Dear Friends of HUCE,
This email contains event listings for Thursday, January 17
through Thursday, January 31. Please 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. Please distribute this email to
your students, faculty, colleagues, and anyone else who may
be interested in environmental events around the community.
Highlights
Thursday, January 24: Harvard Book Store booksiging and
reading with University of Chicago paleontologist Neil
Shubin, "Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year
History of the Human Body."
Wednesday, January 30: Join Cristina M. Balboa, doctoral
candidate at Yale University and research fellow at the
Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, for a discussion
on the accountability of transnational environmental NGOs:
When Nongovernmental Organizations Govern: Accountability
in Private Conservation Networks.
Calendar Listings:
Thursday 1/17/2008
4:00p
Origins of Life Initiative Forum
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
"Prebiotic Chemistry in the Origins of Life" with speaker John
Sutherland, University of Manchester, UK
Contact: cknell(a)cfa.harvard.edu, 617-496-1451,
origins.harvard.edu/OriginsForum.html
Sunday 1/20/2008
2:00p
Harvard Museum of Natural History Sunday Family Program
(Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street,
Cambridge, MA)
Screening of The Naturalist, a 30-minute movie about the
life and work of the renowned entomologist, author, and
Pulitzer prize winner, Edward O. Wilson.
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/family_programs/...
6:00p
Clean Tech and Alternative Energy: What does the Future hold?
(Aldrich 112, Harvard Business Scool, Boston, MA)
Clean tech and alternative energy are getting a lot of
attention, but what are the opportunities? Who are the
companies out there making a difference?
Contact:
www.hbsab.org/article.html?aid=131
6:00p - 8:30p
MIT Clean Energy Prize Speaker Series
(R&D Pub, Stata Center, MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Special Event: Starting a Successful Company based on MIT
Lab Technology The A123 Story. Speaker: Bart Riley, A123
Co-Founder, CTO & Current Board Member. Food and drink provided.
6:00p - 8:30p
Starting a Successful Company based on MIT Lab Technology?
The A123 Story
(Stata Center, R&D Pub (4th Floor), Bldg. 32, MIT, 32 Vassar
St., Cambridge, MA)
Dr. Bart Riley has more than fifteen years of experience in
technology development and commercialization in the advanced
materials, portable power and superconductor industries.
Contact: Steven Peters , energy-events(a)mit.edu,
events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?e...
7:00p
Center for Astrophysics Monthly Observatory Nights
(Phillips Auditorium at the CfA, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA)
"Impact! Finding and Tracking Asteroid Threats," with Brian
Marsden, Center for Astrophysics.
Contact: pubaffairs(a)cfa.harvard.edu, (617) 495-7461,
www.cfa.harvard.edu/events/mon.html
Monday 1/21/2008
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
Tuesday 1/22/2008
4:30p
HBS Energy Club Winter Term Kick-Off
(Nexus, 38 Chauncy St., 7th floor, Boston, MA)
Please fill out the RSVP poll by Friday 1/18 to attend our
2d term kickoff event: Nexus green building/sustainability
resource center tour.
Contact: Michael Ellis, mbabusenvclub(a)listserv.hbs.edu,
www.nexusboston.com
Wednesday 1/23/2008
3:30p
Radcliffe Institute Fellows Presentation Series
(34 Concord Avenue, 2nd floor Colloquium Room, Cambridge, MA)
"From Protein Sequence to Function" with Liisa Holm,
University of Helsinki (Finland), current Radcliffe Institute
fellow
Contact: 617-495-8212,
www.radcliffe.edu/events/calendar.php...
6:30p - 8:30p
Arnold Arboretum Adult Education
(The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, 125 Arborway,
Boston, MA)
"Whatchamacallit: Names and Order in the Plant Kingdom"
(BOT 202) with Michael Dosmann, Curator of Living Collections,
Arnold Arboretum.
Contact:
calendar.arboretum.harvard.edu/index....
Thursday 1/24/2008
11:45a - 12:45p
Harvard Book Store Author Reading with Neil Shubin
(Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass Ave., Cambridge, MA)
University of Chicago paleontologist Neil Shubin, author of
"Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History
of the Human Body."
Contact:
www.harvard.com/events/press_release....
12:00p - 1:00p
Molecular and Cellular Biology Seminar
(Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Briana Burton, Harvard Medical School Dept. of
Cellular Biology.
