Dear Friends of HUCE,
Welcome back from break! 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. Feel free to distribute this
email to your students, faculty, colleagues, and anyone else who may be interested in
environmental events around the community.
Highlights:
Today, April 3: Be sure not to miss Nobel Laureate and leading science policymaker Harold
Varmus address the troubled relations between science and government, and how to fix
them.
Sunday, April 6: Jeremy Jackson, renowned marine ecologist of the Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, has been selected to recieve the 11th annual Roger Tory Peterson Medal
presented by the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Jackson will deliver a lecture
entitled "Brave New Ocean" to discuss the future of the world's oceans.
Wednesday, April 9: Harry Greene, one of the world's leading experts on snakes and
amphibians, gives a public lecturee entitled "Natural history, aesthetics, and
conservation". Greene is an HUCE visiting scholar from the Department of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University.
Calendar Listings:
Thursday 4/3/2008
4:00p - 5:00p
Climate Seminar
(Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: David Randall, Colorado State University. "The Role of Moisture in the
Madden-Julian Oscillation"
Contact: Sarah Colgan, colgan(a)eps.harvard.edu, 617-496-9770
4:00p
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"Finding and filling holes in the evolutionary biologistâs toolbox" with
speaker Brian O'Meara, NESCent.
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617.495.5891
5:00p
Science and Democracy Lecture Series
(Yenching Institute Library, Room 18, Lecture Hall, 2 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA)
"Enhancing the Contract: The Federal Government and American Science in a New
Administration" Speaker: Harold Varmus, Nobel Laurate, President of the
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and former director of the National Institutes of Health.
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu,
www.ksg.harvard.edu/sts/
6:00p
Microbial Sciences Initiative Thursday Evening Seminar Series
(Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA)
Kate Freeman, Dept of Geosciences Pennsylvania State University. "Molecular and
Intramolecular isotopic signatures of life: from microbes to ancient rocks and
meteorites"
Contact: Christy Herren, herren(a)fas.harvard.edu, (617) 495 8643,
www.msi.harvard.edu/thursdays.html
Friday 4/4/2008
9:00a
Graduate School of Design Conference: Systems for Inclusion
(Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA)
Can design(ers) challenge globally networked systems of exclusivity and inequality? What
are the relationships between design and political power, economic and ecological
sustainability, justice and community?
Contact: Bryan Bell, bryan(a)designcorps.org, 919.828.0048,
www.designcorps.org/SFI_Conference.htm
4:00p - 5:00p
Explore Career Options in Business and the Environment
(OCS Conference and Reading Room, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Harvard ... Then What? Interested in creative careers in diverse industries? Come hear
from Harvard Alumni and others about careers in Business and the Environment .
Contact: ocsrecep(a)fsa.harvard.edu
6:45p
New England Botanical Club Meeting
(Fairchild Lecture Hall, Room 102, 7 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA )
"My Beautiful Life" with speaker: Dr. Dan H. Nicolson, Department of Botany,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
Contact: nebc(a)rhodora.org,
www.rhodora.org/Meetings.html
Saturday 4/5/2008
8:45a - 5:00p
Microbial Sciences Symposium
(Science Center Lecture Hall C, One Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
Contact:
www.msi.harvard.edu/sympos.html
9:00a
Graduate School of Design Conference: Systems for Inclusion
(Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA)
Contact: Bryan Bell, bryan(a)designcorps.org, 919.828.0048,
www.designcorps.org/SFI_Conference.htm
Sunday 4/6/2008
9:00a Graduate School of Design Conference: Systems for Inclusion
(Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA)
Contact: Bryan Bell, bryan(a)designcorps.org, 919.828.0048,
www.designcorps.org/SFI_Conference.htm
Calendar: Center for the Environment
3:00p 2008 Roger Tory Peterson Medalist Lecture
(Science Center, Lecture Hall B, One Oxford St., Cambridge)
Jeremy Jackson, renowned marine ecologist of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography has
been selected to receive the 11th annual Roger Tory Peterson Medal presented by the
Harvard Museum of Natural History.
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/rtp
Monday 4/7/2008
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
12:00p - 2:00p
Science, Technology, and Society Circle
(124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100, Room 106, Cambridege, MA)
"Managing Whales, Wolves, and Eastern Europeans" with Sarah Jansen (Department
of the History of Science, Harvard 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)
Tim Lyons, University California, Riverside. "Ironing out the trace metal cycle in
the early ocean".
Contact: miller(a)eps.harvard.edu,
www-eps.harvard.edu/seminars/epscollo...
