Dear Friends of HUCE,
Fall is not only upon us, but in full swing!
This email contains event listings for Thursday, September 20 through
Wednesday, October 3, 2007. Please check the HUCE calendar on our Web site,
www.environment.harvard.edu <http://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 Jenn Goodman at the Center for the Environment:
jenn_goodman(a)harvard.edu <mailto:jenn_goodman@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, September 25: HUCE launches the third season of The Future of
Energy seminar series with His Excellency Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President
of the Republic of Iceland.
* Sunday, September 23: The Harvard Museum of Natural History offers a free
program for middle school students and their families: ³Leaves of Change:
Fall Colors and the Science of Tree Growth.²
* Monday, October 1: The New England Aquarium presents a talk on Lead,
Health and the Environment: Old Problem and 21st Century Challenge with Mark
Pokras, Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine.
Calendar Listings:
Thursday 9/20/07
5:30-7:00p
Environmental Subsidiarity
Dr. Robert Moir, Ocean Rivers Institute
Cabot 205, Tufts University Campus, Medford, MA
Contact: Mieke van der Wansem, mieke.wansem(a)tufts.edu
<mailto:mieke.wansem@tufts.edu>
Friday 9/21/07
8:30-9:30a
Friday Chalktalk: "Diversity of the Human Oral Microbiome"
Professor Floyd DeWhirst, Harvard Dental School
HUCE Conference room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd floor, Cambridge, MA
Contact: Christy Herren, herren(a)fas.harvard.edu
<mailto:herren@fas.harvard.edu>
12:00p
Sustainability Science at Harvard: A Celebration
Bell Hall, 5th floor, Belfer Building, Kennedy School of Government
Contact: Nancy Dickson, nancy_dickson(a)harvard.edu
<mailto:nancy_dickson@harvard.edu>
Sunday 9/23/07
12:00p
Environmental Film Festival
Three films and a follow up discussion with Pulitzer prize winning author
Ross Gelbspan.
Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA
Contact: Jennifer Evans, jennifer_evans(a)pem.org
<mailto:jennifer_evans@pem.org>
2:00p
Leaves of Change: Fall Colors and the Science of Tree Growth
John O'Keefe, Fisher Museum, Harvard Forest
Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA
Contact: (617) 495-3045
7:30p
Life on a Carbon Diet: Improving Our Lifestyles While Fighting Climate
Change
Professor William Moomaw, Fletcher School and Tufts Institute, Tufts
University
Cary Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington, MA
Contact: Nancy Nolan, nan.lex(a)verizon.net <mailto:nan.lex@verizon.net>
Monday 9/24/07
12:30-1:30p
ERC Seminar in Occupational and Environmental Health: "The Deadliest
Catch...not any more"
Jennifer Lincoln, PhD, CSP
Kresge 502, 665 Huntington Ave., HSPH Campus, Boston, MA
Contact: Ann Backus, abuckus(a)hohp.harvard.edu
<mailto:abuckus@hohp.harvard.edu>
4:00p
Monday Colloquium: ³The Origin of Continents²
Cin-Ty Lee, Rice University
Haller Hall, 20 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA
Contact: Katrina Hirsig, khirsig(a)fas.harvard.edu
Tuesday 9/25/07
5:00p
The Future of Energy: ³Geothermal Energy: Harnessing the Fire Inside²
His Excellency Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of the Republic of Iceland
Science Center B, 1 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA
Contact: Jenn Goodman, jenn_goodman(a)harvard.edu
6:00-8:30p
Technology Innovation in Hydrogen and Fuel Cells & The Clean Energy
Consensus
Don Seccombe, BTU International, and others
Foley Hoag Emerging Enterprise Center, 4th floor, 1000 Winter St., Waltham,
MA
Contact: Lucy Rohner, lrohner(a)velerity.com
6:00-9:00p
Living Systems, Innovative Materials and Technologies
Liat Margollis & Alexander Robinson
Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium, Graduate School of Design
Contact: Aimee Taberner, ataberner(a)gsd.harvard.edu
<mailto:ataberner@gsd.harvard.edu>
Wednesday 9/26/07
4:10-5:30p
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Lucas Davis, University of Michigan: "The Effect of Driving Restrictions on
Air Quality in Mexico City"
L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Kennedy School of Government
Contact: Jennifer Shultis, jennifer_shultis(a)harvard.edu
<mailto:jennifer_shultis@harvard.edu>
Thursday 9/27/07
12:00-1:00p
The Global Water Challenge: Resources, Technology and Institutions
John Briscoe, World Bank
Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA
4:00-5:00p
OEB Seminar: ³Are We Missing Something? Conservation and Biodiversity²
David Roberts, Hrdy Fellow, Kew Gardens
Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA
Contact: Deborah Smiley, dsmiley(a)oeb.harvard.edu
Friday 9/28/07
8:30-9:30a
Friday Chalktalk: ³Diversity in the Redox Biology of the Bacterial
Exportome²
Rachel Dutton, Harvard Medical School
HUCE Conference room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd floor, Cambridge, MA
Contact: Christy Herren, herren(a)fas.harvard.edu
1:00-6:00p
James L. Whittenberger Symposium: ³Environmental Genetics & Epigenetics²
David Schwartz, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, and others
Kresge Building, Snyder Auditorium, 665 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA
Contact: Lisa Smith, lsmith(a)hsph.harvard.edu
Monday 10/1/07
6:00-7:30p
Sustainable Public Space and Community Building
T. Fleisher and Doug Meffert, Loeb Fellows
Gund Hall 112, Stubbins, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
Contact: Cindy Fallows, cfallows(a)gsd.harvard.edu
7:00p
Lead, Health and the Environment: Old Problem and 21st Century Challenge
Mark Pokras, Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine
New England Aquarium, Central Wharf, Boston, MA
Contact: (617) 973-5200 x617
Tuesday 10/2/07
11:30a
Solid Earth Seminar Series: ³A Structural Geologist¹s View of Earthquake
Ruptures²
Zoe Shipton, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA
12:00p
Harvard University Herbaria Seminar Series
Dr. Henk Groth, University of Goettingen: ³Biogeography and divergence times
of Plagiochila²
HUH Seminar Room, 22 Divinity Ave., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA
Contact: (617) 495-2365
Wednesday 10/3/07
4:10-5:30p
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Scott Taylor, University of Calgary: "Buffalo Hunt: International Trade and
the Virtual Extinction of the North American Bison²
L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA
Contact: Jennifer Shultis, jennifer_shultis(a)harvard.edu
<mailto:jennifer_shultis@harvard.edu>