[act-ma] Energy (and Other) Events
George Mokray
gmoke at world.std.com
Sun Sep 9 14:37:10 PDT 2012
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Eating the City and Town: Todmorden and Beyond
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/05/1125342/-Eating-the-City-and-Town-Todmorden-and-Beyond
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Monday, September 10
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Coupling between Tropical Tropospheric and Polar Stratospheric
Variability
Monday, September 10, 2012
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 54-915, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge (the tallest
building on campus)
Title: Coupling between Tropical Tropospheric and Polar Stratospheric
Variability
Speaker: Chaim Garfinkel
Speaker's Website: http://www.eps.jhu.edu/~cig4/
Abstract: Tropical tropospheric variability can influence the
wintertime extratropical stratosphere. Specifically, certain phases of
the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) and El Nino leads to a weakened
stratospheric polar vortex. The mechanism linking tropical
tropospheric variability to polar stratospheric appears to be common
to both El Nino and the MJO. The deepening of the wintertime Aleutian
low, as occurs e.g. during El Nino events, leads to an intensification
of the tropospheric climatological planetary wave pattern. This
increase in tropospheric planetary waves leads to increased wave
driving of the wintertime polar vortex, so that the net effect is a
weakened vortex. Once the vortex is weakened, the anomalies propagate
downwards into the troposphere and lead to the negative phase of the
Northern Annular Mode.
MASS Seminar
The MIT Atmospheric Science Seminar (MASS) is a student-run weekly
seminar series within PAOC. Seminar topics include all research
concerning the atmosphere and climate, but also talks about e.g.
societal impacts of climatic processes. The seminars usually take
place on Monday from 12-1pm followed by a lunch with graduate
students. Besides the seminar, individual meetings with professors,
post-docs, and students are arranged. The seminar series is run by
graduate students and is intended mainly for students to interact with
individuals outside the department, but faculty and post docs
certainly participate.
Web site: http://eaps-www.mit.edu/paoc/events/calendars/mass
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), Program
in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate (PAOC), MIT Atmospheric Science
Seminars
For more information, contact: MASS organizing committee
mass at mit.edu
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Fixing the National Security State: Commissions and the Politics of
Disaster and Reform
Monday, September 10, 2012
12:15pm - 2:00pm
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Christopher Kirchhoff (Department of Defense)
Sandwich lunches are provided. Please RSVP to sts at hks.harvard.edu by
Thursday noon the week before.
http://sts.hks.harvard.edu/events/sts_circle/
Contact Name: Shana Rabinowich
sts at hks.harvard.edu
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Joint w/ Public Finance and International - Trade, Oil and the
Environment
Monday, September 10, 2012
4:00p–5:30p
MIT, Building E51-151, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Joseph Shapiro (MIT)
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): IO Workshop
For more information, contact: Theresa Benevento
theresa at mit.edu
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On Growth and Form: Geometry, Physics and Biology
Sep 10, 2012
4:15p - 5:15p
Harvard, Jefferson 250, 17 A Oxford Street, Cambridge
Tea served in Jefferson 450 @ 3:30 pm
Professor L. Mahadevan, Harvard University
The diversity of form in plants led Darwin to state that it is "enough
to drive the sanest man mad" , begging the questions of how to
describe this variety and how to predict it? Motivated by
observations of geometrical forms in plants and animals ranging from
leaves and flowers to vertebrate guts, I will show how a combination
of biological and physical experiments, mathematical models and
simple computations allow us to begin unraveling the physical basis
for morphogenesis
Web site: http//www.physics.harvard.edu
Contact name: Dayle Maynard
Contact e-mail: maynard at physics.harvard.edu
Contact phone: 617.495.2872
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Energy Club Fall Kickoff
Monday, September 10, 2012
5:00p
MIT, Building 26-100, 60 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Energy Club Execom Members
Interested in Energy? Please join us for the Energy Club's Fall
Kickoff to hear about the club's 2012-2013 lineup of actvities ???
discussions, lectures, tours, Energy Night, the MIT Energy Conference,
and much more.
Web site: http://mitenergyclub.org
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club, MIT Energy Campus Events
For more information, contact: MIT Energy Club
energyclub at mit.edu
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"Look Who's Talking: Non-Profit Newsmakers in the New Media Age"
Monday, September 10, 2012
5:00pm - 7:00pm
MIT Media Lab, Building E-14, Third-Floor Atrium, 75 Amherst Street,
Cambridge
Speaker: Carroll Bogert
Changes in the media world have been hard on journalists and
unsettling for news consumers, but they have also had significant
implications for international non-governmental organizations. At
Human Rights Watch, the research and advocacy organization based in
New York, foreign correspondents have always been an important partner
in exposing human rights abuses, and the decline in international news
in the mainstream media threatens the basic human rights methodology
of “naming and shaming.” But the changing media landscape also
constitutes an important opportunity to reach new audiences, interact
with the public more directly, and disseminate information quickly and
effectively. Carroll Bogert, the Deputy Executive Director for
External Relations at Human Rights Watch and a former foreign
correspondent for Newsweek magazine, will discuss how Human Rights
Watch is filling the gaps in foreign news reporting and becoming a
media producer in its own right.
Biography:
Carroll Bogert is Deputy Executive Director for External Relations at
Human Rights Watch. She oversees the organization's external relations
and works with the executive director on advocacy and fundraising.
Bogert previously served as Human Rights Watch's communications
director, publicizing the organization's work and drawing attention to
human rights issues in more than 90 countries worldwide. Before
joining Human Rights Watch, she spent more than a decade in
international news reporting for Newsweek magazine, beginning as a
stringer in China, then moving to the Southeast Asia bureau as
correspondent, becoming bureau chief in Moscow, and finally working as
an editor and international correspondent in the magazine's New York
office. Bogert holds an MA in East Asian studies and a BA magna cum
laude from Harvard University. She speaks Russian, French, and Mandarin.
All talks at the Media Lab, unless otherwise noted, are open to the
public.
Join us on Twitter: #MLTalks
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HONK! Parade Meeting
Monday, September 10
6:30-8:45 pm
Somerville Public Library West Branch 40 College Avenue, Somerville
We invite you to attend a meeting to hear about ways you can get
involved in the upcoming HONK! Festival-October 5, 6 and 7 in Davis
Square. The festival needs help of all kinds!!! Individuals and groups
interested in participating in the HONK! Parade to Reclaim the Streets
for Horns, Bikes and Feet on Sunday of HONK! weekend are also
encouraged to attend.
For more information, contact volunteers at honkfest.org sign up at www.facebook.com/events/409405155775317
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FUTURE ENERGY - INVESTOR FEEDBACK FORUM
9/10/2012
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Microsoft New England R&D Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA
02142
Description: Future Energy is a brand new conference where you can see
the most revolutionary energy technology of the future before it hits
mainstream. At each Future Energy event, 8 startups present to a panel
of energy and cleantech venture capital investors for feedback,
advice, and networking. The audience votes on the best presenters who
win prizes and media attention to help launch their business.
Applications to pitch can be submitted at http://ultralightstartups.com/future-energy/application-form/
The platinum sponsor for this event is the Shell International Game
Changer program.
Audience: Entrepreneurs, Investors, Media, all are welcome
Twitter: @crisdeluca
Register at http://futureenergyboston.eventbrite.com/
Editorial Comment: Early bird tickets are sold out and general
admission is $20. Not free but still relatively inexpensive access.
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Science and Cooking
Monday, September 10, 2012
7 p.m.
Harvard, Science Center Hall C, One Oxford Street, Cambridge
Joan Roca and Jordi Roca, El Celler de Can Roca
Salvador Brugués, Sous-Vide Cuisine
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Tuesday, September 11
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"The Cost of Secrecy: What the Post–9/11 Decade Teaches Us About the
Media and Government."
Tuesday, September 11
12 p.m.
