[act-ma] Energy (and Other) Events - April 5, 2015
George Mokray
gmoke at world.std.com
Sun Apr 5 12:02:24 PDT 2015
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Monday, April 6
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8:30am Climate Science Breakfast with Steven Wofsy, Abbott Lawrence Rotch Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Science
11:30am Energy: the World and MIT
12pm MASS Seminar - Mitch Moncrieff (NCAR ESL)
12pm The Long March to Reducing Carbon Emissions in China
12pm The Fight Over "Ag Gag" Laws
12pm SOLAR Cities Community Biodigesters - Please DO try this at home!
12pm "Educating for Climate Change in K-12: Discussion and Sharing of Resources"
12pm Sino-Russian Cooperation in Natural Gas
12:30pm Yo!YourHonor.Org campaign!
4:30pm U.S. Climate Policy at a Crossroads: State v. Federal or State with Federal?
5:30pm MIT Water Innovation Prize
6pm Designing Boston: "Defining Innovation"
7pm Public Place in its Meltdown Area
7:30pm "Changing the Religious Climate: The Role of Faith Groups in Climate Change Awareness and Action"
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Tuesday, April 7
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8am Boston TechBreakfast Presented by Colliers: April 2015
8:30am Climate Science Breakfast: "Climate Implications of Equilibrium Statistical States in the Baroclinic Turbulence of the Earth’s Midlatitude Atmosphere"
10am Stand Up for Solar! Lobby Day
11:45am Fundraising in Energy: How to get VCs to invest in your science startup
11:45am Pulses: A Perfect Plant Based Protein
12pm Phillip Martin: Covering Violence in Boston, Europe and South Africa: A Personal Reflection
12pm State of the Plants: Challenges and Opportunities for Conservation of the New England Flora
12pm Love the Player, Love the Game?
12pm The Black Box Society
12pm Yo! Your Honor!
12:15pm Reflections of a Mediator: Preventive Diplomacy in an Age of Conflict
12:30pm Is the American Century Over?
3pm Big Visual Data Meets Human Face Modeling
4:30pm "Reinventing Fire: Profitable Low-Carbon Futures for the U.S. and China"
5pm A Conversation with Sue Desmond-Hellmann, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
5:30pm Cleantech Open Northeast Boston Business Briefing at Greentown Labs
6pm Supply Chain Logistics, Big Data, and Megacities
6pm BASG April 7: Supply Chain Logistics, Big Data, and Megacities
6:30pm New Ventures in Energy Storage
6:30pm Fireside-chat: Sparking Food Innovation in Boston
7:30pm IEEE Update: Advancing Technology in the era of Disruptive Innovation
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Wednesday, April 8
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8:30am Climate Science Breakfast: “Deciphering the Early Martian Climate through 3D Modelling”
8:30am 8th Annual MA Green Schools Summit, Get Ready to Educate & Green-o-vate!
12pm Research Talk: Post-Harvest Grain Storage
1pm "Building and Planning for Climate Change”
2pm Climate Week: Poetry Reading with Paisley Rekdal
4pm Embracing Innovation on Both Sides of the River, A Reflection
4pm Complexity Salon on Health and Wellbeing
4:10pm Automatically Green
4:30pm "Two Keohanes Talk Climate Politics"
4:30pm The Unruly Mystic: Film Screening
5:30pm Religion and the Roots of Climate Change Denial
6pm Beyond Sustainability: The Future of Health Innovations in Food Businesses
6pm The Path towards a Net Zero Cambridge
6pm Mass Innovation Nights 73 – Our Six Year Anniversary
6pm The Furniture Trust Fifth Annual Eco-Carpentry Challenge
6:30pm Lentil Underground: Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in America
6:30pm InFORMing Justice
7pm The Health of Democracy: Voter Suppression and Disenfranchisement
7pm Science by the Pint: Gravitational Waves
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Thursday, April 9
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8:30am Climate Science Breakfast: “Coupled Feedbacks in the Climate Structure That Set the Time Scale for Irreversible Change: Arctic Isotopes to Stratospheric Radicals"
9th Annual Babson Energy and Environmental Conference
10am RISE:2015
11:45am Lessons From the Financial Crisis
12pm The future of agriculture: ecology, biotechnology and sustainability
12pm "Making Conflict Work": A Book Talk with Peter Coleman
12:30pm "Climate Change and Human Health: Impacts and Opportunities"
12:30pm Civil-Military Cooperation in Stabilization Operations: The Case of Afghanistan
3pm Climate Week: “A Conversation on Campus Sustainability with Arlene Blum and Heather Henriksen”
4:30pm Should MIT Divest? A Debate on Fossil Fuel Investment
4:30pm Ideation Session: Digital Retail Future
5pm "Re-calling the Modem World: The Dial-up History of Social Media"
5:30pm From Silent Spring to Silent Night: A Tale of Toads and Men
5:30pm 6th Annual Challenge for Sustainability Awards
6pm Evolution Matters Lecture Series: Evolution in a Vortex - Fish Diversity in the Lower Congo Area
6pm Interagency Coordination and Unified Command During a Domestic Emergency: A Panel Discussion
6pm Science & Innovation Diplomacy
6pm 2015 FREEMAN LECTURE: Shale Gas Development: A Big Environmental Experiment?
6:30pm Future Food: Eco-friendly GMOs
7pm BASEA Forum: Cape Wind
7:30pm Confronting Violence Conference: Arts Performance and Discussion About Hip-Hop
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Friday, April 10
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8am Design + Social Change: A Showcase of Thought and Practice
8:30am Climate Science Breakfast: "Jet Stream Variability and Climate"
9am Confronting Violence: Panels and Discussions
11am Wearables, Innovation, and Healthcare Innovation
12pm IACS Seminar: Big Data, Geospatial Computing, and My 2 Cents in an Open Data Economy
12:15pm Creative Construction from the Bottom of the Pyramid: Grassroots Innovators, Bricoleurs, and Social Entrepreneurs in India
1:30pm Climate Week: "Corporations and Climate Change: A Conversation with Unilever CEO Paul Polman"
2:30pm "Hope in the Hinterland: Alternative Modernities and the Anthropocene"
3pm A Conversation and Demonstration with the Vijay Iyer Trio
6:30pm MIT IDEAS Global Challenge: Innovation Showcase
7pm 2015 Boston Cleanweb Hackathon
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Saturday, April 11
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2015 Boston Cleanweb Hackathon
The Future of Food and Nutrition
8:30am MIT Scaling Development Ventures Conference 2015
10am Social Entrepreneurship - the Ultimate Solution to Global Crises
6pm Context Hacking: How to Mess with Art, Media, Law and the Market
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Sunday, April 12
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10:30am Faith Service: Climate Justice & the Moral Imperative
5:30pm Heat Week Launch: Building a Movement for Divestment & Climate Action
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Monday, April 13
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Harvard Heat Week
12pm MASS Seminar - Nicole Riemer (University of Illinois)
12pm Animal Law and Environmentalism: Reconnecting the Humane Ethic with Conservation, Public Health, and Related Disciplines
12pm Revaluing our Local Water Systems
12pm New York’s 'Reforming the Energy Vision' Initiative
12:15pm "Infant Science and Health Adventuring: Global Intervention around Infant Mortality"
12:30pm Addressing Ebola Lecture: On the Ground Reality of Practice and Patient Treatment
1pm Pricing Carbon to Combat Climate Change: What Can We Learn from British Columbia?
3pm Who will save the tokamak? Harry Potter, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal or Donald Trump?
4pm Harvard President's Panel on Climate Change
4pm Media Influences on Social Outcomes: The Impact of MTV's 16 and Pregnant on Teen Childbearing
4pm Can E-Governance Reduce Capture of Public Programs? Experimental Evidence from a Financial Reform of India’s Employment Guarantee
4pm Climate Change Negotiations: What Can We Learn from the US/China Agreement?
4pm Remembering Selma: A Conversation with Rev. Clark Olsen
5pm McMillan-Stewart Lecture on Women in the Developing World: Title TBD
5:30pm Rescheduled Askwith Forum: Ferguson and Beyond: Educational Strategies to Address Racism and Social Injustice
6pm The Power of Wearable Technology in Sports
7pm Science by the Pint: Cosmic Origins: Simulating a universe in a computer
7pm The quick and the dirty
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Tuesday, April 14
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Harvard Heat Week
12pm Taking Back Power in the Age of Networks
12pm The Integration of the Internal Energy Market in the European Union: Recent Developments and Future Challenges (Mr. Alberto Pototschnig)
1pm Clean Energy Standard Hearings
2pm IApril: 3D printing for fun and science? A conversation about digital fabrication, the library, and you
2:30pm Research in Learning More: A Marriage of Cognitive Psychology & Digital Learning
4pm 2015 David J. Rose Lectureship in Nuclear Technology - Climate Change and Energy: How Can Young People Take Ownership of Their Future?
4pm "Information Networks & Celebrity in Enlightenment France"
6pm Ethnobotany in the 21st Century
6pm Music as Medicine: The Impact of Healing Harmonies
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My rough notes on some of the events I go to and notes on books I’ve read are at:
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com
Energiewende: Germany's Energy Transition
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/01/1375019/-Energiewende-Germany-s-Energy-Transition
Harvard Business School's Oldest Alumni Propose a New Climate Project
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/02/1375274/-Harvard-Business-School-s-Oldest-Alumni-Propose-a-New-Climate-Project
Notes on Mario Livio's Book, The Golden Ratio
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2015/03/notes-on-mario-livios-book-golden-ratio.html
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Monday, April 6
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Climate Science Breakfast with Steven Wofsy, Abbott Lawrence Rotch Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Science
Monday, April 6
8:30–9:30 am
Harvard, HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor, Cambridge
EPS/SEAS Climate Science Breakfast: "Sources of carbon dioxide and methane from the Arctic, and responses to climate change" with Steven Wofsy, Abbott Lawrence Rotch Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Science, Harvard University
Professor Wofsy and associates study the two-way exchange of gases between natural ecosystems and the atmosphere, the emissions, transformations and deposition of atmospheric pollutants, the processes that transport pollutants in the atmosphere, and depletion of stratospheric ozone. The focus is on long-term measurements to help understand processes affecting atmospheric composition on time scales relevant to climate change, and airborne observations to define rates of pollutant transport and sources or sinks of key gases (CO2, CO, nitrogen oxides) on continental and global scales.
This event is part of Harvard University's Climate Week: http://www.harvard-climate-week.com/events
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Energy: the World and MIT
Monday, April 6
11:30a–1:00p
MIT, Building W20-306, Twenty Chimneys, 84 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: Dr Robert Stoner, Deputy Director, MIT Energy Initiative
MIT Energy Initiative Deputy Director Robert Stoner will give an overview of the world's most pressing energy challenges and how MITEI approaches energy research and education. Three energy researchers will describe major areas of energy research at MIT such as solar energy and electrical grids. This session will provide important background and resources for MISTI students doing energy-related internships around the world.
This event is part of the MISTI-wide training series.
Robert J. Stoner is an inventor and technology entrepreneur who has worked extensively in academia and industry throughout his career, having built and managed successful technology firms in the semiconductor, IT and optics industries. From 2007 through 2009 he lived and worked in Africa and India while serving in a variety of senior roles within the Clinton Foundation. Stoner also serves as co-Director of the Tata Center for Technology and Design at MIT, and is a member of the Science and Technology Committee of the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, which manages the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. His current research relates to energy technology and policy for developing countries. He earned his Bachelor's degree in engineering physics from Queen's University, and his Ph.D. from Brown University in condensed matter physics.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies, MISTI
For more information, contact: Caroline Knox
258-0385
cfickett at mit.edu
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MASS Seminar - Mitch Moncrieff (NCAR ESL)
Monday, April 6
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
Speaker: Mitch Moncrieff
MASS Seminar
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Atmospheric Science Seminars (MASS)
For more information, contact: MASS organizing committee
mass at mit.edu
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The Long March to Reducing Carbon Emissions in China
Monday, April 6
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
Harvard Law School, Griswold Hall Room 110, Harvard Law School, 1525 Mass Avenue, Cambridge
with Dan Dudek, Vice President, China, Environmental Defense Fund.
Dr. Dan Dudek is one of the world's leading experts in developing cap-and-trade programs to reduce pollution at the lowest possible cost. He is widely credited with developing the cap-and-trade model that led to dramatic reductions in sulfur dioxide, the leading cause of acid rain, in the United States.
Dan now leads EDF’s China office, where he designs carbon demonstration projects and develops market mechanisms to address large-scale environmental problems.
Dan focuses on market-based instruments for environmental protection, emissions cap-and-trade programs, environmental governance, and environmental commodities markets.
This event is part of Harvard University's Climate Week: http://www.harvard-climate-week.com/events
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The Fight Over "Ag Gag" Laws
WHEN Mon., Apr. 6, 2015, 12 – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Law School, Pound Hall, Room 101, 1563 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Ethics, Law, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Law School Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
SPEAKER(S) Humane Society of the United States Policy Adviser and International Liaison to the CEO Lewis Bollard
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO aanello at jd16.law.harvard.edu
DETAILS Come discuss the First Amendment fight over “ag gag” laws–laws to prohibit undercover investigations on factory farms and in slaughterhouses.
With Humane Society of the United States Policy Advisor & International Liaison to the CEO, Lewis Bollard.
Free falafel!
LINK https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/saldf/event/ag-gag/
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SOLAR Cities Community Biodigesters - Please DO try this at home!
Monday, April 6
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 4-237, 182 Memorial Dr (Rear), Cambridge
Speaker: Thomas Culhane
Solar CITIES trains residents in some of the poorest neighborhoods in the world how to build and install rooftop food-waste-to-fuel-and-fertilizer biogas systems, solar water heaters and other renewable energy, water, and waste management systems, mostly built from local, recycled material and even "garbage."
Join Ph D. Thomas H. Culhane, National Geographic Explorer and Co-founder of Solar Cities, an international non-profit educational organization with the intention of providing an open-source virtual Hackspace for "Biogas Innoventors and Practitioners" and training for all those researching, developing and deploying sustainable solutions for flourishing societies.
This event is co-sponsored by the Waste Alliance, Energy for Development and Bioenergy group, and funded by the MIT GSC Sustainability Fund as well as the GSLG.
Web site: http://solarcities.eu/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Waste Alliance, e4Dev, MIT Energy Club, GSC Funding Board
For more information, contact: Kevin Kung
8576000981
trashiscash at mit.edu
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"Educating for Climate Change in K-12: Discussion and Sharing of Resources"
Monday, April 6
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
Harvard University, Longfellow Hall, Room 429, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge
with Tina Grotzer, Associate Professor of Education, Harvard University
Tina Grotzer is an associate professor of education at HGSE, a principal investigator at Harvard Project Zero, and a faculty member at the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard School of Public Health. She is a cognitive scientist whose research identifies ways in which understandings about the nature of causality impact our ability to deal with complexity in our world. Tina directs the Understandings of Consequence Research Unit. It has four dominant strands: 1) How reasoning about causal complexity interacts with our decisions in the everyday world; 2) How causal understanding develops in supported contexts; 3) How causal understanding interacts with science learning (with the goal of developing curriculum to support deep understanding); and 4) the public understanding of science given the nature of science, the nature of causal complexity and the architecture of the human mind. This work is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and she received a Career Award from NSF in 2009 to enable her to extend this inquiry in new directions and to fund the work of doctoral students studying with her. In 2011, she received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor given by the United States government to young professionals beginning their independent research careers.
Tina is a co-PI with Chris Dede on the EcoMUVE and EcoMOBILE Projects, funded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and NSF, respectively. The projects involve developing and testing technological tools including virtual worlds and hand-held mobile devices to teach the inherent ecosystems complex causal dynamics to middle school students. Tina's courses focus at the intersection of cognition and science and aim to facilitate public understanding of science. She is deeply committed to helping teachers use the knowledge gained through her research and has authored the Causal Patterns in Science curriculum series. In 2012, she published a book entitled, Learning Causality in a Complex World. She collaborates with scientists from diverse organizations including the Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies, and the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. She has advised science and sustainability-oriented programs for children's television. Prior to her work at HGSE, Grotzer was a program coordinator and teacher in public and private schools for 14 years. She received her doctorate in 1993 and her master's in 1985 from Harvard University following her undergraduate degree at Vassar.
This event is part of Harvard University's Climate Week: http://www.harvard-climate-week.com/events
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Sino-Russian Cooperation in Natural Gas
Monday, April 6
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Harvard, Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
with Morena Skalamera, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Geopolitics of Energy Project
ETIP/Consortium Energy Policy Seminar
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/cepr/
Contact Name: Louisa Lund
Louisa_Lund at hks.harvard.edu
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Yo!YourHonor.Org campaign!
Monday, April 6
12:30-1:30pm
Harvard Law School, Lewis International Law Center 214B, Cambridge
Carl Malamud is visiting the Library to talk about the Yo.YourHonor.Org campaign currently underway to make U.S. District Court documents on the PACER system much more broadly available.
Carl Malamud is the founder of Public.Resource.Org, a non-profit that helps make the law more broadly available on the Internet. Working with Larry Lessig and Creative Commons, Public Resource made historical opinions of the U.S. Court of Appeals available for the first time. Working with Aaron Swartz, Public Resource did a comprehensive audit of District Court dockets for privacy violations. In the 1990s, Carl was responsible for putting the SEC’s EDGAR database and the U.S. Patent database on the Internet. Carl is the author of 8 professional reference books and is credited as the operator of the first radio station on the Internet. He received the Berkman Award in 2008. You might remember seeing him during our Law.gov events and Future of Law Libraries conference a few years back.
Brown Bag with cookies
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U.S. Climate Policy at a Crossroads: State v. Federal or State with Federal?
Monday, April 6
4:30PM - 6:00PM
Fainsod Conference Room, Room 324, HKS Littauer Building, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
Harvard Electricity Policy Group Study Group with David Cash
The Kennedy School's Harvard Electricity Policy Group (HEPG) of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government and the Harvard Law School Environmental Policy Initiative is sponsoring a two-seminar study group this term, "U.S. Climate Policy at a Crossroads: State v. Federal or State with Federal?" The study group will meet from 4:30-6:00 PM in the Fainsod Conference Room, Room 324 of the HKS Littauer Building, on Monday March 30 and Monday April 6, 2015
Monday, March 30, 2015 – In the first session, David W. Cash* will discuss state level actions addressing climate change and the diversity of responses by state environmental and energy offices to EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan. The pros and cons of a variety of policy options will be discussed.
Monday, April 6, 2015 – In the second session, Kate Konschnik** will guide a discussion on the legal dimensions of EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan, its reliance on the Clean Air Act's Section 111(d), and the legal challenges that are looming.
Kate Konschnik is a Lecturer at Harvard Law School and the Director of the Harvard Law School Environmental Policy Initiative. Previously, Kate served as Chief Environmental Counsel to U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and directed his staff on the Oversight Subcommittee of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. From 2002 to 2009, Kate also served as an environmental enforcement trial attorney in the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice.
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MIT Water Innovation Prize
Monday, April 6
5:30p–9:00p
MIT, Building 32-123, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Join us for the Final Pitch Night of the inaugural MIT Water Innovation Prize, MIT's first solutions-to-market competition for water startups.
Discover more at www.mitwaterinnovation.com
MIT teams will pitch their water startups before a panel of judges, competing for $20K+ in Innovation grants.
Web site: www.mitwaterinnovation.com
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Water Club
For more information, contact: waterinnovation at mit.edu
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Designing Boston: "Defining Innovation"
Monday, April 6
6:00 pm
BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, Boston
RSVP at rsvp at architects.org
What does innovative design mean for Boston architecture and for its architects? Join us as attorney Michael Ross moderates a diverse panel that includes a developer, an architect, and a Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) board member. They will discuss opportunities for innovative design in a 21st-century city and how new thinking about municipal processes, private development, and design practice will get us there. This event is free and open to the public, is supported by the BSA Foundation.
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Public Place in its Meltdown Area
Monday, April 6
7:00p–9:00p
MIT, Building E15-070, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge
RIKKE LUTHER
Part of the 2015 ACT Lecture Series, Civic Art. The lecture series investigates the critical spatial practices that claim manifold definitions of public art, through a diverse array of visual forms argued by key practitioners across the disciplines of art, pedagogy, architecture, and urban studies to identify the tools, tactics and consequences of actively reclaiming public space.
Part of the Spring 2015 Department of Architecture Lecture Series, "Experiments in Architecture".
Web site: http://act.mit.edu/projects-and-events/lectures-series/2015-spring/apr-6-rikke-luther-public-place-meltdown-area/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): ACT, Department of Architecture
For more information, contact: Amanda Moore
617-253-4415
amm at mit.edu
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"Changing the Religious Climate: The Role of Faith Groups in Climate Change Awareness and Action"
Monday, April 6
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Harvard Divinity School, Sperry Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge
with Laurel Kearns, Associate Professor of Sociology and Religion and Environmental Studies, Drew Theological School.
Dr. Laurel Kearns is Associate Professor of Sociology and Religion and Environmental Studies at Drew Theological School and the Graduate Division of Religion of Drew University, where she has taught certification, masters, Ph.D and D. Min students since 1994. Born and raised in Florida, she received a B.A from Florida State in Religion, Art and Humanities, her M.A. and PhD from the Institute of Liberal Arts at Emory University in 1994, with a concentration in the Sociology of Religion. She has researched, published and given talks around the globe on religion and environmentalism for over 20 years. In addition to helping found the Green Seminary Initiative, she has been a board member of GreenFaith since 1995, and is now serving on the Sustainability Committees of both Drew University and the American Academy of Religion, where she also chaired the Religion and Ecology Steering Committee.
This event is part of Harvard University's Climate Week: http://www.harvard-climate-week.com/events
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Tuesday, April 7
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Boston TechBreakfast Presented by Colliers: April 2015
Tuesday, April 7
8:00 AM
Microsoft NERD - Horace Mann Room, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Boston-TechBreakfast/events/215003092/
Interact with your peers in a monthly morning breakfast meetup. At this monthly breakfast get-together techies, developers, designers, and entrepreneurs share learn from their peers through show and tell / show-case style presentations.
And yes, this is free! Thank our sponsors when you see them :)
Agenda for Boston TechBreakfast:
8:00 - 8:15 - Get yer Bagels & Coffee and chit-chat
8:15 - 8:20 - Introductions, Sponsors, Announcements
8:20 - ~9:30 - Showcases and Shout-Outs!
~9:30 - end - Final "Shout Outs" & Last Words
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Climate Science Breakfast: "Climate Implications of Equilibrium Statistical States in the Baroclinic Turbulence of the Earth’s Midlatitude Atmosphere"
Tuesday, April 7
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
Harvard, HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street 3rd Floor, Cambridge
with Brian F. Farrell, Robert P. Burden Professor of Meteorology, Harvard University
Professor Farrell's primary research area is dynamic meteorology. Dynamic meteorologists use physics and mathematics together with numerical simulation to gain fundamental understanding of the motions of the atmosphere. Professor Farrell has been particularly interested in the turbulence of the jet stream and the origin and predictability of cyclones, the low pressure systems responsible for much of the variability in weather. Efforts to understand the process of explosive cyclone development led Professor Farrell and co-workers to deeper understanding of how disturbance evolution occurs in general under the dynamics of fluid flow. Theoretical insights gained from this work has clarified the dynamics of midlatitude and tropical cyclone growth as well as rapid perturbation growth in laboratory flows and conducting fluids.
This event is part of Harvard University's Climate Week: http://www.harvard-climate-week.com/events
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Stand Up for Solar! Lobby Day
Tuesday, April 7
10am
Massachusetts State House, Boston
Attention YOU, supporter of solar!
Come down to the magnificent Massachusetts State House and lobby with us on Tuesday, April 7th. This is already the biggest coming together of solar supporters the Commonwealth has ever seen, and for good reasons!:
we want to continue the amazing 11% job growth we've seen each of the past three years of robust, clean energy employment
we want community solar, "solar for all",
to flourish for everyone who can't install at home
right away, we want the net metering caps bumped up again,
to leave plenty of room for solar to grow
Never lobbied before? No problem! There will be a mini-training and each team of "lobbyists" will have a person with experience in these issues.
Here's the program:
We'll start promptly at 10 AM on Tuesday, April 7, in the Gardner Auditorium at the State House, so plan to arrive there by 9:45 AM for registration. We'll do a brief orientation before we head out to meet with legislators. Our program for the day will conclude by 2:15 PM. Latecomers: check in at the auditorium.
In the mean time, feel free to invite others to join us -- the more, the better! Everyone who is planning to come should RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/StandUpForSolar. You should have your representatives' names ready, which can be found quickly at http://wheredoivotema.com. It's important that everyone RSVP so we know how many people are coming and how many offices we can expect to visit. Let's have a strong, well-organized showing at the State House for solar power!
By the way, you'll be joining lots of other supporters of solar and the company of the following co-sponsors: American Lung Association of the Northeast, Better Future Project, Clean Water Action, Climate Action Now, Environment Massachusetts, Massachusetts Climate Action Network, MASSPIRG Students, MassSolar, Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts, Next Step Living, Sierra Club, Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts, Toxics Action Center, and Vote Solar.
Please join the Boston Area Solar Energy Association and Stand Up for Solar on April 7th!
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Fundraising in Energy: How to get VCs to invest in your science startup
Tuesday, April 7
11:45a–1:00p
MIT, Building E62-250, 100 Main Street, Cambridge
Thinking about starting a science-based startup? Join the MIT Joules to learn how to get VCs to invest in you. Incredible speakers Leslie Dewan and Sarah Kearney will share with us their secrets for success, and they will be moderated by internationally renowned entrepreneurship expert Prof. Fiona Murray. Don't miss it! Lunch will be served and many thanks to the MassCEC for sponsoring this event.
*Leslie Dewan is the founder and CSO of Transatomic Power, and recently raised A Round financing from the Founders Fund, Peter Thiel's San Francisco based Venture Capital firm known for investments in Facebook and Spotify.
*Sarah Kearney is the founder and executive director of PRIME, an innovative fund that allows non-profit foundations to invest in for-profit cleantech startups.
