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.
Highlights:
Wednesday, April 16: Stephen Pacala, Professor of Biology and
Director, Princeton Environmental Institute visits Harvard for
the last in the Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change lecture
series. Pacala will discuss his research on forest dynamics.
Monday, April 21: Rep. Edward J. Markey, Chairman of the House
Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming,
7th Congressional District, (D-Mass.) discusses what the
United States can do to relaim leadership on global warming
in the next Future of Energy lecture series.
Calendar Listings:
Thursday 4/10/2008
12:00p
Plant Ecology Job Talk
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Linking evolutionary history, plant traits and communities
in space and time: Consequences for ecosystem function and
stability on a changing planet" with Jeannine Cavender-Bares.
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617.495.5891
2:30p
US Energy Policy, Peak Oil, and Alternative Energy Sources
(Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: John Xuna. A look at geothermal energy sources.
Contact: Kelvin Xuna, krx229(a)mail.harvard.edu
4:00p - 5:00p
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus,
Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Karen Warkentin, Boston University. "Phenotypic
plasticity in complex life cycles: lessons from amphibians"
Host: Hanken Lab
Contact: Deborah Smiley, dsmiley(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-384-5062,
www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/semin...
5:00p - 7:00p
Environmental Career Panel
(Zinner Forum, Heller School, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA)
A panel of environmental activists and professionals will
discuss their own career paths, and opportunities for careers
in the environmental or environmental health fields.
Contact:
www.brandeis.edu/earthfest/Events/car...
6:00p - 7:00p
Sustainability and Ecology in Allston
(Mather Small Dining Hall, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"Planning a campus centered on the Charles River" Stephanie
Hurley, a doctorate of design candidate at the GSD, will be
leading an informal dinner discussion.
Contact: 72.167.142.101/article.php?article_id=60
Friday 4/11/2008
8:30a
Environment & Sustainability
(Barker Center/Thompson Room, 7 Prescott St., Cambridge, MA)
RR Donnelley Company, W.E. Andrews Plant, Sappi Fine Papers
and Harvard University Procurement Management
Contact: Steve DaCosta, steve.dacosta(a)rrd.com, 781.280.3183
8:30a - 4:00p
Scaling Alternative Energy: The Role of Emerging Markets
(Tufts University, ASEAN Auditorium of the Fletcher School,
160 Packard Ave., Medford, MA)
This dialogue brings together leading manufacturers and
investors in alternative energy products and technologies,
as well as practitioners and policy-makers in the energy industry.
Contact: Mieke van der Wansem, mieke.wansem(a)tufts.edu,
617-627-2476,
fletcher.tufts.edu/ierp
9:00a
Disruptive Environments: Academics, Activists, and Journalists
in Conversation
(MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA)
The conference will focus on creating conversations among
journalists, activists, and scholars from the physical sciences,
arts and social sciences on interrelated environmental themes.
Contact: Laurel Braitman, disruptive-enviro(a)mit.edu,
scripts.mit.edu/~disrupt-enviro/confe...
9:00a
Carbon Offsets: Opportunities and Challenges for State Carbon
Trading Schemes
(Ames Courtroom, 3rd Floor, Austin, Harvard Law School, Harvard
Campus, Cambridge, MA )
This day-long conference focused on the design of carbon trading
schemes, with particular attention to offsets, will feature
panelists and invitees with a broad range of expertise, including
policy makers, offset market participants, state officials, and academics.
Contact: environment(a)law.harvard.edu,
www.law.harvard.edu/programs/elp/
10:15a
Massachusetts Power Shift
(Boston University Campus; State House; and Boston Common)
MAPS is a weekend-long climate change summit that seeks to unite
students and community members from the Northeast to bring about
strong solutions to the climate and poverty crises at hand.
Contact: Craig Altemose, craig(a)ssc.org ,
www.masspowershift.org/registration/r...
11:00a
Harvard Forest Seminar Series
(Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main
Street, Petersham, MA)
Speaker: Morgan Grove - USDA Forest Service. Title TBA
Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu,
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc...
12:00p
Atmospheric Sciences Seminar
(Pierce Hall 100F, 19 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Pacific Decadal Climate Record Inferred from Instrumental and
Coral Data" with speaker Junhua Liu, Duke University. Host:
Jennifer Logan.
