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Dr. Sudarsan Rachuri
Practical and Principled Security
March 24, 2014
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Tufts, Halligan 102, 161 College Avenue, Medford
Speaker: Andrea Bittau, Stanford University
Most deployed defenses in software security are point solutions to specific attacks, leading to an arms race. Unfortunately many principled solutions remain undeployed partly due to complexity, but possibly also because of the false sense of security people perceive from point solutions. So are deployed solutions really good enough in practice? If not, how can we make principled solutions more practical and deployable?
Modern deployed protection mechanisms can in fact be defeated, as we show with our new Blind Return Oriented Programming (BROP) attack. Using BROP we exploited a recent vulnerability in the nginx web server, running on 64-bit Linux with ASLR, NX and canaries enabled. BROP also shows that hackers can sometimes exploit proprietary services for which the source and binary are unknown.
While there are established security principles that could have prevented BROP, unfortunately they are not deployed. For example, privilege separation suggests to split high-privilege applications into multiple lesser-privilege components. How to achieve this ideal in practice is not obvious: how do we split existing code, and how do we make the resulting decomposed system run fast? I'll briefly present Wedge, a privilege separation system that helps splitting existing code, and then focus on Dune, a generic platform that makes principled security practical: Dune leverages modern CPU hardware to make systems like Wedge run fast. Dune enables practical performance improvements in a range of applications beyond security, as well.
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'Gap-Filling Organizations': Competing at Speed in a Fast-Moving World
Monday, March 24, 2014
12:00p–1:00p
Webinar at http://sdm.mit.edu/news/news_articles/webinar_032414/spear-webinar-gap-filling-organizations.html
Speaker: Steven J. Spear, D.B.A., M.S., M.S., Senior Lecturer, Engineering Systems Division and Sloan School of Management, MIT
About the Presentation:
Determining, documenting, and addressing the gaps between an organization's business requirements for products and services and the systems and capabilities available to achieve them is a challenge common to all industries. Many companies address this issue by deploying internal functions that reactively fill these gaps. Although these efforts may differ by sector and context, those that are successful share several common characteristics in a systems-based approach that Dr. Steven J. Spear describes as the creation of "gap-filling organizations."
In this webinar, Spear will highlight some of the factors that make gap-filling organizations so useful, specifically speed, super-focus, and network multipliers. He will also discuss the importance of a degree of institutional independence for gap-filling organizations and how it can be achieved. This presentation will give examples of gap-filling organizations in a variety of settings, identify the capabilities that make them effective and unique, and provide first steps in creating similar capabilities within your organizations.
A question and answer session will follow the presentation.
We invite you to join us.
MIT System Design and Management Program Systems Thinking Webinar Series
This series features research conducted by SDM faculty, alumni, students, and industry partners. The series is designed to disseminate information on how to employ systems thinking to address engineering, management, and socio-political components of complex challenges.
Web site: http://sdm.mit.edu/news/news_articles/webinar_032414/spear-webinar-gap-filling-organizations.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free and open to all
Tickets: See url above.
Sponsor(s): Engineering Systems Division, MIT System Design and Management Program
For more information, contact: Lois Slavin
617-253-0812
lslavin@mit.edu
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"The Water-Energy Nexus in Oman and Abu Dhabi: A View from the Agricultural Sector"
Monday, March 24, 2014
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Harvard, Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
with Mattijs Van Maasakkers, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, HKS
ETIP/Consortium Energy Policy Seminar Series
Contact Name: Louisa Lund
Louisa_Lund@hks.harvard.edu
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The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures by Herbie Hancock; Set 5 - Buddhism and Creativity
WHEN Mon., Mar. 24, 2014, 4 p.m.
WHERE Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Humanities, Lecture, Poetry/Prose, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard
SPEAKER(S) Herbie Hancock
COST Free; tickets required
TICKET WEB LINK https://www.boxoffice.harvard.edu/Online/
TICKET INFO Tickets will be available starting at noon on the day of each lecture. Tickets will be available at Sanders Theatre's box office and online (handling fee applies). Limit of 2 tickets per person. Tickets valid until 3:45 p.m. on the day of the event.
CONTACT INFO humcentr@fas.harvard.edu
NOTE The Norton Lecturer in 2014 is Herbie Hancock.
THE ETHICS OF JAZZ
4pm,
Set 5 - BUDDHISM AND CREATIVITY
Monday, March 24
Set 6 - ONCE UPON A TIME…
Monday, March 31
LINK http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/norton-lectures
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(Re)imagined Cityscapes: Lviv (Ukraine) and Wroclaw (Poland) after 1944-45
WHEN Mon., Mar. 24, 2014, 4 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Room S-050, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Ukrainian Research Institute
SPEAKER(S) Sofia Dyak
COST Free and open to the public
LINK www.huri.harvard.edu
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Sexual Violence and Citizenship: Rape Reform in American History
WHEN Mon., Mar. 24, 2014, 4 p.m.
WHERE Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Fay House, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
SPEAKER(S) Estelle B. Freedman, Edgar E. Robinson Professor in US History, Stanford University
COST Free
LINK http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2014-estelle-b-freedman-lecture
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Dr. Hideki Shibaike, Associate Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology
Dr. Shibaike's expertise is in Building and Urban Physics with a special focus on modeling and monitoring the heat and moisture transfer occurring in building components. He recently led a team of architects, building scientists, and contractors to build an experimental Passive House located in Saitama, Japan (1,350 sf). The house's north wall has four different wall assemblies, each with monitoring devices. He will discuss the results from monitoring the house for 5 years in Japan’s mixed climate with high cooling demand in Summer. He will also discuss how high performance Passive Houses should be designed and modeled in the mixed humid climates zones in most of Japan.
To learn more about Passive House New England, visit architects.org/committees/passive-house-new-england.
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The Long Emancipation: Rethinking the Demise of Slavery in the United States
WHEN Tue., Mar. 25, 2014, 4 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Hutchins Center for African and African American Research
SPEAKER(S) Ira Berlin, Distinguished University Professor, Department of History, University of Maryland
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO hutchevents@fas.harvard.edu, 617.495.3611
NOTE A lecture in three parts. A Q+A and reception will immediately follow each talk.
Tuesday, 3/25 - Rethinking the Demise of Slavery in the United States
Wednesday, 3/26 - First Strikes: The Beginnings of the Struggle for Universal Freedom
Thursday, 3/27 - Bloody Struggles
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The Strange Man of Europe: Some Thoughts on Politics and Cultural Change in Contemporary Germany
WHEN Tue., Mar. 25, 2014, 4:15 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Goldman Room, Busch Hall, Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR German Study Group
SPEAKER(S) Paul Nolte, Professor of History, Free University, Berlin
COST free
LINK ces.fas.harvard.edu/#/events/2270
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Civil Society in East Asia
WHEN Tue., Mar. 25, 2014, 4:30 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard-Yenching Institute, co-sponsored with the Asia Center, Harvard University
SPEAKER(S) Marshall Ganz, Harvard Kennedy School; Gao Bingzhong, Peking University; Jeong Jong-ho, Seoul National University; Kage Rieko, The University of Tokyo; moderated by Elizabeth Perry, Harvard University
COST Free and open to the public
TICKET WEB LINK https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qzagMflRxXJfdQhFg4OohR0BKulg9qK4Nzt8FXbOtxA/viewform
CONTACT INFO strogatz@fas.harvard.edu
LINK http://www.harvard-yenching.org
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Cleantech Open Northeast Info Session
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
5:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
Greentown Labs, 28 Dane Street, Somerville
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/somerville-ma-cleantech-open-northeast-info-session-tickets-10692990021
Are you an energy or environmental entrepreneur looking for ways to accelerate your startup, expand your cleantech network, and explore funding opportunities?
Join us for an intimate briefing to hear from the Northeast Region of the Cleantech Open business accelerator program and competition and learn more about how the program can help you grow your cleantech venture, or mentor entrepreneurs looking to solve our biggest environmental and energy challenges.
Come and ask questions of Cleantech Open staff and volunteers learn about the program and explore what the Cleantech Open can offer you, whether you are an entrepreneur, prospective mentor, or simply wish to learn more!
Ready to enter the Northeast competition?
Learn more and submit your application here!
About the Cleantech Open
The mission of the Cleantech Open is to find, fund, and foster the big ideas that address today’s most urgent energy, environmental, and economic challenges.
http://www.cleantechopen.com
To accomplish this mission, the Cleantech Open provides the infrastructure, expertise and strategic relationships to turn ideas into successful global cleantech companies. Through its one-of-a-kind annual business competition and mentorship program, the Cleantech Open has helped hundreds of clean technology startups bring their breakthrough ideas to fruition. Since 2006, the Cleantech Open has awarded over $6 million in cash and services to support cleantech startups. The 727 participating companies have raised more than $800 million in external capital.
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Shakespeare and the Pleasure of Tragedy
WHEN Tue., Mar. 25, 2014, 6 p.m.
WHERE Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Poetry/Prose, Theater
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Cambridge Public Library
SPEAKER(S) Stephen Greenblatt
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO 617.349.4040
NOTE Join Stephen Greenblatt for an informal talk titled "Shakespeare and the Pleasure of Tragedy". Greenblatt is the the John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard, and his book, "The Swerve: How the World Became Modern," was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2012. In its citation, the Pulitzer board described Greenblatt’s book as "a provocative book arguing that an obscure work of philosophy, discovered nearly 600 years ago, changed the course of history by anticipating the science and sensibilities of today." Join us at the Cambridge Public Library for this talk about how Shakespeare and his age rediscovered the peculiar taste for stories of downfall and death.
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Hoops Workshop with New Craft Artists in Action
WHEN Tue., Mar. 25, 2014, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Exhibitions, Support/Social
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
COST free
CONTACT INFO 617-495-3251
NOTE New Craft Artists in Action "Net Works" // Workshop: Learn To Craft Hand Made Basketball Nets for Empty Hoops in your Neighborhood
about NCAA: molteninetworks.tumblr.com
presented in conjunction with the exhibition
Living as Form (The Nomadic Version), on view at the Carpenter Center through April 6
LINK http://www.ves.fas.harvard.edu/ccva.html
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Lecture: Jonathan Sergison and Stephen Bates
WHEN Tue., Mar. 25, 2014, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
WHERE Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Graduate School of Design
SPEAKER(S) Jonathan Sergison and Stephen Bates
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO events@gsd.harvard.edu
NOTE With projects sensitive to place, experience, and environmental concerns, Sergison Bates has worked at scales from architecture to urban planning and regeneration, in the UK and Europe, since 1996. Among recent projects are a Centre for the Applied Arts in Ruthin, Wales; an urban housing development in Finsbury Park, London; a public library in Blankenberge, Belgium; a care home in Huise-Zingem, Belgium; the London Sustainable Industries Park in Dagenham; a rural housing project in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal, and an apartment building and crèche in Geneva, Switzerland. Sergison Bates's widely published work has been recognized with RIBA awards, an Erich Schelling Medal for Architecture, and a Heinrich Tessenow Gold Medal for Architecture; the firm participated in the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2008 and 2012. Jonathan Sergison and Stephen Bates are design critic in architecture and Dunlop visiting professor in architecture at Harvard GSD in Spring 2014.
Anyone requiring accessibility accommodations should contact the events office two weeks in advance at 617 496 2414 or events@gsd.harvard.edu
LINK www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/events/lecture-jonathan-sergison-and-stephen-bates.html
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Human-centered Journalism: Designing for Engagement
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
The Boston Globe / Boston.com, 135 Morrissey Boulevard, Dorchester
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/ONA-Boston/events/169629162/
Step outside the box in the news design process and explore the power of investing in community.
Debates over the future of journalism have often focused on designing for new platforms: "digital-first" or "mobile-first." But what if we put community first? What would it look like to, in the words of longtime editor Melanie Sill, "reorder the fundamental processes of journalism" toward serving and engaging communities? How would such an approach change how we report, how we listen, and how we build our websites, apps and stories?
This panel will explore how the principles of human-centered design can help develop a community-first approach to news regardless of platform. Human-centered design combines the needs of people with the possibility of technology to build sustainable products.
Unearth fresh insights. Identify ways to grow and diversify your audience. Design smarter, more effective projects.
We'll discuss concrete tools to help communities be catalysts, collaborators and co-creators of stronger and more sustainable journalism. Additionally, we'll share projects in Boston and around the country that are using aspects of design thinking to foster empathy and engagement around the news.
Panelists will include Josh Stearns, the press freedom director at Free Press, and Laura Amico, the editor and CEO of Homicide Watch.
This event is co-sponsored by ONA Boston and Hacks/Hackers Boston (http://bit.ly/1evSH7O).
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Net Neutrality and the Future of Internet Access
Tuesday, March 25
7-9:00pm
Tufts University’s Tisch Library, Room 304, 35 Professors Row, Medford
Free and open to the public
Panelists Include:
Candace Clement, Advocacy & Organizing Manager, Free Press
Daniel Lyons, Assistant Professor, Boston College Law School
Cara Lisa Berg Powers, Co-Director, Press Pass TV
David Talbot, Chief Correspondent, MIT Technology Review
Moderator: Nina Huntemann, Associate Professor, Suffolk University
What do you know about net neutrality? What services will consumers have access to in the future? What does the future hold for open media in the US?
Net Neutrality allows for an Open Internet, which “is the Internet as we know it, a level playing field where consumers can make their own choices about what applications and services to use, and where consumers are free to decide what content they want to access, create, or share with others.”-Federal Communications Commission
On Jan. 14, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s Open Internet Order.
In translation, Net Neutrality is temporarily dead (for now). For these serious reasons, Somerville Community Access Television has organized a special event to have a conversation on this current issues that will impact many Internet users, far and wide, who use the web each day.
The event is co-sponsored by Wicked Local Somerville, Arlington Community Media, Inc., Cambridge Community Television, Boston Neighborhood Network, and Massachusetts Pirate Party.
More information at http://www.scatvsomerville.org/netneutrality/
Space Becomes Place: A Great Neighborhood
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
About Mark Lakeman
Mark is a national leader in the development of sustainable public places. In the last decade he has directed, facilitated, or inspired designs for more than three hundred new community-generated public places in Portland, Oregon alone. Through his leadership in Communitecture, Inc., and its various affiliates such as the The City Repair Project (501(c)3), The Village Building Convergence, and the Planet Repair Institute, he has also been instrumental in the development of dozens of participatory organizations and urban permaculture design projects across the United States and Canada. Mark works with governmental leaders, community organizations, and educational institutions in many diverse communities.
Can Negotiating a Uniform Carbon Price Help to Internalize the Global Warming Externality
WHEN Wed., Mar. 26, 2014, 4:10 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer-382, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Social Sciences, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Environmental Economics Program
SPEAKER(S) Martin Weitzman, Harvard University
LINK http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k96249
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America and China
WHEN Wed., Mar. 26, 2014, 4:15 – 5:45 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010), 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, with generous support from the Lee and Juliet Folger Fund
SPEAKER(S) Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser under President Jimmy Carter; counselor and trustee, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS); senior research professor, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO vhangell@fas.harvard.edu
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Plant-Based Eating & Environmental Impact: A Conversation with Scott Jurek
March 26, 2014
5–6 pm
Harvard Business School, Aldrich 007, Allston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/plant-based-eating-environmental-impact-a-conversation-with-scott-jurek-tickets-10838547387
Scott Jurek, a record-holding ultramarathoner, committed vegan, and environmental advocate, and New York Times best-selling author will be on campus March 26 to discuss the connection between diet, health, and environmental footprint. HBS Professor Jose Alvarez, agribusiness expert and longtime vegetarian, will conduct a conversation with Jurek that evening. All members of the Harvard University community are welcome to attend.
The discussion will touch on Scott’s impressive running achievements and will explore how his plant-based diet not only fuels his athleticism but also creates less environmental strain than a meat-based diet. The idea is not necessarily to convince everyone to be vegan, but to see Scott as a dramatic example of someone who eats no animal products at all, but defies the all-too-common belief that humans need animal protein to be healthy. This has implications for how the world can feed a growing population while combating climate change and other agricultural impacts.
This event is sponsored by the HBS Business & Environment Initiative, the Running & Triathlon Club, and the Food & Beverage and Agribusiness Club.
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Askwith Forum - Temple Grandin: All Kinds of Minds Help the World
WHEN Wed., Mar. 26, 2014, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge
TYPE OF EVENT 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
NOTE Introduction: Thomas Hehir, Ed.D.’90, Pascucci Professor of Practice in Learning Differences; Director, Special Studies Program
Speaker: Temple Grandin, Professor of Animal Science, Colorado State University
World famous animal scientist Temple Grandin has enriched the lives of people around the world within the autism community. Diagnosed with autism, Grandin used her personal insights to lead dramatic improvements in the livestock industry. In particular, she believes that the world needs all kinds of thinkers – visual thinkers, mathematical thinkers, and language-based thinkers –to solve problems and complete projects successfully. Join Grandin as she discusses how autism and visual thinking has revolutionized farm-animal welfare, as well as countless others with autism.
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Boston Gardeners Council Film Series "Flow: For the Love of Water
Wednesday, March 26
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Boston Natural Areas Network, 62 Summer Street, 2nd Floor, Downtown Crossing, Boston
Irena Salina's award-winning documentary portrays investigations into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st century - The World Water Crisis. Join Boston Natural Areas Network and others for a screening of the film “Flow: For the Love of Water,” followed by a panel discussion on innovative ways Boston residents and organizations are creating resilient gardens and harvesting rainwater in gardens and beyond.
Registration required by contacting 617-542-7696 ordana@bostonnatural.org.
All programs are free and open to the public.
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Thursday, March 27
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Boston Tech-Security Conference
Thursday, March 27, 2014
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (PDT)
Two Cambridge Center, 50 Broadway, Cambridge
The Boston Tech-Security Conference will be held at the Boston Marriott Cambridge at Two Cambridge Center on Thursday, March 27th at 8:15am and will feature vendor exhibits and industry leading speakers discussing current IT security topics such as cloud security, social media security, personal devices security, wireless security, compliance & more. IPod’s, $50-$100 gift cards, cash and lots of other prizes.