*Prof. Murray is an international expert on the transformation of investments in scientific and technical innovation into innovation-based entrepreneurship. She is the Associate Dean for Innovation, Co-Director of the Innovation Initiative, and the Faculty Director at the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact: MIT Joules
womeninenergy at mit.edu
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Pulses: A Perfect Plant Based Protein
WHEN Tue., Apr. 7, 2015, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
WHERE HKS Bell Hall, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Classes/Workshops, Special Events, Support/Social, Sustainability, Wellness/Work Life
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard University Dining Services' Food Literacy Project
SPEAKER(S) Chef Matthew Luaders & Mackenzie Lilwall of the USA Dry Peas, Lentils and Chickpeas Council
COST $7
TICKET WEB LINK hudspulsesapril7.eventbrite.com
CONTACT INFO 617.496.6705
DETAILS Join Chef Matthew Luaders & Mackenzie Lilwall of the USA Dry Peas, Lentils and Chickpeas Council for a talk-and-taste as they offers suggestions for for using dried "pulses" in everyday cooking. Enjoy a light lunch of turkey lentil chili, mixed lentil ensalada, chickpea farro parikash, spinach, onion and potato pakoras, and gulab jamun (Indian spiced doughnuts). Learn how to easily cook with dried pulses, and enjoy the advantages of this incredibly healthy, sustainable addition to your diet.
LINK hudspulsesapril7.eventbrite.com
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Phillip Martin: Covering Violence in Boston, Europe and South Africa: A Personal Reflection
Tuesday, April 7
12:00 P.M.
Harvard, Taubman 275, 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge
Phillip Martin is Senior Investigative Reporter at WGBH, where since joining in 2010 he has reported on human trafficking in southern New England, the Boston Marathon bombing, Whitey Bulger, carbon offset schemes, police shootings, training and race, the Occupy movement and the fishing industry in New England, among other topics. He appears as a panelist for WGBH’s Basic Black and Beat the Press, and is is executive producer for Lifted Veils Productions, a nonprofit public radio journalism project dedicated to exploring issues that divide and unite society. He has received various journalism honors, including a 2014 national Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative journalism. Phillip was a Harvard University Nieman Fellow from 1997 to 1998 and a U.S.-Japan Media Fellow in 1997.
http://shorensteincenter.org/phillip-martin/
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State of the Plants: Challenges and Opportunities for Conservation of the New England Flora
Tuesday, April 7
12:00pm to 1:00pm
See also: Herbaria Seminar Series
Harvard, 22 Divinity Avenue, Seminar Room 125, Cambridge
Elizabeth Farnsworth, Senior Research Ecologist, New England Wild Flower Society
Abstract: New England Wild Flower Society has released a comprehensive, peer-reviewed report that, for the first time, gathers together the most up-to-date data on the status of plants on the New England landscape. From these data, we can discern increases and declines in both rare and common species across all six states. We identify hotspots of rare plant diversity, and discuss factors that foster this diversity. We document the primary ecological and anthropogenic threats to both rare and common species. We discuss activities and initiatives by New England Wild Flower Society and its partner organizations in the New England Plant Conservation Program to conserve and manage rare plants and habitats throughout the region. We articulate a research agenda to bridge gaps in our knowledge of plant species and ecological communities and develop a framework for protecting the viability of thousands of species that together comprise our diverse and vibrant flora.
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Love the Player, Love the Game?
Tuesday, April 7
12:00PM
MIT, Building 32-144, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
SPEAKER: Jessica Hammer, Associate Professor, Human-Computer Interaction Institute; Carnegie Mellon University
Jessica Hammer will lead a discussion of the ways that games can support or undermine healthy relationships and community values. Professor Hammer studies gaming and culture at the Human Computer Interaction Institute and the Entertainment Technology Center of Carnegie Mellon University. Professor Hammer describes her reseach in this way: 'I study the psychology of games, focusing on the way specific game design decisions affect how players think and feel. I also help design games that change people's lives for the better. I study how games can change the way people think, feel, and behave; my other research interests include creativity, gender, mobile technologies, and community design."
Co-hosted with MIT Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Brown Bag: dessert will be provided
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The Black Box Society
Tuesday, April 7
12:00 pm
Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein West A (second floor), 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP required for those attending in person at https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/04/Pasquale#RSVP
Event will be webcast live on https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/04/Pasquale at 12:00 pm.
Frank Pasquale and David Curran in conversation on the implications of big data for the future of law, compliance, and business. Moderated by Jonathan Zittrain.
Does the increasing velocity, variety, and volume of data make regulators' jobs harder or easier? Some say we are entering a "golden age of surveillance," enabling perfect enforcement of laws. But Frank Pasquale's book "The Black Box Society" argues that, at least in areas like privacy, antitrust, and financial regulation, big data can also enable obfuscation, stonewalling, and even fraud. At this talk, Pasquale and David Curran, Global Director, Risk & Compliance, at Thomson Reuters, will discuss the risks and opportunities that arise out of the new information environment.
About Frank
Frank Pasquale’s research addresses the challenges posed to information law by rapidly changing technology, particularly in the health care, internet, and finance industries. He is a member of the NSF-funded Council for Big Data, Ethics, and Society, and an Affiliate Fellow of Yale Law School’s Information Society Project. He frequently presents on the ethical, legal, and social implications of information technology for attorneys, physicians, and other health professionals. His book The Black Box Society: The Secret Algorithms that Control Money and Information (Harvard University Press, 2015) develops a social theory of reputation, search, and finance.
Pasquale has been a Visiting Fellow at Princeton’s Center for Information Technology, and a Visiting Professor at Yale Law School and Cardozo Law School. He was a Marshall Scholar at Oxford University. He has testified before the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives, appearing with the General Counsels of Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo. He has also presented before a Department of Health & Human Services/Federal Trade Commission Roundtable and panels of the National Academy of Sciences. He served on an American Academy of Arts and Sciences working group on the future of mobile health (mHealth) regulation. He has received a commission from Triple Canopy to write and present on the political economy of automation.
Pasquale serves on the Advisory Boards of the Data Competition Institute, Patient Privacy Rights and the Electronic Privacy Information Center. He is is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Legal Education and the Oxford Handbooks Online in Law. He has served on the executive board of the Health Law Section of the American Association of Law Schools (AALS), and has served as chair of the AALS section on Privacy and Defamation. He has been quoted in the Financial Times, New York Times, Economist, CNN, and many other media outlets.
About Dave
Dave is currently Global Director, Risk & Compliance with Thomson Reuters where he advises the world’s largest companies on the design and implementation of technology solutions that help mitigate major reputational risk. Prior to TR, Dave was CEO and Co-Founder of Risk Readiness Corp., a technology and advisory business focused on proactive risk elimination for complex organizations – tackling risk challenges with modern-day processes and a realistic focus and attitude. Dave served as EVP, Business and Legal Affairs with IntraLinks, Inc. (NYSE: IL), a high growth SaaS technology business focused on management of secure document exchanges. He was Chief Legal and Ethics Officer and Corporate Secretary at IL and had responsibility for the newly public company’s corporate development initiatives and the establishment and oversight – at the Board level – of foundational governance and compliance programs.
Prior to IntraLinks, Dave was President and CEO and Director of Integrity Interactive Corporation (i2c.com), a private equity controlled, technology-powered company that helps global organizations measure, manage and mitigate the risks of compliance and ethics failures. Before joining Integrity, Dave was President and CEO and Director of DCI, Inc. (datacom-usa.com), a SaaS compliance and marketing services subsidiary of Havas, the global communications and media giant. DCI helped financial services, pharmaceutical, healthcare, consumer goods and other companies manage their complex data and communications needs through user-friendly software tools. At Big Flower Holdings, Inc. (now Vertis Communications), Dave served as Group President, where he led the company’s digital communications business.
Earlier in his career, Dave held General Counsel and business leadership positions with a variety of global organizations. At Webcraft, Inc. a subsidiary of Vertis, he was Executive Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs for that company’s Direct Marketing Division. At Campbell Soup Company, Dave served as the general counsel to the company’s North American, European (based in Belgium) and Asian businesses. In addition to general corporate, M&A, intellectual property, commercial and litigation responsibilities, he was also heavily involved in the development and implementation of Campbell’s global ethics and compliance program and launched the company’s Worldwide Standards of Conduct. Dave also served as Senior Attorney for The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc., where he focused on the company’s new media and home entertainment products as well as core magazine and book offerings.
Dave is very active in the entrepreneur community and serves as adviser and mentor to early stage businesses through MIT’s Venture Mentoring Service and Boston University’s Kindle program. He is a frequent industry speaker and writer and has developed innovative e-learning and web-based programs.
About Jonathan
Jonathan Zittrain is the George Bemis Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources at the Harvard Law School Library, and co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. His research interests include battles for control of digital property and content, cryptography, electronic privacy, the roles of intermediaries within Internet architecture, human computing, and the useful and unobtrusive deployment of technology in education.
He performed the first large-scale tests of Internet filtering in China and Saudi Arabia, and as part of the OpenNet Initiative co-edited a series of studies of Internet filtering by national governments: Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering; Access Controlled: The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace; and Access Contested: Security, Identity, and Resistance in Asian Cyberspace.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Board of Advisors for Scientific American. He has served as a Trustee of the Internet Society and as a Forum Fellow of the World Economic Forum, which named him a Young Global Leader. He was a Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the Federal Communications Commission, and previously chaired the FCC’s Open Internet Advisory Committee. His book The Future of the Internet -- And How to Stop Itpredicted the end of general purpose client computing and the corresponding rise of new gatekeepers. That and other works may be found at <http://www.jz.org>.
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Yo! Your Honor!
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
MIT Media Lab, 3rd floor, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://civic.mit.edu/event/civic-media-lunch-carl-malamud-yo-your-honor
Carl Malamud will discuss the Yo.YourHonor.Org campaign to make our nation’s federal judiciary more readily accessible to people. The Public Access to Electronic Court Records (PACER) system charges $0.10/page to access court dockets, opinions, briefs, and orders, a price that makes access to justice a luxury only accessible to professional lawyers. Carl has been working to free this system since 2008, when a group of volunteers including Aaron Swartz worked to download 20 million pages of PACER documents and performed a comprehensive audit to alert judges to blatant privacy problems infesting their database.
Carl Malamud runs Public.Resource.Org, a nonprofit that has helped make numerous government databases available to the public. In a prior life, he ran the first radio station on the Internet and also did a brief stint at the Media Lab as visiting faculty.
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Reflections of a Mediator: Preventive Diplomacy in an Age of Conflict
WHEN Tue., Apr. 7, 2015, 12:15 – 1:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Law School campus, Pound Hall 100, 1563 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Law, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
SPEAKER(S) Johnston Barkat, assistant secretary-general, United Nations Ombudsman and Mediation Services
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO mhamlen at law.harvard.edu
LINK http://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/reflections-of-a-mediator-preventive-diplomacy-in-an-age-of-conflict/
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Is the American Century Over?
WHEN Tue., Apr. 7, 2015, 12:30 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, CGIS South Building, Belfer Case Study Room (S020), Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Program on U.S.-Japan Relations
SPEAKER(S) Joseph Nye, distinguished service professor, Harvard Kennedy School,
moderated by Susan Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University
COST Free and open to the public
LINK http://programs.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/calendar/upcoming
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Big Visual Data Meets Human Face Modeling
Tuesday, April 7
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Refreshments: 2:45 PM
MIT, Building 32-G449, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Ira Kemelmacher-Shlizerman , University of Washington
Abstract: Internet and personal photo collections now add up to over a trillion photos, with people being in most of them. The availability of so many photos presents a unique opportunity to model and predict the appearance and shape of virtually the whole human population. A major challenge is to create algorithms that operate in the wild (completely uncalibrated) from photos taken by mobile phones, wearable cameras, etc., and on any person accounting for age, gender, facial expression, and ethnicity. I will show how to estimate and synthesize 3D shape and motion of people from YouTube videos, how to predict people's appearance in an older age, and how to use face modeling for large photo collection visualization. I’ll close by describing how this research will enable breakthrough advances in virtual reality, recognition, and health.
Ira Kemelmacher-Shlizerman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. She received her Ph.D in computer science and applied mathematics at the Weizmann Institute of Science in 2009, then spent three years as a postdoctoral researcher at UW CSE, and started as tenure-track faculty at UW Computer Science in spring 2013. Ira works in computer vision and computer graphics, with a particular interest to develop computational tools to model people from the vast visual data that is captured all over the world with the goal of enabling breakthrough advances in recognition, virtual reality, and health. Ira received the Google faculty award, her work “Moving Portraits” was selected to the cover of the Communications of the ACM, Research Highlights, and tech transferred to Google. Her work “Illumination aware age progression” and its application to missing children search featured by interviews on CBS, NBC, and others.
To see all seminars in this series, go to: https://calendar.csail.mit.edu/seminar_series/7949
Contact: Joanne Talbot Hanley, 617-253-6054, joanne at csail.mit.edu
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"Reinventing Fire: Profitable Low-Carbon Futures for the U.S. and China"
Tuesday, April 7
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM EDT
Harvard Kennedy School, Taubman Building 5th Floor, Room NYE B&C, 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge
with Amory B. Lovins, Chairman/Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute
Amory B. Lovins, Chairman/Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute consultant, experimental physicist and 1993 MacArthur Fellow, has been active at the nexus of energy, resources, economy, environment, development, and security in more than 50 countries for over 40 years, including 14 years based in England. He is widely considered among the world’s leading authorities on energy—especially its efficient use and sustainable supply—and a fertile innovator in integrative design and in superefficient buildings, factories, and vehicles.
This event is part of Harvard University's Climate Week: http://www.harvard-climate-week.com/events
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A Conversation with Sue Desmond-Hellmann, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
WHEN Tue., Apr. 7, 2015, 5 p.m.
WHERE Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Kresge G3, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Health Sciences, Lecture, Social Sciences, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Office of the Dean
SPEAKER(S) Sue Desmond-Hellmann and Dean Julio Frenk
CONTACT INFO deansevents at hsph.harvard.edu
LINK http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/deans-office/deans-distinguished-lecture-series-3/
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Cleantech Open Northeast Boston Business Briefing at Greentown Labs
Tuesday, April 7
5:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
Greentown Labs, 58 Dane Street, Somerville
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/cleantech-open-northeast-boston-business-briefing-at-greentown-labs-tickets-15652266350
Come learn how to help cleantech startups get going and growing
with Cleantech Open Northeast and our partners at Greentown Labs!
Emily Reichert
Executive Director, Greentown Labs
As Executive Director, Emily Reichert sets Greentown Labs’ strategic direction, focusing on increasing the organization’s impact on clean and energy efficient technology commercialization through entrepreneurship. She also directs Greentown’s efforts to engage new corporate and foundation partners, to expand recognition and education programs for clean technology entrepreneurs, to leverage the local community of entrepreneurs, investors, universities, government agencies and NGOs striving to build our clean energy future, and to maintain greater Boston’s competitiveness in clean technology nationally and internationally.
Prior to Greentown Labs, Emily was the Director of Business Operations at the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry, where she helped grow the company from an angel-funded start-up to a sustainable contract R&D business with a mission to minimize environmental impact of chemical processes and products. She has over fifteen years of experience serving in R&D, business development and operations leadership roles. Emily holds a PhD in physical chemistry and earned an MBA from MIT.
Katie MacDonald
Director, Cleantech Open Northeast
Katie is an organizer, project manager, and innovation enthusiast with a high level understanding of the organizational management and clean energy spaces. Through her experience working with communities, students, and stakeholders in the cleantech ecosystem, Katie has developed a top notch ability to motivate teams, manage campaigns, and develop high level operational and strategic plans for organizations. In past roles Katie has taught and designed leadership development curriculum for public and private universities, served as a regional organizer for the world's largest climate advocacy organization, written and collaborated with policy makers on renewable energy legislation, worked to develop cleantech solutions in the United States and Central America, and co-founded a regional youth climate advocacy organization. Katie graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a B.S in Environmental Science.
Are you an energy or environmental entrepreneur looking for ways to accelerate your startup, expand your cleantech network, and explore funding opportunities?
Join us for an intimate briefing to hear from the Northeast Region of the Cleantech Open business accelerator program and competition and learn more about how the program can help you grow your cleantech venture, or mentor entrepreneurs looking to solve our biggest environmental and energy challenges.
Come and ask questions of Cleantech Open staff and volunteers learn about the program and explore what the Cleantech Open can offer you, whether you are an entrepreneur, prospective mentor, or simply wish to learn more!
About the Cleantech Open
The Cleantech Open runs the world’s largest accelerator, providing entrepreneurs and technologists the resources needed to launch successful cleantech companies. Cleantech Open’s mission is to find, fund, and foster entrepreneurs with big ideas that address today’s most urgent energy, environmental, and economic challenges. The program provides a number of key activities; extensive mentoring, training, business clinics, access to investors and capital, numerous opportunities to showcase to the media and the public, and the competition itself. Since its inception in 2006, the Cleantech Open has awarded over $5 million in cash and services to support cleantech growth companies. The 727 participating companies of the Cleantech Open’s accelerator programs have raised more than $800 million in external capital.
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BASG: Supply Chain Logistics, Big Data, and Megacities
Tuesday, April 7
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)
Cambridge Innovation Center, Venture Cafe - 5th Floor, One Broadway, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/basg-april-7-supply-chain-logistics-big-data-and-megacities-tickets-15975157125
Cost: $10-12
The Boston Area Sustainability Group (BASG) once again changes up its format to bring you a very special guest speaker in April. Dr. Edgar Blanco is a leading researcher at the intersection of sustainability, supply chains logistics, emerging markets, and innovation. His work at MIT spans diverse industries and the insights he will share, gleened from slicing big data, will inpsire awe. This is a conversation you won't want to miss!
About Our Speaker
Dr. Edgar Blanco is a Research Director at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics and is the Executive Director of the MIT SCALE Network in Latin America. His current research focus is the design of environmentally efficient supply chains. He also leads research initiatives on supply chain innovations in emerging markets, disruptive mobile technologies in value chains and optimization of humanitarian operations.
Dr. Blanco has over thirteen years of experience in designing and improving logistics and supply chain systems, including the application of operations research techniques, statistical methods, GIS technologies and software solutions to deliver significant savings in business operations.
Prior to joining MIT, he was leading the Inventory Optimization practice at Retek (now Oracle Retail). He received his Ph.D. from the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His educational background includes a B.S. and M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia) and a M.S. in Operations Research from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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New Ventures in Energy Storage
Tuesday, April 7
6:30 PM
Biolabs 1080, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Bostons-Entrepreneurs-And-Advanced-Degrees-Group/events/221072657/
Boston Entrepreneurs and Advanced Degrees will be hosting a panel discussion on starting a company in the energy storage/clean technology space.
We are thrilled to have four great panelists and a terrific moderator for this event.
Moderator: Ben Hemani (Braemer Energy Ventures)
Panelists:
Yingchao Yu, Ph.D. (Lionano Inc.)
Bryan McGowan (OpenWater Power)
David Bradwell (Ambri)
Rick Chamberlain (Boston Power)
Ben Hemani is an analyst on the investment team at Braemer. Prior to joining Braemar, Ben worked as a consultant in the Energy practice at Charles River Associates, an economics consultancy. At CRA Ben worked on a variety of topics including commercialization strategy for a renewable energy startup, power asset valuation, energy market forecasting, regulatory proceeding support and energy procurement strategy for a major industrial consumer. Ben holds a Master of Engineering Management (M.E.M.) from Dartmouth with a focus in Energy & The Environment, an A.B. from Dartmouth College in Engineering Science modified with Economics and a B.E. in Environmental Engineering. While an undergraduate Ben raced on the Men’s Varsity Lightweight Crew Team and the Cycling Team.
Dr. Alex Yu is the CEO and co-founder of Lionano Inc. He is the co-inventor of several battery technologies, and has 10+ years research experience in renewable energy prior in founding Lionano. Since 2013, he has been leading Lionano team to commercialize advanced battery technology. He has published 30 peer-reviewed scientific papers and filed 4 US patents, all of which are exclusively focused on clean technology. He has received more than 850 citations and served as a peer-reviewer for 20 international journals, and has a H-index of 14 (Google Scholar). He is the recipient of 4 international and 2 national awards in nanomaterial research and clean technologies such as Material Research Society Gold Medal. Dr. Yu graduated with a PhD degree in the field of electrochemistry from the Abruña group in Cornell University and has a B.S. degree from Xiamen University, China.
David Bradwell leads the technical team at Ambri to develop the liquid metal battery technology, with a focus on creating a low cost and effective storage technology to meet the performance and cost requirements for large-scale energy storage applications. The project has raised over $60M in funding, including early funding from The Despande Center at MIT, ARPA-E (DoE), and three round of venture financing for Ambri Inc. from Bill Gates, Total SA, Khosla Ventures, KLP Enterprises, and GVB.
David earned a BSc in Engineering Physics from Queen's University, and an MEng and a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2010, he received a TR35 award for being a top innovator under 35 from Technology Review Magazine.
Dr. Chamberlain is a recognized expert in lithium-ion batteries with 15 years of experience in the industry. Part of the original Boston-Power team, Dr. Chamberlain leads intellectual property development focused on the commercialization of lithium-ion cell and battery technology and products, including development of lithium-ion batteries for application into electric vehicles. At Boston-Power, Dr. Chamberlain has led efforts building infrastructure to establish and maintain high quality manufactured products. Dr. Chamberlain’s research includes work on a wide range of technologies for lithium-ion batteries, including materials, mechanical designs, safety components and manufacturing processes. Prior to Boston-Power, Dr. Chamberlain served as a technical leader at Arthur D. Little/TIAX LLC where he led activities focused on the lithium-ion industry and including technology development, market analysis, and business strategy. Dr. Chamberlain routinely participates in leading lithium-ion conferences, is the author of numerous research articles appearing in leading academic journals, and has been granted multiple worldwide patents. Dr. Chamberlain earned his BS in Chemistry from the College of William & Mary; and his PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Chamberlain joined Boston-Power in 2006.
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Fireside-chat: Sparking Food Innovation in Boston
Tuesday, April 7th
6:30pm - 8:30pm
CIC Boston, 50 Milk Street, Boston
RSVP here: http://www.meetup.com/branchfood/events/221064887/
Join Branchfood for a conversation about food policy initiatives and innovation in Boston's food system, with special guests Edith Murnane, former director of food initiative for the city of Boston and John Melas-Kyriazi, Associate at Spark Capital venture firm.
Want to learn more about the challenges and opportunities in the city's foodscape? Wondering which food policy initiatives get prioritized and funded? Curious about how food ventures attract investment?
Join Branchfood for a conversation about food policy initiatives and innovation in Boston's food system, with special guests Edith Murnane,former Director of Food Policy Initiativesfor the City of Boston, and John Melas-Kyriazi, Associate at Spark Capital Venture Firm.
Bios
Edith Murnane was the Director of Food Policy Initiatives for the City of Boston under Mayor Menino for 4.5 years. Her work included facilitating investment and economic development, revitalizing farmers' markets, promoting urban agriculture, and helping to conceive and manage one of the country’s fastest growing and most successful food truck programs.
John Melas-Kyriazi has been an associate at Spark Capital since early 2014 and focuses on bringing in new investment opportunities to the firm in a wide range of areas, working on active deals, and supporting companies in the Spark portfolio. Prior to joining Spark, John was the head of business development and CFO of StartX, which runs a startup accelerator for the Stanford community. During his time at StartX, John co-founded and ran the Stanford-StartX Fund, an investment vehicle funded by Stanford University and Hospital.
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IEEE Update: Advancing Technology in the era of Disruptive Innovation
Tuesday, April 7
7:30p–8:30p
MIT, Building 56-114 (the tallest building on campus)
Speaker: Prof. Barry Shoop, President-Elect, IEEE
Update on IEEE activities, with a particular emphasis on discussing the breadth of contemporary methods and research that have the potential to transform conventional engineering processes.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Entrepreneurs Club
For more information, contact: Kurt Keville
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Wednesday, April 8
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Climate Science Breakfast: “Deciphering the Early Martian Climate through 3D Modelling”
Wednesday, April 8
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
Harvard, HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street 3rd Floor, Cambridge
with Robin Wordsworth, Assistant Professor, SEAS, Harvard University
Professor Wordsworth’s research is focused on the processes that shape planetary climate and habitability, both in the Solar System and around other stars. Currently active research topics include the nature of Mars’ atmosphere and hydrological cycle during the late Noachian (ca. 3-4 billion years ago), the rate of water loss from Earth and Venus soon after their formation, and the extent to which molecules like O2 can be treated as markers for carbon-based life in the atmospheres of rocky planets around other stars.
This event is part of Harvard University's Climate Week: http://www.harvard-climate-week.com/events
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8th Annual MA Green Schools Summit, Get Ready to Educate & Green-o-vate!
Wednesday, April 8
8:30 AM to 3:00 PM (EDT)
Boston University, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/8th-annual-ma-green-schools-summit-get-ready-to-educate-green-o-vate-tickets-16189060917
Cost: $26.62 - $41.99
Get ready to Educate & Green-o-vate!
2015 Green Schools Summit will be at Boston University on Wednesday, April 8th.
Hosted by Green Schools, ARROWS and GEEI
Sponsored by: Planet Aid, Conserve School, and Whole Foods
Each spring, Green Schools hosts its Annual Massachusetts Green Schools Summit.
Now in its 8th year, the Massachusetts Green Schools Summit connects stakeholders from government, education, business, community, nonprofit organizations, and leaders of all ages interested in Green Schools & Communities.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
8:45-9:15 Registration/Coffee…HALL George Sherman Union
9:15-10:20 Exhibits OPEN
OPTIONAL TOUR: Sign up information coming soon!
Registration/coffee GSU/sign-ups for tours etc… 9:30
10:30-11:30 General Session A – Welcome—Sponsored by ARROWS, GEEI, & PLANET AID
Welcome remarks [Green Schools, ARROWS, GEEI & State Representative Jay Barrows]
Words from our Sponsor-Planet Aid
Words from National Green Schools Society Co-President, Ian Rizziano [Algonquin Regional High School]
Address “Earth‐centered Ethics” by Doug Zook, BU, Global Ecology on Earth-centered Ethics
Address “The Green Schools Movement in India, a Global Perspective” by Virendra Rawat [coming all the way from India!]
