Highlights:
Today at 4:30: Celebrate "Cultures in Common" -- the many ways in which the
science and humanities, the social sciences, the arts, the law, and engineering and
applied sciences work together for responsible education, research, and problem solving.
Wednesday, May 13: Join Meg Jacobs for her Radcliffe Institute Fellows Presentation,
"Panic at the Pump: The Energy Crisis and the Challenges of Conservative Governance
Since the 1970s" where she will discuss her research on how politicians and
policymakers have attempted to address a national crisis without expanding the role of
government in the marketplace.
Tuesday, May 19: Yongzhen Yu, a visiting scholar of the Energy Technology Innovation
Policy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School, discusses how Demand Side Management (DSM)
is one of the best and most practical policy tools for China to balance environmental
protection and economic growth.
Calendar Listings:
Thursday 5/7/2009
3:00p Fusion: Energy for the Future?
(HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St. 3rd floor, Cambridge, MA)
Anthony J. Webster, Euratom/UKAEA Fusion Association, United Kingdom.
4:30p - 6:30p Opening Panel -- Cultures in Common: 50 Years of Reflection on Science,
Technology, and Society
(Maxwell-Dworkin Lessin Room, G115, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
Bringing together a distinguished roster of speakers that will explore the many ways in
which the cultures of science are in constant conversation with the cultures of the
humanities, the social sciences, the arts, the law, and engineering and applied sciences.
Contact:
www.hks.harvard.edu/sts/events/twocul...
Friday 5/8/2009
8:30a Microbial Sciences Friday Chalktalk
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
Josh Blodgett, MSI Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School - Dept of BCMP, Clardy
Lab.
Contact: Runal Mehta, runal_mehta(a)harvard.edu,
www.msi.harvard.edu/fridays.html
9:00a - 5:30p Workshop -- Cultures in Common: 50 Years of Reflection on Science,
Technology, and Society
(Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building, 79 JFK St., Cambridge)
Exploring the many ways in which the cultures of science are in constant conversation with
the cultures of the humanities, the social sciences, the arts, the law, and engineering
and applied sciences. Registration required.
Contact: Lauren Schiff, Lauren_Schiff(a)harvard.edu,
www.hks.harvard.edu/sts/events/twocul...
11:00a Harvard Forest Seminar Series
(Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA)
"Insights from experimental manipulation and management of Massachusetts coastal
plain grasslands and shrublands." Chris Neill, the Ecosystems Center, Marine
Biological Laboratory.
Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, 978-724-3302 x 268,
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc...
2:30p - 4:30p MIT Seminar on Environmental and Agricultural History
(Building E51, Room 095, MIT, Cambridge, MA)
"Empires of Energy 1580-1980: Fossil Fuels and Geopolitics." John McNeill,
Professor of History, Georgetown University.
Contact: Margo Collett, mcollett(a)mit.edu
Saturday 5/9/2009
11:30a - 2:00p Solutions for a sustainable future
(Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA)
Learn about cutting edge solutions for sustainable development and how to become a leader
in the transition we find ourselves in today.
Contact:
www.may9th.org
Monday 5/11/2009
11:30a 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: Mark Winkler, mwinkler(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/
6:00p - 7:30p MIT Museum Soap Box Series: Energy
(MIT Museum, N51, 265 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA)
"Nanoscale Engineering for High Performance Solar Cells." Vladimir Bulovic, KDD
Associate Professor of Communications and Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science, MIT.
Contact: museuminfo(a)mit.edu,
mit.edu/museum/programs/soapbox.html
Wednesday 5/13/2009
3:30p Radcliffe Institute Fellows' Presentation Series
(Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden St., Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA)
"Panic at the Pump: The Energy Crisis and the Challenges of Conservative Governance
Since the 1970s." Meg Jacobs, Jeanne Rosselet Fellow, History, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Contact:
www.radcliffe.edu/events/fellows.aspx...
6:00p - 7:00p The Carbon Market
(NEXUS, 38 Chauncy St., 7th Floor, Boston, MA)
Discussion of the development of the global carbon market over the last 5 years, including
Kyoto, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), and their impact on the development of a
U.S. carbon market.
