Highlights:
Wednesday, February 18: The new Geopolitics of Energy Seminar Series at HKS launches with
a lecture by John Hess, Chairman and CEO of Hess Corporation, on "The Future of Oil
and Gas."
Thursday, February 19: Job seekers! The Environmental Business Council is hosting its
Semiannual Environmental, Energy & Engineering Career Fair at the Lenox Hotel.
Wednesday, February 25: Saul Griffith, a recently named McArthur Fellow and President and
Chief Scientist at Makani Power, discusses innovative strategies to harness high altitude
wind power at the second HUCE "Future of Energy" lecture.
Calendar Listings:
Thursday 2/12/2009
5:00p - 6:15p God and Global Warming: Scientists' and Evangelicals' Common
Voice
(Sperry Room, Andover Hall, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Ave, Cambridge, MA)
Join Eric Chivian and Richard Cizik as they tell the story of their discovery that
scientists and evangelical leaders shared a profound reverence for life on Earth and a
deep sense of responsibility.
Contact: Meg Thomsen, margaret_thomsen(a)hms.harvard.edu, 617-384-8533 ,
chge.med.harvard.edu
6:00p - 7:30p MIT Energy Club Lecture Series
(MIT, Building 4, Room 163, Cambridge, MA)
"Integrating Electric Vehicles Into New England's Grid and Electricity
Markets." Panelists will discuss integrating electric vehicles into New
England's grid and electricity market.
Contact: John Kluza, jkluza(a)mit.edu ,
events.mit.edu/scripts/list_ext.pl?gr...
6:00p Looking into the Future of U.S. Energy Policy
(First Parish Church, 3 Church St., Cambridge)
Speaker: Vincent DeVito, Energy and Climate Change Attorney, Bowditch & Dewey, LLP.
Contact: info(a)basea.org,
www.basea.org/
6:00p Harvard Museum of Natural History: Evolution Matters
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Darwin at 200: Rethinking the Revolution." Janet Browne, Aramont Professor of
the History of Science, Harvard.
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe...
6:00p - 7:30p Human Rights Distinguished Lectures
(Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South Building, Concourse Level, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge,
MA)
"Promoting Human Rights and Protecting Human Dignity through the United Nations: The
Impact of Development and Climate Change."
Contact: humanrights(a)harvard.edu ,
www.humanrights.harvard.edu/
Friday 2/13/2009
9:00a - 12:30p Restructuring Roundtable
(Foley Hoag, 155 Seaport Blvd, 13th Floor Conference Room, Boston, MA)
"Integrating Electric Vehicles into a Smarter Electric Grid." Federal Energy
Regulatory Commissioner John Wellinghoff.
Contact:
www.raabassociates.org/main/roundtabl...
2:30p - 4:30p MIT Seminar on Environmetnal and Agricultural History
(Building E51, Room 095, MIT, Cambridge, MA)
"She Sings (My Life as a Mosquito): The Story of Malaria's Unstable Agro-Ecology
in Ethiopia." Jim McCann, Professor of History, Boston University.
Contact: Margo Collett, mcollett(a)mit.edu
Saturday 2/14/2009
2:00p Harvard Museum of Natural History Family Program
(HMNH, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"One Beetle Too Many: The Extraordinary Adventures of Charles Darwin."
Children's book author Kathryn Lasky and artist Matthew Trueman.
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu
Sunday 2/15/2009
2:00p - 12:45p Harvard Museum of Natural History Family Program
(HMNH, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"An Afternoon with Charles Darwin." With Andrew Berry. Imagine meeting Charles
Darwin! What stories would he tell? What would you ask him?
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/family_programs/...
Monday 2/16/2009
11:30a Harvard Energy Journal Club
(HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St. 3rd floor, Cambridge, MA)
Visit the Energy Journal website for current topics of discussion.
Contact: Mark Winkler, mwinkler(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html
Tuesday 2/17/2009
9:00a - 10:30a Frontiers in Sustainability Science Seminar
(Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA)
"The role of trees in complex landscape systems: Carbon sequestration, water flows,
and boundary organizations." Meine van Noordwijk, Chief Science Advisor, World
Agroforestery Centre.
Contact: Nancy Dickson, nancy_dickson(a)harvard.edu,
www.cid.harvard.edu/sustsci
9:00a - 4:00p Planetary Science microSymposium
(Hoffman Faculty Lounge, 20 Oxford St., 4th Floor, Cambridge, MA)
Speakers from Harvard, CfA and NASA will presenting on a range of topics. Followed by a
reception.
Contact: Glenn Sterenborg, mgsteren(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.geophysics.harvard.edu/psm
12:00p - 1:00p Herbaria Seminar Series
(Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, Room 102, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA)
"Boletus rubropunctus forms tuberculate ectomycorrhizae and sclerotia with Quercus
spp. over a wide geographic range." Matt Smith, Pfister Lab, Farlow Fellow.