Register for a COMPLIMENTARY ticket at
http://www.dataconnectors.com/events/2014/03Boston/inv_ad.asp
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-tech-security-conference-boston-032714-tickets-10858924335
Breakfast, lunch, conference materials and entrance into the speaker sessions and exhibit area included. Conference qualifies for (8) CPE credits and Certificates of Attendance.
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Babson Energy Conference: Fifteen Shades of Green
March 27
9am - 6:30pm
Babson, 231 Forest Street, Wellesley
http://babsonenergy.com/2014conference/
Cost: $20-90
This year's conference - Fifteen Shades of Green - is about how energy efficiency and sustainability has evolved into an integral part of every industry helping grow the top line and breaking the long held myth that sustainability is a cost center. Speakers include Jigar Shah and Doug Foy.
The Babson Energy and Environmental Club Conference is a flagship event highlighting Babson's committment to Social, Environmental, Economic Responsibility, and Sustainability (SEERS). For the past seven years the conference has brought together thinkers and leaders on the cutting edge of green business and awareness. At the 2014 conference, speakers spanning mainstream and cutting edge industries will discuss these challenges and obstacles centered on one main focus - what the implications of evolving energy and environmental circumstances mean for businesses.
For more information about this year's conference, please go to http://babsonenergy.com/2014conference
Babson Energy and Environment Club
Email: beecadmin@gmail.com
Web: babsonenergy.com
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Cities and Climate Change: Building Resilience by Stealth or by Spotlight
Thursday, March 27, 2014
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Tufts University, Lincoln Filene Center, Rabb Room, 10 Upper Campus Road, Medford
RSVP: https://citiesandclimate.eventbrite.com
Elisabeth Hamin, Professor of Regional Planning and Head of the Department for Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
Despite significant research saying that cities need to prepare for climate change and more severe and variable weather, relatively few US cities have made progress toward this explicit goal. This research will discuss the barriers communities experience in planning for climate adaptation, and the ways some communities are able to overcome those barriers -- whether through very public planning (spotlight), quieter actions that increase adaptation but are publicly presented as achieving different goals (stealth), or something in between.
Elisabeth Hamin is a Professor of Regional Planning and Head of Department for Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning at UMass Amherst. She has published extensively on climate change planning, growth management, and collaborative regional land conservation.
Environmental Studies Lunch & Learn Program
http://as.tufts.edu/environmentalStudies/events/lunchlearn.htm
Contact Name: Sarah Neville
saraheneville@gmail.com
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Islam, Sharia and Alternative Dispute Resolution
WHEN Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 12 – 1:15 p.m.
WHERE Hauser 102, Harvard Law School Campus
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Law, Lecture, Religion
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
SPEAKER(S) Mohamed M. Keshavjee
NOTE The concept of Shari’a, or Islamic law, has been generally misunderstood. With millions of Muslims in North America, it is important for policy makers and the judiciary to have a better understanding of what Shari‘a represents, how it is viewed by Muslims, and its historical evolution and application.
Mohamed M. Keshavjee will discuss his new book, Islam, Sharia and Alternative Dispute Resolution, which provides an informed and thorough discussion of the relevance of Shari'a and its principles that affirm equity, justice and basic human rights, and its interface with the UK’s official judicial system. The book also touches on Muslim and Jewish Alternative Dispute Resolution processes, with specific reference to well-established systems.
LINK http://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/dispute-resolution/islam-sharia-and-alternative-dispute-resolution-mechanisms-for-legal-redress-in-the-muslim-community/
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Book Launch & Author Talk: Zaid Al-Ali, "The Struggle for Iraq’s Future: How Corruption, Incompetence and Sectarianism Have Undermined Democracy"
WHEN Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 12 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, CMES, 38 Kirkland Street, Room 102, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Outreach Program at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
SPEAKER(S) Zaid Al-Ali, senior adviser on constitution building, International IDEA; moderator: Noah Feldman, Bemis Professor of International Law, Harvard Law School
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO smeyrick@fas.harvard.edu
NOTE A limited number of free copies of The Struggle for Iraq's Future 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.
This event is off the record. The use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.
Photo information: Author Zaid Al-Ali and his wife Rouba Beydoun during a dust storm in Iraq in 2010.
LINK http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/node/3578
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Inside the Labyrinth: Policymaking in Iran
WHEN Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 12:15 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369 at HKS, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR International Security Program
SPEAKER(S) Payam Mohseni, research fellow, International Security Program
CONTACT INFO susan_lynch@harvard.edu
LINK http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/6307/inside_the_labyrinth.html
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Innovate: Holly Samuelson "Near-Zero: Simulation-Aided Design of a Low-Energy House" and Mark Mulligan "Horizon House: A 21st-century Sustainable House in Rural Japan”
WHEN Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Stubbins (Room 112), Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Graduate School of Design
SPEAKER(S) Holly Samuelson and Mark Mulligan
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO events@gsd.harvard.edu
NOTE Innovation occurs on multiple scales, frequently crosses disciplines, and occasionally changes lives, cities, and culture. It is not a science, but requires design skills and must be informed by an eye for opportunity. “Innovate,” a noontime talk series, features 20-minute presentations followed by discussions with faculty and students. Moderated by Iñaki Abalos, chair of the Department of Architecture.
Holly Samuelson, DDes ’13, Assistant Professor of Architecture
Mark Mulligan, MArch ’90, Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture.
Anyone requiring accessibility accommodations should contact the events office two weeks in advance at 617 496 2414 or events@gsd.harvard.edu
LINK www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/events/innovate-holly-samuelson-near-zero-simulation-aided-design-of-a.html
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The Long Emancipation: Rethinking the Demise of Slavery in the United States
WHEN Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 4 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Hutchins Center for African and African American Research
SPEAKER(S) Ira Berlin, Distinguished University Professor, Department of History, University of Maryland
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO hutchevents@fas.harvard.edu, 617.495.3611
NOTE A lecture in three parts. A Q+A and reception will immediately follow each talk.
Thursday, 3/27 - Bloody Struggles
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Seymour E. & Ruth B. Harris Lecture: Cash on Hand and Consumption: Evidence from Mortgage Refinancing
WHEN Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Science Center C, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR FAS Economics Department
SPEAKER(S) Amir Sufi, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
NOTE A reception will follow the lecture in the Hansen-Mason Room, Littauer Center, third floor.
LINK http://economics.harvard.edu/event/seymour-e-ruth-b-harris-lecture-spring-2014
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What Tomorrow? A Day in the Life of an Arab Woman
WHEN Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 4 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Knafel Center (formerly Radcliffe Gymnasium), 10 Garden Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Health Sciences, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
SPEAKER(S) Huda Zurayk, professor, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, American University of Beirut
COST Free and open to the public.
NOTE Public health research in Arab countries is growing and is providing useful knowledge despite tremendous political and social disturbances in the region, some recent and some stretching back for decades. Building on her research experience, Huda Zurayk will analyze how Arab women are managing to cope with their lives, their health, and the survival of their families in the midst of uncertainty, conflict, and resilience. Zurayk will also share her experience that sustainable research in trying circumstances can best be achieved by encouraging inquiry, creating collaborative research networks, and prioritizing institution building. The resulting accumulation of knowledge—and its translation to policy and practice—leads to interventions that use multiple strategies to reach women of varied experiences whose overwhelming daily question is: What tomorrow?
LINK http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2014-huda-zurayk-lecture
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Caitlin Berrigan: Lessons in Capitalism - free financial advice for one and all
WHEN Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 5 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Exhibitions, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
COST free
CONTACT INFO 617-495-3251
NOTE Free financial advice for one and all.
A performance by artist Caitlin Berrigan for the exhibition Living as Form (The Nomadic Version), on view at the Carpenter Center through April 6.
The performance will be followed at 6 pm by a lecture by Nato Thompson, curator of the original Living as Form exhibition at the Essex Street Market in NYC.
http://curatorsintl.org/exhibitions/living_as_form_the_nomadic_version
LINK http://www.ves.fas.harvard.edu/ccva.html
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A Conversation on Civic Technology
Thursday, March 27, 2014
5:30 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)
Microsoft Research & Development Center, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/microsoft-innovation-policy-center-new-england-a-conversation-on-civic-technology-tickets-10738977571
In coordination with the Venture Café Foundation, the Microsoft Innovation and Policy Center will convene a conversation on Civic Tech on March 27, 2014, 5:30PM – 7:30PM at Microsoft New England Research & Development.
Boston’s innovation community has had great successes recently in working with government officials to empower and inform citizens. Some examples have included Citizens Connect, Will they tow me?, Localocracy and NearbyFYI. We now want to expand the conversation on Civic Technology to address the harder and broader problems that the public groups are facing.
The questions that we plan to address in this evening conversation are:
What is Civic Technology?
What problems are we trying to solve?
What is the role of citizen engagement?
How do we make it easier for the technology community to connect with public officials about their problems?
We have lined up people from various parts of the public and private communities to spark the conversation and then invite the attendees to engage in the discussion. Panelists include:
Kate Crawford, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research (Social Media Collective), a Visiting Professor at the MIT Center for Civic Media, a Senior Fellow at the Information Law Institute at NYU, and an Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales.
Nigel Jacob, New Urban Mechanics
Carlos Martinez-Vela, Executive Director, Venture Café Foundation
About Microsoft Innovation and Policy Center New England
The Microsoft Innovation and Policy Center aims for Microsoft to be “of” the community, not just exist within it.
Through the Innovation and Policy Center we are extending beyond the tech community to:
Connect stakeholders from tech to the broader business, academic and government communities;
Catalyze important technology and public policy discussions, and;
Contribute more directly with the health and vitality of greater New England.
About Venture Café Foundation
The Venture Café Foundation (VCF) provides resources for the entrepreneurial and innovation communities that enable conversations and collaborations. The Venture Café Foundation presently runs four resource programs: Venture Café, District Hall, Mass Bay Innovation Alliance (MBIA), and Captains of Innovation Program. The Venture Café Foundation is a not-for-profit, public-purpose sister organization of the Cambridge Innovation Center. VCF is incorporated as a Massachusetts Not-for-Profit Corporation.
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Creating Culture in Virtual Worlds
Thursday, March 27, 2014
6:00p–7:30p
MIT, Building N51, MIT Museum, 275 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: D. Fox Harrell, Associate Professor of Digital Media at MIT in the Comparative Media Studies Program and in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and Todd Harper, Postdoctoral Researcher in the MIT Game Lab
Join a conversation with MIT Professor D. Fox Harrell and MIT Researcher Todd Harper as they discuss the ways in which cultural values are both created and represented in digital media. Explore how online communities and computer code both give rise to shared values - through the interactions between people online, as well as the underlying computational structure of video games, websites, and other online communities.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/museum/programs/talkback.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): MIT Museum
For more information, contact: Andrew Hong
617-324-7313
andhong@mit.edu
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Carpenter Center Lecture: An Evening with Nato Thompson
WHEN Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 6 p.m.
WHERE Carpenter Center Lecture Hall, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Exhibitions, Humanities, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
SPEAKER(S) Nato Thompson
COST free
CONTACT INFO 617-495-3251
NOTE The lecture by Nato Thompson occurs in conjunction with the exhibition Living as Form (The Nomadic Version), on view at the Carpenter Center through April 6, 2014.
In collaboration with 25 curators from around the world, Nato Thompson selected 48 socially engaged projects produced in the last 20 years as the foundation of the exhibition Living as Form (The Nomadic Version), an unprecedented, international project exploring over twenty years of cultural works that blur the forms of art and everyday life, emphasizing participation, dialogue, and community engagement.
“Something historically unique is happening in cultural production that requires different rules for art than those of the 20th century,” says Thompson, “This culturally-savvy method of civic production has manifested in everyday urban life and growing civil unrest. Living as Form is an opportunity to cast a wide net and ask: how do we make sense of this work, and in turn, how do we make sense of the world we find ourselves in?”
ABOUT NATO THOMPSON
Nato Thompson is Chief Curator at Creative Time, New York, as well as a writer and activist. Among his public projects for Creative Time are Tania Bruguera’s Immigrant Movement International Democracy in America: The National Campaign, and Waiting for Godot, a project by Paul Chan held in New Orleans. Thompson was formerly a curator at MASS MoCA, and he also curated ICI’s Experimental Geography, which traveled to eight venues in North America.
LINK http://www.ves.fas.harvard.edu/thompson.html
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Green Patriot Posters Gallery Talk w/ Elizabeth Resnick
Thursday, March 27, 2014
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
Design Museum Boston, Exhibition Space, 315 on A, 315 A Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/green-patriot-posters-gallery-talk-w-elizabeth-resnick-tickets-10952765015
Cost: $11.54 (for non-members)
Join us for our second Green Patriot Posters Gallery Talk with local design curator & Chair of Graphic Design at MassArt, Elizabeth Resnick.
“From the confrontational and political, to the promotional, persuasive and educational, the poster in all its forms has persisted as a vehicle for the public dissemination of ideas, information and opinion.”
We’ll hear about Resnick’s project Graphic Advocacy and how posters are used as a medium for social change. Take a special tour of the Green Patriot Posters exhibition with Design Museum Boston’s Executive Director, and enjoy light refreshments.
Graphic Advocacy: International Posters for the Digital Age 2001–2012 showcases a selection of 122 posters– a magnificent body of empathetic and visually compelling messages for our time. We will look at how Green Patriot Posters and Graphic Advocacy are inspired by early propaganda posters and how they are used as tools for protest today.
Elizabeth Resnick is a design curator and Chair of Graphic Design at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She earned her BFA and MFA degrees in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. She publishes regularly, amongst others she is the author of the book “Design for Communication: Conceptual Graphic Design Basics”.
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No One Left Behind: An Army Officer and Afghan Interpreter Reunited
Thursday, March 27, 2014
As part of Documentary and Film Festival month at BOSCPUG we are pleased to help support this special filmmaker event
Come hear from two-time Academy Award-winning director Barbara Kopple as she screens Running from Crazy, a documentary film about the family of Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway. It was shown at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Told through the eyes of Mariel Hemingway, who received an Oscar nomination for her role in Woody Allen's 1979 film Manhattan and who has spoken for American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Running from Crazy chronicles the story of three of the author's grandchildren, Mariel, Margaux Hemingway and Muffet Hemingway, daughters of Jack Hemingway, and their struggles with the family history of substance abuse, mental illness and suicide.
NOTE: Limited seating for this event is available - we ask that you register for yourself only and please do not bring any unregistered guests with you - thank you!
"The Carbon Tax Return: Lessons Learned From British Columbia's First Five Years of Taxing Emissions.”
Thursday, March 27
8:30pm EDT (5:30p.m. PDT)
Queen Elizabeth Theatre Salon C, Vancouver, British Columbia
Live participation by Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/478393512262374/
Livestream video at http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2014/03/climate-desk-live-carbon-tax-british-columbia
Spencer Chandra Herbert, Environment Critic and Member of the BC Legislative Assembly
Spencer Chandra Herbert was re-elected to represent Vancouver West-End in 2013. He is the official opposition environment critic and previously served as the opposition voice on Tourism, Arts, and Culture and the BC Lottery Corporation and Gaming Policy. Spencer served as an elected Vancouver park board commissioner from 2005-2008, where he worked to improve environmental sustainability in Vancouver's Parks and accessibility to programs for youth and low-income people.
Merran Smith, Director, Clean Energy Canada
Merran Smith is the director of Clean Energy Canada at Tides Canada. She leads a team working to diversify Canada’s energy systems, cut carbon pollution, and reduce the nation's fossil-fuel dependence, and she writes and speaks extensively on the opportunities for Canada in the global low-carbon economy.
Ross Beaty, Chairman Alterra Power Corp.
Ross J. Beaty is a geologist and resource company entrepreneur with more than 40 years of experience in the international minerals and renewable energy industries. In early 2008, Mr. Beaty founded Magma Energy Corp. to focus on international geothermal energy development. In 2011, Magma and Plutonic Power merged to create Alterra Power Corp. Mr. Beaty also founded and currently serves as chairman of Pan American Silver Corp., one of the world's leading silver producers.
Jeremy Hainsworth
Jeremy Hainsworth is a contributor internationally to Bloomberg BNA (BBNA) and the Associated Press. Jeremy has worked with BBNA for over three years on legal, regulatory, and policy issues in western Canada for BBNA's wide-ranging stable of international publications.
Climate Desk, Climate Access, and Bloomberg BNA are partnering to present this distinguished panel.
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Friday, March 28
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Northeast Student Cooperative Convergence 2014
March 28th-30
Amherst, Massachusetts
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1yHR2nofR3FiejMmVloxrLnHniKttHF34ZjnXtuhvRGk/viewform
Cost: $25-100
The Northeast Student Cooperative Convergence aims to bring together students (broadly defined - lifelong learners welcome) involved/interested in co-ops, social and economic justice to learn from and about each other, share skills, experiences, struggles, successes and food and to strategize to support one another in the upcoming year and beyond.
The Northeast Student Cooperative Convergence will be offered on a sliding scale $25-100. We ask participants to contribute what they are able to afford in order to cover costs for convergence planning.
And for student cooperatives or groups of students doing cooperative organizing, consider a $100-500 sliding scale CoFED Membership and register for the convergence as a group.
https://www.facebook.com/northeastcoops
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Berklee and hack/reduce will cohost this first-of-a-kind event March 28-29, 2014, creating a space for hackers to develop tools for music therapists to use in a variety of therapeutic and healthcare settings. Sponsors will help shape the Berklee Music Therapy Hack and provide tools and resources for developers. Practicing music therapists and music therapy students will present the developers with problems to be solved in real-life settings.
A natural outgrowth of the music therapy technology initiative and annual symposia at Berklee, the hack is designed to engage the Berklee community, local hackers, and others who work in music therapy and technology. Programmers, engineers, and designers will work through the night creating new tools to make music creation and engagement more accessible to all. On the afternoon of the second day, teams will demo their products to an audience and prizes will be awarded to the best hacks.
