Highlights:
Friday, May 1: The Harvard Museum of Natural History welcomes Peter Raven,
world-renowned botanist and Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden, to
celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Center for Plant Conservation, a
network of America's leading botanical institutions dedicated solely to
preventing the extinction of America's imperiled, native flora.
Monday, May 4: Join the newly formed Harvard Energy and Environment Club
at the half-day "Stimulating Energy" conference intended to address the
effectiveness of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, outlining
what the recovery plan includes, how the money will be spent, how these
investments will impact the broader economy, and assess which of the
various energy technologies hold the most promise in today's political
climate.
Thursday, May 7: Fify years after C.P. Snow's coined the phrase "The Two
Cultures" at his famous lecture, this panel discussion entitled "Cultures
in Common" brings together a distinguished roster of speakers that will
explore the many ways in which the cultures of science are in constant
conversation with the cultures of the humanities, the social sciences,
the arts, the law, and engineering and applied sciences.
Calendar Listings:
Today 4/30/2009
7:00p - 9:00p A City Hall Forum -- Meltdown: What You Need to Know and Do About Energy
(Cambridge City Hall, City Council Chambers, Cambridge, MA)
Moderated by Dr. Eric Lander Co-chair of President Obama's Council of Science &
Technology Advisors.
Contact:
www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/2009...
7:30p Film Screening: "A Delicate Balance"
(Sever Hall, Room 113, Harvar Yard, Cambridge, MA)
A new Australian documentary that dispels the myths you have been led to believe about
your food, your environment, and your world.
Contact: Jessica Luna, luna(a)fas.harvard.edu
Friday 5/1/2009
8:30a - 9:30a Microbial Sciences Friday Chalktalk
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
"Surface Roughness and Its Influence on Bacterial Biofilm Formation." Roger
York, Postdoctoral Researcher in the Whitesides Lab, Harvard Department of Chemistry and
Chemical Biology.
Contact: Runal Mehta, runal_mehta(a)harvard.edu,
www.msi.harvard.edu/fridays.html
9:00a Cambridge Science Festival
(Various locations around Cambridge and Boston, MA)
A celebration showcasing Cambridge as an internationally recognized leader in science,
technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
Contact:
www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/Home...
10:30a OEB Special Seminar
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"Life in the Crust of the Ocean: Exploring Microbial Activity and Diversity in
Basalts." Beth! Orcutt, The University of Southern California.
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu
11:00a Harvard Forest Seminar Series
(Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA)
"Using spatial models to support landscape management." Eric Gustafson, USDA
Forest Service, Northern Research Station.
Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu,
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc...
1:00p The Role of the Private Sector in Combating Climate Change
(Littauer 275, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA)
A discussion with Jonas Mechling, research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy,
Harvard Kennedy School.
Contact:
www.iop.harvard.edu/Events-Meetings/S...
2:00p - 3:00p Sustainable Energy Summit at U-Mass Amherst
(Campus Center, UMass, Amherst, MA)
UMass Amherst is partnering with Co-op Power to host the fifth annual Sustainable Energy
Summit this year at the Campus Center....
Contact:
www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=o6MBQV...
2:00p - 4:00p Center for American Political Studies Seminar
(CGIS Knafel K262, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA)
"How Citizens Make Sense of Climate Change: The Effect of Local Weather on Beliefs
about Global Warming." Patrick J. Egan, Assistant Professor of Politics and Public
Policy at New York University.
Contact: caps(a)gov.harvard.edu
4:00p Global Climate Change: A Paleoclimate Perspective from the World's Highest
Mountains
(MIT Campus, 32-123, Cambridge, MA)
Presented by Professor Lonnie Thompson, University Distinguished Professor, School of
Earth Sciences Senior Research Scientist, Byrd Polar Research Center.
Contact: Professor Ronald G. Prinn, rprinn(a)mit.edu
5:00p The Challenges of Water Management in an Arid Environment
(Thompson Room, Barker Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: John Briscoe, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental
Engineering, Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and School of
Public Health.