Contact: Margaret Richards, prichards(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 496-8062
12:00p - 1:00p Energy 101: The ABC's of Energy
(MIT, E51-335, Cambridge, MA)
Are you confused by the multitudes of energy acronyms and buzzwords? Interested in
breaking into energy but feel energy illiterate? Veronica Metzner, a Sloan MBA candidate.
Contact: Ashleigh Hildebrand, ash456(a)mit.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: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617-384-8398,
www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars...
3:00p - 4:00p Building affordable Zero-Energy Houses
(Aldrich 111, Harvard Business School, Allston, MA)
Carter Scott, President of Transformations, Inc., a sustainable development and building
company in Townsend, MA, will share with us how he uses an engineering approach to build
affordable zero-energy houses.
Contact: Paul Laszlo, plaszlo(a)mba2009.hbs.edu,
www.Transformations-Inc.us
5:00p - 6:30p EEPIC Expert Speaker Engagement
(Malkin Penthouse, Littauer, 4th Floor, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge,
MA)
"Can We Afford the Future?: The Economics of a Warming World." Prof. Frank
Ackerman, Tufts University.
5:30p MIT Faculty Club Seminar
(MIT Faculty Club, 50 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA)
"The Role of Battery Technology in the Electrification of Vehicles." Yet-Ming
Chiang, Kyocera Professor of Ceramics, MIT. This month's Seminar will provide an
insider’s v...
Contact:
alum.mit.edu/learn/SeminarSeries/Bost...
Wednesday 2/18/2009
10:30a - 12:00p Geopolitics of Energy Seminar Series
(Fainsod Room, Littauer 324, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA)
"The Future of Oil and Gas." John Hess, Chairman and CEO of Hess Corporation.
Contact: Louisa Lund, louisa_lund(a)harvard.edu,
www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/cepr/index...
4:00p - 5:30p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
(Littaur-382, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA)
"The Price of Gasoline and the Demand for Fuel Efficiency: Evidence from Monthly New
Vehicles Sales Data." Thomas Klier, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and Joshua Linn,
University of Ilinois.
Contact: Jason Chapman, Jason_Chapman(a)ksg.harvard.edu, 617-496-8054
8:00p Environmental Action Committee Meeting
(Spindell Room, Quincy House, 58 Plympton St., Cambridge, MA)
Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a
difference for the environment is welcome.
Contact: Caitlin Rotman, caitlin.rotman(a)gmail.com
Thursday 2/19/2009
11:00a - 3:00p EBC 5th Semiannual Environmental, Energy & Engineering Career Fair
(Lenox Hotel, 61 Exeter St., Boston, MA)
This Environmental & Energy Career Fair is one of the best opportunities to learn
about environmental professions, and features EBC member companies.
Contact:
ebc.terranovum.com/index.php?id=77&am...
12:00p - 1:00p HSPH Community Forum: Green is the New Crimson: An Update on Environmental
Responsibility at Harvard
(Kresge G2, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA)
Speakers: Danny Beaudoin, HSPH Manager of Energy & Utilities, and Heather Henriksen,
Director of the Harvard Office for Sustainability. Part of the HSPH Community Forum
Series.
Contact: Audrey Harmon , aharmon(a)hsph.harvard.edu, 617-432-4397,
www.hsph.harvard.edu/community/
3:30p China Project Seminar
(Pierce Hall 100F, 19 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Water Pollution and Digestive Cancers in China." Dr. Avraham Ebenstein, Robert
Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy, Harvard University.
Contact: Chris Nielsen , nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu
6:00p - 7:00p MIT Energy: Wind Sub-Community Lecture Series
(MIT, Building E51, Room 376, Cambridge, MA)
Jack Clarke of Mass Audubon will give a lecture on wind energy and wildlife issues.
Contact:
events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?e...
7:00p - 8:00p MIT Discussion Series: Gazprom's Politicization of Energy and the
January Shutoff of Europe's Gas Supply
(Stata Center, R&D Pub (4th Floor), Bldg. 32, MIT, 32 Vassar St., Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Mladen Ne'ic (Tufts Fletcher School).
Contact: Addison Stark , addison(a)mit.edu ,
www.mitenergyclub.org/events-and-prog...
Friday 2/20/2009
11:00a - 12:00p Harvard Forest Seminar Series
(Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA)
"Understanding successful biological invasions: a perspective of exotic ants in
Florida." Joshua King, Central Connecticut State University.
Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, 978-724-3302 x 268,
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc...
2:00p - 4:00p Unconventional Gas Technology
(MIT, E19-319, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Kent Perry, Director of Exploration & Production Research at the Gas
Technology Institute in Des Plaines, Illinois.