Harvard, Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275, 5 Eliot Street, Cambridge
Speaker Series with Dana Priest, national security reporter, The
Washington Post.
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Chiefs: Development and the Capture of Civil Society in Sierra Leone
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
2:40p–4:00p
Harvard, Harvard Hall Room 104, Harvard Yard, Cambridge
Speaker: James Robinson (Harvard)
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Development Economics Workshop
For more information, contact: Theresa Benevento
theresa at mit.edu
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The Future of Natural Gas as a Transportation Fuel
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
3:45p–5:15p
MIT, Building 66-110, 25 Ames Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Michael Gallagher, Chairman Natural Gas Group of the NPC FTF
Study, Senior Adviser and Former President/COO Westport Innovations
The just completed two-year National Petroleum Council's Future
Transportation Fuels Study engaged more than 300 organizations and
examined the future demand in the United States over the next 40 years
for all modes of transportation, from passenger cars, trucks, air,
rail and marine. It included a comprehensive assessment of the
potential technology contribution for a variety of fuel types and
vehicle technologies. This presentation will review the findings of
the FTF study with respect to the challenges and opportunities in
introducing alternative fuels, specifically natural gas, into the
transportation sector and evaluate their potential for successful
adoption on the basis of cost effectiveness, fuel efficiency, GHG
reductions and market penetration potential. This discussion of the
findings will review the advantages and challenges of displacing
liquid-fuel-based internal combustion engine (ICE) technologies, and
the additional barriers and factors that must be considered in the
adoption and integration of new natural gas systems into the future
energy transportation mix. Implications for global energy
transportation systems will be articulated.
MITEI Seminar Series
A year-long series of seminars given by leaders in the energy field
sponsored by the MIT Energy Initiative.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/mitei
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Initiative
For more information, contact: Jameson Twomey
617-324-2408
jtwomey at mit.edu
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"Challenges in Power Plants"
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
4:30p–5:30p
MIT, Building 31-161, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
4:15 PM Refreshments, 4:30 PM Lecture
Speaker: Mr. Metodi Zlatinov, Mechanical Engineer, Altran Solutions
GAS TURBINE LABORATORY SEMINAR
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): AeroAstro
For more information, contact: Robin Courchesne-Sato
617-253-2481
rsato at mit.edu
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Starr Forum: Showdown in the Sonoran Desert (Book Talk with Ananda Rose)
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
5:00p–6:30p
MIT, Building E25-111, 45 Carleton Street, Cambridge
How can we preserve the integrity of sovereign borders while also
respecting the dignity of human beings? How should a border -that
imaginary line in the sand- be humanely and effectively maintained?
And how should we regard "the stranger" in our midst?
Starr Forum: Book Talk with Ananda Rose
Showdown in the Sonoran Desert
Religion, Law, and the Immigration Controversy
Ananda Rose holds a doctorate from Harvard University. She is a
published poet, journalist, and theologian. Her book, Showdown in the
Sonoran Desert, Oxford University Press, was published in June 2012.
Rose traveled to the Sonoran desert, a border region where the remains
of some 2,000 migrants have been recovered over the past decade. There
she interviewed Minutemen, Border Patrol agents, Catholic nuns,
humanitarian aid workers, left-wing protestors, ranchers, and many
other ordinary citizens of southern Arizona.
She discovers two starkly opposed ideological perspectives: that of
religious activists who embrace a biblically inspired hospitality that
stresses love of strangers and a "borderless" compassion; and that of
law enforcement, which insists on safety, security, and strict respect
for international borders.
Web site:http://web.mit.edu/cis/eventposter_091112_ananda.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies
For more information, contact: starrforum at mit.edu
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George Lakoff, "The Brain's Politics: How Campaigns Are Framed and Why"
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
5:00p–7:00p
MIT, Building E15-070, Bartos Theater, MIT Media Lab, 20 Ames Street,
Cambridge
Speaker: George Lakoff
Everything we learn, know and understand is physical ??? a matter of
brain circuitry. This basic fact has deep implications for how
politics is understood, how campaigns are framed, why conservatives
and progressives talk past each other, and why progressives have more
problems framing messages than conservatives do ??? and what they can
do about it.
George Lakoff is Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor of
Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the University of California at
Berkeley, where he has taught since 1972. He previously taught at
Harvard (1965-69) and the University of Michigan (1969-1972).
He graduated from MIT in 1962 (in Mathematics and Literature) and
received his PhD in Linguistics from Indiana University in 1966.
Read more at georgelakoff.com
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Cognitive Dimensions of Media Series
Web site: http://cms.mit.edu/events/talks.php#091112
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies, Communications Forum,
Comparative Media Studies Program Distinguished Speaker Talk
For more information, contact: Andrew Whitacre
617-324-0490
cms at mit.edu
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Open Access Book Launch
Tuesday, September 11, 6:00 pm
Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein West A Room, 1585
Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP required for those attending in person at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2012/09/openaccess#RSVP
This event will be archived on our site shortly after.
Co-sponsored by the Harvard Office of Scholarly Communication and the
Harvard Law School Library.
Special guests include: Stuart Shieber (School of Engineering and
Applied Sciences), Robert Darnton (Harvard University Library),June
Casey (Harvard Law School Library), David Weinberger(Berkman Center /
Harvard Library Innovation Lab) and more.
The internet lets us share perfect copies of our work with a worldwide
audience at virtually no cost. We take advantage of this revolutionary
opportunity when we make our work “open access”: digital, online, free
of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. Open
access is made possible by the internet and copyright-holder consent,
and many authors, musicians, filmmakers, and other creators who depend
on royalties are understandably unwilling to give their consent. But
for 350 years, scholars have written peer-reviewed journal articles
for impact, not for money, and are free to consent to open access
without losing revenue.
In this concise introduction, Peter Suber tells us what open access is
and isn’t, how it benefits authors and readers of research, how we pay
for it, how it avoids copyright problems, how it has moved from the
periphery to the mainstream, and what its future may hold. Distilling
a decade of Suber’s influential writing and thinking about open
access, this is the indispensable book on the subject for researchers,
librarians, administrators, funders, publishers, and policy makers.
About Peter
Peter Suber's work consists of research, writing, organizing,
advocacy, and pro bono consulting for open access to research. He is
the Director of the Harvard Open Access Project, Special Advisor to
the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication, Faculty Fellow at the
Berkman Center, Senior Researcher at SPARC, Research Professor of
Philosophy at Earlham College, Open Access Project Director at Public
Knowledge, and author of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter. He blogs at
Google Plus.
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Sustainable Agriculture Panel Discussion
Tuesday, September 11th
6pm
Boston University’s Sargent College Room 101, 635 Commonwealth Avenue,
Boston
We are hosting a lively discussion about our food system and the
landscape of sustainable and organic agriculture today with local
experts:
Nathan Phillips, BU Professor of Earth and the Environment
Rachel Black, BU Professor of Gastronomy
Kate Stillman, Farm Proprietor at Stillman’s at the Turkey Farm
Britt Lundgren, Director of Organic and Sustainable Agriculture for
Stonyfield Farms
What will the tomato of the future look like? The landscape of modern
agriculture and our food system is constantly evolving. The Farm
Bill, the organic food industry, and small-scale local farms all play
a role in what ends up on our plate every day. Come listen to local
experts and industry leaders discuss the state of agriculture today
and where we're headed.
For more information about this event and the upcoming Sustainability
Festival, visit
http://www.bu.edu/sustainability
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Mass Innovation Nights #MIN42
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
6:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Intrepid Labs, 222 Third Street, 4th floor, Cambridge
RSVP at http://mass.innovationnights.com/events/september-12-2012-mass-innovation-nights-min42
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Fundraising for Early Stage Social Impact Startups
Tuesday, September 11 @ 6:30
6:30 PM
MassChallenge HQ, 55 Northern Avenue (One Marina Drive, 14th Floor),
Boston
Fundraising for Early Stage Social Impact Startups
Social enterprises, both for profits or nonprofits, face many
challenges in raising money to support themselves. This is a terrific
panel of startups that will share how they went about raising that
early money from grants, competitions, kickstarter and bootstrapping.
