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Event Index - full Event Details available below the Index
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Monday, October 14
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7pm Science and Cooking: "Viscosity & Polymers"
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Tuesday, October 15
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9am EPA 'public listening session' on carbon emissions from existing power plants
10am On the Rules of Low Power Design (and Why You Should Break Them)
12pm Resiliency thinking impacts on the buildings sectors
12pm "'The Snowden Effect': Leaks and Consequences at the NSA."
12pm "The Muslim Brotherhood: Evolution of an Islamist Movement"
12:30pm Getting from No to Go: Social Media-Fueled Protest Style From Arab Spring to Gezi Protests in Turkey
1pm MADMEC Final Presentations and Awards Ceremony
1:30pm Adaptive Seeding in Social Networks
2pm Alewife Reservation Constructed Wetland Grand Opening Ceremony
3:30pm Kleppner Symposium: Steven Chu
4:30pm Building New Economies from the Ground Up - Visions from Boston and Mondragon
6pm Why we need a Smart Grid
6:30pm Mohsen Mostafavi in Conversation with Nicholas Negroponte
7pm GreenPort Forum: Beyond Recycling: Taking It to the Next Level
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Wednesday, October 16
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10am Carbon Day 2013
11:45am Meet & Greet: MIT Joules - Women in Energy
11:45am The Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis: Supervision, Regulation and the Role of Central Banks
12pm A dynamic systems analysis of sustainable development and national wealth: The case of Saudi Arabia
12:10pm Submarine melting of Greenland outlet glaciers: Modeling the ice-ocean interaction
4:30pm Batteries for Energy Storage
5:30pm Askwith Forum - Jon Kabat-Zinn: Mindfulness in Education
6pm Soap Box: Sleep, Memory, and Animal Dreams with Matt Wilson
7pm Nieman night: Impact of digital and social media in Latin America, India, China
7pm "Dancing Bees to Robobees: How honeybees behave and why we need them."
7pm Boston Area Crisis Mapping
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Thursday, October 17
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10am Nonprofit Storytelling in a Digital World
11am Choose to Reuse: Clothing only
11:45am "Carbon Markets, Linking, and Future Climate Change Mitigation"
12pm “Unveiling the Secret World of Special Operations Forces.”
12pm FAS Environmental TED Talk Video Lunch
12:15pm "Manufacturing Paradoxes: China, East Asia, and Global Production"
4pm Computational Disaster Management
4pm Five Principles for Convergence of Knowledge, Technology, and Society
4pm Cleaner cooking in the Sahel: Impacts for air quality, climate, and health
4pm Vincent Brown: Exploring Race and Community in the Digital World Workshop Series
4pm Old, White, Straight, Male Voters Ain't What They Used to Be
4:15pm SSRC Seminar: Beyond the Engineer of 2020: Wither Engineering Education?
5pm New Forms of Revolt
5pm Zeynep Tufekci: "The Boom-Bust Cycle of Social Media-Fueled Protests"
5:30pm "Constructing Topographies"
6pm e4Dev Special Event with Power Africa
6pm LocalFoodBiz Culinary Entrepreneur Connection
7pm Left on Pearl: Women Take Over 888 Memorial Drive - Work-In-Progress Film Screening
7pm "Saving the Seed" Film Screening & Discussion of Somerville Seed Lending Library
7pm Urban Films: Beaubourg (1977)
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Friday, October 18
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Free Trees! Fall 2013 Tree Giveaway
9:30am Our Harsh Logic: Breakfast with Avner Gvaryahu of Breaking the Silence
11am Join the Energy Circle and Action for Clean Energy for a solar PV Brightfield tour in Brockton, Mass.
3pm The Road Ahead for Planetary Environmentalism: An Appreciation of Professor Bill Moomaw
3pm Humanitarian Aid in Syria: How can MIT students help?
4pm Yokohama Yankee: My Family's Five Generations as Outsiders in Japan
4pm OpenStreetMap Editathon
5pm "A Brief History of Drawing Machines, Since 1425,"
5pm Robert Wilson
6pm Energy Night at the MIT Museum
7pm What is happening in Turkey? Gezi protests and the future
8pm Nightmarket 2013
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Saturday, October 19
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Sustainable House of Worship Workshop
8am Cambridge Watershed Bike Tour
8am ForSE 2013: One-day Conference for Social Entrepreneurs
8:30am Boston Code Camp 20
9:30am "You Can Pickle That?!"
10am Volunteer Tree Planting
10am Science Hack Day Boston
12pm Rally for Democracy
3pm Screening of "How to Start a Revolution" Followed by Panel Q&A
7:30pm "War Zone/Comfort Zone," followed by a Q & A with the director, Lizzie Warren
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Sunday, October 20
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Science Hack Day Boston
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Monday, October 21
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12pm Tropical Cyclone - Ocean interactions: Implications at the climate scale
1pm Humanity Explored: Art as Science: The Role of Visual Data in Research
2:30pm Revenge Porn and the Business of Internet Humiliation
4pm How Air Pollution Affects Climate, and What We Can Do About It
4pm Winning From Within: A Discussion with Erica Fox
5pm "Europe's Clean Energy Transition 2003-2013: An Irish Perspective"
5:30pm A Critique of Shareholder Value Maximization
6pm Territorial Form/ Forms of Territory
6:30pm Science by the Pint - Your Genome and Your Medical Future
7pm "Elasticity"
7pm Askwith Forum: The App Generation
7pm ACT Lecture | Lovett/Codagnone: Re-adapting Cinematic Traces
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Tuesday, October 22
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12pm "Driving the Conversation—online and on television—in a changing media landscape."
3pm New Frontiers in Open Access Publishing
4pm Solid State Lighting: Present Status and Challenges Ahead
4:15pm When Everything Changed
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Event Details
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Monday, October 14
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Science and Cooking: "Viscosity & Polymers"
WHEN Mon., Oct. 14, 2013, 7 – 8:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Science Center Hall C, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
SPEAKER(S) Carles Tejedor, Via Veneto
COST Free and open to the public
NOTE The Science & Cooking lecture series runs weekly through the end of the fall semester. A full schedule, including the lecture topics, is available at seas.harvard.edu….
Each talk will begin with a 15-minute lecture by a Faculty member of the course, which will discuss one of the scientific topics from that week's class.
LINK http://www.seas.harvard.edu/cooking
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Tuesday, October 15
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EPA 'public listening session' on carbon emissions from existing power plants
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
9:00 am – 5:00 pm EDT
US EPA New England, Memorial Hall, 5 Post Office Square, Boston
RSVP at http://www2.epa.gov/carbon-pollution-standards/public-listening-session-registration
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold 11 public listening sessions across the country to solicit ideas and input from the public and stakeholders about the best Clean Air Act approaches to reducing carbon pollution from existing power plants. Power plants are the nation's largest stationary source of carbon pollution, responsible for about one third of all greenhouse gas pollution in the United States.
The Clean Air Act gives both EPA and states a role in reducing air pollution from power plants that are already in operation. The law directs EPA to establish guidelines, which states use to design their own programs to reduce emissions. Before proposing guidelines, EPA must consider how power plants with a variety of different configurations would be able to reduce carbon pollution in a cost-effective way.
The feedback from these 11 public listening sessions will play an important role in helping EPA develop smart, cost-effective guidelines that reflect the latest and best information available. The agency will seek additional public input during the notice and comment period once it issues a proposal, by June 2014.
For more information on these sessions and to register online, go to: http://www2.epa.gov/carbon-pollution-standards/public-listening-sessions. For those who cannot attend these sessions, input can be e-mailed to carbonpollutioninput@epa.gov by November 8, 2013.
More information about EPA's carbon pollution standards for the power sector: http://www2.epa.gov/carbon-pollution-standards
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Event Index - full Event Details available below the Index
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Monday, October 14
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7pm Science and Cooking: "Viscosity & Polymers"
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Tuesday, October 15
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9am EPA 'public listening session' on carbon emissions from existing power plants
10am On the Rules of Low Power Design (and Why You Should Break Them)
12pm Resiliency thinking impacts on the buildings sectors
12pm "'The Snowden Effect': Leaks and Consequences at the NSA."
12pm "The Muslim Brotherhood: Evolution of an Islamist Movement"
12:30pm Getting from No to Go: Social Media-Fueled Protest Style From Arab Spring to Gezi Protests in Turkey
1pm MADMEC Final Presentations and Awards Ceremony
1:30pm Adaptive Seeding in Social Networks
2pm Alewife Reservation Constructed Wetland Grand Opening Ceremony
3:30pm Kleppner Symposium: Steven Chu
4:30pm Building New Economies from the Ground Up - Visions from Boston and Mondragon
6pm Why we need a Smart Grid
6:30pm Mohsen Mostafavi in Conversation with Nicholas Negroponte
7pm GreenPort Forum: Beyond Recycling: Taking It to the Next Level
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Wednesday, October 16
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10am Carbon Day 2013
11:45am Meet & Greet: MIT Joules - Women in Energy
11:45am The Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis: Supervision, Regulation and the Role of Central Banks
12pm A dynamic systems analysis of sustainable development and national wealth: The case of Saudi Arabia
12:10pm Submarine melting of Greenland outlet glaciers: Modeling the ice-ocean interaction
4:30pm Batteries for Energy Storage
5:30pm Askwith Forum - Jon Kabat-Zinn: Mindfulness in Education
6pm Soap Box: Sleep, Memory, and Animal Dreams with Matt Wilson
7pm Nieman night: Impact of digital and social media in Latin America, India, China
7pm "Dancing Bees to Robobees: How honeybees behave and why we need them."
7pm Boston Area Crisis Mapping
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Thursday, October 17
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10am Nonprofit Storytelling in a Digital World
11am Choose to Reuse: Clothing only
11:45am "Carbon Markets, Linking, and Future Climate Change Mitigation"
12pm “Unveiling the Secret World of Special Operations Forces.”
12pm FAS Environmental TED Talk Video Lunch
12:15pm "Manufacturing Paradoxes: China, East Asia, and Global Production"
4pm Computational Disaster Management
4pm Five Principles for Convergence of Knowledge, Technology, and Society
4pm Cleaner cooking in the Sahel: Impacts for air quality, climate, and health
4pm Vincent Brown: Exploring Race and Community in the Digital World Workshop Series
4pm Old, White, Straight, Male Voters Ain't What They Used to Be
4:15pm SSRC Seminar: Beyond the Engineer of 2020: Wither Engineering Education?
5pm New Forms of Revolt
5pm Zeynep Tufekci: "The Boom-Bust Cycle of Social Media-Fueled Protests"
5:30pm "Constructing Topographies"
6pm e4Dev Special Event with Power Africa
6pm LocalFoodBiz Culinary Entrepreneur Connection
7pm Left on Pearl: Women Take Over 888 Memorial Drive - Work-In-Progress Film Screening
7pm "Saving the Seed" Film Screening & Discussion of Somerville Seed Lending Library
7pm Urban Films: Beaubourg (1977)
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Friday, October 18
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Free Trees! Fall 2013 Tree Giveaway
9:30am Our Harsh Logic: Breakfast with Avner Gvaryahu of Breaking the Silence
11am Join the Energy Circle and Action for Clean Energy for a solar PV Brightfield tour in Brockton, Mass.
3pm The Road Ahead for Planetary Environmentalism: An Appreciation of Professor Bill Moomaw
3pm Humanitarian Aid in Syria: How can MIT students help?
4pm Yokohama Yankee: My Family's Five Generations as Outsiders in Japan
4pm OpenStreetMap Editathon
5pm "A Brief History of Drawing Machines, Since 1425,"
5pm Robert Wilson
6pm Energy Night at the MIT Museum
7pm What is happening in Turkey? Gezi protests and the future
8pm Nightmarket 2013
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Saturday, October 19
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Sustainable House of Worship Workshop
8am Cambridge Watershed Bike Tour
8am ForSE 2013: One-day Conference for Social Entrepreneurs
8:30am Boston Code Camp 20
9:30am "You Can Pickle That?!"
10am Volunteer Tree Planting
10am Science Hack Day Boston
12pm Rally for Democracy
3pm Screening of "How to Start a Revolution" Followed by Panel Q&A
7:30pm "War Zone/Comfort Zone," followed by a Q & A with the director, Lizzie Warren
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Sunday, October 20
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Science Hack Day Boston
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Monday, October 21
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12pm Tropical Cyclone - Ocean interactions: Implications at the climate scale
1pm Humanity Explored: Art as Science: The Role of Visual Data in Research
2:30pm Revenge Porn and the Business of Internet Humiliation
4pm How Air Pollution Affects Climate, and What We Can Do About It
4pm Winning From Within: A Discussion with Erica Fox
5pm "Europe's Clean Energy Transition 2003-2013: An Irish Perspective"
5:30pm A Critique of Shareholder Value Maximization
6pm Territorial Form/ Forms of Territory
6:30pm Science by the Pint - Your Genome and Your Medical Future
7pm "Elasticity"
7pm Askwith Forum: The App Generation
7pm ACT Lecture | Lovett/Codagnone: Re-adapting Cinematic Traces
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Tuesday, October 22
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12pm "Driving the Conversation—online and on television—in a changing media landscape."
3pm New Frontiers in Open Access Publishing
4pm Solid State Lighting: Present Status and Challenges Ahead
4:15pm When Everything Changed
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Event Details
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Monday, October 14
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Science and Cooking: "Viscosity & Polymers"
WHEN Mon., Oct. 14, 2013, 7 – 8:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Science Center Hall C, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
SPEAKER(S) Carles Tejedor, Via Veneto
COST Free and open to the public
NOTE The Science & Cooking lecture series runs weekly through the end of the fall semester. A full schedule, including the lecture topics, is available at seas.harvard.edu….
Each talk will begin with a 15-minute lecture by a Faculty member of the course, which will discuss one of the scientific topics from that week's class.
LINK http://www.seas.harvard.edu/cooking
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Tuesday, October 15
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EPA 'public listening session' on carbon emissions from existing power plants
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
9:00 am – 5:00 pm EDT
US EPA New England, Memorial Hall, 5 Post Office Square, Boston
RSVP at http://www2.epa.gov/carbon-pollution-standards/public-listening-session-registration
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold 11 public listening sessions across the country to solicit ideas and input from the public and stakeholders about the best Clean Air Act approaches to reducing carbon pollution from existing power plants. Power plants are the nation's largest stationary source of carbon pollution, responsible for about one third of all greenhouse gas pollution in the United States.
The Clean Air Act gives both EPA and states a role in reducing air pollution from power plants that are already in operation. The law directs EPA to establish guidelines, which states use to design their own programs to reduce emissions. Before proposing guidelines, EPA must consider how power plants with a variety of different configurations would be able to reduce carbon pollution in a cost-effective way.
The feedback from these 11 public listening sessions will play an important role in helping EPA develop smart, cost-effective guidelines that reflect the latest and best information available. The agency will seek additional public input during the notice and comment period once it issues a proposal, by June 2014.
For more information on these sessions and to register online, go to: http://www2.epa.gov/carbon-pollution-standards/public-listening-sessions. For those who cannot attend these sessions, input can be e-mailed to carbonpollutioninput@epa.gov by November 8, 2013.
More information about EPA's carbon pollution standards for the power sector: http://www2.epa.gov/carbon-pollution-standards
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On the Rules of Low Power Design (and Why You Should Break Them)
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
10:00 am
BU, Photonics Center, 8 Saint Mary’s Street, Room 339, Boston
BU, Photonics Center, 8 Saint Mary’s Street, Room 339, Boston
Refreshments will be served outside Room 339 at 9:45 a.m.
With Todd Austin, University of Michigan
Abstract: Energy and power constraints have emerged as one of the greatest lingering challenges to progress in the computing industry. In this talk, I will highlight some of the "rules" of low-power design and show how they bind the creativity and productivity of architects and designers. I believe the best way to deal with these rules is to disregard them, through innovative design solutions that abandon traditional design methodologies. Releasing oneself from these ties is not as hard as one might think. To support my case, I will highlight two rule-breaking design technologies from my work. The first technique (Razor) combines low-power designs with resiliency mechanisms to craft highly introspective and efficient systems. The second technique (Subliminal) embraces subthreshold voltage design, which holds great promise for highly energy efficient systems.
About the Speaker: Todd Austin is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. His research interests include computer architecture, robust and secure system design, hardware and software verification, and performance analysis tools and techniques. Currently Todd is director of C-FAR, the Center for Future Architectures Research, a multi-university SRC/DARPA funded center that is seeking technologies to scale the performance and efficiency of future computing systems. Prior to joining academia, Todd was a Senior Computer Architect in Intel's Microcomputer Research Labs, a product-oriented research laboratory in Hillsboro, Oregon. Todd is the first to take credit (but the last to accept blame) for creating the SimpleScalar Tool Set, a popular collection of computer architecture performance analysis tools. Todd is co-author (with Andrew Tanenbaum) of the undergraduate computer architecture textbook, Structured Computer Architecture, 6th Ed. In addition to his work in academia, Todd is founder and President of SimpleScalar LLC and co-founder of InTempo Design LLC. In 2002, Todd was a Sloan Research Fellow, and in 2007, he received the ACM Maurice Wilkes Award for "innovative contributions in Computer Architecture including the SimpleScalar Toolkit and the DIVA and Razor architectures." Todd received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin in 1996.
Resiliency thinking impacts on the buildings sectors
Tuesday, October 15
NOON
BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, Boston
Meetings are free and open to all, but RSVPs are required. To attend, emailrsvp@architects.org with "Sustainability Ed. 10/15" in the subject line.
Only recently has man begun to understand and accept his role as a major contributor to climate change. The sustainability megatrend has sought to reverse this and has made many strides; however, we may not be able to reverse what has already been set into motion, despite our most optimistic attempts. This realization is all too evident when we see the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina still evident in New Orleans and the recent pillaging of the New Jersey shoreline post-Super Storm Sandy.
Resilient design, a planning approach which considers our adaptation to an increasingly volatile, untamed climate, is spawning innovation opportunities in the building sector and among policy makers. Blake Jackson (Tsoi/Kobus & Associates) and Franziska Amacher (Amacher & Associates) present to the Sustainability Education Committee on October 15 at noon at BSA Space (290 Congress Street, Boston) the Resilient Design Institute’s Principles of Resilient Design. These principles illustrate the human health impacts of short-term/long-term infrastructural failure, the social implications of this new appraoch, and the need to continue to adapting our built environment to achieve human success.
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Resiliency thinking impacts on the buildings sectors
Tuesday, October 15
NOON
BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, Boston
Meetings are free and open to all, but RSVPs are required. To attend, emailrsvp@architects.org with "Sustainability Ed. 10/15" in the subject line.
Only recently has man begun to understand and accept his role as a major contributor to climate change. The sustainability megatrend has sought to reverse this and has made many strides; however, we may not be able to reverse what has already been set into motion, despite our most optimistic attempts. This realization is all too evident when we see the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina still evident in New Orleans and the recent pillaging of the New Jersey shoreline post-Super Storm Sandy.
Resilient design, a planning approach which considers our adaptation to an increasingly volatile, untamed climate, is spawning innovation opportunities in the building sector and among policy makers. Blake Jackson (Tsoi/Kobus & Associates) and Franziska Amacher (Amacher & Associates) present to the Sustainability Education Committee on October 15 at noon at BSA Space (290 Congress Street, Boston) the Resilient Design Institute’s Principles of Resilient Design. These principles illustrate the human health impacts of short-term/long-term infrastructural failure, the social implications of this new appraoch, and the need to continue to adapting our built environment to achieve human success.
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"'The Snowden Effect': Leaks and Consequences at the NSA."
Tuesday, October 15
12 p.m.
Harvard, Taubman 275, 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge
Speaker Series with Bart Gellman, author, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, and blogger; writes for The Washington Post and is a contributing editor at large for Time magazine.
WHEN Tue., Oct. 15, 2013, 12 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Religion, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Center for Middle Eastern Studies Outreach Program
SPEAKER(S) Carrie R. Wickham, associate professor, Department of Political Science, Emory University. Moderated by Tarek Masoud, associate professor of public policy, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO smeyrick@fas.harvard.edu
NOTE A limited number of free copies of Professor Wickham's book will be available on a first come, first served basis to Harvard students attending this talk (please have your Harvard ID available). This is a brown bag (bring-your-own) lunch event. Cookies and beverages provided.
LINK http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/node/3481
In this talk we will introduce a new framework which we call Adaptive Seeding. The framework is a stochastic two-stage (combinatorial) optimization model designed to leverage a key structural property of social networks. The main result we will discuss is a constant factor approximation algorithm for all standard models of information spreading in social networks. The result follows from new techniques and concepts that may be of independent interest for those curious about submodular maximization, stochastic optimization, and machine learning.
"This newly constructed wetland not only improves water quality in the Little River and Alewife Brook, but also provides a new and unique recreational and educational open space for the community to enjoy," said Richard C. Rossi, City Manager.
This project is funded by the City of Cambridge, MWRA and the Massachusetts Water Pollution Abatement Trust through the Clean Water SRF program administered by MassDEP.
Please visit the City's website to learn more about this innovative stormwater management project and new urban wild atwww.cambridgema.gov/theworks/cityprojects.aspx (select Cambridge Park Drive Area Drainage Improvements and Stormwater Wetland Project).
Directions to Alewife Reservation Constructed Wetland:
Walking directions to the Basin Amphitheater via Alewife Greenway Extension:
From DCR Discovery Park Lot - 100 Acorn Park Drive, Cambridge
Exit DCR parking lot at driveway entrance.
Turn LEFT out of parking lot going SOUTH to walking trail at the Corner of Acorn Park Dr., approx. 90 ft.
Turn LEFT on walking trail going EAST to Alewife Station Access Rd., approx. 900 ft.
Turn RIGHT on Alewife Station Access Rd. going SOUTH over the Little River to Alewife Greenway Extension, approx. 450 ft.
Turn RIGHT on Alewife Greenway Extension going WEST to Basin Amphitheater, approx. 1300 ft.
From MBTA Alewife Station - Intersection of Alewife Brook Parkway and Cambridge Park Drive
Exit Alewife Station to Alewife Station Access Rd.
Turn RIGHT out of Alewife Station going NORTH under parking structure overpass, approx. 500 ft.
Turn LEFT to cross Alewife Station Access Rd. going WEST to Alewife Greenway Extension, approx. 80 ft.
Stay STRAIGHT on Alewife Greenway Extension going WEST to Basin Amphitheater, approx. 1300 ft.
Speaker Series with Bart Gellman, author, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, and blogger; writes for The Washington Post and is a contributing editor at large for Time magazine.
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WHEN Tue., Oct. 15, 2013, 12 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Religion, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Center for Middle Eastern Studies Outreach Program
SPEAKER(S) Carrie R. Wickham, associate professor, Department of Political Science, Emory University. Moderated by Tarek Masoud, associate professor of public policy, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO smeyrick@fas.harvard.edu
NOTE A limited number of free copies of Professor Wickham's book will be available on a first come, first served basis to Harvard students attending this talk (please have your Harvard ID available). This is a brown bag (bring-your-own) lunch event. Cookies and beverages provided.
LINK http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/node/3481
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Getting from No to Go: Social Media-Fueled Protest Style From Arab Spring to Gezi Protests in Turkey
October 15, 2013
October 15, 2013
12:30pm ET
Berkman Center for Internet & Society, 23 Everett Street, 2nd Floor, Cambridge
RSVP required for those attending in person at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2013/10/tufekci#RSVP
This event will be webcast live at 12:30pm ET.
Zeynep Tufekci, assistant professor at the University of North Carolina and faculty associate at Berkman Center for Internet & Society
What can we learn from the protest wave of the last years? How does social media impact the capacity for collective action? Does social media contribute to blunting movement impacts by facilitating horizontal, non-institutional and "leaderless" movements? How do these movements compare with their predecessors like the civil-rights or anti-colonial movements? I discuss these questions by drawing from research on a variety of social movements including the "Arab Spring", European indignados movements, Occupy and Turkey's Gezi protests.
About Zeynep
Zeynep Tufekci is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina, a faculty associate at Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and a fellow at the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University.
Berkman Center for Internet & Society, 23 Everett Street, 2nd Floor, Cambridge
RSVP required for those attending in person at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2013/10/tufekci#RSVP
This event will be webcast live at 12:30pm ET.
