[act-ma] Energy (and Other) Events
George Mokray
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MIT
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Monday, April 04, 2011
Building Technology Lecture Series: Understanding Thermal Performance
of Building Shell Components Containing Blown Fiber Insulations
Enhanced with Phase Change Material (PCM)
Speaker: Jan Kosny, Ph.D., Building Enclosure Program Lead, Fraunhofer
Center for Sustainable Energy Systems CSE
Time: 12:30p–2:00p
Location: 7-431, AVT
Today, continued improvements in building envelope technologies
suggest that throughout Southern and Central US climates, residences
may soon be routinely constructed with PCM in order to maximize
insulation effectiveness and maintain low heating and cooling loads.
Different types of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) have been tested as
dynamic components in buildings during the last 4 decades. Most
historical studies have found that PCMs enhance building energy
performance. Some PCM-enhanced building materials, like PCM-gypsum
boards or PCM-impregnated concretes have already found their limited
applications in different countries. The proposed presentation will
describe experimental and numerical results from thermal performance
studies. These studies focus on blown fiber insulations modified with
pre-mixed or spray-applied microencapsulated PCMs. Experimental
results are reported for both laboratory-scale and full-size building
elements tested in the field.
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Building Technology Program, Department of Architecture
For more information, contact:
Kathleen Ross
617 253 1876
kross at mit.edu
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Monday, April 04, 2011
Defending Against Environmental Insults; Drugs, Emergencies, Mortality
and Emissions Markets (Host Workshop - Public Economics Seminar)
Speaker: Michael Greenstone (MIT)
Time: 4:00p–5:30p
Location: E51-376
Sponsor(s): Energy & Environmental Economics at MIT
For more information, contact:
theresa
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Monday, April 04, 2011
Legatum Lecture: The Role of Economics in Peacemaking
Speaker: Sir Ronald Cohen
Time: 5:00p–6:00p
Location: E62-276, Reception to follow
Sir Ronald Cohen is a founding partner and former chairman of Apax
Partners,one of the world's leading private equity investment groups.
He will be at MIT on April 4th to talk about promoting peace and
stability through economic development.
Web site: http://legatum.mit.edu/CohenLecture
Open to: the general public
Cost: none
Sponsor(s): Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship
For more information, contact:
Agnes Hunsicker
617-324-2768
agnesh at mit.edu
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Monday, April 04, 2011
Urban Narratives: Civic Design through Media Technology
Speaker: Sarah Williams, Director Columbia Spatial Information Design
Lab Dietmar Offenhuber, architect and media artist, MIT
Time: 5:45p–7:30p
Location: 10-485
City Design & Development Forum
The talk will explore the connections, opportunities and limitations
between digital media technology, urban design and community engagement.
Light refreshments will be served
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Department of Urban Studies and Planning
For more information, contact:
Eran Ben-Joseph
ebj at mit.edu
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Monday, April 04, 2011
Collision 2 Lecture Series: Attila Csorgo
Speaker: Attila Csorgo
Time: 7:00p–9:00p
Location: E15-070, Bartos Theater
Collision 2: When Artistic and Scientific Research Meet
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The ACT Monday night lecture series Collision 2: When Artistic and
Scientific Research Meet draws together artists and scientists from
different disciplines to discuss artistic methodologies and forms of
inquiry at the intersection of art, architecture, science and
technology.
This series is part of AR - Artistic Research, a yearlong
collaboration between the MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology
and Siemens Stiftung, Munich, co‑curated by ACT Director Ute Meta
Bauer and Siemens Stiftung Curator of Visual Arts Thomas D. Trummer.
The lecture series is also part of the related ACT course 4.365/4.366
From Bauhaus to Our House.
The lecture series is free and open to the public.
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MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology presents its Monday night
lecture series, Collision 2: When Artistic and Scientific Research Meet
Turning Out the Space
Attila Csorgo, artist, Budapest, Hungary
Respondent: Thomas D. Trummer, Siemens Stiftung Curator of Visual Arts
Attila Csorgo uses fruit peels to demonstrate problems of space and
plane geometry in his work Peeled Spaces. Another piece, Distorted
Spaces, is focusing on the photographic representation of our
surroundings; by using hand-made cameras the images have unusual
properties and become spatial entities. The Platonic Geometry is a
series of kinetic sculptures dealing with the metamorphosis of a
regular polyhedron. Cs?rg? applies the language of geometry and
physics to traditional, pre-digital-age materials like sticks, strings
and small electric motors to describe and reconfigure spatial
relationships between objects. Cs?rg??s work has been exhibited in
Europe and the United States. Attila Cs?rg? received the Nam June Paik
Award in 2008.
Web site: http://visualarts.mit.edu/about/lecture.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology
For more information, contact:
Laura Chichisan Pallone
617-253-4415
clauraa at mit.edu
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Monday, April 04, 2011
Charity Dinner for Japan & Special Talk on Exercising Compassion in
Contemporary Life
Speaker: HH Romapada Swami
Time: 7:30p–8:45p
Location: 56-154
Special seminar on the 24x7 concept for "complete well-being" by HH
Romapada Swami.
Charity Dinner for Japan will follow the talk. Please attend and
contribute generously.
Abstract:
Compassion like many other virtues such as honesty, gratitude and
respect is more relevant and critically needed in our current world
than ever before. Every thoughtful person is compelled to contribute
his or her mite to make this world a better place, and therefore the
expression of compassion has taken on various forms. Non-violent
communication and social activism are two contemporary examples."Teach
a man to fish and you feed him for life" ? so goes the proverb. How
then to extend compassion that is for the ultimate good of the
beneficiary? What is self-compassion - is it real compassion, or is it
covered narcissism? How do spiritualists engage with the world in a
compassionate way? We will explore these topics and more from the
perspectives of the Vedic texts (India's timeless wisdom) and the
sages, both ancient and contemporary.