Address “Health is a Choice, Learn How to Choose It” by Raymond FrancisInternational Author and founder of TPED…The Project to End Disease
LIVE Performance: Brooke Leifer sings original song “One Earth”
11:30-12:30 Lunch/Exhibits OPEN
12:35-1:15 General Session B – Green Schools/Green Communities
Words from National Green Schools Society Co-President, Sam Koufman [Manchester-Essex Regional High School]
Remarks from Senator Jamie Eldridge
Presentation “From Green Schools to Green Communities” by Lisa Capone,Acting Director, Green Communities Division, MA Dept. of Energy Resources
Presentation “Spotlight on Quabbin Composting and Organic Gardening Internship Program in partnership with Quabbin High School”, by Sophia Kornitsky [Quabbin High School]
Presentation on Farm to School by Astrid Tilton
Address from Lynne Cherry, author of The Great Kapok Tree and Founder of Young Voices for the Planet
1:20-2:05 Breakout Session - Meeting of the MA Green Student Leadership Council
2:15-3:00 General Session C - “E-STEM/Green Workforce/Green Future”
Presentation from Lawrence High School student who designed solar panels that are up on the school!
Presentation from Metro North STEM Network, Meelyn Wong, Associate Director, Metro North Regional Employment Board
Address from David Lustick UMASS Lowell-White House Champion of Change Award Winner
**Special Presentation—Honoring the former Mayor of Boston, Tom Menino, by BU & Green Schools, Angela Menino will be in attendance to receive this honor.
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Research Talk: Post-Harvest Grain Storage
Wednesday, April 8
12:00PM
MIT, Building E-38, 6th floor, 292 Main Street, Cambridge
Mark Brennan & Emily Gooding will be presenting on their recent work in Uganda's agricultural sector.
Lunch provided.
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"Building and Planning for Climate Change”
Wednesday, April 8
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
Harvard, Stubbins 112, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
with Kairos Shen, Director of Planning, Boston Redevelopment Authority
Kairos Shen is the Director of Planning at the Boston Redevelopment Authority. He has served in this capacity since 2002 where he manages the BRA’s planning division of which the basic functions are community planning, urban design, zoning, waterfront planning and infrastructure planning.
In 2008, Shen was appointed by the Mayor to be the Chief Planner for the City of Boston with the role of formulating a comprehensive long-term vision to guide the city’s economic and physical development, and coordinating planning across city departments.
Kairos Shen has been intimately involved in many of Boston’s most important planning efforts in the last ten years. During his tenure, he has overseen the development guidelines for the Rose Kennedy Greenway, the adoption of Boston’s landmark green building zoning, the 10-year refurbishment of Fenway Park, the planning of the 1000-acre South Boston Waterfront Innovation District, and the implementation of Boston’s $700 million Convention Center and Institute of Contemporary Art. In addition to undertaking and supervising many of the planning and design studies, Shen regularly participates in community meetings, which are essential to the success of any planning effort.
Mr. Shen is a graduate of Swarthmore College and has a Master of Architecture from MIT.
This event is part of Harvard University's Climate Week: http://www.harvard-climate-week.com/events
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Climate Week: Poetry Reading with Paisley Rekdal
Wednesday, April 8
2:00PM
Harvard, Barker Center 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
The Harvard University Department of English presents: Poetry Reading with Paisley Rekdal, Professor, English, University of Utah.
Paisley Rekdal is the author of a book of essays, The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee; a hybrid-genre photo-text memoir that combines poetry, fiction, nonfiction and photography entitled Intimate; and four books of poetry: A Crash of Rhinos, Six Girls Without Pants, The Invention of the Kaleidoscope and Animal Eye, which was a finalist for the 2013 Kingsley Tufts Prize, the Balcones Prize and winner of the UNT Rilke Prize. Her newest book of poems, Imaginary Vessels, is forthcoming in 2016. Her work has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Fellowship, a Village Voice Writers on the Verge Award, a NEA Fellowship, two Pushcart Prizes, the University of Georgia Press’ Contemporary Poetry Series Award, a Fulbright Fellowship, and various state arts council awards. Her poems and essays have appeared in or are forthcoming from The New York Times Magazine, American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, Poetry, The New Republic, Tin House, in two editions of the Best American Poetry series and on National Public Radio among others. She currently teaches at the University of Utah, where she is also the creator and editor of the community web history archive project Mapping Salt Lake City.
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/climateweek
Contact Name: Lisa Matthews
matthew at fas.harvard.edu
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Embracing Innovation on Both Sides of the River, A Reflection
WHEN Wed., Apr. 8, 2015, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Innovation Lab, Batten Hall, HBS, 125 Western Avenue, Allston
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Lecture, Special Events, Support/Social, Working at Harvard
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Committee on the Concerns of Women at Harvard
SPEAKER(S) Angela Q. Crispi, executive dean of administration, HBS
COST Free with registration
CONTACT INFO ccw at harvard.edu
DETAILS Schedule: 4 p.m. refreshments, 4:20-5:10 p.m. lecture presentation and Q&A, 5:10-5:30 p.m. networking and event completion.
LINK ccw.hhr.harvard.edu
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Complexity Salon on Health and Wellbeing
Wednesday, April 8
4-6pm
NECSI, 210 Broadway, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.necsi.edu/events/upcomingevents.html
How do we inspire personal and collective change for health and wellbeing, using existing social structures, resolutions, and complexity concepts? Join our conversation next Wednesday, and meet City Awake, Professor Catherine D'Ignazio, and Cambridge City Councillor Nadeem Mazen.
This salon is part of the First Day series, an event and movement inspired by Prof. Bar-Yam's paper on facilitating positive behavior change through celebrations of healthy habits, and by setting good examples at a community level.
The Salon starts at 4 pm, and will be streamed online at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/necsi-complexity-salon
New England Complex Systems Institute, 210 Broadway Suite 101, Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: 617-547-4100
Fax: 617-661-7711
necsi.edu
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Automatically Green
Wednesday, April 8
4:10-5:30
Harvard, Room L-382 (3rd Floor Littauer Building), 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
Cass Sunstein, Harvard University
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
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"Two Keohanes Talk Climate Politics"
Wednesday, April 8
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM EDT
Harvard, Emerson Hall, Room 105, 19 Quincy Street, Cambridge
a lecture by Robert Keohane, Professor of International Affairs, Princeton University and Nathaniel Keohane, Vice President, International Climate program, Environmental Defense Fund.
Introductory remarks by Daniel Schrag, Hooper Professor of Geology; Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Director, Harvard University Center for the Environment. Moderated by Dustin Tingley, Paul Sack Associate Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University.
Robert O. Keohane is Professor of International Affairs, Princeton University. He is the author of After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy (1984) and Power and Governance in a Partially Globalized World (2002). He is co-author (with Joseph S. Nye, Jr.) of Power and Interdependence (third edition 2001), and (with Gary King and Sidney Verba) of Designing Social Inquiry (1994). He has served as the editor of the journal International Organization and as president of the International Studies Association and the American Political Science Association. He won the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order, 1989, and the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science, 2005. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the National Academy of Sciences. He has received honorary degrees from the University of Aarhus, Denmark, and Science Po in Paris, and is the Harold Lasswell Fellow (2007-08) of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
Nathaniel O. "Nat" Keohane is an American environmental economist who serves as Vice President at Environmental Defense Fund, where he leads EDF’s International Climate program and helps to shape the organization’s advocacy for environmentally effective and economically sound climate policy. Nat’s areas of expertise include U.S. and international climate and energy policy, the economic impact of climate change, the benefits and costs of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and the design and performance of cap-and-trade programs and other policy instruments. He previously was in academia at Yale University and served in the White House as special assistant to President Barack Obama.
This event is part of Harvard University's Climate Week: http://www.harvard-climate-week.com/events
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The Unruly Mystic: Film Screening
WHEN Wed., Apr. 8, 2015, 4:30 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Sperry Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Film, Religion
SPONSOR Harvard Divinity School
CONTACT Kristin Gunst
DETAILS Following a screening of the film The Unruly Mystic by Michael Conti, a panel discussion will take place and include Conti; Beverly Mayne Kienzle, John H. Morison Professor of the Practice in Latin and Romance Languages, Harvard Divinity School; Robert Hensley-King, film critic and historian, Ghent University and Harvard Divinity School.
The Unruly Mystic is an inspirational documentary of how the filmmaker reaffirmed his life's work when he fell in love with a 12th century saint. Saint Hildegard of Bingen evokes a calling, that sweet spot of creativity that we all yearn to play in, which is also spiritual in nature. She is venerated for her widely recognized impact on today’s theologians, artists, musicians, doctors, and educators. She is indeed the unruly mystic. Her story invites us all to embrace the connection between God, nature, and art. This is the story of a powerful muse who invites us to create magic in our own lives by letting the ordinary touch the divine.
Reception to follow in Andover Hall.
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Religion and the Roots of Climate Change Denial
Wednesday, April 8
5:30-7:00 PM
BC, McGuinn Hall 121, Chestnut Hill
Katharine Hayhoe, Texas Tech University
Respondent: Stephen Pope, Boston College
Co-sponsored with the Environmental Studies Program and The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and the Institute for the Liberal Arts
The Boisi Center will live-tweet this event. Join the conversation at #ClimateDenial.
A live broadcast of this event can be watched at frontrow.bc.edu/climatedenial for those who can not attend in person.
Katharine Hayhoe is an associate professor in the department of Political Science at Texas Tech University and director of the university’s Climate Science Center. Her research focuses on establishing a scientific basis for assessing the regional to local-scale impacts of climate change on human systems and the natural environment. She is the founder and CEO of ATMOS Research, which seeks to provide relevant information on climate change’s effects to a broad range of non-profit, industry and government clients. Her work has been featured in over 100 peer-reviewed papers, abstracts, and other publications, and she has presented her findings on climate impact assessments before Congress, as well as state and federal agencies, to influence future planning by communities across the country. She serves as a scientific advisor to Citizen’s Climate Lobby, the EcoAmerica MomentUS project, the Energy and Enterprise Initiative, the Evangelical Environmental Network and the International Women’s Earth and Climate Initiative. With her husband Andrew Farley, she is the author of A Climate for Change: Global Warming Facts for Faith-Based Decisions, and her work as a climate change evangelist was recently featured on the documentary series Years of Living Dangerously. She received a B.Sc. in physics and astronomy from the University of Toronto and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in atmospheric science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Stephen J. Pope is a professor of theology at Boston College, focusing on social and theological ethics. A member of the Society of Christian Ethics and the Catholic Theological Society of America, he in the Perspectives program, as well as courses on science and ethics, St. Thomas Aquinas and virtue. He is the author of Human Evolution and Christian Ethics and the editor of Solidarity and Hope: Jon Sobrino’s Challenge to Christian Theology. He received a B.A. from Gonzaga University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago Divinity School.
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Beyond Sustainability: The Future of Health Innovations in Food Businesses
Wednesday, April 8
6-7:30PM
BU, 565 Commonwealth Avenue (The Kenmore Classroom Building, Room 101), Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-sustainability-the-future-of-health-innovations-in-food-businesses-tickets-16267027116
A conversation about the future of food businesses in the changing health landscape.
Panelists:
Rachel Wegman // Wegmans
Maisie Ganzler // Bon Appetit Management Company
PK Newby // Science Advisory Board at Virgin Pulse; Nutritional Scientist; Teacher at Boston University and Harvard University
And, follow the conversation on Twitter; we're continuing to build on the panel last November and telling a great story about food system innovation: #innovatefoodSMG
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The Path towards a Net Zero Cambridge
Wednesday, April 8
6:00PM- 8:30PM
Cambridge City Hall, Sullivan Chamber, 795 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Join us for a public forum on The Path towards a Net Zero Cambridge featuring the Net Zero Task Force and a presentation of their 25-year action plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from building operations citywide! The purpose of this forum is for Task Force members to present their recommendations to the public followed by a question and comment session. This is an opportunity for the City to solicit public input and support on the Task Force’s recommendations as well as receive feedback on issues of concern. To check out the draft net zero action plan click on the link below.
Net Zero Task Force webpage at http://www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/Projects/Climate/netzerotaskforce.aspx
Questions? Contact Ellen Kokinda ekokinda at cambridgema.gov or 617-349-4618
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Mass Innovation Nights 73 – Our Six Year Anniversary
Wednesday, April 8
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Locations:
Cambridge Innovation Center: One Broadway, 5th Floor (follow the signs)
NGIN Workplace: 210 Broadway, 2nd Floor
Danger!Awesome: 10 Prospect Street
WorkBar Cambridge: 45 Prospect Street
RSVP at http://mass.innovationnights.com/node/add/rsvp
Do you like crazy? Do you like celebrations? Do you like innovation? You will not want to miss THE craziest Mass Innovation Nights EVER! We are taking over Cambridge, the vibrating heart of East Coast innovation. We have four, yes, four locations for our April 8th MIN #73. Special guest hosts, new products and some of our favorite alumni will all contribute to making it a very SPECIAL night! Be sure to join us April 8th 6pm to 8:30pm. Pick the location closest to you — NGIN, the Cambridge Innovation Center (One Broadway), Workbar & Danger!Awesome – you’ll be able to move between them and see what’s happening at the other locations too. RSVP once for entry into all four!
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The Furniture Trust Fifth Annual Eco-Carpentry Challenge
Wednesday, April 8
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)
District Hall, 75 Northern Avenue, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-furniture-trust-fifth-annual-eco-carpentry-challenge-tickets-15979281461
As The Furniture Trust's annual signature event, the 2015 Eco-Carpentry Challenge Showcase will take place on April 8, 2015 in Boston, MA. Increasingly successful every year, The Eco-Carpentry Challenge promotes resourcefulness and recycling and provides an opportunity for students to develop their creative carpentry skills while demonstrating their commitment to recycling by creating new products from used office furniture.
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Lentil Underground: Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in America
Wednesday, April 8
6:30–8 pm
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lentil-underground-renegade-farmers-and-the-future-of-food-in-america-tickets-15224213031
A protégé of Michael Pollan tells the remarkable story of an unheralded group of Montana farmers who have defied corporate agribusiness by launching a unique sustainable food movement. Join Dr. Liz Carlisle ’06, the author of the new book Lentil Underground, and main character David Oien, Founding Farmer of Timeless Seeds, for an interactive talk on climate change and agriculture, and lentil tasting. Signed books will be available at the event.
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InFORMing Justice
WHEN Wed., Apr. 8, 2015, 6:30 – 9 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street, Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Education, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Joint Center for Housing Studies, GSD African American Student Union, GSD Loeb Fellowship Program
SPEAKER(S) Michael Hays, Kimbely Dowdell, Theresa Hwang, and Seitu Jones
COST Free and open to the public
DETAILS
Join us for a dialogue, sponsored by The Loeb Fellowship, GSD African American Student Union, and the Joint Center for Housing Studies, among leading design and planning professionals about the role of urban form and design in social justice and equity. In the wake of events in Ferguson, Staten Island, and elsewhere, inFORMing Justice will directly explore the power of urban form and responsibilities of design professionals in the creation of more just communities. The panel will also be followed by an ideation session where participants will collaborate on effective design responses to racial injustice and concentrated poverty.
LINK http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/event/informing-justice-conversation-about-role-design-building-equitable-communities
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The Health of Democracy: Voter Suppression and Disenfranchisement
Wednesday, April 8
7 pm
First Parish (UU), 1446 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Political scientist Erin O’Brien explores current efforts to restrict access to the ballot, through both legislative and judicial changes in states across the nation. Journalist Phillip Martin responds with examples from the Civil Rights Movement of citizen actions, including civil disobedience, that opened ballot access to previously disenfranchised African Americans. How can citizens respond when the ideals of democracy come into conflict with the policies of government?
More information at http://www.cambridgeforum.org
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Science by the Pint: Gravitational Waves
Wednesday, April 8
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (EDT)
Aeronaut Brewing Company, 14 Tyler Street, Somerville
MIT Professor Scott Hughes and his group from the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research will be settling in at Aeronaut Brewing Company to discuss the phenomenon of gravitational waves, how they arise from the movements of supermassive objects, and the great lengths at which physicists go to detect them. Come grab a seat and a beer, and if you’re lucky, someone will explain the plot of Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar to you.
Organized in collaboration with Science in the News. For more details, visit sitn.hms.harvard.edu/science-by-the-pint.
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Thursday, April 9
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Climate Science Breakfast: “Coupled Feedbacks in the Climate Structure That Set the Time Scale for Irreversible Change: Arctic Isotopes to Stratospheric Radicals"
Thursday, April 9
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
Harvard, HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street 3rd Floor, Cambridge
with James Anderson, Philip S. Weld Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, Harvard University
James G. Anderson was born in Spokane, Washington. He earned his B.S. in Physics from the University of Washington and his PhD in Physics and Astrogeophysics from the University of Colorado. He joined the faculty of Harvard University in 1978 as the Robert P. Burden Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry; in 1982 he was appointed the Philip S. Weld Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry. Anderson served as Chairman of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology from July 1998 through June 2001. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a frequent contributor to National Research Council Reports. He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship; the E.O. Lawrence Award in Environmental Science and Technology; the American Chemical Society’s Gustavus John Esselen Award for Chemistry in the Public Interest; and the University of Washington’s Arts and Sciences Distinguished Alumnus Achievement Award. In addition, he received the United Nations Vienna Convention Award for Protection of the Ozone Layer in 2005; The United Nations Earth Day International Award; Harvard University’s Ledlie Prize for Most Valuable Contribution to Science by a Member of the Faculty; and the American Chemical Society’s National Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology.
The Anderson research group addresses three domains in the physical sciences: (1) chemical reactivity viewed from the microscopic perspective of electron structure, molecular orbitals and reactivities of radical-radical and radical-molecule systems; (2) chemical catalysis sustained by free radical chain reactions that dictate the macroscopic rate of chemical transformation in Earth’s stratosphere and troposphere; and (3) mechanistic links between chemistry, radiation, and dynamics in the atmosphere that control climate.
This event is part of Harvard University's Climate Week: http://www.harvard-climate-week.com/events
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9th Annual Babson Energy and Environmental Conference
Thursday, April 9
all day
Babson College, Sorenson Theater, 19 Babson College Drive, Wellesley
Babson College and the Babson Energy & Environmental Club are excited to be hosting the 9th Annual Babson Energy & Environmental Conference. This year's theme is "Harnessing Entrepreneurial Energy" which focuses on how businesses are leveraging entrepreneurship to solve challenging energy/environmental issues. Amory Lovins, Chairman, Chief Scientist, and Chairman Emeritus of the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), is the opening keynote; and the closing keynote will be delivered by George Bachrach, President of the Environmental League of Massachusetts. Topics include transportation, energy, urban planning, environmental entrepreneurship and more.
http://babsonenergy.com/2015conference/
Contact Name: Lauren DiPerna
ldiperna1 at babson.edu
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RISE:2015
Thursday, April 9
10:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EDT)
Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Cabot Physical Education Center, Boston
Awards Reception
3:00-5:00
Raytheon Amphitheater
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rise2015-registration-15334809829
Each year, in an effort to support Northeastern University’s commitment to use-inspired research and solution focused innovation, hundreds of students and faculty members embark on an exciting opportunity to showcase the research and innovative thinking of the Northeastern community at the Research, Innovation, and Scholarship Expo (RISE). This exhibit is a large sample of the breadth and depth of innovative thinking at Northeastern University as well as a celebration of scholarly research and fundamental discoveries that can be translated into real-world applications. Since its inception in 2012, RISE continues to break records and attract unprecedented visibility for the University’s innovation community.
Continue to experience RISE at the Reach Awards Reception where you can further network with presenters, judges and attendees while enjoying the notorious RISE dessert bar! The Reception continues with the presentation of the Outstanding Student Research Awards as well as the RISE Awards for Research, Innovation, Scholarship and Entrepreneurship.
Visit the RISE Website at http://www.northeastern.edu/rise/
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Lessons From the Financial Crisis
Thursday, April 9
11:45-1
Harvard, Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer Building), 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
Lewis B. Kaden, M-RCBG senior fellow, Former Vice Chairman, Citigroup
Regulatory Policy Program Seminar
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The future of agriculture: ecology, biotechnology and sustainability
Thursday, April 9
12:00-1:00pm
Tufts, Lincoln Filene Center, Rabb Room, 10 Upper Campus Road, Medford
John Pickett, Scientific Leader of Chemical Ecology, Rothamsted Research
Professor John A. Pickett is a world authority on semiochemicals in insect behavior and plant defense, and plays a leading role in the move away from the traditional use of wide-spectrum pesticides to more precise control through compounds targeted against specific pests at crucial stages in their life cycles. His work centers on the chemical ecology of interactions between insects, between insects and their plant or animal hosts, and between plants. John Pickett's contributions to the field of chemical ecology have been acknowledged with numerous awards including the Rank Prize for Nutrition and Crop Husbandry, election to Fellowship of the Royal Society, International Society of Chemical Ecology Medal, the prestigious Wolf Foundation Prize in Agriculture and the Millennium Award among many other international measures of esteem. He is also a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences and he has over 450 publications and patents.
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"Making Conflict Work": A Book Talk with Peter Coleman
WHEN Thu., Apr. 9, 2015, 12 – 1:15 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Law School Campus, Hauser 102, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Law, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
SPEAKER(S) Peter Coleman
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO bhankes at law.harvard.edu
DETAILS Peter Coleman, Professor of Psychology and Education at Columbia University, will speak about his new book - "Making Conflict Work: Harnessing the Power of Disagreement." He will describe strategies and tactics for increasing Conflict Intelligence, and finding greater success and satisfaction at work.
LINK http://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/making-conflict-work-a-book-talk-with-dr-peter-coleman/
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"Climate Change and Human Health: Impacts and Opportunities"
Thursday, April 9
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
Harvard Medical University Longwood Campus, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston
with Joel Schwartz, Professor of Environmental Epidemiology and Sam Myers, Senior Research Scientist, Dept. of Environmental Health.
Joel Schwartz is a Professor of Environmental Epidemiology in the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Department of Environmental Health and Department of Epidemiology. He is interested in epidemiology looking at the health consequences of exposure to pollutants. To date this has had two focuses: health effects of lead and health effects of air pollutants. He has recently begun work looking at water contamination. He also researches the effects of antioxidants on respiratory health and the use of cost benefit analysis to make environmental decisions.
Sam Myers is a Senior Research Scientist in the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Department of Environmental Health; an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School; and Staff Physician at Mount Auburn Hospital. Dr. Myers focuses his work at the intersection of human health and global environmental change. Dr. Myers worked for two years as the founding Field Manager of an integrated conservation and human health project in the Qomolangma Nature Preserve in Tibet. He then worked in the Global Health Bureau of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as an AAAS fellow where he designed a new mechanism for administering and studying projects that integrate human health, population growth, and environmental change in developing countries. After two years as an AAAS fellow, Dr. Myers was hired by Conservation International as a Senior Director to run the Healthy Communities Initiative, a $5 million project to design and implement integrated conservation and human health activities in biodiversity hotspot regions around the world.
After finishing a clinical research fellowship in general medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Dr. Myers began a research career focused on quantifying the human health impacts of large scale, anthropogenic environmental change. He is currently the principle investigator on three transdisciplinary research projects that include: 1) quantifying the impact of rising concentrations of atmospheric CO2 on the nutrient content of crops and the impacts of these changes on the distribution of deficiencies of micronutrients like iron and zinc for the national populations of 182 countries; 2) quantifying the importance of access to terrestrial and marine wildlife species as a source of macro and micronutrients in the diets of subsistence populations; and 3) quantifying the human health impacts of landscape fires in SE Asia and developing new tools that allow fine-grained modeling of the specific morbidity and mortality for a particular population attributable to specific land use types and geographic locations.
This event is part of Harvard University's Climate Week: http://www.harvard-climate-week.com/events
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Civil-Military Cooperation in Stabilization Operations: The Case of Afghanistan
WHEN Thu., Apr. 9, 2015, 12:30 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Room K262, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
SPEAKER(S) Yin He, WCFIA Fellow; associate professor, China Peacekeeping Police Training Center, China
Thomas O’Steen, WCFIA Fellow; colonel, United States Army
Oliver Owcza, WCFIA Fellow; diplomat, Federal Foreign Office, Germany
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Climate Week: “A Conversation on Campus Sustainability with Arlene Blum and Heather Henriksen”
Thursday, April 9
3:00PM
Harvard, William James Hall, Room 105, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge
This event is free and open to members of the Harvard community. RSVP at: https://harvardofs.wufoo.com/forms/zoiqb6g1qn8tc5/
The Office for Sustainability presents: “A Conversation on Campus Sustainability with Arlene Blum and Heather Henriksen”
You are invited to join the Office for Sustainability for an afternoon discussion over tea and cookies about Harvard's efforts to build a healthier, more sustainable campus.
Scientist and public health advocate Arlene Blum will join Office for Sustainability Director Heather Henriksen to speak with students and staff about the centerpiece of Harvard’s sustainability efforts — a science-based goal to curb emissions 30% by 2016 — as well as the university’s emerging focus on human health and well-being as a critical component of sustainable development.
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/climateweek
This event is sponsored by Harvard’s Office for Sustainability (OFS).
Contact Name: Lisa Matthews
matthew at fas.harvard.edu
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Should MIT Divest? A Debate on Fossil Fuel Investment
Thursday, April 9
4:30p–6:00p
W16, Kresge Auditorium, 84 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Join this event of the MIT Climate Change Conversation to learn about different facets of divestment from fossil fuel companies and explore whether MIT should divest its endowment as part of its response to climate change. The discussion will provide a nuanced view of the relevant issues being widely contested on university campuses, and in particular at MIT. This is an unprecedented opportunity for the MIT community to hear a diversity of expert perspectives, to have questions answered, and to deepen our understanding of the opportunities, drawbacks, and alternatives to fossil fuel divestment and of how universities can address global warming. Reception with food to follow this event.
Moderator: Tony Cortese, Intentional Endowments Network
Debating for fossil fuel divestment:
Naomi Oreskes, Professor of History of Science, Harvard University
Don Gould, Trustee Pitzer College & CIO Gould Asset Management
John Sterman, Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management
Debating against fossil fuel divestment:
Brad Hager, Professor, Director of the MIT Earth Resources Laboratory
Frank Wolak, Professor of Economics, Stanford University
Timothy Smith, Director of ESG Engagement, Walden Asset Management
This is an event for the MIT community. To participate: Email your questions for panelists prior to the event to climatechange at mit.edu, and bring a mobile device to participate virtually during the debate. The event will also be webcast at climatechange.edu/events.
