Dear Friends of HUCE,
Welcome back! Within this email you will find two week's worth of
environmentally related events here on the Harvard campus and in the Boston
area. There are some fantastic events on the calendar and I hope you will
take full advantage of the many engaging lectures and seminars listed
here. Always be sure to check the HUCE calendar on our website,
[
http://harvard.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&…]
www.environment.harvard.edu, for the most up-to-date listings and
complete event descriptions, as venues and times may change.
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 [
mailto:lisa_matthews@harvard.edu ].
Feel free to distribute this email to your friends, colleagues, family, and anyone
else who may be interested in environmental events around our community.
Enjoy your first week of classes!
Highlights:
Wednesday, September 17: The Minister of State for Industry at the
Government of India, Dr. Ashwani Kumar, visits Harvard for a seminar on
"Inclusivist Growth and Economic Reforms the Challenges of India's Pluralist
Democracy."
Monday, September 22: His Excellency, Anote Tong, President of Kiribati
discusses his country's unique vulnerabilty to the effects of global
warming-induced sea level rise in this first lecture of the Fall 2008 _Green
Conversations _series.
Wednesday, September 24: The first _Science in the News _seminar kicks off
the school year with a discussion on "Fuels of the Future."
Calendar Listings:
Thursday 9/11/2008
6:00p [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=112064430 ]
Microbial Sciences Initiative Thursday Evening Seminar Series
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
"To Build a Biofilm." George O'Toole, Department of Microbiology and
Immunology, Dartmouth University
Contact: Christy Herren, herren(a)fas.harvard.edu [ mailto:herren@fas.harvard.edu ],
(617) 495 8643,
www.msi.harvard.edu/thursdays.html [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.msi.harvard.edu/thursdays.html ]
Friday 9/12/2008
2:00p
Time is running out for the oil-exporting states [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=118829845 ]
(Muckley Building, Room E40-496, MIT, Cambridge, MA)
Speakers: John V. Mitchell, Associate Research Fellow, Chatham House and
Research Adviser, Oxford Institute of Energy Studies; and Paul Stevens,
Senior Research Fellow for Energy, Chatham House
Contact: [
http://web.mit.edu/globalchange/www ]web.mit.edu/globalchange/www/
Saturday 9/13/2008
11:00a - 2:00p
Sierra Club: Energy Solutions Day [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117067275 ]
(Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common, Boston, MA)
Join the Sierra Club and your friends and neighbors to have fun, enjoy a
beautiful fall day, and learn about energy solutions.
Contact: Carol Oldham, carol.oldham(a)sierraclub.org [ mailto:carol.oldham@sierraclub.org
], 617-423-5775,
www.sierraclubmass.org/events/events.... [
http://www.sierraclubmass.org/events/events.html#special ]
2:00p [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=116987727 ]
Harvard Museum of Natural History Lecture Series
(Haller Hall, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Superdove: How the Pigeon took Manhattan and the World." Author talk &
book
signing by Courtney Humphries.
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu [ mailto:hmnh@oeb.harvard.edu ], 617.495.3045,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.hmnh.harvard.edu ]
Monday 9/15/2008
9:30a Energy Policy Research Programs Seminar [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117182187 ]
(Fainsod Room, Littauer 324, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA)
"The Mounting Crisis in Climate Policy and What to Do About It." Gwyn Prins,
London School of Economics.
Contact: (617) 495-8693
12:00p - 1:00p [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=118021150 ]
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: Kurt House, khouse(a)fas.harvard.edu [
mailto:khouse@fas.harvard.edu ],
www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.ht… ]
2:00p [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117791430 ]
OEB Special Seminar
(MCZ 101, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Marsupial immune genes: organization, evolution and role in the spread of a
contagious cancer." Dr. Kathy Belov Australasian Wildlife Genomics Group
Faculty of Veterinary Science
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu [ mailto:kparodi@oeb.harvard.edu ]
4:00p
EPS 2008 First-Year Symposium [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=118794388 ]
(Haller Hall, Room 102, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
Contact: Maryorie Grande, grande(a)eps.harvard.edu [ mailto:grande@eps.harvard.edu ],
617-496-8069,
[
http://www.eps.harvard.edu ]www.eps.harvard.edu/
5:00p - 7:00p [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=118829825 ]
SolarTaxi: Around the World in a Solar-Electric Vehicle
(MIT, Building 4, Room 270, Cambridge, MA)
Swiss citizen Louis Palmer is currently finishing the first round-the-world
trip in a solar-electric vehicle.