Web site: mit.yoga24x7.org
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Bhakti-Yoga, Undergraduate Association
For more information, contact:
Prakash Govindan
yoga-exec at mit.edu
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Humanitarian Speaker Series
Alex Markowski, MA, CBCP, Director of Logistics, Office of Emergency
Management, NYC
Erin Rampe, MPH, CPH, Logistics Coordinator, Office of Emergency
Management, NYC
“Disaster Logistics: How do we Plan, Stockpile, and Coordinate on an
Inter-Governmental Level”
Time: 12-1pm
Location: E62-450
Alex Markowski is Director of Logistics at NYC OEM and Logistics
Program Lead for the NY-NJ-CT-PA Regional Catastrophic Planning Grant
Program. As Director of Logistics, Alex is responsible to deliver the
right stuff in the right place at the right time in support of
emergency operations. Since joining NYC OEM in 2003 Alex has led a
number of significant disaster logistics projects including the
nationally-recognized NYC Strategic National Stockpile Plan and the
NYC Coastal Storm Plan Logistics Strategy. Alex led a project to
conceive, design and build the City’s emergency stockpile program
that can support up to 70,000 people for 7 days in 90 locations
throughout the City. During emergencies Alex manages the NYC Emergency
Operations Center and has coordinated the City response during planned
and no-notice events including the 2003 Northeast Blackout, the 2004
Republican National Convention and the 2005 Transit Strike. Alex
supported the Harris County Office of Emergency Management in its
Logistics Section following Hurricane Ike in 2008. Alex holds a
bachelor of arts in political science and history from Loyola
University in Maryland and a master of arts in national security
studies from Georgetown University.
Erin is a Logistics Coordinator at the NYC Office of Emergency
Management (OEM). Erin manages the Logistics Center program for NYC
OEM, along with the intern, budget, and grants programs. She works
with City partners to develop the procurement requirements for
supplies to support various logistics planning efforts including the
Logistics Center, Logistics Staging Area, Emergency Supply Stockpile,
and Commodity Distribution Points. Erin managed the Emergency Supply
Stockpile program including oversight of the 3PL vendor. Erin has
served as NYC EOC Logistics Section Chief during several major events,
including H1N1 outbreak of 2009, 2010 tornadoes, several other major
weather events, and was detailed to the Southwest Incident Management
Team in July 2008. Erin also leads the NYC Emergency Operations Center
(EOC) Logistics Section and Admin/Finance Working Group to develop
better policies and procedures for staff during EOC operations. Erin
holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from The Ohio
State University and a Master of Public Health degree from New York
University.
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Engineering Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage
April 05, 2011 12:00p–1:00p
Advanced nanoscale materials play significant roles for energy
conversion and storage. In this lecture, I will use three examples
from different views to illustrate how the nanomaterial properties can
be tuned through careful design and fabrication for energy
applications. The first example is the significant enhancement in
power conversion efficiency in dye-sensitized solar cells when the
photoelectrodes are made of submicron-sized aggregates of
nanocrystallites, without change of chemistry or crystal structure.
The second one is nanostructured electrodes for lithium-ion batteries
with much greater specific power and specific energy than that of bulk
materials. The third one is the control of dehydrogenation temperature
by confining the hydride inside nanopores of porous carbon scaffold.
Inside nanopores, the hydride possesses different initial state and
goes through different decomposition reactions.
Category: lectures/conferences
Speaker: Guozhong Cao, Department of Materials Science and
Engineering and Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
Location: 4-270
Sponsored by: MIT Energy Club
Admission: Open to the public
For more information: Contact Edward Young
eyoung.tsai at gmail.com
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Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Cultural Resistance
Speaker: Steve Kurtz, Critical Art Ensemble
Time: 12:00p–2:00p
Location: E14-633
Civic Media Sessions
A talk about models and techniques for public interventions and soft
subversions aimed at undermining authoritarian tendencies in a time of
neo-liberal domination.
Known for his work in Electronic Civil Disobedience and BioArt, Steve
Kurtz is a founding member of the Critical Art Ensemble, a collective
of five tactical media practitioners of various specializations
including computer graphics and web design, film/video, photography,
text art, book art, and performance.
Formed in 1987, Critical Art Ensemble?s focus has been on the
exploration of the intersections between art, critical theory,
technology, and political activism.
Web site: http://civic.mit.edu/event/civic-media-session-cultural-resistance
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for Future Civic Media
For more information, contact:
Andrew Whitacre
(617) 324-0490
awhit at mit.edu
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Tuesday, April 05, 2011
National Teach-In on Austerity, Debt, Corporate Greed & What YOU Can
Do About It
Time: 2:00p–5:00p
Location: 1-190
Local Teach-In
Watch the Webcast and Join a Faculty and Community Discussion
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): History Office
For more information, contact:
Margo Collett
253-4965
history-info at mit.edu
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Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Science, Technology and the Future of International Development: A
Conversation With USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah
Time: 3:00p–4:00p
Location: 10-250
Moderated by Robert Stoner, Associate Director, MIT Energy Initiative
Dr. Rajiv Shah was sworn in as the 16th Administrator of the United
States Agency for International Development (USAID) on December 31,
2009. USAID, a U.S. Government agency, has provided economic and
humanitarian assistance worldwide for almost 50 years. Under Dr Shah?s
leadership USAID has launched its Grand Challenges for Development to
focus global attention on specific development outcomes based on
transformational, scalable, and sustainable change. The philosophy
behind using Grand Challenges for Development is that defining the
problem well and facilitating innovative approaches will encourage a
wide array of solvers to focus their attention on developing
sustainable, effective solutions.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Initiative, D-Lab Innovators, MIT Public
Service Center, MIT150 Office, IDEAS2011 and the MIT Global Challenge
For more information, contact:
Lars Hasselblad Torres
617-324-5176
lhtorres at mit.edu
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Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Ethics and Forensics in the age of Photoshop Photojournalism
Speaker: Hany Farid and Santiago Lyon
Time: 4:00p–6:00p
Location: E15
There is new technology that can detect altered photographs, and even
identify the camera that took them---like a ballistics test.
Come hear about the history of faked photos and what news
organizations can do about them.
Speakers:
Hany Farid, mathematician and digital forensics specialist at
Dartmouth University.
Santiago Lyon, director of photography for Associated Press.
Jointly sponsored by MIT's Knight Science Journalism Program and the
Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/knight-science/seminars/current.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: no charge
Tickets: n/a
Sponsor(s): Knight Science Journalism Program, Nieman Foundation for
Journalism at Harvard
For more information, contact:
Debbie Meinbresse
617-253-3442
meinbres at mit.edu
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Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Revisiting the Dove's Dilemma: Conventional Arms Transfers and Nuclear
Weapons Development
Speaker: Jennifer Erickson, Boston College
Time: 12:00p–1:30p
Location: E40-496
SSP Wednesday Seminar
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Security Studies Program
For more information, contact:
617-253-7529
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Date and Time : Wednesday, April 6, 2011 from 12pm to 1pm (EST)
Drinking from an Open Hydrant:
Early Lessons on Driving Demand for Building Energy Efficiency Programs
The MIT Energy Club and the Yale Center for Business and the
Environment are pleased to present the fourth annual installment of
the Carbon Finance Speaker Series, Blueprint for Efficiency. This
series of free, public webinars will feature the latest developments
in energy efficiency policy, investment, technology, and community
engagement.
