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. 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:
February 22: Be sure not to miss the HUCE Green Conversations
series tomorrow with Lester Brown, author of "Plan B 3.0", a
call for worldwide mobilization to raise energy efficiency in
every sector of the economy, including buildings, lighting,
heating and cooling, and transportation. Harvard faculty
Michael McElroy (EPS) and Daniel Schrag (HUCE, EPS) will
serve as panelists in the conversation.
Save the Dates: HUCE Future of Energy Lecture Series
March 12
Anne Lauvergeon, CEO of Areva, the world's largest nuclear
energy group.
Science Center Lecture Hall C at 5:30 pm.
April 24
Daniel Kammen, Director of Renewable and Appropriate Energy
Laboratory;
Professor in the Energy and Resources Group; Professor of
Public Policy, University of California-Berkeley.
Jefferson 250 at 5:00 pm.
May 5
Susan M. Cischke, Senior Vice President, Sustainability,
Environment and Safety Engineering, Ford Motor Company.
Science Center Lecture Hall C at 5:00 pm.
Calendar Listings
Thursday 2/21/2008
4:00p
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Harvard Campus,
Cambridge, MA)
Plant Biology Search
Contact:
www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/semin...
7:00p
Center for Astrophysics Monthly Observatory Nights
(Phillips Auditorium at the CfA, 60 Garden Street,
Cambridge, MA)
"Here Comes the Sun," with Kelly Korreck, Center for
Astrophysics.
Contact: pubaffairs(a)cfa.harvard.edu, (617) 495-7461,
www.cfa.harvard.edu/events/mon.html
Friday 2/22/2008
8:30a - 9:30a
Microbial Sciences Friday Chalktalk
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Prof. Cammie Lesser, Mass General Hospital, Dept of
Medicine. "Modeling mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis in yeast"
Contact: Christy Herren, herren(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617-495 8643,
www.msi.harvard.edu/events.html
11:00a
Harvard Forest Seminar Series
(Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main
Street, Petersham, MA)
"Using analytic webs to guide the processing of scientific
datasets and document their provenance" with speaker Leon
Osterweil, University of Massachusetts, Department of
Computer Science.
Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu,
978-724-3302 x 268,
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc...
12:30p - 1:30p
Seminar in Occupational and Environmental Health Research
(Kresge 502, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA) 1) Lead
Exposure and Serum Homocysteine in Older Men: A Mechanism
of Neurotoxicity and Vascular Toxicity? 2) Arrhythmia Events
in Boilermaker Construction Workers Exposed to Metal-Rich Fine Particl...
Contact: Chanida Thammachart, cthammac(a)hsph.harvard.edu, 617-432-3937
3:00p
HUCE Green Conversations Series with Lester Brown
(Maxwell/Dworkin Lessin Room, G115, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
A discussion of "Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization"
with panelists Michael McElroy (EPS) and Daniel Schrag (HUCE, EPS).
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883
Sunday 2/24/2008
7:30p
Lester Brown to Speak in Lexington
(Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Mass. Ave., Lexington, MA)
Lester Brown, the world's foremost environmental economist will
present his bold new plan to stop global warming and achieve world
sustainability.
Contact: info(a)LexGWAC.org,
www.lexgwac.org
Monday 2/25/2008
9:00a - 10:30a
Frontiers in Sustainable Development Series
(Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG, 79 JFK St.,
Cambridge, MA) "Blending Reductionist and Holistic Perspectives
for Sustainability Science" with Anil Gupta, Kasturbhai Lalbhai
Chair in Entrepreneurship, Indian Institute of Management Coordinator.
Contact: Nancy Dickson, 617-496-9469, nancy_dickson(a)harvard.edu,
www.ksg.harvard.edu/sed/events.htm
12:00p - 2:00p
Science, Technology, and Society Circle
(124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100, Room 106, Cambridege, MA)
"The Neuroscience of Psychopathy: A Mundane Revolution?" with
Martyn Pickersgill, Institute for Science and Society,
University of Nottingham.
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)
"Moisture Modes and the Madden-Julian Oscillation" with
speaker David Raymond, New Mexico Tech.
Contact: miller(a)eps.harvard.edu,
www-eps.harvard.edu/seminars/epscollo...
Tuesday 2/26/2008
12:00p
Herbaria Seminar Series
(Herbaria Seminar Room, 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA)
"Architecture and demonstration of author-friendly,
web-accessible, database-backed, localizable Electronic
Field Guides" with Robert Morris (UMass-Boston)
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: Italy 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 and a ground breaking expert in grassroots
politics and organizing on environmental issues.
Contact: jmckee(a)fas.harvard.eud,
www.iop.harvard.edu/extcal/calendar.p...
Wednesday 2/27/2008
4:00p - 5:30p
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
(Littauer-382, 79 JFK St., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)
Speaker: David Rapson, Boston University. Consumer Durable Goods and the Long-Run Demand
for Electricity
Contact: Jennifer Shultis, jennifer_shultis(a)harvard.edu, 617-496-8054,
isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword...
6:00p
Film Screening: The Price of Sugar
(Starr Auditorium, 3rd Floor, Belfer Building, Kennedy School
of Government, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA )
Introduced by the director and producer, Bill Haney. In the
Dominican Republic, a tropical island-nation, tourists flock
to pristine beaches unaware that a few miles away thousands
of disposses.
Contact: Amanda Swanson, amanda_swanson(a)harvard.edu,
617-495-1351,
belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/3...