Contact: Brenda Mathieu, bmathieu(a)seas.harvard.edu ,
www-as.harvard.edu/seminar.html
12:30p - 1:30p
Environmental Statistics Seminar
(HSPH2, Room 426, 655 Huntington Ave, 4th Floor, Boston)
Speaker: Adam A. Szpiro, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow,
Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington
Contact: Eric Tchetgen, etchetge(a)hsph.harvard.edu
2:00p - 3:00p
Water Challenges: Past, Present, and Future
(Barnum 008, Tufts University, Medford, MA)
Dr. Perry L. McCarty Winner of the 2007 Stockholm Water Prize
Silas H. Palmer Professor Emeritus Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering Stanford University.
Contact:
ecolinkup.tufts.edu/events_details.cf...
3:45p
MIT Energy Conference
(Marriott Hotel in Kendall Square, 2 Cambridge Center,
(Broadway & 3rd Street), Cambridge, MA)
The MIT Energy Conference brings together leaders in the fields
of technology, policy, industry, and finance to develop
solutions to capitalize on the tremendous opportunities present
in today's energy markets.
Contact: MIT_Energy_Conference(a)mit.edu,
www.mitenergyconference.com/index.php
Saturday 4/12/2008
10:00a - 2:00p
MISSING MEDICINES: Harvard's Response to the Challenge of
Global Neglected Diseases
(Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South Building, Concourse Level,
1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA)
Building on "Missing Medicines: Making University Drugs
Accessible to the Global Poor", last year's National Day of
Action event on university licensing featuring Dr. Jim Yong Kim.
Contact: Jo Henderson-Frost, jfrost(a)fas.harvard.edu,
isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword...
10:15a
Massachusetts Power Shift
(Boston University Campus; State House; and Boston Common)
MAPS is a weekend-long climate change summit that seeks to
unite students and community members from the Northeast to
bring about strong solutions to the climate and poverty crises
at hand.
Contact: Craig Altemose, craig(a)ssc.org ,
www.masspowershift.org/registration/r...
3:45p
MIT Energy Conference
(Marriott Hotel in Kendall Square, 2 Cambridge Center,
(Broadway & 3rd Street), Cambridge, MA)
The MIT Energy Conference brings together leaders in the fields
of technology, policy, industry, and finance to develop
solutions to capitalize on the tremendous opportunities present
in today's energy markets.
Contact: MIT_Energy_Conference(a)mit.edu,
www.mitenergyconference.com/index.php
Sunday 4/13/2008
10:15a
Massachusetts Power Shift
(Boston University Campus; State House; and Boston Common)
MAPS is a weekend-long climate change summit that seeks to unite
students and community members from the Northeast to bring about
strong solutions to the climate and poverty crises at hand.
Contact: Craig Altemose, craig(a)ssc.org ,
www.masspowershift.org/registration/r...
Monday 4/14/2008
10:15a
Massachusetts Power Shift
(Boston University Campus; State House; and Boston Common)
MAPS is a weekend-long climate change summit that seeks to
unite students and community members from the Northeast to
bring about strong solutions to the climate and poverty crises at hand.
Contact: Craig Altemose, craig(a)ssc.org ,
www.masspowershift.org/registration/r...
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 - 6:00p
Science, Technology, and Society Circle
(Room 252, Science Center, One Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Explaining Religion: Naturalism With and Without Scientism"
with speaker Barbara Herrnstein-Smith (Department of English, Duke University).
Contact: Sang-Hyun Kim, sang-hyun_kim(a)ksg.harvard.edu,
www.ksg.harvard.edu/sts/
4:00p
Earth and Planetary Sciences Department Colloquia
(Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker TBA. Seminar titles are posted one week in advance of
each talk. Refreshments to follow, Hoffman 4th floor.
Contact: miller(a)eps.harvard.edu,
www-eps.harvard.edu/seminars/epscollo...
5:00p - 6:30p
Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet
(Science Center B, 1 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Join the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations and the Center for the
Environment for a Distinguished Visitor Lecture with Jeffery D.
Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute, Columbia University,
special adviser to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Contact: Shinju Fjuihira, sfujihira(a)wcfia.harvard.edu,
www.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/
6:30p - 7:30p
Charles Waldheim: Planning, Ecology, and the Emergence of Landscape
(Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA)
Charles Waldheim, Principal, Urban Agency; Associate Professor
of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, University of Toronto.
