Highlights:
Tuesday, October 11: Join HUCE for the next Biodiveristy, Ecology, & Global Change
talk with Joshua Tewksbury, Walker Professor of Natural History, Department of Biology,
University of Washington. His lecture, “Catchers in the Rye: Ecology, Society, and Climate
Change,” explores the impacts of climate change and how ecology plays a role in our
response to environmental issues.
Wednesday, October 12: Joshua Tewksbury will give an encore presentation at a HUCE Special
Lunch Seminar on "Interactions between plants and their biotic associates:
Co-evolution, fragmentation, and consequence of loss." Lunch will be provided!
Thursday, October 13: The Future of Energy lecture series welcomes Chris Somerville,
Director of the Energy Biosciences Institute, Professor at the University of California,
Berkeley, and Visiting Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on producing
fuels through biochemical innovation.
Calendar Listings:
October 7, 2011
8:45am - 9:30am MSI Chalktalk Breakfast
HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street 3rd Floor, Cambridge
“Progress towards whole community P-SIF (protein stable isotope fingerprinting)” with Ann
Pearson, FAS-EPS. Host: David Johnston. Please join us for coffee/tea/pastries at 8:30
am.
12:00pm “Harvesting the Wind: Interactions Between Wind Energy Deployment and Atmospheric
Dynamics”
100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Featuring Julie Lundquist, University of Colorado at Boulder. Host: Xi Lu
3:00pm - 5:00pm After Fukushima, Nuclear Energy 2.0: Environmental Benefits and Risks
MIT Building 4-163, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
This presentation will discuss a new paradigm in which (i) nuclear energy can be used to
displace large amounts of fossil fuels (and their related CO2 emissions) from the
transportation sector, and (ii) nuclear can be combined with and stabilize renewable
energy sources (such as wind and solar) to enable their expansion.
October 9, 2011
2:00pm Bark: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast
Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge
Author and naturalist Michael Wojtech will explain how to identify trees by their bark.
http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php
October 10, 2011
11:45am - 12:45pm Harvard Energy Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge
Facilitating discussion and furthering our understanding of the technical details of
energy technology and science. Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of
discussion.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/
Contact Name: Dan Recht drecht(a)fas.harvard.edu
October 11, 2011
3:00pm ClimaTea
HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street 3rd Floor, Cambridge
Visit the ClimaTea website for a list of speakers and topics:
http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html
5:00pm Biodiversity, Ecology, & Global Change
Biolabs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Cambridge
“Catchers in the Rye: Ecology, Society, and Climate Change” featuring Joshua Tewksbury,
Walker Professor of Natural History, Department of Biology, University of Washington
Contact Name: Lisa Matthews matthew(a)fas.harvard.edu
October 12, 2011
11:00am - 12:00pm OEB Special Seminar
BioLabs Main Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge
“Evolutionary Forces in Humans and Pathogens” with Pardis Sabeti (Harvard University,
FAS-OEB)
12:30pm Special Lunch Seminar
HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford Street, 3rd floor, Cambridge
"Interactions between plants and their biotic associates: Co-evolution,
fragmentation, and consequence of loss" with Joshua Tewksbury, Walker Professor of
Natural History, Department of Biology, University of Washington. Lunch provided!
Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu
1:00pm - 5:00pm National Fossil Day
Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Explore the amazing prehistoric world of fossils including trilobites, dinosaurs, Ice Age
mammals, and other creatures.
http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php
4:10pm - 5:30pm Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
“On Welfare Frameworks and Catastrophic Climate Risks”
http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k82245&pageid=icb.page4438…
Contact Name: Jason Chapman 617-496-8054
6:00pm Life in the Extreme Deep
Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Peter Girguis, Loeb Associate Professor of Natural Sciences at Harvard, will discuss how
biologists are working with environmental and industry officials to understand how natural
“oil-eating” microbes are able to aid in the cleanup. A reception to follow in the
museum’s new photographic exhibition, Life in the Extreme Deep. Pre-registration
recommended to members(a)oeb.harvard.edu.
