Dear Friends of HUCE, This email contains event listings for Thursday, November 1 through Wednesday, November 14, 2007. Please check the HUCE calendar on our Web site, <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/> www.environment.harvard.edu, for the most up-to-date listings and complete event descriptions throughout the semester. If you would like to submit an event to the calendar or unsubscribe (!) from this list, contact Lisa Matthews at the Center for the Environment: <mailto:lisa_matthews@harvard.edu> lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu. Please distribute this email to your students, faculty, colleagues, and anyone else who may be interested in environmental events around the community. We hope to see you soon and often. Highlights: *Tuesday, November 6: Global Climate Disruption: What do we Know, What Should We Do? A public address by John Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy and Director, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, Kennedy School; Director, Woods Hole Research Center *Wednesday, November 7: This discussion with Douglas Dick & Peter Nobile of LDa Architects, focuses on how sustainability, related to the built environment and architecture, might be looked at through the lens of regional ecology and culture. *Thursday, November 15: Green Conversations, a new lecture series presented by the Harvard Center for the Environment and Bank of America, welcomes Alan Weisman, author of The World Without Us. This provocative examination of what will happen to the Earth if humans vanish is a New York Times bestseller. Calendar Listings: Thursday 11/1/2007 6:00p - 8:00p The Transboundary Environmental Conflict Between Argentina and Uruguay Speaker Prof. Álvaro González-Gervasio, Department of Geography, Universidad de La República Tufts University Campus, Cabot 205, Fletcher School, 160 Packard Ave., Medford Contact: Ann Urosevich, (617) 627-3394 7:00p Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: Family Friendly Nights "Our Place in Space," with Meredith Hughes 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA Contact: <mailto:pubaffairs@cfa.edu> pubaffairs(a)cfa.edu, 617 495-7461 Friday 11/2/2007 8:30a - 9:30a Friday Chalktalk: "Small Molecule Discovery Using Mass Spectrometry" Speaker Alan Saghatelian HUCE Seminar Room, 3rd Floor, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge Contact: Christy Herren, <mailto:herren@fas.harvard.edu> herren(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617-495-8643 11:30a - 12:30p Harvard Forest 2007 Seminar Series Dominik Kulakowski – Clark University Harvard Forest Seminar Room, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA Contact: Audrey Barker Plotkin, <mailto:aabarker@fas.harvard.edu> aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, 978 724-3302 12:00p Atmospheric Seminar Series Jennifer Harden, United States Geological Survey Pierce Hall, Room 100F, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge Contact: Nicole Smith-Downey, <mailto:nsdowney@fas.harvard.edu> nsdowney(a)fas.harvard.edu 4:00p - 6:00p Open House/Grand Opening New Amsterdam Project A showroom for TriCycle Trucks and BiCycle Mini-Vans 35 Sacramento St., Cambridge, MA Contact: <mailto:Natalie@NewAmsterdamProject.com> Natalie(a)NewAmsterdamProject.com, (857) 928-1609 Saturday 11/3/2007 8:00a Real Food Summit: Students Mobilizing for Just and Sustainable Food Contact: Marissa Grossman, <mailto:mgrossman@thefoodproject.org> mgrossman(a)thefoodproject.org, 617 442-1322 x19 8:45a - 10:30a Walk for a Climate Revolution Walk from Cambridge City Hall to St. Paul’s Cathedral in Boston Cambridge City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge Contact: <http://www.greencambridge.org/> www.greencambridge.org 10:30a - 12:00p Voices for a Climate Revolution Hear from political, faith, and activist leaders regarding the current climate crisis. St. Paul Cathedral, 138 Tremont St., Boston, MA Contact: <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.stepitup2007.org> www.stepitup2007.org 4:00p - 6:00p Climate Change Colloquium: Step It Up BBQ MAC Quad, Harvard Campus, Cambridge Contact: Amy Heinzerling, <mailto:apheinz@fas.harvard.edu> apheinz(a)fas.harvard.edu Sunday 11/4/2007 2:00p - 3:00p Sunday Family Program: ¡Descubriendo la Biodiversidad! Learning about Biodiversity! Speakers Brian Farrell and Irina Ferreras Harvard Museum of Natural History, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge Contact: <mailto:hmnh@oeb.harvard.edu> hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617.495.3045 4:00p - 5:00p Transcriptional Control of Energy Homeostasis Bruce M. Spiegelman, Professor of Cell Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School