Zeynep Tufekci, assistant professor at the University of North Carolina and faculty associate at Berkman Center for Internet & Society
What can we learn from the protest wave of the last years? How does social media impact the capacity for collective action? Does social media contribute to blunting movement impacts by facilitating horizontal, non-institutional and "leaderless" movements? How do these movements compare with their predecessors like the civil-rights or anti-colonial movements? I discuss these questions by drawing from research on a variety of social movements including the "Arab Spring", European indignados movements, Occupy and Turkey's Gezi protests.
About Zeynep
Zeynep Tufekci is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina, a faculty associate at Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and a fellow at the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University.
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MADMEC Final Presentations and Awards Ceremony
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
1:00p–3:00p
MIT, Building 6-120, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Materials science can provide solutions for energy storage, building efficiency, transportation, and many other critical needs in today's society. MADMEC invites student teams to develop and build prototypes that address these and more challenges. Come see the teams present their projects and prototypes.
The three winning teams of MADMEC VII will receive the following prizes:
1st Prize: $10,000
2nd Prize: $6,000
3rd Prize: $4,000
MADMEC is a joint venture between MIT's Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Saint Gobain, BP, and the Dow Chemical Company.
Web site: http://dmse.mit.edu/madmec
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
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MADMEC Final Presentations and Awards Ceremony
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
1:00p–3:00p
MIT, Building 6-120, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Materials science can provide solutions for energy storage, building efficiency, transportation, and many other critical needs in today's society. MADMEC invites student teams to develop and build prototypes that address these and more challenges. Come see the teams present their projects and prototypes.
The three winning teams of MADMEC VII will receive the following prizes:
1st Prize: $10,000
2nd Prize: $6,000
3rd Prize: $4,000
MADMEC is a joint venture between MIT's Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Saint Gobain, BP, and the Dow Chemical Company.
Web site: http://dmse.mit.edu/madmec
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
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Adaptive Seeding in Social Networks
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
1:30pm to 2:30pm
Harvard, Pierce Hall 320, 29 Oxford Street Cambridge
Harvard, Pierce Hall 320, 29 Oxford Street Cambridge
Yaron Singer, Harvard University
The challenge of identifying individuals who can efficiently disseminate information through social networks has been heavily studied throughout the past decade. Despite considerable progress and an impressive arsenal of techniques developed for this problem, state-of-the-art algorithms often perform poorly in practice due to a combination of various restrictions on the input and the structure of social networks.
The challenge of identifying individuals who can efficiently disseminate information through social networks has been heavily studied throughout the past decade. Despite considerable progress and an impressive arsenal of techniques developed for this problem, state-of-the-art algorithms often perform poorly in practice due to a combination of various restrictions on the input and the structure of social networks.
In this talk we will introduce a new framework which we call Adaptive Seeding. The framework is a stochastic two-stage (combinatorial) optimization model designed to leverage a key structural property of social networks. The main result we will discuss is a constant factor approximation algorithm for all standard models of information spreading in social networks. The result follows from new techniques and concepts that may be of independent interest for those curious about submodular maximization, stochastic optimization, and machine learning.
Based on joint work with Lior Seeman
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Alewife Reservation Constructed Wetland Grand Opening Ceremony
Tuesday, October 15
2:00-5:00pm
just west of the Alewife T Station along the Alewife Greenway Extension multi-use path, Cambridge
just west of the Alewife T Station along the Alewife Greenway Extension multi-use path, Cambridge
After a long and collaborative effort between the City of Cambridge's Department of Public Works, the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority (MWRA) and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), the three agencies are pleased to announce the grand opening of the Alewife Constructed Wetland.
The 3.4-acre wetland is designed to store and treat stormwater runoff before it enters the Little River. The new wetland will slow down the flow of stormwater through contact with a series of marsh systems, allowing sediment to settle, and removing nutrients and pollutants from the water. Several types of habitats, ranging from emergent marsh to riparian woodland have been created to enrich and enhance the biodiversity that already exists in the Alewife Reservation. The wetland also provides recreational amenities, including a boardwalk and scenic overlooks, environmental education opportunities, an amphitheater designed with seating for a class of students, interpretive signage, and links to the Alewife Greenway Extension's bike and pedestrian paths.
"This newly constructed wetland not only improves water quality in the Little River and Alewife Brook, but also provides a new and unique recreational and educational open space for the community to enjoy," said Richard C. Rossi, City Manager.
This project is funded by the City of Cambridge, MWRA and the Massachusetts Water Pollution Abatement Trust through the Clean Water SRF program administered by MassDEP.
Please visit the City's website to learn more about this innovative stormwater management project and new urban wild atwww.cambridgema.gov/theworks/cityprojects.aspx (select Cambridge Park Drive Area Drainage Improvements and Stormwater Wetland Project).
Directions to Alewife Reservation Constructed Wetland:
Walking directions to the Basin Amphitheater via Alewife Greenway Extension:
From DCR Discovery Park Lot - 100 Acorn Park Drive, Cambridge
Exit DCR parking lot at driveway entrance.
Turn LEFT out of parking lot going SOUTH to walking trail at the Corner of Acorn Park Dr., approx. 90 ft.
Turn LEFT on walking trail going EAST to Alewife Station Access Rd., approx. 900 ft.
Turn RIGHT on Alewife Station Access Rd. going SOUTH over the Little River to Alewife Greenway Extension, approx. 450 ft.
Turn RIGHT on Alewife Greenway Extension going WEST to Basin Amphitheater, approx. 1300 ft.
From MBTA Alewife Station - Intersection of Alewife Brook Parkway and Cambridge Park Drive
Exit Alewife Station to Alewife Station Access Rd.
Turn RIGHT out of Alewife Station going NORTH under parking structure overpass, approx. 500 ft.
Turn LEFT to cross Alewife Station Access Rd. going WEST to Alewife Greenway Extension, approx. 80 ft.
Stay STRAIGHT on Alewife Greenway Extension going WEST to Basin Amphitheater, approx. 1300 ft.
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Kleppner Symposium
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
3:30p–6:00p
Harvard University, Sanders Theater, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Symposium Celebrating Daniel Kleppner's 80th Birthday
Quantum Electrodynamics Serge Haroche, 2012 Physics Nobel Laureate
Atomic Clocks David Wineland, 2012 Physics Nobel Laureate
Energy, Sustainability and Changing Climates Steven Chu, 1997 Physics Nobel Laureate and U.S. Secretary of Energy 2009 - 2013
Web site: http://www.rle.mit.edu/kleppner-symposium/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Physics Department
For more information, contact:
Belfer Center Events Coordinator
617-495-3745
belfer_events@ksg.harvard.edu
3:30p–6:00p
Harvard University, Sanders Theater, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Symposium Celebrating Daniel Kleppner's 80th Birthday
Quantum Electrodynamics Serge Haroche, 2012 Physics Nobel Laureate
Atomic Clocks David Wineland, 2012 Physics Nobel Laureate
Energy, Sustainability and Changing Climates Steven Chu, 1997 Physics Nobel Laureate and U.S. Secretary of Energy 2009 - 2013
Web site: http://www.rle.mit.edu/kleppner-symposium/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Physics Department
For more information, contact:
Belfer Center Events Coordinator
617-495-3745
belfer_events@ksg.harvard.edu
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This session will feature Aaron Tanaka and Juan Leyton, both Visiting Practitioners to the Tufts Urban & Environmental Policy and Planning Department. They will share their visions and lessons learned from community-driven efforts to build more democratic, sustainable and just economies from Boston and Mondragon.
Building New Economies from the Ground Up - Visions from Boston and Mondragon
Tuesday, October 15
Tuesday, October 15
4:30PM to 6:00PM
Tufts University, 12 Upper Campus Road, Crane Room, Medford
Tufts University, 12 Upper Campus Road, Crane Room, Medford
This session will feature Aaron Tanaka and Juan Leyton, both Visiting Practitioners to the Tufts Urban & Environmental Policy and Planning Department. They will share their visions and lessons learned from community-driven efforts to build more democratic, sustainable and just economies from Boston and Mondragon.
http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/events.html
Contact Information:
tel. 617-627-3530 - fax. 617-627-2409 email: gdae@tufts.edu
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Why we need a Smart Grid
Tuesday, 15 October
6:00 PM
Northeastern University, Curry Student Center, 442-444, 346 Huntington Avenue, Cambridge
Professor Peter Crossley from the University of Manchester in the UK
In 1977, Professor Crossley obtained his Bachelor of Science (1st Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) and his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1983. Professor Crossley is a Member of the IET and has been a Chartered Engineer since 1988 and a Member of the IEEE since 1992.
After 13 years working at GEC Alstom, Professor Crossley moved to UMIST and progressed from Lecturer to Reader, In 2002, he joined Queen’s University as Professor of Electrical Engineering, Head of Power & Energy Research and later Research Director. In 2006, he returned to the University of Manchester as Professor of Power Systems and in January 2008 he became Director of the Joule Centre for Energy Research. In 2011, Professor Crossley became Head of Electrical Energy and Power Systems in the EEE School at the University of Manchester. Professor Crossley is the joint author of two books, and has published 85 Journal papers and 180 International Conference Papers.
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Contact Information:
tel. 617-627-3530 - fax. 617-627-2409 email: gdae@tufts.edu
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Why we need a Smart Grid
Tuesday, 15 October
6:00 PM
Northeastern University, Curry Student Center, 442-444, 346 Huntington Avenue, Cambridge
Professor Peter Crossley from the University of Manchester in the UK
In 1977, Professor Crossley obtained his Bachelor of Science (1st Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) and his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1983. Professor Crossley is a Member of the IET and has been a Chartered Engineer since 1988 and a Member of the IEEE since 1992.
After 13 years working at GEC Alstom, Professor Crossley moved to UMIST and progressed from Lecturer to Reader, In 2002, he joined Queen’s University as Professor of Electrical Engineering, Head of Power & Energy Research and later Research Director. In 2006, he returned to the University of Manchester as Professor of Power Systems and in January 2008 he became Director of the Joule Centre for Energy Research. In 2011, Professor Crossley became Head of Electrical Energy and Power Systems in the EEE School at the University of Manchester. Professor Crossley is the joint author of two books, and has published 85 Journal papers and 180 International Conference Papers.
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Mohsen Mostafavi in Conversation with Nicholas Negroponte
WHEN Tue., Oct. 15, 2013, 6:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Graduate School of Design
SPEAKER(S) Mohsen Mostafavi, Nicholas Negroponte
COST Free and open to the public
NOTE Mohsen Mostafavi, architect and educator, is the dean and the Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design at the Harvard GSD. His work focuses on modes and processes of urbanization and on the interface between technology and aesthetics. He curated the exhibition "Nicholas Hawksmoor; Methodical Imaginings" at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale. In the Life of Cities (2012) and Instigations (2012) are among his most recent publications. Nicholas Negroponte, a member of the MIT faculty since 1966, is a pioneer in computer-aided design. He is a co-founder of the Media Lab, opened in 1985, and founder and chairman of the One Laptop per Child, a non-profit association that distributes technology to children around the world. In the private sector, he has helped provide start-up funds to more than 40 companies, including Wired magazine. His book Being Digital (1995), has been translated into more than 40 languages.
LINK www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/events/mohsen-mostafavi-in-conversation-with-nicholas-negroponte.html
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GreenPort Forum: Beyond Recycling: Taking It to the Next Level
Tuesday, October 15
7:00pm
Cambridgeport Baptist Church, 459 Putnam Avenue (Corner of Magazine Street and Putnam Avenue), Cambridge
Cambridge Recycling Director Randi Mail will lead a lively discussion of steps we can take that go beyond normal recycling practices. Topics will include:
The City’s pilot program for compost pickup from residents
Zero waste solutions for individuals and the City
Benefits of reuse
We will look at personal choices and City initiatives that can significantly reduce our carbon footprint. Join us!
Since 2002, Ms. Randi Mail has been the Recycling Director for the City of Cambridge, working to encourage people to consume less, reuse and donate materials, and recycle what cannot be eliminated or re-used. She oversees weekly curbside recycling collection that serves 45,000 households, City buildings, and schools; operation of a Recycling Center open 3 days/week to residents and small businesses in Cambridge; public education efforts as well as new initiatives to further composting, reuse, and other ways to reduce waste. Her passion for solutions and program successes inspires others to work on sustainability projects and walk the walk.
GreenPort envisions and encourages a just and sustainable Cambridgeport neighborhood
For more information, contact Steve Wineman at steven.wineman@gmail.com
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Come see this showcase of all the things we do as individuals, communities, and organizations to lower the carbon footprint in Boston!
Sponsored by Boston University Sustainable Neighborhood Lab and City of Boston Greenovate.
David Eaglesham, CEO of Pellion Technologies, will discuss the challenges facing widespread utilization of batteries for energy storage.
Book signing will immediately follow the forum.
Crisis Mappers unite!
An open invitation to meet fellow Mappers and learn more about Crisis Mapping.
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Bring your lunch and join the FAS Green Program for our monthly screening of Environmentally Themed TED Talks. This month, all of our talks are based around the idea of Green Design. We'll be watching:
Alex Steffen: The shareable future of cities
Johan Rockstrom: Let the environment guide our development
John Hardy: My green school dream
Michael Green: Why we should build wooden skyscrapers
Snacks will be provided.
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"Manufacturing Paradoxes: China, East Asia, and Global Production"
WHEN Thu., Oct. 17, 2013, 12:15 – 1:45 p.m.
WHERE CGIS Building, Room S153, 1730 Cambridge Street, Harvard University
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Postdoctoral Fellow Presentation
SPEAKER(S) Mark Dallas, An Wang Postdoctoral Fellow
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO lkluz@fas.harvard.edu
NOTE With a close look at particular industries over time, Mark Dallas examines the influence of the fragmentation of global production and regional production networks on development in China.
LINK http://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/event/mark-dallas
Pascal Van Hentenryck
The frequency and intensity of natural disasters has significantly increased over the past decades, and this trend is predicted to continue. Natural disasters have dramatic impacts on human lives and on the socio-economic welfare of entire regions. Dramatic events such as Hurricane Katrina and the Tohoku tsunami have also highlighted the need for computational decision support in preparing, mitigating, responding and recovering from disasters. I will present an overview of recent progress in computational disaster management and, in particular, in relief distribution, power system restoration, and evacuation planning and scheduling. I will argue that computer science has a significant role to play in all aspects of disaster management, from policy formulation to mitigation, operational response and recovery, using examples of systems deployed during hurricanes Irene and Sandy. Moreover, I will indicate that disaster management raises significant computational challenges for decision-support systems which must optimize over complex infrastructures in uncertain environments and review these issues in depth for power systems. Finally, I will conclude by identifying a number of fundamental research issues for computer science in this space.
Pascal Van Hentenryck leads the Optimization Research Group at NICTA (about 60 people) and holds the Chair in Data-Intensive Computing at the Australia National University. He is the recipient of two Honorary degrees, the 2002 INFORMS ICS Award for research excellence at the intersection of operations research and computer science, the 2006 ACP Award for research excellence in constraint programming, the 2010-2011 Philip J. Bray Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching at Brown University. He is a 2013 IFORS distinguished lecturer and a fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artifical Intelligence. Van Hentenryck is the author of five MIT Press books and has developed a number of innovative optimization systems that are widely used in academia and industry. His research on disaster management has been deployed to help federal agencies in the United States mitigate the effects of hurricanes on coastal areas.
Computer Science Colloquium Series
Contact: Gioia Sweetland
Phone: 617-495-2919
Email: gioia@seas.harvard.edu
Mihail C. Roco, National Science Foundation & National Nanotechnology Initiative, "Five Principles for Convergence of Knowledge, Technology, and Society"
Convergence of knowledge and technology for the benefit of society is the core opportunity for progress in the 21st century, based on five principles: (1) the interdependence of all components of nature and society, (2) decision analysis for research and development based on system‐logic deduction, (3) enhancement of discovery, invention and innovation through evolutionary processes of convergence that combine existing principles and competencies, and divergence that generates new ones, (4) higher‐level cross‐domain languages to generate new solutions and support transfer of new knowledge, and (5) vision‐inspired basic research embodied in grand challenges. It allows society to answer questions and resolve problems that isolated capabilities cannot, as well as to create new competencies, knowledge and technologies on this basis. Solutions are discussed for key societal challenges, including creating new industries and jobs, improving lifelong wellness and human potential, achieving personalized and integrated healthcare and education, and securing a sustainable quality of life for all.
Speaker: Christine Wiedinmyer, NCAR Earth Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Many studies are being performed worldwide to try to understand the use of various stove technologies, their emissions, and their impacts. One such study is starting in the northern region of Ghana. This region, impacted by strong dry and wet seasons, is one in which biomass is a dominant source of cooking fuel. Two different stoves, one low-emitting gasifier stove and one locally made "efficient" stove, will be tested through a randomized intervention in rural communities of the Kassena-Nakana District of the Upper East Region. The value that households place on these technologies and their various characteristics will be evaluated; the emissions, resulting personal exposure to smoke, and health outcomes will be measured. A component of this multi-disciplinary project includes the design and application of sensors that will be used to monitor emissions, ambient air quality, and personal exposures. Stove use and emissions will be scaled up through emissions and chemistry-climate models to investigate the impact of cooking and other sources on air quality and regional climate. This presentation will provide an overview of this project, the tools applied, and preliminary results.
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: http://cee.mit.edu/events/318
Open to: the general public
Cost: free
Sponsor(s): Civil and Environmental Engineering
For more information, contact:
Jacqueline Foster
5-4038
jafoster@mit.edu
4:15p–6:00p
MIT, Buidling E51-376, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Designing Sociotechnical Systems for a Complex World
Please join us at our SSRC Occasional Distinguished Lecture Series seminar. Daniel Hastings is the Cecil and Ida Green Education Professor of Engineering Systems and Aeronautics and Astronautics. He will discuss the current state of engineering education in the United States. A reception will follow the presentation.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Sociotechnical Systems Research Center
For more information, contact:
Jacqueline Paris
Speaker: Kathrin Aste and Frank Ludin, Architects, LAAC Architekten, Innsbruck Austria
Architecture Lecture Series
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Department of Architecture
For more information, contact:
617-253-7791
In July 2013, President Barack Obama launched Power Africa, a major initiative to double access to power in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030. On October 17, 2013 e4Dev invites Power Africa and Trade Africa Coordinator Andrew Herscowitz and USAID Energy Division Chief Allen Eisendrath to talk more about this initiative which aims to:
Add 10,000 MW of cleaner, more efficient generation capacity
Enable new electricity access for up to 20 million households and increase the reliability of the electricity supply
Increase the number of countries participating in regional cross-border energy trade
Enhance the resource management capabilities of selected countries, allowing them to gain greater energy security
The presentation will include a moderated question-and-answer session led by MIT Energy Initiative Deputy Director Robert Stoner. Refreshments will be served.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Speaker: Q & A with filmmakers to follow the screening.
In 1971 classified ads for employment were still segregated by gender, battered women's shelters did not exist, abortion was illegal, and a married women couldn't open a bank account without her husband's permission. LEFT ON PEARL is about the movement that changed all that.
LEFT ON PEARL is a documentary-in-progress about a little-known but highly significant event in the history of the women's liberation movement, the 1971 takeover and occupation of a Harvard University-owned building by hundreds of Boston area women. The ten-day occupation of 888 Memorial Drive by women demanding a Women's Center and low income housing for the community in which the building stood, embodied within it many of the hopes, triumphs, conflicts and tensions of Second Wave feminism. One of the few such takeovers by women for women, this action was transformative for the participants, and led directly to the establishment of the longest continuously operating Women's Center in the U.S.
Through television news from the time, newspaper headlines, found footage, and extensive interviews with participants and eyewitnesses of varied sexual orientations, racial, class and ethnic backgrounds (including both supporters and opponents of the takeover) LEFT ON PEARL provides a riveting and often humorous look at a fascinating historical moment.
Web site: web.mit.edu/wgs/
Open to: the general public
Cost: FREE
Sponsor(s): Women's and Gender Studies, Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies
For more information, contact:
The Friendly WGS Staff
3-8844
wgs@mit.edu
Urban Planning Film Series
A mostly-weekly series showing documentary and feature films on topics related to cities, urbanism, design, community development, ecology, and other planning issues. Free.
Web site: urbanfilm.org
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Department of Urban Studies and Planning
For more information, contact:
Ezra Glenn
617-253-2024
eglenn@mit.edu
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The Road Ahead for Planetary Environmentalism: An Appreciation of Professor Bill Moomaw
Friday, October 18
3:00-4:30 PM
ASEAN Auditorium, The Fletcher School , 160 Packard Avenue, Medford
Registration required at http://fletcher.tufts.edu/CIERP/Events/RegisterOctober182013
A talk by Professor Robert Socolow, Princeton University
Followed by a reception in the Hall of Flags at 4:30 to honor Professor Moomaw
Open to the public. Convened by the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy (CIERP) and The Fletcher School to honor the distinguished career of William Moomaw, Professor of International Environmental Policy. Professor Moomaw recently stepped down as Director of CIERP, which he founded in 1992, and will retire at the end of this academic year.
Robert Socolow is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. His current research focuses on global carbon management and fossil-carbon sequestration. He is the co-principal investigator (with ecologist, Stephen Pacala) of Princeton University's Carbon Mitigation Initiative (CMI). Pacala and Socolow are the authors of “Stabilization wedges: Solving the climate problem for the next 50 years with current technologies” (Science, August 13, 2004). Socolow recently served on two committees of the National Academies: “America's Energy Future” and “America's Climate Choices.” He received his Ph.D. in theoretical high energy physics in l964 from Harvard University.
"Planetary environmentalism" is an evolving perspective on the human condition, which sees a planet of modest size straining to absorb the aggregate activity of our irrepressible species. The science is incomplete but sobering, and the public is rightly skeptical of simple solutions. We have barely begun to think about what is required to conduct a multi-generational project.
Speaker: Mike Foster
DUSPVIZ and the DUSP Open Source User Group present the Fall 2013 OpenStreetMap Editathon! Join us Friday, October 18, at 4:00pm in Room 9-450 for a brief introduction to OpenStreetMap, then an open editing session where you can work with one of the largest open source datasets on Earth.
What - OpenStreetMap is an initiative to create and provide free geographic data, such as street maps, to anyone. It is supported by an international not-for-profit organization called The OpenStreetMap Foundation.
Why - An editathon is an event where individuals sign into OpenStreetMap and improve the map by adding content, identifying and fixing problems, raising awareness of OpenStreetMap, and improving the quality of data. Anyone can make edits, so lets improve the map!
When and Where - Friday, October 18, 2013, 4:00-8:00pm Room 9-450, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
The first 15 minutes will be an introduction to OpenStreetMap, its features, and editing tools, the rest of the time is available to socialize and improve the map. Tag all edits you make to the map with #editathon and #mit!
Open to all, we hope to see you there. Please contact mjfoster@mit.edu with questions or requests for further information.
Thanks!
Web site: http://dusp.mit.edu/uis/event/fall-2013-openstreetmap-editathon
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Department of Urban Studies and Planning
For more information, contact:
Mike Foster
617-324-8234
mjfoster@mit.edu
Speaker: Pablo Garcia, Department of Contemporary Practices, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Mechanized drawing existed long before computers. Methods for automating drawing???especially drawing from life???appeared simultaneously with the earliest descriptions of constructing linear perspective. What does this long quest for computed drawing tell us about our relationship with technology? What does this mean for the presumed novelty of the computer? What does it mean to be "virtual"?
Computation Lecture Series
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Department of Architecture
For more information, contact:
Onur Yuce Gun
oyucegun@mit.edu
Energy Night at the MIT Museum
October 18, 2013
The MIT Energy Night is a celebration of the ingenuity, innovation, and imagination of MIT faculty, researchers, students, and alumni. Hosted annually at the MIT Museum and organized entirely by students, Energy Night features over 70 academic poster presentations from every energy-affiliated department at MIT as well as early stage startups based on MIT technologies. The MIT Energy Night provides an ideal opportunity to see what energy at MIT is all about and engage with the MIT energy community, local energy professionals, and investors.
Sponsored by: MIT Museum, Office of the Dean for Graduate Education, MIT Energy Club
Admission: Free
Open to the public
For more information: Contact Josie Patterson
617-253-5927
museuminfo@mit.edu
http://mitenergynight.org
Amnesty International Monthly Human Rights Lecture Series
Please join us on October the 18th to learn more about what is happening in Turkey, and to discuss the future of Turkey's democracy.