Panelists include
Miguel Granier, Invested Development http://investeddevelopment.com/
Miguel is the Founder and Managing Director of Invested Development
which launched in July 2009. Before founding Invested Development, he
was the founding Investment Manager for First Light Ventures, a seed-
stage social impact investment fund affiliated with Gray Ghost
Ventures in Atlanta, Georgia. Miguel began his career in social
enterprise as a loan officer for ACCION New York in 2009 and continued
that work as an independent consultant specializing in economic
development and microfinance. In addition to his work in microfinance
and social enterprise, Miguel has worked for the insurance giant
Fidelity National Financial in New York and Delter Business Institute
in Beijing, China.He holds a Master’s Degree in City and Regional
Planning from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a
specialization in Entrepreneurship and Economic Development.
Anu Chitrapu, Vision Aid http://www.visionaid.org/
Anu is an executive at Bank of America and has won awards at the bank
for exceptional performance, named to the high potential women leaders
group and nominated to the Diversity & Inclusion council. The same
passion shows in her work with Vision Aid, an organization that
teaches technology skills to the visually challenged in economically
deprived areas. As President of Vision Aid, she has grown the
organization to serve multiple regions in India and increased the
footprint and number of people served. Her passion for causes related
to women and her efforts around women empowerment are evident through
the work she does with Ubuntu-at-work, an organization aimed at
teaching women skills that help them escape poverty.
Nathan Rothstein, Project Repat www.projectrepat.org/
Nathan Rothstein is the President at Project Repat. Repat turns excess
t-shirts into more functional and fashionable clothing accessories
while creating fair wage employment opportunities in the US. Repat is
a member of the HUB Ventures 2012 co-hort, which is a social
entrepreneurship accelerator program in San Francisco. He spent four
years working in New Orleans, Lousiana launching social enterprises
and helping progressive candidates run for political office. Nathan
has been featured in The Boston Globe, USA Today, NECN, and The New
Orleans Times-Picayune for his work. He has presented workshops on the
subject of how young people can make a social impact at Yale, UMass-
Amherst, Howard, MIT, Harvard, and Tulane University.
This is a joint TiE Social Entrepreneurs Group/MassChallenge event.
Please register using this link: https://s07.123signup.com/servlet/SignUp?P=15219721911425150500&PG=1521972182300
Light refreshments will be served.
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Hacks and Hackers: Let's plan meetups for this year!
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
7:00 PM
Boston Globe, 135 Morrissey Blvd., Dorchester
RSVP at http://meetupbos.hackshackers.com/events/79335262/?a=ea1_grp&eventId=79335262&action=detail&rv=ea1&rv=ea1
It's that time again -- time to plan meetups for this coming year's
Hacks/Hackers Boston group. (Our third year!)
If you have some fun, interesting ideas that you think will attract
media people interested in digital or technologists interested in
media, this is your chance to make your voice heard.
Our members like meetups around ideas, cool people in the industry, or
neat products/companies.
This is an informal, low-key meetup. Drink coffee, eat some Globe
cookies, chat with friends, and bring some ideas.
See you there!
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23andMe and Consumer Powered Research
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
7:00p–9:00p
MIT, Building NE-30, Broad Institute Auditorium, 7 Cambridge Center,
Cambridge (Kendall Square)
Speaker: Anne Wojcicki, CEO & Co-Founder, 23andMe
Advances in the price performance of DNA sequencing (currently
improving by about 8X per year) are making more extensive analysis of
the genome (whole exome and even whole genome sequencing) and even
exploration of other omes (such as the microbiome and its relation to
disease) economically feasible. Anne will discuss the potential for
expanding consumer DNA testing in new directions and partnering with
the research community to interpret what this plethora of new data
means.
Anee Wojcicki cofounded 23andMe with Linda Avey in 2007 to provide a
platform to help individuals understand their own genetic information
using recent advances in DNA analysis technologies and web-based
interactive tools. In 2008, Time magazine named the ompany's
saliva-based DNA-testing service "Invention of the Year". The company
now has over 100,000 subscribers and is partnering with research
groups to try to better interpret the relationship between genetic
markers and physical traits and susceptibility to disease.
This joint meeting of the Boston Chapter of the IEEE Computer Society
and GBC/ACM will be held in the Broad Institute Auditorium (MIT
building NE-30). The Broad Institute is on Main St between Vassar and
Ames streets. You can see it on a map at this location.The auditorium
is on the ground floor near the entrance.
Up-to-date information about this and other talks is available online
at http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/boston/computer/.
Web site: http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/boston/computer/wojcickitalk.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): ACM & IEEE/CS
For more information, contact: Dorothy Curtis
617-253-0541
dcurtis at mit.edu
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Wednesday, September 13
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Growing a Company from Scratch: The Fresh Diet Story
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
4:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building E51-315, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Zalmi Duchman, CEO
The Fresh Diet began operations on January 1, 2006, with three
clients. Today, the business has grown to become the largest US food
producer in the freshly-prepared, daily delivery category - which now
delivers meal plans to thousands of clients nationwide.
Distinguished Speaker Series
This speaker series brings at least three speakers to MIT's campus in
Cambridge each semester from fields that are studied by members of the
Transportation Students Group, including transit, airlines, high speed
rail, and intelligent transportation systems.
Web site: http://ctl.mit.edu/events/dss_zalmi_duchman
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for Transportation & Logistics
For more information, contact: Eric Greimann
617-253-5321
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Iwariwe, Yanomami art and traditions relating to the origin of Fire
Wednesday September 12th
4:00pm: Roundtable discussion
Center for Library Instruction, Healey Library, 4-015
5:00pm: Reception Healey Library, 5th floor,
UMASS Boston, 100 William T Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125
Yanomami artist Sheronawe Hakihiiwe in attendance.
Exhibit open until September 28
Whether in the lands of the Yanomami, or the indigenous peoples of
what is now Boston, the arrival of fire is an epic and mythic event,
linked to the origins of human innovation and creativity. Iwariwë: The
Origin of Fire Amongst Men, recounts this seminal event through
community art, producing a book designed to both preserve and educate
others about customary Yanomami life ways. The Yanomami are a group of
indigenous people who live in the Amazon rainforest along the border
between Venezuela and Brazil.
This exhibit represents far more than just a display of ethnographic
items produced by indigenous peoples from another hemisphere. It is a
combination of traditional knowledge and modern methodologies for
education, as well as a collaboration between the first peoples of a
place and contemporary scholars from Venezuela's IDEA Foundation who
appreciate a deep connection to their shared home. As such, it is
fitting that the Institute for New England Native American Studies and
the Native American and Indigenous Studies program provide a warm
welcome for Iwariwë to UMass Boston, where we also seek to connect
indigenous peoples with university research, innovation, and education.
For more information, please contact Dr. Cedric Woods, Director for
INENAS, Cedric.Woods at umb.edu or
Dr. Josh Reid, Director for NAIS, Josh.Reid at umb.edu.
Sponsors:
CITGO Petroleum Corporation, a subsidiary of Petroleos de Venezuela
S.A., Fundación Instituto de Estudios Avanzados (IDEA), Consulate
General of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Boston, Venezuelan
Sounds Foundation.
UMass Boston: Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community
Development and Public Policy, Institute for New England Native
American Studies, Native American & Indigenous Studies Program, Latino
Studies program, and Office of International and Transnational Affairs.
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Environmental Ethics - ENVR E120
Wednesday, 12 September
5:30 class, 4:30 discussion session
Rm. 306, 1 Story Street, Cambridge
http://environmentaljusticetv.wordpress.com/about/
The Syllabus for the course is at: http://ecoethics.net/2012-ENVRE120/Index.htm
Editorial Comment: Tim Weiskel teaches this course at Harvard
Extension and invites anybody interested in these issues to attend
this session or participate in the pre-class discussion.