MIT Climate Change Conversation Spring Event Series
Web site: climatechange.mit.edu/events
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Climate Change Conversation, MIT Office of Sustainability
For more information, contact: Sarah Brylinsky
+1.617.324.6059
climatechange at mit.edu
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Ideation Session: Digital Retail Future
Thursday, April 9
4:30 PM to 6:00 PM (EDT)
Venture Cafe, CIC 5th Floor, One Broadway, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ideation-session-digital-retail-future-tickets-16239234989
What do you think the future of Retail will look like in 1 year...3 years....5 years? If you have a point of view on this, Staples would like to invite you to an ideation session followed by a networking event and pitch session (see below for contact info for pitch ideas). During the ideation session we will engage with you to learn your perspectives on emerging and future “Omni channel & Mobile engagement trends”.
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"Re-calling the Modem World: The Dial-up History of Social Media"
Thursday, April 9
5:00p–7:00p
MIT, Building 4-231, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Kevin Driscoll
For fifteen years before the graphical Web, thousands of personal computer owners encountered the pleasures, promises, and challenges of online community through networks of dial-up bulletin-board systems (BBS). While prevailing histories of the early internet tend to focus on state-sponsored experiments such as ARPANET, the history of bulletin-board systems reveals the popular origins of computer-mediated social life. From chatting and flirting to shopping and multiplayer games, it was on these locally-run systems that early modem users grappled with questions of trust, identity, anonymity, and sexuality. In this talk, Kevin Driscoll will map out the generative conditions that gave rise to amateur computer networking at the end of the 1970s and trace the diffusion of BBSing across diverse cultural and geographic terrain during the 1980s. This history provides lived examples of systems operated under vastly different social, technical, and political-economic conditions than the centralized platforms we inhabit today. Indeed, remembering the grassroots past of today's internet creates new opportunities to imagine a more just, democratic tomorrow.
Kevin Driscoll (Ph.D., University of Southern California; S.M., MIT Comparative Media Studies) is a postdoctoral researcher at Microsoft Research. His research concerns the popular and political cultures of networked personal computing with special attention to myths about internet history.
Web site: http://cmsw.mit.edu/event/kevin-driscoll-dial-up-history-of-social-media/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing
For more information, contact: Andrew Whitacre
617-324-0490
cmsw at mit.edu
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From Silent Spring to Silent Night: A Tale of Toads and Men
WHEN Thu., Apr. 9, 2015, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Law School, Milstein East C, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Ethics, Health Sciences, Law, Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
SPEAKER(S) Tyrone Hayes, professor of integrative biology, University of California Berkeley
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO katy at ethics.harvard.edu
DETAILS In addition to describing the effects of atrazine on reproductive development and function and the impacts on wildlife, Professor Hayes will discuss the manufacturer's repeated attempts to discredit his work, their personal attacks, and the EPA's role in keeping the herbicide on the market.
LINK http://ethics.harvard.edu/event/lecture-tyrone-hayes
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6th Annual Challenge for Sustainability Awards
Thursday, April 9
5:30 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)
W Hotel Boston, 100 Stuart Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/6th-annual-challenge-for-sustainability-awards-registration-16183879419
Join A Better City for a celebratory evening to recognize the annual and overall participant achievements in the Challenge for Sustainability!
The stakes are raised for the 6th Annual Awards with the addition of 2 new award divisions. The evening's presentation will feature guest speaker, Alicia Barton, Chief Executive Officer of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.
Hosted in the W Hotel's Main Dining Lounge, attendees will enjoy complimentary appetizers and drinks throughout the event.
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Evolution Matters Lecture Series: Evolution in a Vortex - Fish Diversity in the Lower Congo Area
WHEN Thu., Apr. 9, 2015, 6 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, Harvard Museum of Natural History
SPEAKER(S) Melanie L. J. Stiassny, Axelrod Research Curator of Fishes, American Museum of Natural History
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO 617-495-3045, hmnh at hmnh.harvard.edu
DETAILS Some of the most spectacular cataracts, falls, and gorges on Earth are found in the lower Congo River, in the heart of central Africa, near the twin Congolese capitals of Kinshasa and Brazzaville. This stretch of the river is also home to over 300 different species of fish, many with unique adaptations – including bizarre morphologies – that enable them to survive in an environment with intense rapids. Based on her many years collecting, documenting, and studying the fish in the lower Congo River, Melanie Stiassny, Axelrod Research Curator of Fishes, American Museum of Natural History, will discuss the river’s unique hydrological and geographical characteristics and their role in driving the evolution and diversification of its exceptional fish fauna.
Free event parking at 52 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA
Presented by Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, Harvard Museum of Natural History
Series supported by a generous gift from Herman and Joan Suit
LINK http://hmnh.harvard.edu/event/evolution-matters-lecture-series-evolution-vortex-–-fish-diversity-lower-congo-river
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Interagency Coordination and Unified Command During a Domestic Emergency: A Panel Discussion
Thursday, April 9
6:00 PM
Harvard Kennedy School, Starr Auditorium, Belfer Building, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
General Frank Grass, Chief, National Guard Bureau
Admiral Paul Zukunft, Commandant, United States Coast Guard
Lt. General Michal Dubie, Deputy Commander, United States Northern Command, and Vice Commander, United States Element, North American Aerospace Defense Command
Juliette Kayyem (moderator),Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School; Former Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Co-sponsored by the Program on Crisis Leadership (Ash and Taubman Centers) and Executive Education, Harvard Kennedy School.
Contact david_giles at hks.harvard.edu with questions about this event.
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Science & Innovation Diplomacy
Thursday April 9
6:00-7:30pm
MIT, Building 54-100 (the Green Building, the tallest on campus), Cambridge
RSVP at starrforum at mit.edu
Webcast at http://webcast.amps.ms.mit.edu/spr2015/Starr_Forum/09apr/
Opening remarks by Fiona Murray, William Porter Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship.
Speakers include Phil Budden, Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan;
Nina Federoff, Evan Pugh Professor at Pennsylvania State University and former Science and Technology Advisor to the US Secretary of State;
Kenneth Oye, professor of MIT Political Science and Engineering Systems.
Panel moderated by Calestous Juma, Dr. Martin Luther Kind Jr. visiting professor at MIT and Professor of Practice of International Development at Harvard Kennedy School.
Resources
Davis, L.S. and Robert G. Patman, R.G. eds., Science Diplomacy: New Day or False Dawn? (Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 2015).
Sandre, A., Digital Diplomacy: Conversations on Innovation in Foreign Policy (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015).
Nickles, D.P., Under the Wire: How the Telegraph Changed Diplomacy (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003).
Science & Diplomacy: A Quarterly Publication of the AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy
The event is organized by the Center for International Studies and the Department of Urban Studies and Planning
and the MIT Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Visiting Professors and Scholars Program.
Starr Forums are free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
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2015 FREEMAN LECTURE: Shale Gas Development: A Big Environmental Experiment?
Thursday, April 9
6:00p–8:00p
MIT, Building E51, Wong Auditorium, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Speaker: John Cherry Distinguished Emeritus Professor, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
Hydraulic fracturing ('fracking') for shale gas/ shale oil has grown rapidly in the past dozen years in the United States and Western Canada.
With emphasis on groundwater issues, this talk examines the nature of the shale gas debate and the claim that shale gas is an environmental experiment. Examination of 'evidence' includes expert panel reports from governments in USA, Canada, Europe and Australia and published 'literature' ranging from propaganda, junk science, unreproducible science, immature science and how science matures.
Reception: 6 p.m. & Lecture: 7 p.m.
Admission: Free
See the full abstract on http://cee.mit.edu/system/files/Freeman-2015-lecture_John-Cherry.pdf
The John R. Freeman Lecture is co-sponsored by the Environmental and Water Resources Group of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section (BSCES), the ASCE, and the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Web site: http://cee.mit.edu/annual-freeman-lecture
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Civil and Environmental Engineering, BSCES Environmental and Water Resources Group
For more information, contact: E Eric Adams
617 253-6595
eeadams at mit.edu
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Future Food: Eco-friendly GMOs
Thursday, April 9
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Tufts, Eaton 201, 5 The Green, Medford
This is a university-wide public event in collaboration with Community health and International Relations and with the support of the Office of the Provost. As a part of health week, “Future Food: Eco-friendly GMOs” will be presented by distinguished professor and Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences, John A. Pickett from the prestigious Rothamsted Research Institution in the UK.
Professor Pickett will present on the controversial topic of genetically modified crops as a tool to increase sustainability in our food production systems by moving away from the traditional use of wide-spectrum pesticides to more precise control through compounds targeted against specific pests. He conducted pioneering work in wheat, creating plants that emit odors that repel target pests and attract heir predators (see featured article here). After his lecture, there will be a one-on-one conversation between Prof Pickett and Prof Tim Griffin from the Friedman School of Nutrition.
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BASEA Forum: Cape Wind
Thursday, April 9
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
featuring Craig Altemose, Executive Director of Better Future Project
Tweet to support Cape Wind: https://clicktotweet.com/IYrV2
http://www.basea.org
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Confronting Violence Conference: Arts Performance and Discussion About Hip-Hop
WHEN Thu., Apr. 9, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
WHERE Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Conferences, Humanities, Lecture, Music, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
SPEAKER(S) The Confronting Violence conference program begins with an artistic event and discussion that features hip-hop music on the evening of Thursday, April 9, 2015.
Moderator: Marcyliena Morgan, professor of African and African American studies and executive director of the HipHop Archive, Harvard University
Toni Blackman, rapper, poet, and activist; founder and director of Freestyle Union
Byron Hurt, documentary filmmaker (Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes), author, and antisexism activist; founding member, Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) program
Jay Smooth, video and multimedia producer; founder of New York’s longest running hip-hop radio show, WBAI’s Underground Railroad
COST Free and open to the public; registration required
TICKET WEB LINK http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2015-confronting-violence-conference
LINK http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2015-confronting-violence-conference
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Friday, April 10
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Design + Social Change: A Showcase of Thought and Practice
Friday, April 10
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EDT)
Northeastern University, 306 Huntington Avenue, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/design-social-change-a-showcase-of-thought-and-practice-tickets-16202352673
Join us for the 2015 Social Impact Conference, hosted by the Social Impact Lab at Northeastern University! Northeastern faculty, staff, students, and community partners are advancing innovative approaches to social change in local neighborhoods and around the globe. Working across disciplines, we might not use the same language to describe our social change toolkits, but we share many values and practices, including respectful, inclusive, and iterative design practices that put human beings at the center of our efforts.
Through conversations, workshops, and hands-on activities, Design + Social Change will give campus members and the public an opportunity to experience the innovative edge of social change thought and practice at Northeastern University.
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Climate Science Breakfast: "Jet Stream Variability and Climate"
Friday, April 10
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
Harvard, HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street 3rd Floor, Cambridge
with Zhiming Kuang, Gordon McKay Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Science, Harvard University
The main goal of Professor Kuang's current research is to better understand and simulate how tropical convection interacts with the large-scale flow. This interaction is key to the tropical circulation, particularly the rainfall distribution and its variability. These issues are important to society. Variations in the Asian monsoon rain, for example, can bring droughts or floods and affect the lives of billions of people. Despite its well appreciated importance, our understanding of how tropical convection interacts with the large-scale flow remains poor, so does our ability to simulate this interaction. In his research, he uses novel high resolution numerical model experiments, together with observational data analysis, to guide development of theoretical models. Besides the meteorological implications of tropical convection, his group is also interested in its role in global chemistry.
This event is part of Harvard University's Climate Week: http://www.harvard-climate-week.com/events
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Confronting Violence: Panels and Discussions
WHEN Fri., Apr. 10, 2015, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
WHERE Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Conferences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
SPEAKER(S) Flavia Agnes, Indian legal scholar, author, women’s rights activist, and lawyer
Laura Bates, founder, Everyday Sexism Project
Alexandra Brodsky, cofounder, Know Your IX
Mitchell Garabedian, principal attorney, Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian
Major General Gina M. Grosso, director of the Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR), Office of the Vice Chief of Staff, Headquarters US Air Force, Washington, D.C.
Hauwa Ibrahim RI ’09, senior partner, Aries Law Firm (Nigeria)
Jackson Katz, author, filmmaker, and cofounder of the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Program
Alice Marwick, assistant professor, Department of Communication and Media Studies, Fordham University, and academic affiliate at the Center on Law and Information Policy (CLIP), Fordham Law School
Zerlina Maxwell, Political Analyst, Speaker, and Contributing Writer for Essence Magazine and Mic.com
Janet Rich-Edwards, Codirector of the Science Program, Academic Ventures at the Radcliffe Institute, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Irene Santiago, Chair Emerita and CEO, Mindanao Commission on Women (Philippines)
COST Free and open to the public; registration required
TICKET WEB LINK http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2015-confronting-violence-conference
DETAILS Confronting Violence” will explore how activism and cultural change can affect public policy and reduce violence.
On Friday policy makers, journalists, culture critics, digital media experts, activists, military leaders, victim advocates, attorneys, and academics will explore entrenched challenges, identify successful models of activism, and illuminate ways to confront—and overcome—violence.
LINK http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2015-confronting-violence-conference
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Wearables, Innovation, and Healthcare Innovation
Friday, April 10
11:00a–12:00p
MIT, Building E51, Wong Auditorium, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Todd P. Coleman, M.S., Ph.D., MIT; Associate Professor of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego; Director, Neural Interaction Laboratory; and Codirector, Center for Perinatal Health
In this presentation, MIT alumnus Todd P. Coleman (M.S. and Ph.D., MIT) will discuss the complex challenges involved in developing and implementing a suite of tools that transforms "big data" into "small, relevant" data to aid decision-making in perinatal health and chronic disease management. He will:
Describe how flexible, multimodal electronics can be combined with physiologically guided analytics algorithms to provide vulnerability profiles that can be efficiently implemented in the cloud;
Explain how this suite of human-computer interface applications blurs the line between man and machine, while enabling humans and computers to play to their individual strengths;
Offer thoughts on the challenges of interdisciplinary research, using examples involving professionals from electrical engineering, medicine, management, and design; and
Discuss the socio-political and legal implications of this work and how they can be addressed.
A Q&A will follow the presentation in a separate room and lunch will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. We invite you to join us!
MIT SDM Speaker Series
Web site: http://sdm.mit.edu/news/news_articles/speaker-series-041015/systems-based-approach-healthcare-innivation-multimodal-sensors.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free and open to all
Tickets: None required
Sponsor(s): Engineering Systems Division, MIT System Design & Management
For more information, contact: Lois Slavin
617.253.0812
lslavin at mit.edu
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IACS Seminar: Big Data, Geospatial Computing, and My 2 Cents in an Open Data Economy
Friday, April 10
12–1 pm
Harvard, Maxwell Dworkin G115, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge
In this rapidly urbanizing world, unprecedented rate of population growth is not only mirrored by increasing demand for energy, food, water, and other natural resources, but has detrimental impacts on environmental and human security. Much of our scientific and technological focus has been to ensure a sustainable future with healthy people living on a healthy planet where energy, environment, and mobility interests are simultaneously optimized. Current geoanalytics are limited in dealing with temporal dynamics that describe observed and/or predicted behaviors of entities i.e. physical and socioeconomic processes. With increasing temporal resolution of geographic data, there is a compelling motivation to couple the powerful modeling and analytical capability of a GIS to perform spatial-temporal analysis and visualization on dynamic data streams. However, the challenge in processing large volumes of high-resolution earth observation and simulation data by traditional GIS has been compounded by the drive towards real-time applications and decision support. The ability to observe and measure through direct instrumentation of our environment and infrastructures, from buildings to planet scale, coupled with explosion of data from citizen sensors, brings much promise for capturing the social/behavioral dimension. Additionally, it provides a unique opportunity to manage and increase efficiencies of existing built environments as well as design a more sustainable future. This presentation will explore the intriguing developments in the world of Big Data, geospatial computing, and plausible ways citizens can all become part of the open data economy for advancing science and society.
This talk is also part of the Geography Colloquium hosted at the Center for Geographic Analysis.
Free and open to the public; no registration required. Lunch will be provided.
More at: http://www.seas.harvard.edu/calendar/event/81906
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Creative Construction from the Bottom of the Pyramid: Grassroots Innovators, Bricoleurs, and Social Entrepreneurs in India
WHEN Fri., Apr. 10, 2015, 12:15 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, S153, 1st Floor, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Asia Center & the South Asia Institute
SPEAKER(S) Professor Soumodip Sarkar, Department of Management, University of Évora, Portugal
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Climate Week: "Corporations and Climate Change: A Conversation with Unilever CEO Paul Polman"
WHEN Fri., Apr. 10, 2015, 1:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Business School, Spangler Auditorium, Spangler Center, 117 Western Avenue, Allston
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Environmental Sciences, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard University Center for the Environment, Harvard Business School
SPEAKER(S) Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever
CONTACT INFO Lisa Matthews, matthew at fas.harvard.edu
DETAILS Paul Polman has been Chief Executive Officer at Unilever since 1st January 2009. Under his leadership Unilever has set out an ambitious vision to double its size while reducing its overall environmental footprint and increasing its positive social impact. Paul is Chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, a member of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum and serves on the Board of the UN Global Compact. He is also on the Board of the Global Consumer Goods Forum. At the invitation of the UN Secretary General, he recently served on the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons looking at the Post 2015 Development Agenda and previously acted as co-chairman of the B20 group of companies reporting to the G20 on Food Security. He is a member of the European Resource Efficiency Platform chaired by Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik, and recently served at the invitation of former Mexican President, Felipe Calderon, on the International Council of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate. By invitation of the Prime Minister he is currently a UK Business Ambassador.
LINK www.harvard-climate-week.com
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"Hope in the Hinterland: Alternative Modernities and the Anthropocene"
Friday, April 10
2:30p–4:30p
MIT, Building E51-095, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Juia Adeney Thomas, Associate Professor of History, Notre Dame University
Seminar on Environmental and Agricultural History
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): History Office
For more information, contact: Margo Collett
253-4965
history-info at mit.edu
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A Conversation and Demonstration with the Vijay Iyer Trio
WHEN Fri., Apr. 10, 2015, 3 – 4:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Holden Chapel, Harvard Yard, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Classes/Workshops, Lecture, Music
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Office for the Arts at Harvard
SPEAKER(S) Professor Vijay Iyer
COST Free, tickets/RSVPs not required; seating first-come, first-served, subject to venue capacity.
CONTACT INFO 617.495.8676
DETAILS Proclaimed by Jazzwise (UK) as “[having] the potential to alter the scope, ambition and language of jazz piano forever,” the Vijay Iyer Trio—featuring Vijay Iyer (piano), Marcus Gilmore (drums) and Stephan Crump (bass)—will discuss their creative process and provide musical demonstration. Co-sponsored by Harvard University’s Department of Music.
The Vijay Iyer Trio made its name with two tremendously acclaimed and influential albums, “Accelerando” (2012) and “Historicity” (2009). “Accelerando” was voted #1 Jazz Album of the Year for 2012 in three separate critics polls surveying hundreds of critics worldwide, hosted by DownBeat, Jazz Times, and Rhapsody, respectively, and also was chosen as jazz album of the year by NPR, the Los Angeles Times, PopMatters, and Amazon.com. Vijay Iyer received an unprecedented “quintuple crown” in the 2012 DownBeat International Critics Poll, winning Jazz Artist of the Year, Pianist of the Year, Jazz Album of the Year, Jazz Group of the Year, and Rising Star Composer categories; a “quadruple crown” in the JazzTimes extended critics poll, winning Artist of the Year, Acoustic/Mainstream Group of the Year, Pianist of the Year, and Album of the Year); the 2012 and 2013 Pianist of the Year Awards and the 2010 Musician of the Year Award from the Jazz Journalists Association, and the 2013 ECHO Award (the “German Grammy”) for best international pianist. “Historicity” was a 2010 Grammy Nominee for Best Instrumental Jazz Album, and was named #1 Jazz Album of 2009 in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Detroit Metro Times, National Public Radio, PopMatters.com, the Village Voice Jazz Critics Poll, and the Downbeat International Critics Poll, and the trio won the 2010 ECHO Award for best international ensemble.
LINK http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/lfp/details.php?ID=45330
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MIT IDEAS Global Challenge: Innovation Showcase
Friday, April 10
6:30-8:30pm
MIT, Building 32, Stata Center, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Each year we host an Innovation Showcase for this year's participating teams to share their work with the MIT community and the greater Boston area. Come join us to meet the teams, celebrate their work, check out the prototypes and hear what this year's teams are working towards.
It's one of the best chances to hear 35+ ideas that have the potential to make substantial impact around the world. We'll have light snacks to enjoy as you peruse, discover and learn. Get started meeting the teams online - and in beforehand, you can place three votes to help three teams win $1500 to support the realization of their ideas.
Who: All are welcome; spread the word!
We'll announce the winners at the 2015 Awards Celebration on April 16. More information here: http://globalchallenge.mit.edu/events/view/387
Email: globalchallenge at mit.edu
Website: http://globalchallenge.mit.edu/events/view/386
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2015 Boston Cleanweb Hackathon
Friday, April 10, 2015 at 7:00 PM - Sunday, April 12, 2015 at 10:00 PM (EDT)
WeWork South Station, 745 Atlantic Avenue, Boston
Join MassCEC for the 4th Annual Boston Cleanweb Hackathon!
A two-day technology competition that brings together students, programmers, software developers, entrepreneurs, energy experts and thought leaders
Create a new user-friendly web or mobile application to help consumers and businesses use energy and natural resources more efficiently
Form a team before or onsite for the 30 hour competition
Compete and your team could win thousands of dollars in cash prizes!
Check out the hackathon challenge post website at http://cleanwebbos15.challengepost.com
The site will host the hackathon rules, judge list and judging criteria, discussion boards, and provide a place for registrants to see who the other participants are and do some team formation.
About the Hackathon:
Hosted by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center in partnership with Greentown Labs, the Boston Cleanweb Hackathon is a weekend-long technology challenge to create user-friendly web and mobile applications designed to help consumers and businesses use energy and natural resources more efficiently. Teams will compete for cash prizes.
For the past three years, the annual Boston Cleanweb Hackathon has spun out successful businesses including past winners Somerville-based Crowd Comfort and Beverly-based Water Hero.
Event Format:
The event begins on Friday evening with a team formation mixer and challenge presentations by event organizers. Starting Saturday morning, participants are given 30 hours to form teams and create an application that addresses energy, waste, water, transportation, food or other energy and sustainability issues using web, data analytics, and mobile technologies. On Sunday afternoon, winning teams are selected by a panel of judges drawn from industry experts, the regional business community and government leaders, and the Hackathon culminates with an award ceremony.
Cleanweb Challenge Opportunites:
This year there is a new element to the Hackathon that will incorporate feedback from the global business community and local, state and regional governments. Participants will receive a complied list of critical needs and challenges facing these groups to give teams a jump start on idea generation. Please contact MassCEC for more details.
Contact Us
To discuss sponsorship opportunities or for more information please contact Tom Reid - (617) 315-9316 / treid at masscec.com or Maeghan Lefebvre - (617) 315 9366 / mlefebvre at masscec.com. For information regarding media outreach and relations contact Matt Kakley at (617) 315-9339 / mkakley at masscec.com.
Schedule:
Friday, April 10th
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM | Hackathon Kickoff Mixer
Saturday, April 11th
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM | Breakfast & Registration
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Hacking begins! Ideation Session & Intro to Datasets
9:00 PM | WeWork closes for the day - rest up and come back ready to hack on Sunday!
Sunday, April 12th
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM | Race to the finish! Submissions are due by 2:00 PM sharp.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Pitches
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Judge Deliberations & Awards Ceremony
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The Future of Food and Nutrition
Saturday, April 11
The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston
RSVP at https://secure.touchnet.net/C21525_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=103
Cost: $15 - $25
This student-run conference is a unique opportunity for graduate studentsinterested in food and nutrition to present their own original research or learn from their peers conducting research in fields that interest them.
Now in its 9th year, the conference attracts more than 200 attendees from over 30 different institutions across a wide range of fields including sustainable agriculture, nutritional epidemiology, food policy, public health nutrition and more!
If you have not done so already, we would appreciate if you could forward this information along to any students or colleagues who may be interested in either attending or presenting at this year's conference.
As a presenter or attendee, students will gain valuable professional experience presenting and discussing novel, multidisciplinary research and will also have the opportunity to network with fellow students and future colleagues.
Relevant research includes projects conducted as part of course work, thesis work, internships, capstone papers, or directed studies.
More information at http://studentconference.nutrition.tufts.edu
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MIT Scaling Development Ventures Conference 2015
Saturday, April 11
8:30 AM to 5:00 PM (EDT)
MIT, Under the Dome, Room 10-250, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/mit-scaling-development-ventures-conference-2015-registration-15788790698
Cost: 0 - $75
The MIT Scaling Development Ventures conference brings together exciting perspectives from the international development and business communities to examine the best way to bring poverty-alleviating solutions to market at scale.
SDV 2015: "Bridging Innovation and Impact"
This year's conference will explore themes around social innovation, achieving impact, and all of the work that happens in between. The conference will be anchored by keynote presentations from Ann Mei Chang, Executive Director of the USAID Global Development Lab, and Kevin Starr, Managing Director of the Mulago Foundation and the Rainer Arnhold Fellows Program.
Additional sessions will put a spotlight on generating innovation from the Base of the Pyramid, how to measure social impact, approaches to design and innovation, and much more. For up-to-date details on SDV's schedule, speakers, and sessions, visit the conference website at sdv.mit.edu.
Interested in the latest innovations by MIT students seeking to have an impact around the world? Join us for the IDEAS Global Challenge Innovation Showcase, preceding the conference on Friday, April 10th, 6:30-8:30pm.
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Social Entrepreneurship - the Ultimate Solution to Global Crises
Saturday, April 11
10:00 AM to 1:30 PM (EDT)
British Consulate-General, 1 Broadway, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/social-entrepreneurship-the-ultimate-solution-to-global-crises-tickets-16304168206
Cost: $12 - $24 Lunch included
Student ID Required
Social entrepreneurs are developing innovative business models that blend traditional capitalism with solutions that address the long-term needs of our planet. They are tackling chronic social problems, ranging from healthcare delivery in sub-Saharan Africa to agricultural transformation in East Asia. Social entrepreneurs are working in close collaboration with local communities, incubating groundbreaking innovations, building synergistic partnerships with governments, companies, and traditional charities, and evolving business models that deploy technology and enable networking to create wins for investors and clients alike.
