MIT
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Pollution Permits and the Evolution of Market Structure
Speaker: Stephen Ryan (MIT)
Time: 2:30p–4:00p
Location: E62-650
Web site: http://econ-www.mit.edu/files/6186
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): IO Workshop (Sponsored by Analysis Group)
For more information, contact:
Theresa Benevento
theresa@mit.edu
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Human Trafficking in the Boston Area
Time: 6:00p–7:00p
Location: 4-145
Come learn about human trafficking in our own city Boston! Detective Donna Gavin and Human Trafficking Coordinator Mr. Thomas Maloney of the Boston Police will speak about their work at Boston Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force. The Task Force combats trafficking by rescuing and supporting victims, investigating human traffickers, prosecuting human traffickers and those that conspire with them. Come hear their stories!
Human Trafficking is the use of force, fraud or coercion to obtain or maintain someone in service and the use of a minor for commercial sexual activity. There are approximately 17,000 victims of human trafficking that enter the United States each year.
Please RSVP to mitai-exec@mit.edu for dinner. Everyone welcome to come!
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Amnesty International, Undergraduate Association
For more information, contact:
mitai-exec@mit.edu
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Emerging Device Nanotechnology for Future High-Performance and Low-Power Nanoelectronics
Speaker: Dr. Robert Chau
Time: 4:00p–5:00p
Location: 34-101
MTL Seminar Series
Refreshments at 3:30 p.m.
This presentation will cover three topics. First, it will highlight some of the most recent device and process innovations implemented by the silicon industry for advanced CMOS transistors. Second, it will summarize research progress on non-silicon transistor channel materials and their integration on silicon substrate for future high-speed and low-power logic CMOS applications. Third, it will describe recent research effort by the device research community on forward-looking devices beyond CMOS. In the beyond-CMOS research space, carbon-based, spin-based, tunnel-based and exciton-based devices are being explored as alternative switches/devices to either replace CMOS after 2020 or combine with CMOS to create new circuit functionalities. These emerging devices exhibit unique and interesting characteristics, and they present both challenges and opportunities for future nanoelectronics applications which will be discussed.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Microsystems Technology Laboratories
For more information, contact:
Mara Elena Karapetian
452-2545
webmaster@mtl.mit.edu
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Tuesday, November 23
4:00–6:00 pm
MIT E19-623
The Earth’s Energy Draws From the Sun; Is There Good News From Solar-in, Solar-out?
Daniel Nocera, Professor of Energy in MIT's Chemistry department
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Harvard
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Corporate Social Responsibility’s New Agenda – Comparative and International Lessons for Corporate Governance, Human Rights, and Business Regulation and Practice
WHEN
Tue., Nov. 23, 2010, 9 – 10 a.m.
WHERE
Harvard Kennedy School's Littauer Building #324 (Fainsod Room)
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Business, Classes/Workshops, Education, Ethics, Law, Lecture, Social Sciences
SPEAKER(S)
Professor Bryan Horrigan, Monash University, Melbourne
LINK
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/events.htm
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MCB Bloch Lecture: "Learning About the Origin of Life from Efforts to Design an Artificial Cell"
WHEN
Tue., Nov. 23, 2010, 12 – 1 p.m.
WHERE
Northwest Building Lecture Hall, B-103
52 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
SPEAKER(S)
Professor Jack Szostak
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Injecting a Human Rights Approach into Anti-Trafficking Strategies: Can We Do Better?
WHEN
Tue., Nov. 23, 2010, 2 – 4 p.m.
WHERE
Online conference
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Conferences, Education, Ethics, Law, Lecture, Social Sciences, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation,
Harvard Kennedy School
Human Trafficking and Modern-Day Slavery Program
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
SPEAKER(S)
Jacqueline Bhabha, Jeremiah Smith Jr. Lecturer in Law, Harvard Law School; lecturer in public policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Elizabeth Cafferty, associate director, Programs and External Relations,
Division of Global Health and Human Rights, Massachusetts General Hospital
NOTE
In order to effectively combat human trafficking, an increased emphasis and investment in developing employment, education, public health, and livelihood opportunities for populations vulnerable to human trafficking is essential.
It is critical to address root causes of trafficking through empowerment strategies, particularly targeting young girls and women.
Globally, there are many anti-trafficking activists, policymakers, academics, and nongovernmental organizations developing new and effective approaches to prevent, educate, and better serve those most vulnerable to trafficking. By focusing on the human rights of trafficked persons, better strategies would result around allocation of immigration, welfare, employment training, and health benefits to a community.
This webinar will explore how a human rights approach can be used to facilitate better access to prevention and protection for victims of human trafficking. Ample time will be allocated for audience Q&A.
LINK
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/isht/events/2010/month11/OnlineConf_22.php
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DRCLAS Cuban Studies Seminar: "Cuban Agriculture and its External Ties"
WHEN
Tue., Nov. 23, 2010, 4 – 6 p.m.