A panel of expert judges in fields of music therapy and technology will judge and select prize-winning hacks. The goal is to leave the event with new technologies that will be used in music therapy settings as quickly as possible. "These tools can help us discover everyone's musical creativity and essence, no matter the ability or disability," says Suzanne Hanser, chair of Berklee's Music Therapy Department. Such new developments, she says, pave the way not only for musical experiences but potentially for growth in speech, motor, social, and other functions.
Registration is free and open to all.
To catalyze technological innovation, inspire ideas, and solve the problems of music therapy.
RSVP Joan Pratt @ j.pratt@neu.edu
Conference: “Dynamics of Transformational Environmental Policy Reform”
Friday, March 28, 2014
8:30am - 5:30pm
Harvard, Loeb House, 17 Quincy Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://environment.harvard.edu/environmental-policy-reform
Transformational change is well established in business and can deliver outstanding results. In the world of environmental policy, however, many transformational policy reforms flounder.
The list of reasons for failure is long. Using case studies drawn primarily from Australia, North America and Europe, this international conference will examine key factors that drive success in environmental policy reform.
The day will be facilitated by the Australian Studies Chair at Harvard University, Prof. Mike Young who is teaching a course on transforming water, fish, forest and environmental policies.
This is an opportunity to learn from a unique set of practitioners and researchers with demonstrated experience in success policy reform.
From Australia
Andrew Campbell, a former environment administrator who played a key role in establishing Australia’s Landcare and biodiversity conservation programs and now heads Charles Darwin University’s Environment Institute
Quentin Grafton, a prominent Australian fishery, energy and water policy reformer from the Australian National University
Deborah Peterson, a Victoria University Board member with extensive government experience in implementing reforms and working on productivity reform
From North America and Europe
Georgeta Vidican, a member of the German Development Institute speaking on lessons from the reform of energy subsidies
Rebecca Henderson, a Harvard University specialist in the environmental transformation of business
David Fairman, Consensus Building Institute Managing Director speaking on successful negotiation strategies
David Keith, a Harvard University specialist identifying lessons from the failure of climate policy development
Dustin Garrick, a McMaster University expert on water reform and the barriers imposed by transaction costs
Jim Salzman, a Duke University environmental lawyer presenting lessons emerging from the failure of ecosystem service payment programs
Contact Name: Lisa Matthews
matthew@fas.harvard.edu
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Conference on Environmental Justice: Where Are We Now?
WHEN Fri., Mar. 28, 11:30 a.m. – Sat., Mar. 29, 2014, 6:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Conferences, Environmental Sciences, Law, Social Sciences, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Environmental Law Society
COST Free for Harvard affiliates; $35 for the general public
TICKET WEB LINK http://www.eventbrite.com/e/naels-26th-annual-conference-environmental-justice-where-are-we-now-registration-8968923291
NOTE This event features a keynote address by former EPA administrator Lisa Jackson; a plenary address by the “father of environmental justice” Robert Bullard; an interview with Professor Gerald Torres, who, as counsel to the attorney general, drafted the President’s Executive Order on Environmental Justice; and listening sessions with the EPA on how to move forward on environmental justice over the next 20 years.
LINK http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/naelsej2014/
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From Sudan to Afghanistan: Human Rights in the 113th Congress
Friday, March 28, 2014
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM (PDT)
Northeastern University School of Law, 65 Forsyth Street, Dockser Hall, Room 240, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-sudan-to-afghanistan-human-rights-in-the-113th-congress-tickets-10726937559
Congressman James McGovern (D-MA) will give a speech entitled "From Sudan to Afghanistan: Human Rights in the 113th Congress
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Effective Crowd-Sourcing
WHEN Fri., Mar. 28, 2014, 1 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Maxwell Dworkin Building G115, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Information Technology, Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Institute for Applied Computational Science, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
SPEAKER(S) Devavrat Shah, associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
COST Free and open to the public. No registration required.
CONTACT INFO nrbaker@seas.harvard.edu
617-496-2623
NOTE Crowd-sourcing systems provide means to harness human ability at a large-scale to solve a variety of problems effectively. Examples abound of classical surveys for collecting opinion of a group to the modern setting of social recommendations. In this talk, we shall discuss effective ways to design crowd-sourcing experiments as well as aggregate the information collected. In the context of Mechanical Turk framework, this leads to automated approach for getting a task done at the minimum possible cost. Time-permitting, different variations of the theme will be discussed. This is based on joint work with D. Karger (MIT) and S. Oh (UIUC).
LINK https://www.seas.harvard.edu/calendar/event/76456
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What Kind of Political Economy Have We Had? Political Consequences Of a Consumer-Oriented Growth Model
WHEN Fri., Mar. 28, 2014, 2:15 – 4 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Cabot Room, Busch Hall, Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800
SPEAKER(S) Monica Prasad, Associate Professor of Sociology, Northeastern University ; Discussant: Frank Dobbin, Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
COST free
CONTACT INFO Peter Hall, phall@fas.harvard.edu
NOTE There will be no presentation. The seminar will go directly to discussion. Those interested in attending should read the paper in advance. It will be posted approximately one week before the event.
LINK ces.fas.harvard.edu/#/events/1683
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Harvard Thinks Healthy: A Panel Discussion on Intuitive Eating
WHEN Fri., Mar. 28, 2014, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Sever Hall, Room 113, Harvard Yard, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Health Sciences, Lecture, Wellness/Work Life
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard College Health Advocacy Program
SPEAKER(S) Michelle Gallant, dietitian and nutritionist at HUHS specializing in intuitive eating; Ellen Frankel, public speaker, published author and therapist on intuitive eating; Heidi Feinstein, founder and CEO of Cafe Life Alive in Cambridge, Lowell, and Salem; representatives from ECHO
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO gitabhattacharya@college.harvard.edu
LINK http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hap/?page_id=834
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WGBH'S Smart Conversation Series Presents Climate Change
Friday, March 28
6:30pm to organize and distribute flyers. The event begins at 7pm and ends at 9pm.
WGBH,One Guest Street, Boston
Cost: $25-35 http://www.wgbh.org/support/boxoffice_climatechange.cfm
Free! If you RSVP Koch-Free WGBH* (they’ll pay for the ticket): http://act.forecastthefacts.org/survey/rsvp_wgbh_climate_change/?akid=362.37620.H44ywZ&rd=1&t=3
Join WGBH host Edgar B. Herwick III and a panel of experts — meteorologist Harvey Leonard, ocean and climate change expert Dr. Scott Doney, WGBH/WCAI science editor Heather Goldstone, and director of the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Bruce Carlisle — to discuss some of the hot-button issues surrounding climate change and what rising sea levels will mean for New England — maybe within our lifetimes. What if a Hurricane Sandy hits here? What would the city of Boston look like afterwards? Can anything be done? These and other questions will be explored at this lively discussion, which is part of WGBH’s Smart Conversation series. A short reception will follow.
Bruce K. Carlisle is the director of the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM), providing oversight and administration for the agency. He directs policy development, planning efforts, and technical approaches for CZM program areas, including ocean planning, shoreline and floodplain management, climate change adaptation, habitat protection and restoration, port and harbor planning, water quality, seafloor and tidal habitat mapping, and GIS/data management. Carlisle also supervises CZM’s regulatory review of coastal and ocean projects, ranging from municipal waterfront development and dredging to offshore wind turbines and LNG facilities. He formerly served as both acting and assistant director for CZM, as well as the manager for the commonwealth’s Wetlands Restoration Program, where he led collaborative efforts to restore former and degraded wetlands. Prior to that, he worked as a project manager and principal investigator for coastal wetland assessment projects and as a specialist in water resources policy, monitoring, and planning.
Dr. Scott Doney is a senior scientist in the Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and director of the Ocean and Climate Change Institute at WHOI. His science interests span oceanography, climate and biogeochemistry, with particular emphasis on the application of numerical models and data analysis methods to global-scale questions. Much of his research focuses on how the global carbon cycle and ocean ecology respond to natural and human-driven climate change. He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed research publications and co-authored a textbook on data analysis and modeling methods for the marine sciences. He was the inaugural chair of the US Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Program, and a convening lead author for the Oceans and Marine Resources chapter of the US 2013 National Climate Assessment.
Heather Goldstone is the WGBH/WCAI science editor. She holds a Ph.D. in ocean science from M.I.T. and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and spent a decade as an active researcher before leaving the lab to become a writer. In her nine years with the Cape and Islands NPR Station, Goldstone has reported on Woods Hole’s unique scientific community and key environmental issues on Cape Cod. Her reporting has appeared in venues ranging from NPR and PBS News Hour to The Cape Cod Times and Commercial Fishery News. Most recently, Goldstone hosted the blogClimatide, an exploration of how climate change is impacting coastal life in the region.
Harvey Leonard is WCVB-TV Channel 5’s chief meteorologist. He joined the station in 2002 as Storm Team 5’s co-chief meteorologist with his longtime friend Dick Albert, who retired in 2009. Widely regarded as Boston’s top meteorologists, Leonard and Albert were honored by the Associated Press in 2005 for Best Weathercast in New England. In 2003, Leonard received the Silver Circle Award from the National Academy of Arts and Sciences New England Chapter for his more than 25 years of broadcast excellence. In 1999, he won the prestigious Award for Outstanding Service by a Broadcast Meteorologist from the American Meteorological Society. Prior to joining WCVB, Leonard served as chief meteorologist for WHDH-TV from May 1977 to April 2002. He is credited as the first meteorologist to correctly predict the impact and intensity of the Blizzard of 1978.
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*Join Forecast the Facts members to bring the Campaign for a Koch-Free WGBH to WGBH's Smart Conversations Series presents Climate Change, an upcoming forum on March 28. The panelists will focus on the connections between climate change and severe weather, as well as how to prepare for climate disasters; but we'll also be there to make sure the conversation addresses why David Koch—a fossil fuel tycoon and massive financier of misinformation on climate change—sits on WGBH's Board of Trustees. We'll be flyering before and after the event, and asking about the impacts of Koch's climate change denial in the Q&A.
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“Forbidden Voices: How to Start a Revolution with a Computer" - Film Screening - WTTR 2014
Friday, March 28, 2014
7:00p–9:00p
MIT, Building 4-270, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
MIT Program in Women's and Gender Studies and Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies present a Women Take the Reel film screening of...
"FORBIDDEN VOICES: How to Start a Revolution with a Computer" director Barbara Miller
Their voices are suppressed, prohibited and censored. But world-famous bloggers Yoani Sanchez, Zeng Jinyan and Farnaz Seifi are unafraid of their dictatorial regimes. These fearless women represent a new, networked generation of modern rebels. In Cuba, China and Iran their blogs shake the foundations of the state information monopoly, putting them at great risk.
This film accompanies these brave young cyberfeminists on perilous journeys. Eyewitness reports and clandestine footage show Sanchez's brutal beating by Cuban police for criticizing her country's regime; Chinese human rights activist Jinyan under house arrest for four years; and Iranian journalist and women's advocate Seifi forced into exile, where she blogs under a pseudonym. Tracing each woman's use of social media to denounce and combat violations of human rights and free speech in her home country, FORBIDDEN VOICES attests to the Internet's potential for building international awareness and political pressure.
96 minutes. Subtitled. Free and open to the public.
Q&A with MIT Researcher Catherine D'Ignazio to follow film screening.
Fifth Annual WOMEN TAKE THE REEL Film Festival.
WOMEN TAKE THE REEL is a FREE film festival that celebrates women's contributions to the film industry, their voices and their stories.
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, Comparative Media Studies|Writing, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Literature, Linguistics & Philosophy, Political Science, Center for International Studies, and History.
For more information, contact: The Friendly WGS Staff
617-253-8844
wgs@mit.edu
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Saturday, March 29
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Want to grow your own fresh food? Come learn how—even if your space is tiny.
GET TIPS: on composting, improving your soil, starting seedlings, and eating your weeds.
CONNECT: Harvest community fruit. Find or offer a yard-share. Swap seeds.
SEE & DO: Visit productive, creative neighborhood growers. Meet a chicken. Marvel at bees. Learn to build a raised bed (11-1)
http://www.CambridgeWinterFarmersMarket.com
39th Annual Gardener’s Gathering
Saturday, March 29
11am - 5pm
Northeastern University, The Egan Center and Shillman Hall, 115 Forsyth Street, Boston
Applaud the Twelfth Annual Community Garden Awards
Build skills in workshops
Connect with fellow gardeners
Discover local gardening resources.
More information at http://www.bostonnatural.org
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Rochelle Sharpe, Freelance Journalist
Alicia Ellis, HSPH postdoc
Equilibria in Health Exchanges: Adverse Selection vs. Reclassification Risk
Monday, March 31, 2014
2:30p–4:00p
MIT, Building E62-450, 100 Main Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Michael Whinston (MIT)
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): IO Workshop
For more information, contact:
econ-cal@mit.edu
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The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures by Herbie Hancock; Set 6 - ONCE UPON A TIME…
WHEN Mon., Mar. 31, 2014, 4 p.m.
WHERE Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Humanities, Lecture, Poetry/Prose, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard
SPEAKER(S) Herbie Hancock
COST Free; tickets required
TICKET WEB LINK https://www.boxoffice.harvard.edu/Online/
TICKET INFO Tickets will be available starting at noon on the day of each lecture. Tickets will be available at Sanders Theatre's box office and online (handling fee applies). Limit of 2 tickets per person. Tickets valid until 3:45 p.m. on the day of the event.
CONTACT INFO humcentr@fas.harvard.edu
NOTE The Norton Lecturer in 2014 is Herbie Hancock.
THE ETHICS OF JAZZ
LINK http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/norton-lectures
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Building Embedded Sensor Systems to Bring Ubicomp to Life
Monday, March 31, 2014
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
3:45 PM
MIT, Building 32-G449, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Gabe Cohn , University of Washington
Although we have successfully created smaller, faster, and cheaper computer devices, several adoption barriers remain to realize the dream of Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp). By lowering these barriers, we can seamlessly embed human-computer interfaces into our home and work environments. My work focuses on developing highly integrated hardware/software sensing systems for Ubicomp applications using my expertise in embedded systems, low-energy hardware design, and sensing, in addition to integrating communications, signal processing, and machine learning. In thistalk, I will present my research on ultra-low-power indirect sensing approaches for both on- and off-body applications. First, I will discuss how the conductive properties of the human body can be leveraged to enable novel human-computer interactions. Next, I will discuss my work on using the existing infrastructure in buildings to reduce the number of sensors required and to reduce the power consumption for many Ubicomp applications. Finally, I will discuss my current work in on-body, non-invasive health sensing systems. By continually working on application-driven interdisciplinary research, we can lower the adoption barriers and enable many new high-impact application domains.
Gabe Cohn is a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering in the Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp) Lab at the University of Washington, advised by Shwetak Patel. His research focuses on (1) designing and implementing ultra-low-power embedded sensing systems, (2) leveraging physical phenomena to enable new sensing modalities for human-computer interaction, and (3) developing sensor systems targeted at realizing immediate change in high-impact application domains. He was awarded the Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowship in 2012, the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in 2010, and 6 Best Paper awards and nominations. He is the co-founder of SNUPI Technologies (www.wallyhome.com), a sensor and services company focused on home safety, security, and loss prevention. He received his B.S. with honors in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 2009, where he specialized in embedded systems, computer architectures, and digital VLSI.
Contact: Francis Doughty, 253-4602, francisd@csail.mit.edu
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Fracking: Addressing the Water-Energy Nexus
March 31, 2014
5:30 p.m.
UMass Boston, McCormack Hall, 3rd floor, Ryan Lounge, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston
Fracking for natural gas is extremely controversial. It has dramatically reduced the price of gas in the US, displacing coal in power generation but also slowing investment in renewable energy. The environmental impacts of using high-pressure fluids to fracture shale rocks are highly contentious.
This event will feature a panel of experts who will discuss current challenges and opportunities at the water-energy nexus. Questions raised will include: What is the potential for technological innovation and ‘green chemistry’ to reduce risks? What are the business and investment opportunities in the clean-tech/clean energy sector? What business and policy innovations are needed?
Panelists
Jim Matheson is President and CEO of Oasys Water and a clean technology visionary and leader. As a General Partner at Flagship Ventures he spearheaded their sustainability practice, helping to build it into a leader in the venture capital industry. At Flagship, Jim started, financed and served on the Board of Directors of several new ventures. He also served as the Dept. of Energy’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence.
Dr. Richard Liroff is founder and Executive Director of the Investor Environmental Health Network, a group of investment advisors and managers working to reduce business’ “toxic footprint”—the production and use of toxic chemicals. Dr. Liroff is author/editor of a half dozen books and numerous articles, reports and blogs on environmental policy, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Northwestern University.
For more information, please contact Andrea.Reardon@umb.edu.
A comprehensive introduction to fracking.
Energy 101 Series
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact: MIT Energy Club
energyclub@mit.edu
Berkman-Nieman Fellow, Jeff Young
After months of hype and hope about MOOCs, or massive open online courses, one thing is clear: they aren’t very good at teaching those most in need of education. Instead, they’re serving the education “haves”: About 80 percent of people taking MOOCs already have a college degree. But free online courses may still spark an education revolution, in ways that their biggest proponents hadn’t guessed. This talk will take a closer look at who is taking MOOCs and why, and examine how free courses fit into broader Internet trends.
About Jeff
Jeffrey R. Young is an editor and writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education, where he leads the paper's coverage of technology and its impact on teaching, research, and student life. He is also an adjunct professor of journalism at the University of Maryland at College Park, teaching a course on multimedia storytelling.
Young has written for national publications including The New York Times, New Scientist, and The Wall Street Journal. An article he wrote was selected for the anthology The Best of Technology Writing 2007.