OPEN New England in collaboration with the Harvard Pakistan Students Group (HPSG) is hosting this event to foster a dialogue among the community with entrepreneurs who work to serve the greater good, as well as investors who fund these initiatives. Come and listen to what our distinguished and experienced panel of social entrepreneurs and investors have to say about this tidal wave of economic and social change.
Saturday, April 11, 2014, 10:00 am - 1:30 pm
(10:00 am - Check-in & Networking, 10:30 am - Main Session,
12:45 pm - Lunch: Enjoy delicious South Asian cuisine)
Please bring a valid photo ID and present yourself to Security desk in the lobby.
This event is open to the public. Pre-registration is required.
Speaker Profiles:
Firas Ahmed
Firas Ahmed is the Director of Emergence BioEnergy, Inc., an energy start-up that deploys small scale power generation products in emerging markets. Firas is responsible for operations, business development, and product development. He travels regularly to South Asia and manages all partner relationships. He has several years of experience working in emerging markets. Firas previously worked on reformulating primary education and health care services in South Asia and as an Analyst for Abt Associates, an international consulting firm. Firas is a graduate of Georgetown University and the Harvard Kennedy School.
Kalsoom Lakhani
Kalsoom Lakhani is the Founder/CEO of Invest2Innovate, or i2i, which supports startups and the broader entrepreneurship ecosystem in developing markets, beginning in Pakistan and (soon) Bangladesh. She is also the co-founder of The Hero Project, a storytelling platform that celebrates and highlights everyday hidden heroes. Kalsoom has trained young entrepreneurs, changemakers, and civil society leaders in Cambodia, Ireland, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. She was previously a Washington D.C. co-ambassador for Sandbox, a global network of innovators under 30 (recently renamed as One/Thousand) and is a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Shapers. She was featured in Diplomatic Courier's Top 99 Foreign Policy Leaders under 33 in 2012, and was named an Ashoka Changemakers/American Express Emerging Innovator for 2013. Kalsoom also founded the popular blog CHUP, or Changing Up Pakistan, in January 2008 and has written for the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, Foreign Policy, NextBillion, and Pakistan's Dawn Newspaper. She has a B.A. from the University of Virginia in Foreign Affairs and Middle East Studies, and an M.A. from The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs in International Affairs/Conflict Resolution.
Antoinne-Machal-Cajigas
Antoinne Machal-Cajigas is the COO/Co-Founder for AltruHelp and an electrical engineer at Raytheon focused on radar communication technology. His previous work experience includes Software/Component Engineering and Project Management. Antoinne obtained a Bachelors of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering with a Minor in Management from MIT in 2007 and a Masters Degree in Engineering from MIT in 2009. AltruHelp provides software solutions and an online community for companies, schools, and nonprofits to increase volunteering and civic engagement.
Alan Martinez
Alan Martinez is the Director of the Impact Investing Initiative at Root Cause, which helps to "bring together nonprofit, philanthropy, government, and business to advance solution to today's toughest social issues by helping them understand and invest in what works". Alan has spent his career working for underserved entrepreneurs in the US and abroad. Prior to joining Root Cause, Alan served as a lender to small businesses at ShoreBank and led advisory projects to address financing and capacity building needs in community development, small business, microenterprise, affordable housing, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and agriculture, and also worked as an advisor to mission-driven investors, donors, and financial institutions in over 28 countries. Alan has a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Texas, and a Masters in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Sara Minkara
Sara Minkara is a Lebanese-American who became legally blind at the age of 7. Her vision of Empowerment through Integration (ETI), an organization that runs camps for blind youth in developing nations, started in 2009 when she ran the first camp in Tripoli, Lebanon through the help of the Clinton Global Initiative Outstanding Achievement Award. In 2011, Sara established ETI as a certified NGO and has continued to run camps, having since expanded to Nicaragua. She graduated from Wellesley College in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Math. She graduated as a Dubin Fellow at John FP. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 2014 with a Masters in Public Policy. She is currently the Operations Manager for the Disability Rights Fund and a Visiting Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University.
About HPSG
Harvard Pakistan Student Group (HPSG) is a Harvard University-wide group that mobilizes intellectual, activist and entrepreneurial interest in Pakistan across Harvard College, Harvard Extension School and 12 Harvard graduate schools. In addition to serving as a thread between Pakistani students across Harvard, the Boston area and alumni and others in Pakistan and beyond, HPSG organizes events that both help raise Pakistan’s profile in the United States and facilitate sustained, productive relationships between institutions and communities in Pakistan and their resource-rich counterparts elsewhere.
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Context Hacking: How to Mess with Art, Media, Law and the Market
Saturday, April 11
6 - 9p.
BU, Stone Science Auditorium
Johannes Grenzfurthner
More information at http://www.monochrom.at/context-hacking-essay/
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Sunday, April 12
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Faith Service: Climate Justice & the Moral Imperative
10:30 AM
Old Cambridge Baptist Church, 1151 Mass Avenue, Cambridge
Current Harvard Divinity School student and activist Tim DeChristopher will be giving a powerful sermon at Old Cambridge Baptist Church
Harvard Heat Week
http://harvardheatweek.org/schedule/
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Heat Week Launch: Building a Movement for Divestment & Climate Action
Sunday, April 12
5:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
The First Parish in Cambridge, 1446 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/heat-week-launch-building-a-movement-for-divestment-climate-action-tickets-16287360935
Donation requested
As part of the growing Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement, join us in Cambridge to kick off Harvard Heat Week. Join students, faculty, alumni, social movement leaders, and community members to kickoff a week of action at Harvard, calling on the school to divest their holdings in fossil fuel companies as a step towards addressing the climate crisis.
Confirmed speakers include:
Bill McKibben (Harvard alumnus, author, activist, and co-founder of 350.org)
Reverend Lennox Yearwood (founder, Hip-Hop Caucus)
Jibreel Khazan (original participant in the 1960 Greensboro Woolworth's Civil Rights lunch counter sit-ins)
Talia Rothstein (Harvard student, organizer with Divest Harvard)
Bob Massie (Harvard alumnus, Founder, Investor Network on Climate Risk)
Ferrial Adam (former anti-apartheid activist from South Africa)
Tim Wirth (Harvard alumnus, former Senator from Colorado, Board Member of the UN Foundation)
Kelsey Wirth - (Harvard alumna, Director and Co-founder of Mothers Out Front)
Ted Hamilton (Harvard student, organizer with Divest Harvard)
Todd Gitlin (Harvard alumnus, Professor & Chair, Ph.D. Program in Communications, Columbia University)
Koreti Tiumalu (community organizer from the Pacific Islands)
Music from Melodeego (Boston-based, bicycle-powered songs for change)
More to be announced soon!
Join us during Harvard Heat Week - where students, faculty, alumni, and members of the community will come together on campus to speak out for climate justice, learn from one another, and take principled action. The climate crisis leaves no room for neutrality — tell Harvard to stand on the right side of history by divesting from Fossil Fuels. There will be events all week ranging from sit-ins to rallies - learn more and join us at http://www.HarvardHeatWeek.org
Organizations supporting Harvard Heat Week include Divest Harvard, Better Future Project, 350.org, Responsible Endowments Coalition, Harvard Faculty For Divestment, 350 Massachusetts and the Divestment Student Network.
Note - doors open at 5:30 sharp. Any unclaimed seats will be given to a standby list at 6:00. Please arrive on time!
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Monday, April 13
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Harvard Heat Week
http://harvardheatweek.org/schedule/
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MASS Seminar - Nicole Riemer (University of Illinois)
Monday, April 13
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
Speaker: Nicole Riemer
MASS Seminar
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Atmospheric Science Seminars (MASS)
For more information, contact: MASS organizing committee
mass at mit.edu
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Animal Law and Environmentalism: Reconnecting the Humane Ethic with Conservation, Public Health, and Related Disciplines
WHEN Mon., Apr. 13, 2015, 12 – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Law School, Pound Hall, Room 101, 1563 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Ethics, Law, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Law School Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
SPEAKER(S) Jon Lovvorn, senior vice president of animal litigation and investigations, Humane Society of the United States
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO aanello at jd16.law.harvard.edu
DETAILS Jon Lovvorn will speak about the intersection between environmental and animal law and the impact of factory farming on the environment.
Free Chinese food.
LINK https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/saldf/events/
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Revaluing our Local Water Systems
April 13t
12:00- 1:00 pm
MIT, Building 4-145
Matt Thomas is the Founder and President of BeCause Water. As one of the first legally registered Massachusetts-based Benefit Corporations, BeCause Water is helping people revalue water by creating a network of water awareness solutions in schools, local businesses, and municipalities in the United States. Partners or customers include: Boston Green Academy, State Street Corporation, Patagonia – Newbury Street, Crossfit Southie, Planet Fitness, Flour Bakery, MA Senator Jamie Eldridge Committee, City of Somerville: Health & Human Services Department, Newton South High, Framingham High, and others. Matt also volunteers at the Waterworks Museum and was recently selected as a Onein3 Boston Impact Award Honoree. He will be speaking to MIT Water Club about the local water system and his proposed solutions to increase the value and treatment of water.
This special seminar is a collaboration between the MIT Water Club and the MIT Waste Alliance and is generously sponsored by the MIT Graduate Student Council Collaboration Award.
MIT Water Club Lunch & Learn
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New York’s 'Reforming the Energy Vision' Initiative
Monday, April 13
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Harvard, Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
with Audrey Zibelman, Chair, New York State Public Service Commission
ETIP/Consortium Energy Policy Seminar
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/cepr/
Contact Name: Louisa Lund
Louisa_Lund at hks.harvard.edu
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"Infant Science and Health Adventuring: Global Intervention around Infant Mortality"
Monday, April 13
12:15 pm - 2:00 pm
Harvard, Pierce Hall, Room 100F, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Emily Harrison, Harvard, History of Science
STS Circle at Harvard
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Addressing Ebola Lecture: On the Ground Reality of Practice and Patient Treatment
WHEN Mon., Apr. 13, 2015, 12:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, FXB G13, 651 Huntington Avenue, Boston
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Health Sciences, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Office of the Dean
SPEAKER(S) Rupa Kanapathipillai, editorial fellow at New England Journal of Medicine; infectious disease physician
CONTACT INFO deansevents at hsph.harvard.edu
DETAILS Lunch will be served at this event.
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Pricing Carbon to Combat Climate Change: What Can We Learn from British Columbia?
Monday, April 13
1:00 pm
MIT, Walker Memorial-Morss Hall, 142 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
Featuring British Columbia Premier Christy Clark
Panel of experts:
Christopher Knittel, Economist and Director of the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
Ross Beaty, Founder and Chair of PanAmerican Silver Corp. and Alterra Power Corp.
Merran Smith, Executive Director of Clean Energy Canada
Senator Michael Barrett, 3rd Middlesex district, sponsor of carbon fee and rebate bill in MassachusettsDaniel Gatti, MA Campaign for a Clean Energy Future, Executive Director of Climate XChange
Moderated by Robert C. Armstrong, Director of MIT Energy Initiative
Hosted by: MIT Energy Initiative and MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
Presented by: Massachusetts Campaign for a Clean Energy Future
https://www.facebook.com/events/358464787686384/
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Who will save the tokamak? Harry Potter, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal or Donald Trump?
Monday, April 13
3:00p–4:00p
MIT, Building 24-115, 60 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Prof. Jeffrey Freidberg
Today's talk will attempt to bridge the gap between tokamak reactor design and plasma physics. The analysis demonstrates that the overall design of a tokamak fusion reactor is determined almost entirely by the constraints imposed by nuclear physics and fusion engineering. Virtually no plasma physics is required to determine the main design parameters of a reactor. The one exception is the value of the toroidal current , which depends upon a combination of engineering and plasma physics. This exception, however, ultimately has a major impact on the feasibility of an attractive tokamak reactor.
The analysis shows that the engineering/nuclear physics design makes demands on the plasma physics that must be satisfied in order to generate power. These demands are substituted into the well-known operational constraints arising in tokamak physics: the Troyon limit, Greenwald limit, kink stability limit, and bootstrap fraction limit. Unfortunately, a tokamak reactor designed on the basis of standard engineering and nuclear physics constraints does not scale to a reactor. Too much current is required to achieve the necessary confinement time for ignition. The combination of achievable bootstrap current plus current drive is not sufficient to generate the current demanded by the engineering design. Several possible solutions are discussed in detail involving advances in plasma physics or engineering.
ANS Seminar
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Plasma Science and Fusion Center, American Nuclear Society
For more information, contact: Aditi Verma
aditive at mit.edu
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Harvard President's Panel on Climate Change
Monday, April 13
4 p.m.
Harvard, Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.harvard.edu/president/event/2015/ticket-request-for-presidential-panel-on-climate-change
Panelists are expected to include:
Joseph Aldy, assistant professor of public policy, Harvard Kennedy School; former special assistant to the president for energy and environment, the White House.
Christopher Field, co-chair, Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; founding director, Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science; Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Stanford University; member, Harvard University Board of Overseers; Harvard ’75.
Rebecca Henderson. McArthur University Professor, Harvard University; co-director, Business and Environment Initiative, Harvard Business School.
John Holdren, assistant to the president for science and technology, the White House; co-chair, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; former Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; former professor of environmental science and public policy, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University.
Richard Newell, Gendell Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics, Duke University; director, Duke University Energy Initiative; former administrator, U.S. Energy Information Administration; former senior economist for energy and environment, President’s Council of Economic Advisers; Harvard Ph.D. ’97.
Naomi Oreskes, professor of the history of science and director of graduate studies, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University; co-author of “Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming.”
Daniel Schrag, Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology, professor of environmental science and engineering, and director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment, Harvard University.
This event is part of Harvard University's Climate Week: http://www.harvard-climate-week.com/events
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Media Influences on Social Outcomes: The Impact of MTV's 16 and Pregnant on Teen Childbearing
Monday, April 13
4:00p–5:30p
MIT, Building E62-650, 100 Main Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Melissa Kearney (University of Maryland)
Web site: http://economics.mit.edu/files/10502
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Microeconomic Applications
For more information, contact: economics calendar
econ-cal at mit.edu
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Can E-Governance Reduce Capture of Public Programs? Experimental Evidence from a Financial Reform of India’s Employment Guarantee
WHEN Mon., Apr. 13, 2015, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, 9 Bow Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR HCPDS
SPEAKER(S) Esther Duflo, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics, MIT and director, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
CONTACT INFO ksmall at hsph.harvard.edu
LINK http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/population-development/events/pop-center-seminars/
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Climate Change Negotiations: What Can We Learn from the US/China Agreement?
WHEN Mon., Apr. 13, 2015, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE CGIS Building, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Room K-262, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict
SPEAKER(S) Celeste LeCompte, Nieman Fellow and columnist and co-founder of Climate Confidential and Michael McElroy, the Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies at Harvard University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO dhicks at wcfia.harvard.edu
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Remembering Selma: A Conversation with Rev. Clark Olsen
WHEN Mon., Apr. 13, 2015, 4 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Rabinowitz Room, Andover Harvard Theological Library, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture
SPONSOR HUUMS
CONTACT studentlife at hds.harvard.edu
DETAILS Fifty years ago, the Rev. Clark Olsen was one of dozens of Unitarian Universalist ministers who traveled to Selma, Alabama, to march for voting rights and protest the murder of activist Jimmy Lee Jackson. Rev. Olsen was with the Rev. Orloff Miller and the Rev. James Reeb when a group of segregationists attacked them, murdering James Reeb with a club. Please join Rev. Olsen for a special HUUMS conversation about what the Selma legacy means for Unitarian Universalists, and for the world today.
Rev. Olsen will also be preaching at Memorial Church, and speaking at Memorial Church’s Faith and Life Forum, on Sunday, April 12.
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McMillan-Stewart Lecture on Women in the Developing World: Title TBD
Monday, April 13
5:00p–7:00p
MIT, Building 4-270, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: Hourig Attarian, Melissa Bilal, and Veena Das
Spring 2015 McMillan-Stewart Lecture on Women in the Developing World:
Memory Matters: Gender and Politics of Knowledge Production on the Armenian Genocide
Hourig Attarian, Concordia University, "Threading a Map, Spinning Life Stories: Tracing Fractured Memories in the Archives"
Melissa Bilal, Columbia University, "Lullaby the Irreconcilable"
Discussant: Veena Das, Johns Hopkins University
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): WGS
For more information, contact: Emily Neill
617-253-2642
wgs at mit.edu
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Rescheduled Askwith Forum: Ferguson and Beyond: Educational Strategies to Address Racism and Social Injustice
WHEN Mon., Apr. 13, 2015, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge
TYPE OF EVENT Discussion, Diversity & Equity, Forum, Lecture, Question & Answer Session
PROGRAM/DEPARTMENT Alumni, AskWith Forum
BUILDING/ROOM Askwith Hall
CONTACT NAME Roger Falcon
CONTACT EMAIL roger_falcon at gse.harvard.edu
CONTACT PHONE 617-384-9968
SPONSORING ORGANIZATION/DEPARTMENT Harvard Graduate School of Education
REGISTRATION REQUIRED No
ADMISSION FEE This event is free and open to the public.
RSVP REQUIRED No
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Education
DETAILS
This Forum has been rescheduled from January 26.
Introduction: James E. Ryan, Dean of the Faculty and Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, HGSE
Moderator: Paul Reville, Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration, HGSE
Panelists:
Tiffany Anderson, Superintendent, Jennings School District, Jennings, MO
Tracey Benson, Ed.L.D.’16, Co-author of case study on Ferguson, MO
Ni'Cole Gipson, Parent and Social Media Activist, Florissant, MO (to be confirmed)
Valeria Silva, Superintendent, Saint Paul Public Schools, St. Paul, MN
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The Power of Wearable Technology in Sports
Monday, April 13
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM (EDT)
Harvard Innovation Lab, 125 Western Avenue, i-lab Classroom (Room 122), Boston
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-power-of-wearable-technology-in-sports-tickets-16298492229
We welcome Isaiah Kacyvenski, Head of the Consumer Business and Chairman of the Sports Advisory Board at MC10, to the i-lab to discuss the opportunities new and emerging technology provides to Innovate in Sports. MC10 is developing revolutionary products that transform the way we think about electronics and their interaction with the human body and intending to redefine the interface between electronics and the human body. In other words – make humans more superhuman.
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Science by the Pint: Cosmic Origins: Simulating a universe in a computer
Monday, April 13
7 PM
The Burren, 247 Elm Street, Somerville
Mark Vogelsberger
MIT Professor Mark Vogelsberger and his group will be settling in to discuss the science behind simulating a universe in a computer. Using a combination of ever more sophisticated observations, theoretical models, and powerful supercomputer simulations to achieve a better understanding of how galaxies and structure in the Universe formed, cosmology and galaxy formation have only recently entered their golden age with an enormous amount of observational data being available.
Science by the Pint is sponsored by an organization of Harvard graduate students called Science in the News. In between their sleepless hours of hard work at Harvard Med School, they bring cutting edge scientific research to the public in a fun and informal format.
More information at http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/science-by-the-pint/#june9
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The quick and the dirty
Monday, April 13
7:00p–9:00p
MIT, Building E15-070, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Art, Culture and Technology Lecture: CLAIRE PENTECOST
Part of the 2015 ACT Lecture Series, Civic Art: The lecture series investigates the critical spatial practices that claim manifold definitions of public art, through a diverse array of visual forms argued by key practitioners across the disciplines of art, pedagogy, architecture, and urban studies to identify the tools, tactics and consequences of actively reclaiming public space.
Web site: http://act.mit.edu/projects-and-events/lectures-series/2015-spring/apr-13-claire-pentecost-quick-dirty/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): ACT, Department of Architecture
For more information, contact: Amanda Moore
617-253-4415
amm at mit.edu
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Tuesday, April 14
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Harvard Heat Week
http://harvardheatweek.org/schedule/
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Taking Back Power in the Age of Networks
Tuesday, April 14
12:00 pm
Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Room 2004
RSVP required for those attending in person at https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/04/Taylor#RSVP
Event will be webcast live on https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/04/Taylor at 12:00 pm.
with filmmaker, writer, and political organizer, Astra Taylor
The Internet is said to be a space of democratic expression and transformation, both culturally and politically. But how true is that claim? What are some of the economic, technical, and legal obstacles in place? Drawing from my recent book, The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, and my experience as an artist and an activist, this talk will address campaigns by musicians against streaming services and debtors against creditors to reflect on the larger question of how to organize and leverage change in an age of virtual networks—be they networks of cultural distribution or financial ones.
About Astra
Astra Taylor is a filmmaker, writer, and political organizer who was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and raised in Athens, Georgia. Her films include Zizek!, a feature documentary about the world’s most outrageous philosopher, and Examined Life, a series of excursions with contemporary thinkers including Slavoj Zizek, Judith Butler, Cornel West, Peter Singer and others. Taylor’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, the London Review of Books, Bookforum, n+1, and many other publications. She is the editor of Examined Life, a companion volume to the film, and coeditor of Occupy!: Scenes from Occupied America. Taylor also helped launch the Occupy Wall Street offshoot Strike Debt and its Rolling Jubilee campaign and Debt Collective initiatives, and has helped erase over $30 million dollars of predatory medical and educational debt as part of these efforts. Most recently she is the author of the book The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, which was named a New York Time Books Review “Editors’ Choice” and a Globe & Mail “Best Book of 2014.” She is currently working on a new documentary about democracy.
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The Integration of the Internal Energy Market in the European Union: Recent Developments and Future Challenges (Mr. Alberto Pototschnig)
Tuesday, April 14
12:00pm to 1:15pm
Harvard, Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
Lunch will be provided.
The Harvard Environmental Economics Program is co-sponsoring the talk with the Harvard Electricity Policy Group.
Alberto Pototschnig is the first Director of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), established in 2010 by the European Commission. He took office in September 2010.
The mission of ACER is to complement and coordinate the work of national energy regulators at the European-Union (EU) level and work towards the completion of a single EU energy market for electricity and natural gas.
ACER plays a central role in the development of EU-wide network and market rules with a view to enhance competition. It coordinates regional and cross-regional initiatives which favour market integration. It monitors the work of European networks of transmission system operators (ENTSOs) and notably their EU-wide network development plans. Finally, it monitors the functioning of gas and electricity markets in general, and of wholesale energy trading in particular.
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Clean Energy Standard Hearings
Tuesday, April 14
1:00 pm
DEP offices, One Winter Street, Boston
The Massachusetts Department of Envrionmental Protection is proposing a new clean energy standard to increase the amount of non-fossil fuel generated electricity for consumers. The standard is part of the Commonwealth’s efforts to achieve an 80 percent reduction in GHG emissions statewide by 2050.
More information at http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/massdep/climate-energy/climate/ghg/ces.html
The deadline to submit written comments is April 27.
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IApril: 3D printing for fun and science? A conversation about digital fabrication, the library, and you
Tuesday, April 14
2:00p–3:30p
MIT, Building 66-168, 25 Ames Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Matt Bernhardt
Digital fabrication has changed considerably over the last few decades. Barriers to use have fallen, and technologies that were once the purview of specialized researchers are now sold in retail outlets like Sears, Staples and the Microsoft store. Schools and libraries have even begun getting into the act, from NC State to the Chicago Public Library.
Applications include producing prosthetic hands for accident victims, manufacturing replacement parts forhard-to-source components, or even mapping word frequency across the history of a given journal and printing time series histograms.
But what about here at MIT?
3d printing for fun and science from Micah Altman
This session, led by MIT Libraries Web Developer Matthew Bernhardt, will discuss the range of fabrication technologies now available, as well as those available at MIT, for sale, for rent, and (for a limited time, experimentally) through the Libraries-as part of this session, the Libraries have acquired a MakerBot Replicator 2 that is capable of producing objects in PLA plastic!
Registration: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=942341
Web site: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=942341
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Libraries
For more information, contact: Chen, Andrew
6172533044
achen0 at mit.edu
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Research in Learning More: A Marriage of Cognitive Psychology & Digital Learning
Tuesday, April 14
2:30p–4:00p
MIT, Building 3-333, 33 Massachusetts Avenue (Rear), Cambridge
Speaker: Laura Schulz, John Gabrieli & Karl Szpunar
Moderated by Dean of Digital Learning Sanjay Sarma, this xTalk will host a panel discussion with MIT Prof. Laura Schulz, MIT Prof John Gabrieli, and Dr. Karl Szpunar (Harvard).
xTalks: Digital Discourses
ODL's xTalks provides a forum to facilitate awareness, deep understanding and transference of educational innovations at MIT and elsewhere. We hope to foster a community of educators, researchers, and technologists engaged in developing and supporting effective learning experiences through online learning environments and other digital technologies.
Web site: http://odl.mit.edu/events/braincog-panel/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Office of Digital Learning, OEIT- Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
For more information, contact: Molly Ruggles
(617) 324-9185
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2015 David J. Rose Lectureship in Nuclear Technology - Climate Change and Energy: How Can Young People Take Ownership of Their Future?
Tuesday, April 14
4:00p–5:30p
MIT, Building E51-115, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Dr. James Hansen
The David J. Rose Lecture was established in December 1984 in honor of Professor David J. Rose (1922-85), a renowned professor of nuclear engineering at MIT who dedicated his career to the study of energy resources and their impact on the environment, fusion technology, nuclear waste management, and ethical questions arising from advances in science and technology. The inaugural Rose Lecture was delivered in 1985 by the Hon. James R. Schlesinger, former Secretary of Energy and Secretary of Defense. Subsequent Rose Lecturers have included Dr. Hans Blix, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Dr. Mohamed El-Baradei, also Director General of the IAEA and the winner of the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize, Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico, Dr. John Holdren, Assistant to the President of the United States for Science and Technology, and Lady Barbara Judge.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/nse/events/rose-lecture.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Nuclear Science and Engineering
For more information, contact: Lisa Magnano Bleheen
617-253-7522
magnano at mit.edu
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"Information Networks & Celebrity in Enlightenment France"
Tuesday, April 14
4:00p–7:00p
MIT, Building E51-095, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Manipulating Information in the Ancien Régime: The View from the Provinces
Giora Sternberg, Oxford University (UK)
In the old regime of information, centralization was only one part of the story. Studying the politics of information in the provinces does not just refocus or complement the view from Paris or Versailles. It also demonstrates how peripheral actors could build and deploy knowledge-bases to subvert that view along with the designs of their "central" counterparts.