Speakers: Noam Chomsky (MIT), Zeynep Turkyilmaz (Dartmouth College), Asli Igsiz (NYU)
Organized by Bostonbul.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Amnesty International, Undergraduate Association
For more information, contact:
Halide Bey
hbey@mit.edu
MIT Nightmarket draws its roots from the renowned night markets in Asia that offer a lively environment for citizens to unwind after a busy workday. Densely packed over several blocks, vendors sell a vast diversity of wares ranging from custom clothing to fighting crickets, Chinese yo-yos, and stinky tofu. Nightmarket 2013 brings to campus a sampling of the traditional night markets with tons of food, cultural booths hosted by MIT cultural groups such as AAA, CSC, and ATS. Performances are held by both MIT students and cultural groups from the Greater Boston area, and include Chinese yo-yo, singing, dancing,
Open to: the general public
Tickets: Lobby 10, Student Center, online
Sponsor(s): Asian American Association, Chinese Students Club, Association of Taiwanese Students, MIT, LEF (Large Event Fund), ARCADE (Assisting Recurring Cultural Diversity Events), LEF, ARCADE
For more information, contact:
Rachel Wang
617-640-3015
aaa-exec@mit.edu
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The tour will include stops at the CWD Field Office, Winter Street Dam and Gatehouse, Stony Brook Dam and Gatehouse, and Paul Revere Capture Site. Advanced registration is required; registration closes on Oct 15. Participants must be comfortable with the 34 mile distance and must provide their own bike (road or hybrid), helmet and lunch. Technical assistance will be provided by Urban AdvenTours.
To register, please contact Katie at kbooras@cambridgema.gov or call 617-349-7712. For more information, visithttp://www.cambridgema.gov/Water/Programs/watershedbiketour.aspx
Rally for Democracy
Saturday, October 19
12pm
1199 SEIU Union Hall, 150 Mount Vernon Street, Dorchester
Greater Boston Move to Amend presentation
What Exactly Is a Corporation, Anyway?
Connecting the Dots: The REach of Corporate Power in Our Lives
Demystifying Citizens United v FEC
Amending the Constitution: How and Why?
Contact bostonmta@gmail.com or 781-894-1179
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Screening of "How to Start a Revolution" Followed by Panel Q&A
Saturday, October 19, 2013
3:00 PM to 7:00 PM (PDT)
One Broadway 5th Floor, 1 Broadway, Cambridge
RSVP at http://new-revolution-es2.eventbrite.com/
Join MassOps for a screening of How to Start a Revolution. This documentary, featuring the work and life of Dr. Gene Sharp discusses how his pamphlet From Dictatorship to Democracy (PDF) has literally changed the world. It has been used to template revolutions in Burma, Tunisia, Croatia, Egypt and Syria.
Join us after the screening for a discussion of what has and hasn't worked by using Dr. Sharp's techniques at revolution. We'll discuss how some of these nonviolent techniques might be used in America, and how to shape the tone of a new non-violent revolutionary movement in America.
Emmanuel Vincent (MIT)
Abstract: Strong winds associated with Tropical Cyclones (TCs) trigger intense mixing in the upper ocean stirring warm surface water with cold water from the thermocline. This results in: (i) a surface cooling that feeds back negatively on TCs intensity and (ii) a sub-surface warming.
Recent studies argued that heat injected in the sub-surface by TCs alter climate via a modification of the ocean Meridional Heat transport (MHT). We revisit this hypothesis using a global ocean model forced by high-resolution TC wind forcing representative of the last 30 years. We find that MHT is hardly affected by TCs. However, TC processes significantly alter the ocean by 3d advection, surface fluxes that cool tropical oceanic basins on a large scale and heat injection that mostly re-emerges to the surface at the end of the TC season, as the mixed layer deepens in fall/winter. Thus, TCs are found to decrease the seasonal amplitude of SST variations (~10%) in tropical basins (by cooling in summer and warming in winter) with potential consequences in the coupled system.
Regarding point (i), I will show that TC-induced surface cooling is largely controlled by upper-ocean stratification. We investigated the possibility that inter-annual variability of upper-ocean stratification (e.g. El Niño) can influence cyclonic activity by controlling the cooling feedback. We simulated tens of thousands of axi-symmetric TC models coupled to varied ocean conditions representative of inter-annual variability in all oceanic basins. We find that the integrated power dissipated by TCs is modulated by upper-ocean stratification variability (~20% difference between 'favorable' and 'unfavorable' years) with the strongest TCs showing the greatest sensitivity to upper-ocean stratification (~40% difference in category-5 TCs between 'favorable' and 'unfavorable' years).
Speaker's website: http://www.normalesup.org/~emvincent/
MASS Seminar
How Air Pollution Affects Climate, and What We Can Do About It
Monday, October 21, 2013
4:00 p.m
Bartos Theater, MIT Media Lab, E15-070, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge
Dr. Drew Shindell, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
The 13th Annual Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture
5:00 p.m. Community Reception
Ida B. Green Lounge, Building 54, Room 923
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
For additional information, please contact Jen DiNisco at 617.253.2127 or jdinisco@mit.edu
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Eamon Ryan, Party Leader, Irish Green Party; Former Minister for Energy and Communications, Irish Government,
Eamon Ryan was first elected to Dáil Éireann in 2002. Prior to his appointment as the Party Leader of the Irish Green Party, he was the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. He was also formerly the Green Party spokesperson for Transport and Enterprise, Trade and Employment and opposition convenor on the Joint Oireachtas Committee for Communication, Marine and Natural Resources.
Before he was elected to the Dáil he set up and ran two businesses, Irish Cycling Safaris and Belfield Bike shop. He was an active member and chairman of the Dublin Cycling Campaign, and from 1995 to 2002 he served on the Advisory Committee of the Dublin Transport Office.
Eamon is married to the writer Victoria White and they have four young children.
Speaker: Jean-Charles Rochet (Zurich)
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Applied Theory Workshop (Joint MIT/Harvard)
For more information, contact:
Theresa Benevento
Speaker: Neeraj Bhatia
This lecture will examine the concept of pluralism in defining new forms of urban territories.
CAU Fall Lecture Series
Web site: http://cau.mit.edu/lecture/territorial-form-forms-territory
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): School of Architecture and Planning, Center for Advanced Urbanism
For more information, contact:
Prudence Robinson
617-324-7045
pru@mit.edu
Experiments in Thinking, Action, and Form: Cinematic Migrations
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): School of Architecture and Planning, Department of Architecture, MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology
For more information, contact:
Laura Anca Chichisan
617-253-5229
act@mit.edu
Speaker Series with Betsy Fischer Martin, managing editor of NBC News Political Programming and former senior executive producer of “Meet the Press.”
New Frontiers in Open Access Publishing
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
3:00p–4:30p
MIT, Building E25-111, 45 Carleton Street, Cambridge
This panel, featuring Jacqueline Thai, Tibor Tscheke, and Marguerite Avery is being presented in celebration of International Open Access Week, and is intended to provide a forum for discussion of new open access models of scholarly publishing and how they can serve authors and readers. We anticipate a lively and informative conversation.
Web site: http://libraries.mit.edu/news/panel-discussion-new/12713/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Libraries
For more information, contact:
Duranceau, Ellen
efinnie@mit.edu
MTL Seminar Series
Web site: http://www-mtl.mit.edu/seminars/fall2013.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Microsystems Technology Laboratories
For more information, contact:
Debroah Hodges-Pabon
253-5264
debb@mtl.mit.edu
Hunt Allcott, New York University, and Dmitry Taubinsky, Harvard University.
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Tree Talk and Cider Tasting: The Roxbury Russet, America's oldest apple, and the history of the orchards of Massachusetts
Wednesday, October 23
5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Cider tasting and apple tree viewing at Roxbury Heritage State Park, 183 Roxbury Street, Roxbury
6:30 p.m. presentation by John Bunker, apple historian at First Church in Roxbury, 10 Putnam Street, across from Roxbury Heritage State Park
Join agricultural historian, orchardist and fruit explorer John Bunker to learn more about the Roxbury Russet and the history, uses, varieties and culture of apples of America. John will recount "Sherlock Holmes-like" stories of tracking down forgotten rare varieties. He will talk about why these old apples might be especially important today. He will explain grafting and pruning and will answer your questions about how to plant and care for your own trees.
This event is free and open to the public. Bring an apple from trees in your yard and John will identify them. Part of the Roxbury History Speaker Series.
Order box suppers from Haley House Bakery Café haleyhouse.org/rhs.html
Co-sponsored by Roxbury Historical Society, Haley House Bakery Café, Shirley Eustis House and Discover Roxbury. For more informationemailroxburyhistory@gmail.com or visit www.discoverroxbury.org
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Connected Food: Tracing Boston's Foodways from Production to Consumption
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Workbar, 45 Prospect Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://connectedfood-fd9efdf196f2ec0f4428f1aec13eaadc.eventbrite.com
Cost: $12 - 22 (Use the promocode: foodtechmeetup for 25% of registration!)
Kickoff Food Day with fellow meetup enthusiasts and General Assembly.
Emerging technologies are disrupting how local food is produced, sourced, distributed, and consumed — paving the way for new business ideas, challenges, and emerging trends.
Join us for an evening of talks and networking dedicated to connecting innovators in the sustainable food industry and helping to re-envision the way business is done.
Stay tuned for panelist and vendor updates!
Prerequisites
Must love food.
Can't make it? Sign up at https://generalassemb.ly to stay in the loop on future events and classes.
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Hydraulic fracturing - a method of accessing oil and gas from rock - is a controversial topic. At our panel discussion, three experts will explain the process and talk about the pros and cons of fracking. Our presenters will be Adam Carpenter, American Water Works Association; Andrew Stone, American Groundwater Trust; and Jon Welch, CDM Smith. What are the economic benefits of the practice? What are the risks to the environment and to our health? The panel will address these questions in their presentations, and they will follow up with a Q&A. Cost: $10
Please RSVP to info@waterworksmuseum.org or 617-277-0065.
Event Contact Info
Lauren Kaufmann
Email: info@waterworksmuseum.org
Phone: 617-277-0065
Website: http://www.waterworksmuseum.org/calendar/view/237/date/2013-10-23
Honoring awardees for leadership in the energy sector:
Solarize Massachusetts
An innovative program being replicated across the nation, Solarize Mass has made solar more accessible for residents across MA through targeted community-based outreach. We'll welcome representatives from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and the Department of Energy Resources to accept this award!
Representative Lori Ehrlich
State Representative for the Massachusetts 8th Essex District, whom has worked tirelessly on efforts to shut down coal generation, fix gas leaks, and promote renewable energy in MA.
Conservation Law Foundation
Since 1966, CLF's mission has been to advocate on behalf of the region's environment and its communities. CLF has recently focused on natural gas leaks and their threat to our climate and health.
Health Care Without Harm
Together with its partners, Health Care Without Harm shares a vision of a health care system that promotes the health of people and the environment. We applaud the connection they've made between shutting down fossil fuels and promoting health.
Mount St. Mary's Abbey
The sisters at Mount St. Mary's Abbey have been using their land to support renewable energy projects, including a 100kW wind turbine and more recently an 8.4 MW solar array with the city of Franklin.
The sisters also make delicious handmade candy! We will have samples at the event for you to try.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Contact Brian Sewell with questions: 617-524-3950 x142 or brian@massenergy.org
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Join us for a workshop based on the work of Joanna Macy and the Work That Reconnects. This experiential group work offers participants a supportive context for being present with what is going on in our world and still being able to respond in a meaningful way.
Rapid climate change may well be the greatest challenge we humans have ever faced, and for the most part our society is ignoring the challenge. It can seem too terrible to think about, and action can feel futile. How can we take it all in without getting stuck in despair or being paralyzed with grief or feelings of helplessness? Is it possible to find renewal and joy in work with such enormous stakes and against what feel like overwhelming odds?
The Work that Reconnects is designed to embolden participants to face, constructively, the challenges of our time. Using the power of sharing in a group, we will explore the place of gratitude in our lives, honor our grief about the losses we are witnessing, reframe our responses, and recognize our personal and collective strengths to act. Through this work, many participants have experienced renewed insight, energy, and community connections to engage in creating a better future.
For more information about the Work That Reconnects, please visit Joanna Macy’s website at www.joannamacy.net. This workshop will be facilitated by Aravinda Ananda and Joseph Rotella. They have studied with Joanna numerous times, have been facilitating the Work That Reconnects for several years and recently joined the Interhelp Network Council (www.interhelpnetwork.org).
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Road to Paris via Warsaw
Monday, November 4, 2013
12:30-1:45p
Tufts, The Fletcher School, Mugar 200, 160R Packard Avenue, Medford
A panel discussion on key issues in the lead up to the Warsaw Climate Change Conference
Kelly Sims Gallagher (chair), Director, CIERP, and Associate Professor of Energy & Environmental Policy, The Fletcher School
Sivan Kartha, Senior Scientist at Stockholm Environment Institute
Gilbert Metcalf, Professor of Economics, Tufts University
Mukul Sanwal, Visiting Scholar at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and former Advisor to the Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC
Hosted by CIERP's Energy, Climate, and Innovation Program
A light lunch will be served (first come first served).
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How the Food Giants Hooked Us
Nov 5, 2013
4pm
MIT, Building E19-623
Michael Moss is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us, published by Random House in 2013. He has been an investigative reporter with The New York Times since 2000. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting in 2010, and was a finalist for the prize in 2006 and 1999. He is also the recipient of a Loeb Award and an Overseas Press Club citation. Before joining the Times, he was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, New York Newsday, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has been an adjunct professor at the Columbia University School of Journalism and currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Eve Heyn, and two sons.
http://ksj.mit.edu/seminars-news/seminars/how-food-giants-hooked-us#sthash.kTN9EDH9.dpuf
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Crowds and Climate: Mobilizing Crowds to Develop Ideas and Take Action on Climate Change
November 6-8, 2013
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts USA
More information at http://www.climatecolab.org/conference2013
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Media Lab Conversations Series: Jillian York
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
5:30pm - 6:30pm
MIT Media Lab, 3rd Floor Atrium, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Jillian York in Conversation with Ethan Zuckerman
Jillian C. York is Director for International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Her work focuses on free expression, with an focus toward the Arab world, and as such she has written for a variety of publications, including Al Jazeera, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, and CNN. Jillian contributed chapters to the upcoming volumes Beyond WikiLeaks: Implications for the Future of Communication, Journalism and Society (Palgrave Macmillan; March 2013) and State Power 2.0: Authoritarian Entrenchment and Political Engagement Worldwide(Ashgate Publishing; expected November 2013). She serves on the Board of Directors of Global Voices Online, and on the Advisory Boards of R-Shief,OnlineCensorship.org, Radio Free Asia’s Open Technology Fund and Internews’ Global Internet Policy Project.
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Taking the Stand
Thursday, November 7
6:30 - 8:00 pm
C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University, 55 Temple Street, Boston
Alan Dershowitz is a legal expert, a scholar on constitutional law and criminal law, and was the youngest full professor of law in the history of Harvard Law School. His client list includes Mike Tyson, Patty Hearst, Leona Helmsley, Jim Bakker, O.J. Simpson, and currently Wikileaks’s Julian Assange. Now, in his legal biography,Dershowitz breaks down the critical and complex issues of First Amendment rights, civil rights, abortion, and murder. He also explains the emerging role of science within a trial’s defense beyond what we might have seen on CSI. Sharing his views with moderator Nancy Gertner, a former United States federal judge for Massachusetts, Dershowitz opens up about his famed legal career and personal opinions like never before.
For more information on Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University, visit www.fordhallforum.org. Information about Suffolk University’s partnership with the Ford Hall Forum can be obtained by contacting Mariellen Norris, (617) 573-8450, mnorris@suffolk.edu.
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Music Hack Day
November 9 - 10
Microsoft NERD, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
RSVP at http://boston.musichackday.org/2013/index.php?page=Register for full conference on November 10 demos
More info at http://boston.musichackday.org/2013/index.php
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Sustainable House of Worship Workshop
November 16
St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church, 1073 Tremont St, Roxbury
Would your congregation like to lower its utility bills? Would you like to do what you can to decrease your use of fossil fuels, and the contribution they make to global warming? Are you interested in learning more about solar energy?
MIP&L's Sustainable House of Worship (SHOW) workshop covers all this and more, showing you how to evaluate 24 questions that will give you a comprehensive view of your house of worship's energy us and the largest opportunities for savings.
In this half-day session conducted by Massachusetts Interfaith Power & Light (www.mipandl.org) you will learn:
How to track your energy use, cost and carbon footprint
How to find no-cost and low cost projects that can have a big impact on your electricity and heating bills
How to evaluate energy using equipment and systems to determine whether they should be updated
Incentives, rebates and other financial help available through utility companies
How to get solar panels with no upfront cost
There is $10 per person fee to attend the workshop, payable during online registration through PayPal or by check. Light refreshments are included. Doors open at 8:30am and the program starts at 9am.
You will receive a set of worksheets to help you evaluate opportunities for saving energy and a CD with all the workshop materials and other helpful resources.
The November 16 workshop will be held at St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church, 1073 Tremont St, Roxbury. Registration will be available soon and if you are interested in attending this one,emailjimnail@mipandl.org to be notified when registration opens.
Who should attend: Parishes are encouraged to send two members from their environment committee, property committee or Vestry. Other members who are interested are also welcome.
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TEDxBeaconStreet 2013
November 16 - 17
Lincoln School, 19 Kennard Road, Brookline
RSVP at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?llr=gbcymnmab&oeidk=a07e81pmitb0fd95d03
More information at http://www.tedxbeaconstreet.com
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Findings from the Kilowatt Crackdown, a Commercial Office Building Competition in Energy Efficient Operation
November 21
2pm EST
Webinar
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GNKTAcup6Ql9fhOkwVMZMyEw6W4LZWBHTQu13sJqkoQ/viewform
TOPIC: The Kilowatt Crackdown program offers the opportunity for community engagement and competitive dynamics among commercial buildings, in regards to energy efficiency goals. Through a process of benchmarking, auditing, implementation, and evaluation, energy savings can be accomplished. With a focus on operational recommendations, savings can be achieved at a relatively low cost. This session will summarize the goals and strategies of the Kilowatt Crackdown program, as well as commonly found energy efficiency measures.
PRESENTERS: JACK DAVIS - has over 18 years of experience in the energy, development, and marketing fields, and manages JDM’s West Coast clients. Advising clients on strategy development, program design and implementation, and market based environmental initiatives, Jack’s work has led to innovative programs and materials such as Carbon4Square, the Kilowatt Crackdown, the Green Building Opportunity Index, the Deep Retrofit Playbook, and the High Performance Portfolio Framework. Jack serves on the Urban Land Institute's (ULI) Responsible Property Investing Product Council and the ULI Northwest Advisory Board. Jack has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University and a MBA in Marketing from the University of Minnesota.
KATIE LEICHLITER - Katie Leichliter is a Research Scientist at the University of Idaho – Integrated Design Lab in Boise. She conducts energy efficiency field work, measurement and verification, and operational and investment grade audits. Katie also conducts simulation research for energy efficiency in existing building renewal projects, and has developed stand-alone energy analysis tools. Katie graduated with a Bachelors and Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Idaho and spent three years in a private mechanical design practice specializing in BIM, building simulation, and HVAC design. Katie serves on the board of governors of the Idaho ASHRAE Chapter.
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Managing Holistically: Policies and Actions to Restore and Sustain Ecosystem Services
Friday, November 22, 2013
9:00a-12:00p
Tufts, ASEAN Auditorium, The Fletcher School, 170 Packard Avenue, Medford
Allan Savory, Rancher and Restoration Ecologist, Founder of the Savory Institute and originator of the Holistic Management approach to restoring grasslands, winner of the Buckminster Fuller Challenge Award, and finalist in the Virgin Earth Challenge (watch his January 2013 presentation at Fletcher at http://fletcher.tufts.edu/CIERP/News/more/Allan-Savory-Fletcher-Jan2013)
Hosted by CIERP's Agriculture, Forests, and Biodiversity Program
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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@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
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@wellesley.edu
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Bostonsmart.com's Guide to Boston http://www.bostonsmarts.com/BostonGuide/
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Links to events at 60 colleges and universities at Hubevents http://hubevents.blogspot.com
Thanks to
Fred Hapgood's Selected Lectures on Science and Engineering in the Boston Area http://www.BostonScienceLectures.com
Boston Area Computer User Groups http://www.bugc.org/
Arts and Cultural Events List http://aacel.blogspot.com/
Cambridge Civic Journal http://www.rwinters.com
http://www.massclimateaction.net/calendar/events/index.php
http://www.mitenergyclub.org/calendar/mit_events_template
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/calendar/
http://green.harvard.edu/events
http://microsoftcambridge.com/Events/tabid/57/Default.aspx
http://boston.nerdnite.com/
http://www.meetup.com/
http://www.eventbrite.com/
http://www.greenhornconnect.com/events/calendar
http://harddatafactory.com/Johnny_Monsarrat/index.html
http://bostoneventsinsider.com/boston_events/
WHEN Tue., Oct. 15, 2013, 6:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Graduate School of Design
SPEAKER(S) Mohsen Mostafavi, Nicholas Negroponte
COST Free and open to the public
NOTE Mohsen Mostafavi, architect and educator, is the dean and the Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design at the Harvard GSD. His work focuses on modes and processes of urbanization and on the interface between technology and aesthetics. He curated the exhibition "Nicholas Hawksmoor; Methodical Imaginings" at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale. In the Life of Cities (2012) and Instigations (2012) are among his most recent publications. Nicholas Negroponte, a member of the MIT faculty since 1966, is a pioneer in computer-aided design. He is a co-founder of the Media Lab, opened in 1985, and founder and chairman of the One Laptop per Child, a non-profit association that distributes technology to children around the world. In the private sector, he has helped provide start-up funds to more than 40 companies, including Wired magazine. His book Being Digital (1995), has been translated into more than 40 languages.
LINK www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/events/mohsen-mostafavi-in-conversation-with-nicholas-negroponte.html
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GreenPort Forum: Beyond Recycling: Taking It to the Next Level
Tuesday, October 15
7:00pm
Cambridgeport Baptist Church, 459 Putnam Avenue (Corner of Magazine Street and Putnam Avenue), Cambridge
Cambridge Recycling Director Randi Mail will lead a lively discussion of steps we can take that go beyond normal recycling practices. Topics will include:
The City’s pilot program for compost pickup from residents
Zero waste solutions for individuals and the City
Benefits of reuse
We will look at personal choices and City initiatives that can significantly reduce our carbon footprint. Join us!
Since 2002, Ms. Randi Mail has been the Recycling Director for the City of Cambridge, working to encourage people to consume less, reuse and donate materials, and recycle what cannot be eliminated or re-used. She oversees weekly curbside recycling collection that serves 45,000 households, City buildings, and schools; operation of a Recycling Center open 3 days/week to residents and small businesses in Cambridge; public education efforts as well as new initiatives to further composting, reuse, and other ways to reduce waste. Her passion for solutions and program successes inspires others to work on sustainability projects and walk the walk.
GreenPort envisions and encourages a just and sustainable Cambridgeport neighborhood
For more information, contact Steve Wineman at steven.wineman@gmail.com
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Wednesday, October 16
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Carbon Day 2013
Wednesday, Oct 16th, 2013
Wednesday, Oct 16th, 2013
10 am – 2 pm
Copley Square, Boston
Come see this showcase of all the things we do as individuals, communities, and organizations to lower the carbon footprint in Boston!
Sponsored by Boston University Sustainable Neighborhood Lab and City of Boston Greenovate.
Exhibitors include:
The Science of Carbon: See and hear how carbon impacts our world with Nathan Phillips, professor, Earth and the Environment, Boston University. Watch Nathan on Chronicle TV.
We invite your Carbon Conscious organization to have a table at this event. Contact Nathan Phillips (nathan at bu.edu; 617-997-1057)
The Science of Carbon: See and hear how carbon impacts our world with Nathan Phillips, professor, Earth and the Environment, Boston University. Watch Nathan on Chronicle TV.
Advocates for Literacy in Environmental Sciences (ALES):How does science measures carbon? How much carbon you emit when you breath? Hands-on with Boston University graduate students.
City of Boston Greenovate:
- Carbon Challenge: A fun, easy way to learn about your carbon footprint and what you can do to help reduce it. Pledge to an action, get reminded, and receive a gift. Your efforts are crucial in bringing down the carbon footprint of the City of Boston!
- MindMixer: What are your ideas on making the City a more sustainable place? Get a sneak preview of the City’s new innovative online discussion platform to solicit feedback for Boston’s 2014 Climate Action Plan. Be part of the discussion on what the City can do!