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Switch, a screening of the new energy documentary, hosted by BASEA
Wednesday, September 12
7pm.
AMC Boston Commons, 175 Tremont Street, Boston
Audiences are calling it "the most important energy film since An
Inconvenient Truth" and "the first truly balanced film on energy." The
film has played, opened and won environmental film festivals while, in
more than 80 preview screenings, being embraced by energy companies -
both fossil and renewable - government agencies, NGOs, environmental
groups and leading universities. It's part of the Switch Energy
Project, a film, web and education effort to build a balanced national
understanding of energy and promote efficiency.
See more about the film in the attached flyer, and view the trailer
here: http://www.switchenergyproject.com/aboutfilm.php
The film's director will be at our screening, to introduce the film
and do a Q&A afterward.
Please join us for this great event! You can buy your tickets here: http://www.switchenergyproject.com/screenings.php
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For our members, we've got a 50% off discount code. Just enter
SWITCH101A during checkout.
Please note: The film will play across the US this fall. If you know
someone who would like to go to a screening, please forward this
email. They can find one in their area on the Switch website.
Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you at Switch.
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Thursday, September 13
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The SO2 Allowance Trading System: The Ironic History of a Grand
Experiment in Market-Based Environmental Policy
WHEN Thu., Sep. 13, 2012, 11:45 a.m.
WHERE Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, Harvard Kennedy School,
79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Environmental Sciences, Lecture,
Science, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government
SPEAKER(S) Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business &
Government and director of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program
at the Harvard Kennedy School
CONTACT INFO mrcbg at ksg.harvard.edu
LINK http://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg
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Tips, Tools and Telling the Story: Evaluating Community Food Initiatives
September 13, 2012
12-1pm EDT
Webinar: register at https://cfccanada.webex.com/mw0307l/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=cfccanada
Community Food Centres Canada (CFCC) is hosting a webinar on
evaluating community food initiatives. The webinar is geared at
program managers, funders and other practitioners who are already
engaged in evaluation or have a basic understanding of evaluation and
are looking to explore evaluation topics in greater depth. Meredith
Davis, CFCC’s Research and Evaluation Manager, will describe the
process that CFCC went through to create its own national evaluation
strategy, including successes, challenges and lessons learned along
the way. Topics to be explored include: creating a theory of change,
building an evaluative culture, developing indicators, developmental
evaluation (DE), social return on investment analysis (SROI),
evaluating in a respectful and dignified manner, designing effective
evaluation tools and common pitfalls of evaluation. The last 15
minutes of the webinar will be set aside for group exploration.
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The World's Chemistry In Our Hands: Global Environmental Challenges
Past and Future
Thursday, September 13, 2012
3:45p–5:30p
MIT, Building 10-250, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Community Reception - 3:45pm
Colloquium and Q&A - 4:15pm
Speaker: Professor Susan Solomon
On behalf of Dean Marc Kastner and the MIT School of Science, please
join us on Thursday, September 13, 2012, from 3:45-5:30 p.m., for the
Dean's Colloquium. Our speaker will be Susan Solomon, Ellen Swallow
Richards Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Science, who
will discuss "The World's Chemistry In Our Hands: Global Environmental
Challenges Past and Future."
Susan Solomon is a recognized world expert in atmospheric science.
Since receiving her Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of
California at Berkeley in 1981, she has been employed by the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as a research scientist. Her
research has provided key measurements and critical theoretical
understanding of stratospheric ozone destruction. In 1986 and 1987,
she served as the Head Project Scientist of the National Ozone
Expedition at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, and made some of the first
measurements that pointed toward chlorofluorocarbons as the cause of
the ozone hole. In 1994, an Antarctic glacier was named in recognition
of her contributions to polar science.
School of Science Dean's Colloquium
The Dean's Colloquium Series was established to recognize and
celebrate scientists who have chosen innovative, non-traditional
career paths and have been unusually successful.
Open to: the general public
Cost: FREE
Sponsor(s): MIT School of Science, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary
Sciences (EAPS)
For more information, contact: Shira Wieder
617-253-8055
swieder at mit.edu
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Is Transparency a Force for Peace?
Thursday, September 13, 2012
4:30p–6:00p
MIT, Millikan Room, 30 Wadsworth Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Alexandre Debs (Yale)
Web site: http://events.iq.harvard.edu/events/node/819
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Seminar on Positive Political Economy
For more information, contact: Theresa Benevento
theresa at mit.edu
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"Artist-Audience Relations in the Age of Social Media"
Thursday, September 13, 2012
5:00p–7:00p
MIT, Building 4-231, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: Nancy Baym, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research New
England
CMS Colloquium Series
Social media have transformed relationships between those who create
artistic work and those who enjoy it. Culture industries such as the
music recording business have been left reeling as fans have gained
the ability to distribute amongst themselves and artists have gained
the ability to bypass traditional gatekeepers such as labels. The
dominant rhetoric has been of 'piracy,' yet there are other tales to
tell. How does direct access to fans change what it means to be an
artist? What rewards are there that weren't before? How are relational
lines between fans and friends blurred and with what consequences?
What new challenges other than making a living do artists face?
Nancy Baym is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research New
England. She is the author of Personal Connections in the Digital Age
(Polity), Internet Inquiry (co-edited with Annette Markham, Sage) and
Tune In, Log On: Soaps, Fandom and Online Community (Sage). For the
last two years she has been interviewing musicians about their
relationships with audiences.
Web site: http://cms.mit.edu/events/talks.php#091312
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies
For more information, contact: Andrew Whitacre
617-324-0490
cms at mit.edu
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"What's at Stake? Economic Issues in the 2012 Presidential Election"
Thursday, September 13, 2012
6:00p–8:00p
MIT, Building NW86, 70 Pacific Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Professor Christina Romer
The MIT Sidney Pacific / Presidential Distinguished Lecture Series
Please join us for our first lecture of the year with Christina Romer
(PhD '85), former chair of President Barack Obama's Council of
Economic Advisers, and currently Professor of Economics at the
University of California, Berkeley. She is also co-director of the
Program in Monetary Economics at the National Bureau of Economic
Research (NBER). She will speak on the current state of the American
economy, and the important economic policy issues facing the country
in the upcoming election.
RSVP: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEF4Y0V3cGt0SkczS2VSaVlXZU9raFE6MA
#gid=0
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Sidney-Pacific Graduate Community
For more information, contact:
sp-cosi-chair at mit.edu
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Urban Films: The Parking Lot Movie
Thursday, September 13, 2012
6:00p–8:00p
MIT, Building 3-133, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: Introduction by Professor Eran Ben-Joseph, author of
"ReThinking a Lot: The Design and Culture of Parking."
Often described as the documentary version of Clerks, The Parking Lot
Movie follows a select group of parking lot attendants who work at The
Corner Parking Lot in Charlottesville, Virginia. The eccentric
brotherhood of attendants consist of grad students, overeducated
philosophers, surly artists, middle-age slackers and more.
Urban Planning Film Series
A mostly-weekly series showing documentary and feature films on topics
related to cities, urbanism, design, community development, ecology,
and other planning issues. Free.
Web site: http://www.urbanfilm.org
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Department of Urban Studies and Planning
For more information, contact: Ezra Glenn
617-253-2024
eglenn at mit.edu
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Tour of International Markets
Thur, September 13th
6pm-7:30pm
Union Square, Somerville
As part of our ArtsUnion project, the Somerville Arts Council gives
tours of Union Square international food markets. Join us and learn
where to find ingredients like Nepalese timur (a fragrant spice used
in pickles), squid ink pasta and Haitian akasan (a cornmeal drink).