Contact: Andrea Murray, aemurray(a)fas.harvard.edu
6:00p Harvard Museum of Natural History Lecture Series
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
Lecture by Peter Raven, world-renowned botanist and Director of the Missouri Botanical
Garden.
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe...
Saturday 5/2/2009
9:00a Cambridge Science Festival
(Various locations around Cambridge and Boston, MA)
A celebration showcasing Cambridge as an internationally recognized leader in science,
technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
Contact:
www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/Home...
2:00p - 3:00p Sustainable Energy Summit at U-Mass Amherst
(Campus Center, UMass, Amherst, MA)
UMass Amherst is partnering with Co-op Power to host the fifth annual Sustainable Energy
Summit this year at the Campus Center.
Contact:
www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=o6MBQV...
Sunday 5/3/2009
9:00a Cambridge Science Festival
(Various locations around Cambridge and Boston, MA)
A celebration showcasing Cambridge as an internationally recognized leader in science,
technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
Contact:
www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/Home...
Monday 5/4/2009
11:30a 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: Mark Winkler, mwinkler(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/
1:00p - 6:00p Stimulating Energy: Future Impacts of a Low-Carbon Energy Sector on the
American Economy
(Maxwell/Dworkin Lessin Room, G115, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
Conference addressing the effectiveness of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act at
stimulating a low carbon energy sector.
Contact: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.hcs.harvard.edu/heec/conf_framese...
4:00p EPS Dissertation Defense
(Haller Hall, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"The Use of Simple Physical Models in Seismology and Glaciology." Victor Tsai.
Contact: Sarah Colgan, colgan(a)eps.harvard.edu
Tuesday 5/5/2009
9:30a - 11:00a Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series
(Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA)
"Coal Supply and Cost Under Technological and Environmental Uncertainty."
Melissa Chan, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy.
Contact: Sam Milton, sam_milton(a)harvard.edu, (617) 496-5584,
www.belfercenter.org/energy
12:00p - 1:00p Frontiers in Sustainability Science Seminar
(Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA)
"Women in Agriculture and Marketing: Evidence and Lessons from the Philippines and
Vietnam." Dr. Ma Elena Chiong-Javier, Professor of Behavioral Science and director,
Social Development Research Center, De La Salle University, Philippines.
Contact: Nancy Dickson, nancy_dickson(a)harvard.edu
4:00p Green Practices in Modern Chemical Research
(Pfizer Lecture Hall, Lower Level, Mallinckrodt, 12 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
A Seminar by the Pfizer Green Chemistry Team.
Contact: Doug Duquette, duquett(a)fas.harvard.edu
4:15p MIT Energy Initiative Seminar Series
(MIT Building 66, Room 110, Cambridge, MA)
"Meeting U.S. Energy and Climate Challenges with Rational Policy." Severin
Borenstein, E.T. Grether Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy, Haas
School of Business, UC Berkeley.
Contact:
web.mit.edu/mitei/news/seminars/
6:00p - 9:00p Cleantech Capital: Exploring Angel, VC, Strategic and Government Funding
Options
(One Federal Street, Boston, MA)
Wind, solar, waste-to-energy, geothermal, biofuels, smart-grid, carbon-emissions capture
and storage -- whatever the form, CleanTech is active.
Contact:
thecapitalnetwork.org/programs.upcomi...
Wednesday 5/6/2009
7:30p Cambridge Forum: A Green Future - Clean and Cheap
(First Parish Church, 3 Church St., Cambridge)
Environmentalists Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus ask whether American climate
change policy is moving in the right direction.
Contact:
www.cambridgeforum.org/cfweb/cfschedu...
8:00p Environmental Action Committee Meeting
(Spindell Room, Quincy House, 58 Plympton St., Cambridge, MA)
Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a
difference for the environment is welcome.
