Highlights:
Tuesday, February 9: Michael Froman, the Deputy Assistant to the President
and Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economic Affairs,
and Bo Lidegaard, the Permanent Under Secretary of State, Office of the
Prime Minister of Denmark, review the Copenhagen Accord and look ahead to
the next steps in addressing global climate change at a special lunch
sponsored by the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government.
Thursday, February 11: Dr. Bruce Smith, Curator of North American Archaeology
at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, will discuss his current
research on agricultural origins - and how the story is more complicated than
expected in "Where Our Food Comes From: The Origins of Agriculture."
Wednesday, February 17: Bryan Grenfell, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton, discusses "Acute
Infectious Diseases in Space and Time" in the second Biodiversity, Ecology, and
Global change lecture this spring.
Calendar Listings:
Today
3:00pm Geologic Studies Seminar
Geological Museum Room 418 24 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA
"Geologic Studies and Seismic Source Model for a Proposed New Tunnel and Ocean
Outfall,
Los Angeles County, California." Dr. Phillip J. Hogan, C.E.G, Principal Marine
Engineering Geologist, Furgo West, Inc.
Contact Name: Samantha Schwartz schwartz(a)eps.harvard.edu
4:00pm - 5:30pm IOP Study Group - All Politics is Local: Even Global Warming
Faculty Dining Room (FDR) Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA
Led by IOP Fellow Greg Nickels.
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/greg-nickels
5:00pm Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change
Biolabs Lecture Hall 16 Divinity Ave
“Bioenergy, Biodiversity, Food and Global Change Mitigation – Can we have it all?”
Stephen Long, Professor of Crop Sciences, Robert Emerson Professor, and Resident Scientist
for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign.
Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883
February 5, 2010
8:30am - 9:30am MSI Chalktalk Breakfast
Haller Hall, Room 102, 1st floor 24 Oxford St Cambridge, MA
"Bacillus subtilis biofilm spreading by molecular gradients." Tommy Angelini,
School of Engineering & Applied Sciences.
MSI-Info(a)hms.harvard.edu
11:00am Harvard Forest Seminar
Harvard Forest Seminar Room 324 North Main Street Petersham, MA
"The role of wood in Adirondack aquatic ecosystems and riparian." Cliff Kraft,
Cornell University.
http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminars.php
Contact Name: Audrey Barker Plotkin aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu
3:00pm - 4:30pm The Road from Copenhagen
MIT 34-101 Cambridge, MA
Panelists present information about economic and climate implications of the Copenhagen
Accord, US path forward and Congressional politics, international institutional issues for
climate action, and China's path forward.
Contact Name: Rebecca Marshall-Howarth rhowarth(a)MIT.EDU
4:00pm - 5:30pm Japan Forum - Toxic Archipelago: History and Industrial Disease in Japan
Kang Room (S050) Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse CGIS South Building 1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge, MA
Speaker: Brett L. Walker, Regents’ Professor and Chairperson, Dept. of History and
Philisophy, Montana State University. Discussion moderated by Ian J. Miller, Assistant
Professor of History, Dept. of History, Harvard University. Reception to follow.
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~rijs
rijs(a)fas.harvard.edu 617.496.8083
February 6, 2010
8:30am - 4:30pm Boston University MBA Symposium
Boston University Graduate School of Management 595 Commonwealth Ave Boston, MA 02215
Featuring keynote addresses and panels sponsored by the MBA clubs, the event brings
together our extended MBA community, traditionally attracting more than 350 students,
alumni, faculty, staff, and distinguished professionals. Registration Fee: $25
http://www.bumbasymposium.net/
admin(a)bumbasymposium.com
February 8, 2010
12:00pm - 1:00pm Harvard Energy Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of dicussion. *Note the February 8
meeting will be on the 4th Floor of Hoffman in the Faculty Lounge.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/
Contact Name: Kate Dennis kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu
4:00pm EPS Spring Colloquium
Haller Hall - Geo-Museum 102 24 Oxford St Cambridge, MA
"Patterns of phytoplankton diversity in a model ocean." Mick Follows, MIT.
Contact Name: Ganna Savostyanova ganna(a)eps.harvard.edu
6:00pm - 8:00pm Film Screening: "Tapped"
Center for the Study of World Religions Common Room Divinity School Cambridge, MA
A behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an industry that aims to
privatize and sell back the one resource that ought never to become a commodity: our
water.
Contact Name: Tim Severyn tseveryn(a)hds.harvard.edu
February 9, 2010
12:00pm - 1:45pm Global Climate Policy after Copenhagen: Seeking a Way Forward
Nye Conference Room, 5th fl., Taubman Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA
Featuring Michael Froman, Deputy Assistant to the President, Deputy National Secuirty
Adviser for International Economic Affairs, and Bo Lidegaard, Permanent Undersecretary of
State, Office of the Prime Minister of Denmark.