- Carbon Challenge: A fun, easy way to learn about your carbon footprint and what you can do to help reduce it. Pledge to an action, get reminded, and receive a gift. Your efforts are crucial in bringing down the carbon footprint of the City of Boston!
- MindMixer: What are your ideas on making the City a more sustainable place? Get a sneak preview of the City’s new innovative online discussion platform to solicit feedback for Boston’s 2014 Climate Action Plan. Be part of the discussion on what the City can do!
Reyna Herrera, Master of Music, Boston Conservancy: An ingenious Percussion-on-a-Bike performance! Youtube featuring Reynaliz
Sustainability@BU: Learn how BU’s campus housing, restaurants and people are helping BU to become one of the nation’s leading green universities!
Livable Streets, Rethinking Urban Transportation
Boston Bikes: Boston Bikes is Mayor Menino’s city-wide initiative to encourage citizens and visitors to use bicycles for fun, exercise and transportation.
Electric Vehicle Urban Infrastructure Study: Learn about all things Electric Vehicles
ConVerdant Vehicle: See a Plug-In Electric Vehicle!
Urban Adventours
350 MA
Better Future Project
Boston University’s Sustainable Neighborhood Lab: Talk with the team that is working on an energy study at Madison Park Village, Roxbury, MA.
Clean Water Action
IBM: Demonstration of methane and carbon dioxide gas concentrations in Boston, a customized application of the IBM Smarter Building solution for energy optimization and analytics.
Reserve a space:We invite your Carbon Conscious organization to have a table at this event. Contact Nathan Phillips (nathan at bu.edu; 617-997-1057)
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Meet & Greet: MIT Joules - Women in Energy
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
11:45a–1:00p
MIT, Building 4-265, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
First Meet and Greet event for new MIT Energy community: MIT Joules-Women in Energy.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact:
MIT Energy Club
bessma@mit.edu
11:45a–1:00p
MIT, Building 4-265, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
First Meet and Greet event for new MIT Energy community: MIT Joules-Women in Energy.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact:
MIT Energy Club
bessma@mit.edu
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The Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis: Supervision, Regulation and the Role of Central Banks
WHEN Wed., Oct. 16, 2013, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building, HKS
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government
SPEAKER(S) Ignazio Visco, governor, Bank of Italy
COST Free and open to the public
WHEN Wed., Oct. 16, 2013, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building, HKS
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government
SPEAKER(S) Ignazio Visco, governor, Bank of Italy
COST Free and open to the public
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A dynamic systems analysis of sustainable development and national wealth: The case of Saudi Arabia
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
12-1pm
MIT, Building E40-298, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge
RSVP: http://signup.mit.edu/ess
(Note: Attendees are asked to RSVP by Monday at midnight. If you sign up, but then are unable to attend, please delete your RSVP by returning to the page.)
Speaker: Ross Collins
ESS Doctoral Symposia
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Submarine melting of Greenland outlet glaciers: Modeling the ice-ocean interaction
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
12:10p–1:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
Speaker: Roberta Sciascia (MIT)
Sack Lunch Seminars
EAPS Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate department -- A student-run weekly seminar series within PAOC. Seminar topics include all research concerning climate, geophysical fluid dynamics, biogeochemistry, paleo-oceanography/climatology and physical oceanography. The seminars usually take place on Wednesdays from 12.10-1pm. 2013/2014 co-ordinator: Kyle Armour (karmour@mit.edu)
Web site: http://eaps-www.mit.edu/paoc/events/sls-roberta-sciascia-mit-submarin
e-melting-greenland-outlet-glaciers-modeling-ice-ocean-inter
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate (PAOC), Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)
For more information, contact:
Kyle Armour
karmour@mit.edu
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MIT, Building E40-298, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge
RSVP: http://signup.mit.edu/ess
(Note: Attendees are asked to RSVP by Monday at midnight. If you sign up, but then are unable to attend, please delete your RSVP by returning to the page.)
Speaker: Ross Collins
ESS Doctoral Symposia
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Submarine melting of Greenland outlet glaciers: Modeling the ice-ocean interaction
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
12:10p–1:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
Speaker: Roberta Sciascia (MIT)
Sack Lunch Seminars
EAPS Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate department -- A student-run weekly seminar series within PAOC. Seminar topics include all research concerning climate, geophysical fluid dynamics, biogeochemistry, paleo-oceanography/climatology and physical oceanography. The seminars usually take place on Wednesdays from 12.10-1pm. 2013/2014 co-ordinator: Kyle Armour (karmour@mit.edu)
Web site: http://eaps-www.mit.edu/paoc/events/sls-roberta-sciascia-mit-submarin
e-melting-greenland-outlet-glaciers-modeling-ice-ocean-inter
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate (PAOC), Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)
For more information, contact:
Kyle Armour
karmour@mit.edu
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Batteries for Energy Storage
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
4:30p–5:30p
MIT, Building E19-319, 400 Main Street, Cambridge
4:30p–5:30p
MIT, Building E19-319, 400 Main Street, Cambridge
David Eaglesham, CEO of Pellion Technologies, will discuss the challenges facing widespread utilization of batteries for energy storage.
Energy Lectures Series
The Energy Lectures Series brings experts from the industry, the public sector and academia to share their insights and visions on important energy topics.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact:
MIT Energy Club
energyclub@mit.edu
The Energy Lectures Series brings experts from the industry, the public sector and academia to share their insights and visions on important energy topics.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact:
MIT Energy Club
energyclub@mit.edu
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Askwith Forum - Jon Kabat-Zinn: Mindfulness in Education
WHEN Wed., Oct. 16, 2013, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge
TYPE OF EVENT Discussion, Forum, Lecture, Question & Answer Session
BUILDING/ROOM Askwith Hall
CONTACT NAME Amber DiNatale
CONTACT EMAIL askwith_forums@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.
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Education, Lecture, Special Events
NOTE Speaker: Jon Kabat-Zinn, professor of medicine emeritus and founding director of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Welcome: Jerry Murphy, Ed.D.'73, Harold Howe II Research Professor of Education; dean emeritus, HGSE
Introduction: Metta McGarvey, Ed.D.'10, co-chair, Inner Strengths of Successful Leaders, Programs in Professional Education, HGSE
Mindfulness is a systematic way of paying attention and cultivating well-being. It is often spoken of as "the heart of Buddhist meditation," although it is in essence a universal human capacity that can be deepened through practice and cultivation. Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn's work over the past three decades, known as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and its various applications has contributed to demonstrating the effectiveness of mindfulness training in countering the pressures and ill-effects on the body, mind, and brain of anxiety, stress, chronic pain, and illness. In this forum, Kabat-Zinn will discuss mindfulness and how integrating its practice into the K-12 curriculum for both teachers and students alike, can benefit children, teachers, the school system, and the larger community, including parents.
The Harvard Book Store will sell copies of Full Catastrophe Living (Revised Edition): Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness.WHEN Wed., Oct. 16, 2013, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge
TYPE OF EVENT Discussion, Forum, Lecture, Question & Answer Session
BUILDING/ROOM Askwith Hall
CONTACT NAME Amber DiNatale
CONTACT EMAIL askwith_forums@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.
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Education, Lecture, Special Events
NOTE Speaker: Jon Kabat-Zinn, professor of medicine emeritus and founding director of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Welcome: Jerry Murphy, Ed.D.'73, Harold Howe II Research Professor of Education; dean emeritus, HGSE
Introduction: Metta McGarvey, Ed.D.'10, co-chair, Inner Strengths of Successful Leaders, Programs in Professional Education, HGSE
Mindfulness is a systematic way of paying attention and cultivating well-being. It is often spoken of as "the heart of Buddhist meditation," although it is in essence a universal human capacity that can be deepened through practice and cultivation. Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn's work over the past three decades, known as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and its various applications has contributed to demonstrating the effectiveness of mindfulness training in countering the pressures and ill-effects on the body, mind, and brain of anxiety, stress, chronic pain, and illness. In this forum, Kabat-Zinn will discuss mindfulness and how integrating its practice into the K-12 curriculum for both teachers and students alike, can benefit children, teachers, the school system, and the larger community, including parents.
Book signing will immediately follow the forum.
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Soap Box: Sleep, Memory, and Animal Dreams with Matt Wilson
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
6:00p–7:30p
MIT, Building N51, MIT Museum, 275 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Join Matt Wilson, MIT Professor of Neuroscience, in a discussion about dreaming and memory. Why do we dream? Is it specific to humans, or do animals dream as well? Discuss these questions and more with our interactive format that brings you out of the audience and into the conversation.
This is the first in a three part discussion series on memories. Soap Box is a series of interactive, salon-style, early evening conversations with scientists and engineers who are making the news that really matters.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/museum/programs/soapbox.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): MIT Museum
For more information, contact:
Josie Patterson
617-253-5927
museuminfo@mit.edu
6:00p–7:30p
MIT, Building N51, MIT Museum, 275 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Join Matt Wilson, MIT Professor of Neuroscience, in a discussion about dreaming and memory. Why do we dream? Is it specific to humans, or do animals dream as well? Discuss these questions and more with our interactive format that brings you out of the audience and into the conversation.
This is the first in a three part discussion series on memories. Soap Box is a series of interactive, salon-style, early evening conversations with scientists and engineers who are making the news that really matters.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/museum/programs/soapbox.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): MIT Museum
For more information, contact:
Josie Patterson
617-253-5927
museuminfo@mit.edu
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Nieman night: Impact of digital and social media in Latin America, India, China
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
7:00 PM
Boston Globe, 135 Morrissey Boulevard, Dorchester
The Globe Lab on the 2d floor (there will be signs)
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/hackshackersboston/events/140537532/
Join three Nieman fellows to discuss the growth and impact of digital and social media in Latin America, India, China—how users are employing technology to report and comment on the news, organize and motivate civic groups, and circumvent government controls.
Leslie Hook is a Beijing correspondent for the Financial Times, covering energy, the environment, commodities and general news in China. She has written stories on topics ranging from Mongolian herders in the Gobi Desert to rare earth mines in Southern China to solar-powered villages in Xinjiang. She previously worked forThe Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, where she wrote editorials and op-eds on political and human rights issues in Asia. She also worked at the Far Eastern Economic Review in Hong Kong, writing cover stories about China and editing essays for the magazine.
Hasit Shah is a senior broadcast journalist at BBC News in London who has produced award-winning national and international news programs. He has also worked in social media in the BBC newsroom and as a foreign affairs producer specializing in South Asia. He has covered major breaking news stories and events including the Mumbai attacks, riots in France, violence in Indian-administered Kashmir, the London bombings, regime change in Egypt and the earthquake in Japan. He recently produced the “Indian Dream” series, which profiles people moving to India from the West. Shah is a 2014 Nieman-Berkman Fellow in Journalism Innovation at Harvard.
Daniel Eilemberg, the founder and editor-in-chief of the Animal PolÃtico website, will use his time at Harvard to build the site into the leading digital editorial company in Mexico. While on campus, he hopes to work in partnership with others to conceptualize and build the platforms, teams and tools needed to expand his organization into a modern, digital newsroom, integrating the best technology and journalistic practices. Daniel Eilemberg is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Animal PolÃtico. A journalist, entrepreneur and producer, Daniel has been editor of Poder Hispanic Magazine and executive editor of the magazine LOFT. He also served as editor of Page One Daily News, a daily newsletter directed to 40,000 senior executives throughout the hemisphere.In 2008, Daniel produced Operation Checkmate: The Rescue of Ingrid Betancourt, for National Geographic Channel. The film was named Best Documentary of the year by viewers of NatGeo. From 2001 to 2005, Daniel lived in Los Angeles, California where he worked in the creative department of the studies of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Daniel conducted his university studies in London, England. He was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia.
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"Dancing Bees to Robobees: How honeybees behave and why we need them."
Wednesday, October 16
7-9p.
Harvard Medical School, Armenise Ampitheatre, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston
Nieman night: Impact of digital and social media in Latin America, India, China
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
7:00 PM
Boston Globe, 135 Morrissey Boulevard, Dorchester
The Globe Lab on the 2d floor (there will be signs)
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/hackshackersboston/events/140537532/
Join three Nieman fellows to discuss the growth and impact of digital and social media in Latin America, India, China—how users are employing technology to report and comment on the news, organize and motivate civic groups, and circumvent government controls.
Leslie Hook is a Beijing correspondent for the Financial Times, covering energy, the environment, commodities and general news in China. She has written stories on topics ranging from Mongolian herders in the Gobi Desert to rare earth mines in Southern China to solar-powered villages in Xinjiang. She previously worked forThe Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, where she wrote editorials and op-eds on political and human rights issues in Asia. She also worked at the Far Eastern Economic Review in Hong Kong, writing cover stories about China and editing essays for the magazine.
Hasit Shah is a senior broadcast journalist at BBC News in London who has produced award-winning national and international news programs. He has also worked in social media in the BBC newsroom and as a foreign affairs producer specializing in South Asia. He has covered major breaking news stories and events including the Mumbai attacks, riots in France, violence in Indian-administered Kashmir, the London bombings, regime change in Egypt and the earthquake in Japan. He recently produced the “Indian Dream” series, which profiles people moving to India from the West. Shah is a 2014 Nieman-Berkman Fellow in Journalism Innovation at Harvard.
Daniel Eilemberg, the founder and editor-in-chief of the Animal PolÃtico website, will use his time at Harvard to build the site into the leading digital editorial company in Mexico. While on campus, he hopes to work in partnership with others to conceptualize and build the platforms, teams and tools needed to expand his organization into a modern, digital newsroom, integrating the best technology and journalistic practices. Daniel Eilemberg is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Animal PolÃtico. A journalist, entrepreneur and producer, Daniel has been editor of Poder Hispanic Magazine and executive editor of the magazine LOFT. He also served as editor of Page One Daily News, a daily newsletter directed to 40,000 senior executives throughout the hemisphere.In 2008, Daniel produced Operation Checkmate: The Rescue of Ingrid Betancourt, for National Geographic Channel. The film was named Best Documentary of the year by viewers of NatGeo. From 2001 to 2005, Daniel lived in Los Angeles, California where he worked in the creative department of the studies of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Daniel conducted his university studies in London, England. He was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia.
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"Dancing Bees to Robobees: How honeybees behave and why we need them."
Wednesday, October 16
7-9p.
Harvard Medical School, Armenise Ampitheatre, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston
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Boston Area Crisis Mapping
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PDT)
Cambridge Commons, 1667 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Cambridge Commons, 1667 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP at http://bostoncrisismapping-es2.eventbrite.com
Crisis Mappers unite!
An open invitation to meet fellow Mappers and learn more about Crisis Mapping.
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Thursday, October 17
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Nonprofit Storytelling in a Digital World
10/17/2013
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Microsoft New England R&D Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge
RSVP at https://npostorytelling.eventbrite.com
Digital technologies have fundamentally changed the way people read and consume information. If your nonprofit is not embracing digital tools to compose a compelling narrative around your cause, your information could be getting lost in the noise.
In this increasingly competitive landscape for donors’ attention and support, getting people to notice and to hear your message can seem impossible. Email communications, social media, and mobile are all important to understand, but how will these tools really help you connect with your donors and supporters?
In this workshop, we will cover:
How to use digital tools to tell your nonprofit story
How to make your message stand out and cut through the clutter and noise
How to use video-sharing tools to connect with supporters
Who Should Attend: Any nonprofit professional or volunteer interested in learning more about using digital tools for storytelling. Suitable for all experience levels.
This is a free training for non-profits from HandsOn Tech Boston. HandsOn Tech Boston builds nonprofit capacity through free technology trainings, pro bono technology assistance, and volunteer engagement, with the ultimate goal of improving outcomes for local communities.
Nonprofit Storytelling in a Digital World
10/17/2013
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Microsoft New England R&D Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge
RSVP at https://npostorytelling.eventbrite.com
Digital technologies have fundamentally changed the way people read and consume information. If your nonprofit is not embracing digital tools to compose a compelling narrative around your cause, your information could be getting lost in the noise.
In this increasingly competitive landscape for donors’ attention and support, getting people to notice and to hear your message can seem impossible. Email communications, social media, and mobile are all important to understand, but how will these tools really help you connect with your donors and supporters?
In this workshop, we will cover:
How to use digital tools to tell your nonprofit story
How to make your message stand out and cut through the clutter and noise
How to use video-sharing tools to connect with supporters
Who Should Attend: Any nonprofit professional or volunteer interested in learning more about using digital tools for storytelling. Suitable for all experience levels.
This is a free training for non-profits from HandsOn Tech Boston. HandsOn Tech Boston builds nonprofit capacity through free technology trainings, pro bono technology assistance, and volunteer engagement, with the ultimate goal of improving outcomes for local communities.
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Choose to Reuse: Clothing only
Thursday, October 17, 2013
11:00a–1:00p
MIT, Building 32, Stata Center, first floor, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
In October and April Choose to Reuse is clothing and accessories only. We join with the spouses&partners group to provide clothing and accessories for babies, toddlers, adults and anyone in between.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Working Green Committee, Department of Facilities, MIT spouses&partners
For more information, contact:
Ruth T. Davis
253-7299
staffrecycles@mit.edu
11:00a–1:00p
MIT, Building 32, Stata Center, first floor, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
In October and April Choose to Reuse is clothing and accessories only. We join with the spouses&partners group to provide clothing and accessories for babies, toddlers, adults and anyone in between.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Working Green Committee, Department of Facilities, MIT spouses&partners
For more information, contact:
Ruth T. Davis
253-7299
staffrecycles@mit.edu
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"Carbon Markets, Linking, and Future Climate Change Mitigation"
Thursday, October 17, 2013
11:45am - 1:00pm
Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer), HKS, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
Lunch will be served
with Billy Pizer, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Economics and Environment, Sanford School; and Faculty Fellow, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University
Regulatory Policy Program SeminarContact Name: Jennifer Nash
jennifer_nash@harvard.edu
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jennifer_nash@harvard.edu
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“Unveiling the Secret World of Special Operations Forces.”
Thursday, October 17
12 p.m.
Harvard, Taubman 275, 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge
Speaker Series with Linda Robinson, senior international policy analyst at the RAND Corporation and author of One Hundred Victories: Special Operations Forces and the Future of American Warfare.
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FAS Environmental TED Talk Video Lunch
Thursday, October 17, 2013
12-1PM
Harvard, Mallinckrodt 102, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Bring your lunch and join the FAS Green Program for our monthly screening of Environmentally Themed TED Talks. This month, all of our talks are based around the idea of Green Design. We'll be watching:
Alex Steffen: The shareable future of cities
Johan Rockstrom: Let the environment guide our development
John Hardy: My green school dream
Michael Green: Why we should build wooden skyscrapers
Snacks will be provided.
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"Manufacturing Paradoxes: China, East Asia, and Global Production"
WHEN Thu., Oct. 17, 2013, 12:15 – 1:45 p.m.
WHERE CGIS Building, Room S153, 1730 Cambridge Street, Harvard University
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Postdoctoral Fellow Presentation
SPEAKER(S) Mark Dallas, An Wang Postdoctoral Fellow
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO lkluz@fas.harvard.edu
NOTE With a close look at particular industries over time, Mark Dallas examines the influence of the fragmentation of global production and regional production networks on development in China.
LINK http://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/event/mark-dallas
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Computational Disaster Management
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Thursday, October 17, 2013
4:00pm
Harvard, Maxwell Dworkin G125, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Harvard, Maxwell Dworkin G125, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Pascal Van Hentenryck
The frequency and intensity of natural disasters has significantly increased over the past decades, and this trend is predicted to continue. Natural disasters have dramatic impacts on human lives and on the socio-economic welfare of entire regions. Dramatic events such as Hurricane Katrina and the Tohoku tsunami have also highlighted the need for computational decision support in preparing, mitigating, responding and recovering from disasters. I will present an overview of recent progress in computational disaster management and, in particular, in relief distribution, power system restoration, and evacuation planning and scheduling. I will argue that computer science has a significant role to play in all aspects of disaster management, from policy formulation to mitigation, operational response and recovery, using examples of systems deployed during hurricanes Irene and Sandy. Moreover, I will indicate that disaster management raises significant computational challenges for decision-support systems which must optimize over complex infrastructures in uncertain environments and review these issues in depth for power systems. Finally, I will conclude by identifying a number of fundamental research issues for computer science in this space.
Pascal Van Hentenryck leads the Optimization Research Group at NICTA (about 60 people) and holds the Chair in Data-Intensive Computing at the Australia National University. He is the recipient of two Honorary degrees, the 2002 INFORMS ICS Award for research excellence at the intersection of operations research and computer science, the 2006 ACP Award for research excellence in constraint programming, the 2010-2011 Philip J. Bray Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching at Brown University. He is a 2013 IFORS distinguished lecturer and a fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artifical Intelligence. Van Hentenryck is the author of five MIT Press books and has developed a number of innovative optimization systems that are widely used in academia and industry. His research on disaster management has been deployed to help federal agencies in the United States mitigate the effects of hurricanes on coastal areas.
Computer Science Colloquium Series
Contact: Gioia Sweetland
Phone: 617-495-2919
Email: gioia@seas.harvard.edu
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Five Principles for Convergence of Knowledge, Technology, and Society
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Thursday, October 17, 2013
4:00pm
Harvard, Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Harvard, Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Mihail C. Roco, National Science Foundation & National Nanotechnology Initiative, "Five Principles for Convergence of Knowledge, Technology, and Society"
Convergence of knowledge and technology for the benefit of society is the core opportunity for progress in the 21st century, based on five principles: (1) the interdependence of all components of nature and society, (2) decision analysis for research and development based on system‐logic deduction, (3) enhancement of discovery, invention and innovation through evolutionary processes of convergence that combine existing principles and competencies, and divergence that generates new ones, (4) higher‐level cross‐domain languages to generate new solutions and support transfer of new knowledge, and (5) vision‐inspired basic research embodied in grand challenges. It allows society to answer questions and resolve problems that isolated capabilities cannot, as well as to create new competencies, knowledge and technologies on this basis. Solutions are discussed for key societal challenges, including creating new industries and jobs, improving lifelong wellness and human potential, achieving personalized and integrated healthcare and education, and securing a sustainable quality of life for all.
Contact Name: Shana Rabinowich
Shana_Rabinowich@hks.harvard.edu
Shana_Rabinowich@hks.harvard.edu
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Cleaner cooking in the Sahel: Impacts for air quality, climate, and health
Thursday, October 17, 2013
4:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building 48-316, 15 Vassar Street, Cambridge
4:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building 48-316, 15 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Christine Wiedinmyer, NCAR Earth Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Many studies are being performed worldwide to try to understand the use of various stove technologies, their emissions, and their impacts. One such study is starting in the northern region of Ghana. This region, impacted by strong dry and wet seasons, is one in which biomass is a dominant source of cooking fuel. Two different stoves, one low-emitting gasifier stove and one locally made "efficient" stove, will be tested through a randomized intervention in rural communities of the Kassena-Nakana District of the Upper East Region. The value that households place on these technologies and their various characteristics will be evaluated; the emissions, resulting personal exposure to smoke, and health outcomes will be measured. A component of this multi-disciplinary project includes the design and application of sensors that will be used to monitor emissions, ambient air quality, and personal exposures. Stove use and emissions will be scaled up through emissions and chemistry-climate models to investigate the impact of cooking and other sources on air quality and regional climate. This presentation will provide an overview of this project, the tools applied, and preliminary results.
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: http://cee.mit.edu/events/318
Open to: the general public
Cost: free
Sponsor(s): Civil and Environmental Engineering
For more information, contact:
Jacqueline Foster
5-4038
jafoster@mit.edu
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Vincent Brown: Exploring Race and Community in the Digital World Workshop Series
WHEN Thu., Oct. 17, 2013, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Room 108, Emerson Hall, Harvard Yard
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Classes/Workshops, Education, Humanities, Information Technology, Lecture, Science, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Department of African and African American Studies, Harvard University
SPEAKER(S) Vincent Brown, professor of history and of African and African American Studies and founding director, History Design Studio, Harvard University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO cdmartin@post.harvard.edu
LINK http://raceandtechnology.wordpress.com/workshops/
WHEN Thu., Oct. 17, 2013, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Room 108, Emerson Hall, Harvard Yard
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Classes/Workshops, Education, Humanities, Information Technology, Lecture, Science, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Department of African and African American Studies, Harvard University
SPEAKER(S) Vincent Brown, professor of history and of African and African American Studies and founding director, History Design Studio, Harvard University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO cdmartin@post.harvard.edu
LINK http://raceandtechnology.wordpress.com/workshops/
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Old, White, Straight, Male Voters Ain't What They Used to Be
WHEN Thu., Oct. 17, 2013, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE LIttauer 166, Kennedy School of Government, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Institute of Politics
SPEAKER(S) Ana Navarro, Fall 2013 IOP Fellow; Sally Bradshaw, Florida political strategist; Mike Murphy, Republican political consultant
NOTE Sally Bradshaw will lead this study group. Sally Bradshaw is a political strategist in Florida. She was the campaign manager and Chief of Staff for Gov. Jeb Bush. She has worked for numerous statewide and presidential campaigns in Florida, including the George w. Bush 2000 and 2004 and Romney 2008 Campaigns. She is also a co-author of the Autopsy Report commissioned by the RNC in 2013 to analyze where Republicans went wrong in 2012 campaigns and what changes must be made. Mike Murphy who is a Republican political consultant will also be joining the study group.