Contact: Caitlin Rotman, caitlin.rotman(a)gmail.com
Thursday 5/7/2009
4:30p - 6:30p Opening Panel -- Cultures in Common: 50 Years of Reflection on Science,
Technology, and Society
(Maxwell-Dworkin Lessin Room, G115, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
Fiftieth Anniversary of C.P. Snow's "The Two Cultures" lecture, which
described a growing gulf between the cultures of the sciences and the humanities.
Contact:
www.hks.harvard.edu/sts/events/twocul...
Friday 5/8/2009
8:30a Microbial Sciences Friday Chalktalk
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
Josh Blodgett, MSI Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School - Dept of BCMP, Clardy
Lab.
Contact: Runal Mehta, runal_mehta(a)harvard.edu,
www.msi.harvard.edu/fridays.html
9:00a - 5:30p Workshop -- Cultures in Common: 50 Years of Reflection on Science,
Technology, and Society
(Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building, 79 JFK St., Cambridge)
A distinguished roster of speakers from Harvard, MIT, and beyond will explore the many
ways in which the cultures of science are in constant conversation with the cultures of
the humanities, the social sciences, the arts, the law, and, not least, engineering and
applied sciences. RSVP required by Friday, May 1.
Contact: Lauren Schiff, Lauren_Schiff(a)harvard.edu,
www.hks.harvard.edu/sts/events/twocul...
11:00a Harvard Forest Seminar Series
(Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA)
"Insights from experimental manipulation and management of Massachusetts coastal
plain grasslands and shrublands." Chris Neill, the Ecosystems Center, Marine
Biological Laboratory.
Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, 978-724-3302 x 268,
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc...
2:30p - 4:30p MIT Seminar on Environmetnal and Agricultural History
(Building E51, Room 095, MIT, Cambridge, MA)
"Empires of Energy 1580-1980: Fossil Fuels and Geopolitics." John McNeill,
Professor of History, Georgetown University.
Contact: Margo Collett, mcollett(a)mit.edu
Saturday 5/9/2009
11:30a - 2:00p Solutions for a sustainable future
(Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA)
Learn about cutting edge solutions for sustainable development and how to become a leader
in the transition we find ourselves in today.
Contact:
www.may9th.org
Monday 5/11/2009
11:30a 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: Mark Winkler, mwinkler(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/
Tuesday 5/12/2009
6:00p HMNH Lecture
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "The Lions of Asia in
History: Animal-Human Interaction through the Ages" Divya Bhanusinh Chavda. Thousands
of lions once roamed the Asian continent from Palestine to eastern India. O...
Contact:
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe...
Wednesday 5/13/2009
3:30p Radcliffe Institute Fellows' Presentation Series
(Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden St., Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA)
"Panic at the Pump: The Energy Crisis and the Challenges of Conservative Governance
Since the 1970s." Meg Jacobs, Jeanne Rosselet Fellow, History, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Contact:
www.radcliffe.edu/events/fellows.aspx...
6:00p - 7:00p The Carbon Market
(NEXUS, 38 Chauncy St., 7th Floor, Boston, MA)
The talk will briefly cover the development of the global carbon market over the last 5
years, including Kyoto, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), and their impact on the
development of a U.S. carbon market.
Contact:
bostonegb.ning.com
Thursday 5/14/2009
3:30p China Project Seminar
(Pierce Hall 100F, 19 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Environmental Complaints in China 1992-2006: A Provincial-Level Analysis." Dr.
Martin Dimitrov, Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Dartmouth College.
Contact: Chris Nielsen , nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu
6:00p Microbial Sciences Initiative Thursday Evening Seminar Series
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
"Managing the Mutant Microbe Within: Mitochondrial-nuclear epistasis for fitness and
disease in Drosophila." David Rand, Brown University Professor of Biology.
Contact: Runal Mehta, runal_mehta(a)harvard.edu,
www.msi.harvard.edu/fridays.html
7:00p Reaching Sustainability in the Existing Built Environment
(First Parish Church, 3 Church St., Cambridge) An exchange of ideas on how we can reach
true energy efficiency in our built environment. The forum will feature detailed
presentations of a variety of super-insulation strategies, including full-s...
Contact: info(a)basea.org,
www.basea.org
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