Contact: David Sanchez , davidsan(a)mit.edu [ mailto:davidsan@mit.edu ]
,
[
http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?event=9021400&location=http:…
]events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?e...
5:00p [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=118829843 ]
Powering the Planet: The Challenge for MIT and Science in the 21st Century
(MIT, Building 10, Room 250, Cambridge, MA)
Contact: sfowler(a)mit.edu [ mailto:sfowler@mit.edu ] , [
http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?event=9021767&location=http:…
]events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?e...
Tuesday 9/16/2008
12:00p
Herbaria Seminar Series [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117102188 ]
(Herbaria Seminar Room, 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA)
"Closing the Global Carbon Cycle: Linking Terrestrial Plant Production with
Aquatic Microbial Production of Carbon Dioxide." Peter Pollard, Griffith
University.
Contact: [
http://www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series ]www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series/
3:00p - 4:00p [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117067220 ]
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 [
mailto:kdennis@fas.harvard.edu ],
www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars... [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/semi…
]
Wednesday 9/17/2008
1:00p - 6:00p [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=118794390 ]
New England Ratepayer Advocate Summit
(Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin Land Boulevard, Cambridge, MA )
The New England Ratepayer Advocate Summit will be a half-day conference for
energy customers, their advocates and government officials to discuss the
impact of and how to combat high energy costs.
Contact: Grier H. Potter, ratepayersummit(a)state.ma.us [ mailto:ratepayersummit@state.ma.us
], (617) 963-2096,
[
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=cagosubtopic&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Communi…
]www.mass.gov/?pageID=cagosubtopic&...
4:00p [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=118021349 ]
Inclusivist Growth and Economic Reforms the Challenges of India's Pluralist
Democracy
(Fainsod Room, Littauer 324, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Dr. Ashwani Kumar, the Minister of State for Industry, Government
of India.
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu [ mailto:lisa_matthews@harvard.edu ],
617-495-8883
[*Note time change to 4:00 pm.]
6:00p - 7:00p [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=118829827 ]
MIT Energy Club Lecture Series
(MIT, E51-145, Cambridge, MA)
The MIT Energy Club Lecture Series presents Matthew Nordan, Lux Research.
Contact: Lara Pierpoint, energy-events(a)mit.edu [
mailto:%20energy-events@mit.edu ] ,
[
http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?event=9020187&location=http:…
]events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?e...
6:00p [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117067301 ]
Sierra Club MA Special Event
(The Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA)
"The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World". Join
photographer Steven Kazlowski and the Sierra Club for a presentation, Q&A
and book signing.
Contact: events(a)gcb.com [ mailto:events@gcb.com ], 617-649-5700
x21,
www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/renta... [
http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/rental.html ]
Thursday 9/18/2008
4:00p [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117826180 ]
OEB Seminar Series
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"Comparisons of genes and genomes from across the amniotes." Chris Ponting,
Oxford University.
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu [
mailto:kparodi@oeb.harvard.edu ],
www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/semin... [
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html ]
6:00p [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=116987728 ]
Harvard Museum of Natural History Lecture Series
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Audubon: The Early Drawings." Lecture and book signing by Scott Edwards and
Leslie Morris Scott Edwards, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary
Biology.
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu [ mailto:hmnh@oeb.harvard.edu ], 617.495.3045 ,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.hmnh.harvard.edu ]
Friday 9/19/2008
8:30a - 9:30a [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=112098331 ]
Microbial Sciences Friday Chalktalk
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
"Gene genealogies and natural selection." John Wakeley, Dept of Organismic
and Evolutionary Biology
Contact: Christy Herren, herren(a)fas.harvard.edu [ mailto:herren@fas.harvard.edu ], (617)
495 8643,
www.msi.harvard.edu/fridays.html [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.msi.harvard.edu/fridays.html ]
2:30p [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=118056076 ]
Program on Evolutionary Dynamics: Distinguished Lecture Series
(Science Center Lecture Hall C, One Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"The AIDS epidemic: Immune selection pressure, viral evolution, and
prospects for a vaccine." Brice Walker, Professor of Medicine at Harvard
Medical School.