KSG G-2, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA. Contact: Janice Stenger , <mailto:jstenger@hsph.harvrd.edu> jstenger(a)hsph.harvrd.edu, 617-432-4822 Monday 11/5/2007 12:00p - 1:00p Harvard Energy Journal Club HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA Contact: Kurt House, <mailto:khouse@fas.harvard.edu> khouse(a)fas.harvard.edu 12:00p CSRI New Directions in Regulation Seminar Series Robert Stavins, Kennedy School of Government: "Proposal for a U.S. Cap-and-Trade System to Address Global Climate Change." Bell Hall, 5th floor, Belfer Building, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA Contact: Jennifer Nash, 617 384-7325 12:15p - 1:30p Cell Biology Seminar Series: Epigenetic Transgenerational Actions of Endocrine Disruptors on Reproduction, Disease and Evolution Speaker: Michael Skinner, Director & Professor Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University Pullman Cannon Room, Building C, Rm. 114, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Contact: Joan Ruderman , 617-432-1104 4:00p Earth and Planetary Sciences Department Colloquia Check seminar Web site for speaker information. Haller Hall, 20 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA Contact: <mailto:miller@eps.harvard.edu> miller(a)eps.harvard.edu Tuesday 11/6/2007 9:30a - 11:00a Continental Scale Wind Power: Resources and Variations in Production Speaker: Juha Kiviluoma, ETIP Fellow L-369, Belfer Center Library, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Kennedy School of Government Contact: ETIP Coordinator, <mailto:sam_milton@harvard.edu> sam_milton(a)harvard.edu, 617 496-5584 12:00p Herbaria Seminar Series Kyra N. Krakos, Washington Univ., St. Louis Herbaria Seminar Room, 22 Divinity Avenue, Harvard Campus, Cambridge Contact: <http://www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series/> www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series/ 3:00p - 4:00p ClimaTea Lecture/Journal Club Visit the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics website for current speakers and topics of discussion. Geological Museum, Room 418, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge Contact: Kate Dennis and Martin Tingley, <http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html> http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html 3:30p Carl Linnaeus: A 300-Year Legacy, Systema Naturae Display One day exhibit of Systema Naturae Harvard Museum of Natural History, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge Contact: <mailto:hmnh@oeb.harvard.edu> hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617 495-3045 4:00p Earth History and Paleobiology Seminar Speaker: Paul Copper, Laurentian University Haller Hall, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA Contact: Phoebe Cohen, <mailto:pacohen@fas.harvard.edu> pacohen(a)fas.harvard.edu 6:00p <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=84600358> Institute of Politics Forum: Global Climate Disruption "What Do We Know, What Should We Do?” A public address by John Holdren John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge Contact: 617-496-3864 Wednesday 11/7/2007 4:00p <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=84696810> Department of the History of Science Seminar: "How biology has changed to become biotechnology" Speakers: Walter Gilbert and Victor McElheny Dudley House, Harvard Campus, Cambridge Contact: Sam Schweber, <mailto:schweber@fas.harvard.edu> schweber(a)fas.harvard.edu, <http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Ehsdept/news.html> www.fas.harvard.edu/~hsdept/news.html 4:15p - 5:30p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy Kate Emans Sims, Harvard University. “The Effects of Protected Areas on Land Use and Local Economic Development: Evidence from Northern Thailand.” L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA Contact: Jennifer Shultis, <mailto:jennifer_shultis@harvard.edu> jennifer_shultis(a)harvard.edu, 617 496-8054 4:15p No sex please, we're English: Genes, Anglo-Saxon Apartheid, and the Early Medieval Settlement of Britain Chris Loveluck, Michael McCormick, Nick Patterson, and David Reich venture into genomic archaeology. CGIS South Building, Tsai Auditorium, Room 010, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge Contact: Noreen Tuross, <mailto:tuross@fas.harvard.edu> tuross(a)fas.harvard.edu 5:30p - 6:30p Sustainability, the Built Environment and the Challenge of Regionalism Douglas Dick & Peter Nobile of LDa Architects Kirkland House, 95 Dunster St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA Contact: Stacy E. Dell Orto, <mailto:dellorto@fas.harvard.edu> dellorto(a)fas.harvard.edu 7:00p Harvard Climate Change Colloquium: “God and