Thursday 2/28/2008
4:00p - 5:00p
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus,
Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Dr. Ben Sheldon, Oxford-Edward Grey Institute for
Ornithology. "Phenodynamics: evolution and ecology of change
in a wild bird population."
Contact: Deborah Smiley, (617) 384-5062
4:00p
Center for Astrophysics Colloquium
(Phillips Auditorium at the CfA, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA)
"Dark Matter and Dark Energy: New Physics or Cosmic Epicycles?"
with speaker Rocky Kolb, U. Chicago, KICP.
Contact:
www.cfa.harvard.edu/events/colloquia/
6:00p
HMNH: Evolution Matters Lecture Series
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Five Rules for Evolutionary Cooperation" lecture by Martin Nowak.
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu
Friday 2/29/2008
11:00a
Harvard Forest Seminar Series
(Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main
Street, Petersham, MA)
"Spatial and temporal controls of carbon cycling in arid and
semiarid ecosystems" with speaker Osvaldo Sala, Brown University
Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu,
978-724-3302 x 268,
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc...
Saturday 3/1/2008
9:30a - 12:00p
Harvard Museum of Natural History Adult Classes
(Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street,
Cambridge, MA)
"From Bacteria to Bones: Exploring the Rise of Complex
Life on Earth." Multicellular animal and plant life has
existed for only a small fraction of the earth's 4.5
billion year history. I...
Contact: reservations(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-2341,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/adult_classes/in...
Monday 3/3/2008
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)
"Multiplicity in Practice: Towards a Genealogy of
'Gene-Environment Interaction'" with Sara Shostak
(Department of Sociology, Brandeis University).
Contact: Sang-Hyun Kim, sang-hyun_kim(a)ksg.harvard.edu,
www.ksg.harvard.edu/sts
3:30p
Science, Engineering, and US Economic Progress Seminar
(Harvard Hall 103, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"Science and Technology Trends" with Paula Stephan,
Georgia State University.
Contact: john_trumpbour(a)harvard.edu, (617) 495-9265,
isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword...
4:00p
Earth and Planetary Sciences Department Colloquia
(Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Mark Richards, University of California Berkeley
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...
Tuesday 3/4/2008
9:30a
Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series
(Belfer Center Library (L-369), Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA)
"Application Oriented R&D: Aphorisms and Anecdotes" with speaker
Robert Frosch, ETIP Senior Research Associate.
Contact: Sam Milton, sam_milton(a)harvard.edu,
www.energytechnologypolicy.org
11:30a
Solid Earth Physics Seminar Series
(Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
"Makran (Iran/Pakistan) Subduction Zone, its Seismogenic Behavior
and Tsunami Potential" with speaker Zoya Zarifi, Department of
Earth Science, University of Bergen, Norway.
Contact:
esag.harvard.edu/rice/SOLID.EARTH.SEM...
12:00p
Herbaria Seminar Series
(Herbaria Seminar Room, 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA)
"Controlling parasitic plants by inhibiting cell wall degrading
enzymes" with Kristin Lewis and "Interpreting the evolution of
heterosporous ferns (Salviniales) through fossil and molecular data"
with Nathalie Nagalingum.
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: Italy 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.eud,
www.iop.harvard.edu/extcal/calendar.p...
4:00p
Radcliffe Institute Dean's Lecture Series and Lecture in the Science
(Science Center Lecture Hall D, One Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"On Flies and Fishes and the Origin of Vertebrates" with
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
Contact: 617-495-8600,
www.radcliffe.edu/events/calendar.php...
4:00p Earth History and Paleobiology Seminar
(Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Dr. Marco Coolen, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Title TBA
Contact: Phoebe Cohen, pacohen(a)fas.harvard.edu ,
www.eps.harvard.edu/seminars/ehapcoll...
Wednesday 3/5/2008
8:30a - 11:30a
Green Cities: Lessons from Boston and Beyond
(Rabb Lecture Hall, Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Boston)
Boston has become a leader among urban efforts to promote
environmentally sustainable development, while Harvard's
Allston project is in many respects a model for such development. What role can and should
these efforts play in efforts to address key environmental issues, notably the problem of
global climate change?
Contact: polly(a)rappaportinstitute.org, 617-495-5091
3:30p
Radcliffe Institute Fellows Presentation Series
(34 Concord Avenue, 2nd floor Colloquium Room, Cambridge, MA)
"Protein Folding and Evolution Unfolding" with Susan Lindquist,
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, current Radcliffe Institute fellow
Contact: 617-495-8212,
www.radcliffe.edu/events/calendar.php...
4:00p - 5:30p
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
(Littauer-382, 79 JFK St., John F. Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University)
Speaker: Jay Shimshack, Tufts University. Mercury Advisories and
Household Health Trade-Offs
Contact: Jennifer Shultis, jennifer_shultis(a)harvard.edu,
617-496-8054,
isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword...
Thursday 3/6/2008
4:00p - 5:00p
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Harvard Campus,
Cambridge, MA) Speaker: Stuart Pimm, Duke University
Title: TBA. Host: Farrell/Pierce
Contact: Deborah Smiley, (617) 384-5062
4:00p - 5:00p
Climate Seminar
(Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"Predicting climate change: Uncertainties and prospects for
surmounting them" with speaker Michael Ghil, Ecole Normale
Supérieure, Paris, France and University of California, Los Angeles.
Contact: Sarah Colgan, colgan(a)eps.harvard.edu, 617-496-9770
4:30p
HUCE Green Conversations Series with Gridpoint
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
Join us for a conversation with representatives from GridPoint,
whose innovative SmartGrid Platform empowers utilities to achieve
business objectives, increase grid reliability, promote environmental sustainability.
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883
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