http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php
8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting
Quincy House, Spindell Room, Harvard University, Cambridge
Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a
difference for the environment is welcome.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/
Contact Name: Jackson Salovaara jsalov(a)fas.harvard.edu
October 13, 2011
5:30pm MSI Seminar
Haller Hall, Room 102, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
"Using what phage have learned to kill gram-positive pathogens" with Vincent
Fischetti, Rockefeller University. Host: Michael Gilmore
11:30am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room 310 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor, Cambridge
Reading and discussion group on diverse topics in ecology. Visit the website for topics of
discussion. 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
5:00pm Future of Energy Lecture
Science Center D, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
“The Development of Liquid Fuels from Lignocellulose” with Chris Somerville, Director of
the Energy Biosciences Institute, and professor in the Department of Plant and Microbial
Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a visiting scientist at the
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Contact Name: Lisa Matthews mailto:lisa_matthews@harvard.edu
7:00pm BASEA Forum
First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian Universalist, 3 Church Street, Harvard Square,
Cambridge
“Reaching Sustainability” with Ken Ward of
350.org.
http://www.BASEA.org
October 14, 2011
7:00am – 5:00pm Molecules, Movement, and Motors
Radcliffe Gymnasium 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge
The symposium will bring together experts in genetics, chemistry, biology, physics,
medicine, and engineering to discuss the mechanics of motors—from naturally occurring
motors, such as those inside cells, to new synthetic motors made from DNA. Registration is
required to 617-495-8600.
http://www.radcliffe.edu
October 16, 2011
11:00am - 5:00pm Green Solutions Expo
Newton Centre Green & Wainwright Bank, Newton
A Newton/Needham Chamber of Commerce Expo with solutions you need to reduce your carbon
footprint, over 60 exhibitors, and tips on how to live a "green" life style.
http://greendecade.org/green-solutions-expo.html
October 17, 2011
11:45am - 12:45pm Harvard Energy Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor, Cambridge
Facilitating discussion and furthering our understanding of the technical details of
energy technology and science. Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of
discussion.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/
Contact Name: Dan Recht drecht(a)fas.harvard.edu
12:15pm - 2:00pm STS Circle Lecture
124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100, Room 106, Cambridge
With Gary Edmond (UNSW School of Law), "Advice for the Courts? Science Studies,
Criminal Justice, and the Forensic Science Crisis." Please RSVP to
sts(a)hks.harvard.edu by the Thursday before.
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/sts
4:00pm EPS Colloquium
Haller Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
With Michael Manga, UC Berkeley. Hosted by Brendan Meade.
Contact Name: Sabinna Cappo scappo(a)fas.harvard.edu
October 18, 2011
3:00pm ClimaTea
HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street 3rd Floor, Cambridge
Visit the ClimaTea website for a list of speakers and topics:
http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html
October 19, 2011 - October 20, 2011
Garden Design Master Class with Rosemary Alexander
Weld Hill, 1300 Centre Street, Boston
Spend two days exploring principles of garden design with renowned garden designer
Rosemary Alexander.
http://arboretum.harvard.edu/
October 19, 2011
4:10pm - 5:30pm Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
“The Environment, Trade, and Directed Technical Change”
http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k82245&pageid=icb.page4438…
Contact Name: Jason Chapman 617-496-8054
8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting
Quincy House, Spindell Room, Harvard University, Cambridge
Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a
difference for the environment is welcome.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/
Contact Name: Jackson Salovaara jsalov(a)fas.harvard.edu
October 20, 2011
11:30am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room 310 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor, Cambridge
Reading and discussion group on diverse topics in ecology. Visit the website for topics of
discussion. 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
6:30pm Earth's Surprising Climate History
MIT 32-123, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Featuring Paul Hoffman, Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology Emeritus at Harvard
University. His talk focuses on the beginnings of climate change as a science to his own
involvement in the controversy over the ultimate climatic disturbance: snowball Earth.
http://web.mit.edu/science/events/john_carlson_lecture.pdf
Contact Name: Shira Wieder swieder(a)mit.edu
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