The Southeast Community Retrofit Ramp-Up Consortium is a partnership
established to create or expand building energy efficiency improvement
programs in 13 communities across 8 states and territory. The
Consortium is led by the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA)
which is the primary recipient of a $20M BetterBuildings grant from
the US Department of Energy to improve 10,000 buildings units by June
2013. SEEA is uniquely employing a pay-for-performance approach to
allocations to sub-recipients, and supporting customized programs
designed to reflect local communities in an effort to identify and
develop models best suited for the region.Please join us for a
conversation with Tamara Jones, Director of the SEEA who will provide
an overview of the program designs and early lessons from the 13
participating communities.
Title: Drinking from an Open Hydrant: Early Lessons on Driving Demand
for Building Energy Efficiency Programs
GotoWebinar URL: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/321302334
Speaker: Tamara Jones, Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance
Tamara Jones serves as Director of Municipal Energy Efficiency
Programs at the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA). Her
primary responsibility is administering a $20 million grant from the
US Department of Energy under its BetterBuildings Program. SEEA leads
a consortium of 13 cities in the Southeast using the grant to expand
programs that result in market-driven energy efficiency improvements
made to existing buildings. Prior to joining SEEA, Ms. Jones served as
Director of Program Development and Government Relations at Southface,
an Atlanta-based nonprofit that promotes environmentally sustainable
building practices. Ms. Jones has also served as Director of Policy &
Management Analysis in both the Mayor’s Office and the Department of
Finance at the City of Atlanta, and as Deputy Director of Grants
Development for Houston Mayor Bill White. Ms. Jones holds a Master of
Arts degree in Political Science from Yale University and a Bachelor
of Arts degree in Political Science from Long Island University.
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Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Between Daedalus and Icarus - New Applications for the City
Speaker: Giandomenico Amendola, Professor of Architecture and
Sociology, University of Florence
Time: 12:30p–2:00p
Location: 9-450
DUSP Speaker Series
Weekly lunchtime speaker series for the Department of Urban Studies
and Planning. Light lunch provided.
Giandomenico Amendola, Professor of Architecture and Sociology,
University of Florence
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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Wednesday, April 06, 2011
The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics
Speaker: Ben Olken (MIT)
Time: 2:30p–4:00p
Location: E51-376
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT/Harvard Development & Environment Seminar
For more information, contact:
Theresa Benevento
theresa at mit.edu
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The Lessons of Ancient Crowdsourcers
Speaker: David Alan Grier, George Washington University
Date: Thursday, April 7 2011
Time: 10:00AM to 11:00AM
Refreshments: 9:45AM
Location: 32-G449 (Patil Conference Room)
Host: Rob Miller, MIT CSAIL
Contact: Rob Miller, x4-6028, rcm at mit.edu
Relevant URL:
Far from being a modern phenomenon, crowdsourcing actually has ancient
roots that can be traced to the mid 18th century. In looking at
ancient examples of this form of labor, we find that the organizers of
these groups struggled with the same problems that we see it is modern
instantiation. At the same time, we see patterns that better
understand this kind of labor, notably the foundation of this work in
economic hardship and the constant push to move this form of work into
more conventional structures.
Bio: David Alan Grier teaches the cornerstone course in the
International Science & Technology Policy Program. He has a B.A. in
Mathematics from Middlebury College and a Ph.D. in Statistics from the
University of Washington in Seattle. He has published extensively on
the development of computation and the institutions that support
computation in publications ranging from the American Mathematical
Monthly to The Washington Post. He has been the Joseph Henry Lecturer
at the Washington Philosophical Society. He currently writes the
column and blog "The Known World" for IEEE Computer and has served as
the editor-in-chief of the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing.
His first book, When Computers Were Human, was published by Princeton
University Press in spring 2005. His second, Too Soon to Tell, was
published in the spring of 2009 by John Wiley.
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Thursday, April 07, 2011
The Japan Crisis: Commercial and Humanitarian Supply Chain Challenges
Speaker: Center for Transportation & Logistics Senior Researchers
Time: 4:00p–5:30p
Location: 32-123
The Disaster in Japan is creating supply challenges all over the
world. On Thursday, April 7th, the MIT Center for Transportation and
Logistics (CTL) will provide a community briefing about the
challenges. The focus of the discussion will be on the following:
Corporate supply chains
What are supply chains and why there is a problem?
What can we expect as consumers in days to come?
How should companies think about supply chain disruptions?
What can companies do about this?
The humanitarian logistics challenge
Why is it all about logistics?
What are the issues in humanitarian efforts?
What can we learn from past disasters (Indonesia, Haiti, Katrina)?
CTL researchers have been involved in many past disaster responses,
both on the corporate side and on the humanitarian side and will share
their experience and lessons with the audience.
Web site:http://ctl.mit.edu/events/japan_crisis_commercial_and_humanitarian_supply_chain_challenges
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for Transportation & Logistics
For more information, contact:
Tara Faulkner
253-4592
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Date: Friday, April 8, 2011
Location: Lunch: 1-249 // Lecture: 1-390
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Complimentary lunch served at 12:30 pm
Lecture begins at 1:00 pm
Topic: Prospects for Surface Transport Authorization: Can We Go Up
the Down Escalator?
Mortimer Downey, Senior Advisor to Parsons Brinckerhoff.
For more information, please Janet Choi (jichoi at mit.edu) an e-mail.
Thanks!
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Friday, April 08, 2011
Seminar on Environmental and Agricultural History
Speaker: Jonathan Harwood, University of Manchester
Time: 2:30p–4:30p
Location: E51-095
"Can Agricultural Biotechnology Alleviate Third World Poverty?
Reflections on Green Revolutions Past and Present"
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/history/www/nande/modTimes.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: free
Sponsor(s): History Office
For more information, contact:
Margo Collett
253-4965
history-info at mit.edu
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Friday, April 08, 2011
Pecha Kucha Presentations by the MIT Program in Art, Culture and
Technology
Time: 3:30p–4:30p
Location: E15-070
Part of the 2011 Conference on International Opportunities in the Arts
presented by TransCultural Exchange and the MIT Program in Art,
Culture and Technology
Moderator: Ute Meta Bauer
Participants: Nitin Sawhney, Pelin Tan, John Bell, Jae Rhim Lee, Wendy
Jacob, Elizabeth Goldring
Web site:http://www.transculturalexchange.org/conference_2011/overview.htm
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology
For more information, contact:
Laura Anca Chichisan Pallone
617-253-4415
clauraa at mit.edu
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Harvard
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Monday, April 4, 12 p.m.