Tuesday 4/8/2008
12:00p - 1:30p
Luncheon Talk: Let's Get Serious About Climate Change Policy
(Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building, 79 JFK St., Cambridge) William A. Pizer, Senior
Fellow and Director, Energy and Natural Resources Resources for the Future.
Contact: Jason Chapman, Jason_Chapman(a)ksg.harvard.edu
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)
Speaker: Dr. Chuck Delwiche, University of Maryland. Title TBA
Contact: Phoebe Cohen, pacohen(a)fas.harvard.edu ,
www.eps.harvard.edu/seminars/ehapcoll...
4:00p
Special Seminar with Visiting Scholar Harry Greene
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge)
"Pleistocene rewilding: lions in a den of Daniels?" with Harry Greene,
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University and HUCE visiting
scholar.
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883
5:30p
2008 Broad Institute Distinguished Lecturer in Computational Biology
(Auditorium (NE30-1154), 7 Cambridge Center)
"Gene Networks Reflecting Tissue-Tissue Interactions Highlight Novel Causal Patterns
of Association with Core Disease Processes" with Dr. Eric Schadt.
Contact: Jill Mesirov
Wednesday 4/9/2008
4:00p - 5:30p
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
(Littauer-382, 79 JFK St., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)
Speaker: William Pizer, Resources for the Future. "Prices vs. Quantities vs. Bankable
Quantities for Stock Pollutants"
Contact: Jennifer Shultis, jennifer_shultis(a)harvard.edu, 617-496-8054,
isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword...
6:00p
Natural History, Aesthetics, and Conservation
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: HUCE visiting scholar Harry Greene. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology, Cornell University.
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu
Thursday 4/10/2008
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: climate cha...
Contact: Laurel Braitman, disruptive-enviro(a)mit.edu,
scripts.mit.edu/~disrupt-enviro/confe...
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, Univer...
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. The most clean, inextinguishable, plentiful and ubiquitous energy
source, is not that far from your feet, and yet escapes the scrutiny of scientists
indefatigably looking fo...
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...
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 to discuss
initiatives that enterprises...
Contact: Mieke van der Wansem, mieke.wansem(a)tufts.edu, 617-627-2476,
fletcher.tufts.edu/ierp
9:00a
Carbon Offsets: Opportunities and Challenges for State Carbon Trading Schemes
(Ames Courtroom, 3rd Floor, Austin, Harvard Law School, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA )
The Environmental Law Program at Harvard Law School, the Harvard University Center on
Environment, and the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke
University will be holding a...
Contact: environment(a)law.harvard.edu,
www.law.harvard.edu/programs/elp/
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: climate cha...
Contact: Laurel Braitman, disruptive-enviro(a)mit.edu,
scripts.mit.edu/~disrupt-enviro/confe...
10:15a
Massachusetts Power Shift
(Boston University Campus; State House; and Boston Common)
MAPS is a weekend-long climate change summit in Boston on April 11-14, 2008.
Contact: Craig Altemose, craig(a)ssc.org ,
www.masspowershift.org/registration/r...
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
3:45p
MIT Energy Conference
(Marriott Hotel in Kendall Square, 2 Cambridge Center, (Broadway & 3rd Street),
Cambridge, MA)
The goal of the MIT Energy Conference is to bring 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
10:15a
Massachusetts Power Shift
(Boston University Campus; State House; and Boston Common)
Contact: Craig Altemose, craig(a)ssc.org ,
www.masspowershift.org/registration/r...
9:00a MIT Energy Conference
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)
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)
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
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...
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/
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,
Quetelet Professor of Sustain...
Contact: Shinju Fjuihira, sfujihira(a)wcfia.harvard.edu,
www.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/
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
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, is a ground
breaking expert in grassroots politics and organizing and has been a national
environmental leader for more than t...
Contact: jmckee(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.iop.harvard.edu/extcal/calendar.php#
Calendar: Center for the Environment
4:00p
Earth History and Paleobiology Seminar
(Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Dr. Julia Clarke, North Carolina State University. Title TBA
Contact: Phoebe Cohen, pacohen(a)fas.harvard.edu ,
www.eps.harvard.edu/seminars/ehapcoll...
Wednesday 4/16/2008
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: Jennifer Shultis, jennifer_shultis(a)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)
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
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...
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. Yet the que...
Contact: pubaffairs(a)cfa.harvard.edu, (617) 495-7461,
www.cfa.harvard.edu/events/mon.html
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