Contact:
bostonegb.ning.com
Thursday 5/14/2009
12:00p - 1:00p Stockholm Environmental Institute Seminar
(SEI, 11 Curtis Ave, Somerville, MA)
"Future Stability of Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheets and Its Global Implications:
Answers from the past." Sebastian Koenig, Climate System Research Center at the
University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Contact:
www.sei-us.org/events.html
3:30p China Project Seminar
(Pierce Hall 100F, 19 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Environmental Complaints in China 1992-2006: A Provincial-Level Analysis." Dr.
Martin Dimitrov, Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Dartmouth College.
Contact: Chris Nielsen , nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu
6:00p Microbial Sciences Initiative Thursday Evening Seminar Series
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
"Managing the Mutant Microbe Within: Mitochondrial-nuclear epistasis for fitness and
disease in Drosophila." David Rand, Brown University Professor of Biology.
Contact: Christy Herren, herren(a)fas.harvard.edu, (617) 495 8643,
www.msi.harvard.edu/thursdays.html
7:00p Reaching Sustainability in the Existing Built Environment
(First Parish Church, 3 Church St., Cambridge)
An exchange of ideas on how we can reach true energy efficiency in our built environment.
Contact: info(a)basea.org,
www.basea.org
Friday 5/15/2009
10:00a - 2:00p Somerville Living Green Festival
(Somerville High School, 81 Highland Ave., Somerville, MA)
Step up your sustainability through amazing hands-on workshops and demonstrations: healthy
cooking, bike repair, home gardening, insulation, and more; electric and biodiesel cars
and bikes.
Contact:
www.somervilleclimateaction.org/web/lgf
Saturday 5/16/2009
11:00a HMNH Special Event: Walking Tour of the Trees of Harvard
(Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
Take a walk around Harvard Yard with experts from the Harvard Herbaria and learn about the
natural history of Harvard's arboreal treasures.
Contact: hmnh-lectures(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617.384.8309
Sunday 5/17/2009
2:00p Harvard Museum of Natural History Family Program
(HMNH, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Under New England: The Story of New England’s Rocks and Fossils."
Charles Ferguson Barker.
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/family_programs/...
Monday 5/18/2009
11:30a 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: Mark Winkler, mwinkler(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/
Tuesday 5/19/2009
9:00a - 5:00p Alternative Energy and Building Efficency '09: Conference and
Exhibition
(Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston St., Boston, MA)
For all building, architecture, design, facilities management, and energy management
professionals.
Contact: Ken Cardelle, kcardelle(a)AlternativeEnergyShows.com, 860-707-2770,
www.AlternativeEnergyShows.com
9:30a - 11:00a Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series
(Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA)
"Energy Demand Management." Yongzhen Yu, ETIP Visiting Scholar.
Contact:
www.belfercenter.org/energy
6:00p - 7:30p MIT Museum Soap Box Series: Energy
(MIT Museum, N51, 265 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA)
"Luminescent Solar Concentrators Explained." Marc Baldo, Esther and Harold E.
Edgerton Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science, MIT.
Contact: museuminfo(a)mit.edu,
mit.edu/museum/programs/soapbox.html
Wednesday 5/20/2009
9:00a - 5:00p Alternative Energy and Building Efficency '09: Conference and
Exhibition
(Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston St., Boston, MA)
For all building, architecture, design, facilities management, and energy management
professionals.
Contact: Ken Cardelle, kcardelle(a)AlternativeEnergyShows.com, 860-707-2770,
www.AlternativeEnergyShows.com
1:30p Solid Earth Physics Seminar Series
(TBA)
Eric Geist, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. Title TBA.
Contact:
esag.harvard.edu/rice/SOLID.EARTH.SEM...
Thursday 5/21/2009
9:00a - 5:00p Disrupting the Status Quo in Electric Energy Management: A Systems Approach
to a Sustainable Energy Future
( Boston University, 8 St. Mary's Street, Brookline, MA)
Solutions to sustainable energy management, combining new network infrastructure with
technological breakthroughs, like wind generation or electric hybrid vehicles, may mean
pulling the plug on how things are done today.
Contact: Elizabeth Flagg, se(a)bu.edu , 617.358.0351 ,
www.bu.edu/systems/news/special-05210...
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