"Making the Digital Fourth Estate: Redefining the Role of a Free Press
for the 21st Century." Emily Bell, director of the Tow Center for
Digital Journalism, Columbia University; former director of digital
content for Guardian News and Media.
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275, 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge
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Energy Technology Innovation Policy
Consortium for Energy Policy Research Energy Policy Seminar Series
"Is an Electric Car in Your Future?" Henry Lee, HKS
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS 79 JFK St
Contact Name: Louisa Lund Louisa_Lund at harvard.edu
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Autonomous Flying Robots: from Biology to Engineering
WHEN Mon., Apr. 4, 2011, 2 – 3 p.m.
WHERE Maxwell-Dworkin, Room G-135 (ground floor of the building),
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 33 Oxford Street,
Cambridge, MA 02138
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired
Engineering at Harvard University
SPEAKER(S) Dario Floreano, professor and director of Swiss National
Center of Robotics, EPF Lausanne, School of Engineering, LIS Lab
(Switzerland)
NOTE
Abstract: Most unmanned aerial vehicles developed so far are
relatively large machines that fly high in the sky with GPS guidance
and far from obstacles. Therefore, they cannot be used in cluttered
environments, such as cities, forests, and buildings, or even in open
environments at low altitude. In this talk, Dario Floreano will
describe his current research in small flying platforms that can
autonomously operate in cluttered environments and in swarm formation
to augment their capabilities.
LINK http://wyss.harvard.edu/viewevent/133/
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Monday, April 4, 2011
2010–2011 Dean’s Lecture Series
“Sundance Institute Reports: Global Trends in Documentary and Human
Rights”
Cara Mertes, Director, Documentary Film Program, Sundance Institute
4 p.m., Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard,
617-495-8600
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Regions and Redistribution: The Political Geography of Inequality
WHEN Mon., Apr. 4, 2011, 4:15 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Cabot Room, Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland Street at Cabot Way
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Iberian Study Group, Center for European Studies
SPEAKER(S) Pablo Beramendi, Oxford University
COST Free
CONTACT INFO Sofia Perez: sofiap at bu.edu
NOTE Speaker bio: http://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/whos_who/academic_staff/fellows_1/pablo_beramendi/
LINK http://www.ces.fas.harvard.edu/studygroups/sg19.html
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Celebrate National Garden Month with a screening of Dirt! the movie.
Tasting of "dirt" starting at 5 p.m. Free and open to the public.
Rock Cafe, Divinity School Harvard University
http://www.dining.harvard.edu/flp/calendar.html
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Join Barton Seaver, Esquire Magazine's 2009 Chef of the Year and
National Geographic Fellow, for a talk on sustainable seafood. Barton
is also the author of the forthcoming book, For Cod and Country. Watch
his TED talk here: http://www.ted.com/talks/barton_seaver_sustainable_seafood_let_s_get_smart.html
April 4, 2011
5:30 PM, Harvard Hall 103
Cambridge, MA
More background on Barton Seaver:
Chef and author Barton Seaver is on a mission to restore our
relationship with the ocean, the land, and with each other—through
dinner. He believes food is a crucial way for us to connect with the
ecosystems, people and cultures of our world.
Seaver explores these themes through healthful, planet-friendly
recipes in his first book, For Cod & Country (Sterling Epicure, May
2011), and as host of both the National Geographic Web series Cook-
Wise and the three-part TV series In Search of Food (Ovation Network,
May 2011).
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The Swiss Economic Miracle: How Switzerland Achieved 'The Greatest
Good for the Greatest Number,' and Will It Continue?
WHEN Mon., Apr. 4, 2011, 6 – 8 p.m.
WHERE The Consulate of Switzerland in Boston (Swissnex), 420
Broadway, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Co-sponsored by the Minda de Gunzburg Center for
European Studies, consulate of Switzerland in Boston (Swissnex), the
American Swiss Foundation, and the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce
SPEAKER(S) James Breiding, managing director, Naissance Capital Ltd.
Panelists:
Doulas Sears, Boston University
Tobias Schulze-Cleven, CES visiting scholar
Horst von Buttlar, CES Bucerius Fellow and Financial Times Deutscheland
COST Free
TICKET WEB LINK http://www.swissnexboston.org/activities/events%20inhouse/a-discussion-on-the-swiss-economic-miracle-from-the-roots-of-industry-science-giants-to-the-innovative-economy-of-tomorrow
CONTACT INFO Marie-Charlotte Bagnoud: marie-charlotte at swissnexboston.org
NOTE Event followed by a Swiss style-reception.
Seats are limited, please RSVP online at the event website.
LINK http://www.swissnexboston.org/activities/events%20inhouse/a-discussion-on-the-swiss-economic-miracle-from-the-roots-of-industry-science-giants-to-the-innovative-economy-of-tomorrow
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Tuesday, April 5, 12 p.m.
"Digital Citizens: The Internet and Politics." Caroline Tolbert,
professor of political science, University of Iowa; co-author of
Digital Citizenship: The Internet, Society, and Participation.
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275, 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge
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berkman luncheon series >
apr 5 2011
12:30pm
Cybercrimes in Taiwan -- Experiences and challenges we faceDoreen Tu,
Berkman Fellow
Tuesday, April 5, 12:30 pm
Berkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floor
RSVP required for those attending in person to Amar Ashar (ashar at cyber.law.harvard.edu
)
This event will be webcast live at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/webcast
at 12:30 pm ET and archived on our site shortly after.
This talk is part of a lens on privacy and security, which will
highlight various talks this semester that focus on issues related to
privacy and security in digitally networked environments.
In the past decade, Taiwan has been one area of Asia that has had very
high levels of Internet penetration. With the rapid growth of Internet
usage came an increase in cybercrime, such as online fraud, copyright
infringement, and access offenses. These newly-developed crimes have
brought impacts on law enforcement agencies, legislation, and
Taiwanese society. In this talk, Doreen Tu, prosecutor of Taipei
District Court Prosecutors' Office, will discuss Taiwan's experiences
and challenges of combating cybercrimes.
About Doreen
Doreen Tu comes from Taiwan’s District Prosecutors Office in Taipei,
and is conducting research on botnets, the impact of cross-border
cybercrimes, and strategies to combat them.
About the Privacy and Security Lens
In spring 2011, the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard
University and the Center for Research on Computation and Society
(CRCS) at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
(SEAS) will highlight a series of talks that will focus on issues
related to privacy and security in digitally networked environments.