LINK http://iop.harvard.edu/old-white-straight-male-voters-aint-what-they-used-be-ana-navarro-1
WHEN Thu., Oct. 17, 2013, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE LIttauer 166, Kennedy School of Government, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Institute of Politics
SPEAKER(S) Ana Navarro, Fall 2013 IOP Fellow; Sally Bradshaw, Florida political strategist; Mike Murphy, Republican political consultant
NOTE Sally Bradshaw will lead this study group. Sally Bradshaw is a political strategist in Florida. She was the campaign manager and Chief of Staff for Gov. Jeb Bush. She has worked for numerous statewide and presidential campaigns in Florida, including the George w. Bush 2000 and 2004 and Romney 2008 Campaigns. She is also a co-author of the Autopsy Report commissioned by the RNC in 2013 to analyze where Republicans went wrong in 2012 campaigns and what changes must be made. Mike Murphy who is a Republican political consultant will also be joining the study group.
LINK http://iop.harvard.edu/old-white-straight-male-voters-aint-what-they-used-be-ana-navarro-1
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SSRC Seminar: Beyond the Engineer of 2020: Wither Engineering Education?
Thursday, October 17, 20134:15p–6:00p
MIT, Buidling E51-376, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Designing Sociotechnical Systems for a Complex World
Please join us at our SSRC Occasional Distinguished Lecture Series seminar. Daniel Hastings is the Cecil and Ida Green Education Professor of Engineering Systems and Aeronautics and Astronautics. He will discuss the current state of engineering education in the United States. A reception will follow the presentation.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Sociotechnical Systems Research Center
For more information, contact:
Jacqueline Paris
jparis@mit.edu
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New Forms of Revolt
WHEN Thu., Oct. 17, 2013, 5 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard-Yenching Institute Auditorium, 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, The Robert Bacon Fund and The Harvard Divinity School
SPEAKER(S) Julia Kristeva
CONTACT INFO coviello@fas.harvard.edu
WHEN Thu., Oct. 17, 2013, 5 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard-Yenching Institute Auditorium, 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, The Robert Bacon Fund and The Harvard Divinity School
SPEAKER(S) Julia Kristeva
CONTACT INFO coviello@fas.harvard.edu
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Zeynep Tufekci: "The Boom-Bust Cycle of Social Media-Fueled Protests"
Thursday, October 17, 2013
5:00p–7:00p
MIT, Building E14-633, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge
CMS/W Colloquium Series
Social media fueled protests in many countries have surprised observers with their seemingly spontaneous, combustible power. Yet, many have fizzled out without having a strong impact on policy at the electoral and legislative levels. In this talk, I will discuss some features of such protests that may be leading to this boom and bust cycle drawing upon primary research in Gezi protests in Turkey as well as "Arab Spring," Occupy and M15 movements.
Zeynep Tufekci is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Web site: http://cmsw.mit.edu/event/zeynep-tufekci-boom-bust-cycle-social-media-fueled-protests/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing
For more information, contact:
Andrew Whitacre
617-324-0490
cmsw@mit.edu
5:00p–7:00p
MIT, Building E14-633, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge
CMS/W Colloquium Series
Social media fueled protests in many countries have surprised observers with their seemingly spontaneous, combustible power. Yet, many have fizzled out without having a strong impact on policy at the electoral and legislative levels. In this talk, I will discuss some features of such protests that may be leading to this boom and bust cycle drawing upon primary research in Gezi protests in Turkey as well as "Arab Spring," Occupy and M15 movements.
Zeynep Tufekci is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Web site: http://cmsw.mit.edu/event/zeynep-tufekci-boom-bust-cycle-social-media-fueled-protests/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing
For more information, contact:
Andrew Whitacre
617-324-0490
cmsw@mit.edu
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"Constructing Topographies"
Thursday, October 17, 2013
5:30 pm
5:30 pm
MIT, Building 7-429, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: Kathrin Aste and Frank Ludin, Architects, LAAC Architekten, Innsbruck Austria
Architecture Lecture Series
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Department of Architecture
For more information, contact:
617-253-7791
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e4Dev Special Event with Power Africa
Thursday, October 17, 2013
6:00p–7:30p
MIT, Building 66-110, 25 Ames Street, Cambridge
Please RSVP to https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1yRIpLPwwon2f4jtkC52f5wLupYq61x_hQKooXk2mZ4c/viewform
6:00p–7:30p
MIT, Building 66-110, 25 Ames Street, Cambridge
Please RSVP to https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1yRIpLPwwon2f4jtkC52f5wLupYq61x_hQKooXk2mZ4c/viewform
In July 2013, President Barack Obama launched Power Africa, a major initiative to double access to power in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030. On October 17, 2013 e4Dev invites Power Africa and Trade Africa Coordinator Andrew Herscowitz and USAID Energy Division Chief Allen Eisendrath to talk more about this initiative which aims to:
Add 10,000 MW of cleaner, more efficient generation capacity
Enable new electricity access for up to 20 million households and increase the reliability of the electricity supply
Increase the number of countries participating in regional cross-border energy trade
Enhance the resource management capabilities of selected countries, allowing them to gain greater energy security
The presentation will include a moderated question-and-answer session led by MIT Energy Initiative Deputy Director Robert Stoner. Refreshments will be served.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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LocalFoodBiz Culinary Entrepreneur Connection
Thursday, October 17, 2013
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
CropCircle Kitchen, Inc., 31 Germania Street, Building I & J, Jamaica Plain, MA (map)
Come join for the Third Thursday #LocalFoodBiz event for culinary entrepreneurs and resources in the food business industry! We provide a casual environment for you can grab a beer, chat, and learn from other entrepreneurs working in small food business. In October, our industry guests include Tom Fitzgerald from Access Creative Group, Susan Margiloff from LegalShield, and Sofi Madison from the South End artisan shop, Olives & Grace.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
CropCircle Kitchen, Inc., 31 Germania Street, Building I & J, Jamaica Plain, MA (map)
Come join for the Third Thursday #LocalFoodBiz event for culinary entrepreneurs and resources in the food business industry! We provide a casual environment for you can grab a beer, chat, and learn from other entrepreneurs working in small food business. In October, our industry guests include Tom Fitzgerald from Access Creative Group, Susan Margiloff from LegalShield, and Sofi Madison from the South End artisan shop, Olives & Grace.
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Left on Pearl: Women Take Over 888 Memorial Drive - Work-In-Progress Film Screening
Thursday, October 17, 2013
7:00p–8:30p
MIT, Building E25-111, 45 Carleton Street, Cambridge
7:00p–8:30p
MIT, Building E25-111, 45 Carleton Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Q & A with filmmakers to follow the screening.
In 1971 classified ads for employment were still segregated by gender, battered women's shelters did not exist, abortion was illegal, and a married women couldn't open a bank account without her husband's permission. LEFT ON PEARL is about the movement that changed all that.
LEFT ON PEARL is a documentary-in-progress about a little-known but highly significant event in the history of the women's liberation movement, the 1971 takeover and occupation of a Harvard University-owned building by hundreds of Boston area women. The ten-day occupation of 888 Memorial Drive by women demanding a Women's Center and low income housing for the community in which the building stood, embodied within it many of the hopes, triumphs, conflicts and tensions of Second Wave feminism. One of the few such takeovers by women for women, this action was transformative for the participants, and led directly to the establishment of the longest continuously operating Women's Center in the U.S.
Through television news from the time, newspaper headlines, found footage, and extensive interviews with participants and eyewitnesses of varied sexual orientations, racial, class and ethnic backgrounds (including both supporters and opponents of the takeover) LEFT ON PEARL provides a riveting and often humorous look at a fascinating historical moment.
Web site: web.mit.edu/wgs/
Open to: the general public
Cost: FREE
Sponsor(s): Women's and Gender Studies, Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies
For more information, contact:
The Friendly WGS Staff
3-8844
wgs@mit.edu
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"Saving the Seed" Film Screening & Discussion of Somerville Seed Lending Library
Thursday, October 17, 2013
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
SCAT Building, 90 Union Square, Somerville
SCAT Building, 90 Union Square, Somerville
Closely linked to the celebration of Food Day, you are invited to an evening at SCATV in Union Square for a film and related discussion on why seed saving is a political act--and how you might get involved in a venture in Somerville to take local action on this issue. "Saving the Seed" is a short film that highlights a project in Central America. Followed by discussion on examples of local seed lending libraries and how we might pull this together in Somerville. Rep Denise Provost, Somerville Climate Action, SCATV and Friends of the Community Growing Center co-sponsoring.
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Urban Films: Beaubourg (1977)
Thursday, October 17, 2013
7:00p–9:00p
MIT, Building 3-133, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
The great Neo-Realist Roberto Rossellini's beautiful and languid final film documents the opening of the Pompidou Centre in Paris, candidly presenting the public's response to this major cultural phenomenon. Shot on the Pompidou Centre's opening day in 1977, Rossellini hid dozens of microphones throughout the building to create a soundtrack composed of the public's reactions to this cultural phenomenon---or in the filmmakers own words, "A film without comments or music." As the Italian director here turns his inimitable eye upon "Beaubourg" in a vision of critical skepticism, we are transported back to experience this highly influential cultural center at its nascence. Directed by Roberto Rossellini. 55 minutes.
7:00p–9:00p
MIT, Building 3-133, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
The great Neo-Realist Roberto Rossellini's beautiful and languid final film documents the opening of the Pompidou Centre in Paris, candidly presenting the public's response to this major cultural phenomenon. Shot on the Pompidou Centre's opening day in 1977, Rossellini hid dozens of microphones throughout the building to create a soundtrack composed of the public's reactions to this cultural phenomenon---or in the filmmakers own words, "A film without comments or music." As the Italian director here turns his inimitable eye upon "Beaubourg" in a vision of critical skepticism, we are transported back to experience this highly influential cultural center at its nascence. Directed by Roberto Rossellini. 55 minutes.
Urban Planning Film Series
A mostly-weekly series showing documentary and feature films on topics related to cities, urbanism, design, community development, ecology, and other planning issues. Free.
Web site: urbanfilm.org
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Department of Urban Studies and Planning
For more information, contact:
Ezra Glenn
617-253-2024
eglenn@mit.edu
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Friday, October 18
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Free Trees! Fall 2013 Tree Giveaway
To receive a free tree applicants must fill out a brief form available online at: www.growbostongreener.org/gbg/ and email the completed form to linda@bostonnatural.org
or mail to: Grow Boston Greener, Attn: Linda Ciesielski, Boston Natural Areas Network, 62 Summer Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02110, Completed applications must be received by Friday, October 18, at 5:00 p.m.
Boston Natural Areas Network (BNAN), the City of Boston, and the MA Department of Conservation and Recreation are partnering to distribute 100 FREE Trees to Boston residents and neighborhood organizations.
Due to the overwhelming interest in planting trees in Boston, 100 FREE trees will be given away on Saturday, October 26! The Free Tree Giveaway is aimed at broadening community level tree planting efforts by giving away free trees to Boston residents, non-profits and community groups. The Grow Boston Greener FREE Fall Tree Giveaway is made possible through the Boston Urban Forest Program, a partnership effort by the Boston Natural Areas Network, the City of Boston's Parks Department, Mayor's Greenovate Boston initiative, and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.
There is a limit of one free tree per residence and 3 trees per non-profit, community group, neighborhood association, or school. The trees must be planted in Boston.
Free Trees! Fall 2013 Tree Giveaway
To receive a free tree applicants must fill out a brief form available online at: www.growbostongreener.org/gbg/
or mail to: Grow Boston Greener, Attn: Linda Ciesielski, Boston Natural Areas Network, 62 Summer Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02110, Completed applications must be received by Friday, October 18, at 5:00 p.m.
Boston Natural Areas Network (BNAN), the City of Boston, and the MA Department of Conservation and Recreation are partnering to distribute 100 FREE Trees to Boston residents and neighborhood organizations.
Due to the overwhelming interest in planting trees in Boston, 100 FREE trees will be given away on Saturday, October 26! The Free Tree Giveaway is aimed at broadening community level tree planting efforts by giving away free trees to Boston residents, non-profits and community groups. The Grow Boston Greener FREE Fall Tree Giveaway is made possible through the Boston Urban Forest Program, a partnership effort by the Boston Natural Areas Network, the City of Boston's Parks Department, Mayor's Greenovate Boston initiative, and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.
There is a limit of one free tree per residence and 3 trees per non-profit, community group, neighborhood association, or school. The trees must be planted in Boston.
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Our Harsh Logic: Breakfast with Avner Gvaryahu of Breaking the Silence
WHEN Fri., Oct. 18, 2013, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
WHERE Harvard, Braun Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Religion, Social Sciences
SPONSOR HDS Jewish Students Association, and Friends of Breaking the Silence
CONTACT studentlife@hds.harvard.edu
NOTE Please join Avner Gvaryahu of Breaking the Silence for a discussion of Our Harsh Logic: Israeli Soldiers' Testimonies from the Occupied Territories, 2000-2010. Avner Gvaryahu was born and raised in a religious-Zionist family in Rehovot, Israel. He joined the IDF as a paratrooper in 2004, and served as a sniper team sergeant in a special operations unit, mostly around Nablus and Jenin. After his military service, Avner became involved with Breaking the Silence, where he has served as Jewish relations coordinator for the past two years.
Our Harsh Logic consists of testimonies from over a hundred Israeli soldiers about their military service in the occupied Palestinian territories. In their own words, the soldiers relate how key planks of the army's program have served to cripple all normal political and social life. The New York Review of Books called the book "[o]ne of the most important books on Israel/Palestine in this generation."
WHEN Fri., Oct. 18, 2013, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
WHERE Harvard, Braun Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Religion, Social Sciences
SPONSOR HDS Jewish Students Association, and Friends of Breaking the Silence
CONTACT studentlife@hds.harvard.edu
NOTE Please join Avner Gvaryahu of Breaking the Silence for a discussion of Our Harsh Logic: Israeli Soldiers' Testimonies from the Occupied Territories, 2000-2010. Avner Gvaryahu was born and raised in a religious-Zionist family in Rehovot, Israel. He joined the IDF as a paratrooper in 2004, and served as a sniper team sergeant in a special operations unit, mostly around Nablus and Jenin. After his military service, Avner became involved with Breaking the Silence, where he has served as Jewish relations coordinator for the past two years.
Our Harsh Logic consists of testimonies from over a hundred Israeli soldiers about their military service in the occupied Palestinian territories. In their own words, the soldiers relate how key planks of the army's program have served to cripple all normal political and social life. The New York Review of Books called the book "[o]ne of the most important books on Israel/Palestine in this generation."
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Join the Energy Circle and Action for Clean Energy for a solar PV Brightfield tour in Brockton, Mass.
Friday, October 18, 2013
11:00a–12:00p
Grove Street, Brockton, MA
Completed in 2006, the Brockton Brightfield project, New England's largest solar array at a remediated brownfield site. Located on the urban Grove Street location of the former Brockton Gas Works, the project currently consists of a 425-kilowat photovoltaic array.
The brightfield stands as an example of turning a brownfield, a former industrial site with possible contamination, into an environmentally beneficial site.
Please join the MIT Enterprise Forum and Action for Clean Energy for a solar PV Brightfield tour in Brockton, Mass. We will meet at the corner of Grove St and E. Union St. at 11am for a tour of the facility with Brockton DPW Director Michael Thoreson and Andrew Stern, Executive Director for Action for Clean Energy.
Transportation is on your own.
Web site: http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/events/energy-circle-and-action-for-clean-energy-for-a-solar-pv-brightfield-tour-in-brockton-mass/
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge
For more information, contact:
Amy Goggins
617-253-8240
entforumcambridge@mit.edu
11:00a–12:00p
Grove Street, Brockton, MA
Completed in 2006, the Brockton Brightfield project, New England's largest solar array at a remediated brownfield site. Located on the urban Grove Street location of the former Brockton Gas Works, the project currently consists of a 425-kilowat photovoltaic array.
The brightfield stands as an example of turning a brownfield, a former industrial site with possible contamination, into an environmentally beneficial site.
Please join the MIT Enterprise Forum and Action for Clean Energy for a solar PV Brightfield tour in Brockton, Mass. We will meet at the corner of Grove St and E. Union St. at 11am for a tour of the facility with Brockton DPW Director Michael Thoreson and Andrew Stern, Executive Director for Action for Clean Energy.
Transportation is on your own.
Web site: http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/events/energy-circle-and-action-for-clean-energy-for-a-solar-pv-brightfield-tour-in-brockton-mass/
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge
For more information, contact:
Amy Goggins
617-253-8240
entforumcambridge@mit.edu
Editorial Comment: Not only is the Brockton Brightfield project NE's largest solar array on a remediated brownfield site, it was one of the earliest. If you are interested in these issues, it will be well worth a visit.
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The Road Ahead for Planetary Environmentalism: An Appreciation of Professor Bill Moomaw
Friday, October 18
3:00-4:30 PM
ASEAN Auditorium, The Fletcher School , 160 Packard Avenue, Medford
Registration required at http://fletcher.tufts.edu/CIERP/Events/RegisterOctober182013
A talk by Professor Robert Socolow, Princeton University
Followed by a reception in the Hall of Flags at 4:30 to honor Professor Moomaw
Open to the public. Convened by the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy (CIERP) and The Fletcher School to honor the distinguished career of William Moomaw, Professor of International Environmental Policy. Professor Moomaw recently stepped down as Director of CIERP, which he founded in 1992, and will retire at the end of this academic year.
Robert Socolow is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. His current research focuses on global carbon management and fossil-carbon sequestration. He is the co-principal investigator (with ecologist, Stephen Pacala) of Princeton University's Carbon Mitigation Initiative (CMI). Pacala and Socolow are the authors of “Stabilization wedges: Solving the climate problem for the next 50 years with current technologies” (Science, August 13, 2004). Socolow recently served on two committees of the National Academies: “America's Energy Future” and “America's Climate Choices.” He received his Ph.D. in theoretical high energy physics in l964 from Harvard University.
"Planetary environmentalism" is an evolving perspective on the human condition, which sees a planet of modest size straining to absorb the aggregate activity of our irrepressible species. The science is incomplete but sobering, and the public is rightly skeptical of simple solutions. We have barely begun to think about what is required to conduct a multi-generational project.
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Humanitarian Aid in Syria: How can MIT students help?
Friday, October 18, 2013
3:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building 13, Bush Room, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Amnesty International Monthly Human Rights Lecture Series
We will have speakers who will give us an insight into the humanitarian aid efforts going on in Syria. We will then have a discussion about what MIT students can do to help. Please join us to make a difference! Food will be served!
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Amnesty International, Undergraduate Association
For more information, contact:
Halide Bey
mitai-exec@mit.edu
3:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building 13, Bush Room, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Amnesty International Monthly Human Rights Lecture Series
We will have speakers who will give us an insight into the humanitarian aid efforts going on in Syria. We will then have a discussion about what MIT students can do to help. Please join us to make a difference! Food will be served!
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Amnesty International, Undergraduate Association
For more information, contact:
Halide Bey
mitai-exec@mit.edu
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Yokohama Yankee: My Family's Five Generations as Outsiders in Japan
WHEN Fri., Oct. 18, 2013, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Kang Seminar Room (S050), Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, CGIS South Building., 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
SPEAKER(S) Leslie Helm, author of "Yokohama Yankee: My Family's Five Generations as Outsiders in Japan"
LINK http://rijs.fas.harvard.edu/programs/forum.php
WHEN Fri., Oct. 18, 2013, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Kang Seminar Room (S050), Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, CGIS South Building., 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
SPEAKER(S) Leslie Helm, author of "Yokohama Yankee: My Family's Five Generations as Outsiders in Japan"
LINK http://rijs.fas.harvard.edu/programs/forum.php
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OpenStreetMap Editathon
Friday, October 18, 2013
4:00p–8:00p
MIT, Building 9-450, 105 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
4:00p–8:00p
MIT, Building 9-450, 105 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: Mike Foster
DUSPVIZ and the DUSP Open Source User Group present the Fall 2013 OpenStreetMap Editathon! Join us Friday, October 18, at 4:00pm in Room 9-450 for a brief introduction to OpenStreetMap, then an open editing session where you can work with one of the largest open source datasets on Earth.
What - OpenStreetMap is an initiative to create and provide free geographic data, such as street maps, to anyone. It is supported by an international not-for-profit organization called The OpenStreetMap Foundation.
Why - An editathon is an event where individuals sign into OpenStreetMap and improve the map by adding content, identifying and fixing problems, raising awareness of OpenStreetMap, and improving the quality of data. Anyone can make edits, so lets improve the map!
When and Where - Friday, October 18, 2013, 4:00-8:00pm Room 9-450, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
The first 15 minutes will be an introduction to OpenStreetMap, its features, and editing tools, the rest of the time is available to socialize and improve the map. Tag all edits you make to the map with #editathon and #mit!
Open to all, we hope to see you there. Please contact mjfoster@mit.edu with questions or requests for further information.
Thanks!
Web site: http://dusp.mit.edu/uis/event/fall-2013-openstreetmap-editathon
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Department of Urban Studies and Planning
For more information, contact:
Mike Foster
617-324-8234
mjfoster@mit.edu
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"A Brief History of Drawing Machines, Since 1425,"
Friday, October 18, 2013
5:00pm
5:00pm
MIT, Building 7-429, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: Pablo Garcia, Department of Contemporary Practices, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Mechanized drawing existed long before computers. Methods for automating drawing???especially drawing from life???appeared simultaneously with the earliest descriptions of constructing linear perspective. What does this long quest for computed drawing tell us about our relationship with technology? What does this mean for the presumed novelty of the computer? What does it mean to be "virtual"?
Computation Lecture Series
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Department of Architecture
For more information, contact:
Onur Yuce Gun
oyucegun@mit.edu
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Robert Wilson
WHEN Fri., Oct. 18, 2013, 5 p.m.
WHERE Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Graduate School of Design
SPEAKER(S) Robert Wilson
COST Free and open to the public
NOTE Robert Wilson is among the world's foremost theater and visual artists, acclaimed for stage works that integrate dance, movement, lighting, sculpture, music, and text in striking, emotionally charged images. His productions include Einstein on the Beach (1976), co-written with Philip Glass, Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape, Puccini's Madama Butterfly, Debussy's Pelléas et Melisande, Brecht/Weill's Threepenny Opera, Fontaine's Fables, Homer's Odyssey, and many others. His collaborators have included Tom Waits, Susan Sontag, Laurie Anderson, William Burroughs, and Jessye Norman. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, he has received numerous awards, including the Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale. Wilson is the founder of The Watermill Center, a laboratory for performing arts in Watermill, New York. Supported by by the Rouse Visiting Artist in Residence Fund
LINK http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/events/robert-wilson.html
WHEN Fri., Oct. 18, 2013, 5 p.m.
