Highlights:
September 21: Dr. Steven Koonin, the Under Secretary for Science, US Department of Energy,
presents "Energy Innovation at Scale" in the first HUCE Future of Energy
lecture of the Fall semester.
September 29: At the Environmental Economics Seminar, Martin Weitzman, Professor of
Economics, discusses "Green-House-Gas Targets as Insurance Against Catastrophic
Climate Damages."
September 30 - October 1: The Frontiers of Renewable Energy Sciences and Technologies
Workshop (F.O.R.E.S.T) seeks to explore scientific frontiers in pure and applied sciences
and device engineering in areas potentially connected to energy technologies.
Calendar Listings:
September 17, 2010
8:45am - 9:30am MSI Chalktalk Breakfast
HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Lynn Bry, Harvard Medical School. "Time series analyses of the flora during enteric
infections."
http://www.msi.harvard.edu/
MSI-NEWS(a)LISTSERV.MED.HARVARD.EDU
9:00am - 12:30pm New England Restructuring Roundtable: "Renewable Energy's
Future in New England"
http://www.raabassociates.org/main/roundtable.asp
raab(a)raabassociates.org 617-350-5544
Foley Hoag LLP 155 Seaport Boulevard, 13th Floor Boston, MA 02210
The first Fall Roundtable of 2010 focuses on renewable energy's future in New
England.
September 20, 2010
10:00am - 12:30pm Sawyer Seminar Series on Energy Transitions and Society
Room 424 School of Management building (595 Commonwealth Avenue) Boston University Boston,
MA
"An Overview of Energy Transitions.”
http://www.bu.edu/pardee/research/sawyer-energy-transitions/
pardee(a)bu.edu
11:45am - 12:45pm Harvard Energy Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of discussion.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/
Contact Name: Kate Dennis kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu
12:00pm MCZ Lunchtime Seminar
MCZ 101 Seminar Room 26 Oxford St Cambridge, MA
Ian Wang, Postdoctoral Fellow, MCZ, Losos Lab. "Landscape Genetics and Phenotypic
Evolution in Amphibians (and Reptiles)"
Contact Name: Catherine Weisel cweisel(a)oeb.harvard.edu (617) 495-2460
12:00pm - 1:30pm Energy Policy Distinguished Speaker Lunch
Nye ABC, 5th Floor, Taubman Building Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA
"Europe’s View on International Climate Policy." Connie Hedegaard, European
Commissioner for Climate Action.
Trudi_Bostian(a)hks.harvard.edu
4:00pm EPS Colloquium
Haller Hall, Geo-Museum 102 24 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA
Karen Casciotti, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. "Oxygen isotopic fractionation
and exchange during bacterial nitrification."
Contact Name: Sabinna Cappo scappo(a)fas.harvard.edu
September 21, 2010
12:30pm - 2:00pm U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262) CGIS Knafel Building 1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA
Charles K. Ebinger. Director, Energy Security Initiative, and the Stephen and Barbara
Friedman Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution.
Contact Name: Shinju Fujihira, Ph.D. sfujihira(a)wcfia.harvard.edu 617-495-1890
2:30pm - 4:00pm ETIP/Consortium Energy Policy Seminar Series
Bell Hall Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA
John Lassiter, Harvard Business School. “Building Green Businesses: Issues in
Entrepreneurial Finance.”
Contact Name: Louisa Lund louisa_lund(a)hks.harvard.edu
3:00pm - 4:30pm ClimaTea
HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Visit the ClimaTea website for updates and topics of discussion.
http://www.deas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html
Contact Name: Sierra Petersen speters(a)fas.harvard.edu
5:30pm The Future of Energy
Harvard University Science Center D One Oxford St, Cambridge, MA
Dr. Steven Koonin, Under Secretary for Science, US Department of Energy. "Energy
Innovation at Scale"
http://www.energy.gov/organization/dr_steven_koonin.htm
Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883
September 22, 2010
11:00am OEB Weekly Seminar
BioLabs Lecture Hall 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA
Kenneth Catania, Vanderbilt University. "Stars, Whiskers, and Tentacles - Sensory
Specializations and Behaviors in Some Rare Predators"
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html
8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting
Quincy House Spindell Room Harvard University Cambridge, MA
The best way to get involved with the EAC is to attend the general meetings. 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
September 23, 2010
11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room 310 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
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
12:00pm Atmospheric Sciences Seminar
Pierce Hall, Room 100F 29 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA
Emily Fischer, University of Washington. "Importing ozone precursors and aerosols to
the North American free troposphere: An analysis of peroxyacetyl nitrate(PAN) and aerosol
observations from Mount Bachelor.”
http://www.as.harvard.edu/seminar.html
September 24, 2010
8:45am - 9:30am MSI Chalktalk Breakfast
Haller Hall, Room 102 24 Oxford St Cambridge, MA
Welkin Johnson, Harvard Medical School. "Evolution of genes at the retrovirus-host
interface."
http://www.msi.harvard.edu/
September 27, 2010
11:45am - 12:45pm Harvard Energy Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of discussion.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/
Contact Name: Kate Dennis kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu
September 28, 2010
3:00pm - 4:30pm ClimaTea
HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Visit the Climatea website for updates and topics of discussion.
http://www.deas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html
Contact Name: Sierra Petersen speters(a)fas.harvard.edu
September 29, 2010
4:10pm - 5:30pm Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Harvard Kennedy School Room L-382 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA
Martin Weitzman, Harvard University. “GHG Targets as Insurance Against Catastrophic
Climate Damages.”
Contact Name: Jason Chapman 617-495-8054
6:00pm HMNH Lecture and Panel Discussion
Geological Lecture Hall 24 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA
"Persuasion in a Climate of Uncertainty.” Panel discussion with Sheila Jasanoff,
James J. McCarthy, and Bruce Gellerman. Moderated by Allan Brandt.
http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php
hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu
8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting
Quincy House Spindell Room Harvard University Cambridge, MA
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
September 30 - October 1, 2010
Frontiers of Renewable Energy Sciences and Technologies Workshop (F.O.R.E.S.T.)
Harvard Faculty Club
The F.O.R.E.S.T workshop seeks to explore scientific frontiers in pure and applied
sciences and device engineering in areas potentially connected to energy technologies.
http://www.energy.harvard.edu/events/forest
Contact Name: Brenda Hugot bhugot(a)fas.harvard.edu 617-496-1788
September 30, 2010
11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room 310 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
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 Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change
Biolabs lecture Hall 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA
Daniel H. Janzen, Ph. D., Thomas G. and Louise E. DiMaura Professor of Conservation
Biology, University of Pennsylvania. "Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica:
Conservation through Intersection of Agendas."
Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883
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