Events associated with this “lens” will seek to foster discussion
and explore novel solutions to digital security and privacy issues,
and aim to surface and engage with some of the technological, legal,
political, economic, and behavioral tensions at work within these
topics. This cross-disciplinary initiative will build on current CRCS
and BCIS collaborative efforts, and seek to bring multiple
perspectives and approaches to these issues.
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The Future of Global Food Security
WHEN Tue., Apr. 5, 2011, 12:30 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737
Cambridge Street
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Program on U.S.-Japan Relations
Co-sponsored by the Center for International Development and the
Harvard University Center for the Environment (HUCE)
SPEAKER(S) Robert Paarlberg. Betty Freyhof Johnson Class of 1944
Professor of Political Science, Wellesley College, and associate,
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
COST Free
CONTACT INFO Xiao Tian: xtian at wcfia.harvard.edu
LINK http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/schedule/schedule.htm
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Deliberative Democracy and Climate Governance
WHEN Tue., Apr. 5, 2011, 4:10 – 6 p.m.
WHERE 124 Mount Auburn, Suite 200-North
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Law, Lecture, Social
Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Ash Center for Democratic Governance and
Innovation
SPEAKER(S) John Dryzek, Australian National University
COST Free
CONTACT INFO Bruce Jackan: 617.495.7548, bruce_jackan at hks.harvard.edu
NOTE John Dryzek is a professor of political science and Australian
Research Council Federation Fellow at the Australian National
University. He is a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in
Australia, former head of the Departments of Political Science at the
Universities of Oregon and Melbourne and the Social and Political
Theory program at ANU, and former editor of the Australian Journal of
Political Science.
Working in both political theory and empirical social science, he is
best known for his contributions in the areas of democratic theory and
practice and environmental politics. One of the instigators of the
'deliberative turn' in democratic theory, he has published five books
in this area with Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press,
and Polity Press. His work in environmental politics ranges from green
political philosophy to studies of environmental discourses and
movements, and he has published three books in this area with Oxford
University Press and Basil Blackwell.
LINK http://ash.harvard.edu/Home/News-Events/Events/Deliberative-Democracy-and-Climate-Governance
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Brazil Studies Program Seminar. "The Expulsion of Drug Gangs from Rio
Slums: The View of the Electric Utility"
WHEN Tue., Apr. 5, 2011, 4:30 – 6 p.m.
WHERE CGIS South, S-020, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR David Rockefeller Center for Latin American
Studies
SPEAKER(S) Jerson Kelman, president, Light Group; president,
Administrative Council of AD-Rio (Economic and Social Development
Agency of the State of Rio de Janeiro)
Moderated by John Briscoe, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of
Environmental Engineering, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied
Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, and Harvard Kennedy School.
CONTACT INFO Aaron Litvin: brazil at fas.harvard.edu
LINK http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/events/jerson_kelman
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Future of Energy with Jeffrey Sachs: "Hurrying History: Can the World
Adopt a Fast Path to Low-Carbon Energy?”
WHEN Tue., Apr. 5, 2011, 5 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Science Center D, One Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Science,
Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard University Center for the Environment
SPEAKER(S) Jeffrey D. Sachs, director, The Earth Institute, Columbia
University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development; professor
of health policy and management, Columbia University
CONTACT INFO Brenda Hugot: bhugot at fas.harvard.edu
NOTE The world will eventually transit from the fossil-fuel age to a
post-carbon economy. That is inherent in the finite reserves of fossil
fuels. Yet the normal transition will be far too slow to avoid ruinous
interference in the climate system. Twenty years after the signing of
the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change the existing political-
diplomatic processes have failed to create the needed breakthrough.
Jeffrey Sachs will discuss new strategies for large-scale systems
change that aim to correct the deep weaknesses of the current
framework. His thesis states that new transnational networks of key
actors – scientists, engineers, businesses, and civic leaders –
must take the lead from governments and diplomats. He will explain how
this can be done, with reference to past cases of large-scale systems
change.
LINK http://environment.harvard.edu/jeffrey-sachs
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Responding to the Revolution: Examining Newly Heard Voices for
Political Change in the Arab Middle East
WHEN Wed., Apr. 6, 2011, 10 – 11:30 a.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School
Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Nahdet El-Mahrousa, Mercy Corps, The Outreach
Center at the Center for Middle East Studies, Middle East Initiative
SPEAKER(S)
• Paul Beran, The Egypt Forum, Center for Middle East Studies
• Hilary Rantisi, The Middle East Initiative
• Ehaab Abdou, Nahdet El-Mahrousa, Egypt
• Ruth Allen, Mercy Corps
• Members of the Global Citizen Corps program in Iraq (by video
conference)
COST Free
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The Changing Role of the Media — A View from Buckingham Palace and 10
Downing Street
WHEN Wed., Apr. 6, 2011, 12 – 1 p.m.
WHERE Fainsod Room, 3rd Floor Littauer Building
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Education, Humanities, Lecture,
Social Sciences, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government
SPEAKER(S) Simon Lewis, chief executive, Association for Financial
Markets in Europe
NOTE Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to MRCBG at ksg.harvard.edu.
LINK http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/events.htm#nextevent
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Harvard/Cambridge Walk for Peace
WHEN Wed., Apr. 6, 2011, 12 – 12:20 p.m.
WHERE John Harvard Statue
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Ethics, Social Sciences, Special Events,
Support/Social, Working at Harvard
NOTE Nearly 10 years of war. Thousands of American lives, hundreds of
thousands of Iraqi and Afghani lives, trillions of dollars. Come
remember, mourn, and protest.
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Green Conversations: “What Americans and Massachusetts Residents
Think About Climate Change – Attitude Formation and Change in
Response to a Raging Scientific Controversy”
WHEN Wed., Apr. 6, 2011, 5 p.m.
WHERE Maxwell Dworkin G115, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard University Center for the Environment
SPEAKER(S) Jon Krosnick, the Frederic O. Glover Professor in
Humanities and Social Sciences and professor of communication,
political science, and pyschology, is a social psychologist who does
research on attitude formation, change, and effects; the psychology of
political behavior; and survey research methods.
DISCUSSANTS: Stephen Ansolabehere, professor, Harvard Department of
Government
Andrew Hoffman, Holcim Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, University
of Michigan; MIT visiting professor of management
CONTACT INFO Lisa Matthews: 617.495.8883
NOTE During the past two decades, many scientific experts have been
frustrated by the American public's apparent indifference to climate
change and the threats it may pose. And even during the two years,
headlines on newspapers across the country have proclaimed:
"Scientists and the American Public Disagree Sharply Over Global
Warming" and "Public Concern About Climate Waning." Is it really true?