Contact: Kristen Uekermann, (617) 496-2306
3:30p
Center for Astrophysics Colloquium
(Phillips Auditorium at the CfA, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA)
"Crucial Dynamical Phases in Solar System Formation" with
speaker Alessandro Morbidelli, Observatory of Nice, France.
Host: David Charbonneau
Contact:
www.cfa.harvard.edu/events/colloquia/
Friday 1/25/2008
8:00a - 5:30p
7th Annual Sustainable Development Forum
(MIT Sloan School of Management, Tang Center, Building E51,
Cambridge, MA)
The Annual Regional Sustainable Development Forum focuses on
the importance of motivating a broad constituency to work
together to address the consequences of global climate change.
Contact:
www.newecology.org/sustainabilityforu...
11:00a
Harvard Forest Seminar Series
(Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main
Street, Petersham, MA)
"Microbial community and organic matter dynamics in response
to soil warming and nitrogen fertilization" with speaker
Serita Frey, University of New Hampshire.
Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu,
978-724-3302 x 268,
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc...
12:00p
Atmospheric Sciences Seminar
(Pierce Hall, Room 100F, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
"The Dynamic Exchange of Atmospheric Mercury with Arctic and
Boreal Ecosystems" with speaker Vince St. Louis, University
of Alberta.
Contact: Brenda Mathieu, bmathieu(a)seas.harvard.edu ,
www-as.harvard.edu/seminar.html
3:00p
Solid Earth Physics Seminar Series
(Room TBA)
"The Non-Critical Precursory Accelerating Seismicity Theory"
with speaker Arnaud Mignan, Science and Technology Research,
Risk Management Solutions, London, UK
Contact:
esag.harvard.edu/rice/SOLID.EARTH.SEM...
Monday 1/28/2008
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
4:00p
Boston University Earth Sciences Colloquia
(B36, 675 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA)
"The Climate Record from Ice Cores" with speaker Dominique
Raynaud, European Geosciences Union.
Contact: earth(a)bu.edu, 617-353-2532,
www.bu.edu/es/colloquia/
Alliance for Global Sustainability Annual Meeting
(All day events run through January 31)
(Stata Center, Bldg. 32, MIT, 32 Vassar St., Cambridge, MA)
The 2008 AGS Annual Meeting builds upon progress in 2007 to
develop the pathways concept as a framework for advancing
near-term transitions to sustainability.
Contact:
mit.edu/agsam08/index.html
Tuesday 1/29/2008
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: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars...
Wednesday 1/30/2008
12:00p
Accountability of Transnational Environmental NGOs
(5 Bennett Street, Hauser Center main conference room,
Cambridge, MA)
When Nongovernmental Organizations Govern: Accountability
in Private Conservation Networks with Cristina M. Balboa,
Research Fellow, Hauser Center, Doctoral Candidate, Yale
University.
Contact: Maryann Leach, maryann_leach(a)harvard.edu,
ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/KSGInfo/eNews.n...
4:00p - 5:30p
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
(Littauer-382, 79 JFK St., John F. Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University)
Speaker: Amy Finklestein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
E-Z Tax: Tax Salience and Tax Rates
Contact: Jennifer Shultis, jennifer_shultis(a)harvard.edu,
617-496-8054,
isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword...
Thursday 1/31/2008
7:30a - 12:00p
Environmental Business Council EBC Seminar Series on Offshore
Wind Energy
(The Lenox Hotel, 61 Exeter Street at Boylston, Boston, MA)
"Deep Water Wind Energy Session 3" Offshore wind has emerged
as a promising renewable energy resource.
Contact: ebc(a)ebcne.org, 617-725-0207,
ebc.terranovum.com/index.php?id=77&am...
11:15a
Focus the Nation: Global Warming Solutions for America
(Location TBA)
Focus the Nation is organizing a national teach-in on global
warming solutions for America.
Contact: Karen McKinnon (EAC), mckinnon(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.focusthenation.org
12:00p - 1:00p
Molecular and Cellular Biology Seminar
(Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Wendy Gilbert, UC-Berkeley Dept. Molecular and
Cellular Biology.
Contact: Kristen Uekermann, (617) 496-2306
7:00p
Harvard Coop Faculty Author: Anne Harrington
(The Coop at Harvard Square, 1400 Mass Ave., Cambridge, MA)
Anne Harrington, professor and chair of the History of
Science Department, will discuss and sign copies of her new book,
The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine.
Contact:
harvard.bkstore.com/default.asp?m=0501
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