. Exhibition opening lecture by Gonzalo Giribet <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59180700> Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St. *Friday 9/29/2006 * 8:30a - 9:30p Microbial Sciences Initiative (MSI) Friday <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59180725> Jon Clardy, Harvard University (HMS, Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology) Research Focus: Microbial Chemical Biology Harvard University Center for the Environment Seminar Room, 3rd Floor Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street *Saturday 9/30/2006 * 9:00a - 5:00p Arthropods: Creatures that Rule - Exhibit public opening <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59180701> Harvard Museum of Natural History, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge *Monday 10/2/2006 * 12:00p - 1:30p Harvard Energy Journal Club (HEJC) <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59208950> Harvard University Center for the Environment Seminar Room, 3rd Floor Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street *Tuesday 10/3/2006 * 3:00p - 4:00p ClimaTea Lecture/Journal Club <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59452202> Conference Room, Center for Climate and Atmosphere, Geological Museum Building, 24 Oxford Street, 4th Floor 6:00p - 7:15p The Making of the Fittest. Lecture and booksigning by Sean Carroll <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59669584> Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge *Wednesday 10/4/2006 * 12:00p - 1:15p Green Cities: Urban Growth and the Environment <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59669444> Matthew Kahn, Professor of International Economics, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University Taubman Center for State and Local Government Seminar Fainsod Room, 324 Littauer Building, 79 John F. Kennedy Street 4:00p - 5:30p Is Clean Water Overrated? <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=58953635> Michael Kremer, Economics Department, Harvard University, et al. Seminar in Environmental Economics and Public Policy Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University *Thursday 10/5/2006 * 10:00a - 11:00a Cyber-chat on Climate Change <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59637422> Dr. Daniel Schrag and Michael Oppenheimer (on-line) 4:00p - 5:15p Harvard Climate Seminar <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/activities.htm?event_id=59209222> A Modest Role for Atmospheric CO2 in the Progression of Ice Ages Robbie Toggweiler, Researcher, Oceans and Climate Group, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, NOAA, Princeton University Haller Hall 102 Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street