Do Americans really not accept the opinions of scientific experts on
climate change? In this presentation, Jon Krosnick will describe
findings from a series of national surveys that he has designed and
conducted since 1996, as well as a recent survey of Massachusetts
residents, tracking what people do and do not believe on this issue
and what they do and do not want to have done about it. Surprising
results challenge many widely held presumptions about public opinion,
illuminate the increasing politicization of the issue, and provide a
context for watching and understanding future efforts to pass (and
block) legislation on climate change.
LINK http://environment.harvard.edu/jon-krosnick
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The Betrayal of American Prosperity: Free Market Delusions, America's
Decline, and How We Must Compete in the Post-Dollar Era
WHEN Thu., Apr. 7, 2011, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
WHERE Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Education, Humanities, Lecture,
Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government
SPEAKER(S) Clyde V. Prestowitz Jr., president of the Economic
Strategy Institute
NOTE Please RSVP to MRCBG at ksg.harvard.edu.
Lunch will be served.
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Thursday, April 7, 12 p.m.
"Undermining Our Own Security: U.S. Policies in the Middle East and
Beyond." A discussion with Glenn Greenwald, constitutional lawyer;
contributing writer at Salon.com, where he writes one of the most
widely read political and legal blogs on the Internet. Co-sponsored
with the Middle East Initiative and the Harvard Kennedy School
Progressive Student Caucus. More info at http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/5474/undermining_our_own_security.html
Starr Auditorium, Belfer Building, Fourth Floor, Kennedy School of
Government
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Contesting Development: Participatory Projects and Local Conflict
Dynamics in Indonesia
WHEN Thu., Apr. 7, 2011, 4:30 – 6 p.m.
WHERE 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Law, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR HKS Indonesia Program at the Ash Center
SPEAKER(S) Michael Woolcock, World Bank
COST Free
CONTACT INFO Trisiawati Bantacut: 617.384.8156, trisiawati_bantacut at hks.harvard.edu
NOTE After the fall of the New Order government in 1998, Indonesia
faced a momentous challenge: responding to an economic crisis worse
than the Great Depression while attempting to nurture the emergence of
democratic governance in the lives of more than 200 million citizens.
International agencies faced their own serious problems, given their
explicit support of the New Order regime. Into this space a bold
experiment in participatory development was undertaken by the
government of Indonesia and the World Bank. Launched as a pilot but
quickly scaled up as a national flagship, the Kecamatan Development
Program (KDP) was in no small part “a democracy project disguised as
a development project”—an attempt to meet the immediate economic
needs of everyday villagers by harnessing their local knowledge and by
requiring full transparency and accountability of competitive
selection mechanisms used to allocate grants to community groups. Via
these procedures, KDP sought to instill deliberative civic skills, to
enhance the legitimacy of new democratic service delivery models at
the local level, and to minimize the serious conflict that necessarily
accompanies institutional change.
Did it work? Deploying an extensive mixed methods approach, Michael
Woolcock finds that the answer is yes, but. Governance effects were
net positive but highly variable across different contexts and
unfolded along nonlinear trajectories. There was no pure "KDP effect,"
and as such one should be highly cautious in responding to powerful
imperatives to replicate this (or any other) apparent "best practice"
elsewhere.
LINK http://ash.harvard.edu/Home/News-Events/Events2/Contesting-Development-Participatory-Projects-and-Local-Conflict-Dynamics-in-Indonesia
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Thursday, April 7
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Sever 110 Harvard University
Altaeros will speak about the airborne turbine that they are in the
process of developing and its potential for producing abundant, low
cost renewable energy while operating at higher altitudes than
conventional wind turbines.
Contact Name: Kamilia Kaczor kkaczor at fas.harvard.edu
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Linking Food Production, Nature Conservation, & Sovereignty
WHEN Thu., Apr. 7, 2011, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
WHERE RCC conference room
26 Trowbridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Real Colegio Complutense
SPEAKER(S) Cristina Herrero
COST Free, open to the public
CONTACT INFO rcc_info at harvard.edu
NOTE In English. Case example of the Chaco region of northern Argentina
LINK http://www.realcolegiocomplutense.harvard.edu
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2011 Preparedness and Emergency Response Speaker Series
WHEN Fri., Apr. 8, 2011, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard School of Public Health
Kresge Building, G2
677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Health Sciences, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Division of Policy Translation and
Leadership Development and the Preparedness and Emergency Response
Learning Center at HSPH
SPEAKER(S) Nicole Lurie, assistant secretary for preparedness and
response
RADM, U.S. Public Health Service
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
COST Free
CONTACT INFO Giulia Del Guercio Green: gdelguer at hsph.harvard.edu,
617.496.0714
NOTE Q&A to follow. To submit your questions for Nicole Lurie, please
send an email to gdelguer at hsph.harvard.edu.
*A light lunch will be provided*
All Harvard students, faculty, and researchers are invited to the
lecture.
LINK http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hperlc/announcements/2011-perlc-speaker-series-nicole-lurie.html
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Revolution and Reform: The Historic Transition in the Middle East
Conference
Open to the Public
April 8, 2011 - April 9, 2011
Speakers:
R. Nicholas Burns, Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative
Tarek Masoud, Faculty Advisor, Dubai Initiative
Stephen M. Walt, Faculty Advisor, Dubai Initiative
Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Dubai Initiative
Vali Nasr, Former Senior Fellow, Dubai Initiative
Moderators:
Diana Buttu, Fellow, Dubai Initiative
Karam Dana, Fellow, Dubai Initiative
Justin Dargin, Fellow, Dubai Initiative
Mehrangiz Kar, Fellow, Dubai Initiative
David Mednicoff, Fellow, Dubai Initiative
Hussam Salama, Fellow, Dubai Initiative
Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Research Associate, Dubai Initiative
Related Project: The Dubai Initiative
Description: REVOLUTION & REFORM: The Historic Transition in the
Middle East
The Dubai Initiative
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Youth Movements • Political Transformation
Foreign Policy • Energy • Urbanization
The first conference on the Middle East’s political transformation.
Featuring plenary sessions with leading scholars and policymakers,
panel discussions moderated by Dubai Initiative Fellows, and a
pioneering workshop on Arab urbanization.
Facebook: http://on.fb.me/HarvardArabConf
Twitter: http://twitter.com/HarvardArabConf
The Charles Hotel
April 8 & 9, 2011
Free; no registration required
Meals & refreshments provided
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Tufts
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Please join us for the inaugural Vannevar Bush Dean’s Medal lecture
given by Dr. Richard A. Meserve (A’66), President of the Carnegie
Institution.
Dr. Meserve will speak on “The Fukushima Nuclear Accident and Its
Implications.”