Private Lives, Public Figures: The invention of Celebrity in the eighteenth century
Antoine Lilti, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (France)
Far from being a recent phenomenon, Lilti argues that celebrity culture has its origins in the eighteenth century. In London as in Paris, the new conditions of urban life contributed to feed the fascination for the personalities and private lives of public figures.
Web site: https://mitgsl.mit.edu/news-events/information-networks-and-celebrity-enlightenment-france
Open to: the general public
Cost: 0
Sponsor(s): MIT Global Studies and Languages, MIT Global France Seminar
For more information, contact: Lisa Hickler
617-452-2676
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Ethnobotany in the 21st Century
WHEN Tue., Apr. 14, 2015, 6 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Museum of Natural History, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Museum of Natural History, Peabody Museums of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
SPEAKER(S) Michael J. Balick, vice president for botanical science, The New York Botanical Garden
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO hmnh at hmnh.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045
DETAILS For more than four decades, Michael Balick, vice president for botanical science, The New York Botanical Garden has studied the relationships between plants and people — the field known as ethnobotany — in the Amazon Valley, Central and South America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and most recently in Micronesia and Melanesia. In this lecture he will discuss the relevance of working with indigenous cultures to document their knowledge of medicinal plants and evaluate their potential for broader applications. He will also highlight some of the medicinal plants used by non-Western cultures, such as ashwagandha and maca, which are becoming available and popular in the West and are discussed in his most recent book, Rodale’s 21st Century Herbal: A Practical Guide for Healthy Living Using Nature’s Most Powerful Plants.
Free event parking at 52 Oxford Street Garage.
LINK http://hmnh.harvard.edu/event/ethnobotany-21st-century
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Music as Medicine: The Impact of Healing Harmonies
Tuesday, April 14
6pm - 7:30pm
Harvard Medical School, Joseph B Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston
It's been said that music soothes the soul, but can it also help heal our bodies and help us learn? In this seminar, Harvard Medical School scientists and physicians share how they use music as a tool to help patients - from premature newborns to elderly stroke victions - survive and thrive.
More information: seminar at hms.harvard.edu
http://hms.harvard.edu/minimedschool
617-423-3038
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Wednesday, April 15
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Harvard Heat Week
http://harvardheatweek.org/schedule/
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"Nation Builder: John Quincy Adams and the Grand Strategy of the Republic"
Wednesday, April 15
12:00p–1:30p
MIT, Building E40-496, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Charles Edel (U.S. Naval War College)
Wednesday Seminar Series, Security Studies Program
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies
For more information, contact: Elina Hamilton
617-253-7529
elinah at mit.edu
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Boston Urban Ag Visioning Steering Committee & Public Meeting
Wednesday, April 15
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM (EDT)
Boston Public Library - East Boston Branch, 365 Bremen Street, East Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-urban-ag-visioning-steering-committee-public-meeting-tickets-16318649520
About
The next meeting of the Boston Urban Ag Visioning Steering Committee & Public Meeting will be held at the East Boston Branch of the Boston Public Library in the Community Room on Wednesday April 15, 2015. This event is free to all and all are encouraged to attend. RSVP is requested by 4/14/2015, but not required.
Transportation
We strongly recommend the use of public transportation for all Urban Ag Visioning events.
MBTA: Airport on the Blue Line (5-7 minute walk via the East Boston Greenway)
Bus: Line 120 Bennington St @ Prescott St
Background
In December 2013, the City of Boston passed Article 89, a new addition to the city’s zoning code that allows for urban agriculture. Since this time, the support for urban agriculture in the city has been tremendous, but there has been limited collaboration between the multitude of public, private, and non-profit sectors on how to create a vision for its future in Boston.
In support of a Boston Urban Ag Visioning process, the City of Boston has received a $25,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Local Food Promotion Program (LFPP). The goal of this process will be to bring diverse organizations to the table to create a vision for Boston around food production and distribution, which will enable farmer livelihoods, provide multiple access points for food, and determine how to create food access for low-income constituents. Representatives from all aspects of urban growing in the city will be engaged, including community gardeners, traditional farmers, gleaners, edible forest developers, farmers’ market reps, traditional and rooftop farmers, as well as food production folks.
Holly Fowler of Northbound Ventures will facilitate and a Steering Committee has been selected to guide and to inform the process. The Steering Committee will meet the third Wednesday of each month from January to August 2015. All meetings are open to the public. The location of each meeting will vary. The existence of this group will allow every area of urban growing in Boston to have a role in determining this vision, and to collaborate as one entity to achieve this goal.
Please visit the Boston Urban Ag Visioning blog for more information.
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15th Annual Henry Kendall Lecture: Recent global temperature trends: What do they tell us about anthropogenic climate change?
Wednesday, April 15
5:00p–6:30p
MIT, Building E51-115, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Reception to follow in 54-923
Speaker: Professor Jochem Marotzke, Director, Max-Planck-Institut fur Meteorologie
ABSTRACT: Observations suggest a hiatus in global surface temperature rise since 1998, whereas most climate models simulate continued warming. What causes this difference? Do climate models respond too sensitively to the increase in greenhouse-gas concentrations such as that of CO2, and thus overestimate climate change systematically? Or has the discrepancy arisen by chance? And what is the relevance of this discrepancy for our assessment of long-term anthropogenic climate change?
In my lecture I will first illustrate the physically fundamental manifestation of anthropogenic climate change: the ocean's heat content increases because of the greenhouse effect from rising greenhouse-gas concentrations. This increase in heat content has gone on unabated for at least the past forty years. Then I will show that differences between different model simulations -- and hence also differences between simulations and observations -- are dominated by chance events if we consider temperature changes over periods as short as fifteen years. By contrast, it matters little whether models respond more or less sensitively to increasing greenhouse-gas concentrations, if we only consider changes over fifteen years. The difference between simulated and observed global surface temperature changes during the hiatus period thus tells us very little about model capability or lack thereof, and as an indicator of anthropogenic climate change the surface-warming hiatus is largely irrelevant.
Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture
The Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture Series honors the memory of Professor Henry W. Kendall (1926-1999) who was the J.A. Stratton professor of physics at MIT. Professor Kendall received the Nobel Prize in 1990 for research that provided the first experimental evidence for quarks. He had a deep commitment to understanding and finding solutions to the multiple environmental problems facing the world today and in the future. The permanently endowed Kendall Lecture allows MIT faculty and students to be introduced to forefront areas in global change science by leading researchers.
Web site: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/events/2015/kendall
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for Global Change Science, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)
For more information, contact: Jen Fentress
617-253-2127
jfen at mit.edu
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MIT IDEAS Global Challenge: Awards Ceremony
Wednesday, April 15
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)
MIT, Building 10-250, 222 Memorial Drive, Cambridge (or halfway down the Infinite Corridor from 77 Massachusetts Avenue)
Join the MIT IDEAS Global Challenge for a celebration of the spirit of innovation, entrepreneurship, and public service. This year, over 30 teams are working with communities around the world on challenges such as waste treatment, access to clean water, healthcare, education, transportation, disaster relief, and much more.
On Wednesday, April 15th, come meet the teams that entered this year and celebrate with us as we announce the teams that will be awarded up to $10,000 to make their ideas a reality. This is where ideas come to life!
The celebration will entail:
6:00pm - Reception with Teams
7:00pm - Awards Ceremony
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15th Annual Henry Kendall Lecture: Recent global temperature trends: What do they tell us about anthropogenic climate change?
Wednesday, April 15
5:00p–6:30p
MIT, Building E51-115, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Reception to follow the lecture in the Ida Green Lounge, 54-923
Speaker: Professor Jochem Marotzke, Director, Max-Planck-Institut fur Meteorologie, Hamburg
The Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture Series honors the memory of Professor Henry W. Kendall (1926-1999) who was the J.A. Stratton professor of physics at MIT. Professor Kendall received the Nobel Prize in 1990 for research that provided the first experimental evidence for quarks. He had a deep commitment to understanding and finding solutions to the multiple environmental problems facing the world today and in the future. The permanently endowed Kendall Lecture allows MIT faculty and students to be introduced to forefront areas in global change science by leading researchers.
If you have any questions regarding the lecture, please contact Jen Fentress at 617.253.2127 or jfen at mit.edu. Reservations not required.
Sponsored by the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and the Center for Global Change Science, MIT.
Web site: http://cgcs.mit.edu/events/kendall-memorial-lecture
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for Global Change Science, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)
For more information, contact: Jen Fentress
617-253-2127
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The Global Struggle for Climate Justice
Wednesday, April 15
7:30 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)
Tufts, Pearson Hall, 62 Talbot Avenue, Pearson 104, Medford
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-global-struggle-for-climate-justice-tickets-16424654584
“Scientific evidence for warming of the climate system is unequivocal.” - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
It’s happening, even if we don’t yet feel its impacts – but communities around the globe are already suffering from the effects of climate change. Rising sea levels, climbing temperatures, increasing extreme weather events, acidifying oceans, and decreasing snow cover are destroying ecosystems and lives, and for the most part the victims of climate chaos had no part in causing it.
This isn't just about the environment – it’s about justice.
Join us in Pearson 104 on Wednesday, April 15th at 7:30 PM to learn more about climate chaos and what WE can do on our own campus to slow the crisis.
Presentations will be given by three organizers from 350.org, an international environmental organization encouraging citizens to act to pressure world leaders to address climate change and to reduce carbon dioxide levels to 350 parts per million. The speakers are Bill McKibben, Senior Advisor and Co-Founder, Koreti Tiumalu, and Ferrial Adam, coordinators for Pacific and African-Arab regions, respectively. They will be talking about impacts already being felt in these regions, as well as some of the efforts we can be taking to address this injustice.
Senator Ben Downing, the Massachusetts state senator and Tufts alum who wrote the Massachusetts state divestment bill, will also be speaking about local efforts and solutions.
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Thursday, April 16
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Harvard Heat Week
http://harvardheatweek.org/schedule/
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The Pursuit of Sustainable Living: Community & Campus Sustainability Conference
Thursday, April 16
Devens Common Center, Devens
Register @ http://masccc.eventbrite.com
Cost: $60 before March 19
$75 after March 19
$45 Students
Groups (5 or more) use code GROUP for $5 discount
www.MaSustainableCommunities.com #MaSustain
Grassroots. Government. Education. Business.
Jane Amidon, Northeastern University
Jess Belhumeur & Dan Sullivan, Tiny House
Leo Bonanni, Source Map
Lisa Capone, MA Green Communities
Sheila Harrity, Voc Tech Education
Nancy Hazard, Greening Greenfield
Karen Hynick, North Shore Community College
Grey Lee, USGBC
Peter Lowitt, Sustainable Devens
Matthew McIntosh, Marlboro College
Lesly Medina, Groundwork Lawrence
Greg Minott, DREAM Collaborative
Jon Mitchell, Mayor New Bedford
David Narkewicz, Mayor Northampton
Susanne Rasmussen, Cambridge
Julie Rawson, NE Organic Farming Association
Dan Rivera, Mayor Lawrence
Catherine Tumber, Small, Gritty, and Green
Vesela Veleva, UMass Boston
Nelle Ward, Conway School & Holyoke Green Streets
And more!
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Earthworks Unlimited: Problems and Prospects of Geoengineering
April 16-17, 2015, 9:30AM-5:30PM, 9:30AM-12:30PM
Harvard University Center for the Environment 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor, Cambridge
RSVP at harvardgeoengineeringworkshop.eventbrite.com
ABSTRACT
Workshop Objectives: Geoengineering, a suite of technologies aimed at mitigating the potentially catastrophic consequences of climate change through deliberate human intervention, has attracted wide attention and given rise to sharply polarized debate. Proponents argue that prudence calls for these technologies to be rapidly developed, through appropriate forms of research and experimentation; opponents point to the troublesome ethical and political implications of imposing uncertain solutions on a culturally heterogeneous and economically and technologically unequal planet. Despite their global implications, geoengineering debates have remained sequestered in relatively few European and North American centers, and serious cross-disciplinary conversation is still in its infancy. This workshop brings together scholars from different regions and from fields including science and technology studies, political science, law and engineering to address the following major questions:
What is at stake in geoengineering controversies and what accounts for differences across nations and regions?
What specific issues are raised by geoengineering as a site of public experimentation?
At what scales should the governance of geoengineering be imagined, and using what kinds of material and social infrastructures?
How does geoengineering engage with ideas and practices of global constitutionalism?
More information at http://sts.hks.harvard.edu/events/workshops/earthworks-unlimited/
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Photographing climate change above and below the waterline
Thursday, April 16
12:00-1:00pm
Tufts, Lincoln Filene Center, Rabb Room, 10 Upper Campus Road, Medford
David Arnold, Photographer
Boston photographer David Arnold (www.doublexposure.net) precisely compares glacier and coral scenes to create "then and now" comparisons to illustrate the significant changes already taking place above and below the waterline of a warming planet. His Double Exposure exhibit opened at Boston's Museum of Science in 2008, then toured the country non-stop for four years. Currently he is working on a second exhibit. He will speak personally to the power of photography, and reflect with audience help about how we got into this mess - and how we can get out.
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Tropical Jets and Future Rainfall over the Sahel
Thursday, April 16
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 48-308, 15 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Speaker: David Whittleston
For more information on this speaker, David Whittleston (Entekhabi group), see http://watercycle.mit.edu/index_files/DavidWhittleston.htm
Environmental Fluid Mechanics/Hydrology
Join us for a weekly series of EFM/Hydrology topics by MIT faculty and students, as well as guest lecturers from around the globe.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Civil and Environmental Engineering
For more information, contact: Noriko Endo
617 253-7101
enori at mit.edu
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"Decarbonizing China: Power System Strategies to Electrify Transportation and Building Heating with Renewable Sources"
Thursday, April 16
4:00 pm
Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge
with CHEN Xinyu, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard China Project, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
China Project Seminar
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Collaboration and Multi-Tasking in Human Networks
Thursday, April 16
4:15p–5:15p
MIT, Building E51-395, 2 Ames Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Jan Van Mieghem
ORC Spring Seminar Series
The OR Center organizes a seminar series each year in which prominent OR professionals from around the world are invited to present topics in operations research. We have been privileged to have speakers from business and industry as well as from academia throughout the years. For a list of past distinguished speakers and their seminar topics, please visit our Seminar Archives.
Seminar reception immediately following the talk.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/orc/www/seminars/seminars.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Operations Research Center
For more information, contact: Peng Shi, Nataly Youssef, or Jerry Kung
617 253-6185
pengshi at mit.edu, youssefn at mit.edu, jkung at mit.edu
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The Spooky Science of the Southern Reach: An Evening with Jeff VanderMeer
Thursday, April 16
5:00p–7:00p
MIT, Building 32-123, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Jeff VanderMeer, G. Eric Schaller, Seth Mnookin
Jeff VanderMeer, author of the New York Times bestselling Southern Reach Trilogy (Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance), will join G. Eric Schaller, Professor of Biological Sciences at Dartmouth, for a broad-ranging discussion about the scientific and philosophical ideas that inspired the series. The two friends and occasional collaborators will discuss conservation science, VanderMeer's relationship with the natural world, and the theme of extinction in "slow apocalypse" fiction, as well as the role of real-world science in science fiction. Moderator: Seth Mnookin.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/forums/spookyscience.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): MIT Communications Forum
For more information, contact: Cora Kraft
ckraft at mit.edu
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Understanding Warfare: An Evolutionary Approach
Thursday, April 16
6pm
Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Warfare is a nearly universal trait of human societies that has influenced the evolution of human societies at least since the dawn of history. By some definitions, warfare is uniquely human; no other species engages in armed combat using manufactured weapons. But in other respects, human warfare bears much in common with intergroup aggression in a range of species, from ants to chimpanzees. In this free, illustrated, public lecture, Michael Wilson, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota, will discuss how an evolutionary perspective on warfare can help shed light on why people fight and what they can do to make war less likely to occur.
Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage.
Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
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Next Generation of International Development
Thursday, April 16
6:30 pm
Meadhall, 4 Cambridge Center, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.archimedesproject.com/disruptid
Cost: $16.82 - $52.69
Join fellow professionals over beers and, for an evening, take up a challenge faced by the Archimedes Project.
Micro-consulting, speed problem solving, whatever you want to call it, it'll be good fun and you'll get to learn about our work building scalable clean water and sanitation enterprises around the world directly from our founder!
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Ford Hall Forum: Vicious Anonymity
Thursday, April 16
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)
Suffolk University, C. Walsh Theatre, 55 Temple Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/vicious-anonymity-tickets-16222862017
Arthur Chu (blogger, The Daily Beast and repeat winner, Jeopardy)
Jason Tuohey (Editor, BostonGlobe.com)
Sarah Sobieraj (Associate Professor of sociology, Tufts University and author, The Outrage Industry)
The online world grapples daily with the struggle between freedom of expression and the right to privacy with one’s internet presence, particularly in comment sections of popular blogs. Nearly all internet comments are allowed to be anonymous but many people regularly take advantage of that with shockingly abusive comments. Does the American public deserve online privacy? Does the current environment have a chilling effect on others’ freedom of speech? Can journalists be expected to take this abuse as part of their jobs, day in and day out? And short of compulsory identity verification, is there something we can do to mitigate the ill effects of this sociological phenomenon?
More information at http://www.fordhallforum.org
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Astronomy in the Year 2020
Thursday, April 16
7:30 pm
Harvard, Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge
Jeff McClintock
Travel into the future for a preview of the Giant Magellan Telescope. This cathedral-sized telescope perched on a Chilean mountaintop will, like Star Trek's Enterprise, take us where no one has gone before. Stunning developments in optics technology will deliver images 10 times sharper than those of the Hubble Space Telescope. The Center for Astrophysics is not only a founding partner in this grand endeavor, but also is building the premier first-light instrument that will study other earths, the first stars, and the origin of our universe. Jeff McClintock is a senior astrophysicist at the CfA and a lecturer in the Harvard University Astronomy Department.
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Friday, April 17
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Harvard Heat Week
http://harvardheatweek.org/schedule/
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Cambridge Science Festival 2015
Friday, April 17
All day
The Cambridge Science Festival is a celebration showcasing the leading edge in science, technology, engineering and math. A multifaceted, multicultural event every spring, the Cambridge Science Festival makes science accessible, interactive and fun for all!
Web site: http://www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/Home.aspx
Open to: the general public
This event occurs daily through April 26, 2015.
Sponsor(s): MIT Cambridge Science Festival
For more information, contact: Sung Kim
617 254-4379
sungmi at mit.edu
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MIT Clean Earth Hackathon
Friday, April 17 - Sunday, April 19
ALL DAY
MIT Media Lab, Bartos Theatre, Wiesner Building, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge
http://cleanearthhack.mit.edu/
Solve real challenges in the quest for environmental sustainability
On April 17-19, 2015, Sustainability at MIT will host a hackathon event like no other. You will take on environmental challenges put forth by industry and academic partners.
Teams will have two days to develop a solution to a real-world challenge of your choice. We are seeking participants eager to tackle complex puzzles and passionate about helping our community reach more sustainable practices and lower environmental impact.
The hackathon is open to students and young professionals. Participants from all disciplines, backgrounds and work experiences encouraged to apply.
Registration is free! Deadline is April 1, 2015.
The Challenge Areas
Natural Resource Management: Water, water and resource reuse and conservation
Mobility in the Modern World: Transportion innovation for the 21st century
Environmentally Conscious Design: Reducing the footprint of products and buildings
(re)Fueling the Next Generation: Sustainable energy solutions
Schedule Highlights:
Registration opens: January 30, 2015
Registration deadline: April 1, 2015
Friday, April 17, 2015
Companies and organizations will present their challenges and address questions regarding the challenges posed
Networking session to help participants find teammates and ask representatives further questions
Participants will form teams based on challenge interest and start crafting their solutions
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Teams continue to refine their solutions and begin preparing for presentations
Sunday, April 19, 2015:
Teams wrap up projects and present their solutions to a panel of judges
Judging and awards ceremony
Contact Name: cleanearthhack at mit.edu
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Innovation Breakfast at TechHub
Friday, April 17
8:30 AM to 10:00 AM (EDT)
TechHub, 212 Elm Street, 3rd floor, Somerville
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/innovation-breakfast-at-techhub-april-17-2015-tickets-16258347154
The roving Innovation Breakfast continues! Hosted by Bobbie Carlton, founder of Mass Innovation Nights, this Innovation Breakfast is taking place at the area's newest coworking space, TechHub. Right in super hip Davis Square!
Come out for a chance to talk with other innovators over a cup of coffee, network and check out the new co-working space.
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New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable: "Future of Solar in New England; and Transmission & Renewable Developments in New England"
Friday, April 17
9:00AM - 12:15PM
Foley Hoag LLP, 155 Seaport Boulevard, 13th Floor, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/417-roundtable-future-of-solar-in-new-england-and-transmission-renewable-developments-in-new-england-tickets-16186331754?utm_campaign=3.13.15+first+notice&utm_medium=email&utm_source=4.17.15+First+Announcement
Cost: $35 - $65
To live-stream the Roundtable, or to watch it later on-demand, sign up at http://signup.clickstreamtv.com/event/raab/events/?utm_source=4.17.15+First+Announcement&utm_campaign=3.13.15+first+notice&utm_medium=email
We have two very timely topics for the April 17th New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable (145): The Future of Solar in New England; and Transmission & Renewable Developments in New England.
Panel I: Future of Solar in New England
We begin The Future of Solar in New England panel with a presentation by Jonathan Black, Lead Engineer for System Planning at ISO-New England, who will discuss ISO New England's latest solar forecast. We will then hear about some of the emerging findings from MIT's ongoing Future of Solar Energy Study by Dr. Francis O'Sullivan, Director of Research and Analysis at MIT's Energy Initiative. Next, Ashley Brown, Executive Director of Harvard Electricity Policy Group, will discuss his recent article in the Electricity Journal (Valuation of Distributed Solar: A Qualitative View) which calls for reassessing the value of solar DG to better calibrate pricing policies. Karl Rábago, Executive Director at PACE University Climate & Energy Center (formerly of RMI, Texas PUC, and US DOE Undersecretary) will share his pioneering work in using solar valuation methodologies to inform net metering rates and policy. Janet Gail Besser, Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs for the New England Clean Energy Council, will share her perspective on a sensible path forward for solar in New England.
Panel II: Transmission & Renewable Energy Developments in New England
Next, we turn our attention to another timely topic,
Transmission & Renewable Energy Developments in New England. With the recent release of the draft RFP for renewables & transmission from the Southern New England States (Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island) it is time once again to reflect on a wide range of renewable resources and related transmission options that could help the New England states to meet their climate goals, while also potentially mitigating spikes in electricity prices. We have arranged for an excellent group of senior executives of leading renewable energy and transmission developers in New England and Eastern Canada to discuss their existing and proposed resources/projects.
We will begin with a keynote address from Hydro-Québec's CEO Thierry Vandal about the various renewable resources that HQ has to offer New England. Paul Gaynor, former CEO of First Wind, and current Executive Vice President for Utility & Global Wind at SunEdison, will discuss wind opportunities for New England. Edward Krapels, CEO of Anbaric Transmission, will discuss several innovative transmission-for-renewables projects his company is involved with, as will Robin McAdam, Vice President for Major Developments at Emera Energy.
http://www.RaabAssociates.org
Contact Name: Susan Rivo
susan at raabassociates.org
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Harvard Faculty Forum on Divestment
Friday, April 17
2:00 PM
Harvard Hall, Room 104, Harvard Yard, Cambridge
As Harvard Heat Week comes to a close, Harvard Faculty and financial professionals will lead us in a powerful day of action and learning about how the tide has turned — support for divestment is widespread, and the right choice both morally and financially.
Speakers:
Jim Anderson
Bill McKibben
Robert Massie
Chloe Maxmin
Harvard Heat Week
http://harvardheatweek.org/schedule/
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A Conversation with 2015 Jazz Masters in Residence George Coleman and Harold Mabern
WHEN Fri., Apr. 17, 2015, 4 – 5 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Thompson Room at the Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Music
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Learning From Performers
SPEAKER(S) Harold Mabern, George Coleman, and moderator Ingrid Monson
COST Free, tickets/RSVPs not required; seating first-come, first-served, subject to venue capacity.
CONTACT INFO 617.495.8676
DETAILS Tenor saxophonist George Coleman and pianist Harold Mabern—natives of Memphis, Tennessee, whose distinctive “hard bop” sound incorporates influences from rhythm and blues, gospel and blues—will discuss their careers during a public conversation moderated by Ingrid Monson, Quincy Jones Professor of African American Music. Co-sponsored by the Harvard Jazz Bands. Coleman and Mabern are the guest performers in “Memphis Giants,” a tribute concert featuring the Harvard Jazz Bands on Saturday, April 18 at 8 pm, Sanders Theatre. Visit the OFA’s Jazz Program page [http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/music/memphisgiants.php] for more information.
LINK http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/music/memphisgiants.php
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Architecture Lecture Series: "Function and Friction: Rethinking Design, Disability, and Assistive Technology"
Friday, April 17
5:30p–7:30p
MIT, Building 7-429, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: Sara Hendren
MIT Architecture Lecture Series
Part of the Spring 2015 Department of Architecture Lecture Series, "Experiments in Architecture".
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Department of Architecture
For more information, contact: Anne Simunovic
617-253-4412
annesim at mit.edu
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Harvard Heat Week Closing Rally
Friday, April 17
6:00 PM
Harvard Science Center Plaza, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
As Harvard Heat Week comes to a close, Cornel West ’73, Bob Massie ’89, Bevis Longstreth ’61, and many others will join us for a wrap-up to an incredible week — closing rally at 6:00 PM.
Harvard Heat Week
http://harvardheatweek.org/schedule/
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Saturday, April 18
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Science Carnival & Robot Zoo
12:00pm - 4:00pm
Saturday, April 18
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School Field House & Cambridge Public Library, Broadway & Ellery Street, Cambridge
Prepare yourself...for a Carnival of the Sciences and a ROBOT ZOO!
See, touch, smell, hear, and taste science in new and exciting ways!