WHERE Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Graduate School of Design
SPEAKER(S) Robert Wilson
COST Free and open to the public
NOTE Robert Wilson is among the world's foremost theater and visual artists, acclaimed for stage works that integrate dance, movement, lighting, sculpture, music, and text in striking, emotionally charged images. His productions include Einstein on the Beach (1976), co-written with Philip Glass, Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape, Puccini's Madama Butterfly, Debussy's Pelléas et Melisande, Brecht/Weill's Threepenny Opera, Fontaine's Fables, Homer's Odyssey, and many others. His collaborators have included Tom Waits, Susan Sontag, Laurie Anderson, William Burroughs, and Jessye Norman. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, he has received numerous awards, including the Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale. Wilson is the founder of The Watermill Center, a laboratory for performing arts in Watermill, New York. Supported by by the Rouse Visiting Artist in Residence Fund
LINK http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/events/robert-wilson.html
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Energy Night at the MIT Museum
October 18, 2013
6:00p–9:00p
MIT Museum, Building N51, 275 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
The MIT Energy Night is a celebration of the ingenuity, innovation, and imagination of MIT faculty, researchers, students, and alumni. Hosted annually at the MIT Museum and organized entirely by students, Energy Night features over 70 academic poster presentations from every energy-affiliated department at MIT as well as early stage startups based on MIT technologies. The MIT Energy Night provides an ideal opportunity to see what energy at MIT is all about and engage with the MIT energy community, local energy professionals, and investors.
Sponsored by: MIT Museum, Office of the Dean for Graduate Education, MIT Energy Club
Admission: Free
Open to the public
For more information: Contact Josie Patterson
617-253-5927
museuminfo@mit.edu
http://mitenergynight.org
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What is happening in Turkey? Gezi protests and the future
Friday, October 18, 2013
7:00p–9:00p
MIT, Building 10-250, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Please RSVP at www.bostonbul.org
7:00p–9:00p
MIT, Building 10-250, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Please RSVP at www.bostonbul.org
Amnesty International Monthly Human Rights Lecture Series
Please join us on October the 18th to learn more about what is happening in Turkey, and to discuss the future of Turkey's democracy.
Speakers: Noam Chomsky (MIT), Zeynep Turkyilmaz (Dartmouth College), Asli Igsiz (NYU)
Organized by Bostonbul.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Amnesty International, Undergraduate Association
For more information, contact:
Halide Bey
hbey@mit.edu
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Nightmarket 2013
Friday, October 18, 2013
8:00p–10:00p
MIT, Building W20-208, 84 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Cost: $5 presale, $7 door
8:00p–10:00p
MIT, Building W20-208, 84 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Cost: $5 presale, $7 door
MIT Nightmarket draws its roots from the renowned night markets in Asia that offer a lively environment for citizens to unwind after a busy workday. Densely packed over several blocks, vendors sell a vast diversity of wares ranging from custom clothing to fighting crickets, Chinese yo-yos, and stinky tofu. Nightmarket 2013 brings to campus a sampling of the traditional night markets with tons of food, cultural booths hosted by MIT cultural groups such as AAA, CSC, and ATS. Performances are held by both MIT students and cultural groups from the Greater Boston area, and include Chinese yo-yo, singing, dancing,
Open to: the general public
Tickets: Lobby 10, Student Center, online
Sponsor(s): Asian American Association, Chinese Students Club, Association of Taiwanese Students, MIT, LEF (Large Event Fund), ARCADE (Assisting Recurring Cultural Diversity Events), LEF, ARCADE
For more information, contact:
Rachel Wang
617-640-3015
aaa-exec@mit.edu
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Saturday, October 19
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Sustainable House of Worship Workshop
October 19
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 116 South Street, Foxborough
RSVP at Register at
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e81d32ua44d430ff&llr=s4blzzbab
Would your congregation like to lower its utility bills? Would you like to do what you can to decrease your use of fossil fuels, and the contribution they make to global warming? Are you interested in learning more about solar energy?
MIP&L's Sustainable House of Worship (SHOW) workshop covers all this and more, showing you how to evaluate 24 questions that will give you a comprehensive view of your house of worship's energy us and the largest opportunities for savings.
In this half-day session conducted by Massachusetts Interfaith Power & Light (www.mipandl.org) you will learn:
How to track your energy use, cost and carbon footprint
How to find no-cost and low cost projects that can have a big impact on your electricity and heating bills
How to evaluate energy using equipment and systems to determine whether they should be updated
Incentives, rebates and other financial help available through utility companies
How to get solar panels with no upfront cost
There is $10 per person fee to attend the workshop, payable during online registration through PayPal or by check. Light refreshments are included. Doors open at 8:30am and the program starts at 9am.
You will receive a set of worksheets to help you evaluate opportunities for saving energy and a CD with all the workshop materials and other helpful resources.
The October 19 workshop will be held at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 116 South Street in Foxborough. Register at
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e81d32ua44d430ff&llr=s4blzzbab
Who should attend: Parishes are encouraged to send two members from their environment committee, property committee or Vestry. Other members who are interested are also welcome.
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Sustainable House of Worship Workshop
October 19
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 116 South Street, Foxborough
RSVP at Register at
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e81d32ua44d430ff&llr=s4blzzbab
Would your congregation like to lower its utility bills? Would you like to do what you can to decrease your use of fossil fuels, and the contribution they make to global warming? Are you interested in learning more about solar energy?
MIP&L's Sustainable House of Worship (SHOW) workshop covers all this and more, showing you how to evaluate 24 questions that will give you a comprehensive view of your house of worship's energy us and the largest opportunities for savings.
In this half-day session conducted by Massachusetts Interfaith Power & Light (www.mipandl.org) you will learn:
How to track your energy use, cost and carbon footprint
How to find no-cost and low cost projects that can have a big impact on your electricity and heating bills
How to evaluate energy using equipment and systems to determine whether they should be updated
Incentives, rebates and other financial help available through utility companies
How to get solar panels with no upfront cost
There is $10 per person fee to attend the workshop, payable during online registration through PayPal or by check. Light refreshments are included. Doors open at 8:30am and the program starts at 9am.
You will receive a set of worksheets to help you evaluate opportunities for saving energy and a CD with all the workshop materials and other helpful resources.
The October 19 workshop will be held at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 116 South Street in Foxborough. Register at
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e81d32ua44d430ff&llr=s4blzzbab
Who should attend: Parishes are encouraged to send two members from their environment committee, property committee or Vestry. Other members who are interested are also welcome.
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Cambridge Watershed Bike Tour
Saturday, October 19
8am - 4pm
8am - 4pm
Walter J. Sullivan Purification Facility, 250 Fresh Pond Parkway, Cambridge
rain date: Sunday, October 20
Explore where your water comes from! Join Cambridge Water Department (CWD) staff on a guided bike tour of the watershed. The 34-mile loop will take cyclists from the Walter J. Sullivan Purification Facility at 250 Fresh Pond Parkway in Cambridge, to the watershed lands and reservoirs in Lincoln, Lexington, Weston and Waltham. Rain date is Sunday, Oct 20.
The tour will include stops at the CWD Field Office, Winter Street Dam and Gatehouse, Stony Brook Dam and Gatehouse, and Paul Revere Capture Site. Advanced registration is required; registration closes on Oct 15. Participants must be comfortable with the 34 mile distance and must provide their own bike (road or hybrid), helmet and lunch. Technical assistance will be provided by Urban AdvenTours.
To register, please contact Katie at kbooras@cambridgema.gov or call 617-349-7712. For more information, visithttp://www.cambridgema.gov/Water/Programs/watershedbiketour.aspx
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ForSE 2013: One-day Conference for Social Entrepreneurs
Saturday, October 19, 2013
8:00am - 5:00pm
MIT Tang Center E51, 70 Memorial Drive Cambridge
Cost: $40(Non Members), $30(Members), $10(Student Members)
RSVP at https://s08.123signup.com/servlet/SignUp?P=15219721911426925900&PG=1521972182300
Rethinking the Power of the Community
Forum for Social Entrepreneurs (ForSE) 2013 is a one-day conference for social entrepreneurs that brings together social innovators, leading business professionals, investors, donors, government officials, academics, and students to to facilitate the sharing of new technology and business ideas along with hard-earned management learning to foster social venture concepts and promote informed action to nurture social enterprises.
Key higlights for this year include:
Keynote Sessions by Poonam Alhuwalia
Four tracks on Economy, Research, Health & Environment, and Growth
Unconference sessions after the panels
Pitch contest for new social entrepreneurs to refine their pitch, test their ideas, and wow a panel of seasoned judges
Speakers:
Poonam Ahluwalia, Founder & President, Youth Entrepreneurship and Sustainability (YES)
Ramesh Raskar, Co-founder, EyeNetra
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ForSE 2013: One-day Conference for Social Entrepreneurs
Saturday, October 19, 2013
8:00am - 5:00pm
MIT Tang Center E51, 70 Memorial Drive Cambridge
Cost: $40(Non Members), $30(Members), $10(Student Members)
RSVP at https://s08.123signup.com/servlet/SignUp?P=15219721911426925900&PG=1521972182300
Rethinking the Power of the Community
Forum for Social Entrepreneurs (ForSE) 2013 is a one-day conference for social entrepreneurs that brings together social innovators, leading business professionals, investors, donors, government officials, academics, and students to to facilitate the sharing of new technology and business ideas along with hard-earned management learning to foster social venture concepts and promote informed action to nurture social enterprises.
Key higlights for this year include:
Keynote Sessions by Poonam Alhuwalia
Four tracks on Economy, Research, Health & Environment, and Growth
Unconference sessions after the panels
Pitch contest for new social entrepreneurs to refine their pitch, test their ideas, and wow a panel of seasoned judges
Speakers:
Poonam Ahluwalia, Founder & President, Youth Entrepreneurship and Sustainability (YES)
Ramesh Raskar, Co-founder, EyeNetra
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Boston Code Camp 20
Saturday, October 19, 2013
8:30 AM to 6:30 PM
Microsoft New England Research and Development, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
RSVP at http://bostoncodecamp20-eanrec101.eventbrite.com
This fall, the Greater Boston development community will unite again for the 20th outstanding community-based software (un-)conference like no other.
Code Camp brings regional software development professionals together for the opportunity to immerse themselves in seminars, presentations, group exploration, and networking. Participants will be able to engage in their preferred technology, as well as to sample other options, with a focus on extending information exchange and enhancing the cross pollination of ideas. Mark your calendar! Boston Code Camp 20 for Saturday, October 19, 2013 at Microsoft New England R&D (NERD), One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA.
Admission to this event is free! All costs are covered by sponsors and individual contributors.
Call for Attendees
After you've registered, encourage friends and colleagues to attend, and spread the word via Twitter, Facebook and your other social networks using the hash tag #boscc.
Visit our web site for more details: http://www.bostoncodecamp.com
Code Camp brings regional software development professionals together for the opportunity to immerse themselves in seminars, presentations, group exploration, and networking. Participants will be able to engage in their preferred technology, as well as to sample other options, with a focus on extending information exchange and enhancing the cross pollination of ideas. Mark your calendar! Boston Code Camp 20 for Saturday, October 19, 2013 at Microsoft New England R&D (NERD), One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA.
Admission to this event is free! All costs are covered by sponsors and individual contributors.
Call for Attendees
After you've registered, encourage friends and colleagues to attend, and spread the word via Twitter, Facebook and your other social networks using the hash tag #boscc.
Visit our web site for more details: http://www.bostoncodecamp.com
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"You Can Pickle That?!"
Saturday, October 19th
9:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Nightingale Community Garden, 542 Park Street, Dorchester
9:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Nightingale Community Garden, 542 Park Street, Dorchester
Boston Natural Areas Network is hosting a free workshop from the Taste of the Garden cooking series called "You Can Pickle That?!" Learn how to quick pickle your vegetables to preserve them during the winter months. The class is free and open to all.
Bring any veggies you want to pickle, but we will have some there for you too! Also, make sure to dress appropriately, as it may be a little chilly and the workshop is outside.
Registration is required, so please email dana@bostonnatural.org to reserve your spot! Thanks and hope to see you pickling soon!
Registration is required, so please email dana@bostonnatural.org to reserve your spot! Thanks and hope to see you pickling soon!
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Volunteer Tree Planting
Saturday, October 19
Morning and afternoon shifts: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Bunker Hill Community College (by Community College T stop, Orange Line), 250 Rutherford Avenue, Charlestown
Celebrate fall tree planting season! Plant trees alongside students from BHCC, and volunteers from The Nature Conservancy. Gloves, tools, water, and lunch provided. Generously sponsored by Odwalla and the Nature Conservancy. Please email linda@bostonnatural.org to register for part or all of the event.
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Volunteer Tree Planting
Saturday, October 19
Morning and afternoon shifts: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Bunker Hill Community College (by Community College T stop, Orange Line), 250 Rutherford Avenue, Charlestown
Celebrate fall tree planting season! Plant trees alongside students from BHCC, and volunteers from The Nature Conservancy. Gloves, tools, water, and lunch provided. Generously sponsored by Odwalla and the Nature Conservancy. Please email linda@bostonnatural.org
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Science Hack Day Boston
Saturday, October 19, 2013 - Sunday, October 20, 2013
Basement of Northwest Building, 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://sciencehackdayboston-es2.eventbrite.com
Science Hack Day is a two-day event that brings together enthusiastic scientists, developers, designers, and nerds of all kinds to facilitate an intense burst of collaboration on exciting projects at the intersection of science and technology.
SHD Boston will join a grassroots network of over a dozen Science Hack Days worldwide over the past three years. These events have generated hacks ranging from a tabletop cloud chamber to avisualization tool for networks of coauthors on scientific papers, from a mask that generates feelings of synesthesia to a strawberry DNA extraction protocol that results in a delicious cocktail. These hacks serve to generate excitement and interest in science, and even the more playful projects can have more serious applications: for example, software developed for detecting beard length was later used to track cosmic rays.
Participants need no prior experience, and can come with their own project, join an existing team, or generate new ideas together on the spot.
http://sciencehackdayboston.wordpress.com
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Saturday, October 19, 2013 - Sunday, October 20, 2013
Basement of Northwest Building, 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://sciencehackdayboston-es2.eventbrite.com
Science Hack Day is a two-day event that brings together enthusiastic scientists, developers, designers, and nerds of all kinds to facilitate an intense burst of collaboration on exciting projects at the intersection of science and technology.
SHD Boston will join a grassroots network of over a dozen Science Hack Days worldwide over the past three years. These events have generated hacks ranging from a tabletop cloud chamber to avisualization tool for networks of coauthors on scientific papers, from a mask that generates feelings of synesthesia to a strawberry DNA extraction protocol that results in a delicious cocktail. These hacks serve to generate excitement and interest in science, and even the more playful projects can have more serious applications: for example, software developed for detecting beard length was later used to track cosmic rays.
Participants need no prior experience, and can come with their own project, join an existing team, or generate new ideas together on the spot.
http://sciencehackdayboston.wordpress.com
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Rally for Democracy
Saturday, October 19
12pm
1199 SEIU Union Hall, 150 Mount Vernon Street, Dorchester
Greater Boston Move to Amend presentation
What Exactly Is a Corporation, Anyway?
Connecting the Dots: The REach of Corporate Power in Our Lives
Demystifying Citizens United v FEC
Amending the Constitution: How and Why?
Contact bostonmta@gmail.com or 781-894-1179
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Screening of "How to Start a Revolution" Followed by Panel Q&A
Saturday, October 19, 2013
3:00 PM to 7:00 PM (PDT)
One Broadway 5th Floor, 1 Broadway, Cambridge
RSVP at http://new-revolution-es2.eventbrite.com/
Join MassOps for a screening of How to Start a Revolution. This documentary, featuring the work and life of Dr. Gene Sharp discusses how his pamphlet From Dictatorship to Democracy (PDF) has literally changed the world. It has been used to template revolutions in Burma, Tunisia, Croatia, Egypt and Syria.
Join us after the screening for a discussion of what has and hasn't worked by using Dr. Sharp's techniques at revolution. We'll discuss how some of these nonviolent techniques might be used in America, and how to shape the tone of a new non-violent revolutionary movement in America.
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"War Zone/Comfort Zone," followed by a Q & A with the director, Lizzie Warren
Saturday, October 19
7:30 pm
The Democracy Center, 45 Mount. Auburn Street, Cambridge (Harvard Square)
Women account for roughly 14 percent of the active-duty U.S. military and more than 24 percent of the National Guard, yet they often receive less than a hero's welcome upon their return to civilian life. Many face poverty, homelessness and joblessness; deal with the psychological and physiological effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from military sexual trauma and combat-related injuries; and often receive poor service from a Veterans Administration ill-equipped and, in some cases, unwilling to help them. The Emmy?-nominated documentary WAR ZONE/COMFORT ZONE uncovers the plight of these veterans through the intense and personal stories of four women veterans coping with life after their military service. Each seeks a sense of normalcy and peace without the benefit of a comprehensive support system. WAR ZONE/COMFORT ZONE weaves together intimate interviews with the story of two women - Shalini Madaras and Joy Kiss - struggling to establish transitional housing for homeless female veterans in Bridgeport, Connecticut, despite virulent community opposition.
Hope to see you there!
Be well,
Sarah Cadorette, Coordinator
The Democracy Center, 45 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge MA 02138
617-492-8855
www.democracycenter.org
Saturday, October 19
7:30 pm
The Democracy Center, 45 Mount. Auburn Street, Cambridge (Harvard Square)
Women account for roughly 14 percent of the active-duty U.S. military and more than 24 percent of the National Guard, yet they often receive less than a hero's welcome upon their return to civilian life. Many face poverty, homelessness and joblessness; deal with the psychological and physiological effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from military sexual trauma and combat-related injuries; and often receive poor service from a Veterans Administration ill-equipped and, in some cases, unwilling to help them. The Emmy?-nominated documentary WAR ZONE/COMFORT ZONE uncovers the plight of these veterans through the intense and personal stories of four women veterans coping with life after their military service. Each seeks a sense of normalcy and peace without the benefit of a comprehensive support system. WAR ZONE/COMFORT ZONE weaves together intimate interviews with the story of two women - Shalini Madaras and Joy Kiss - struggling to establish transitional housing for homeless female veterans in Bridgeport, Connecticut, despite virulent community opposition.
Hope to see you there!
Be well,
Sarah Cadorette, Coordinator
The Democracy Center, 45 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge MA 02138
617-492-8855
www.democracycenter.org
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Sunday, October 20
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Science Hack Day Boston
Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 10:00 AM - Sunday, October 20, 2013 at 5:00 PM
Basement of Northwest Building, 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 10:00 AM - Sunday, October 20, 2013 at 5:00 PM
Basement of Northwest Building, 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://sciencehackdayboston-es2.eventbrite.com
Science Hack Day is a two-day event that brings together enthusiastic scientists, developers, designers, and nerds of all kinds to facilitate an intense burst of collaboration on exciting projects at the intersection of science and technology.
SHD Boston will join a grassroots network of over a dozen Science Hack Days worldwide over the past three years. These events have generated hacks ranging from a tabletop cloud chamber to avisualization tool for networks of coauthors on scientific papers, from a mask that generates feelings of synesthesia to a strawberry DNA extraction protocol that results in a delicious cocktail. These hacks serve to generate excitement and interest in science, and even the more playful projects can have more serious applications: for example, software developed for detecting beard length was later used to track cosmic rays.
Participants need no prior experience, and can come with their own project, join an existing team, or generate new ideas together on the spot.
http://sciencehackdayboston.wordpress.com
Getting to our venue : http://sysbio.harvard.edu/csb/contact/visitor.html
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Science Hack Day is a two-day event that brings together enthusiastic scientists, developers, designers, and nerds of all kinds to facilitate an intense burst of collaboration on exciting projects at the intersection of science and technology.
SHD Boston will join a grassroots network of over a dozen Science Hack Days worldwide over the past three years. These events have generated hacks ranging from a tabletop cloud chamber to avisualization tool for networks of coauthors on scientific papers, from a mask that generates feelings of synesthesia to a strawberry DNA extraction protocol that results in a delicious cocktail. These hacks serve to generate excitement and interest in science, and even the more playful projects can have more serious applications: for example, software developed for detecting beard length was later used to track cosmic rays.
Participants need no prior experience, and can come with their own project, join an existing team, or generate new ideas together on the spot.
http://sciencehackdayboston.wordpress.com
Getting to our venue : http://sysbio.harvard.edu/csb/contact/visitor.html
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Monday, October 21
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Tropical Cyclone - Ocean interactions: Implications at the climate scale
October 21, 2013
12pm-1pm
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
October 21, 2013
12pm-1pm
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
Emmanuel Vincent (MIT)
Abstract: Strong winds associated with Tropical Cyclones (TCs) trigger intense mixing in the upper ocean stirring warm surface water with cold water from the thermocline. This results in: (i) a surface cooling that feeds back negatively on TCs intensity and (ii) a sub-surface warming.
Recent studies argued that heat injected in the sub-surface by TCs alter climate via a modification of the ocean Meridional Heat transport (MHT). We revisit this hypothesis using a global ocean model forced by high-resolution TC wind forcing representative of the last 30 years. We find that MHT is hardly affected by TCs. However, TC processes significantly alter the ocean by 3d advection, surface fluxes that cool tropical oceanic basins on a large scale and heat injection that mostly re-emerges to the surface at the end of the TC season, as the mixed layer deepens in fall/winter. Thus, TCs are found to decrease the seasonal amplitude of SST variations (~10%) in tropical basins (by cooling in summer and warming in winter) with potential consequences in the coupled system.
Regarding point (i), I will show that TC-induced surface cooling is largely controlled by upper-ocean stratification. We investigated the possibility that inter-annual variability of upper-ocean stratification (e.g. El Niño) can influence cyclonic activity by controlling the cooling feedback. We simulated tens of thousands of axi-symmetric TC models coupled to varied ocean conditions representative of inter-annual variability in all oceanic basins. We find that the integrated power dissipated by TCs is modulated by upper-ocean stratification variability (~20% difference between 'favorable' and 'unfavorable' years) with the strongest TCs showing the greatest sensitivity to upper-ocean stratification (~40% difference in category-5 TCs between 'favorable' and 'unfavorable' years).
Speaker's website: http://www.normalesup.org/~emvincent/
MASS Seminar
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate (PAOC)
For more information, contact:
mass@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate (PAOC)
For more information, contact:
mass@mit.edu
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Humanity Explored: Art as Science: The Role of Visual Data in Research
WHEN Mon., Oct. 21, 2013, 1 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Rubenstein R-219 Carr Conference, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture, Science, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
SPEAKER(S) Brittany Card, data analysis manager, Signal Program for Human Security and Technology, HHI; Will Cragin, researcher, Women in War Program, HHI; Beth Maclin, research coordinator, Women in War Program, HHI; Vincenzo Bollettino, moderator, HHI executive director
COST Free and open to the public
NOTE This brownbag discussion will look at different ways humanitarian researchers are incorporating visual data within their studies, specifically satellite imagery, conceptual mapping and photography. This event is hosted by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and part of the HUMANITY EXPLORED series.
HUMANITY EXPLORED is a month-long series of events that examines the role of art, design and visual storytelling in the fight for human rights in some of the world’s more unstable and challenging environments. The series pairs multi-media exhibits provided by the ART WORKS Projects for Human Rights with weekly panel discussions, lectures, and brownbag events hosted by centers from around Harvard University.
LINK http://hhi.harvard.edu/events/upcoming-events
WHEN Mon., Oct. 21, 2013, 1 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Rubenstein R-219 Carr Conference, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture, Science, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
SPEAKER(S) Brittany Card, data analysis manager, Signal Program for Human Security and Technology, HHI; Will Cragin, researcher, Women in War Program, HHI; Beth Maclin, research coordinator, Women in War Program, HHI; Vincenzo Bollettino, moderator, HHI executive director
COST Free and open to the public
NOTE This brownbag discussion will look at different ways humanitarian researchers are incorporating visual data within their studies, specifically satellite imagery, conceptual mapping and photography. This event is hosted by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and part of the HUMANITY EXPLORED series.
HUMANITY EXPLORED is a month-long series of events that examines the role of art, design and visual storytelling in the fight for human rights in some of the world’s more unstable and challenging environments. The series pairs multi-media exhibits provided by the ART WORKS Projects for Human Rights with weekly panel discussions, lectures, and brownbag events hosted by centers from around Harvard University.