At The Chronicle, Young leads a team of three reporters, and also writes a monthly news-analysis column called College 2.0 about how technology is changing campuses. He also contributes to and oversees content for the Wired Campus blog, and is co-host of the monthly Tech Therapy podcast. He joined The Chronicle in 1995, and has previously led the paper’s Students section, focusing on issues of college admissions and student life. In 2007, Young took a yearlong break from writing to become The Chronicle’s first Web editor, helping start blogs, podcasts, and multimedia features.
Young is a frequent speaker on issues of education and technology, having given talks at the South-by-Southwest Interactive conference, at education events, and on campuses. He received a bachelor’s degree in English from Princeton University in 1995 and a master’s in communication, culture, and technology from Georgetown University in 2001.
He is also author of the e-book, Beyond the MOOC Hype: A Guide to Higher Education's High-Tech Disruption.
How the Law Responds to Unique Catastrophes: Personal Reflections on Tragic Choices
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
4:00-6:00PM
Langdell Hall North 225, Vorenberg Classroom, Harvard Law School
Kenneth R. Feinberg, Feinberg Rozen, LLC
Abstract: Mr. Feinberg will offer personal reflections on how he became the expert in unique catastrophes and the principled ways in which he has learned to respond. He will tackle the difficult issue of achieving a sense of justice in the aftermath of tragedy through the administration of victims' funds.
Biography:
Kenneth R. Feinberg has been key to resolving many of our nation's most challenging and widely known disputes. He is best known for serving as the Special Master of the Federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001, in which he reached out to all who qualified to file a claim, evaluated applications, determined appropriate compensation, and disseminated awards. Mr. Feinberg shared his extraordinary experience in his book What Is Life Worth?, published in 2005 by Public Affairs Press. Just a few years later, Mr. Feinberg became Fund Administrator for the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund following the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech. In 2013, he was appointed by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Thomas to oversee the One Fund Boston, which distributed payments to victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. Mr. Feinberg also has served as Special Master in Agent Orange, asbestos personal injury, wrongful death claims, Dalkon shield, and DES (pregnancy medication) cases. Mr. Feinberg founded Feinberg Rozen, LLP in 1992. He has been involved in resolving thousands of disputes involving a wide range of interests and clients. In the commercial sector, Mr. Feinberg designed, implemented and administered an ADR settlement Program involving Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Zurich N.A. Insurance Company and Hurricane Katrina and other Gulf hurricane claimants. He also has served as Distribution Agent for AIG Fair Fund claimants, and has been the Fund Administrator for a variety of claimant funds totaling more than $1 billion. In his capacity as an arbitrator, Mr. Feinberg helped determine the fair market value of the original Zapruder film of the Kennedy assassination, and legal fees in Holocaust slave labor litigation. Mr. Feinberg has been appointed to two presidential-level commissions because of his experience and expertise, and has had a distinguished teaching career as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University, the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, New York University, the University of Virginia, and Harvard Law School. In 2004, he was named "Lawyer of the Year" by the National Law Journal (2004), and has been named repeatedly as one of "The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America" by the National Law Journal. He received his J.D from New York University School of Law in 1970, where he served on the Law Review. He held a clerkship with Chief Judge Stanley H. Fuld, New York State Court of Appeals (1970-1972).
Co-sponsored by the Program on Science, Technology and Society and the Institute for Global Law and Policy at Harvard Law School.
Time is short and we all need to learn a boatload, fast. One of BASG’s explicit goals is that we learn as much as we can from each other, where the very diversity of the group is one of our most valuable assets. Come join the discussion, or hang out and listen. Meet those folks working hard to do what you’re trying to do and your paths have not yet crossed. We have a great time and really want to meet you!
Our format for the evening begins with informal networking followed by quick introductions all round before several lightening-speed presentations from knowledgeable folks. Using a modified IGNITE-style format, our speakers will share their experiences and then open the discussion.
We’ll end the discussion with time left for more networking and sharing info on other local events. Hope to see you there!
Visitors must comply with Venture Cafe attendance policies (see http://bit.ly/vc-credo for more details).
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Wednesday, April 2
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Energy Efficiency Done Right presents information on the In'Flector See Through Radiant Barrier Window and Skylight Insulator and the Energy Efficiency Industry
Tuesday, April 2nd , 2014
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/615043897
We will examine the growth of the energy efficiency, conservation, energy independence, and carbon emmission industries and explain opportunities to represent or purchase our Insulator products.
What is an Inflector Window Insulator? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21DiKS5mt4k
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Speaker: Zachary J. Lemnios, IBM
Industries across the public and private sector are in the midst of major transformation. Today???s Information technology systems have become overwhelmed with the volume, velocity, variety and veracity of data and burdened with the costs for infrastructure scaleout. Industries are moving to a new data economy that will be characterized by predictive analytics, all-source understanding, seamless global connectivity, speed and agility
IBM is leading the next era of information technology by launching major initiatives to develop systems of insight, cognitive computing, secure micro cloud, and managed data services.
ACTION and Boston University’s Feld Career Center are pleased to announce the Boston University Cleantech Expo, featuring two informative panel discussions, and a showcase of companies in the clean energy industry and related fields. The “Cleantech Careers Panel” will highlight how students can access internship opportunities at companies active in clean energy.
Cleantech Careers Panel: 11:30am-12:15pm
Learn about paid internships available through the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) Internship Program, which connects students with internship opportunities at clean energy companies. A former student who participated in the program and later found employment in the cleantech industry will share her perspective on the benefits of this program. A recruiter with Next Step Living will share an employer perspective.
Cleantech Showcase: 12:15pm-4:00pm
Meet clean energy companies from throughout the region exhibiting at this Showcase, to learn about the spectrum of technologies and energy services that are active in this industry. Meet company representatives that are interested in connecting with the BU community, learn about companies that interest you, and develop opportunities for follow up discussions.
If your organization would like to be an exhibitor, click thru to the next page and follow the link.
Incubator Success Story panel: Resolute Marine Energy and Newburyport
CleanTech Center: 4:00pm-5:00pm
Learn about the Association of Cleantech Incubators of New England – ACTION, New England’s network of cleantech incubators. An overview of how clean energy startup companies benefit from incubator resources and advisory services will be discussed. The Success Story panel will highlight Resolute Marine Energy, focusing on the progression of the company, the role of a cleantech incubator, and successes achieved.
Networking Reception : 5:00pm-6:00pm
If you have any questions, please contact Kristina Lamoreaux at klamorea@bu.edu
Liquid metal batteries for grid scale energy storage
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
3:00p–4:00p
MIT, Building E19-319, 400 Main Street, Cambridge
David Bradwell, CEO of Ambri, will discuss liquid metal battery technologies for grid-scale energy storage.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact: Aziz Abdellahi
aziz_a@mit.edu
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e4Dev is pleased to announce a special event with the World Bank-Africa Energy Group (AEG).
Daniel Murphy, AEG Senior Energy Specialist, Rhonda L. Jordan, PhD-MIT AEG Energy Specialist and Micah Melnyk, AEG Consultant will present AEG’s on-going and future energy work in Sub-Saharan Africa with a special focus on solar-based technologies and strategies.
Refreshments will be served.
Direct questions to e4dev-request@mit.edu
[Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled as of 3/24/14]
http://www.fossilfreemit.org/springspeakerseries2014/
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Free Wearables Technology Seminar
Thursday, April 3, 2014
9:30 AM to 3:15pm
Boston Marriott Cambridge, Two Cambridge Center,50 Broadway, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Wearable-technologies-in-Boston/events/170532302/
Join Arrow and STMicroelectronics for a FREE seminar designed to get the Wearables Technology in Boston Meetup Group ready to create designs for Wearable devices.
In 2017, 170 million wearable electronic products will be shipped and will be part of in our everyday lives. From fitness, to healthcare, to anything and everything on or around the body, the wearable electronics segment is about to explode.
Will you be ready to address the wearable application space?
Will you have the expertise to design small form factor, ultra-low power designs?
Attend the free seminar to:
Learn about the main design blocks necessary for a cutting edge wearable design.
Understand how STMicroelectronics' system solution expertise will help to cut down on the learning curve and reduce design cycles.
Deep dive into Microcontrollers, Connectivity, Power Management and MEMs Sensors.
Enter for a chance to win one of ten STMicroelectronics development kits at each location.
More at http://www.meetup.com/Wearable-technologies-in-Boston/
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Speaker: Greg Zuckerman
Greg Zuckerman of the Wall Street Journal will share his insider perspective on the fracking industry and his journey while writing his book "The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Energy Revolution.”
Speaker: Dr. Pamela McCauley Bush, former Martin Luther King, Jr., Visiting Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Please join us for a seminar by Dr. Pamela McCauley Bush. She will address the critical importance of holistic diversity in STEM education, leadership, and innovation. Dr. Bush will present statistics, best practices, and practical examples to validate the impact of incorporating diversity into organizations. She will offer implementable strategies for communities, organizations, and individuals to integrate diversity and achieve optimal outcomes for the next generation of global innovators.
Web site: http://ssrc.mit.edu/news-and-events
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Sociotechnical Systems Research Center, Center for Engineering Systems Fundamentals, The Technology and Policy Program at MIT
For more information, contact: Jacqueline Paris
jparis@mit.edu
Speaker: Sylvia Lavin, Director of Critical Studies and MA/PhD Programs, UCLA Architecture
Architecture Lecture Series
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Department of Architecture
For more information, contact: Anne Simunovic
617-253-4412
annesim@mit.edu
Jobs Not Jails: End Mass Incarceration and Fund Job Creation
Thursday, April 3rd
7pm-8:30pm
First Church JP, 6 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain
The U.S. locks up a higher percentage of its population than any other nation in the world.* In Massachusetts, the prison population has tripled since the 1980s.* At this rate, Massachusetts will spend $2 billion in the next 7 years to build 10,000 new jails. Meanwhile, the state is shedding jobs and people are looking for work.
The *Jobs Not Jails campaign (http://act.ips-dc.org/site/R?i=uNhu9xVi6BAww4EvK35-LA), part of a national movement to end mass incarceration, is calling on the state to *stop construction of new prisons and redirect money saved into jobs programs. *The campaign will present Jobs Not Jails petitions to the legislature at a rally on the Boston Common on April 26. We need your help in collecting 10,000 signatures before then!
Learn more about mass incarceration, the Jobs Not Jails campaign, and how you can help from Josh Beardsley of EPOCA (*Ex-Prisoners and Prisoners Organizing for Community Advancement*), Andrea James of *Families for Justice as Healing*, and a member of *Youth Against Mass Incarceration* at the JP Forum.
This workshop draws together several strands of current research on sociotechnical imaginaries in the STS Program at Harvard. Through multiple engagements with new, emerging, and reemerging technologies, the workshop explores the material, discursive, and political resources with which societies create shared visions of what they want, or do not want, from advances in technology. Of primary interest throughout is the connection of remembered technoscientific pasts to the threats and promises of imagined futures.
Introduction: Sheila Jasanoff (Harvard Kennedy School, STS Program)
Session I: Nuclear Imaginaries
Session II: Biotechnology’s Moral Materialities
Session III: New Solidarities: Humans, Machines, Environments
Keynote: Alfred Nordmann (Technical University of Darmstadt)
Discussion & Closing (Sheila Jasanoff)
Event organized by the Program on Science, Technology and Society (STS) at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, which is dedicated to enhancing the quality of research, education, and public debate on the role of science and technology in contemporary societies. Through integrated, cross-disciplinary initiatives in research, teaching, training, and public outreach the Program seeks to develop foundational, policy-relevant insights into the nature of science and technology, and the ways in which they both influence and are influenced by society, politics, and culture. Among the fields that significantly contribute to the STS Program’s core mission are science and technology studies, anthropology, comparative politics, history, government, law, and sociology.
Speaker: Eugene Kaspersky, the founder of Kaspersky Lab
If alive today Dante would no doubt be shocked at how today's seven circles are not those of Hell but seven circles of cyberthreats. As in Inferno, the modern-day cyberthreat circles relate to chronological stages. It all started in Limbo - the first circle - with researchers playing around with malicious code. The latest - seventh circle (curiously in Inferno - Violence) - is that of the deadly cyberthreat emerging out of militarization of the Internet and an escalation of a global cyber arms race: cyber terrorists, whose copying and customization of malicious code - probably developed by state-backed players - really could turn the world into an inferno.
In his presentation, Eugene Kaspersky will detail the evolution of cyberthreats - from the reasonably innocuous to the deadly serious that could cause world catastrophes. In parallel he will indicate the corresponding security measures that arose, are currently arising, and need to arise in the future: from the first preventive measure - formatting floppy discs, through simple antivirus and later Internet security suites, and on to today's Critical Infrastructure Protection and much-needed international cyberarms control negotiations.
Refreshments served.
RSVP to mit-russia@mit.edu
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies, MISTI MIT-Russia Program
For more information, contact: Ema Kaminskaya
715-2159
ekaminsk@mit.edu
Speaker: John May
Brief: Just as voice-recognition and "informational shorthand" systems (text messaging, gestural typing, etc.) have radically reshaped the technical relationship between thinking and writing, "real time" machinic processes and simulations have now completely restructured the representational space of architectural reasoning, which historically had been monopolized by orthographic drawing. If orthography has lost its hold, what has it been replaced by? What are the consequences of this replacement for practice and pedagogy? What will become of drawing? And what will become of architecture's relationship to its own history?
Organizer: John May (link: www.millionsofmovingparts.org)
Participants:
Andrew Atwood, Assistant Professor of Architecture, UC Berkeley (link: http://atwood-a.com/)
Vivian Lee, Assistant Professor of Architecture, University of Michigan (link: http://lamas.us/)
Kiel Moe, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Harvard GSD (link: http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/kiel-moe.html)
William O'Brien Jr., Assistant Professor of Architecture, MIT (link: http://www.wojr.org/)
Jason Payne, Associate Professor of Architecture, UCLA (link: http://www.hirsuta.com/)
with: Sylvia Lavin, Professor of Architecture, UCLA (link: http://www.aud.ucla.edu/faculty/sylvia_lavin_11.html)
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Department of Architecture, History, Theory and Criticism of Architecture and Art
For more information, contact: Anne Deveau
617-258-8348
adeveau@mit.edu
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Saturday, April 5th
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TransportationCamp New England '14
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Doors open at 8:30am for breakfast and the introductory session begins at 9:30am. Lunch and other refreshments will be provided. After wrapping up the day at 5:00pm, you are invited to join us for happy hour appetizers and drinks at Champions Sports Bar. The happy hour will be hosted by the Young Professionals in Transportation (Boston Chapter).
What's an "unconference?"
This is not a traditional conference. The organizers don't pick a set of panels and panelists ahead of time. Instead, you organize the panels! Anyone interested in talking about an issue can organize a session, and attendees just go to the sessions they're most interested in. For more information on how TransportationCamp works, read the Essential Guide.
TransportationCamp brings together thinkers and doers in the fields of transportation and technology for learning, debating, connecting and creating.
Climate Justice Teach-In
Saturday, April 5th
10:00am - 4:00pm
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
See the event Facebook page for more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/471885616266772/
This one-day conference will explore the intersection of climate change and social justice. Join us as we discuss what kind of movement we need to respond seriously to climate change.
Speaker: Oddvar Hesjedal
Information technology in general and the mobile services industry in particular give tremendous opportunities in emerging countries, both on a personal, national and regional level. Based on personal experiences from Asia and Eastern Europe, Oddvar will give concrete examples of how nations benefit from this development in areas like democracy, transparency, liberation of women, education, health, etc.
In addition to addressing the positive impact on nations around the world, Oddvar will discuss how the technological revolution has allowed misuse in anti-democratic directions, and the consequent dilemmas.
Web site: http://legatum.mit.edu/events/how-mobile-industry-building-nations
Open to: the general public
Cost: none
Sponsor(s): MIT Sloan Entrepreneurs for International Development, Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship
For more information, contact: Agnes Hunsicker
617-324-2768
legatum@mit.edu
Shale energy has been the biggest innovation in the energy industry this century. Surprised? Surging production of US’s shale energy is igniting economic revival in the US while the world is watching America’s success . The global oil shale market is expected to be US$12 billion by 2015, with an estimated yearly growth of 8% from 2015 to 2030. It has moved the US market from a net importer a just few years ago to a potential exporter in the very near term.
Tapping into this new source of energy could not be possible without breakthrough technological innovation. Disruptive technology has and will continue to dramatically alter the practices — including business practices — in place today. For example, better reservoir characterization and shale production tracking will enhance well performance. Improved micro seismic monitoring, new sensor technologies, and nano-devices create greater production efficiencies with less environmental impact.
Join us to hear the players who are driving the cutting-edge research discuss the challenges facing the industry, as well as the latest developments in technology and innovation.
Our panelists come from all facets of the upstream business: from energy companies and service providers who are spending billions of dollars annually on research; to VCs and start-ups who are financing and bringing successful innovation to market.
In this candid conversation, you will learn:
Complex geology of shale compared to conventional
Speakers:
Daniel Codazzi, Research Director for Sensor Physics at Schlumberger-Doll Research
Dennis R. Costello, Managing Partner, Braemar Energy Ventures
John M. Gilmore, Jr, Director, Upstream Oil & Gas, Invensys Operations Management a unit of Schneider Electric
Jonathan Kane, Shell-MIT Liaison, Shell
Dr. Michael Pavia, Chief Technology Officer, Glori Energy
Speaker: Yvonne Rainer
Full title: Where's the Passion? Where's the Politics? or How I Became Interested in Impersonating, Approximating, and End Running Around My Selves and Others,' and Where Do I Look When You're Looking At Me?
Yvonne Rainer's lecture explores issues around self-expression, spectatorship, and the politics of both. Rainer is a choreographer, dancer, and filmmaker who in 1962 co-founded the Judson Dance Theater group. Following a fifteen-year career as a choreographer and dancer, she made a transition to filmmaking. After making seven experimental feature films including Lives of Performers (1972), Privilege (1990), and MURDER and murder (1996), she returned to dance in 2000 to work on the collaborative project After Many a Summer Dies the Swan with the Baryshnikov Dance Foundation. Her dances and films have been shown worldwide, and her work has been recognized with museum exhibitions, fellowships, and grants, most notably two Guggenheim Fellowships, two Rockefeller grants, a Wexner Prize, a MacArthur Fellowship, and retrospective exhibitions at Kunsthaus Bregenz and Museum Ludwig in Cologne. Her memoir Feelings Are Facts: A Life was published by MIT Press in 2006 and in 2011 Badlands Unlimited published a selection of her poetry under the title Poems.