Beyond discovering the culinary exotica available in Union Square,
we’ll learn about the history of these stores and how their clientele
represents the cultural community of Somerville. Each tour visits
three markets and we’ll point out others along the way. Featured
markets include: Casa de Carne, Well Foods Plus Halal Market, La
Internacional, Little India, New Bombay Market, Pao de Acucar &
Brazilian Buffet and the Reliable Market. Without leaving Union
Square, we’ll visit Brazil, Korea, India, Nepal, Guatemala and Haiti!
Dates: Thur, September 13th, 6pm-7:30pm Cost: free How to sign up:
send an email to artsuniontour at gmail.com
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Protecting the Vote: Suppression, Fraud and the Future of Voter ID Laws
WHEN Thu., Sep. 13, 2012, 6 p.m.
WHERE JFK Jr. Forum, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Institute of Politics
SPEAKER(S) A panel conversation with:
Jennie Bowser, senior fellow, National Conference of State Legislatures
John Fund, senior editor, The American Spectator
Alex Keyssar, Matthew W. Stirling Jr. Professor of History and Social
Policy, HKS
Tova Wang, senior democracy fellow, Demos; fellow, The Century
Foundation
Trey Grayson (moderator), director, Institute of Politics
LINK http://forum.iop.harvard.edu/content/protecting-vote-suppression-fraud-and-future-voter-id-laws
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Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University presents RADIO SILENCE
Thursday, September 13, 6:30-8 pm
Suffolk University, C. Walsh Theatre, 55 Temple Street, Boston
with
Charles Laquidara (WBCN) [live via Skype],
Billy Costa (KISS 108),
Julie Kramer (WFNX, Radio BDC) &
Henry Santoro (WFNX, Radio BDC);
moderator John Laurenti (WODS)
(Boston, MA 02114) Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University presents
“Radio Silence” Charles Laquidara [live via Skype], Billy Costa, Julie
Kramer, and Henry Santoro; moderated by John Laurenti. Thursday,
September 13, 6:30-8 pm. Admission is free and open to all. C. Walsh
Theatre at Suffolk University, 55 Temple Street, Boston, MA.
Wheelchair accessible and conveniently located near the Park St. MBTA
Station. For more information, call the Ford Hall Forum at
617-557-2007 or visitwww.fordhallforum.org.
WBCN was the original, superstar-establishing, DJ-controlled rock
station that showed how excellent rock radio could be when you let the
DJs curate the offerings. As independent radio station WFNX is sold to
Clear Channel this year, Bostonians wonder how rock radio has become a
corporation-controlled industry and whether internet and digital radio
can avoid the same fate. DJs Charles Laquidara (WBCN), Billy Costa
(KISS 108), Julie Kramer (WFNX, Radio BDC), and Henry Santoro(WFNX,
Radio BDC) tell moderator John Laurenti, a New England radio mainstay
for over 25 years, about the changes they are adapting to in the new
world of music business. We’ll hear how WBCN’s rise and fall foretold
industry changes, the story behind the end of WFNX, and what the
rebirth of independent rock radio might look like.
Further background information on participants:
Billy Costa
Raised in Cambridge, Costa began DJing at a local nightclub before
joining the Emerson College radio station. In 1980, Costa approached
KISS 108 with the idea of reporting on lifestyle and entertainment
news. Having proven the audience appeal for Hollywood information,
Costa has been at KISS ever since. Costa hosts the daily Entertainment
Updates, provides live broadcasts from major events like the Grammys,
and hosts the "KISS Top 30 Countdown." He also hosts TV Diner, a
restaurant review program on NECN. Costa secured an Emmy nomination
for an Evening Magazine Special on WBZ-TV and won a Children's
Television Award for Rap Around.
Julie Kramer
Julie Kramer had been a part of the WFNX team for over a decade. The
highlight of the Karma Queen’s morning show was the “Leftover Lunch”
with music from the1980s and 1990s. Kramer is now a DJ on Boston.com’s
new Radio BDC blog.
Charles Laquidara
Charles Laquidara began his DJing career in the 1960s as a classical
music announcer at KPPC-FM in California. During that time, a
columnist for the local newspaper called attention to Laquidara's
unusual “freeform” style, including his dramatic pauses and repetition
of music he liked. In 1969, he was offered a shift at WBCN, and in
1972, Laquidara took over the morning shift, which he dubbed "The Big
Mattress." He was there for almost 25 years and pioneered a new kind
of FM broadcasting: a shifting cast of on-air personnel that created a
show of music, news, discussion, and humor. >From 1996 to 2000,
Laquidara hosted The Charles Laquidara Radio Houron WFNX. He retired
to Hawaii and continues the legacy of “The Big Mattress” through
blogging. Laquidara is a member of the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall
of Fame.
John Laurenti
Born in Dorchester, John Laurenti has been part of the New England
radio scene for 25 years. In the mid 1980s, John attended radio school
and worked as an announcer at an AM station in Framingham. He later
moved to the FM dial, spending much of his career on air in Providence
and in Boston as the Afternoon Drive Host. Laurenti joined WUMB as the
Music Director in June 2008.
Henry Santoro
Award-winning radio presenter Henry Santoro was News Director and
Morning Show co-host for WFNX from 1983 to earlier this year. Santoro
has reported breaking news stories ranging from the AIDS crisis to the
tragedy of 9/11 to the election of America’s first African-American
president. Santoro also hosted regular features on everything from
cooking (Henry’s Hotplate) to community events (Henry in the Hub).
Santoro is now a DJ on Boston.com’s new Radio BDC blog.
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Switch - the Movie with Director Harry Lynch in person
Thursday, September 13
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.; Presentation begins at 7:30 p.m
First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian Universalist; 3 Church Street,
Harvard Square
Welcome to a new season of BASEA Forums! To begin, we will focus on a
film, 'Switch', currently on its premiere national tour. Director
Harry Lynch will show solar-specific clips from the film, respond to
our questions, and discuss the educational Switch Energy Project (http://www.switchenergyproject.com/
). We are offering a 50% discount to the BASEA-hosted screening of the
film at the AMC Loews Boston Common on Wed., September 12th, the night
before our Forum, so you can see the entire film and be prepared to
discuss it (details below).
'An Inconvenient Truth' (2006) was a box office success and won 2
Academy Awards, while raising public awareness of climate change.
'Switch' (2012), a feature-length documentary, has a similarly
ambitious agenda. 'Switch' attempts to make "energy fascinating and
engaging to encourage a balanced national understanding of our energy
future" and to "show how it all fits together to form our energy
transition, and exactly how and when that could happen".
The film follows Dr. Richard Tinker, surveying 26 rarely seen world-
leading energy sites in 11 countries and interviewing 53 international
energy experts. From government, industry and acedemia, Dr. Tinker
gets answers and synthesizes a vision of how all the pieces, though
some must necessarily change, might fit together. What do you think of
this vision? What questions are you left with? Come to the BASEA Forum
and be heard!
Discounted screening, one night before the BASEA Forum
Where: AMC-Loews Boston Common, 175 Tremont St, Boston
When: 7:00 pm, Wednesday, September 12th
How: Reserve tickets online at http://www.switchenergyproject.com/screenings.php
,
enter Promo Code "SWITCH101A" (using capital letters) for a half-price
($5.00) ticket. Present the theater with a printed copy or show the
PDF on your phone.
Harry Lynch is the Director of 'Switch' and 5 other documentary films
in the past 16 years.
Dr. Scott Tinker is the Director of the Bureau of Economic Geology and
the State Geologist of Texas. He is also the acting Associate Dean for
Research, and a Professor holding the Allday Endowed Chair in the
Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin. He
is an internationally known energy expert, giving invited lectures
more than 40 times a year to industry, government and academic groups,
striving to bring them together in a common understanding of energy.
Please Join Us! And remember, your donations and membership support
BASEA.
The Boston Area Solar Energy Association, www.BASEA.org
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Switch: The Movie
Thursday, September 13
7pm
The AMC Boston Commons, 175 Tremont Street, Boston
The film has played, opened and won environmental film festivals
while, in more than 80 preview screenings, being embraced by energy
companies - both fossil and renewable - government agencies, NGOs,
environmental groups and leading universities. It's part of the
SwitchEnergy Project, a film, web and education effort to build a
balanced national understanding of energy and promote efficiency.