Contact: Jordan Bice, bice(a)fas.harvard.edu [ mailto:bice@fas.harvard.edu ],
617.496.4737,
[
http://www.ped.fas.harvard.edu ]www.ped.fas.harvard.edu/
7:00p [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117941086 ]
Harvard Forest Special Talk and Booksigining
(Fisher Museum, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA )
"Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity." Dr. Eric
Chivian, Director, Harvard University Center for Health and the Global
Environment
Contact: John O'Keefe, jokeefe(a)fas.harvard.edu [ mailto:jokeefe@fas.harvard.edu ],
978-724-3302
Monday 9/22/2008
12:00p - 1:00p
[
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=118021151 ]
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: Kurt House, khouse(a)fas.harvard.edu [
mailto:khouse@fas.harvard.edu ],
www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.ht… ]
5:00p - 6:00p
Green Conversations with His Excellency Anote Tong, President of
Kiribati [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=114649866 ]
(Science Center Lecture Hall D, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
Faculty panelists: James McCarthy, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Biological
Oceanography and Daniel Schrag, professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences
and director, HHUCE.
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu [ mailto:lisa_matthews@harvard.edu ],
617-495-8883
Tuesday 9/23/2008
12:00p [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117102189 ]
Herbaria Seminar Series
(Herbaria Seminar Room, 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA)
"The World on Display - New Challenges for the Economic Botany Collections."
Luis Mendonça de Carvalho, Beja Polytechnic Institute, Portugal.
Contact: [
http://www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series ]www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series/
3:00p - 4:00p ClimaTea Lecture/Journal Club [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117067221 ]
(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 [
mailto:kdennis@fas.harvard.edu ],
www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars... [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/semi…
]
Wednesday 9/24/2008
7:00p - 9:00p
[
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117067294 ]
Science in the News Seminar Series
(Armenise amphitheater, Harvard Medical School, Longwood Campus, Boston, MA)
"Fuels of the Future"
Contact: sitnboston(a)yahoo.com [ mailto:sitnboston@yahoo.com ], [
http://www.hms.harvard.edu/sitn ]www.hms.harvard.edu/sitn/
Thursday 9/25/2008
4:00p
OEB Seminar Series [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117826181 ]
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker and Title TBA.
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu [
mailto:kparodi@oeb.harvard.edu ],
www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/semin... [
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html ]
6:00p
Arnold Arboretum: Landscape Institute Information Session [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117067248 ]
(The Landscape Institute, 30 Chauncy Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge)
"Going Green: Constructing an Environmentally Engineered Home and
Landscape". Marie Stella, landscape historian, designer and faculty member
of the Landscape Institute.
Contact: landscape(a)arnarb.harvard.edu,
[
http://calendar.arboretum.harvard.edu/index.php?mo=9&yr=2008
]calendar.arboretum.harvard.edu/index....
6:00p [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=116987729 ]
Harvard Museum of Natural History Lecture Series
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Nature's Palette: the Biological Significance of Color." Exhibition
opening
lecture by Hopi Hoekstra
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu [ mailto:hmnh@oeb.harvard.edu ], 617.495.3045,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.hmnh.harvard.edu ]
7:00p - 9:00p
WIND POWER SEMINAR: Practical Lessons from Wind Farm Collector Systems
and Interconnections [
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=118829848 ]
(MIT Stata Center, Building 32, Room 141, 32 Vassar St., Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Wanda Reder, VP of Power Systems Services at S&C Electric Company
and President of IEEE PES.
Contact: Soon Wan, gimsoon(a)ieee.org [ mailto:gimsoon@ieee.org ],
www.ieeeboston.org/power_electronics.htm [
http://www.ieeeboston.org/power_electronics.htm
]
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