Experiments in Thinking, Action, and Form: Cinematic Migrations
Cinematic Migrations, as a conjoined designation, poses the notion of "migrations" in relation to "the cinematic" in an intentionally porous juxtaposition, conceived to allow a wide range of questions, interpretations and permutations to emerge. During this initial phase, the work of John Akomfrah, currently with Smoking Dogs Films and previously with Black Audio Film Collective, provides a focal point for examination, in conjunction with presentations of filmmakers, artists, and scholars participating in the related lecture series.
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Monday, March 24
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8am Losing our Lead? Education, Innovation and the MA Economy
10:30am Manufacturing Systems: From Sustainable to Smart
12pm Practical and Principled Security
12pm Gap-Filling Organizations': Competing at Speed in a Fast-Moving World
12pm "Power Supply Systems for Energy Efficiency"
12pm "The Water-Energy Nexus in Oman and Abu Dhabi: A View from the Agricultural Sector”
1pm Cognitive Hearing Aids
1pm Designing for Community, Part 1 - Cottage Clusters
4pm The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures by Herbie Hancock; Set 5 - Buddhism and Creativity
4pm (Re)imagined Cityscapes: Lviv (Ukraine) and Wroclaw (Poland) after 1944-45
4pm Sexual Violence and Citizenship: Rape Reform in American History
5pm Boston Big Data and Analytics Unconference
5:30pm "Revolutionizing Human Rights": Slave Emancipation and the 1875 Civil Rights Act”
6pm Three Squares: The Invention of the American Meal
6pm Designing the Next Generation
6pm The Creeley Collective: A Community Gathering to Celebrate Robert Creeley's Selected Letters
6:30pm Passive House New England: Passive House Hygrothermal data in Hot/Humid Climates
6:30pm Occupying and Transforming the Right-of-Way
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Tuesday, March 25
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12pm Divergence and Consensus on Transatlantic Security Policy: A Perspective from Paris
12:30pm Acting on our Accountability to the Future
12:30pm Troll Wrastling for Beginners: Data-Driven Methods to Decrease Hatred Online
1pm Remote Sensing and Agent-Based Modeling of Urban Scaling in the Global System
4pm The Long Emancipation: Rethinking the Demise of Slavery in the United States
4:15pm The Strange Man of Europe: Some Thoughts on Politics and Cultural Change in Contemporary Germany
4:30pm Civil Society in East Asia
5:30pm Cleantech Open Northeast Info Session
6pm Shakespeare and the Pleasure of Tragedy
6:30pm Hoops Workshop with New Craft Artists in Action
6:30pm Lecture: Jonathan Sergison and Stephen Bates
7pm Human-centered Journalism: Designing for Engagement
7pm Net Neutrality and the Future of Internet Access
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Wednesday, March 26
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12pm How Engineers Can Get Serious About Climate Change
12pm Umbrella Agreements, Consensus Building in the Arctic, and Negotiation in Social Enterprises: New Research from PON Fellows and Scholars
12pm Science Policy Lunchtime Discussion with Dr. Daniel Schrag
12pm Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare
12pm Space Becomes Place: A Great Neighborhood
12:15pm Social Security Around the World
1pm Contestation and Adaptation: The Politics of National Identity in China
4pm The Long Emancipation: Rethinking the Demise of Slavery in the United States
4pm Complex fluid and proppant placement in the hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells
4pm The Memory Trap: The Politics of the Past and International Relations
4:10pm Can Negotiating a Uniform Carbon Price Help to Internalize the Global Warming Externality
4:15pm America and China
5pm Plant-Based Eating & Environmental Impact: A Conversation with Scott Jurek
5:30pm Askwith Forum - Temple Grandin: All Kinds of Minds Help the World
6:30pm Boston Gardeners Council Film Series "Flow: For the Love of Water
7pm Discussion and Book Signing with Cass R. Sunstein
7:30pm How to Cater a Roman Orgy: A Discussion with Merry “Corky” White, author of "Cooking for Crowds”
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8am Boston Tech-Security Conference
9am Babson Energy Conference: Fifteen Shades of Green
11:45am Next Generation Compliance and Enforcement at EPA
12pm Predicting the Accuracy of a Decision: A Neural Mechanism for Confidence
12pm Cities and Climate Change: Building Resilience by Stealth or by Spotlight
12pm Islam, Sharia and Alternative Dispute Resolution
12pm The Struggle for Iraq’s Future: How Corruption, Incompetence and Sectarianism Have Undermined Democracy
12:15pm Inside the Labyrinth: Policymaking in Iran
12:30pm Innovate: Holly Samuelson "Near-Zero: Simulation-Aided Design of a Low-Energy House" and Mark Mulligan "Horizon House: A 21st-century Sustainable House in Rural Japan”
4pm The Long Emancipation: Rethinking the Demise of Slavery in the United States
4pm Cash on Hand and Consumption: Evidence from Mortgage Refinancing
4pm What Tomorrow? A Day in the Life of an Arab Woman
5pm Caitlin Berrigan: Lessons in Capitalism - free financial advice for one and all
5:30pm Edmund Morris on Theodore Roosevelt
5:30pm A Conversation on Civic Technology
6pm Creating Culture in Virtual Worlds
6pm Carpenter Center Lecture: An Evening with Nato Thompson
6:30pm Green Patriot Posters Gallery Talk w/ Elizabeth Resnick
6:30pm No One Left Behind: An Army Officer and Afghan Interpreter Reunited
7pm An Evening with Barbara Kopple: Running from Crazy (Boston Premiere)
8:30pm The Carbon Tax Return: Lessons Learned From British Columbia's First Five Years of Taxing Emissions
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Friday, March 28
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Northeast Student Cooperative Convergence 2014
Berklee Music Therapy Hack
8:30am Virtual Rehabilitation and Health
8:30am Dynamics of Transformational Environmental Policy Reform
11:30am Conference on Environmental Justice: Where Are We Now?
12pm From Sudan to Afghanistan: Human Rights in the 113th Congress
1pm Effective Crowd-Sourcing
2:15pm What Kind of Political Economy Have We Had? Political Consequences Of a Consumer-Oriented Growth Model
4pm Harvard Thinks Healthy: A Panel Discussion on Intuitive Eating
6:30pm WGBH'S Smart Conversation Series Presents Climate Change
7pm Forbidden Voices: How to Start a Revolution with a Computer
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Saturday, March 29
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9am 8th Annual Future of Food and Nutrition Graduate Research Conference
10am Get Growing!
11am 39th Annual Gardener’s Gathering
11am Open Rehearsal with Juilliard String Quartet
2pm Master Class with Juilliard String Quartet
4pm TEDxBeaconStreet Event
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1pm If You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take it: How Christ Transcends Good and Bad
2pm The Meadow Project: A Movie
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Monday, March 31
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Harvard Graduate School of Design Symposium: Waste
12pm The Social Cost of Carbon in Federal Rulemaking
12:15pm Sex, Lies and Technology: A Journalist's Encounters with Bioethics and Big Data
12:30pm Do pollinators matter for human nutrition?
2:30pm Equilibria in Health Exchanges: Adverse Selection vs. Reclassification Risk
4pm The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures by Herbie Hancock; Set 6 - ONCE UPON A TIME…
4pm Building Embedded Sensor Systems to Bring Ubicomp to Life
5:30pm Fracking: Addressing the Water-Energy Nexus
6:30pm Waste
8pm Nerd Night
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Tuesday, April 1
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12pm Energy 101 Sessions: What is Fracking?
12:30pm Pop-Up Learning: The Future of MOOCs and Online Education
12:30pm Innovate: Ali Malkawi
3:30pm Managing China's Oil Dependence
4pm How the Law Responds to Unique Catastrophes: Personal Reflections on Tragic Choices
4pm An April Fools Evening of Kyogen
4:30pm Russian Entrepreneurship, Leadership, and Innovation
6pm Healthy People - Healthy Planet - Healthcare & Sustainability
6:30pm Waste
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My rough notes on some of the events I go to are at:
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/18/1285810/-Living-Building-Challenge
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Monday, March 24
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8am Losing our Lead? Education, Innovation and the MA Economy
10:30am Manufacturing Systems: From Sustainable to Smart
12pm Practical and Principled Security
12pm Gap-Filling Organizations': Competing at Speed in a Fast-Moving World
12pm "Power Supply Systems for Energy Efficiency"
12pm "The Water-Energy Nexus in Oman and Abu Dhabi: A View from the Agricultural Sector”
1pm Cognitive Hearing Aids
1pm Designing for Community, Part 1 - Cottage Clusters
4pm The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures by Herbie Hancock; Set 5 - Buddhism and Creativity
4pm (Re)imagined Cityscapes: Lviv (Ukraine) and Wroclaw (Poland) after 1944-45
4pm Sexual Violence and Citizenship: Rape Reform in American History
5pm Boston Big Data and Analytics Unconference
5:30pm "Revolutionizing Human Rights": Slave Emancipation and the 1875 Civil Rights Act”
6pm Three Squares: The Invention of the American Meal
6pm Designing the Next Generation
6pm The Creeley Collective: A Community Gathering to Celebrate Robert Creeley's Selected Letters
6:30pm Passive House New England: Passive House Hygrothermal data in Hot/Humid Climates
6:30pm Occupying and Transforming the Right-of-Way
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12pm Divergence and Consensus on Transatlantic Security Policy: A Perspective from Paris
12:30pm Acting on our Accountability to the Future
12:30pm Troll Wrastling for Beginners: Data-Driven Methods to Decrease Hatred Online
1pm Remote Sensing and Agent-Based Modeling of Urban Scaling in the Global System
4pm The Long Emancipation: Rethinking the Demise of Slavery in the United States
4:15pm The Strange Man of Europe: Some Thoughts on Politics and Cultural Change in Contemporary Germany
4:30pm Civil Society in East Asia
5:30pm Cleantech Open Northeast Info Session
6pm Shakespeare and the Pleasure of Tragedy
6:30pm Hoops Workshop with New Craft Artists in Action
6:30pm Lecture: Jonathan Sergison and Stephen Bates
7pm Human-centered Journalism: Designing for Engagement
7pm Net Neutrality and the Future of Internet Access
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12pm How Engineers Can Get Serious About Climate Change
12pm Umbrella Agreements, Consensus Building in the Arctic, and Negotiation in Social Enterprises: New Research from PON Fellows and Scholars
12pm Science Policy Lunchtime Discussion with Dr. Daniel Schrag
12pm Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare
12pm Space Becomes Place: A Great Neighborhood
12:15pm Social Security Around the World
1pm Contestation and Adaptation: The Politics of National Identity in China
4pm The Long Emancipation: Rethinking the Demise of Slavery in the United States
4pm Complex fluid and proppant placement in the hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells
4pm The Memory Trap: The Politics of the Past and International Relations
4:10pm Can Negotiating a Uniform Carbon Price Help to Internalize the Global Warming Externality
4:15pm America and China
5pm Plant-Based Eating & Environmental Impact: A Conversation with Scott Jurek
5:30pm Askwith Forum - Temple Grandin: All Kinds of Minds Help the World
6:30pm Boston Gardeners Council Film Series "Flow: For the Love of Water
7pm Discussion and Book Signing with Cass R. Sunstein
7:30pm How to Cater a Roman Orgy: A Discussion with Merry “Corky” White, author of "Cooking for Crowds”
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8am Boston Tech-Security Conference
9am Babson Energy Conference: Fifteen Shades of Green
11:45am Next Generation Compliance and Enforcement at EPA
12pm Predicting the Accuracy of a Decision: A Neural Mechanism for Confidence
12pm Cities and Climate Change: Building Resilience by Stealth or by Spotlight
12pm Islam, Sharia and Alternative Dispute Resolution
12pm The Struggle for Iraq’s Future: How Corruption, Incompetence and Sectarianism Have Undermined Democracy
12:15pm Inside the Labyrinth: Policymaking in Iran
12:30pm Innovate: Holly Samuelson "Near-Zero: Simulation-Aided Design of a Low-Energy House" and Mark Mulligan "Horizon House: A 21st-century Sustainable House in Rural Japan”
4pm The Long Emancipation: Rethinking the Demise of Slavery in the United States
4pm Cash on Hand and Consumption: Evidence from Mortgage Refinancing
4pm What Tomorrow? A Day in the Life of an Arab Woman
5pm Caitlin Berrigan: Lessons in Capitalism - free financial advice for one and all
5:30pm Edmund Morris on Theodore Roosevelt
5:30pm A Conversation on Civic Technology
6pm Creating Culture in Virtual Worlds
6pm Carpenter Center Lecture: An Evening with Nato Thompson
6:30pm Green Patriot Posters Gallery Talk w/ Elizabeth Resnick
6:30pm No One Left Behind: An Army Officer and Afghan Interpreter Reunited
7pm An Evening with Barbara Kopple: Running from Crazy (Boston Premiere)
8:30pm The Carbon Tax Return: Lessons Learned From British Columbia's First Five Years of Taxing Emissions
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Friday, March 28
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Northeast Student Cooperative Convergence 2014
Berklee Music Therapy Hack
8:30am Virtual Rehabilitation and Health
8:30am Dynamics of Transformational Environmental Policy Reform
11:30am Conference on Environmental Justice: Where Are We Now?
12pm From Sudan to Afghanistan: Human Rights in the 113th Congress
1pm Effective Crowd-Sourcing
2:15pm What Kind of Political Economy Have We Had? Political Consequences Of a Consumer-Oriented Growth Model
4pm Harvard Thinks Healthy: A Panel Discussion on Intuitive Eating
6:30pm WGBH'S Smart Conversation Series Presents Climate Change
7pm Forbidden Voices: How to Start a Revolution with a Computer
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Saturday, March 29
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9am 8th Annual Future of Food and Nutrition Graduate Research Conference
10am Get Growing!
11am 39th Annual Gardener’s Gathering
11am Open Rehearsal with Juilliard String Quartet
2pm Master Class with Juilliard String Quartet
4pm TEDxBeaconStreet Event
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Sunday, March 30
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1pm If You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take it: How Christ Transcends Good and Bad
2pm The Meadow Project: A Movie
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Monday, March 31
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Harvard Graduate School of Design Symposium: Waste
12pm The Social Cost of Carbon in Federal Rulemaking
12:15pm Sex, Lies and Technology: A Journalist's Encounters with Bioethics and Big Data
12:30pm Do pollinators matter for human nutrition?
2:30pm Equilibria in Health Exchanges: Adverse Selection vs. Reclassification Risk
4pm The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures by Herbie Hancock; Set 6 - ONCE UPON A TIME…
4pm Building Embedded Sensor Systems to Bring Ubicomp to Life
5:30pm Fracking: Addressing the Water-Energy Nexus
6:30pm Waste
8pm Nerd Night
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Tuesday, April 1
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12pm Energy 101 Sessions: What is Fracking?
12:30pm Pop-Up Learning: The Future of MOOCs and Online Education
12:30pm Innovate: Ali Malkawi
3:30pm Managing China's Oil Dependence
4pm How the Law Responds to Unique Catastrophes: Personal Reflections on Tragic Choices
4pm An April Fools Evening of Kyogen
4:30pm Russian Entrepreneurship, Leadership, and Innovation
6pm Healthy People - Healthy Planet - Healthcare & Sustainability
6:30pm Waste
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My rough notes on some of the events I go to are at:
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/18/1285810/-Living-Building-Challenge
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Monday, March 24
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Losing our Lead? Education, Innovation and the MA Economy
Monday, March 24, 2014
8:00 AM to 10:00 AM (PDT)
Microsoft New England Research and Development Center, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/losing-our-lead-education-innovation-and-the-ma-economy-tickets-10730512251
The Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education (MBAE) will be announcing a new agenda for improving public education in the Commonwealth as part of The New Opportunity to Lead campaign. We will be sharing the findings of a statewide poll of employers and releasing a report about the condition of public education in Massachusetts and how we compare to the best systems around the world. Sir Michael Barber, lead author of the report, will present findings and recommendations for discussion as we continue to refine this blueprint for future education policy in the Commonwealth.
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Monday, March 24
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Losing our Lead? Education, Innovation and the MA Economy
Monday, March 24, 2014
8:00 AM to 10:00 AM (PDT)
Microsoft New England Research and Development Center, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/losing-our-lead-education-innovation-and-the-ma-economy-tickets-10730512251
The Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education (MBAE) will be announcing a new agenda for improving public education in the Commonwealth as part of The New Opportunity to Lead campaign. We will be sharing the findings of a statewide poll of employers and releasing a report about the condition of public education in Massachusetts and how we compare to the best systems around the world. Sir Michael Barber, lead author of the report, will present findings and recommendations for discussion as we continue to refine this blueprint for future education policy in the Commonwealth.
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Manufacturing Systems: From Sustainable to Smart
Monday, March 24
Monday, March 24
10:30AM - 12:00PM
Northeastern, Egan Research Center, 406 120 Forsyth Street, Boston
Northeastern, Egan Research Center, 406 120 Forsyth Street, Boston
Dr. Sudarsan Rachuri
The Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Presents Dr. Sudarsan Rachuri, Computer Scientist
Abstract: This talk is organized into two parts. In part one, I will focus on research related sustainable manufacturing. Even though the awareness of the business benefits of sustainability is increasing , , , there are two critical measurement science barriers: the need for well-defined metrics and standards, and a measurement science-based methodology to aggregate metrics across global supply chains within manageable uncertainty. To address the industry needs, Sustainable Manufacturing research focus was on developing measurement science-based methodology to enable analysis and synthesis of the energy and material footprints at the factory level for gate-to-gate life cycle impacts. This part will give an overview of the Sustainable Manufacturing research results and outcomes. In Part two, I will describe the objective of the “smart” manufacturing research. The research focus is to develop and deploy advances in cyber-physical infrastructure (multi-stack reference architecture), modeling methodology for system integration, standards, methods, and protocols for real-time data analytics, and, metrics and assessment methods that will assure the performance (agility, asset utilization, and sustainability) of dynamic production systems with a predictable degree of uncertainty.