Contact: Timothy Smith, tsmith(a)gsd.harvard.edu,
www.gsd.harvard.edu/events/lectures/i...
Tuesday 4/15/2008
9:30a
Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series
(Belfer Center Library (L-369), Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA)
"Biofuel Production, Poverty Reduction and Private Sector
Engagement: What Can We Learn from the Brazilian Experience?"
with speaker Daniele Cesano, Research Fellow.
Contact: Sam Milton, sam_milton(a)harvard.edu,
www.energytechnologypolicy.org
12:00p
Herbaria Seminar Series
(Herbaria Seminar Room, 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA)
"Demographic heterogeneity and life history evolution: the
whole world is a plant" with speaker Steven Orzack
(The Fresh Pond Research Institute).
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 - 5:30p
Politics of the Environment: IOP Study Group
(IOP First Floor Conference Room, Kennedy School of Government, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA
)
Host: David Zwick, founder and former President of Clean Water Action.
Contact: jmckee(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.iop.harvard.edu/extcal/calendar.php#
4:00p
Earth History and Paleobiology Seminar
(Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"The evolution of flight and the origins of avian biodiversity:
insights from new fossils and new approaches" with speaker
Dr. Julia Clarke, North Carolina State University.
Contact: Phoebe Cohen, pacohen(a)fas.harvard.edu ,
www.eps.harvard.edu/seminars/ehapcoll...
Wednesday 4/16/2008
3:00p - 4:30p
Reclaiming Nature: Environmental Justice and Ecological Restoration
in the Developing World
(Mugar 200, The Fletcher School, 160 Packard Ave.,
Tufts University, Medford, MA)
Talks and discussion with James K. Boyce, Co-editor of
"Reclaiming Nature: Environmental Justice and Ecological
Restoration" Book Signing to Follow
Contact:
ecolinkup.tufts.edu/events_details.cf...
4:00p - 5:30p
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
(Littauer-382, 79 JFK St., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)
Speaker: Gilbert Metcalf, Tufts University. "Measuring the
Distributional Impacts of Carbon Pricing"
Contact: Jason Chapman, jason_chapman(a)ksg.harvard.edu,
617-496-8054,
ilp-www.mit.edu/display_event.a4d?key...
5:00p
Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change
(Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA)
"Understanding Forest Dynamics" with speaker Stephen Pacala,
Petrie Professor of Biology and Director, Princeton
Environmental Institute, Princeton University
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883
6:00p
Harvard Museum of Natural History Lecture Series
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Thoreau's Cape Cod & Cape Cod National Seashore ... A Thoreau
Experience."
Video presentation and booksigning by Scot Miller, followed by a
lecture by George Price.
Contact: (617) 495-3045,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu
Thursday 4/17/2008
12:00p - 1:30p
Regulation and Global Climate Change Seminar
(Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building, 79 JFK St., Cambridge)
"An Analysis of U.S. Carbon Pricing Legislation" with Gilbert E.
Metcalf, Professor of Economics, Tufts University A number of
bills for carbon cap-and-trade and tax systems have been...
Contact: rpp(a)ksg.harvard.edu, 617.384.7325,
www.ksg.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/rpp/contac...
4:00p
OEB Seminar
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge)
"Niche Conservatism, Evolution, and Applied Ecology: Challenges
and Opportunities" with Dr. Robert D. Holt, University of Florida.
Robert Holt is a leader in the field of theoretical...
Contact: Heather Ehlers, hehlers(a)oeb.harvard.edu
4:00p - 5:30p
Reconciling China's Economic Growth with Control of Air Pollution
and Carbon Emissions
(Room S050, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge MA)
Speakers: Chris Nielsen, Executive Director, China Project;
WANG Yuxuan, Research Associate in Atmospheric Chemistry, HSEAS;
and Mun HO, Visiting Fellow in Economics, Harvard Institute for Quantita...
Contact: Jennifer Downing, hcf(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617-496-9774
5:00p - 6:00p
Spring Tea with the 2007-2008 science fellows at the Radcliffe
Institute for Advanced Study
(Greenleaf House, 76 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA)
Meet the science fellows at Radcliffe Institute.
Contact: Becki Smith, science(a)radcliffe.edu , 617.496.5545
7:00p
Center for Astrophysics Monthly Observatory Nights
(Phillips Auditorium at the CfA, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA)
"The Search for Stellar Origins," with Charles Lada, Center for
Astrophysics. Most of what we know about the origins of stars and
planets we have learned in the past 25 years.