Monday, April 4, 2011
3:00 – 4:00 pm
Nelson Auditorium
Anderson Hall
Reception to follow in Burden Lounge
Tufts University School of Engineering will name Richard A. Meserve,
president of the Carnegie Institution and Tufts University alumnus,
the first recipient of the Vannevar Bush Dean’s Medal.
The Vannevar Bush Dean’s Medal is awarded to an internationally
recognized technology leader who has contributed substantially to the
betterment of society through not only extraordinary technical
achievement but also significant contributions at the intersection of
engineering and other fields.
In collaboration with the Tufts Institute for Global Leadership, the
Dean’s Medal was recently renamed to honor another distinguished
alumnus, Vannevar Bush. Dr. Bush earned his B.S. and M.S. from Tufts
in 1913. Bush was elected President of the Carnegie Institution in
1938 and was instrumental in the establishment of the National Science
Foundation.
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Richard A. Meserve (A’66) is the ninth president of the Carnegie
Institution. He arrived in April 2003, after stepping down as Chairman
of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. With his Harvard law degree
and his Ph.D. in applied physics from Stanford, Meserve has served on
numerous legal and scientific committees over the years, including
many established by the National Academies of Sciences and
Engineering. In February 2010, Steven Chu, U.S. Secretary of Energy,
appointed Meserve to President Obama’s Blue Ribbon Commission on
America’s Nuclear Future. He currently serves as chairman of the
International Nuclear Safety Group, which is chartered by the
International Atomic Energy Agency, and he is a member of the Board of
Overseers of Harvard University. Among other affiliations, Dr. Meserve
is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American
Philosophical Society, and he is a fellow of the American Academy of
Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of
Science, the American Physical Society, and Phi Beta Kappa. Meserve
serves on the board of directors of PG&E Corporation, the Universities
Research Association, Inc., and on the Council of the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences. He is also a member of the National Commission
on Energy Policy.
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Tufts STEM Education Lecture Series
Monday, April 04, 2011 from 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM (ET)
Medford, MA
Tufts STEM Education Lecture Series
Co-sponsored by the Tufts Center for Engineering Education and
Outreach and Dept. of Education
Open to the public. All are welcome.
Chris Dede
Professor in Learning Technologies
Harvard University
How Immersion in Virtual Worlds Helps Students in the Real World
Abstract: Many people of different ages now participate in immersive
virtual environments, from Club Penguin and Webkins through World of
Warcraft, America's Army, and Second Life. The 2010 National
Educational Technology Plan identifies immersive media as among the
most powerful emerging technologies for learning. This session
describes our research in designing and studying immersive virtual
worlds as curriculum (digital ecosystems) and summative assessments
(science inquiry).
Bio: Professor Dede’s fields of scholarship include emerging
technologies, policy, and leadership. His funded research includes
four grants from NSF and the US Department of Education Institute of
Education Sciences to explore immersive simulations and transformed
social interactions as means of student engagement, learning, and
assessment.
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BU
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Urban Agriculture, the City, and Perceptions of Public Space
Rachel Eden Black, assistant professor and coordinator, Gastronomy
Program, Boston University
Free Admission
Wednesday, April 6, 6 p.m.
Register at http://www.bu.edu/foodandwine/register/index.html
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Other
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*Skillshare: Leveraging Social Media for Social Justice**** - Monday,
April 4
6-8:30PM*
The NonProfit Center by South Station
*Do you want to master integrating your media message across multiple
channels (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, email)?* We're very excited that
Amanda Johnston, integrated media guru at GLAD, has agreed to
facilitate this training. Go beyond social media 101 and get some tips
and tricks on using social media tools to further your organization?s
mission. We?ll talk about how using social media for your
organization differs from personal use (and in what ways it?s the
same); negotiating resistance and barriers to social media use in your
organization; and thoughts on creating a
constructive social media policy.*
Learn more and RSVP: *http://www.sojust.org/events/16961382/ (bring
your own dinner)
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Smart Building Workshop – High performance homes, Stretch Energy
Code, MA Base Code
Tuesday, April 5, 8:30 am to 1:30 pm, Cambridge City Hall Annex, 344
Broadway, Second Floor Meeting Room
In this workshop you will learn how to build homes that are durable,
healthy, comfortable, energy efficient, less costly to operate, are
compliant with base and stretch energy codes, and discuss how to cost
effectively go beyond the codes. The workshop is free for building
code officials and $25 for other attendees, but please register with
the Center for EcoTechnology athttps://www.123signup.com/servlet/SignUp?PG=1533104182300&P=153310400
. Co-sponsored by the MA Department of Energy Resources, Center for
EcoTechnology, Conservation Services Group, and the City of Cambridge.
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*The Consulate of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Boston
invite you to an open rehearsal, a reception and a panel discussion
with acclaimed chorus conductor **Maria Guinand**, titled "Social
Action through music". **Ms.Guinand is also Associate Conductor and
Advisor for Choral Symphonic Performances and Activities for the
National System of Youth and Children's Orchestras of Venezuela,
commonly known as **'El Sistema'**, a government-funded organization,
founded by maestro **Jos? Antonio Abreu*, aimed at systematizing music
education and promoting the collective practice of music through
symphony orchestras and chorus as a means of social organization and
community development.
**
* Program: *
* Wednesday, April 6, 2011*
* Villa Victoria Center for the Arts*
* 85 West Newton Street, Boston, MA 02118*
* 4:30pm Open Rehearsal with the Premier Choir and the Young Men's
Ensemble
* 5:30pm Reception hosted by the Consulate of the Bolivarian Republic of
Venezuela*
* 6:00pm Panel Discussion: "**Social Action **through** Music " *
* *
* The admission is free. For more information contact our office
(617)266-9368 ext 200 or by email **consulate at boston.embavenez-us.org**.
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Please Join us at the MassChallenge Headquarters for “MassChallenge
UnTapped”
Date: April 6, 2011
Time: 6:00 - 7:00pm
Location: One Marina Park Drive, 14th Floor (use 55 Northern Avenue
for GPS directions)
Boston, MA 02210
Format:
6:00-6:30 Welcome/Overview
6:30-6:45 FAQs
7:00- Drinks & Mingling
We look forward to meeting you and answering any questions. We've got
some great things in store for 2011 and can't wait to share them!
Please come with comments, questions, suggestions, and more. Welcome
to anyone interested in being a participant, sponsor, mentor, or judge.
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Suggestions?