Bio: Dr. Sudarsan Rachuri is a computer scientist at a government agency. Prior to joining this agency, he was a research professor at George Washington University. His primary research objectives are to develop and transfer knowledge to industry about information models for sustainable manufacturing, green products, assembly representation, system level analysis, and tolerance representation. Specific focus is on identifying integration and technology issues that promote industry acceptance of information models, and standards, that will enable designers to develop products that are sustainable and manufactured in a distributed and collaborative environment. Dr. Rachuri's primary areas of interest are sustainable manufacturing, scientific computing, CAD/CAM/CAE, design for Sustainability, data analytics, object-oriented modeling, and ontology. Dr. Rachuri is an ASME Fellow, having been elected in 2012 for his significant contributions in the areas of information and semantic modeling of product life cycle management, and the application of measurement science for sustainable manufacturing.
Abstract: This talk is organized into two parts. In part one, I will focus on research related sustainable manufacturing. Even though the awareness of the business benefits of sustainability is increasing , , , there are two critical measurement science barriers: the need for well-defined metrics and standards, and a measurement science-based methodology to aggregate metrics across global supply chains within manageable uncertainty. To address the industry needs, Sustainable Manufacturing research focus was on developing measurement science-based methodology to enable analysis and synthesis of the energy and material footprints at the factory level for gate-to-gate life cycle impacts. This part will give an overview of the Sustainable Manufacturing research results and outcomes. In Part two, I will describe the objective of the “smart” manufacturing research. The research focus is to develop and deploy advances in cyber-physical infrastructure (multi-stack reference architecture), modeling methodology for system integration, standards, methods, and protocols for real-time data analytics, and, metrics and assessment methods that will assure the performance (agility, asset utilization, and sustainability) of dynamic production systems with a predictable degree of uncertainty.
Bio: Dr. Sudarsan Rachuri is a computer scientist at a government agency. Prior to joining this agency, he was a research professor at George Washington University. His primary research objectives are to develop and transfer knowledge to industry about information models for sustainable manufacturing, green products, assembly representation, system level analysis, and tolerance representation. Specific focus is on identifying integration and technology issues that promote industry acceptance of information models, and standards, that will enable designers to develop products that are sustainable and manufactured in a distributed and collaborative environment. Dr. Rachuri's primary areas of interest are sustainable manufacturing, scientific computing, CAD/CAM/CAE, design for Sustainability, data analytics, object-oriented modeling, and ontology. Dr. Rachuri is an ASME Fellow, having been elected in 2012 for his significant contributions in the areas of information and semantic modeling of product life cycle management, and the application of measurement science for sustainable manufacturing.
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Practical and Principled Security
March 24, 2014
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Tufts, Halligan 102, 161 College Avenue, Medford
Speaker: Andrea Bittau, Stanford University
Most deployed defenses in software security are point solutions to specific attacks, leading to an arms race. Unfortunately many principled solutions remain undeployed partly due to complexity, but possibly also because of the false sense of security people perceive from point solutions. So are deployed solutions really good enough in practice? If not, how can we make principled solutions more practical and deployable?
Modern deployed protection mechanisms can in fact be defeated, as we show with our new Blind Return Oriented Programming (BROP) attack. Using BROP we exploited a recent vulnerability in the nginx web server, running on 64-bit Linux with ASLR, NX and canaries enabled. BROP also shows that hackers can sometimes exploit proprietary services for which the source and binary are unknown.
While there are established security principles that could have prevented BROP, unfortunately they are not deployed. For example, privilege separation suggests to split high-privilege applications into multiple lesser-privilege components. How to achieve this ideal in practice is not obvious: how do we split existing code, and how do we make the resulting decomposed system run fast? I'll briefly present Wedge, a privilege separation system that helps splitting existing code, and then focus on Dune, a generic platform that makes principled security practical: Dune leverages modern CPU hardware to make systems like Wedge run fast. Dune enables practical performance improvements in a range of applications beyond security, as well.
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'Gap-Filling Organizations': Competing at Speed in a Fast-Moving World
Monday, March 24, 2014
12:00p–1:00p
Webinar at http://sdm.mit.edu/news/news_articles/webinar_032414/spear-webinar-gap-filling-organizations.html
Speaker: Steven J. Spear, D.B.A., M.S., M.S., Senior Lecturer, Engineering Systems Division and Sloan School of Management, MIT
About the Presentation:
Determining, documenting, and addressing the gaps between an organization's business requirements for products and services and the systems and capabilities available to achieve them is a challenge common to all industries. Many companies address this issue by deploying internal functions that reactively fill these gaps. Although these efforts may differ by sector and context, those that are successful share several common characteristics in a systems-based approach that Dr. Steven J. Spear describes as the creation of "gap-filling organizations."
In this webinar, Spear will highlight some of the factors that make gap-filling organizations so useful, specifically speed, super-focus, and network multipliers. He will also discuss the importance of a degree of institutional independence for gap-filling organizations and how it can be achieved. This presentation will give examples of gap-filling organizations in a variety of settings, identify the capabilities that make them effective and unique, and provide first steps in creating similar capabilities within your organizations.
A question and answer session will follow the presentation.
We invite you to join us.
MIT System Design and Management Program Systems Thinking Webinar Series
This series features research conducted by SDM faculty, alumni, students, and industry partners. The series is designed to disseminate information on how to employ systems thinking to address engineering, management, and socio-political components of complex challenges.
Web site: http://sdm.mit.edu/news/news_articles/webinar_032414/spear-webinar-gap-filling-organizations.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free and open to all
Tickets: See url above.
Sponsor(s): Engineering Systems Division, MIT System Design and Management Program
For more information, contact: Lois Slavin
617-253-0812
lslavin@mit.edu
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"Power Supply Systems for Energy Efficiency"
March 24, 2014
March 24, 2014
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Northeastern, 442 Dana, 110 Forsyth Street, Boston
José A. Cobos, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Abstract:
Energy efficiency aims at “reducing the amount of energy required to provide products and services”. Power electronics provides the capability to “control” the electrical energy, and therefore it is a key enabler to reduce the required energy, at different levels: adoption, power management at system level, power conversion efficiency, and power management at load level. The talk will address how power supply systems help replacing a combustion engine by an electric motor supplied by a fuel cell in a plane; how to increase the autonomy of deaf people with cochlear implants and how to power remote devices wirelessly; how to reduce the size and weight of power converters, and how to reduce the energy needed by RF amplifiers and digital systems. Bi-directional and multi-port power converters, combined with high frequency rectifiers and inverters, are essential instruments for energy storage and for the deployment of Distributed generation, renewable energy and DC grids.
Bio:
José A. Cobos is a Full Professor at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM), and Director of the “Centro de Electrónica Industrial, CEI-UPM”, Spain. His contributions are focused in the field of power supply systems for telecom, aerospace, industrial, automotive and medical applications. His research interests include energy efficiency, magnetic components, piezoelectric transformers, transcutaneous energy transfer and dynamic power management. He also works on the influence of EM fields on water super cooling and biomedical effects.
Since 2003 he is serving as Associate Editor of the Transactions on Power Electronics. From 2002 to 2005 he served as AE of the IEEE-PELS letters. From 2001 to 2006 he was Chair of the Technical Committee on DC Power Supply Systems of the IEEE-PELS. He is member-at-large (2012-2014) of the Administrative Committee of the IEEE Power Electronics Society and member of the Steering committee of IEEE-APEC. He has been involved in the management team of the Engineering School (ETS Ingenieros Industriales, ETSII) at UPM, from 2000 to 2009, serving as “Vice Dean for Research and Doctorate” and as “Vice Dean for Academic Affairs”, adapting the engineering degrees to the Bologna declaration. He also served from 2006 to 2009 as President of the “Alumni Association” and from 2006 to 2010 as Executive Director of the “Sociedad de Amigos” of this school, which coordinates the patronage of the top Spanish companies to ETSII. He has been Principal Investigator in contracts with ABB, Agere Systems, Airbus, Alcatel, Ansoft, Ansys, Astrium-Crisa, Boeing, Cochlear, EADS, Enpirion, Fagor, General Electric, Indra, Intel, Philips Hearing Implants, Premo, Sedecal, Sener, Siemens and Tecnobit.
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José A. Cobos, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Abstract:
Energy efficiency aims at “reducing the amount of energy required to provide products and services”. Power electronics provides the capability to “control” the electrical energy, and therefore it is a key enabler to reduce the required energy, at different levels: adoption, power management at system level, power conversion efficiency, and power management at load level. The talk will address how power supply systems help replacing a combustion engine by an electric motor supplied by a fuel cell in a plane; how to increase the autonomy of deaf people with cochlear implants and how to power remote devices wirelessly; how to reduce the size and weight of power converters, and how to reduce the energy needed by RF amplifiers and digital systems. Bi-directional and multi-port power converters, combined with high frequency rectifiers and inverters, are essential instruments for energy storage and for the deployment of Distributed generation, renewable energy and DC grids.
Bio:
José A. Cobos is a Full Professor at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM), and Director of the “Centro de Electrónica Industrial, CEI-UPM”, Spain. His contributions are focused in the field of power supply systems for telecom, aerospace, industrial, automotive and medical applications. His research interests include energy efficiency, magnetic components, piezoelectric transformers, transcutaneous energy transfer and dynamic power management. He also works on the influence of EM fields on water super cooling and biomedical effects.
Since 2003 he is serving as Associate Editor of the Transactions on Power Electronics. From 2002 to 2005 he served as AE of the IEEE-PELS letters. From 2001 to 2006 he was Chair of the Technical Committee on DC Power Supply Systems of the IEEE-PELS. He is member-at-large (2012-2014) of the Administrative Committee of the IEEE Power Electronics Society and member of the Steering committee of IEEE-APEC. He has been involved in the management team of the Engineering School (ETS Ingenieros Industriales, ETSII) at UPM, from 2000 to 2009, serving as “Vice Dean for Research and Doctorate” and as “Vice Dean for Academic Affairs”, adapting the engineering degrees to the Bologna declaration. He also served from 2006 to 2009 as President of the “Alumni Association” and from 2006 to 2010 as Executive Director of the “Sociedad de Amigos” of this school, which coordinates the patronage of the top Spanish companies to ETSII. He has been Principal Investigator in contracts with ABB, Agere Systems, Airbus, Alcatel, Ansoft, Ansys, Astrium-Crisa, Boeing, Cochlear, EADS, Enpirion, Fagor, General Electric, Indra, Intel, Philips Hearing Implants, Premo, Sedecal, Sener, Siemens and Tecnobit.
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"The Water-Energy Nexus in Oman and Abu Dhabi: A View from the Agricultural Sector"
Monday, March 24, 2014
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Harvard, Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
with Mattijs Van Maasakkers, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, HKS
ETIP/Consortium Energy Policy Seminar Series
Contact Name: Louisa Lund
Louisa_Lund@hks.harvard.edu
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Cognitive Hearing Aids
Monday, March 24, 2014
1:00PM
Boston University, CompNet Building, 677 Beacon Street, CompNet Auditorium, Room B02, Boston
1:00PM
Boston University, CompNet Building, 677 Beacon Street, CompNet Auditorium, Room B02, Boston
Thomas Lunner
Eriksholm Research Centre, Oticon
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Eriksholm Research Centre, Oticon
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Designing for Community, Part 1 - Cottage Clusters
WHEN Mon., Mar. 24, 2014, 1 – 3 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Gund Hall 123, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Loeb Fellowship and the Joint Center for Housing Studies
SPEAKER(S) Mark Lakeman, City Repair and Eli Spevak, Loeb Fellow, Orange Splot LLC
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO Syoung@gsd.harvard.edu
LINK http://blogs.gsd.harvard.edu/loeb-fellows/upcoming-loeb-fellowship-events/
WHEN Mon., Mar. 24, 2014, 1 – 3 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Gund Hall 123, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Loeb Fellowship and the Joint Center for Housing Studies
SPEAKER(S) Mark Lakeman, City Repair and Eli Spevak, Loeb Fellow, Orange Splot LLC
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO Syoung@gsd.harvard.edu
LINK http://blogs.gsd.harvard.edu/loeb-fellows/upcoming-loeb-fellowship-events/
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The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures by Herbie Hancock; Set 5 - Buddhism and Creativity
WHEN Mon., Mar. 24, 2014, 4 p.m.
WHERE Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Humanities, Lecture, Poetry/Prose, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard
SPEAKER(S) Herbie Hancock
COST Free; tickets required
TICKET WEB LINK https://www.boxoffice.harvard.edu/Online/
TICKET INFO Tickets will be available starting at noon on the day of each lecture. Tickets will be available at Sanders Theatre's box office and online (handling fee applies). Limit of 2 tickets per person. Tickets valid until 3:45 p.m. on the day of the event.
CONTACT INFO humcentr@fas.harvard.edu
NOTE The Norton Lecturer in 2014 is Herbie Hancock.
THE ETHICS OF JAZZ
4pm,
Set 5 - BUDDHISM AND CREATIVITY
Monday, March 24
Set 6 - ONCE UPON A TIME…
Monday, March 31
LINK http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/norton-lectures
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(Re)imagined Cityscapes: Lviv (Ukraine) and Wroclaw (Poland) after 1944-45
WHEN Mon., Mar. 24, 2014, 4 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Room S-050, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Ukrainian Research Institute
SPEAKER(S) Sofia Dyak
COST Free and open to the public
LINK www.huri.harvard.edu
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Sexual Violence and Citizenship: Rape Reform in American History
WHEN Mon., Mar. 24, 2014, 4 p.m.
WHERE Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Fay House, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
SPEAKER(S) Estelle B. Freedman, Edgar E. Robinson Professor in US History, Stanford University
COST Free
LINK http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2014-estelle-b-freedman-lecture
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Boston Big Data and Analytics Unconference
March 24 - 28, 2014
Starting at 17:00 - 21:00
Boston, MA
Royal Sonesta / Microsoft NERD
Cost: $12
AnalyticsWeek is a weeklong Big Data & Analytics unconference to be held between March 24 and March 28, 2014 in the heart of Boston. As we keep getting more and more tools in big data landscape, it is imperative that the process of performing bigdata analytics needs a better focus. Our effort during this unconference is to initiate discussions around enterprise challenges about bigdata and how does enterprise see analytics process evolving over the next year. A clear understanding of enterprise challenges will fuel the need for building sustainable frameworks and maintain a consistent strategy for handling big data.
More information at http://analyticsweek.com
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"Revolutionizing Human Rights": Slave Emancipation and the 1875 Civil Rights Act”
WHEN Mon., Mar. 24, 2014, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Robinson Hall, Basement Seminar Room, 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Charles Warren Center
SPEAKER(S) Amy Dru Stanley (University of Chicago)
CONTACT INFO lkennedy@fas.harvard.edu
LINK warrencenter.fas.harvard.edu…
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Three Squares: The Invention of the American Meal
Monday, March 24
6 PM
Boston University School of Theology, Room B19, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Speaker: Abigail Carroll, PhD, American Studies, Boston University
Presented in conjunction with MET ML 622, History of Food
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Designing the Next Generation
Monday March 24
6:00 p.m.
Alex and Ani, 115 Newbury Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/designing-the-next-generation-mentoring-in-the-design-industry-tickets-10782090523
Cumar Marble and Granite, the Over My Shoulder Foundation (OMSF), and a panel of special guests will convene at Alex and Ani (115 Newbury Street, Boston) during Boston Design Week for a discussion of contemporary design and mentorship.
Hosted by Janice O'Leary, Editor of Robb Report Health and Wellness Magazine, the evening will feature award-winning fashion designer and philanthropist Denise Hajjar, interior designer Paula Daher, and Cumar Marble and Granite Executive Vice President Carlotta Cubi.
15% of the proceeds from all Alex and Ani sales during the event will benefit the Over My Shoulder Foundation, a unique non-profit organization that promotes mentorship in the fields of design and music.
"Dawn Carroll has carved out OMSF's niche in the mentoring world while managing an award worthy design career at Cumar, which is based in Everett, MA, and built on eight generations of Italian craftsmanship, sourcing, and fabrication," says Cumar General Manager Dave Connor.
Carlotta Cubi, daughter of Cumar owner Ivo Cubi, emphasizes the particular importance of mentorship to the industry: "In the stone world, mentoring is the only way that the special craftsmanship has been able to live on from generation to generation.”
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The Creeley Collective: A Community Gathering to Celebrate Robert Creeley's Selected Letters with Penelope Creeley, Kaplan Harris, Gerrit Lansing, Ruth Lepson (host), Rod Smith & Friends
WHEN Mon., Mar. 24, 2014, 6 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Poetry/Prose
NOTE Poets, editors, scholars, colleagues, friends and readers are invited to join Penelope Creeley, Ruth Lepson, Kaplan Harris and Rod Smith (co-editors of The Selected Letters of Robert Creeley) for this informal, free-form gathering that will feature impromptu readings from the Creeley letters (copies will be on-hand) as well as the sharing of reminiscences and rare materials. Refreshments will be provided.
LINK http://hcl.harvard.edu/poetryroom/events/index.cfm
March 24 - 28, 2014
Starting at 17:00 - 21:00
Boston, MA
Royal Sonesta / Microsoft NERD
Cost: $12
AnalyticsWeek is a weeklong Big Data & Analytics unconference to be held between March 24 and March 28, 2014 in the heart of Boston. As we keep getting more and more tools in big data landscape, it is imperative that the process of performing bigdata analytics needs a better focus. Our effort during this unconference is to initiate discussions around enterprise challenges about bigdata and how does enterprise see analytics process evolving over the next year. A clear understanding of enterprise challenges will fuel the need for building sustainable frameworks and maintain a consistent strategy for handling big data.