Here's the trailer: http://www.switchenergyproject.com/aboutfilm.php
To get free tickets, go to our solar page and then click on the Switch
Free Tickets at the bottom: http://www.heetma.com/content/do-you-have-good-solar
Or you can buy your tickets for 50% off through HEET at http://www.switchenergyproject.com/screenings.php
To get the HEET 50% off discount code, just enter SWITCH101B (has to
be all caps) during checkout. Probably it's best to write that code
down now before you go to the page to buy your ticket.
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Friday, September 14
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Directed evolution strategies for cellular and metabolic engineering
Friday, September 14, 2012
3:00p–4:15p
MIT, Building 66-110, 25 Ames Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Prof. Hal Alper, University of Texas - Austin
The field of Metabolic Engineering has recently undergone a
transformation that has led to a rapid expansion of the chemical
palate of cells. Now, it is conceivable to produce nearly any organic
molecule of interest using a cellular host???from biofuels to
biopolymers to pharmaceuticals. However, these feats require the
ability to ???hijack??? native cellular machinery and metabolism and
navigate the complexity inherent in cellular regulation. One
particularly useful and broadly applicable approach for reconfiguring
and modulating cellular system is protein directed evolution. This
talk will focus on illustrating the power of merging metabolic
engineering approaches with protein engineering principles and
synthetic biology for common metabolic engineering targets such as
pathway enzymes, genetic control elements, transporter proteins, and
both regulatory and epigenetic elements. Several case studies will be
used to demonstrate these concepts. Finally, this talk will conclude
with prospects for the future of cellular engineering.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/cheme/news/seminar.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Chemical Engineering Department
For more information, contact: Melanie Miller
617-253-6500
melmils at mit.edu
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Control of Wind Turbines: Accomplishments and Continuing Challenges
September 14, 2012
Friday, September 14, 2012 at 3:00 PM
Boston University, 8 St. Mary’s Street, Room 901, Boston
Refreshments served at 2:45.
Lucy Pao
University of Colorado
Wind energy is recognized worldwide as cost-effective and
environmentally friendly and is among the world’s fastest-growing
sources of electrical energy. Despite the amazing growth in global
wind power installations in recent years, science and engineering
challenges still exist. Megawatt wind turbines are large, flexible
structures that operate in uncertain, time-varying wind and weather
conditions and lend themselves nicely to advanced control solutions.
Advanced controllers can help achieve the overall goal of decreasing
the cost of wind energy by increasing the efficiency, and thus the
energy capture, or by reducing structural loading and increasing the
lifetimes of the components and turbine structures.
In this talk, we will first provide an overview of wind energy
systems. We will describe the main components of wind turbines, the
sensors and actuators, the different operating regions, and we will
outline the current state of the art in wind turbine modeling and
control. We will then discuss our recent work in developing combined
feedforward and feedback controllers for wind turbines using novel
wind inflow sensing technologies.
Model-inverse based controllers, H-infinity controllers, and model
predictive controllers can be designed to take advantage of preview
wind measurements to yield significant reductions in structural
loading while maintaining the power capture levels of the wind
turbine. We shall close by discussing a number of continuing
challenges and highlighting topics of growing interest, including
coordinated control of arrays of turbines on wind farms, modeling and
control of floating offshore wind turbines, and the ability of wind
turbines to provide active power control services to help stabilize
the frequency of the utility grid.
Lucy Pao received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical
Engineering from Stanford University, and she is currently the Richard
and Joy Dorf Professor in the Electrical, Computer, and Energy
Engineering Department at the University of Colorado Boulder. She has
been a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University, a Visiting Miller
Professor at the University of California at Berkeley, and a Visiting
Researcher at the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory. She has
interests in the areas of control systems (with applications to
flexible structures, atomic force microscopes, disk drives, tape
systems, power converters, and wind turbines), multisensor data fusion
(with applications to unmanned autonomous vehicles, satellites, and
automotive active safety systems), and haptic and multimodal visual/
haptic/audio interfaces (with applications to scientific visualization
and spatial communication).
Professor Pao has received a number of awards and has been active in
many professional society committees and positions. Selected honors
include a NSF CAREER Award, an ONR Young Investigator Award, an IFAC
World Congress Young Author Prize, and a World Haptics Conference Best
Paper Award. Selected current activities include being an IEEE
Control Systems Society (CSS) Distinguished Lecturer, a member of the
IEEE CSS Board of Governors, and General Chair for the 2013 American
Control Conference. She was recently (2012) elevated to IEEE Fellow
and was a member of the 2010-2011 US Defense Science Study Group. She
was also the founding Scientific Director (2007-2011) for the Center
for Research and Education in Wind (CREW), a multi-institutional wind
energy center involving the University of Colorado Boulder, the US
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Colorado School of Mines, and
Colorado State University, in partnership with the US National Center
for Atmospheric Research and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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Saturday, September 15
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SOMERVILLE GARDEN CLUB PLANT SALE
Sat., Sep. 15
9 to 1
Davis Square, at the intersection of College Avenue and Holland
Street, Somerville
http://www.somervillegardenclub.org/
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Monday, September 17
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Berkman Center Open House
Monday, September 17
6:30 pm
Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East Rooms, Everett
Street and Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Free and Open to the Public
Please tell us if you plan to attend via http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2012/09/openhouse#RSVP
Come to the Berkman Center for Internet & Society’s Fall 2012 Open
House to meet our faculty, fellows, and staff, and to learn about the
many ways you can get involved in our dynamic, exciting environment.
As a University-wide research center at Harvard University, our
interdisciplinary efforts in the exploration of cyberspace address a
diverse range of backgrounds and experiences. If you're interested in
the Internet’s impact on society and are looking to engage a community
of world-class fellows and faculty through events, conversations,
research, and more please join us to hear more about our upcoming
academic year!
Paid part-time research positions will be available in the fall, and
you can visit http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/internships_academicyear
to see the current available openings.
People from all disciplines, universities, and backgrounds are
encouraged to attend the Open House to familiarize yourself with the
Berkman Center and explore opportunities to join us in our research.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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Science and Cooking
Monday, September
7p.
Harvard Science Center C, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
A lecture in Harvard's Science and Cooking series by Bill Yosses,
White House Pastry Chef
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Tuesday, September 18
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United Nations and Islamic Law: Using Islamic Strategies to Achieve
Universal Development Goals?
WHEN Tue., Sep. 18, 2012, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Austin Hall West, 1563 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Law, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Islamic Legal Studies Program
SPEAKER(S) Siraj Sait
CONTACT INFO ilsp at law.harvard.edu
NOTE Lecture and discussion by Mohammed Siraj Sait (SJD '89), reader
and head of research, University of East London. He is a former human
rights prosecutor in India and legal officer with UN-Habitat in Kenya,
and recently led the evaluation of the UN Iraq development programs.
Reception to follow.
LINK ttp://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/ilsp/
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Harvard Thinks Green 2
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
7:00pm
Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Hear 6 all-star Harvard faculty presenting their big green ideas from
business, government, science, energy, health, and planning
perspectives.
Confirmed faculty speakers:
Professor Joseph Aldy, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, HKS
Professor James Anderson, Philip S. Weld Professor of Atmospheric
Chemistry, SEAS
Professor Amy Edmonson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and
Management, HBS
Professor Joyce Rosenthal, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, GSD
Professor Daniel Schrag, Director, Harvard University Center for the
Environment; Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology and Professor of
Environmental Science and Engineering, FAS
http://www.green.harvard.edu/thinksgreen
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Crowdfunding Innovation Launch Party - a Mass Innovation Nights event
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
Microsoft NERD Center, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA
Register at http://crowdfundinginnovation.eventbrite.com/
Ticket before September 14th: $35.00 +$2.92
Ticket after September 14th: $40.00 + $3.19
Event Details
You've heard of Kickstarter, Indiegogo and the crowdfunding craze. Now
MIN is getting involved! We're holding a special event on Wednesday
September 19th, "Crowdfunding Innovation". Crowdfunding Innovation is
designed to help you make sense of what's happening RIGHT NOW in the
crowdfunding space. (Everything changes next year because of the JOBS
Act.)