Contact: Megan Nimura , mnimura(a)mit.edu,
events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?e...
4:00p - 8:00p Boston University Energy Conference
(8 Saint Mary's St., Boston, MA )
BU Energy Conference The BU Energy Club will be hosting a night full of interesting panel
discussions from a diverse set of speakers.
Contact:
events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?e...
Monday 2/23/2009
11:30a Harvard Energy Journal Club
(HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St. 3rd floor, Cambridge, MA)
Visit the Energy Journal website for current topics of discussion.
Contact: Mark Winkler, mwinkler(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html
4:00p EPS Spring Colloquium
(Haller Hall, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"A frozen ocean in a warming climate: Observing, understanding, and responding to a
diminished Arctic sea ice cover." Donald Perovich, US Army Corps for Engineers.
Contact: Ganna Savostyanova, savosty(a)fas.harvard.edu
4:15p Radcliffe Institute Lecture in the Sciences
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"Tiny Conspiracies: Cell-to-Cell Communication in Bacteria." Bonnie Bassler,
Princeton University. Cosponsored by the Microbial Sciences Initiative at Harvard.
Contact: 617-495-8600
6:00p Darwin and the Consciousness of Others
(Barker Center for the Humanities, Harvard University, 12 Quincy Street, Room 133,
Cambridge, MA)
Gillian Beer, University of Cambridge. Free and open to the public; seating is limited.
Contact:
www.fas.harvard.edu/~humcentr
Tuesday 2/24/2009
9:30a - 11:00a Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series
(Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA)
"Exploring Opportunities and Enabling Technologies for Carbon Capture and Storage in
Chinese Context." Hengwei Liu, ETIP Research Fellow.
Contact: Sam Milton, sam_milton(a)harvard.edu, (617) 496-5584,
www.belfercenter.org/energy
12:00p - 1:00p Herbaria Seminar Series
(Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, Room 102, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA)
"DNA Barcoding in Plants: From Genes to Genomics." John Kress, Smithsonian
Institution.
Contact: Margaret Richards, prichards(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 496-8062
2:00p State and Local Adaptation to Climate Change: What's Necessary, What's
Possible, What's Next?
([This event will be hosted online.])
Environmental officials and political leadership at all levels of government are engaged
in frequent dialogue regarding the impacts of climate variability and adverse weather on
their economies, the health and welfare of their publics, and the fate of their
jurisdictions.
Contact: james_cooney(a)ksg.harvard.edu,
www.innovations.harvard.edu/spotlight...
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, 617-384-8398,
www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars...
5:00p Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity
(Countway Library, Harvard Medical School, 10 Shattuck St., Boston, MA)
Part of the Notable Books Series, featuring Eric Chivian. Booksigning and reception to
follow in Lahey Room, fifth floor, 6 p.m.
Contact: rvogel(a)hms.harvard.edu
Wednesday 2/25/2009
10:30a Geopolitics of Energy Seminar Series
(Fainsod Room, Littauer 324, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA)
"Europe." Nick Butler, Chairman of the Cambridge University Center for Energy
Studies; former VP for Strategy and Development for BP
Contact: bcsia_ksg(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-1400
4:00p - 5:30p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
(Littaur-382, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA)
"Clearing the Air? The Effects of Gasoline Content Regulation on Air Quality."
Maximilian Auffhammer, University of California, Berkeley, and Ryan Kellogg, University of
Michigan.
Contact: Jason Chapman, Jason_Chapman(a)ksg.harvard.edu, 617-496-8054
5:00p The Future of Energy
(Science Center D, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
Saul Griffith, Ph.D., the President and Chief Scientist at Makani Power, a company
developing high-altitude wind energy extraction technologies aimed at the most powerful
wind resources.
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883
8:00p Environmental Action Committee Meeting
(Spindell Room, Quincy House, 58 Plympton St., Cambridge, MA)
Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a
difference for the environment is welcome.
Contact: Caitlin Rotman, caitlin.rotman(a)gmail.com
Thursday 2/26/2009
4:00p - 5:00p OEB Seminar Series
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge)
"Shark skeletons and sticky fish -- new materials from the sea." Adam Summers,
University of California, Irvine.
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891
6:00p Harvard Museum of Natural History: Evolution Matters
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Evolution in the Post-Genomic Age." Pardis Sabeti, Center for Systems Biology,
Assistant Professor, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard.
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe...
Friday 2/27/2009
11:00a - 12:00p Harvard Forest Seminar Series
(Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA)
"Generalized linear mixed models: a practical guide for ecology and evolution."
Ben Bolker, University of Florida. The Harvard Forest is located approximately one hour
west of Cambridg...
Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, 978-724-3302 x 268,
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc...
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