More information at http://analyticsweek.com
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"Revolutionizing Human Rights": Slave Emancipation and the 1875 Civil Rights Act”
WHEN Mon., Mar. 24, 2014, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Robinson Hall, Basement Seminar Room, 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Charles Warren Center
SPEAKER(S) Amy Dru Stanley (University of Chicago)
CONTACT INFO lkennedy@fas.harvard.edu
LINK warrencenter.fas.harvard.edu…
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Three Squares: The Invention of the American Meal
Monday, March 24
6 PM
Boston University School of Theology, Room B19, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Speaker: Abigail Carroll, PhD, American Studies, Boston University
Presented in conjunction with MET ML 622, History of Food
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Designing the Next Generation
Monday March 24
6:00 p.m.
Alex and Ani, 115 Newbury Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/designing-the-next-generation-mentoring-in-the-design-industry-tickets-10782090523
Cumar Marble and Granite, the Over My Shoulder Foundation (OMSF), and a panel of special guests will convene at Alex and Ani (115 Newbury Street, Boston) during Boston Design Week for a discussion of contemporary design and mentorship.
Hosted by Janice O'Leary, Editor of Robb Report Health and Wellness Magazine, the evening will feature award-winning fashion designer and philanthropist Denise Hajjar, interior designer Paula Daher, and Cumar Marble and Granite Executive Vice President Carlotta Cubi.
15% of the proceeds from all Alex and Ani sales during the event will benefit the Over My Shoulder Foundation, a unique non-profit organization that promotes mentorship in the fields of design and music.
"Dawn Carroll has carved out OMSF's niche in the mentoring world while managing an award worthy design career at Cumar, which is based in Everett, MA, and built on eight generations of Italian craftsmanship, sourcing, and fabrication," says Cumar General Manager Dave Connor.
Carlotta Cubi, daughter of Cumar owner Ivo Cubi, emphasizes the particular importance of mentorship to the industry: "In the stone world, mentoring is the only way that the special craftsmanship has been able to live on from generation to generation.”
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The Creeley Collective: A Community Gathering to Celebrate Robert Creeley's Selected Letters with Penelope Creeley, Kaplan Harris, Gerrit Lansing, Ruth Lepson (host), Rod Smith & Friends
WHEN Mon., Mar. 24, 2014, 6 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Poetry/Prose
NOTE Poets, editors, scholars, colleagues, friends and readers are invited to join Penelope Creeley, Ruth Lepson, Kaplan Harris and Rod Smith (co-editors of The Selected Letters of Robert Creeley) for this informal, free-form gathering that will feature impromptu readings from the Creeley letters (copies will be on-hand) as well as the sharing of reminiscences and rare materials. Refreshments will be provided.
LINK http://hcl.harvard.edu/poetryroom/events/index.cfm
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Passive House New England: Passive House Hygrothermal data in Hot/Humid Climates
March 24, 2014
March 24, 2014
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, Boston
Register by emailing to mduclos@deapgroup.com with "PHNE 3/24” as the subject
Register by emailing to mduclos@deapgroup.com with "PHNE 3/24” as the subject
Dr. Hideki Shibaike, Associate Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology
Dr. Shibaike's expertise is in Building and Urban Physics with a special focus on modeling and monitoring the heat and moisture transfer occurring in building components. He recently led a team of architects, building scientists, and contractors to build an experimental Passive House located in Saitama, Japan (1,350 sf). The house's north wall has four different wall assemblies, each with monitoring devices. He will discuss the results from monitoring the house for 5 years in Japan’s mixed climate with high cooling demand in Summer. He will also discuss how high performance Passive Houses should be designed and modeled in the mixed humid climates zones in most of Japan.
To learn more about Passive House New England, visit architects.org/committees/passive-house-new-england.
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Occupying and Transforming the Right-of-Way
WHEN Mon., Mar. 24, 2014, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Loeb Fellowship
SPEAKER(S) Mark Lakeman, City Repair, Jason Roberts and Andrew Howard, The Better Block; moderated by Aaron Naparstek, Loeb Fellow '12
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO syoung@gsd.harvard.edu
LINK http://blogs.gsd.harvard.edu/loeb-fellows/upcoming-loeb-fellowship-events/
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Tuesday, March 25
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Divergence and Consensus on Transatlantic Security Policy: A Perspective from Paris
WHEN Tue., Mar. 25, 2014, 12 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, CGIS South Building, S050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Transatlantic Relations Seminar at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; Future of the European Union Study Group
SPEAKER(S) Anne-Marie Le Gloannec, Director of Research, Foundation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris; Discussant: Jolyon Howorth, Visiting Professor, Political Science and Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University
COST free
CONTACT INFO Ann Townes, atownes@wcfia.harvard.edu; Karl Kaiser, kkaiser@wcfia.harvard.edu; Vivien Schmidt,vschmidt@bu.edu
NOTE A snack will be served prior to the talk
LINK ces.fas.harvard.edu/#/events/2214
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Acting on our Accountability to the Future
March 25, 2014
12:30–1:30 pm
Harvard School of Public Health, Kresge 502, 677 Huntington Avenue Boston
HSPH EcoOpportunity lecture series continues with Heather Henriksen, Director, Harvard Office for Sustainability. Refreshments will be served.
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Troll Wrastling for Beginners: Data-Driven Methods to Decrease Hatred Online
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
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/2014/03/benesch#RSVP
This event will be webcast live (on this page) at 12:30pm ET.
Susan Benesch, Berkman Center Faculty Associate
Hateful and even violent speech are familiar online; what’s unusual are data-driven efforts to diminish them. Experiments so far have produced intriguing results including: some ‘trolls’ recant or apologize in response to counterspeech, and small changes in platform architecture can improve online discourse norms. Benesch will describe these findings and propose further experiments, especially in climates where online speech may be tied to offline violence.
About Susan
Susan Benesch founded the Dangerous Speech Project, to find ways of diminishing inflammatory speech – and its capacity to inspire violence - while protecting freedom of expression. Her framework to gauge the dangerousness of speech in context has been used in work to prevent violence in Kenya among other countries. Building on data from Kenya, she is now conducting new research to test the effectiveness of counterspeech on social media platforms.
Susan teaches international human rights at American University's School of International Service. She previously worked at the Center for Justice and Accountability, Amnesty International, and Human Rights First. Before becoming a lawyer, she was a journalist, serving as chief staff writer for the Miami Herald in Haiti, and Latin America correspondent for the St. Petersburg Times. She holds a JD from Yale and an LLM from Georgetown.
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Remote Sensing and Agent-Based Modeling of Urban Scaling in the Global System
Tuesday, March 25
1:00 to 2:30 PM
Cambridge
RSVP at http://necsi.edu/events/upcomingevents.html?event=27
Timothy Gulden
This talk will explore scaling laws in urban systems from both a theoretical and empirical perspective. It will first describe a simple agent-based model that derives the rank-size relationships observed in the USA, France, and Russia. While all three of these countries have city size distributions that resemble the well known Zipf distribution, they each present significant deviations from Zipf and the model focuses on explaining these deviations. The talk will then describe a novel method for estimating economic activity at the city level based on nighttime lights. The resulting global dataset of city sizes, measured both in terms of population and in terms of economic activity will then be used in combination with the modeling results to offer hypotheses about the functional structure of urban hierarchies and the dynamics of globalization.
Timothy Gulden is a Research Assistant Professor with the Center for Social Complexity and Department of Computational Social Science in the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study at George Mason University. His research focuses on modeling complex systems in the context of empirical data. He holds a PhD from the University of Maryland School of Public policy where he explored agent-based modeling as a tool for policy analysis. He has been a research scholar at Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM), a visiting scholar at the Brookings Institution's Center for Social and Economic Dynamics (CSED) and attended the Santa Fe Institute's Complex Systems Summer School. During the 1990s he was the technical director of the GIS program for Westchester County, New York. His interests include the quantitative study of conflict dynamics, modeling adaptation to a changing climate, understanding the human and economic flows driving changes in the global urban systems, and the development of novel urban metrics based on nighttime lights.
New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) and MIT Media Lab Seminar
More information at NECSI, 238 Main Street Suite 319, Cambridge, MA 02142
617-547-4100
http://necsi.edu/
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WHEN Mon., Mar. 24, 2014, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Loeb Fellowship
SPEAKER(S) Mark Lakeman, City Repair, Jason Roberts and Andrew Howard, The Better Block; moderated by Aaron Naparstek, Loeb Fellow '12
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO syoung@gsd.harvard.edu
LINK http://blogs.gsd.harvard.edu/loeb-fellows/upcoming-loeb-fellowship-events/
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Tuesday, March 25
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Divergence and Consensus on Transatlantic Security Policy: A Perspective from Paris
WHEN Tue., Mar. 25, 2014, 12 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, CGIS South Building, S050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Transatlantic Relations Seminar at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; Future of the European Union Study Group
SPEAKER(S) Anne-Marie Le Gloannec, Director of Research, Foundation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris; Discussant: Jolyon Howorth, Visiting Professor, Political Science and Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University
COST free
CONTACT INFO Ann Townes, atownes@wcfia.harvard.edu; Karl Kaiser, kkaiser@wcfia.harvard.edu; Vivien Schmidt,vschmidt@bu.edu
NOTE A snack will be served prior to the talk
LINK ces.fas.harvard.edu/#/events/2214
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Acting on our Accountability to the Future
March 25, 2014
12:30–1:30 pm
Harvard School of Public Health, Kresge 502, 677 Huntington Avenue Boston
HSPH EcoOpportunity lecture series continues with Heather Henriksen, Director, Harvard Office for Sustainability. Refreshments will be served.
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Troll Wrastling for Beginners: Data-Driven Methods to Decrease Hatred Online
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
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/2014/03/benesch#RSVP
This event will be webcast live (on this page) at 12:30pm ET.
Susan Benesch, Berkman Center Faculty Associate
Hateful and even violent speech are familiar online; what’s unusual are data-driven efforts to diminish them. Experiments so far have produced intriguing results including: some ‘trolls’ recant or apologize in response to counterspeech, and small changes in platform architecture can improve online discourse norms. Benesch will describe these findings and propose further experiments, especially in climates where online speech may be tied to offline violence.
About Susan
Susan Benesch founded the Dangerous Speech Project, to find ways of diminishing inflammatory speech – and its capacity to inspire violence - while protecting freedom of expression. Her framework to gauge the dangerousness of speech in context has been used in work to prevent violence in Kenya among other countries. Building on data from Kenya, she is now conducting new research to test the effectiveness of counterspeech on social media platforms.
Susan teaches international human rights at American University's School of International Service. She previously worked at the Center for Justice and Accountability, Amnesty International, and Human Rights First. Before becoming a lawyer, she was a journalist, serving as chief staff writer for the Miami Herald in Haiti, and Latin America correspondent for the St. Petersburg Times. She holds a JD from Yale and an LLM from Georgetown.
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Remote Sensing and Agent-Based Modeling of Urban Scaling in the Global System
Tuesday, March 25
1:00 to 2:30 PM
Cambridge
RSVP at http://necsi.edu/events/upcomingevents.html?event=27
Timothy Gulden
This talk will explore scaling laws in urban systems from both a theoretical and empirical perspective. It will first describe a simple agent-based model that derives the rank-size relationships observed in the USA, France, and Russia. While all three of these countries have city size distributions that resemble the well known Zipf distribution, they each present significant deviations from Zipf and the model focuses on explaining these deviations. The talk will then describe a novel method for estimating economic activity at the city level based on nighttime lights. The resulting global dataset of city sizes, measured both in terms of population and in terms of economic activity will then be used in combination with the modeling results to offer hypotheses about the functional structure of urban hierarchies and the dynamics of globalization.
Timothy Gulden is a Research Assistant Professor with the Center for Social Complexity and Department of Computational Social Science in the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study at George Mason University. His research focuses on modeling complex systems in the context of empirical data. He holds a PhD from the University of Maryland School of Public policy where he explored agent-based modeling as a tool for policy analysis. He has been a research scholar at Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM), a visiting scholar at the Brookings Institution's Center for Social and Economic Dynamics (CSED) and attended the Santa Fe Institute's Complex Systems Summer School. During the 1990s he was the technical director of the GIS program for Westchester County, New York. His interests include the quantitative study of conflict dynamics, modeling adaptation to a changing climate, understanding the human and economic flows driving changes in the global urban systems, and the development of novel urban metrics based on nighttime lights.
New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) and MIT Media Lab Seminar
More information at NECSI, 238 Main Street Suite 319, Cambridge, MA 02142
617-547-4100
http://necsi.edu/
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The Long Emancipation: Rethinking the Demise of Slavery in the United States
WHEN Tue., Mar. 25, 2014, 4 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Hutchins Center for African and African American Research
SPEAKER(S) Ira Berlin, Distinguished University Professor, Department of History, University of Maryland
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO hutchevents@fas.harvard.edu, 617.495.3611
NOTE A lecture in three parts. A Q+A and reception will immediately follow each talk.
Tuesday, 3/25 - Rethinking the Demise of Slavery in the United States
Wednesday, 3/26 - First Strikes: The Beginnings of the Struggle for Universal Freedom
Thursday, 3/27 - Bloody Struggles
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The Strange Man of Europe: Some Thoughts on Politics and Cultural Change in Contemporary Germany
WHEN Tue., Mar. 25, 2014, 4:15 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Goldman Room, Busch Hall, Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR German Study Group
SPEAKER(S) Paul Nolte, Professor of History, Free University, Berlin
COST free
LINK ces.fas.harvard.edu/#/events/2270
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Civil Society in East Asia
WHEN Tue., Mar. 25, 2014, 4:30 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard-Yenching Institute, co-sponsored with the Asia Center, Harvard University
SPEAKER(S) Marshall Ganz, Harvard Kennedy School; Gao Bingzhong, Peking University; Jeong Jong-ho, Seoul National University; Kage Rieko, The University of Tokyo; moderated by Elizabeth Perry, Harvard University
COST Free and open to the public
TICKET WEB LINK https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qzagMflRxXJfdQhFg4OohR0BKulg9qK4Nzt8FXbOtxA/viewform
CONTACT INFO strogatz@fas.harvard.edu
LINK http://www.harvard-yenching.org
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Cleantech Open Northeast Info Session
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
5:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
Greentown Labs, 28 Dane Street, Somerville
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/somerville-ma-cleantech-open-northeast-info-session-tickets-10692990021
Are you an energy or environmental entrepreneur looking for ways to accelerate your startup, expand your cleantech network, and explore funding opportunities?
Join us for an intimate briefing to hear from the Northeast Region of the Cleantech Open business accelerator program and competition and learn more about how the program can help you grow your cleantech venture, or mentor entrepreneurs looking to solve our biggest environmental and energy challenges.
Come and ask questions of Cleantech Open staff and volunteers learn about the program and explore what the Cleantech Open can offer you, whether you are an entrepreneur, prospective mentor, or simply wish to learn more!
Ready to enter the Northeast competition?
Learn more and submit your application here!
About the Cleantech Open
The mission of the Cleantech Open is to find, fund, and foster the big ideas that address today’s most urgent energy, environmental, and economic challenges.
http://www.cleantechopen.com
To accomplish this mission, the Cleantech Open provides the infrastructure, expertise and strategic relationships to turn ideas into successful global cleantech companies. Through its one-of-a-kind annual business competition and mentorship program, the Cleantech Open has helped hundreds of clean technology startups bring their breakthrough ideas to fruition. Since 2006, the Cleantech Open has awarded over $6 million in cash and services to support cleantech startups. The 727 participating companies have raised more than $800 million in external capital.
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Shakespeare and the Pleasure of Tragedy
WHEN Tue., Mar. 25, 2014, 6 p.m.
WHERE Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Poetry/Prose, Theater
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Cambridge Public Library
SPEAKER(S) Stephen Greenblatt
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO 617.349.4040
NOTE Join Stephen Greenblatt for an informal talk titled "Shakespeare and the Pleasure of Tragedy". Greenblatt is the the John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard, and his book, "The Swerve: How the World Became Modern," was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2012. In its citation, the Pulitzer board described Greenblatt’s book as "a provocative book arguing that an obscure work of philosophy, discovered nearly 600 years ago, changed the course of history by anticipating the science and sensibilities of today." Join us at the Cambridge Public Library for this talk about how Shakespeare and his age rediscovered the peculiar taste for stories of downfall and death.
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Hoops Workshop with New Craft Artists in Action
WHEN Tue., Mar. 25, 2014, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Exhibitions, Support/Social
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
COST free
CONTACT INFO 617-495-3251
NOTE New Craft Artists in Action "Net Works" // Workshop: Learn To Craft Hand Made Basketball Nets for Empty Hoops in your Neighborhood
about NCAA: molteninetworks.tumblr.com
presented in conjunction with the exhibition
Living as Form (The Nomadic Version), on view at the Carpenter Center through April 6
LINK http://www.ves.fas.harvard.edu/ccva.html
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Lecture: Jonathan Sergison and Stephen Bates
WHEN Tue., Mar. 25, 2014, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
WHERE Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Graduate School of Design
SPEAKER(S) Jonathan Sergison and Stephen Bates
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO events@gsd.harvard.edu
NOTE With projects sensitive to place, experience, and environmental concerns, Sergison Bates has worked at scales from architecture to urban planning and regeneration, in the UK and Europe, since 1996. Among recent projects are a Centre for the Applied Arts in Ruthin, Wales; an urban housing development in Finsbury Park, London; a public library in Blankenberge, Belgium; a care home in Huise-Zingem, Belgium; the London Sustainable Industries Park in Dagenham; a rural housing project in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal, and an apartment building and crèche in Geneva, Switzerland. Sergison Bates's widely published work has been recognized with RIBA awards, an Erich Schelling Medal for Architecture, and a Heinrich Tessenow Gold Medal for Architecture; the firm participated in the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2008 and 2012. Jonathan Sergison and Stephen Bates are design critic in architecture and Dunlop visiting professor in architecture at Harvard GSD in Spring 2014.