Are you ready?
http://www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/2015Festival/2015ScheduleOfEvents.aspx
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Terry Riley’s 80th Birthday Celebration
Saturday, April 18
7:00pm
MIT Kresge Auditorium, W16, 48 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/mit-sounding-terry-riley-80th-birthday-concert-tickets-13095596281
Cost: $0 -20
with Terry Riley, Eviyan, Gamelan Galak Tika, Sarah Cahill, and the world premiere of all-live Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band
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Sunday, April 19
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Life in Space Long-Term
Sunday, April 19
2:30 – 4:00 pm
Museum of Science, Gordon Current Science & Technology Center, 1 Science Park, Boston
Free with Exhibit Halls admission; purchase online
Astronaut Chris Cassidy spent 181 days in space, including five space walks with Shuttle mission STS-127 and as a member of the International Space Station crew on Expedition 35.
Listen as he shares his experiences about what it's really like being an astronaut and living in space for months at a time!
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MakeScience: Arts & Tech Science Fair
Sunday, April 19
4:00pm - 8:00pm
Artisan's Asylum, 10 Tyler Street, Somerville
An old-school science fair with a modern Arts & Tech spin, featuring the ideas, tools, and processes of engineers, fine artisans, designers, sculptors, makers, tinkerers, and crafters. Come check out Artisan’s Asylum, greater Boston's premier community fabrication facility, and meet the people who make science here! Quench your curiosity with brewing science & robots, welding demos & dioramas, blinking lights and molten glass.
Artisan's Asylum
http://www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/2015Festival/2015ScheduleOfEvents.aspx
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Monday, April 20
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"How Much Energy do Building Energy Codes Really Save? Evidence from California"
Monday, April 20
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Harvard, HKS, Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
with Arik Levinson, Georgetown University
ETIP/Consortium Energy Policy Seminar
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/cepr/
Contact Name: Louisa Lund
Louisa_Lund at hks.harvard.edu
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The Politics of Openness: Technology, Corruption and Participation in Indian Public Employment
Monday, April 20
12:15PM - 2:00PM
Harvard, Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Rajesh Veeraraghavan, UC Berkeley/Harvard Berkman Center
Sandwich lunches are provided. Please RSVP to sts at hks.harvard.edu by Wednesday at 5PM the week before.
STS Circle at Harvard
http://sts.hks.harvard.edu/events/sts_circle/
Contact Name: Shana Rabinowich
sts at hks.harvard.edu
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African Americans Against the Bomb: Nuclear Weapons, Colonialism, and the Black Freedom Movement
WHEN Mon., Apr. 20, 2015, 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Sever 113, Harvard Yard, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Cosponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center's Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Seminar on Violence and Non-Violence and the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research.
SPEAKER(S)Vincent J Intondi, author, African Americans Against the Bomb: Nuclear Weapons, Colonialism, and the Black Freedom Movement
Elaine Scarry, Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and General Theory of Value, Harvard University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO 617-495-0738; humcentr at fas.harvard.edu
DETAILS Free and open to the public. Seating is limited.
Learn more about the book here: http://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=23490
LINK http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/vincent-j-intondi-his-new-book-emafrican-americans-against-bomb-nuclear-weapons-colonialism
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Environmental Lawlessness
Monday, April 20
7:00–8:30pm
Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain
RSVP at https://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?DayPlanner=1391&DayPlannerDate=4/20/2015
Richard Lazarus, Howard and Katherine Aibel Professor of Law, Harvard University
What happens when laws and regulations don’t keep pace with changes in technology, science, and society? The answer, according to Harvard Law School Professor Richard Lazarus, is lawlessness. Come learn some of the history and circumstances behind the country’s current but outdated environmental laws, how the original scope and intentions of these laws may no longer match the scope of the problems we face today, and the lawmaking challenges we now face as we seek to address the mounting environmental risks posed by deepwater drilling, natural gas fracking, and climate change. Professor Lazarus, who teaches environmental law, natural resources law, Supreme Court advocacy, and torts at Harvard Law School, was the principal author of Deep Water–The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling (GPO 2011), the Report to the President of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Commission. He will speak of lessons learned from this environmental disaster and how new regulations in line with current technologies are needed to better protect the environment as we tap our natural resources.
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How Much Energy do Building Energy Codes Really Save? Evidence from California
Monday, April 20
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Harvard, Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
with Arik Levinson, Georgetown University
ETIP/Consortium Energy Policy Seminar
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/cepr/
Contact Name: Louisa Lund
Louisa_Lund at hks.harvard.edu
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Tuesday, April 21
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Classes of defense for computer systems
Tuesday, April 21
12:00 pm
Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, 23 Everett Street, Second Floor, Cambridge
RSVP required for those attending in person at https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/04/Wolff#RSVP
Event will be webcast live on https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/04/Wolff at 12:00 pm.
with Berkman Fellow, Josephine Wolff
There is no silver bullet for defending computer systems. Strengthening security means negotiating a balance among a variety of defenses that fall into several different categories and rely on the cooperation and support of many different actors, including technologists, managers, and policy-makers. Therefore, one crucial element of security involves understanding the multiplicity of defenses and the ways they can be combined and recombined to protect systems. Yet, there is no clear model of how different classes of computer system defense relate to classes of attack, or what defensive functions are best suited to technical, policy, or managerial interventions. Drawing on case studies of actual security incidents, as well as the past decade of security incident data at MIT, this talk will analyze security roles and defense design patterns for application designers, administrators, and policy-makers. It will also discuss the interplay between defenses designed to limit access to computer systems and those oriented towards limiting and mitigating the resulting damage.
About Josephine
Josephine is a PhD candidate in the Engineering Systems Division at MIT studying cybersecurity and Internet policy. Her dissertation research focuses on understanding combinations of different types of defenses for computer systems, including the interactions among technical, social, and policy mechanisms. She has interned with Microsoft's Technology Policy Group, the Center for Democracy & Technology, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the Department of Defense. She has also written on computer security topics for Slate, Scientific American, and Newsweek. She holds an AB in mathematics from Princeton University, and an SM in Technology & Policy from MIT.
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Wahhabism: From Provincial Heresy to Arabian Hegemony
WHEN Tue., Apr. 21, 2015, 4 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, CGIS South Bldg, Belfer Case Study Room (S020), 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Religion, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR CMES Lecture Series on Arabian Peninsula Studies
SPEAKER(S) David Commins, professor of history, Dickinson College
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO elizabethflanagan at fas.harvard.edu
DETAILS Rescheduled from March 5.
This event is off the record. The use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.
LINK http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/node/3833
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Boston Quantified Self Show&Tell #BQS19 (NERD)
Tuesday, April 21
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Microsoft NERD New England Research & Development Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/BostonQS/events/220016995/
Sign in at the front desk and then take the elevators to the 1st floor.
Price: $7.00/per person
Please come join us on Tuesday, April 21st for another fun night of self-tracking presentations, sharing ideas, and showing tools. If you are self-tracking in any way -- health stats, biofeedback, life-logging, mood monitoring, biometrics, athletics, etc. -- come and share your methods, results and insights.
We're happy to hosted by our friends at Microsoft. Be sure to RSVP early to grab your spot! Come to meet new people, check out new hands-on gadgets and tools, enjoy healthy food, and learn from personal stories.
QS Boston is dedicated to hosting events that are safe and comfortable for everyone. All QS Boston events will follow the QS Boston Code of Conduct. Questions/feedback can be sent to Maggie (maggie.delano at gmail.com).
6:00 - 7:00 pm DEMO HOUR & SOCIAL TIME
Are you a toolmaker? Come demo your self-tracking gadget, app, project or idea that you're working on and share with others in our "science fair for adults." If you are making something useful for self-trackers – software, hardware, web services, or data standards – please demo it in this workshop portion of the Show&Tell. Want to participate in Demo Hour? Please let us know when you RSVP or contact Michael at myams at me.com for a spot.
7:00 - 8:00 pm IGNITE SHOW&TELLS
If you'd like to talk about your personal self-tracking story, please let us know in your RSVP or contact Maggie at maggie.delano at gmail.com, so you can discuss your topic. In your talk, you should answer the three prime questions: What did you do? How did you do it? What did you learn?
If you've never been to a meetup before, you can get a sense of what the talks are like from watching videos of previous QS talks.
Don't know what Ignite means? Click here for more info and here for tips on how to deliver a fantastic quick-fire presentation.
8:00 - 9:00 pm MORE SOCIAL TIME & NETWORKING
Talk to the speakers, chat with new and old friends, ask other people what they're tracking, and generally hang out and have a great time.
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Boston New Technology April 2015 Product Showcase #BNT52
Tuesday, April 21
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, 41 Berkeley Street, Boston
Enter at the Berkeley St Entrance, look for BNT signs and come to our check-in table to print your name tag. Showcase will take place in the auditorium off the lobby.
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Boston_New_Technology/events/220504973/
Free event! Come learn about 7 innovative and exciting technology products and network with the Boston/Cambridge startup community! Each presenter gets 5 minutes for product demonstration and 5 minutes for Questions & Answers. And yes, we will have chairs! Please follow @BostonNewTech and use the #BNT52 hashtag in social media posts: details here.
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CafeSci Boston: "Why 60 Minutes? 5000 Years of Tradition and Science"
Tuesday, April 21
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Le Laboratoire Cambridge, 650 East Kendall St. Cambridge
Join WGBH's NOVA at our monthly event, CafeSci Boston. Science Cafes are live and lively events that bring scientists, researchers, artists, and professionals out to have a conversation about their work with the general public. This month, Robert Coolman will discuss why mechanical clocks were incapable of measuring minutes and seconds until the 16th century, yet the 60 used then is the same used by the Sumerians over 5000 years ago. This will be the story of how 60 was handed from civilization to civilization.
http://www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/2015Festival/2015ScheduleOfEvents.aspx
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Wednesday, April 22
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Harvard Celebrates Earth Day
Wednesday, April 22
11:30 am–5 pm
Harvard, Science Center Plaza, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Join us we celebrate Earth Day, with booths from campus groups, local farmers, and the Cambridge Community. Learn about sustainability initiatives on campus and places to volunteer, listen to student performances, participate in a freecycle, play recycling-related lawn games, or get your bike tuned up!
Sponsored by the Office for Sustainability, Harvard University Dining Services, and Harvard's Common Spaces.
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Libraries as a Platform: Enabling libraries to become community centers of meaning
Wednesday, April 22
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building E25-202, 45 Carleton Street, Cambridge
Speaker: David Weinberger, Harvard University
Libraries are in a unique position to reflect a community back to itself, enabling us to see what matters, and to use that information so that the community learns from itself. This is one of the primary use cases for developing and widely deploying library platforms. But becoming a community center of meaning can easily turn into creating an echo chamber. The key is developing interoperable systems that let communities learn from one another. We'll look at one proposal for a relatively straightforward way of doing so that's so dumb that it just might work.
Discussant: David Weinberger has worked in high tech for decades and writes about the effect of the Internet on how we think about ourselves, our world, and business. He has served as co-director of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab and am is currently a Senior Researcher at Harvard's Berkman Center.
Information Science Brown Bag talks, hosted by the Program on Information Science, consists of regular discussions and brainstorming sessions on all aspects of information science and uses of information science and technology to assess and solve institutional, social and research problems. These are informal talks. Discussions are often inspired by real-world problems being faced by the lead discussant.
Web site: http://informatics.mit.edu/event/brown-bag-david-weinberger-harvard-university-libraries-platform-enabling-libraries
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Libraries
For more information, contact: Chen, Andrew
6172533044
achen0 at mit.edu
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3D Printed Bionic Nanomaterials
Wednesday, April 22
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 34-401, 50 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Michael McAlpine, Princeton University
The ability to interweave biology with nanomaterials in 3D could enable the creation of bionic systems possessing unique properties and functionalities. The coupling of 3D printing with novel nanomaterials and living platforms may enable next-generation 3D printed bionic nanodevices. Interfacing these devices with biology could yield breakthroughs in regenerative medicine, smart prosthetics, and human-machine interfaces.
MTL Seminar Series
Light lunch at 11:30am
Web site: http://www.mtl.mit.edu/seminars/spring2015.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Microsystems Technology Laboratories
For more information, contact: Valerie DiNardo
253-9328
valeried at mit.edu
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The Chinese Dream of Great Renewal: Challenges for China and the World
WHEN Wed., Apr. 22, 2015, 12:30 – 1:50 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, CGIS South, S020, Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Critical Issues Confronting China Seminar Series; co-sponsored by the Harvard Asia Center and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
SPEAKER(S) The Honorable Börje Ljunggren, former Swedish ambassador to the People's Republic of China and Vietnam
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CIC Technology Showcase
Wednesday, April 22
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Cambridge Innovation Center, Venture Cafe (5th floor), 1 Broadway, Cambridge
CIC Cambridge houses over 700 startups under one roof in Kendall Square. Some amazing products such as the Android operating system, the Kindle Fire 2, and the Second Life virtual world have been developed here. Join us April 22nd to see some of the coolest devices and applications being conjured up right here in Cambridge. This event is open to the public and co-hosted with the Cambridge Science Festival.
http://www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/
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Adopting a Cleaner Technology: The Effect of Driving Restrictions on Fleet Turnover
Wednesday, April 22
4:10-5:30
Harvard, Room L-382 (3rd Floor Littauer Building), 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
Juan-Pablo Montero, Catholic University of Chile
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
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Sustainability unConference 2015
Wednesday, April 22
5:30 PM to 10:00 PM (EDT)
District Hall 75 Northern Avenue, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/sustainability-unconference-2015-tickets-15880959377
Got Earth Day plans? Bring them to District Hall and be apart of the third annual Sustainability unConferenceon on Wednesday evening, April 22nd, from 5-10PM. EcoMotion, Impact Hub Boston, Greenovate Boston, District Hall, City Awake, and many others are providing a platform for diverse sectors to riff off one another and collaborate on the intersections of sustainability and innovation. We would love to engage you/your organization as a partner. The event is free to the public and will reflect the unique attendees who join the conversation.
What is an unConference? An unConference is an interactive event where participants propose topics and shape the agenda. There will be several planned exhibitors and thematic spaces, but the rest is up to you! Out-of-the-box ideas, idea paint walls, creative formatting, and props are encouraged. Proposed sessions will range from Sustainability in our Schools to Food Entrepreneurship, Cleantech and Eco-Districts to Beekeeping in the City, Women in Sustainability, Green Financing and many more!
If you are interested in hosting a session, you can propose your idea form by April 20th here.
Questions? Contact Sierra (sflanigan at ecomotion.us) or Helen (hfpetty at gmail.com). Looking forward to collaborating with you!
Session Proposals must be posted by 5:30pm. It is the responsibility of session leaders to ensure session title and description is posted on voting wall. Voting for session topics runs from 5:30pm to 6:00pm in the Assembly room.
Session locations will be finalized at 6:15pm.
5:00: Doors open for networking reception
5:30-6: Session voting, networking, and presentation tables
6: Welcoming address
6:30-7:30: Session Wave 1
8-9: Session Wave 2
9-10: Closing and Mingling
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Boston Living with Water Competition Pin-up
Wednesday, April 22
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, #200, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-living-with-water-competition-pin-up-tickets-16433473963
Join us on Earth Day (April 22nd) from 6:00 to 8:30 PM at BSA Space for pin-up event involving all Boston Living with Water competition semi-finalists.
This is a valuable opportunity for teams to present their draft proposals for discussion and feedback from their peers, community members and other experts. Each team has 15 minutes to present their draft work before hearing back from participants. Teams within each site will hear all three proposals presented and commented on. They will then have another month to revise and finalize their submissions.
Space is limited, so please only RSVP if you plan to join us and participate in the discussion. We encourage team members from one site to spread out and participate in other site reviews as well. We look forward to seeing you there!
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The Health of Democracy: Polarization and Ideologies
Wednesday, April 22
6:30pm
Cambridge Forum, 3 Church Street, Cambridge
Can a polarized public maintain a healthy democracy? It;s not just the Congress that is ideologically divided.? The Pew Research Center recently documented how the American people have become polarized over the past 50 years. Michael Dimock, President of the Pew Research Center, discusses this ground-breaking study and its implications for the health of our democracy. What can citizens do to create and support effective community dialogues aimed at strengthening social bonds?
This program is funded in part by a grant from MassHumanities.
617-495-2727
www.cambridgeforum.org
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Solving for X: Preparing Our Children for an Uncertain World
Wednesday, April 22
6:30p–8:00p
MIT, Building 4-270, 182 Memorial Drive (Rear), Cambridge
Speaker: John Hunter, Scot Osterweil, Peter Stidwill, Tenzin Priyadarshi
John Hunter, master teacher and creator of the World Peace Game, will share the subtle mechanics of his geo-political simulation, how it has for 35 years proved to be a successful interdisciplinary classroom tool, and why now his work has been hailed as a tool for peace by institutions ranging from the US Pentagon to the United Nations.
His heart-felt message of hope has evolved from a regular, introspective and intensive practice of engaging his students in the chaos and uncertainty of life through transformative experiences of give and take, and the innovative and critical thinking demanded of the impossible goals of his "game" the welfare of all nations and practical solutions to global crisis.
Hunter hopes to inspire others with the stories of immense compassion, courage, and optimism that have sprung from the collective wisdom of the children, our best hopes for peace tomorrow.
Web site: http://thecenter.mit.edu/cent_events/solving-x/
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values
For more information, contact: The Center at MIT
617 254-6030
DalaiLamaCenter at mit.edu
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Cambridge Science Festival Panel: Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming
Wednesday, April 22
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Cambridge Public Library, Lecture Hall, 449 Broadway, Cambridge
Human impact has “broken” some ecosystems on the planet and significantly compromised most others. Is it possible restoring ecological health to impacted areas could address the worst threat yet faced by human civilization: the climate crisis?
Vast amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide can be returned to soil through innovative land management practices. Benefits include greater agricultural productivity, improved nutrition, enhanced drought resilience, and the return of water to dried-up rivers and lakes.
This panel discussion, a free Cambridge Science Festival event, will focus on the latest science and field trials indicating that significant carbon drawdown is not only possible, it's essential.
Presented by Biodiversity for a Livable Climate, a 501c3 nonprofit based in Lexington, MA
http://bio4climate.org
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The Health of Democracy: A Polarized Public
WHEN Wed., Apr. 22, 2015, 7 – 8:30 p.m.
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Cambridge Forum
SPEAKER(S) Michael Dimock, president, Pew Research Center
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO 617-495-2727
director at cambridgeforum.org
DETAILS Can a polarized public maintain a healthy democracy? It’s not just the Congress that is ideologically divided. The Pew Research Center recently documented how the American people have become polarized over the past 50 years. Michael Dimock, president of the Pew Research Center, discusses this ground-breaking study and its implications for the health of our democracy. What can citizens do to create and support effective community dialogues aimed at strengthening social bonds?
LINK www.cambridgeforum.org
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Thursday, April 23
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A Critical Comparison of Regulatory Regimes for Offshore Oil and Gas in the U.S., U.K, and Norway
Thursday, April 23
11:45-1
Harvard, Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer Building), 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
Lori Bennear, Associate Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy, Duke University
Regulatory Policy Program Seminar
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New England Groundfish: A Story About Managing People
Thursday, April 23
12:00-1:00pm
Tufts, Lincoln Filene Center, Rabb Room, 10 Upper Campus Road, Medford
Brett Alger, Fishery Management Specialist, NOAA Fisheries
New England fisheries date back several centuries, with the iconic Atlantic cod playing a key role in our countries' development. In the 1970's, faced with declining fish stocks, Congress passed the Magnuson-Stevens Act to create sustainable fisheries that benefit our fishermen and our Nation. The Act created eight Fishery Management Councils made up of fishermen, along with state and federal managers to develop measures to manage fisheries within the legal requirements. The New England Council is responsible for developing a management plan for 13 groundfish species, including cod. The fishery is managed using a variety of tools, including catch limits, effort controls, and a catch share system. Despite being one of the most scrutinized and highly regulated fisheries in the world, several groundfish stocks including cod, are in extremely poor condition. A concoction of political, environmental, economic, and scientific factors has left cod and the fishing industry in peril, and fisheries management with few options. Brett's presentation will cover the legal, scientific, and management process of New England groundfish, and highlight what has happened with Atlantic cod, and where the fishery might be headed.
Brett Alger is a Fishery Management Specialist for NOAA Fisheries in the Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office in Gloucester, MA, a region that extends from the Canadian border to North Carolina. He helps to manage commercial and recreational fisheries in Federal waters of the Atlantic Ocean, including developing policy, implementing management measures, and monitoring catch. Before coming to NOAA Fisheries six years ago, Brett earned a B.S. in Biology from Central Michigan University, an M.S in Fisheries Management and Science from Michigan State University, and worked for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and several State agencies in the Midwest.
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How Interfaces Demand Obedience
Thursday, April 23
12:00pm to 1:30pm
MIT Media Lab, 3rd floor, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://civic.mit.edu/event/civic-media-lunch-mushon-zer-aviv-how-interfaces-demand-obedience
Mushon Zer-Aviv
The internet, once associated with openness and decentralization, is increasingly understood in terms of the control exerted by government agencies (like the NSA) and advertising (targeted ads). What is less commonly discussed is how this subliminal control is embedded in interface design. In this talk Mushon Zer-Aviv argues that web interfaces demand our silent obedience with every page load and he tries to offer tactics and strategies for challenging the politics of the interface.
Zer-Aviv is a designer, an educator and a media activist based in Tel Aviv. His work and writing explore the boundaries of interface and the biases of techno-culture as they are redrawn through politics, design and networks. Among Mushon’s collaborations, he is the co-founder of Shual.com – a foxy design studio; YouAreNotHere.org – a tour of Gaza through the streets of Tel Aviv; Kriegspiel – a computer game version of the Situationist Game of War; the Turing Normalizing Machine – exploring algorithmic prejudice; the AdNauseam extension – clicking ads so you don’t have to; and multiple government transparency and civic participation initiatives with the Public Knowledge Workshop; Mushon also designed the map for Waze.com. Mushon is an alumni of Eyebeam – an art and technology center in New York. He teaches digital media as a senior faculty member at Shenkar School of Engineering and Design. Previously he taught new media research at NYU and Open Source design at Parsons the New School of Design and in Bezalel Academy of Art & Design. Read him at Mushon.com and follow him at @mushon.
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The Benefits of Biomass Combined Heat and Power
Thursday, April 23
2 p.m. Eastern
webinar
RSVP at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3533308468996012289?utm_source=SCN+InBox+e-Newsletter&utm_campaign=a1c67323e1-HurstInvite_4-2-15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_11e7ac761c-a1c67323e1-188562049
featuring Sullivan County's Combined Heat & Power System
In December, 2013, Sullivan County New Hampshire flipped the switch on a new $3.4 million biomass Combined Heat and Power (CHP) district energy system to serve its 166-bed nursing home and 168-bed prison complex, as well as two smaller on-site buildings in Unity, N.H.
The system is almost entirely fueled by locally sourced, renewable wood chips and produces inexpensive heat and electricity for the more than 215,000 sq. ft. of conditioned space. The system has replaced 95 percent of fuel oil purchases and 10 percent of electric purchases in the nursing home.
The county estimates the annual fuel savings will pay for the construction bond within 15 years.
In this free, one-hour webinar, Sullivan County Facilities Director John Cressy will explain how the project was conceived and implemented, and how it has performed in its first full year of operation. He'll be joined by Bob Waller of Thermal Systems, Inc., who managed all specification and procurement services for the project.
Sustainable City Network operates a website (http://www.sCityNetwork.com), customized e-newsletters and interactive tools dedicated to providing quality and timely information on sustainability products, services and best practices to leaders in government, education and healthcare.
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A STEAM Conversation: Learning through the Lens of Art & Science
Thursday, April 23
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Lesley University College of Art and Design, Lower Arts Commons in Lunder Art Center, 1801 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
This 2nd annual STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) Conversation, a collaboration between Catalyst Conversation (CC) and the Cambridge Creativity Commons (CCC) is a lecture and workshop that explores the fertile overlap between the arts and sciences and how teaching them together can promote excitement and engagement in learning. A local artist and scientist will give presentations on a common theme followed by a hands-on workshop with ideas on how to merge science and arts education. We welcome educators, youth, artists, scientists and those interested in this rich ground for learning!
http://www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/2015Festival/2015ScheduleOfEvents.aspx
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An Atmospheric Measurement Network and Modeling Framework to Quantify Methane Emissions from Natural Gas Losses in the Boston Urban Region
Thursday, April 23
4:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building 48-316, 15 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Dr. Kathryn McKain, Harvard University
Environmental Sciences Seminar Series
Join us for a weekly series of EFM/Hydrology topics by MIT faculty and students, as well as guest lecturers from around the globe.
Web site: https://sites.google.com/site/parsonsseminars/home
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Parsons Lab, Civil and Environmental Engineering
For more information, contact: Brenda Pepe
617-258-5554
pepebe at mit.edu
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What Went Wrong?: The Causes of Democratic Breakdown in Egypt
WHEN Thu., Apr. 23, 2015, 4 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, CGIS, Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Middle East Seminar, co-chairs: Herbert C. Kelman, Lenore G. Martin, Sara Roy; sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
SPEAKER(S) Carrie R. Wickham, professor, Department of Political Science, Emory University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO sroy at fas.harvard.edu
DETAILS This event is off the record. The use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.
LINK http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/node/3822
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Making Education Relevant in the Face of Global Challenges
WHEN Thu., Apr. 23, 2015, 4 – 6:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge
TYPE OF EVENT Discussion, Forum, Lecture, Question & Answer Session
PROGRAM/DEPARTMENT Alumni, AskWith Forum
BUILDING/ROOM Askwith Hall
CONTACT NAME Roger Falcon
CONTACT EMAIL askwith_forums at gse.harvard.edu
CONTACT PHONE 617-384-9968
SPONSORING ORGANIZATION/DEPARTMENT Harvard Graduate School of Education
REGISTRATION REQUIRED No
ADMISSION FEE This event is free and open to the public.