Three MIN alumni, Lifecycle, Memory on Hand and Ministry of Supply
will tell their crowdfunding stories. The panel will feature:
Lessons learned - What works and what doesn't
How to take advantage of the "rewards" model while the space is at a
fever pitch
The pros and cons of waiting for the new crowdfunding model in 2013
What's next for our crowdfunding veterans
Mass Innovation Nights' "Crowdfunding Innovation" Launch Party will
feature Boston's best innovation-oriented networking, live music from
Kingsley Flood, crowdfunding their second full-length album, and 12
crowdfunders on display!
AltruHelp
Founders Less than Three
Silo – From Board Game To Video Game
DriveLine
LittleBonsai Toothbrush
Stump Chunks "Raise The Barn"
Enterteenment
MuckRock
TechSandBox
Find Your Missing Child
RaceMenu
ZoomTilt: The TV Reset Project
This adds up to good fun, interaction with people who havecool ideas
to back, and a showing of our unique brand of local support.
Everyone will receive a special-edition "Crowdfunding Innovation"
Flashdrive Wristband fully loaded with a digital "Crowdfunding
Innovation Starter Kit".
Who should attend? Everyone involved in a crowdfunding effort! Fans
and Friends, Professional Services, Marketers, Backers, and Supporters.
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Food Systems Networks That Work: Accelerating Learning and Increasing
Commerce NGFN Interactive Webinar
Sept. 20
3:30p EDT
Webinar at http://ngfn.org/resources/ngfn-cluster-calls/ngfn-cluster-calls#sept-20-2012-food
Learn how joining or fostering a food hub or food system network can
improve your regional food economy and the strength of each member
organization or business. This webinar will feature conveners of food
systems networks at the local, state, regional, and even national
level. The networks they’ve built have boosted triple bottom lines of
member businesses and organizations.
Panelists:
- Rich Pirog, Senior Associate Director, C.S. Mott Group for
Sustainable Systems, Michigan State University
- Marty Gerencer, Principal, Morse Marketing Connections
- Corry Bregendahl, Assistant Scientist, Leopold Center for
Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University
- Karen Lehman, Director, Fresh Taste
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Simulation and Natural Ventilation
Thursday, Sept 20
6pm-8:30pm EST
MIT, Building 1 Room 390, corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Memorial
Drive, Cambridge
Munchies provided.
Presentation Synopses:
Liam Buckley's presentation entitled “Simulating Natural Ventilation”
will cover a brief introduction to naturally ventilated buildings; why
to naturally ventilate, when to apply natural ventilation strategies
and when not to. Liam will also investigate and challenge the
recommended codes and standards for naturally ventilated buildings.
This presentation will conclude with strategies to naturally ventilate
buildings, examine some case studies and discuss the lessons learned.
Stephen Ray's presentation briefly surveys natural ventilation
simulation techniques before focusing on CFD, airflow network models,
and simple analytical calculations. Specific attention is given to
relevant simplifications, complexities that deserve attention,
practical modeling tips, and advice for effectively communicating
results with clients. The presentation is interspersed with lessons
learned from the design of two Japanese office buildings and various
MIT experiments.
Speaker Bios:
Liam Buckley – M.Eng., C.Eng. MIEI, ASHRAE BEMP
Liam is a Business Development and Project Manager for IES Ltd. His
consulting work includes detailed HVAC energy analysis & optimization,
mechanical & natural ventilation analysis, renewable energy systems,
occupant thermal comfort, computational fluid dynamics, daylight
analysis and artificial lighting design. Liam has experience with
multiple natural ventilation design projects on buildings in Europe,
Australia and North America.
Stephen Ray, Ph.D., is an MIT postdoctoral researcher whose research
focuses on modeling natural ventilation (NV) and monitoring a recently
completed NV building in Japan. He has used a variety of NV modeling
techniques including CFD, airflow network models, small-scale models,
and full-scale mockups to aid the design of two office buildings in
Tokyo. Steve worked closely with Taisei, Nikken Sekkei, and Takenaka
during these projects and offers a unique perspective on the use of NV
simulation among Japan’s best design firms. As part of his Ph.D.
research, he helped develop CoolVent, an MIT-designed airflow network
model, and validated various CFD models using both full-scale and
small-scale experiments.
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New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable
Friday, September 21, 2012
9:00am - 12:30pm
Foley Hoag LLP, 155 Seaport Boulevard, 13th Floor, Boston
Better Aligning Capacity Markets with Policy/Planning Objectives
Perhaps no development in the history of electricity markets in New
England and throughout the US has been more controversial than the
emergence of capacity markets. With New England contemplating numerous
changes to its capacity market design (partially in response to a FERC
order, and partially due to the efforts of ISO and other stakeholders
to better align capacity markets with planning and policy objectives),
now is a perfect time for a dedicated Roundtable on capacity markets.
In our first panel we will explore evolving regional capacity markets
in three ISOs: New England, New York, and PJM. To share both the
lessons ISOs are learning and the improvements they are contemplating,
we are very pleased to have joining us President and CEO of the New
York ISO, Stephen Whitley; Vice President of Market Operations and
Demand Response at PJM, Stu Bresler; and Vice President of Market
Development at ISO New England, Robert Ethier. We have asked Johannes
Pfeifenberger, Principal at the Brattle Group, who has worked with
many ISOs in the U.S. and beyond, to lead off the panel with an
overview of the role of capacity markets and an "apples-to-apples"
comparison of the three ISOs' capacity market designs and performances
to date.
For our second panel we have invited a cross-section of leading
stakeholder group representatives to share their perspectives on how
to better align capacity markets in New England to ensure resource
adequacy, while also meeting other important regional policy/planning
objectives. Our illustrious panel will include:
Chairman Thomas Welch, Maine Public Utilities Commission
Commissioner Elizabeth Miller, VT Deptartment of Public Service
Peter Fuller, Director of Regulatory Affairs, NRG Energy
James Daly, VP Energy Supply, Northeast Utilities
We have also asked Bob Ethier to join this 2nd panel for the Q & A and
discussion among the panelists.
Contact Name: Susan Rivo
susan at raabassociates.org
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BOSTON FESTIVAL OF INDIE GAMES
9/22/2012
10:00 am - 10:00 pm
Microsoft New England R&D Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA
02142
Description: Co-presented by MIT Game Lab and Boston Indies, Boston
Festival of Indie Games is a debut celebration of independent game
development with emphasis on the New England region. Boston Festival
of Indie Games seeks to support and showcase the efforts of
independent game developers by providing a free public event that
encourages attendees to share and interact with games in various
media. Boston Festival of Indie Games is focused on creating an
intersection between community, academic and independent interests in
game play. At the Microsoft NERD Center, the public can view and play
games in our Digital Games Showcase and vote for their favorites.
Register at http://bostonfig.com/registration/ (for presenters)
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SOCIAL INTEL: GAINING INSIGHTS FROM AN OPEN SOURCE KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY
PLATFORM
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
6:00 PM To 9:00 PM
Microsoft N.E.R.D. Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge
Because social media is essentially 'real-time' information, it
provides an efficiency mechanism to reduce intelligence time to action
if it can be harvested effectively. Fusing social media with
traditional intelligence information provides additional context and
connections of entities and events, which increases quality, relevance
and predictability.
Learn how with IKANOW's open source platform, Infinit.e, your
organization can gain valuable intelligence by fusing social media
data with traditional enterprise data.
Presentation will be given by one of IKANOW's Intelligence Analysts
and food and drinks will be provided by IKANOW.
