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:
Monday, April 21: Representative Edward Markey, 7th Congressional District (D-Mass),
Chairman, House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, is the next
speaker in the Future of Energy Series. His lecture, "Reclaiming U.S. Leadership on
Global Warming" is at the Yenching Auditorium at 5:00 pm.
Tuesday, April 22: Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick discusses his vision for the
future of clean energy in the Commonwealth.
Wednesday, April 30: "Covering a Climate Change" focuses on the role of the
media in covering climate issues, how it can be most effective and the challenges of
keeping pace with the science of a changing environment.
Calendar Listings:
Thursday 4/17/2008
12:00p - 1:30p
Regulation and Global Climate Change Seminar
(Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building, 79 JFK St., Cambridge)
"An Analysis of U.S. Carbon Pricing Legislation" with Gilbert E. Metcalf,
Professor of Economics, Tufts University
Contact: rpp(a)ksg.harvard.edu, 617.384.7325,
www.ksg.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/rpp/contac...
2:00p
EPS Special Lecture
(Hoffman Faculty Lounge, 20 Oxford St., 4th Floor, Cambridge, MA)
"Sulfur Isotope Geobiology" with David Johnston, Microbial Science Initiative
Fellow, Harvard University
Contact: Sarah Colgan, colgan(a)eps.harvard.edu
2:00p - 4:00p
Reconciling China's Economic Growth with Control of Air Pollution and Carbon
Emissions
(Note TIME and ROOM Change: Room N-262, CGIS Knafel North Bldg, 1737 Cambridge St.,
Cambridge MA)
Speakers: Chris Nielsen, Executive Director, China Project; WANG Yuxuan, Research
Associate in Atmospheric Chemistry, HSEAS; and Mun HO, Visiting Fellow in Economics,
Harvard Institute for Quantita...
Contact: Jennifer Downing, hcf(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617-496-9774
4:00p
OEB Seminar
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge)
"Niche Conservatism, Evolution, and Applied Ecology: Challenges and
Opportunities" with Dr. Robert D. Holt, University of Florida.
Contact: Heather Ehlers, hehlers(a)oeb.harvard.edu
5:00p - 6:00p
Spring Tea with the 2007-2008 science fellows at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced
Study
(Greenleaf House, 76 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA)
Meet the 2007-2008 Radcliffe Science Fellows
Contact: Becki Smith, science(a)radcliffe.edu , 617.496.5545
7:00p
Center for Astrophysics Monthly Observatory Nights
(Phillips Auditorium at the CfA, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA)
"The Search for Stellar Origins," with Charles Lada, Center for Astrophysics.
Contact: pubaffairs(a)cfa.harvard.edu, (617) 495-7461,
www.cfa.harvard.edu/events/mon.html
Friday 4/18/2008
11:00a
Harvard Forest Seminar Series
(Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA)
Speaker: Erik Hobbie - Complex Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire.
Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu,
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc...
12:00p
OEB Special Seminar
(MCZ 101, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Skull development in caecilian amphibians: systematic and evolutionary
implications" with Hendrik Mueller, University of Jena, Germany, Host: Hanken Lab.
Contact: Emily Becker, ebecker(a)oeb.harvard.edu
2:30p
Gender and the Environment: Women's Role in Environmental Leadership
(Taubman 5th Floor, Allison Dining Room, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge,
MA)
Contact: Amanda Swanson, amanda_swanson(a)harvard.edu
3:00p
EPS Special Lecture
(Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"Tracking Precambrian O2" with David Johnston, Microbial Science Initiative
Fellow, Harvard University
Contact: Sarah Colgan, colgan(a)eps.harvard.edu
4:00p SEAS Applied Physics Colloquium
(Pierce Hall, Room 209, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA) "Electronics on plastic: A
solution to the energy challenge, or just a pipe dream?" with Stephen Forrest,
University of Michigan
Saturday 4/19/2008
Saturday 4/19/2008
1:00p
Harvard Museum of Natural History Lecture Series
(HMNH, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"The Earth from Space: Satellite Measurements of Pollution and Solar Radiation"
lecture by Kelly Chance.
Contact:
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe...
2:00p - 12:45p
Harvard Museum of Natural History DVD Screening
(HMNH, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Dimming the Sun" This 55-minute NOVA documentary investigates the discovery
that the pollution may be causing less sunlight to reach Earth over time.
Contact:
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe...
Monday 4/21/2008
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
12:00p - 2:00p
Science, Technology, and Society Circle
(124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100, Room 106, Cambridege, MA)
"Working Levels, Working Knowledge: Indoor Radon and the Environmental Protection
Agency" with Ellen Bales (History of Science and Technology, UC Berkeley).