RSVP REQUIRED No
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Education
DETAILS Moderator: Fernando Reimers, Ed.M.’84, Ed.D.’88, Ford Foundation Professor of Practice in International Education and Faculty Director, International Education Policy Program, HGSE
Panelists:
William Clark, Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development and Faculty Chair, Energy and Natural Resources Program, Belfer Center for International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Diana Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies and Fredric Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Member of the Faculty of Divinity
Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School and Chair, Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative
Howard Koh, Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership, Harvard School of Public Health and Co-Chair, Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative
This panel opens a think tank focused on the question of how to make education relevant. How do we align what schools and universities teach w some of the biggest global challenges we face? the challenges of including all, of preventing and addressing the potential for religious, ethnic and racial conflict, the challenge of closing gender gaps, promoting health and fostering environmental sustainability.
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Investing in Lower Income Communities: A Continuing Conversation
WHEN Thu., Apr. 23, 2015, 5 – 6:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Building, B-500, Bell Hal, l79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Education, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Joint Center for Housing Studies and Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston
SPEAKER(S) Elizabeth B. Smith, Janelle Chan, Joe Flatley, Chrystal Kornegay, and Esther Schlorholtz
COST Free and open to the public
DETAILS Lower income communities face continuing challenges in attracting capital for housing and other types of investments. This panel discussion, with speakers representing key stakeholder groups, is aimed at furthering the conversation about the current investment needs facing lower income areas and how lending efforts can best be focused – viable strategies and new ideas. Although the focus will be on the Boston area, the issues discussed have broader relevance.
LINK http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/event/investing-lower-income-communities-continuing-conversation
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Islands: Natural Laboratories of Evolution
Thursday, April 23
6:00PM
Harvard Museum of Natural History, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Tahiti, Bermuda, Madeira, Bali. Everyone loves islands, but no one loves them more than an evolutionary biologist. From the dwarf elephants of Crete to the carnivorous caterpillars of Hawaii and the snaggly-fingered aye-aye of Madagascar, islands present a cornucopia of biodiversity. Darwin drew much of his inspiration from island stopovers on his fabled Beagle voyage, as did Alfred Russel Wallace on his own perambulations through the East Indies. Ever since Darwin and Wallace jointly proposed their theory of evolution by natural selection, biologists have returned to islands to gain fresh insights. In this illustrated, public lecture Jonathan Losos, Monique and Philip Lehner Professor for the Study of Latin America, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Curator in Herpetology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, will discuss the relevance of islands to our understanding of evolution and its processes.
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Thursday Evening Lecture Series: Global Health Includes US: Poverty, Race and Health in Mississippi
Thursday, April 23
6:00p–8:00p
MIT, Building 4-237, 182 Memorial Dr (Rear), Cambridge
Speaker: H. Jack Geiger, City University of New York Medical School
The Global Health and Medical Humanities Initiative (GHMHI), with support from SHASS Anthropology, began hosting a Thursday Evening Lecture Series on campus on topics related to global and mental health during the fall 2014 semester. This talk featuring H. Jack Geiger is the fourth event in this lecture series. Dr. Geiger launched the Community Health Center Model in the United States, a network that now provides primary care for 28 million low-income patients, in 1965, with health centers in the Mississippi Delta and Boston. He is a founding member and past president of Physicians for Social Responsibility and Physicians for Human Rights, which shared in the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 and 1988, respectively.
Appetizers and refreshments will be served. We hope you will be able to join us!
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Anthropology Program, Global Health and Medical Humanities Initiative
For more information, contact: Brittany Peters
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Google Wearables Challenge Final Smackdown
Thursday, April 23
6:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Google Cambridge, 355 Main Street, Cambridge
Reserve your tickets here: http://goo.gl/Hbj9D4
In our second iteration of this event following on the huge success of last year's "Google Glass Challenge", Google and Medstro widen the focus to include all wearable technology, regardless of manufacturer or OS. As of the submission deadline for the online portion of this year's challenge (March 14), we received 89 amazing submissions, surpassing last year by 34. During the voting period, which ends on March 28, you, the "crowd" will get to vote on your favorites along with a panel of expert judges. The top eight finalists will be invited to pitch their idea live at Google's Cambridge Center campus in Kendall Square on April 23. This event will also feature a "networking & demonstration" happy hour with hors d'oeuvres, beer and wine where you'll be able to try on the latest brain sensing headbands, myoelectric gesture sensing input devices, wearable body temperature trackers, fitness trackers plus some secret new stuff from Google!
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A Conversation with Krzysztof Wodiczko
WHEN Thu., Apr. 23, 2015, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Lecture Hall, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Special Events
DETAILS In association with John Harvard Projection Krzysztof Wodiczko will discuss his work followed by a conversation with James Voorhies, the John R. and Barbara Robison Family Director of the Carpenter Center, and Silvia Benedito, Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design.
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Ford Hall Forum: A Bumpy Ride
Thursday, April 23
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)
C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University, 55 Temple Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-bumpy-ride-tickets-16223060611
Stephanie Pollack (Secretary, MassDOT)
Steve Regan (spokesman, MA Regional Taxi Advocacy Group)
Steve DelBianco (Executive Director, NetChoice)
Sabrina Maloney (driver, Lyft)
Uber and Lyft are warring with cab companies in every major city and the controversy is heating up in Boston. Are Lyft and Uber skirting regulations and is this related to the safety issues that have arisen with these services? Or are the taxi companies simply crying foul because their business model is outdated? In this conversation on a pivotal local issue, we talk about what’s fair to the companies when the rules of the road change, and what’s best for Bostonians on the move.
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Friday, April 24
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MIT Sustainability Summit 2015 - Farming, Food, and the Future
Friday, April 24, 2015 at 8:00 AM - Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 4:00 PM
MIT, McDermott Court, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mit-sustainability-summit-2015-farming-food-and-the-future-tickets-15693724352
Cost: $50-$150
Farming, Food, and the Future: Changing the Shape of Agricultural Systems
Sponsored by Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab and Pure Strategies
The 7th Annual MIT Sustainability Summit will focus on understanding—and offering solutions to—the complex problems facing local and global agriculture systems. This year’s Summit will tackle food and farming challenges through the lens of the “Circular Economy,” a systems-thinking approach that demonstrates that a flourishing, sustainable world is built on intentionally cycling resources between production and consumption: from farm to table and back again.
Speakers include:
Britt Lundgren ~ Director of Organic and Sustainable Agriculture, Stonyfield Farm
Fedele Bauccio ~ CEO, Bon Appetit Management Company and 2014 EY Entrepreneur of the Year
Kathleen Merrigan ~ Executive Director, George Washington Sustainability Institute and Former Undersecretary, US Department of Agriculture
Our full agenda will be announced shortly on the Sustainability Summit website at http://sustainabilitysummit.mit.edu
We encourage you to buy tickets early - we do have limited attendance capacity this year.
Interested in volunteering at the Summit? Please reach out to the Summit Operations Team.
We will not be able to refund tickets after purchase.
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Architecture & CAST Symposium: Active Matter Summit, Programming Materials to Sense, Transform, and Self-Assemble
Friday, April 24
9:00a–6:00p
If today we program computers and machines, tomorrow we will program matter itself. This conference is about the emerging field of active matter and programmable materials that bridges the worlds of art, science, engineering and design, demonstrating new perspectives for computation, transformation and dynamic material applications. This two-day conference will consist of a range of talks and lively discussion from leading researchers in materials science, art & design, synthetic biology and soft-robotics along with leaders from government, public institutions and industry.
Conference is organized by Skylar Tibbits & Athina Papadopoulou, Self-Assembly Lab at MIT in collaboration with: the Center for Arts Science and Technology at MIT (CAST), the Department of Architecture at MIT, the International Design Center at MIT (IDC) & Autodesk Inc.
The Active Matter Summit is funded in part by the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST) through the generosity of Ronald A. Kurtz '54, in recognition of the exemplary career of Merton C. Flemings, Toyota Professor Emeritus and founding director of the Materials Processing Center at MIT.
MIT Architecture Lecture Series
Web site: http://www.selfassemblylab.net
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
This event occurs daily through April 25, 2015.
Sponsor(s): Department of Architecture, Center for Art, Science & Technology, MIT-SUTD International Design Centre
For more information, contact: Athina Papadopoulou
617-253-4412
athpap at mit.edu
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Friday Morning Seminar: Epidemic Projections and the Politics of Reckoning During the Ebola Crisis
Friday, April 24
10:00a–11:50a
Harvard, 1550 William James Hall, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Adia Benton, Brown University
The Friday Morning Seminar, as it is widely known, has been meeting every year since 1984, when it was launched as the foundational seminar for a postdoctoral fellowship program in culture, psychiatry, and mental health and the predoctoral program in medical anthropology. Since that time, the seminar has brought together an interdisciplinary group of social scientists and clinicians, including faculty, fellows, students, and visiting scholars from across the University and the teaching hospitals, and universities across greater Boston.
The seminar features presentations of new research and writing by faculty, fellows, and students, and by invited guests. Its perspective is global and international, with a focus on comparative and cross-cultural studies. Some seminars have led to edited books (recently, Postcolonial Disorders; Subjectivity: Ethnographic Investigations; and Shattering Culture), and special issues for journals such as Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry: An International Journal of Cross-Cultural Research.
The seminar will take place on Friday, 4/24/15, and will feature Adia Benton who will be giving a presentation entitled, Epidemic Projections and the Politics of Reckoning During the Ebola Crisis.
We hope you will be able to join us!
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Global Health and Medical Humanities Initiative, Anthropology Program, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Program in Medical Anthropology at Harvard University, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University
For more information, contact:
Brittany Peters
bapeters at mit.edu
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Spring Music Concert: Dance Music from Northeastern Brazil
WHEN Fri., Apr. 24, 2015, 12 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Science Center Plaza, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Concerts, Dance, Exhibitions, Lecture, Music, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR This event is organized by ARTS @DRCLAS in collaboration with the Brazil Studies Program
SPEAKER(S) Forró Zabumbeca
Paddy League, G3 in ethnomusicology, Harvard
Adam Bahrami, postdoctoral fellow in evolutionary biology, Harvard
Marié Abe, assistant professor of ethnomusicology, Boston University
Catherine Bent, instructor, Berklee College of Music
Kenny Kozol, performing arts coordinator, Brookline Public Schools
DETAILS
Program:
Talk: 12:00-12:10 p.m.
Dance lesson - 12:10 - 12:20 p.m.
Concert - 12:20 - 1:00 p.m.
LINK http://drclas.harvard.edu/event/artsdrclas-spring-music-concert15%27
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The State of Solar in Massachusetts
Friday, April 24
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
NonProfit Center, 89 South Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-state-of-solar-in-massachusetts-tickets-16299008774
The State of Solar:
A networking event and panel discussion for business leaders on solar power in Massachusetts
Over the past decade, Massachusetts has positioned itself as a solar leader in the United States. The state has 776 MW of installed solar capacity - ranking it 6th in the country - and is planning on reaching 1600 MW by 2020. 9,400 jobs have been created by the solar industry in Massachusetts, the 2nd largest solar industry employer in the country.
But the real question is: How will Massachusetts continue to regulate this market while also sustaining its growth?
Join Senator Jamie Eldridge as well as other forward-thinking legislators and industry leaders in a discussion on the future of the solar industry and the challenges that will need to be overcome to reach our solar goal.
Climate Action Business Association http://cabaus.org
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Saturday, April 25
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MIT Sustainability Summit 2015 - Farming, Food, and the Future
Friday, April 24, 2015 at 8:00 AM - Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 4:00 PM
MIT, McDermott Court, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mit-sustainability-summit-2015-farming-food-and-the-future-tickets-15693724352
Cost: $50-$150
Farming, Food, and the Future: Changing the Shape of Agricultural Systems
Sponsored by Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab and Pure Strategies
The 7th Annual MIT Sustainability Summit will focus on understanding—and offering solutions to—the complex problems facing local and global agriculture systems. This year’s Summit will tackle food and farming challenges through the lens of the “Circular Economy,” a systems-thinking approach that demonstrates that a flourishing, sustainable world is built on intentionally cycling resources between production and consumption: from farm to table and back again.
Speakers include:
Britt Lundgren ~ Director of Organic and Sustainable Agriculture, Stonyfield Farm
Fedele Bauccio ~ CEO, Bon Appetit Management Company and 2014 EY Entrepreneur of the Year
Kathleen Merrigan ~ Executive Director, George Washington Sustainability Institute and Former Undersecretary, US Department of Agriculture
Our full agenda will be announced shortly on the Sustainability Summit website at http://sustainabilitysummit.mit.edu
We encourage you to buy tickets early - we do have limited attendance capacity this year.
Interested in volunteering at the Summit? Please reach out to the Summit Operations Team.
We will not be able to refund tickets after purchase.
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RootsCamp MA
April 25-26
1199SEIU in Dorchester.
Not familiar with RootsCamp MA? This is a cross-issue, progressive, movement building "unconference" where the attendees drive the agenda.
Learn more at www.RootsCampMA.org.
*Registration is open*
You are invited to attend. We encourage you to register for the event this week at www.rootscampma15.eventbrite.com. Tickets are $20 and include breakfast, lunch, and snacks for two days. A limited number of $10 tickets are available. Sponsorships of $100, $250, and $500 help keep the ticket price accessible.
*Call for volunteers*
RootsCamp MA is an all-volunteer effort that is organized in just 10 weeks. We will need additional help throughout the weekend of the event. Please
fill out the volunteer interest form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EX1gnFlb3WYOXD-CppdgZp-cmrrSbzOLfqkvJPAmWho/viewform>
so we can match your availability, skills, and interest as we schedule volunteers.
*What will YOU present?*
Since this is a participant-driven event so we are strongly encouraging you to come prepared to present a session or facilitate a dialogue. You know what you know, and you know what you are curious about. Bring that and we'll all benefit from the shared learning and relationship building. It's an "unconference", so all sessions are chosen the morning of the event. Let us know what session you might lead so we can create some buzz about it!
*Who will you invite?*
Invite your friends to the Facebook event <https://www.facebook.com/events/795042047246411/> and share this Facebook
graphic <https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155322600205029&set=gm.796014150482534&type=1>.
On Twitter? Follow @RootsCampMA <http://www.twitter.com/rootscampma> and click the links below to share these tweets:
ClickToTweet: <http://ctt.ec/3_92D> . at RootsCampMA progressive
"unconference" April 25-26 @ 1199SEIU in Dorchester. $10-$20
http://ctt.ec/3_92D+ #Boston #p2 #rootsma Pls RT
ClickToTweet: <http://ctt.ec/JFP69> Looking for RootsCamp MA call for proposals? "Unconference" = agenda decided on the spot. Sign up!
www.RootsCampMA.org <http://www.rootscampma.org/> #rootsma #p2 #Boston
p.s. Curious what to expect? Check out the 2013 RootsCamp MA Storify <https://storify.com/robbiesamuels/rootscamp-ma-for-organizers-by-organizers>
for photos, videos, and tweets. You'll see the magic we created together.
Robbie Samuels & David Sloane
RootsCamp MA Lead Organizers
www.RootsCampMA.org
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Trends in Technology (part of Cambridge Science Festival)
Saturday, April 25
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Cambridge Public Library Lecture Hall, 449 Broadway, Cambridge
Wondering how new technologies like 3D printing, Internet of Things, Wearable Tech, and Unmanned Civilian Vehicles will affect you? Read on!
The Greater Boston Chapter of ACM is proud to be a part of the Festival. We are producing a presentation which will explore some of the latest headline-grabbing technology trends. Our speaker, Greg Page, will describe and demystify 9 areas of technology that are changing everyone's life: 3D printing, Internet of Things, Wearable Tech, IPv6, Bitcoin, NFC, Cloud Computing, Ephemeral Communication Apps, and Unmanned Civilian Vehicles. He explains the meaning behind the related buzzwords, and the impact of each of these emerging tech fields for individuals, small businesses, and society in general.
We plan to provide some light refreshments before and after the talk, so please RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/ACM-Boston/events/221218999/ so we can plan appropriate quantities.
Speaker: Greg Page, is a 2014 graduate of the MIT Sloan School of Management, affiliate of MIT's Venture Mentoring Service, former US Navy Intelligence Officer, and now a Captain in the United States Army Reserve. Greg is also an Adjunct Computer Science Lecturer at Boston University and CEO and co-founder of Merrimack Analysis Group.
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Sunday, April 26
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Science Festival After Party at Aeronaut
Sunday, April 26
5:00pm - 10:00pm
Aeronaut Brewery, 14 Tyler Street, Somerville
Sip the science festival brew and toast to geeky science love everywhere with festival revelers. Cheers!
http://www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/2015Festival/2015ScheduleOfEvents.aspx
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Economic Prosperity For Peace Conference
Sunday, April 26
8:00 AM to 3:00 PM (EDT)
Harvard Business School, 117 Western Avenue, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/economic-prosperity-for-peace-conference-tickets-16004624262
The goal of the "Economic Prosperity for Peace" conference is to explore the role that the private sector can play in building and promoting economic prosperity for Arabs and Israelis alike as a catalyst for regional stability and cooperation. The conference will take place over one day and through addresses from keynote speakers and several different panels, explore how entrepreneurship, infrastructure development, skills-based training and education can play an important role in laying the groundwork for an eventual and sustainable peace in the region.
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Monday, April 27
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MASS Seminar - Clara Orbe (GSFC)
Monday, April 27
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
Speaker: Clara Orbe
MASS Seminar
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Atmospheric Science Seminars (MASS)
For more information, contact: MASS organizing committee
mass at mit.edu
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Low-carbon leapfrogging and globalization: How China developed its solar PV industry
Monday, April 27
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Harvard, Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
with Christian Binz, Giorgio Ruffolo Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sustainability Science Program and Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, Harvard Kennedy School
ETIP/Consortium Energy Policy Seminar
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/cepr/
Contact Name: Louisa Lund
Louisa_Lund at hks.harvard.edu
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"Cities, Technologies and Political Imaginaries"
Monday, April 27
12:15 pm - 2:00 pm
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Antoine Picon, Harvard, GSD
STS Circle at Harvard
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Art, Culture and Technology Lecture: MICHAEL RAKOWITZ
Monday, April 27
7:00p–9:00p
MIT, Building E15-070, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge
MIT Architecture Lecture Series
Part of the Spring 2015 Department of Architecture Lecture Series, "Experiments in Architecture".
Part of the 2015 ACT Lecture Series, Civic Art: The lecture series investigates the critical spatial practices that claim manifold definitions of public art, through a diverse array of visual forms argued by key practitioners across the disciplines of art, pedagogy, architecture, and urban studies to identify the tools, tactics and consequences of actively reclaiming public space.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Department of Architecture, ACT
For more information, contact: Amanda Moore
617-253-4415
amm at mit.edu
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Tuesday, April 28
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Building Newborn Minds in Virtual Worlds
Tuesday, April 28
4:00p–5:30p
MIT, Building 46-3189, 15 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Justin Wood
Abstract: What are the origins of high-level vision: Is this ability hardwired by genes or learned during development? Although researchers have been wrestling with this question for over a century, progress has been hampered by two major limitations: (1) most newborn animals cannot be raised in controlled environments from birth, and (2) most newborn animals cannot be observed and tested for long periods of time. Thus, it has generally not been possible to characterize how specific visual inputs relate to specific cognitive outputs in the newborn brain.
To overcome these two limitations, I recently developed an automated, high-throughput controlled-rearing technique. This technique can be used to measure all of a newborn animal's behavior (9 samples/second, 24 hours/day, 7 days/week) within strictly controlled virtual environments. In this talk, I will describe a series of controlled-rearing experiments that reveal how one high-level visual ability "invariant object recognition" emerges in the newborn brain. Further, I will show how these controlled-rearing data can be linked to models of visual cortex for characterizing the computations underlying newborn vision. More generally, I will argue that controlled rearing can serve as a critical tool for testing between different theories and models, both for developmental psychology and computational neuroscience.
Web site: http://cbmm.mit.edu/news-events/events/building-newborn-minds-virtual-worlds
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Center for Brains, Minds and Machines (CBMM)
For more information, contact: Kathleen D. Sullivan
cbmm-contact at mit.edu
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Migration, National Security, and New forms of Policing: Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Tuesday, April 28
4:30p–6:00p
MIT, Building E40-464, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Noora A. Lori,Assistant Professor of International Relations, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
Today non-citizens make up 90 percent of the population in the United Arab Emirates. This 'demographic imbalance' is an outcome of combining expansive temporary worker schemes with a highly exclusionary citizenship regime. Both policies are regulated by a security apparatus that is increasingly pervasive. The expatriate population is at once sanctioned as a necessary economic force and a threat to be 'managed'. But how is this uneasy balance maintained? This presentation will explore the instruments of population management developed by the UAE's security forces - including extensive surveillance networks, multi-cultural community policing, and DNA imaging - to pre-empt the security threats associated with migrant populations. The research finds that security forces loyal to the state are not always instruments of top-down social control. Rather, as the police forces have become more involved in embedded surveillance and active policing strategies, they are also increasingly pulled into the role of alleviating the tensions and responding to communal struggles to define the UAE's public sphere.
A session of the Myron Weiner Seminar Series on International Migration.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies, Inter-University Committee on International Migration
For more information, contact: Phiona Lovett
253-3848
phiona at mit.edu
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Disease Gone Global: What Causese Epidemics?
Tuesday, April 28
6pm - 7:30pm
Harvard Medical School, Joseph B Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston
Humankind is in an ongoing struggle against infectious invaders. New diseases are spreading around the globe and diseases that were once considered eradicated are now making a comeback. What's driving the resurgence? Where do these bugs come from? How do they spread? In this seminar researchers explain how they are developing ways to track, control and eventually cure these diseases.
More information: seminar at hms.harvard.edu
http://hms.harvard.edu/minimedschool
617-423-3038
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Healthy Places in the Transition Century
Tuesday, April 28
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston
RSVP at http://my.arboretum.harvard.edu
Cost: $10
Students: Email to register for free.
An Arnold Arboretum lecture with Ann Forsyth, PhD, Professor of Urban Planning, Harvard Graduate School of Design
In the coming century urban populations around the world will grow at uneven rates--some places will lose population in metropolitan areas and others gain it. Populations in most places will be older on average. How can the growing body of research on the connections between health and environments be used to make a positive contribution to evolving urban and suburban communities? Ann Forsyth will speak about the components that contribute to healthier and more sustainable cities, alternatives to sprawl, and the tensions that exist between social and ecological values in urban design.
https://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?DayPlanner=1407&DayPlannerDate=4/28/2015
Contact Name: Pamela Thompson
pam_thompson at harvard.edu
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The Boston Network for International Development (BNID) maintains a website (BNID.org) that serves as a clearing-house for information on organizations, events, and jobs related to international development in the Boston area. BNID has played an important auxiliary role in fostering international development activities in the Boston area, as witnessed by the expanding content of the site and a significant growth in the number of users.
The website contains:
A calendar of Boston area events and volunteer opportunities related to International Development
- http://www.bnid.org/events
A jobs board that includes both internships and full time positions related to International Development that is updated daily - http://www.bnid.org/jobs
A directory and descriptions of more than 250 Boston-area organizations - http://www.bnid.org/organizations
Also, please sign up for our weekly newsletter (we promise only one email per week) to get the most up-to-date information on new job and internship opportunities -www.bnid.org/sign-up
The website is completely free for students and our goal is to help connect students who are interested in international development with many of the worthwhile organizations in the area.
Please feel free to email our organization at info at bnid.org if you have any questions!
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Intern with Biodiversity for a Livable Climate!
Biodiversity for a Livable Climate (BLC) is a nonprofit based in the Cambridge, MA area. Our mission is to mobilize the biosphere to restore ecosystems and reverse global warming.
Education, public information campaigns, organizing, scientific investigation, collaboration with like-minded organizations, research and policy development are all elements of our strategy.
Background: Soils are the largest terrestrial carbon sink on the planet. Restoring the complex ecology of soils is the only way to safely and quickly remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it in the ground, where it’s desperately needed to regenerate the health of billions of acres of degraded lands. Restoring carbon to soils and regenerating ecosystems are how we can restore a healthy hydrologic cycle and cool local and planetary climates safely, naturally, and in time to ensure a livable climate now and in the future.
Our Work: immediate plans include
Organizing the First International Biodiversity, Soil Carbon and Climate Week, October 31-November 9, 2014, and a kick-off conference in the Boston area, “Mobilizing the Biosphere to Reverse Global Warming: A Biodiversity, Water, Soil Carbon and Climate Conference – and Call to Action” to expand the mainstream climate conversation to include the power of biology, and to help initiate intensive worldwide efforts to return atmospheric carbon to the soils.
Coordination of a global fund to directly assist local farmers and herders in learning and applying carbon farming approaches that not only benefit the climate, but improve the health and productivity of the land and the people who depend on it.
Collaboration with individuals and organizations on addressing eco-restoration and the regeneration of water and carbon cycles; such projects may include application of practices such as Holistic Management for restoration of billions of acres of degraded grasslands, reforestation of exploited forest areas, and restoring ocean food chains.
Please contact Helen D. Silver, helen.silver at bio4climate.org for further information.
781-316-1710
Bio4climate.org
SharedHarvestCSA.com
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Climate Stories Project
http://www.climatestoriesproject.org
What's your Climate Story?
Climate Stories Project is a forum that gives a voice to the emotional and personal impacts that climate change is having on our lives. Often, we only discuss climate change from the impersonal perspective of science or the contentious realm of politics. Today, more and more of us are feeling the effects of climate change on an personal level. Climate Stories Project allows people from around the world to share their stories and to engage with climate change in a personal, direct way.
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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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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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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/
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
MIT Events: http://events.mit.edu
MIT Energy Club: http://mitenergyclub.org/calendar
Harvard Events: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/harvard-events/events-calendar/
Harvard Environment: http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/calendar/
Sustainability at Harvard: http://green.harvard.edu/events
Mass Climate Action: http://www.massclimateaction.net/calendar/events/index.php
Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/
Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/
Microsoft NERD Center: http://microsoftcambridge.com/Events/
Startup and Entrepreneurial Events: http://www.greenhornconnect.com/events/
Cambridge Civic Journal: http://www.rwinters.com
Cambridge Happenings: http://cambridgehappenings.org
Cambridge Community Calendar: https://www.cctvcambridge.org/calendar
Boston Area Computer User Groups: http://www.bugc.org/
Arts and Cultural Events List: http://aacel.blogspot.com/
Boston Events Insider: http://bostoneventsinsider.com/boston_events/
Nerdnite: http://boston.nerdnite.com/
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