Contact: pubaffairs(a)cfa.harvard.edu, (617) 495-7461,
www.cfa.harvard.edu/events/mon.html
Friday 4/18/2008
11:00a
Harvard Forest Seminar Series
(Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA)
Speaker: Erik Hobbie - Complex Systems Research Center,
University of New Hampshire. Title TBA
Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu,
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc...
Saturday 4/19/2008
1:00p
Harvard Museum of Natural History Lecture Series
(HMNH, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"The Earth from Space: Satellite Measurements of Pollution and
Solar Radiation" lecture by Kelly Chance.
Contact:
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe...
2:00p - 12:45p
Harvard Museum of Natural History DVD Screening
"Dimming the Sun" This 55-minute NOVA documentary investigates
the discovery that the pollution may be causing less sunlight to reach Earth over time.
Contact:
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe...
Monday 4/21/2008
12:00p - 2:00p
Science, Technology, and Society Circle
(124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100, Room 106, Cambridege, MA)
"Working Levels, Working Knowledge: Indoor Radon and the
Environmental Protection Agency" with Ellen Bales (History of
Science and Technology, UC Berkeley).
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)
Speaker: Eric Geist, United States Geological Survey. Seminar
titles are posted one week in advance of each talk. Refreshments
to follow, Hoffman 4th floor.
Contact: miller(a)eps.harvard.edu,
www-eps.harvard.edu/seminars/epscollo...
5:00p
The Future of Energy
(Yenching Auditorium, 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA)
Rep. Edward J. Markey, Chairman of the House Select Committee on
Energy Independence and Global Warming, 7th Congressional District,
(D-Mass.) "Reclaiming U.S. Leadership on Global Warming"
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, (617) 495-8883,
www.environment.harvard.edu
Tuesday 4/22/2008
9:30a - 11:00a
Energy Policy Seminar Series
(Littauer-324, Fainsod Room, Kennedy School of Government, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA)
"Optimal Environmental Policy under Economic Fluctuations" with
speaker Garth Heutel, HUCE Fellow.
Contact: Louisa Lund, louisa_lund(a)harvard.edu, (617) 495-8693
11:30a
Solid Earth Physics Seminar Series
(Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
"The Great Sumatran Earthquakes: 2004-2007 -- Results from New
Marine Studies" with speaker Satish Singh, Marine Geophysics,
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France.
Contact:
esag.harvard.edu/rice/SOLID.EARTH.SEM...
12:00p
Herbaria Seminar Series
(Herbaria Seminar Room, 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA)
"The role of floral traits in pollination and plant defense"
with speaker Rebecca Irwin (Dartmouth 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 - 5:30p
Politics of the Environment: IOP Study Group
(IOP First Floor Conference Room, Kennedy School of Government, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA
)
Host: David Zwick, founder and former President of Clean Water Action.
Contact: jmckee(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.iop.harvard.edu/extcal/calendar.php#
4:00p
Earth History and Paleobiology Seminar
(Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"Early Cambrian three-dimensionally preserved metazoan eggs and
phosphatic microfossils from Yukon, Canada" with speaker Dr. Leanne Pyle,
Geological Survey of Canada.
Contact: Phoebe Cohen, pacohen(a)fas.harvard.edu ,
www.eps.harvard.edu/seminars/ehapcoll...
7:30p
"The 11th Hour" Campus Tour
(Emerson Hall 105, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA and Arminise
Amphitheater, Longwood Medical Campus, Boston, MA)
Celebrate Earth Day with the Harvard Green Campus Initiative:
Watch the award winning film, "The 11th Hour." *A second showing
at 5:00pm in the Arminise Amphitheater (Longwood Campus).
Contact: Krystal Noiseux, 617-496-4497,
www.greencampus.harvard.edu
Wednesday 4/23/2008
6:00p - 7:00p
Ross Gelbspan to Speak on Climate Change
(2nd floor Amphitheater at Lesley University located in University Hall
at 1815 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA)
Gelbspan will give a short talk on the alerting threats of
climate change as well as address policy-changes that were worked
out by an esteemed group of economists and energy-policy specialists.
Contact: Sarah Jones, studentactivities(a)lesley.edu , 617/349-8565
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