Contact: Sang-Hyun Kim, sang-hyun_kim(a)ksg.harvard.edu,
www.ksg.harvard.edu/sts/
4:00p
Earth and Planetary Sciences Department Colloquia
(Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Eric Geist, United States Geological Survey. Seminar titles are posted one week
in advance of each talk.
Contact: miller(a)eps.harvard.edu,
www-eps.harvard.edu/seminars/epscollo...
5:00p Future of Energy
(Yenching Auditorium, 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA)
Rep. Edward J. Markey, Chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and
Global Warming, 7th Congressional District, (D-Mass.) "Reclaiming U.S. Leadership on
Global Warming"
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, (617) 495-8883,
www.environment.harvard.edu
Tuesday 4/22/2008
9:30a - 11:00a
Energy Policy Seminar Series
(Littauer-324, Fainsod Room, Kennedy School of Government, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA)
"Optimal Environmental Policy under Economic Fluctuations" with speaker Garth
Heutel, HUCE Fellow.
Contact: Louisa Lund, louisa_lund(a)harvard.edu, (617) 495-8693
11:30a
Solid Earth Physics Seminar Series
(Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA) "The Great Sumatran
Earthquakes: 2004-2007 -- Results from New Marine Studies" with speaker Satish Singh,
Marine Geophysics, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France.
Contact:
esag.harvard.edu/rice/SOLID.EARTH.SEM...
12:00p Herbaria Seminar Series
(Herbaria Seminar Room, 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA)
"The role of floral traits in pollination and plant defense" with speaker
Rebecca Irwin (Dartmouth University)
Contact:
www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series/
12:00p
EPS Special Lecture
(Haller Hall, Room 102, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"Integrating Neoproterozoic paleoceanographic records from Arctic Alaska and Canada:
implications for exotic micro-continents and scale micro-fossils" with Francis
Macdonald, Harvard University.
Contact: Sarah Colgan, colgan(a)eps.harvard.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: Itay 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, is a ground
breaking expert in grassroots politics and organizing and has been a national
environmental leader for more than t...
Contact: jmckee(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.iop.harvard.edu/extcal/calendar.php#
4:00p
Earth History and Paleobiology Seminar
(Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"Early Cambrian three-dimensionally preserved metazoan eggs and phosphatic
microfossils from Yukon, Canada" with speaker Dr. Leanne Pyle, Geological Survey of
Canada.
Contact: Phoebe Cohen, pacohen(a)fas.harvard.edu ,
www.eps.harvard.edu/seminars/ehapcoll...
4:15p
Clean Energy for the Commonwealth
(MIT Building W16 (Kresge Auditorium), 48 Massachusetts Ave (Rear), Cambridge, MA)
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick will deliver a major public address at MIT on Earth
Day to discuss his vision for the future of clean energy in the Commonwealth.
Contact: Beth Conlin, bconlin(a)mit.edu, 617-452-3199,
web.mit.edu/mitei/news/seminars/commo...
7:30p
"The 11th Hour" Campus Tour
(Emerson Hall 105, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA and Arminise Amphitheater, Longwood
Medical Campus, Boston, MA) Celebrate Earth Day with the Harvard Green Campus Initiative:
Watch the award winning film, "The 11th Hour." *A second showing at 5:00pm in
the Arminise Amphitheater (Longwood Campus)...
Contact: Krystal Noiseux, 617-496-4497,
www.greencampus.harvard.edu
Wednesday 4/23/2008
11:00a
EPS Special Lecture
(Hoffman Faculty Lounge, 20 Oxford St., 4th Floor, Cambridge, MA) "The Neoproterozoic
& Cambrian of Mongolia: foredeeps, phosphorites, and the formation of central
Asia" with Francis Macdonald, Harvard University
Contact: Sarah Colgan, colgan(a)eps.harvard.edu
6:00p - 7:00p
Ross Gelbspan to Speak on Climate Change
(2nd floor Amphitheater at Lesley University located in University Hall at 1815
Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA)
Contact: Sarah Jones, studentactivities(a)lesley.edu , 617/349-8565
Friday 4/25/2008
8:00a - 5:00p
Earth History and Paleobiology Special Symposium
(Hoffman Laboratories, 4th Floor, 20 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"A world in transition: Geobiology of the Proterozoic-Cambrian II" a symposium
featuring the research of young scientists on old rocks.
Contact: Francis Macdonald, fmacdon(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~knollgrp/...
11:00a
Harvard Forest Seminar Series
(Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA)
Speaker: Andrew Altieri â Brown University. "Agents of environmental change:
ecological interactions along stress gradients"
Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu,
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc...
12:00p
Atmospheric Sciences Seminar
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "3-D Virtual Reality
Visualization of Wind in the Amazon Forest: Atmospheric-Biosphere Interactions at Local
and Regional Scales" with Gil Bohrer and Marcos Longo, Harvard University. Hos...