Register at http://www.meetup.com/Open-Analytics-Boston/events/67990392/
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Solidarity And Green Economy (SAGE) 2nd annual conference "Another
World Is Possible"
9am-4pm Saturday, October 13th, 2012
in Worcester, MA
Much more: http://WorcesterSAGEalliance.org
A day of resource sharing, alliance building, and collective visioning
to create and organize around equitable, democratic, and sustainable
community economies.
The conference brings together activists, organizers, community
leaders, entrepreneurs, academics, local government, non-profits, and
other individuals and organizations committed to forging more
equitable and sustainable ways of organizing our communities.
***Call for workshop proposals!***
Please fill out your workshop ideas/proposals by 5pm September 12th
here: http://www.worcestersagealliance.org/?page_id=112
Matt Feinstein
Co-director, Media and Organizing Coordinator
Worcester Roots Project
w: 508-343-0035
c: 508-335-7783
http://worcesterroots.org
5 Pleasant St 3rd floor
Worcester, MA 01609
What's a co-director and a staff collective? Find out more here:
http://www.worcesterroots.org/about-2/staff-and-board/why-a-staff-collective/
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Hello Makers and Hacker/Makerspaces!
Artisans Asylum, the City of Somerville, and the Somerville Arts
Council are hosting the first Somerville Mini Maker Faire in
Somerville's Union Square (near Boston), Saturday October 13th 3-7pm,
and we're looking for makers!
To make this a success we need YOU, the makers of the area, to come
and show off all your cool stuff! If you've got anything you think the
greater world of both makers and non-makers might enjoy, this is the
place to show it off.
Tell you friends, members, spread the word! The more the merrier, even
if its just to stop by and see what the greater New England area had
drummed up.
Answer the Call Here:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CfMSomervilleMMF
More info here:
www.makerfairesomerville.com
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Opportunity
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Where is the best yogurt on the planet made? Somerville, of course!
Join the Somerville Yogurt Making Cooperative and get a weekly quart
of the most thick, creamy, rich and tart yogurt in the world.
Membership in the coop costs $2.50 per quart. Members share the
responsibility for making yogurt in our kitchen located just outside
of Davis Sq. in FirstChurch. No previous yogurt making experience is
necessary.
For more information checkout.
https://sites.google.com/site/somervilleyogurtcoop/home
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Boiler Rebate
If your boiler is from 1983 or earlier, Mass Save will give a $1,750
to $4,000 rebate to switch it out for a new efficient boiler that uses
the same fuel (i.e. if you have oil, you have to continue to use oil)
so long as it is installed by July 31, 2012.
Call Mass Save (866 527-7283) to sign up for a home energy assessment
or sign-up online at www.nextsteplivinginc.com/HEET and HEET will
receive a $10 contribution from Next Step Living for every completed
assessment.
This is a great way to reduce climate change emissions for the next 20
or so years the boiler lasts, while saving money.
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CEA Solar Hot Water Grants
Cambridge, through the Cambridge Energy Alliance initiative, is
offering a limited number of grants to residents and businesses for
solar hot water systems. The grants will cover 50% of the remaining
out of pocket costs of the system after other incentives, up to $2,000.
Applications will be accepted up to November 19, 2012 and are
available on a first come, first serve basis until funding runs out.
The Cambridge grant will complement other incentives including the
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center solar thermal grants. For more
information, see
http://cambridgeenergyalliance.org/resources/additional-resources/solar-hot-water-grant-program
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Cambridge Residents: Free Home Thermal Images
Have you ever wanted to learn where your home is leaking heat by
having an energy auditor come to your home with a thermal camera?
With that info you then know where to fix your home so it's more
comfortable and less expensive to heat. However, at $200 or so, the
cost of such a thermal scan is a big chunk of change.
HEET Cambridge has now partnered with Sagewell, Inc. to offer
Cambridge residents free thermal scans.
Sagewell collects the thermal images by driving through Cambridge in a
hybrid vehicle equipped with thermal cameras. They will scan every
building in Cambridge (as long as it's not blocked by trees or
buildings or on a private way). Building owners can view thermal
images of their property and an analysis online. The information is
password protected so that only the building owner can see the results.
Homeowners, condo-owners and landlords can access the thermal images
and an accompanying analysis free of charge. Commercial building
owners and owners of more than one building will be able to view their
images and analysis for a small fee.
The scans will be analyzed in the order they are requested.
Go to Sagewell.com. Type in your address at the bottom where it says
"Find your home or building" and press return. Then click on "Here"
to request the report.
That's it. When the scans are done in a few weeks, your building will
be one of the first to be analyzed. The accompanying report will help
you understand why your living room has always been cold and what to
do about it.
With knowledge, comes power (or in this case saved power and money,
not to mention comfort).
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Free solar electricity analysis for MA residents
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHhwM202dDYxdUZJVGFscnY1VGZ3aXc6MQ
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HEET has partnered with NSTAR and Mass Save participating contractor
Next Step Living to deliver no-cost Home Energy Assessments to
Cambridge residents.
During the assessment, the energy specialist will:
Install efficient light bulbs (saving up to 7% of your electricity bill)
Install programmable thermostats (saving up to 10% of your heating bill)
Install water efficiency devices (saving up to 10% of your water bill)
Check the combustion safety of your heating and hot water equipment
Evaluate your home’s energy use to create an energy-efficiency roadmap
If you get electricity from NSTAR, National Grid or Western Mass
Electric, you already pay for these assessments through a surcharge on
your energy bills. You might as well use the service.
Please sign up at http://nextsteplivinginc.com/heet/?outreach=HEET or
call Next Step Living at 866-867-8729. A Next Step Living
Representative will call to schedule your assessment.
HEET will help answer any questions and ensure you get all the
services and rebates possible.
(The information collected will only be used to help you get a Home
Energy Assessment. We won’t keep the data or sell it.)
(If you have any questions or problems, please feel free to call
HEET’s Jason Taylor at 617 441 0614.)
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Sustainable Business Network Local Green Guide
SBN is excited to announce the soft launch of its new Local Green
Guide, Massachusetts' premier Green Business Directory!
To view the directory please visit: http://www.localgreenguide.org
To find out how how your business can be listed on the website or for
sponsorship opportunities please contact Adritha at adritha at sbnboston.org
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Massachusetts Attitudes About Climate Change – An opinion survey of
Massachusetts residents conducted by MassINC and sponsored by the Barr
Foundation found that 77% of respondents believe that global warming
has “probably been happening” and 59% of all respondents see see it as
being at least partially caused by human pollution. Only 42% of the
state’s residents say global warming will have very serious
consequences for Massachusetts if left unaddressed. The 18 to 29 age
group is more likely to believe global warming is appearing and caused
by humans compared to the 60+ age group. African-American (56%) and
Latino residents (69%) are more likely than white residents (40%) to
believe global warming will be a very serious problem if left
unaddressed. The MassINC report, titled The 80 Percent Challenge:
What Massachusetts must do to meet targets and make headway on climate
change (http://www.massinc.org/Research/The-80-percent-
challenge.aspx), contains many other findings.
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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
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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Bostonsmart.com's Guide to Boston http://www.bostonsmarts.com/BostonGuide/
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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://www.BostonScienceLectures.com
Boston Area Computer User Groups http://www.bugc.org/
Arts and Cultural Events List http://aacel.blogspot.com/
http://www.massclimateaction.net/calendar/events/index.php
http://www.mitenergyclub.org/calendar/mit_events_template
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/calendar/
http://green.harvard.edu/events
http://microsoftcambridge.com/Events/tabid/57/Default.aspx
http://boston.nerdnite.com/
http://www.meetup.com/
http://www.eventbrite.com/
http://www.greenhornconnect.com/events/calendar
http://harddatafactory.com/Johnny_Monsarrat/index.html
http://bostoneventsinsider.com/boston_events/
More information about the Act-MA
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