WHERE
1730 Cambridge Street, Room S250
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Cuban Studies Program at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University
SPEAKER(S)
Anicia García, Center for the Study of the Cuban Economy
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Human Trafficking from a Legal Perspective: Analysis of the Laws Relating to Human Trafficking and Modern-Day Slavery
WHEN
Tue., Nov. 23, 2010, 5 – 6 p.m.
WHERE
Carr Center Conference Room, Room 219, Rubenstein Building, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Classes/Workshops, Education, Ethics, Law, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
SPEAKER(S)
Christian Bain, director of the Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery Program, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
NOTE
Graduate students only
LINK
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/isht/study_group/2010/details_20101026.php
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Tufts
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US Energy-Technology Innovation
November 22, 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM
sponsored by: The Tufts Department of Economics, Tufts Institute of the Environment, and Fletcher's Center for International Environment and Resource Policy
Location: Medford/Somerville Campus
Goddard Hall
Crowe Room, Goddard 310
Description: Speaker: Richard Lester, Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT
Part of the Energy and Climate Policy Research Seminar. Co-convened by Prof. Gilbert Metcalf, Tufts Economics Department and Prof. Kelly Sims Gallagher, The Fletcher School
Contact: Mieke van der Wansem Mieke.Wansem@tufts.edu
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Northeastern
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SIGGRAPH ANIMATION SCREENING 2010
Northeastern University is pleased to present a special screening of the:
2010 SIGGRAPH ELECTRONIC THEATER
Monday, November 22, 2010
6:00-8:30 PM
Raytheon Amphitheater
Free Admission
Light hors d'oeuvres will be provided.
Please join us for an on-campus screening of the exceptional SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater, which features cutting-edge, visually stunning computer animation from the best artists in the industry.
Titles from this year's Electronic Animation festival include:
• Avatar, Weta Digital Ltd.
• Alice in Wonderland, Sony Pictures Imageworks
• Harmonix The Beatles: Rock Band, Passion Pictures
• Pepsi The Flight of the Penguin, Framestore
• Sherlock Holmes, Framestore
The evening will open with an introduction by Terrence Masson—Director of the Creative Industries Program at Northeastern University and Chair of the 2010 SIGGRAPH Conference—to be immediately followed by the two-hour animation presentation.
Light hors d'oeuvres will be served.
About the SIGGRAPH Conference:
The annual SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques) Conference draws 25,000 top practitioners from five continents to explore the latest in computer graphics and interactive techniques.
With questions, please contact Ann Grenell, Program Coordinator at Northeastern University:
a.grenell@neu.edu
(617) 373-2427
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Ongoing
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To members of the Climate CoLab community,
We are pleased to announce the launch of a new Climate CoLab contest,
as well as a major upgrade of our software platform.
The contest will address the question: What international climate
agreements should the world community make?
The first round ended on October 31 and the final round runs through
November 26.
In early December, the United Nations and U.S. Congress will be
briefed on the winning entries.
We are raising funds in the hope of being able to pay travel expenses
for one representative from each winning team to attend one or both of
these briefings.
Learn more at http://climatecolab.org
We also encourage you to fill out your profiles and add a picture, so
that members of the community can get to know each other.
And please inform anyone you believe might be interested about the
contest.
Editorial Comment: I played a previous version of this simulation.
This time around, I like the 350 plan which is as close to zero
emissions as the exercise will get.
http://climatecolab.org/web/guest/plans#plans=
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Resource
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Boston Food System
"The Boston Food System [listserv] provides a forum to post announcements of events, employment opportunities, internships, programs, lectures, and other activities as well as related articles or other publications of a non-commercial nature covering the area's food system - food, nutrition, farming, education, etc. - that take place or focus on or around Greater Boston (broadly delineated)."
The Boston area is one of the most active nationwide in terms of food system activities - projects, services, and events connected to food, farming, nutrition - and often connected to education, public health, environment, arts, social services and other arenas. Hundreds of organizations and enterprises cover our area, but what is going on week-to-week is not always well publicized.
Hence, the new Boston Food System listserv, as the place to let everyone know about these activities. Specifically:
Use of the BFS list will begin soon, once we get a decent base of subscribers. Clarification of what is appropriate to announce and other posting guidelines will be provided as well.
It's easy to subscribe right now at https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/subscribe/bfs
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Artisan Asylum http://artisansasylum.com/
Sprout & Co: Community Driven Investigations http://thesprouts.org/studios
Greater Boston Solidarity Economy Mapping Project http://www.transformationcentral.org/solidarity/mapping/mapping.html
a project by Wellesley College students that invites participation
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Thanks to
Fred Hapgood's Selected Lectures on Science and Engineering in the
Boston Area http://fhapgood.fastmail.fm/site02.html
Boston Area Computer User Groups http://www.bugc.org/
http://www.mitenergyclub.org/calendar/mit_events_template
http://green.harvard.edu/events
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Energy (and Other) Events is a weekly mailing list published most
Sundays covering events around the Cambridge, MA and greater Boston
area that catch the editor's eye.
Hubevents http://hubevents.blogspot.com is the web version.
If you wish to subscribe or unsubscribe to Energy (and Other) Events
email gmoke@world.std.com
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