the Climate: Reaching Out to Evangelicals” Richard Cizik, Vice President for Governmental Affairs, National Association of Evangelicals Institute of Politics Conference Room, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA Contact: <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.greencrimson.com> www.greencrimson.com Thursday 11/8/2007 12:00p - 1:30p CSRI New Directions in Regulation Seminar Series Jody Freeman, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School: "Global Warming Litigation: The Supreme Court's Decision in Massachusetts v. EPA and its Implications" Bell Hall, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA Contact: rpp(a)ksg.harvard.edu 4:00p OEB Seminar: Adaptive dispersal strategies and the dynamics of a range expansion Speaker: Renee Duckworth, Harvard University Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Cambridge Contact: www.oeb.harvard.edu/seminars.htm 6:00p - 7:00p Microbial Sciences Initiative (MSI) Thursday: Endophytic and Endolichenic Fungi: Clues to the Evolution of Fungal Symbioses Speaker: A. Elizabeth Arnold, Division of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of Arizona HUCE Seminar Room, 3rd Floor, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA Contact: Christy Herren, herren(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617-495-8643 Friday 11/9/2007 11:00a - 12:00p Harvard Forest 2007 Seminar Series Joe Lee – Griffith University, Australia. A global analysis of the relationship between mangrove diversity and ecosystem structure and function Harvard Forest Seminar Room, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA Contact: Audrey Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, (978) 724-3302 12:00p - 1:00p Joint EPS / SEAS Seminar Series Speaker: Susan W. Kieffer, Professor of Geology and Physics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "Old Faithful, Cold Faithful, and Frigid Faithful: What's Happening on Enceladus?" Faculty Lounge, Hoffman Labs, 24 Oxford Street, 4th Floor Contact: Ben Tobin, tobin(a)fas.harvard.edu, 5-2350 12:00p Impact of Rapid Environmental Changes on Climate in China: An Overview of EAST-AIRE Hosted by Dr. Wang Yuxuan of the China Project, oriented to towards the Harvard Atmospheric Chemistry seminar series Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA Contact: Chris Neilsen, nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu, chinaproject.harvard.edu 1:00p - 6:00p Publishing in the New Millennium: A Forum on Scientific Publishing in the Biosciences This forum will bring together representatives from established journals, innovative entrepreneurs, historians, and scientists to combine their knowledge and experience in publishing in outlining t... TMEC, Walter Ampitheater, Harvard Medical School, Boston Contact: Zeba Wunderlich, wunderl(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.harvardpublishingforum.com/ Monday 11/12/2007 Veteran’s Day Holiday Tuesday 11/13/2007 12:00p Herbaria Seminar Series Dipterocarp phylogeography and introgression with Koichi Kamiya Herbaria Seminar Room, 22 Divinity Avenue, Harvard Campus, Cambridge Contact: www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series/ 3:00p - 4:00p <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=84667703> ClimaTea Lecture/Journal Club Visit the website for current speakers and topics of discussion. Geological Museum, Room 418, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge Contact: Kate Dennis and Martin Tingley, www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars... <http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html> Thursday 11/15/2007 4:00p OEB Seminar: Lesson from Dover Speaker Kevin Padian, University of California, Berkeley Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge Contact: Chris Organ, corgan(a)oeb.harvard.edu 5:00p Green Conversations with Alan Weisman Alan Weisman, author of highly acclaimed "The World Without Us", examines what will happen to the Earth if humans vanish. Science Center, Lecture Hall E, One Oxford St., Cambridge Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883 6:00p Harvard Museum of Natural History Public Lecture Series "Photosynthesis, Biofuels, and Food" with Dr. Michele Holbrook, Harvard University Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu 7:30p Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: Monthly Observatory Nights "Mars Phoenix: Following the Water," with Rebecca Siddons & Michael Krushinsky, The Met Center. 60 Garden Street, Cambridge Contact: pubaffairs(a)cfa.harvard.edu, (617) 495-7461 Lisa Matthews Events Coordinator Harvard University Center for the Environment 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu p. 617-495-8883 f. 617-496-0425