Contact Name: Trudi Bostian Trudi_bostian(a)hks.harvard.edu
12:00pm - 1:00pm Herbaria Seminar Series
22 Divinity Ave, Seminar Room Harvard Herbaria Cambridge, MA
Ken Karol, New York Botanical Garden.
Contact Name: Erin Ciccone (617) 495-7504
7:30pm Cambridge Entomological Club Meeting
Museum of Comparative Zoology Room 101 26 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA
"Plagues and pupae: Using honey bees to model disease spread in natural
populations." Phillip T.B. Starks, Tufts University.
Contact Name: David P Hughes dhughes(a)oeb.harvard.edu (617) 496 8146
February 11, 2010
11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club
HUCE Meeting Room 318 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Reading and discussion group on diverse topics in ecology. Visit the website for topics of
disucsion. All interested researchers are welcome and lunch is provided.
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/journalclub.htm
Contact Name: Primrose Boynton pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu
4:00pm - 5:00pm OEB Seminar
Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave Harvard University Cambridge, MA
Daniel Bolnick, University of Texas at Austin. Title TBA.
4:00pm - 5:30pm IOP Study Group - All Politics is Local: Even Global Warming
Faculty Dining Room (FDR) Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA
Led by IOP Fellow Greg Nickels.
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/greg-nickels
6:00pm HMNH: Food for Thought Program Series
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Where Our Food Comes From: The Origins of Agriculture."
Dr. Bruce Smith, Curator of North American Archaeology at the Smithsonian National Museum
of Natural History, will discuss his current research on agricultural origins—and how the
story is more complicated than expected.
http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/kids-and-families/google-calendar.html
February 12, 2010
Ivy League Student Food Movement Summit (through Feb. 13)
Yale University New Haven, CT
Join student leaders from Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, UPenn,
and Yale for the first ever Ivy-league Student Food Movement Convergence. Registration
required.
http://realfoodchallenge.org/IvySummit
hannah.burnett(a)yale.edu
10:00am - 3:00pm HLS Valentine’s Freecycle
Harvard Law School Pound Hall 108 Cambridge, MA
Pass on unwanted items and find what you need at the HLS Valentine's Freecycle!
Contact Name: Cara Elizabeth Ferrentino cara_ferrentino(a)harvard.edu
11:00am Harvard Forest Seminar
Harvard Forest Seminar Room 324 North Main Street Petersham, MA
Keith Nislow, USDA. Seminar title TBA.
http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminars.php
Contact Name: Audrey Barker Plotkin aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu
February 15, 2010
12:00pm - 1:00pm Harvard Energy Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of dicussion. *Note the February 8
meeting will be on the 4th Floor of Hoffman in the Faculty Lounge.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/
Contact Name: Kate Dennis kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu
February 16, 2010
12:00pm - 1:00pm Harvard Herbaria Seminar
22 Divinity Ave, Seminar Room Harvard Herbaria Cambridge, MA
Jennifer Winther, Harvard OEB/ Kramer Lab. Title TBA.
Contact Name: Erin Ciccone (617) 495-7504
February 17, 2010
2:00pm - 4:00pm Green Public Diplomacy: Sustainability as Finland's Message in the
U.S.
Belfer Center Library Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA
Finish Ambassador to the US
5:00pm Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change
Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall 7 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA
"Acute Infectious Diseases in Space and Time.” Bryan Grenfell, Professor of Ecology
and Evolutionary Biology and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University.
Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883
February 18, 2010
11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club
HUCE Meeting Room 318 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Reading and discussion group on diverse topics in ecology. Visit the website for topics of
disucsion. All interested researchers are welcome and lunch is provided.
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/journalclub.htm
Contact Name: Primrose Boynton pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu
12:00pm - 2:30pm Ecologies of Human Flourishing Lecture Series
Harvard Divinity School, 42 Francis Ave. Center for the Study of World Religions, Common
Room Harvard University Cambridge, MA
"A Case From Pre-modern South India" Speaker, Anne E. Monius, Professor of South
Asian Religions, Harvard Divinity School. Registration required. This event is open to the
public.
http://www.hds.harvard.edu/cswr/events/theme.html
Contact Name: Rebecca Kline Esterson resterson(a)hds.harvard.edu
4:00pm - 5:00pm OEB Seminar
Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave Harvard University Cambridge, MA
"How zooplankton find and capture prey." Thomas Kiorboe, National Institute for
Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark.
jeverritt(a)oeb.harvard.edu 617-495-5891
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