Salimah Nooruddin - salimah at masschallenge.org or @masschallenge
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Cleantech Open Northeast Kick-off Party
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
from 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM (ET)
Microsoft New England R&D Center
One Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02142
Event Details
Come check out the Electric Tesla RoadsterOne lucky winner will win an
extended Tesla Roadster test drive!Kick-off Party Of ICE / Cleantech
Open Northeast
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 from 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Join us if you are a student, scientist, entrepreneur, savvy
technologist, or just interested in learning more about how you can be
a part of Cleantech Open Northeast 2011.
At the launch party you'll be able to:
• Connect with Boston's top innovators, supporters, and thought
leaders in the cleantech space
• Listen to past competitors such as OnChip Power as they share
their experience with Cleantech Open
• Give your 1 min pitch in front of a panel of judges and potential
teammates (optional)
The launch party is a great venue to build a team, mingle with
cleantech leaders, gain exposure and feedback on your ideas, and
celebrate.
Ready to enter the Northeast competition? Submit your application
here. Learn morewww.cleantechopen.com.
Hosted By
Cleantech Open Northeast
Fostering Entrepreneurship and Clean technology, Worldwide
The mission of the Cleantech Open is to find, fund, and foster the big
ideas that address today’s most urgent energy, environmental, and
economic challenges.
Find out more at www.cleantechopen.com.
RSVP at http://cleantechopenne.eventbrite.com/
Editorial Comment: The cost of this event is $10-$20. It ain't free
(the price the editor likes) but it may be of interest.
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Thursday, April 7, 6:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m.
C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University
Ford Hall Forum: The Weather at War
The Pentagon has declared our dependence on fossil fuels a security
threat; their primary planning document acknowledges the instability
and conflict that climate change will create. In response, the CIA has
opened a new Center for Climate Change, the Navy and Marines have
committed reducing carbon use, and the Army is creating carbon-neutral
bases. Rachel Kleinfeld, Ph.D., CEO and President of the Truman
National Security Project, Carl Ferenbach, Chairman of the Board of
the Environmental Defense Fund, and MA State Rep. Harold Naughton,
Iraq War veteran, join Ford Hall Forum board member Jack Wrobel to
discuss why the weather is suddenly a national security issue.
Free and Open to the Public
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Thursday, April 7, 7 pm
Arlington Street Church, 351 Boylston St., Boston
Understanding and Reforming Today's Media
An evening with Robert McChesney, co-founder of Free Press
Sponsor: The Action Coalition for Media Education
Co-sponsor, Arlington Street Church Social Action Committee
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Museum of Science, Boston Hi, now through May 12 (except for April 19
- 21), the Museum is celebrating Neighborhood Days and offering
freeadmission to view
RACE: Are We So Different? for residents of Boston, Cambridge,
Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Revere, Somerville, and Quincy on Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons, from 2:30-4:30 p.m.
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Upcoming
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Marketing Massachusetts Agriculture: Farmers' Markets, Public Markets,
and More
David Webber, program coordinator, Massachusetts Department of
Agricultural Resources, and Don Wiest, chair, Boston Public Market
Association
Free Admission
Tuesday April, 12, 6 p.m.
Register at http://www.bu.edu/foodandwine/register/index.html
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BASEA Forum:
Thursday, April 14th
Solar Decathlon -- Europe 2010 Overview and DC 2011 Massachusetts
Preview
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Tufts Energy Conference
April 15
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"Best Practices for Local Sustainability"
April 15, 2011 | Holiday Inn | Marlborough, MA
Full Conference Details at www.MaSustainableCommunities.com
Early registration till March 15 at $60, $75 after March 15
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/408475762/efbnen
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"Secret of the Dawn" - film screening, followed by a panel discussion
about female genital mutilation (FGM) and efforts to stop it in Mali,
Saturday, April 16, 2011, 4:00-6:30 p.m. at Emerson Hall, Harvard U.,
25 Quincy Street, Cambridge.
This documentary shows current attitudes of people in Mali toward FGM,
and Malians struggling to end it, including Healthy Tomorrow's sister
group, Sini Sanuman. Dancer and health educator Wyoma
will perform a dance of hope for a future without FGM. We will end
with a music video that is shown on Malian TV, featuring 17 actual ex-
excisers. This event is co-sponsored by Healthy Tomorrow and the
Harvard Extension International Relations Club. For more info, call
(617) 776-6524.
Feel free to call with any questions.
Susan McLucas, director, Healthy Tomorrow, (617) 776-6524, SusanBMcL at gmail.com
Editorial Comment: Susan McLucas is another old friend who has been
working in the US and Mali for many years on the issue of female
genital mutilation.
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Resource
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Free Monthly Energy Analysis
CarbonSalon is a free service that every month can automatically track
your energy use and compare it to your past energy use (while
controlling for how cold the weather is). You get a short friendly
email that lets you know how you’re doing in your work to save energy.
https://www.carbonsalon.com/
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Boston Food System
"The Boston Food System [listserv] provides a forum to post
announcements of events, employment opportunities, internships,
programs, lectures, and other activities as well as related articles
or other publications of a non-commercial nature covering the area's
food system - food, nutrition, farming, education, etc. - that take
place or focus on or around Greater Boston (broadly delineated)."
The Boston area is one of the most active nationwide in terms of food
system activities - projects, services, and events connected to food,
farming, nutrition - and often connected to education, public health,
environment, arts, social services and other arenas. Hundreds of
organizations and enterprises cover our area, but what is going on
week-to-week is not always well publicized.
Hence, the new Boston Food System listserv, as the place to let
everyone know about these activities. Specifically:
Use of the BFS list will begin soon, once we get a decent base of
subscribers. Clarification of what is appropriate to announce and
other posting guidelines will be provided as well.
It's easy to subscribe right now at https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/subscribe/bfs
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Artisan Asylum http://artisansasylum.com/
Sprout & Co: Community Driven Investigations http://thesprouts.org/studios
Greater Boston Solidarity Economy Mapping Project http://www.transformationcentral.org/solidarity/mapping/mapping.html
a project by Wellesley College students that invites participation,
contact jmatthaei at wellesley.edu
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Links to events at 60 colleges and universities at Hubevents http://hubevents.blogspot.com
Thanks to
Fred Hapgood's Selected Lectures on Science and Engineering in the
Boston Area http://fhapgood.fastmail.fm/site02.html
Boston Area Computer User Groups http://www.bugc.org/
http://www.mitenergyclub.org/calendar/mit_events_template
http://sustainability.mit.edu/
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/calendar/
http://green.harvard.edu/events
http://microsoftcambridge.com/Events/tabid/57/Default.aspx
http://pechakuchaboston.org/blog/
http://boston.nerdnite.com/
http://www.meetup.com/
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