Contact: Brenda Mathieu, bmathieu(a)seas.harvard.edu ,
www-as.harvard.edu/seminar.html
Saturday 4/26/2008
11:00a - 3:00p
Environmental Action Committee's Earth Day Celebration
(MAC Quad, Harvard Campus, Cambridge) Come to the MAC quad for free local ice cream, live
music, and games. Learn about a variety of green topics from student groups and get
involved in the environmental movement at Harvard and beyond.
Contact: Alexandra A. Mushegian, amusheg(a)fas.harvard.edu
12:00p - 7:00p
EPS Day
(Hoffman Labs, 4th Floor, 20 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) An annual symposium of short
presentations and posters by postdoctoral fellows and senior graduate students in the
Earth and Planetary Science Department. There will be 8 speakers (several of whom ...
Contact: Jenny Fisher, jafisher(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.eps.harvard.edu/eps_%20day_%20200...
Monday 4/28/2008
Science, Technology, and Society Workshop
(TBA) Beyond the Creation-Evolution Controversy: Science and Religion in Public Life:
Janet Browne (Department of the History of Science, Harvard University)
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) Speaker: Rod Ewing, University
of Michigan. 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...
5:30p Oil Shockwave: Oil Crisis Executive Simulation
(JFK Forum, Littauer Building, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA)
Please join us on April 28, 2008 at Harvard's John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum as a group of
former White House advisors and senior government officials contends with a simulated oil
crisis. The participa...
Contact:
belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/oilforum...
Tuesday 4/29/2008
9:30a
Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series
(Belfer Center Library (L-369), Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA) "Coal
Assessment and Extraction in India: Issues and Prospects" with speaker Ananth
Chikkatur, ETIP Research Fellow.
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) "Self-healing shear rupture pulse driven
by thermal pressurization of pore fluid" with Dmitry Garagash, Department of Civil
and Resource Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, C...
Contact:
esag.harvard.edu/rice/SOLID.EARTH.SEM...
12:00p
Herbaria Seminar Series
(Herbaria Seminar Room, 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA) "Revisionary Systematics of
the Tuberaceae and phylogenetic placement of unidentified Tuber mycorrhiza" with
speaker Greg Bonito (Duke University)
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: Itay Halevy , ihalevy(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars...
4:00p
Earth History and Paleobiology Seminar
(Haller Hall, Room 102, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Dinoflagellates and the evolution of plastids" with Dr. Chuck Delwiche
University of Maryland
Contact: Phoebe Cohen, pacohen(a)fas.harvard.edu ,
www.eps.harvard.edu/seminars/ehapcoll...
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, is a ground
breaking expert in grassroots politics and organizing and has been a national
environmental leader for more than t...
Contact: jmckee(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.iop.harvard.edu/extcal/calendar.php#
6:00p
Harvard Museum of Natural History Public Lecture Series
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Thinking Outside the Fossil Record: Explanations for the Cambrian Explosion of
Animals" lecture by Harvard Professor Charles Marshall
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe...
Wednesday 4/30/2008
Wednesday 4/30/2008
4:00p - 5:30p
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
(Littauer-382, 79 JFK St., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)
Speaker: Ian Parry, Resources for the Future. "Should Urban Transit Subsidies Be
Reduced?"
Contact: jason Chapman, jason_chapman(a)ksg.harvard.edu,
isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword...
4:00p - 6:00p
Covering a Changing Climate: The Media Challenge
(Barker Center for the Humanities, Harvard University, 12 Quincy Street, The Thompson Room
(Room 110), Cambridge, MA) A public lecture co-sponsored by The Center for Health and the
Global Environment at Harvard Medical School and The Society of Environmental Journalists
featuring noted editors and journalists incl...
Contact: Emily Huhn , Emily_Huhn(a)hms.harvard.edu , 617-384-8739,
chge.med.harvard.edu/
5:00p - 6:00p
McKinsey & Company Global Energy and Materials
(MIT, 66-110, Cambridge, MA) "Perspectives on Climate Change". Consensus is
growing that a concerted economy-wide effort is needed to address rising greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions, but there are a lot of questions ar...
Contact: Contact Steven Peters, energy-events(a)mit.edu
Thursday 5/1/2008
4:00p - 5:00p
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Chris Amemiya, Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle. Title: TBA. Hosted by the
Edwards Lab.
Contact: Deborah Smiley, (617) 384-5062
4:00p - 5:00p
Climate Seminar
(Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Isaac Held, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton University
Contact: Sarah Colgan, colgan(a)eps.harvard.edu, 617-496-9770,
www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars...
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