LINK http://hhi.harvard.edu/events/upcoming-events
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Revenge Porn and the Business of Internet Humiliation
WHEN Mon., Oct. 21, 2013, 2:30 – 4 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, K354, at 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Humanities, Information Technology, Law, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Data Privacy Lab's Technology in Government and Topics in Privacy series
SPEAKER(S) Adam Tanner, fellow, Department of Government, Harvard University, author of forthcoming book on the business of personal data, and Forbes columnist; Holly Jacobs, founder of End Revenge Porn and victim seeking to criminalize revenge porn
COST Free and open to the public
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WHEN Mon., Oct. 21, 2013, 2:30 – 4 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, K354, at 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Humanities, Information Technology, Law, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Data Privacy Lab's Technology in Government and Topics in Privacy series
SPEAKER(S) Adam Tanner, fellow, Department of Government, Harvard University, author of forthcoming book on the business of personal data, and Forbes columnist; Holly Jacobs, founder of End Revenge Porn and victim seeking to criminalize revenge porn
COST Free and open to the public
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How Air Pollution Affects Climate, and What We Can Do About It
Monday, October 21, 2013
4:00 p.m
Bartos Theater, MIT Media Lab, E15-070, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge
Dr. Drew Shindell, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
The 13th Annual Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture
5:00 p.m. Community Reception
Ida B. Green Lounge, Building 54, Room 923
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
For additional information, please contact Jen DiNisco at 617.253.2127 or jdinisco@mit.edu
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Winning From Within: A Discussion with Erica Fox
WHEN Mon., Oct. 21, 2013, 4 – 5:45 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Pound Hall 101, 1563 Mass Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Law, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The New England Chapter of the Association for Conflict Resolution and the Program on Negotiation
SPEAKER(S) Erica Fox
WHEN Mon., Oct. 21, 2013, 4 – 5:45 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Pound Hall 101, 1563 Mass Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Law, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The New England Chapter of the Association for Conflict Resolution and the Program on Negotiation
SPEAKER(S) Erica Fox
NOTE In her book “Winning From Within,” Fox builds on the work of her mentors and colleagues (William Ury, Bruce Patton, Doug Stone, Sheila Heen) and explores what to do when you are the problem. With advice relevant to every conversation that matters, personally and professionally, “Winning From Within” shares anecdotes, business examples and public exemplars that help readers to better understand where they get stuck and how they can achieve greater results.
LINK http://www.pon.harvard.edu/events/winning-from-within-a-discussion-with-erica-fox/
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LINK http://www.pon.harvard.edu/events/winning-from-within-a-discussion-with-erica-fox/
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"Europe's Clean Energy Transition 2003-2013: An Irish Perspective"
Monday, October 21, 2013
5:00pm
Pfizer Lecture Hall, Mallinckrodt Lab B23, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Pfizer Lecture Hall, Mallinckrodt Lab B23, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Eamon Ryan, Party Leader, Irish Green Party; Former Minister for Energy and Communications, Irish Government,
Eamon Ryan was first elected to Dáil Éireann in 2002. Prior to his appointment as the Party Leader of the Irish Green Party, he was the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. He was also formerly the Green Party spokesperson for Transport and Enterprise, Trade and Employment and opposition convenor on the Joint Oireachtas Committee for Communication, Marine and Natural Resources.
Before he was elected to the Dáil he set up and ran two businesses, Irish Cycling Safaris and Belfield Bike shop. He was an active member and chairman of the Dublin Cycling Campaign, and from 1995 to 2002 he served on the Advisory Committee of the Dublin Transport Office.
Eamon is married to the writer Victoria White and they have four young children.
Future of Energy
Contact Name: Lisa Matthews
matthew@fas.harvard.edu
matthew@fas.harvard.edu
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A Critique of Shareholder Value Maximization
Monday, October 21, 2013
5:30p–7:00p
MIT, Building E19-758, 400 Main Street, Cambridge
5:30p–7:00p
MIT, Building E19-758, 400 Main Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Jean-Charles Rochet (Zurich)
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Applied Theory Workshop (Joint MIT/Harvard)
For more information, contact:
Theresa Benevento
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Territorial Form/ Forms of Territory
Monday, October 21, 2013
6:00p–7:15p
MIT, Building 7-429, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
6:00p–7:15p
MIT, Building 7-429, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: Neeraj Bhatia
This lecture will examine the concept of pluralism in defining new forms of urban territories.
CAU Fall Lecture Series
Web site: http://cau.mit.edu/lecture/territorial-form-forms-territory
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): School of Architecture and Planning, Center for Advanced Urbanism
For more information, contact:
Prudence Robinson
617-324-7045
pru@mit.edu
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Science by the Pint - Your Genome and Your Medical Future
Monday, October 21, 2013
6:30 PM
The Burren, Elm Street, Davis Square, Somerville
The Burren, Elm Street, Davis Square, Somerville
October is here, and it's a great time of year for a pint of Oktoberfest beer - and with scientists yet! How nerdy can you get? Join us for this month's Science by the Pint, as Robert Green and colleagues present Your Genome and Your Medical Future: What do you want to know? Dr. Green is a physician-scientist who directs the Genomes2People research program (genomes2people.org) in translational genomics and health outcomes in the Division of Genetics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He leads the MedSeq Project, the first NIH-funded research study to explore the use of whole genome sequencing of healthy and ill patients in the clinical practice of medicine.
For those who've never been, Science by the Pint is an event 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. The event goes like this:
The main speaker gives a short 5-10 minute talk (not a full length lecture) about their research, then answers general questions from the audience.
The team of colleagues comes around to individual tables and spends one-on-one time answering questions over food and refreshments.
Lots of nerdy fun is had by all.
Things officially start at 7:00, but arriving by 6:30 allows fellow nerds to find each other and sit together, order food and drinks, and be ready once things get going.
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For those who've never been, Science by the Pint is an event 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. The event goes like this:
The main speaker gives a short 5-10 minute talk (not a full length lecture) about their research, then answers general questions from the audience.
The team of colleagues comes around to individual tables and spends one-on-one time answering questions over food and refreshments.
Lots of nerdy fun is had by all.
Things officially start at 7:00, but arriving by 6:30 allows fellow nerds to find each other and sit together, order food and drinks, and be ready once things get going.
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"Elasticity"
WHEN Mon., Oct. 21, 2013, 7 – 8:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Science Center Hall C, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
SPEAKER(S) Enric Rovira and Ruben Alvarez, master chocolatiers
COST Free and open to the public
NOTE The Science & Cooking lecture series runs weekly through the end of the fall semester. A full schedule, including the lecture topics, is available at http://www.seas.harvard.edu/cooking
Each talk will begin with a 15-minute lecture by a Faculty member of the course, which will discuss one of the scientific topics from that week's class.
For a sample of what is to come, an archive of past talks (from 2010, 2011, and 2012) can be viewed at YouTube.com/Harvard
The popular public lecture series grew out of a collaboration between the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the AlÃcia Foundation in Spain. A related Harvard College course, “Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to the Science of Soft Matter," which will be offered to undergraduates for the fourth time in the fall of 2013, uses food and cooking to explicate fundamental principles in applied physics and engineering. Blending haute cuisine with laboratory research, the chefs and food experts teach alongside Harvard faculty members. In addition to lectures and readings, lab work is an integral part of the course, and students perform experiments on topics including heat transfer, viscosity and elasticity, and crystallization and entropy.
This year, for the first time, a version of the Science & Cooking course will also be offered through HarvardX, Harvard University's newest online learning initiative. Registration for SPU27x, the massively open online course (MOOC), is open now at harvardx.harvard.edu.
The Science & Cooking Lecture Series does not replicate the content of either the Harvard College course or the HarvardX online course; rather, these public events are simply meant to inform and inspire with a fresh perspective on culinary science. For more information, visit seas.harvard.edu….
LINK http://www.seas.harvard.edu/cooking
WHEN Mon., Oct. 21, 2013, 7 – 8:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Science Center Hall C, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
SPEAKER(S) Enric Rovira and Ruben Alvarez, master chocolatiers
COST Free and open to the public
NOTE The Science & Cooking lecture series runs weekly through the end of the fall semester. A full schedule, including the lecture topics, is available at http://www.seas.harvard.edu/cooking
Each talk will begin with a 15-minute lecture by a Faculty member of the course, which will discuss one of the scientific topics from that week's class.
For a sample of what is to come, an archive of past talks (from 2010, 2011, and 2012) can be viewed at YouTube.com/Harvard
The popular public lecture series grew out of a collaboration between the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the AlÃcia Foundation in Spain. A related Harvard College course, “Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to the Science of Soft Matter," which will be offered to undergraduates for the fourth time in the fall of 2013, uses food and cooking to explicate fundamental principles in applied physics and engineering. Blending haute cuisine with laboratory research, the chefs and food experts teach alongside Harvard faculty members. In addition to lectures and readings, lab work is an integral part of the course, and students perform experiments on topics including heat transfer, viscosity and elasticity, and crystallization and entropy.
This year, for the first time, a version of the Science & Cooking course will also be offered through HarvardX, Harvard University's newest online learning initiative. Registration for SPU27x, the massively open online course (MOOC), is open now at harvardx.harvard.edu.
The Science & Cooking Lecture Series does not replicate the content of either the Harvard College course or the HarvardX online course; rather, these public events are simply meant to inform and inspire with a fresh perspective on culinary science. For more information, visit seas.harvard.edu….
LINK http://www.seas.harvard.edu/cooking
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Askwith Forum: The App Generation
WHEN Mon., Oct. 21, 2013, 7 – 8:30 p.m.
WHERE Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge
TYPE OF EVENT Discussion, Forum, Lecture, Question & Answer Session
BUILDING/ROOM Askwith Hall
CONTACT NAME Amber DiNatale
CONTACT EMAIL askwith_forums@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.
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Education, Lecture, Special Events
NOTE Speakers:
Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, HGSE; and adjunct professor of psychology, Harvard University
WHEN Mon., Oct. 21, 2013, 7 – 8:30 p.m.
WHERE Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge
TYPE OF EVENT Discussion, Forum, Lecture, Question & Answer Session
BUILDING/ROOM Askwith Hall
CONTACT NAME Amber DiNatale
CONTACT EMAIL askwith_forums@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.
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Education, Lecture, Special Events
NOTE Speakers:
Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, HGSE; and adjunct professor of psychology, Harvard University
Katie Davis, Ed.M.’02, Ed.M.’09, Ed.D.’11 assistant professor, Information School, University of Washington
Some might say the current generation of youth is deeply — perhaps totally — engrossed with digital media. Calling today’s young people, “The App Generation,” Professor Howard Gardner and University of Washington Assistant Professor Katie Davis will discuss what it means to be “app-dependent” versus “app-enabled,” and how this generation’s life differs from the one before the digital era — concepts they explore in their forthcoming book, The App Generation.
Some might say the current generation of youth is deeply — perhaps totally — engrossed with digital media. Calling today’s young people, “The App Generation,” Professor Howard Gardner and University of Washington Assistant Professor Katie Davis will discuss what it means to be “app-dependent” versus “app-enabled,” and how this generation’s life differs from the one before the digital era — concepts they explore in their forthcoming book, The App Generation.
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ACT Lecture | Lovett/Codagnone: Re-adapting Cinematic Traces
Monday, October 21, 2013
7:00p–9:00p
MIT, Building E15-001, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge
Speaker: John Lovett and Alessandro Codagnone
As artistic practices broaden to embrace a variety of new media and expansive models such as cinema, theater, and music--practices that interrogate notions of authorship--the duo Lovett/Codagnone favor forms of cooperation as their source of inspiration. Mapping a work methodology and introducing new formats--their band, the staging of plays, and the casting of actors instead of themselves--they seek to critique their own practice.
John Lovett and Alessandro Codagnone have been working together in New York since 1995 using photography, performance, video, sound, and installation. The duo unfolds relations of power as manifested in explicit cultural signifiers as well as clandestine or unconscious practices. Their work has been exhibited in solo shows at Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa, Palermo; Museo Marino Marini, Florence; LA>ART, Los Angeles; SculptureCenter, New York; and MoMA PS1, New York. They have performed at MoMA PS1; ICA, Philadelphia; Judson Memorial Church, New York; and ICA, Boston. Their work has also been included in shows at The Centre Pompidou, Paris; Cobra Museum, Amstelveen; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; De Appel, Amsterdam; NGBK, Berlin; and Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
7:00p–9:00p
MIT, Building E15-001, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge
Speaker: John Lovett and Alessandro Codagnone
As artistic practices broaden to embrace a variety of new media and expansive models such as cinema, theater, and music--practices that interrogate notions of authorship--the duo Lovett/Codagnone favor forms of cooperation as their source of inspiration. Mapping a work methodology and introducing new formats--their band, the staging of plays, and the casting of actors instead of themselves--they seek to critique their own practice.
John Lovett and Alessandro Codagnone have been working together in New York since 1995 using photography, performance, video, sound, and installation. The duo unfolds relations of power as manifested in explicit cultural signifiers as well as clandestine or unconscious practices. Their work has been exhibited in solo shows at Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa, Palermo; Museo Marino Marini, Florence; LA>ART, Los Angeles; SculptureCenter, New York; and MoMA PS1, New York. They have performed at MoMA PS1; ICA, Philadelphia; Judson Memorial Church, New York; and ICA, Boston. Their work has also been included in shows at The Centre Pompidou, Paris; Cobra Museum, Amstelveen; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; De Appel, Amsterdam; NGBK, Berlin; and Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
Experiments in Thinking, Action, and Form: Cinematic Migrations
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): School of Architecture and Planning, Department of Architecture, MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology
For more information, contact:
Laura Anca Chichisan
617-253-5229
act@mit.edu
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Tuesday, October 22
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"Driving the Conversation—online and on television—in a changing media landscape."
Tuesday, October 22
12 p.m.
Harvard, Taubman 275, 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge
Speaker Series with Betsy Fischer Martin, managing editor of NBC News Political Programming and former senior executive producer of “Meet the Press.”
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New Frontiers in Open Access Publishing
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
3:00p–4:30p
MIT, Building E25-111, 45 Carleton Street, Cambridge
This panel, featuring Jacqueline Thai, Tibor Tscheke, and Marguerite Avery is being presented in celebration of International Open Access Week, and is intended to provide a forum for discussion of new open access models of scholarly publishing and how they can serve authors and readers. We anticipate a lively and informative conversation.
Web site: http://libraries.mit.edu/news/panel-discussion-new/12713/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Libraries
For more information, contact:
Duranceau, Ellen
efinnie@mit.edu
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Solid State Lighting: Present Status and Challenges Ahead
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
4:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building 34-101, 50 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Refreshments at 3:45 p.m.
Speaker: Parijat Deb, Philips Lumileds Lighting Company
The solid state revolution for better efficiency lighting sources is happening. Major advances over the past few years have led to extraordinary improvements in Lm/W and Lm/$ leading towards commercialization and mass adoption of LEDs as lighting sources. However, major challenges still lie ahead to ensure the successful replacement of all other lighting sources by LEDs, namely system level cost and efficiency, die level absolute WPE and efficiency droop. This talk will make an attempt to guide the audience through the major WPE and droop challenges that lie ahead.
4:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building 34-101, 50 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Refreshments at 3:45 p.m.
Speaker: Parijat Deb, Philips Lumileds Lighting Company
The solid state revolution for better efficiency lighting sources is happening. Major advances over the past few years have led to extraordinary improvements in Lm/W and Lm/$ leading towards commercialization and mass adoption of LEDs as lighting sources. However, major challenges still lie ahead to ensure the successful replacement of all other lighting sources by LEDs, namely system level cost and efficiency, die level absolute WPE and efficiency droop. This talk will make an attempt to guide the audience through the major WPE and droop challenges that lie ahead.
MTL Seminar Series
Web site: http://www-mtl.mit.edu/seminars/fall2013.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Microsystems Technology Laboratories
For more information, contact:
Debroah Hodges-Pabon
253-5264
debb@mtl.mit.edu
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When Everything Changed
Tuesday, Oct 22, 2013
4:15 pm
Knafel Center (formerly Radcliffe Gymnasium), 10 Garden Street, Cambridge
Lecture by columnist Gail Collins of the New York Times about how and why the national view of American women changed so dramatically between 1960 and today.
Gail Collins joined the New York Times in 1995 as a member of the editorial board and later as an op-ed columnist. In 2001 she became the first woman ever appointed editor of the Times’ editorial page. At the beginning of 2007, she stepped down and began a leave in order to finish her book, When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present. She returned to theTimes as a columnist in July 2007.
Before joining the Times, Collins was a columnist at New York Newsday and the New York Daily News and a reporter for United Press International. Her first jobs in journalism were in Connecticut, where she founded the Connecticut State News Bureau (CSNB), which provided coverage of the state capitol and Connecticut politics. When she sold it in 1977, the CSNB was the largest news service of its kind in the country, with more than 30 weekly and daily newspaper chains.
Collins’s most recent book is As Texas Goes: How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda, published in 2012 by W. W. Norton. She is also the author ofAmerica’s Women: Four Hundred Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines;Scorpion Tongues: Gossip, Celebrity, and American Politics; a biography of William Henry Harrison; and The Millennium Book: Your Essential All-Purpose Guide to the Year 2000, which she coauthored with her husband, Dan Collins.
2013–2014 Maurine and Robert Rothschild Lecture
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Tuesday, Oct 22, 2013
4:15 pm
Knafel Center (formerly Radcliffe Gymnasium), 10 Garden Street, Cambridge
Lecture by columnist Gail Collins of the New York Times about how and why the national view of American women changed so dramatically between 1960 and today.
Gail Collins joined the New York Times in 1995 as a member of the editorial board and later as an op-ed columnist. In 2001 she became the first woman ever appointed editor of the Times’ editorial page. At the beginning of 2007, she stepped down and began a leave in order to finish her book, When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present. She returned to theTimes as a columnist in July 2007.
Before joining the Times, Collins was a columnist at New York Newsday and the New York Daily News and a reporter for United Press International. Her first jobs in journalism were in Connecticut, where she founded the Connecticut State News Bureau (CSNB), which provided coverage of the state capitol and Connecticut politics. When she sold it in 1977, the CSNB was the largest news service of its kind in the country, with more than 30 weekly and daily newspaper chains.
Collins’s most recent book is As Texas Goes: How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda, published in 2012 by W. W. Norton. She is also the author ofAmerica’s Women: Four Hundred Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines;Scorpion Tongues: Gossip, Celebrity, and American Politics; a biography of William Henry Harrison; and The Millennium Book: Your Essential All-Purpose Guide to the Year 2000, which she coauthored with her husband, Dan Collins.
2013–2014 Maurine and Robert Rothschild Lecture
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“The Lightbulb Paradox: Using Behavioral Economics for Policy Evaluation”
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
4:10pm - 5:30pm
Harvard, Littauer L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
Harvard, Littauer L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
Hunt Allcott, New York University, and Dmitry Taubinsky, Harvard University.
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
For further information, contact Professor Stavins at the Kennedy School (617-495-1820), Professor Weitzman at the Department of Economics (617-495-5133), or the course assistant, Jason Chapman (617-496-8054), or visit the seminar web site.
http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k96249
Contact Name: Jason Chapman
Jason_Chapman@harvard.edu
Contact Name: Jason Chapman
Jason_Chapman@harvard.edu
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Tree Talk and Cider Tasting: The Roxbury Russet, America's oldest apple, and the history of the orchards of Massachusetts
Wednesday, October 23
5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Cider tasting and apple tree viewing at Roxbury Heritage State Park, 183 Roxbury Street, Roxbury
6:30 p.m. presentation by John Bunker, apple historian at First Church in Roxbury, 10 Putnam Street, across from Roxbury Heritage State Park
Join agricultural historian, orchardist and fruit explorer John Bunker to learn more about the Roxbury Russet and the history, uses, varieties and culture of apples of America. John will recount "Sherlock Holmes-like" stories of tracking down forgotten rare varieties. He will talk about why these old apples might be especially important today. He will explain grafting and pruning and will answer your questions about how to plant and care for your own trees.
This event is free and open to the public. Bring an apple from trees in your yard and John will identify them. Part of the Roxbury History Speaker Series.
Order box suppers from Haley House Bakery Café haleyhouse.org/rhs.html
Co-sponsored by Roxbury Historical Society, Haley House Bakery Café, Shirley Eustis House and Discover Roxbury. For more informationemailroxburyhistory@gmail.com
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Connected Food: Tracing Boston's Foodways from Production to Consumption
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Workbar, 45 Prospect Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://connectedfood-fd9efdf196f2ec0f4428f1aec13eaadc.eventbrite.com
Cost: $12 - 22 (Use the promocode: foodtechmeetup for 25% of registration!)
Kickoff Food Day with fellow meetup enthusiasts and General Assembly.
Emerging technologies are disrupting how local food is produced, sourced, distributed, and consumed — paving the way for new business ideas, challenges, and emerging trends.
Join us for an evening of talks and networking dedicated to connecting innovators in the sustainable food industry and helping to re-envision the way business is done.
Stay tuned for panelist and vendor updates!
Prerequisites
Must love food.
Can't make it? Sign up at https://generalassemb.ly to stay in the loop on future events and classes.
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Fracking: Facts, Risks, and Benefits
Wednesday, October 23
Wednesday, October 23
7 - 9 pm
Metropolitan Waterworks Museum, 2450 Beacon Street, Chestnut Hill
Cost: $10
Hydraulic fracturing - a method of accessing oil and gas from rock - is a controversial topic. At our panel discussion, three experts will explain the process and talk about the pros and cons of fracking. Our presenters will be Adam Carpenter, American Water Works Association; Andrew Stone, American Groundwater Trust; and Jon Welch, CDM Smith. What are the economic benefits of the practice? What are the risks to the environment and to our health? The panel will address these questions in their presentations, and they will follow up with a Q&A. Cost: $10
Please RSVP to info@waterworksmuseum.org or 617-277-0065.
Event Contact Info
Lauren Kaufmann
Email: info@waterworksmuseum.org
Phone: 617-277-0065
Website: http://www.waterworksmuseum.org/calendar/view/237/date/2013-10-23
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Moving Towards Net Zero
October 24
2pm EST
Webinar
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xMzOlSM9hIYXvkUXZ8x7aNtjidYoIVzt8YZdUWaiVUs/viewform
We want to make buildings that provide for greater occupant comfort with lower energy consumption and better environmental impacts. This talk will profile what’s been learned from a number of low-energy and net-zero projects in climates as diverse as the Pacific Northwest and the Gulf South, for clients rich and poor, farsighted and stubborn.
PRESENTER: Z Smith has been involved in nationally published sustainability research and design for thepast ten years. He has served as a Project Architect for carbon neutral, net-zero energy and net-zero water use buildings, and taught sustainable design courses at universities in the U.S. and Canada.
With training and experience in the fields of architecture, physics, information technology,and renewable energy, Smith now serves as our studio’s Director of Sustainability & Building Performance. He integrates his broad range of skills in service of lowering the environmental footprint of each of our buildings, while continuing to help us deliver projects on time and on budget. He brings an approach of scientific rigor to green design in our studio’s wide array of community, educational, and institutional projects, and brings tremendous added value to our clients through the reduction of energy consumption, and subsequently the reduction of energy bills.
In addition to his Directorial role within our practice, Z is also a frequent public speaker on sustainable design issues, Chair of the USGBC Louisiana Chapter, and an adjunct professor at the Tulane School of Architecture.
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Scholars Rescue
Thursday, October 24
6:30-8 pm
C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University, 55 Temple Street, Boston
Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University presents Scholars Rescue with Alemayehu Weldemariam and Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh; discussion moderated by Nir Eisikovits. Thursday, October 24, 6:30-8:00 pm. Admission is free and open to all. Wheelchair accessible and conveniently located near the Park St. MBTA Station. For more information, call Ford Hall Forum at 617-557-2007 or visitwww.fordhallforum.org.
Ethiopian scholar of law and politics Alemayehu Weldemariam and Iranian women’s rights scholar Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh discuss pursuing academic endeavors while facing persecution in their home countries.
Learn what Weldemariam said about Ethiopian politics in an interview that resulted in his dismissal and permanent prohibition from Ethiopian collegiate employment. Later, hear how Abbasgholizadeh has been jailed again and again for her peaceful activism.
Both are Visiting Scholars at American universities this fall, and both are fellows of the Scholar Rescue Fund, a program of the Institute of International Education which recognizes freedom of scholarship as a fundamental right.
Moderator Nir Eisikovits, who directs Suffolk University’s graduate program in ethics and public policy, reveals how the IIE Scholar Rescue Fund brings these two and many others to safe locations around the world to continue their work unharmed and provide hope to all academics.
[Please note: These scholars’ opinions are their own and they do not necessarily represent the positions of the Institute of International Education (IIE), the IIE Scholar Rescue Fund, or their host universities.]
Further background information on the participants:
Alemayehu Weldemariam graduated summa cum laude with a master of arts in Peace and Conflict Studies from the European University Center for Peace Studies. He received his Ll.B. from Addis Ababa University School of Law and has been a guest scholar at various American universities. He has served as project officer with the Organization for Social Justice in Ethiopia, legal advisor to the Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce, and regional director of the Ethiopian Global Initiative, where he now sits on the board. Having researched and published extensively on Ethiopian law, politics, national security and foreign policy, Weldemariam is now a Visiting Scholar at Suffolk University this year and a Scholar Rescue Fund fellow.
Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh is an Iranian women’s rights activist within the Muslim context. She holds an MS in communications sciences from AllamehTabatabaee University and a BA in theology from Tehran University. In 2010, Abbasgholizadeh received the Johann Philipp Palm Prize for freedom of expression. In addition, she is an active member of the Stop Stoning Forever campaign and the Iranian Women’s Charter movement. Despite being jailed several times by the Iranian government for her peaceful activism, she continues to serve as Director of ZananTV, an alternative media space online for women, and has produced several documentary films about women’s rights in Iran. Abbasgholizadeh taught at the University of Connecticut last year and is a Scholar Rescue Fund fellow and Visiting Scholar a Rutgers University this year.
Nir Eisikovits is an associate professor of philosophy at Suffolk University, where he also co-founded and directs the graduate program in ethics and public policy. He received a Ph.D. from Boston University and an LLB from the College of Management School of Law in Israel. Eisikovits is also a Senior Fellow at the International Center for Conciliation which uses divergent understandings of history as a tool in conflict resolution. He has written essays and op-eds about the Middle East conflict for publications including The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, and The International Herald Tribune. Eisikovits’s first book is a philosophical account of political reconciliation entitled Sympathizing with the Enemy; his sophomore effort, supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, will be on truces and ceasefires.
For more information on Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University, visit www.fordhallforum.org. Information about Suffolk University’s partnership with the Ford Hall Forum can be obtained by contacting Mariellen Norris, (617) 573-8450, mnorris@suffolk.edu.
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Sensing Wonder, Serious Play: Ecology and Children’s Literature
October 25, 2013
Harvard, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
A Graduate Student Conference hosted by Harvard University's American Studies Program the will explore children’s literature through an ecocritical lens, giving priority to the ways in which these texts illustrate the relationship between nature and children. The Conference is accepting paper submissions through September 15 – visit the website for more information.
http://www.sensingwonder.us
Contact Name: ecoconferenceharvard@gmail.com
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The Digital Media Conference: Freedom and Unfreedom in the Digital Age
October 25-27
Lesley University
contact http://digitalmediaconference.org/2013/
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HBS Energy Symposium 2013: Responsibly Creating Value in Today's Global Energy Environment
October 26, 2013
Harvard Business School, Spangler Hall, Soldiers Field, Boston
Cost: $15-50
RSVP at http://www.hbsenergysymposium.com
* Tickets are non-refundable
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Moving Towards Net Zero
October 24
2pm EST
Webinar
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xMzOlSM9hIYXvkUXZ8x7aNtjidYoIVzt8YZdUWaiVUs/viewform
We want to make buildings that provide for greater occupant comfort with lower energy consumption and better environmental impacts. This talk will profile what’s been learned from a number of low-energy and net-zero projects in climates as diverse as the Pacific Northwest and the Gulf South, for clients rich and poor, farsighted and stubborn.
PRESENTER: Z Smith has been involved in nationally published sustainability research and design for thepast ten years. He has served as a Project Architect for carbon neutral, net-zero energy and net-zero water use buildings, and taught sustainable design courses at universities in the U.S. and Canada.
With training and experience in the fields of architecture, physics, information technology,and renewable energy, Smith now serves as our studio’s Director of Sustainability & Building Performance. He integrates his broad range of skills in service of lowering the environmental footprint of each of our buildings, while continuing to help us deliver projects on time and on budget. He brings an approach of scientific rigor to green design in our studio’s wide array of community, educational, and institutional projects, and brings tremendous added value to our clients through the reduction of energy consumption, and subsequently the reduction of energy bills.
In addition to his Directorial role within our practice, Z is also a frequent public speaker on sustainable design issues, Chair of the USGBC Louisiana Chapter, and an adjunct professor at the Tulane School of Architecture.
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Scholars Rescue
Thursday, October 24
6:30-8 pm
C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University, 55 Temple Street, Boston
Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University presents Scholars Rescue with Alemayehu Weldemariam and Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh; discussion moderated by Nir Eisikovits. Thursday, October 24, 6:30-8:00 pm. Admission is free and open to all. Wheelchair accessible and conveniently located near the Park St. MBTA Station. For more information, call Ford Hall Forum at 617-557-2007 or visitwww.fordhallforum.org.
Ethiopian scholar of law and politics Alemayehu Weldemariam and Iranian women’s rights scholar Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh discuss pursuing academic endeavors while facing persecution in their home countries.
Learn what Weldemariam said about Ethiopian politics in an interview that resulted in his dismissal and permanent prohibition from Ethiopian collegiate employment. Later, hear how Abbasgholizadeh has been jailed again and again for her peaceful activism.
Both are Visiting Scholars at American universities this fall, and both are fellows of the Scholar Rescue Fund, a program of the Institute of International Education which recognizes freedom of scholarship as a fundamental right.
Moderator Nir Eisikovits, who directs Suffolk University’s graduate program in ethics and public policy, reveals how the IIE Scholar Rescue Fund brings these two and many others to safe locations around the world to continue their work unharmed and provide hope to all academics.
[Please note: These scholars’ opinions are their own and they do not necessarily represent the positions of the Institute of International Education (IIE), the IIE Scholar Rescue Fund, or their host universities.]
Further background information on the participants:
Alemayehu Weldemariam graduated summa cum laude with a master of arts in Peace and Conflict Studies from the European University Center for Peace Studies. He received his Ll.B. from Addis Ababa University School of Law and has been a guest scholar at various American universities. He has served as project officer with the Organization for Social Justice in Ethiopia, legal advisor to the Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce, and regional director of the Ethiopian Global Initiative, where he now sits on the board. Having researched and published extensively on Ethiopian law, politics, national security and foreign policy, Weldemariam is now a Visiting Scholar at Suffolk University this year and a Scholar Rescue Fund fellow.
Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh is an Iranian women’s rights activist within the Muslim context. She holds an MS in communications sciences from AllamehTabatabaee University and a BA in theology from Tehran University. In 2010, Abbasgholizadeh received the Johann Philipp Palm Prize for freedom of expression. In addition, she is an active member of the Stop Stoning Forever campaign and the Iranian Women’s Charter movement. Despite being jailed several times by the Iranian government for her peaceful activism, she continues to serve as Director of ZananTV, an alternative media space online for women, and has produced several documentary films about women’s rights in Iran. Abbasgholizadeh taught at the University of Connecticut last year and is a Scholar Rescue Fund fellow and Visiting Scholar a Rutgers University this year.
Nir Eisikovits is an associate professor of philosophy at Suffolk University, where he also co-founded and directs the graduate program in ethics and public policy. He received a Ph.D. from Boston University and an LLB from the College of Management School of Law in Israel. Eisikovits is also a Senior Fellow at the International Center for Conciliation which uses divergent understandings of history as a tool in conflict resolution. He has written essays and op-eds about the Middle East conflict for publications including The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, and The International Herald Tribune. Eisikovits’s first book is a philosophical account of political reconciliation entitled Sympathizing with the Enemy; his sophomore effort, supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, will be on truces and ceasefires.
For more information on Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University, visit www.fordhallforum.org. Information about Suffolk University’s partnership with the Ford Hall Forum can be obtained by contacting Mariellen Norris, (617) 573-8450, mnorris@suffolk.edu.
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Sensing Wonder, Serious Play: Ecology and Children’s Literature
October 25, 2013
Harvard, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
A Graduate Student Conference hosted by Harvard University's American Studies Program the will explore children’s literature through an ecocritical lens, giving priority to the ways in which these texts illustrate the relationship between nature and children. The Conference is accepting paper submissions through September 15 – visit the website for more information.
http://www.sensingwonder.us
Contact Name: ecoconferenceharvard@gmail.com
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The Digital Media Conference: Freedom and Unfreedom in the Digital Age
October 25-27
Lesley University
contact http://digitalmediaconference.org/2013/
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HBS Energy Symposium 2013: Responsibly Creating Value in Today's Global Energy Environment
October 26, 2013
Harvard Business School, Spangler Hall, Soldiers Field, Boston
Cost: $15-50
RSVP at http://www.hbsenergysymposium.com
* Tickets are non-refundable
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Boston Quantified Self Show&Tell #BQS14 (NERD)
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Microsoft NERD New England Research & Development Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge
Microsoft NERD New England Research & Development Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/BostonQS/events/137791752/
Price: $5.00/per person
Please come join us on Tuesday, October 29th 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.
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 Vincent at vmcphillip at gmail dot com for a spot.
7:00 - 8:00 pm QS SHOW&TELL TALKS
If you'd like to talk about your personal self-tracking story, please let us know in your RSVP or contact Joel at jfish90 at gmail dot com, so we can discuss your topic and how much time you'll need. 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.
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.
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 Vincent at vmcphillip at gmail dot com for a spot.
7:00 - 8:00 pm QS SHOW&TELL TALKS
If you'd like to talk about your personal self-tracking story, please let us know in your RSVP or contact Joel at jfish90 at gmail dot com, so we can discuss your topic and how much time you'll need. 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.
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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Mass Energy Consumers Alliance's 31st Annual Meeting
Wednesday, October 30th, 2013
5:30 - 8:30PM
Abigail Adams Ballroom at the Intercontinental Boston, 510 Atlantic Avenue, Boston MA (a short walk from South Station!)
Free & open to the public. Please RSVP at http://massenergy31st-eanrecfb101.eventbrite.com
5:30: Cocktail hour & networking (hors'd'oeuvres served)
6:30: Welcome & featured speaker Christina Halfpenny followed by awards for energy leadership
7:45 - 8:30: Dessert & networking
Wednesday, October 30th, 2013
5:30 - 8:30PM
Abigail Adams Ballroom at the Intercontinental Boston, 510 Atlantic Avenue, Boston MA (a short walk from South Station!)
Free & open to the public. Please RSVP at http://massenergy31st-eanrecfb101.eventbrite.com
5:30: Cocktail hour & networking (hors'd'oeuvres served)
6:30: Welcome & featured speaker Christina Halfpenny followed by awards for energy leadership
7:45 - 8:30: Dessert & networking
Featured speaker:
Christina Halfpenny
Director of Energy Efficiency
Dept. of Energy ResourcesJoin us as we reflect upon the last year, take a look at what's ahead, and honor folks who exemplify our vision of affordable and sustainable energy.
Christina Halfpenny
Director of Energy Efficiency
Dept. of Energy ResourcesJoin us as we reflect upon the last year, take a look at what's ahead, and honor folks who exemplify our vision of affordable and sustainable energy.
Honoring awardees for leadership in the energy sector:
Solarize Massachusetts
An innovative program being replicated across the nation, Solarize Mass has made solar more accessible for residents across MA through targeted community-based outreach. We'll welcome representatives from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and the Department of Energy Resources to accept this award!
Representative Lori Ehrlich
State Representative for the Massachusetts 8th Essex District, whom has worked tirelessly on efforts to shut down coal generation, fix gas leaks, and promote renewable energy in MA.
Conservation Law Foundation
Since 1966, CLF's mission has been to advocate on behalf of the region's environment and its communities. CLF has recently focused on natural gas leaks and their threat to our climate and health.
Health Care Without Harm
Together with its partners, Health Care Without Harm shares a vision of a health care system that promotes the health of people and the environment. We applaud the connection they've made between shutting down fossil fuels and promoting health.
Mount St. Mary's Abbey
The sisters at Mount St. Mary's Abbey have been using their land to support renewable energy projects, including a 100kW wind turbine and more recently an 8.4 MW solar array with the city of Franklin.
The sisters also make delicious handmade candy! We will have samples at the event for you to try.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Contact Brian Sewell with questions: 617-524-3950 x142 or brian@massenergy.org
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Can We Change Our Genes? Free Lecture at MOS (register w/Eventbrite)
Tim Spector, MD, professor of genetic epidemiology, King’s College London; director of the TwinsUK Registry; author, Identically Different: Why We Can Change Our Genes
If you share most of the same genetic material, what makes you so different from your siblings? How much are the things you choose to do every day — what you eat, how you vote, whom you love — determined by your genes, and how much is your own free will?
Using fascinating case studies of identical twins, leading geneticist Tim Spector explains how even real-life "clones" with the same upbringing turn out in reality to be unique. Join us at the inaugural Lee and Nile Albright Annual Symposium for a compelling examination of how we become the individuals that we are. Book signing to follow.
7th Biennial Cambridge City Council Candidates' Night on Environmental and Energy (E/E)
Wednesday, 30 October, 2013
07:00 PM - 09:30 PM
Cambridge Senior Center, 806 Massachusetts Avenue, Central Square, Cambridge, MA 02139
Attend the 7th biennial energy and environmental issues forum for Cambridge City Council candidates sponsored by Green Cambridge.
Event Contact Info
Quinton Zondervan
Email: president@greencambridge.org
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston
Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston
RSVP at http://changingourgenes.eventbrite.com/
Advance registration begins at 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 16 (Monday, October 14 for Museum members).
Tim Spector, MD, professor of genetic epidemiology, King’s College London; director of the TwinsUK Registry; author, Identically Different: Why We Can Change Our Genes
If you share most of the same genetic material, what makes you so different from your siblings? How much are the things you choose to do every day — what you eat, how you vote, whom you love — determined by your genes, and how much is your own free will?
Using fascinating case studies of identical twins, leading geneticist Tim Spector explains how even real-life "clones" with the same upbringing turn out in reality to be unique. Join us at the inaugural Lee and Nile Albright Annual Symposium for a compelling examination of how we become the individuals that we are. Book signing to follow.
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7th Biennial Cambridge City Council Candidates' Night on Environmental and Energy (E/E)
Wednesday, 30 October, 2013
07:00 PM - 09:30 PM
Cambridge Senior Center, 806 Massachusetts Avenue, Central Square, Cambridge, MA 02139
Attend the 7th biennial energy and environmental issues forum for Cambridge City Council candidates sponsored by Green Cambridge.
Event Contact Info
Quinton Zondervan
Email: president@greencambridge.org
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Active Hope: Facing Climate Change and Staying Sane
November 2, 2013
November 2, 2013
9am - 3:30pm
First Parish Church, 3 Church Street, Cambridge (near Harvard Square)
First Parish Church, 3 Church Street, Cambridge (near Harvard Square)
Fee: None. Please bring your lunch; we’ll provide fruit and things to drink.
Registration: Please contact Rosalie Anders at 617/868-6058 or Rosalie.h.anders@gmail.com for more information or to register. Given space limitations, people must register in advance.
Registration: Please contact Rosalie Anders at 617/868-6058 or Rosalie.h.anders@gmail.com for more information or to register. Given space limitations, people must register in advance.
Join us for a workshop based on the work of Joanna Macy and the Work That Reconnects. This experiential group work offers participants a supportive context for being present with what is going on in our world and still being able to respond in a meaningful way.
Rapid climate change may well be the greatest challenge we humans have ever faced, and for the most part our society is ignoring the challenge. It can seem too terrible to think about, and action can feel futile. How can we take it all in without getting stuck in despair or being paralyzed with grief or feelings of helplessness? Is it possible to find renewal and joy in work with such enormous stakes and against what feel like overwhelming odds?
The Work that Reconnects is designed to embolden participants to face, constructively, the challenges of our time. Using the power of sharing in a group, we will explore the place of gratitude in our lives, honor our grief about the losses we are witnessing, reframe our responses, and recognize our personal and collective strengths to act. Through this work, many participants have experienced renewed insight, energy, and community connections to engage in creating a better future.
For more information about the Work That Reconnects, please visit Joanna Macy’s website at www.joannamacy.net. This workshop will be facilitated by Aravinda Ananda and Joseph Rotella. They have studied with Joanna numerous times, have been facilitating the Work That Reconnects for several years and recently joined the Interhelp Network Council (www.interhelpnetwork.org).
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Road to Paris via Warsaw
Monday, November 4, 2013
12:30-1:45p
Tufts, The Fletcher School, Mugar 200, 160R Packard Avenue, Medford
A panel discussion on key issues in the lead up to the Warsaw Climate Change Conference
Kelly Sims Gallagher (chair), Director, CIERP, and Associate Professor of Energy & Environmental Policy, The Fletcher School
Sivan Kartha, Senior Scientist at Stockholm Environment Institute
Gilbert Metcalf, Professor of Economics, Tufts University
Mukul Sanwal, Visiting Scholar at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and former Advisor to the Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC
Hosted by CIERP's Energy, Climate, and Innovation Program
A light lunch will be served (first come first served).
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How the Food Giants Hooked Us
Nov 5, 2013
4pm
MIT, Building E19-623
Michael Moss is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us, published by Random House in 2013. He has been an investigative reporter with The New York Times since 2000. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting in 2010, and was a finalist for the prize in 2006 and 1999. He is also the recipient of a Loeb Award and an Overseas Press Club citation. Before joining the Times, he was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, New York Newsday, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has been an adjunct professor at the Columbia University School of Journalism and currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Eve Heyn, and two sons.
http://ksj.mit.edu/seminars-news/seminars/how-food-giants-hooked-us#sthash.kTN9EDH9.dpuf
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Crowds and Climate: Mobilizing Crowds to Develop Ideas and Take Action on Climate Change
November 6-8, 2013
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts USA
More information at http://www.climatecolab.org/conference2013
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Media Lab Conversations Series: Jillian York
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
5:30pm - 6:30pm
MIT Media Lab, 3rd Floor Atrium, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Jillian York in Conversation with Ethan Zuckerman
Jillian C. York is Director for International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Her work focuses on free expression, with an focus toward the Arab world, and as such she has written for a variety of publications, including Al Jazeera, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, and CNN. Jillian contributed chapters to the upcoming volumes Beyond WikiLeaks: Implications for the Future of Communication, Journalism and Society (Palgrave Macmillan; March 2013) and State Power 2.0: Authoritarian Entrenchment and Political Engagement Worldwide(Ashgate Publishing; expected November 2013). She serves on the Board of Directors of Global Voices Online, and on the Advisory Boards of R-Shief,OnlineCensorship.org, Radio Free Asia’s Open Technology Fund and Internews’ Global Internet Policy Project.
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Taking the Stand
Thursday, November 7
6:30 - 8:00 pm
C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University, 55 Temple Street, Boston
Alan Dershowitz is a legal expert, a scholar on constitutional law and criminal law, and was the youngest full professor of law in the history of Harvard Law School. His client list includes Mike Tyson, Patty Hearst, Leona Helmsley, Jim Bakker, O.J. Simpson, and currently Wikileaks’s Julian Assange. Now, in his legal biography,Dershowitz breaks down the critical and complex issues of First Amendment rights, civil rights, abortion, and murder. He also explains the emerging role of science within a trial’s defense beyond what we might have seen on CSI. Sharing his views with moderator Nancy Gertner, a former United States federal judge for Massachusetts, Dershowitz opens up about his famed legal career and personal opinions like never before.
For more information on Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University, visit www.fordhallforum.org. Information about Suffolk University’s partnership with the Ford Hall Forum can be obtained by contacting Mariellen Norris, (617) 573-8450, mnorris@suffolk.edu.
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Music Hack Day
November 9 - 10
Microsoft NERD, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
RSVP at http://boston.musichackday.org/2013/index.php?page=Register for full conference on November 10 demos
More info at http://boston.musichackday.org/2013/index.php
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Sustainable House of Worship Workshop
November 16
St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church, 1073 Tremont St, Roxbury
Would your congregation like to lower its utility bills? Would you like to do what you can to decrease your use of fossil fuels, and the contribution they make to global warming? Are you interested in learning more about solar energy?
MIP&L's Sustainable House of Worship (SHOW) workshop covers all this and more, showing you how to evaluate 24 questions that will give you a comprehensive view of your house of worship's energy us and the largest opportunities for savings.
In this half-day session conducted by Massachusetts Interfaith Power & Light (www.mipandl.org) you will learn:
How to track your energy use, cost and carbon footprint
How to find no-cost and low cost projects that can have a big impact on your electricity and heating bills
How to evaluate energy using equipment and systems to determine whether they should be updated
Incentives, rebates and other financial help available through utility companies
How to get solar panels with no upfront cost
There is $10 per person fee to attend the workshop, payable during online registration through PayPal or by check. Light refreshments are included. Doors open at 8:30am and the program starts at 9am.
You will receive a set of worksheets to help you evaluate opportunities for saving energy and a CD with all the workshop materials and other helpful resources.
The November 16 workshop will be held at St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church, 1073 Tremont St, Roxbury. Registration will be available soon and if you are interested in attending this one,emailjimnail@mipandl.org to be notified when registration opens.
Who should attend: Parishes are encouraged to send two members from their environment committee, property committee or Vestry. Other members who are interested are also welcome.
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TEDxBeaconStreet 2013
November 16 - 17
Lincoln School, 19 Kennard Road, Brookline
RSVP at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?llr=gbcymnmab&oeidk=a07e81pmitb0fd95d03
More information at http://www.tedxbeaconstreet.com
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Findings from the Kilowatt Crackdown, a Commercial Office Building Competition in Energy Efficient Operation
November 21
2pm EST
Webinar
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GNKTAcup6Ql9fhOkwVMZMyEw6W4LZWBHTQu13sJqkoQ/viewform
TOPIC: The Kilowatt Crackdown program offers the opportunity for community engagement and competitive dynamics among commercial buildings, in regards to energy efficiency goals. Through a process of benchmarking, auditing, implementation, and evaluation, energy savings can be accomplished. With a focus on operational recommendations, savings can be achieved at a relatively low cost. This session will summarize the goals and strategies of the Kilowatt Crackdown program, as well as commonly found energy efficiency measures.
PRESENTERS: JACK DAVIS - has over 18 years of experience in the energy, development, and marketing fields, and manages JDM’s West Coast clients. Advising clients on strategy development, program design and implementation, and market based environmental initiatives, Jack’s work has led to innovative programs and materials such as Carbon4Square, the Kilowatt Crackdown, the Green Building Opportunity Index, the Deep Retrofit Playbook, and the High Performance Portfolio Framework. Jack serves on the Urban Land Institute's (ULI) Responsible Property Investing Product Council and the ULI Northwest Advisory Board. Jack has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University and a MBA in Marketing from the University of Minnesota.
KATIE LEICHLITER - Katie Leichliter is a Research Scientist at the University of Idaho – Integrated Design Lab in Boise. She conducts energy efficiency field work, measurement and verification, and operational and investment grade audits. Katie also conducts simulation research for energy efficiency in existing building renewal projects, and has developed stand-alone energy analysis tools. Katie graduated with a Bachelors and Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Idaho and spent three years in a private mechanical design practice specializing in BIM, building simulation, and HVAC design. Katie serves on the board of governors of the Idaho ASHRAE Chapter.
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Managing Holistically: Policies and Actions to Restore and Sustain Ecosystem Services
Friday, November 22, 2013
9:00a-12:00p
Tufts, ASEAN Auditorium, The Fletcher School, 170 Packard Avenue, Medford
Allan Savory, Rancher and Restoration Ecologist, Founder of the Savory Institute and originator of the Holistic Management approach to restoring grasslands, winner of the Buckminster Fuller Challenge Award, and finalist in the Virgin Earth Challenge (watch his January 2013 presentation at Fletcher at http://fletcher.tufts.edu/CIERP/News/more/Allan-Savory-Fletcher-Jan2013)
Hosted by CIERP's Agriculture, Forests, and Biodiversity Program
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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@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
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@wellesley.edu
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Bostonsmart.com's Guide to Boston http://www.bostonsmarts.com/BostonGuide/
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Links to events at 60 colleges and universities at Hubevents http://hubevents.blogspot.com
Thanks to
Fred Hapgood's Selected Lectures on Science and Engineering in the Boston Area http://www.BostonScienceLectures.com
Boston Area Computer User Groups http://www.bugc.org/
Arts and Cultural Events List http://aacel.blogspot.com/
Cambridge Civic Journal http://www.rwinters.com
http://www.massclimateaction.net/calendar/events/index.php
http://www.mitenergyclub.org/calendar/mit_events_template
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/calendar/
http://green.harvard.edu/events
http://microsoftcambridge.com/Events/tabid/57/Default.aspx
http://boston.nerdnite.com/
http://www.meetup.com/
http://www.eventbrite.com/
http://www.greenhornconnect.com/events/calendar
http://harddatafactory.com/Johnny_Monsarrat/index.html
http://bostoneventsinsider.com/boston_events/
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