Anyone requiring accessibility accommodations should contact the events office two weeks in advance at 617 496 2414 or events@gsd.harvard.edu
LINK www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/events/lecture-jonathan-sergison-and-stephen-bates.html
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Human-centered Journalism: Designing for Engagement
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
The Boston Globe / Boston.com, 135 Morrissey Boulevard, Dorchester
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/ONA-Boston/events/169629162/
Step outside the box in the news design process and explore the power of investing in community.
Debates over the future of journalism have often focused on designing for new platforms: "digital-first" or "mobile-first." But what if we put community first? What would it look like to, in the words of longtime editor Melanie Sill, "reorder the fundamental processes of journalism" toward serving and engaging communities? How would such an approach change how we report, how we listen, and how we build our websites, apps and stories?
This panel will explore how the principles of human-centered design can help develop a community-first approach to news regardless of platform. Human-centered design combines the needs of people with the possibility of technology to build sustainable products.
Unearth fresh insights. Identify ways to grow and diversify your audience. Design smarter, more effective projects.
We'll discuss concrete tools to help communities be catalysts, collaborators and co-creators of stronger and more sustainable journalism. Additionally, we'll share projects in Boston and around the country that are using aspects of design thinking to foster empathy and engagement around the news.
Panelists will include Josh Stearns, the press freedom director at Free Press, and Laura Amico, the editor and CEO of Homicide Watch.
This event is co-sponsored by ONA Boston and Hacks/Hackers Boston (http://bit.ly/1evSH7O).
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Net Neutrality and the Future of Internet Access
Tuesday, March 25
7-9:00pm
Tufts University’s Tisch Library, Room 304, 35 Professors Row, Medford
Free and open to the public
Panelists Include:
Candace Clement, Advocacy & Organizing Manager, Free Press
Daniel Lyons, Assistant Professor, Boston College Law School
Cara Lisa Berg Powers, Co-Director, Press Pass TV
David Talbot, Chief Correspondent, MIT Technology Review
Moderator: Nina Huntemann, Associate Professor, Suffolk University
What do you know about net neutrality? What services will consumers have access to in the future? What does the future hold for open media in the US?
Net Neutrality allows for an Open Internet, which “is the Internet as we know it, a level playing field where consumers can make their own choices about what applications and services to use, and where consumers are free to decide what content they want to access, create, or share with others.”-Federal Communications Commission
On Jan. 14, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s Open Internet Order.
In translation, Net Neutrality is temporarily dead (for now). For these serious reasons, Somerville Community Access Television has organized a special event to have a conversation on this current issues that will impact many Internet users, far and wide, who use the web each day.
The event is co-sponsored by Wicked Local Somerville, Arlington Community Media, Inc., Cambridge Community Television, Boston Neighborhood Network, and Massachusetts Pirate Party.
More information at http://www.scatvsomerville.org/netneutrality/
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Wednesday, March 26
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How Engineers Can Get Serious About Climate Change
Wednesday, March 26
12n-1p
Webinar at https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/957174766 (Space is limited, please register in advance)
Speaker: Andrew Gage (Staff Lawyer, West Coast Environmental Law)
Andrew Gage is the author of the ground-breaking report PROFESSIONALS AND CLIMATE CHANGE: How professional associations can get serious about global warming. Andrew’s presentation will explore the role of engineering and other professional associations and their members in dealing with climate change mitigation and adaptation. Andrew will discuss the six recommendations made in his report, and how they apply to engineers. Andrew is the head of West Coast Environmental Law’s Climate Change program, where he writes on professional, legal and other risks arising from climate change, and their solutions. While at West Coast he has worked on a wide-range of environmental issues, from forestry to workplace exposure to pesticides. During law school Andrew helped found the University of Victoria’s Environmental Law Centre and volunteered with the noted Indian environmental lawyer, M.C. Mehta, before joining West Coast as a staff lawyer in 2001. Engineers for Carbon Ethics is an international association of engineers who recognize the ethical implications of climate change on our profession.
More information: http://carbon-ethics.org/
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Umbrella Agreements, Consensus Building in the Arctic, and Negotiation in Social Enterprises: New Research from PON Fellows and Scholars
WHEN Wed., Mar. 26, 2014, 12 – 1 p.m.
WHERE Wasserstein 3008, Harvard Law School
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Environmental Sciences, Law, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
SPEAKER(S) Alexandros Sarris, PON graduate research fellow; Stefanos Mouzas, PON visiting scholar; Sarah Woodside, PON graduate research fellow
NOTE Every year the Program on Negotiation sponsors fellows and visiting scholars while they research and write about topics important to the fields of negotiation and mediation. This lunch provides an opportunity for this year’s two graduate research fellows, Alexandros Sarris and Sarah Woodside, and visiting scholar Stefanos Mouzas to share their findings with the negotiation community. Join us for a fascinating hour of informal lecture and discussion.
LINK http://www.pon.harvard.edu/students/umbrella-agreements-consensus-building-in-the-arctic-and-negotiation-in-social-enterprises-new-research-from-pon-fellows-and-scholars/
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Wednesday, March 26
12n-1p
Webinar at https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/957174766 (Space is limited, please register in advance)
Speaker: Andrew Gage (Staff Lawyer, West Coast Environmental Law)
Andrew Gage is the author of the ground-breaking report PROFESSIONALS AND CLIMATE CHANGE: How professional associations can get serious about global warming. Andrew’s presentation will explore the role of engineering and other professional associations and their members in dealing with climate change mitigation and adaptation. Andrew will discuss the six recommendations made in his report, and how they apply to engineers. Andrew is the head of West Coast Environmental Law’s Climate Change program, where he writes on professional, legal and other risks arising from climate change, and their solutions. While at West Coast he has worked on a wide-range of environmental issues, from forestry to workplace exposure to pesticides. During law school Andrew helped found the University of Victoria’s Environmental Law Centre and volunteered with the noted Indian environmental lawyer, M.C. Mehta, before joining West Coast as a staff lawyer in 2001. Engineers for Carbon Ethics is an international association of engineers who recognize the ethical implications of climate change on our profession.
More information: http://carbon-ethics.org/
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Umbrella Agreements, Consensus Building in the Arctic, and Negotiation in Social Enterprises: New Research from PON Fellows and Scholars
WHEN Wed., Mar. 26, 2014, 12 – 1 p.m.
WHERE Wasserstein 3008, Harvard Law School
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Environmental Sciences, Law, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
SPEAKER(S) Alexandros Sarris, PON graduate research fellow; Stefanos Mouzas, PON visiting scholar; Sarah Woodside, PON graduate research fellow
NOTE Every year the Program on Negotiation sponsors fellows and visiting scholars while they research and write about topics important to the fields of negotiation and mediation. This lunch provides an opportunity for this year’s two graduate research fellows, Alexandros Sarris and Sarah Woodside, and visiting scholar Stefanos Mouzas to share their findings with the negotiation community. Join us for a fascinating hour of informal lecture and discussion.
LINK http://www.pon.harvard.edu/students/umbrella-agreements-consensus-building-in-the-arctic-and-negotiation-in-social-enterprises-new-research-from-pon-fellows-and-scholars/
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Science Policy Lunchtime Discussion with Dr. Daniel Schrag
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Harvard, Dudley House, Graduate Student Lounge (2nd Floor, Room 202), 8 Harvard Yard, Cambridge
Dr. Schrag is the Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, and the Director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment. He currently serves on President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
Professor Schrag studies climate and climate change over the broadest range of Earth history. He also studies energy technology and policy, including carbon capture and storage and low-carbon synthetic fuels. Dr. Schrag earned a B.S. in geology and geophysics and political science from Yale University and his Ph.D. in geology from the University of California at Berkeley. He will share is insights and experiences working at the intersection of science, technology, and public policy, especially related to climate change.
Pizza lunch will be provided. Please RSVP for the lunch chat at goo.gl/kMVGz7
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/145nW5UBV4OcW3WF02WtFy1OyGUOGWujyxYpTtvqaug4/vie...
Contact Name: Hossein Safaei
safaei@seas.harvard.edu
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Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare
Wednesday, March 26
12 noon- 1:30 pm
MIT, Building E40, 4th floor conference room, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge
A seminar sponsored by the Center for International Studies.
Investigative journalist Gareth Porter unravels the whole web of lies and fabrications out of which the U.S. and Israeli governments have constructed their "story" about Iran's purported lengthy and active pursuit of a clandestine nuclear weapons program.
Gareth Porter's book Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare has just been published by Just World Books. The book pulls
together the results of several years of his work on this topic. The books will be on sale at the events.
With Iran's negotiations with the P5+1 over the final-status nuclear agreement now moving into full gear, it's important for everyone to understand exactly how this crisis got pumped up as much as it was, for so many years.
As Gareth argued in this piece in Truthout on February 26, one large part of the "evidence"-- the so-called "laptop documents" disclosed in late 2004--
came from a source whom Germany's BND considered no more reliable than their own "Curveball" of Iraq war-mongering infamy.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Harvard, Dudley House, Graduate Student Lounge (2nd Floor, Room 202), 8 Harvard Yard, Cambridge
Dr. Schrag is the Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, and the Director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment. He currently serves on President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
Professor Schrag studies climate and climate change over the broadest range of Earth history. He also studies energy technology and policy, including carbon capture and storage and low-carbon synthetic fuels. Dr. Schrag earned a B.S. in geology and geophysics and political science from Yale University and his Ph.D. in geology from the University of California at Berkeley. He will share is insights and experiences working at the intersection of science, technology, and public policy, especially related to climate change.
Pizza lunch will be provided. Please RSVP for the lunch chat at goo.gl/kMVGz7
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/145nW5UBV4OcW3WF02WtFy1OyGUOGWujyxYpTtvqaug4/vie...
Contact Name: Hossein Safaei
safaei@seas.harvard.edu
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Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare
Wednesday, March 26
12 noon- 1:30 pm
MIT, Building E40, 4th floor conference room, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge
A seminar sponsored by the Center for International Studies.
Investigative journalist Gareth Porter unravels the whole web of lies and fabrications out of which the U.S. and Israeli governments have constructed their "story" about Iran's purported lengthy and active pursuit of a clandestine nuclear weapons program.
Gareth Porter's book Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare has just been published by Just World Books. The book pulls
together the results of several years of his work on this topic. The books will be on sale at the events.
With Iran's negotiations with the P5+1 over the final-status nuclear agreement now moving into full gear, it's important for everyone to understand exactly how this crisis got pumped up as much as it was, for so many years.
As Gareth argued in this piece in Truthout on February 26, one large part of the "evidence"-- the so-called "laptop documents" disclosed in late 2004--
came from a source whom Germany's BND considered no more reliable than their own "Curveball" of Iraq war-mongering infamy.
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Space Becomes Place: A Great Neighborhood
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM (EDT)
Metropolitan Area Planning Council, 60 Temple Place, 3rd Floor Conference Room, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/space-becomes-placea-great-neighborhoods-brown-bag-lunch-with-mark-lakeman-tickets-10822001899
Presentation by Mark Lakeman, Co-Founder of City Repair, Portland, Oregon
City Repair's co-founder, Mark Lakeman will describe a set of strategies and new ordinances for redeveloping ordinary public right of ways into cultural nodes of great activity and expression. Rather than the old and unsustainable way of organizing communities in order to build stuff, this presentation will illustrate a new way of building community through the design and creation of places that comes from the community itself. You will not have seen or heard of most of these initiatives before. Mark’s presentation will be followed by time for questions and answers and vigorous discussion about lessons for Greater Boston. Bring your lunch and your imagination!
About Mark Lakeman
Mark is a national leader in the development of sustainable public places. In the last decade he has directed, facilitated, or inspired designs for more than three hundred new community-generated public places in Portland, Oregon alone. Through his leadership in Communitecture, Inc., and its various affiliates such as the The City Repair Project (501(c)3), The Village Building Convergence, and the Planet Repair Institute, he has also been instrumental in the development of dozens of participatory organizations and urban permaculture design projects across the United States and Canada. Mark works with governmental leaders, community organizations, and educational institutions in many diverse communities.
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Social Security Around the World
WHEN Wed., Mar. 26, 2014, 12:15 – 1:45 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Cabot Room, Busch Hall, Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Visiting Scholars Seminar: New Research on Europe
SPEAKER(S) Carina Schmitt, Center for Social Policy Research, University of Bremen; Visiting Scholar, CES
COST free
CONTACT INFO Arthur Goldhammer, art.goldhammer@gmail.com
LINK ces.fas.harvard.edu/#/events/2201
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Contestation and Adaptation: The Politics of National Identity in China
WHEN Wed., Mar. 26, 2014, 1 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard University, CGIS-S153 South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
SPEAKER(S) Enze Han, Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS, University of London
LINK http://iaas.fas.harvard.edu
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The Long Emancipation: Rethinking the Demise of Slavery in the United States
WHEN Wed., Mar. 26, 2014, 4 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Hutchins Center for African and African American Research
SPEAKER(S) Ira Berlin, Distinguished University Professor, Department of History, University of Maryland
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO hutchevents@fas.harvard.edu, 617.495.3611
NOTE A lecture in three parts. A Q+A and reception will immediately follow each talk.
Wednesday, 3/26 - First Strikes: The Beginnings of the Struggle for Universal Freedom
Thursday, 3/27 - Bloody Struggles
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"Complex fluid and proppant placement in the hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells"
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
4:00pm
Harvard, 301 Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge
with Brice Lecampion, Schlumberger, Paris
Abstract: The ultimate goal of a hydraulic fracturing (HF) treatment is to create a highly conductive pathway between the reservoir and the well. In order to do so, propping agents (e.g. sand) are mixed to the fracturing fluid such that after the end of pumping, as the fracture closes, it remains opened by the proppant. In this talk, we will review the basics of proppant transport in a fracture accounting for the different type of fracturing fluid used in practice. I will notably emphasize the impact of fluid rheology and proppant placement on the success of a HF treatment.
Solid Earth Physics Seminar and SEAS Applied Mechanics Colloquium
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WHEN Wed., Mar. 26, 2014, 12:15 – 1:45 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Cabot Room, Busch Hall, Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Visiting Scholars Seminar: New Research on Europe
SPEAKER(S) Carina Schmitt, Center for Social Policy Research, University of Bremen; Visiting Scholar, CES
COST free
CONTACT INFO Arthur Goldhammer, art.goldhammer@gmail.com
LINK ces.fas.harvard.edu/#/events/2201
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Contestation and Adaptation: The Politics of National Identity in China
WHEN Wed., Mar. 26, 2014, 1 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard University, CGIS-S153 South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
SPEAKER(S) Enze Han, Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS, University of London
LINK http://iaas.fas.harvard.edu
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The Long Emancipation: Rethinking the Demise of Slavery in the United States
WHEN Wed., Mar. 26, 2014, 4 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Hutchins Center for African and African American Research
SPEAKER(S) Ira Berlin, Distinguished University Professor, Department of History, University of Maryland
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO hutchevents@fas.harvard.edu, 617.495.3611
NOTE A lecture in three parts. A Q+A and reception will immediately follow each talk.
Wednesday, 3/26 - First Strikes: The Beginnings of the Struggle for Universal Freedom
Thursday, 3/27 - Bloody Struggles
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"Complex fluid and proppant placement in the hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells"
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
4:00pm
Harvard, 301 Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge
with Brice Lecampion, Schlumberger, Paris
Abstract: The ultimate goal of a hydraulic fracturing (HF) treatment is to create a highly conductive pathway between the reservoir and the well. In order to do so, propping agents (e.g. sand) are mixed to the fracturing fluid such that after the end of pumping, as the fracture closes, it remains opened by the proppant. In this talk, we will review the basics of proppant transport in a fracture accounting for the different type of fracturing fluid used in practice. I will notably emphasize the impact of fluid rheology and proppant placement on the success of a HF treatment.
Solid Earth Physics Seminar and SEAS Applied Mechanics Colloquium
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The Memory Trap: The Politics of the Past and International Relations
WHEN Wed., Mar. 26, 2014, 4 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, CGIS S-354, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
SPEAKER(S) Thomas Berger, associate professor of international relations, Boston University
CONTACT INFO soroka@fas.harvard.edu
WHEN Wed., Mar. 26, 2014, 4 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, CGIS S-354, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
SPEAKER(S) Thomas Berger, associate professor of international relations, Boston University
CONTACT INFO soroka@fas.harvard.edu
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Can Negotiating a Uniform Carbon Price Help to Internalize the Global Warming Externality
WHEN Wed., Mar. 26, 2014, 4:10 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer-382, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Social Sciences, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Environmental Economics Program
SPEAKER(S) Martin Weitzman, Harvard University
LINK http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k96249
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America and China
WHEN Wed., Mar. 26, 2014, 4:15 – 5:45 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010), 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, with generous support from the Lee and Juliet Folger Fund
SPEAKER(S) Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser under President Jimmy Carter; counselor and trustee, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS); senior research professor, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO vhangell@fas.harvard.edu
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Plant-Based Eating & Environmental Impact: A Conversation with Scott Jurek
March 26, 2014
5–6 pm
Harvard Business School, Aldrich 007, Allston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/plant-based-eating-environmental-impact-a-conversation-with-scott-jurek-tickets-10838547387
Scott Jurek, a record-holding ultramarathoner, committed vegan, and environmental advocate, and New York Times best-selling author will be on campus March 26 to discuss the connection between diet, health, and environmental footprint. HBS Professor Jose Alvarez, agribusiness expert and longtime vegetarian, will conduct a conversation with Jurek that evening. All members of the Harvard University community are welcome to attend.
The discussion will touch on Scott’s impressive running achievements and will explore how his plant-based diet not only fuels his athleticism but also creates less environmental strain than a meat-based diet. The idea is not necessarily to convince everyone to be vegan, but to see Scott as a dramatic example of someone who eats no animal products at all, but defies the all-too-common belief that humans need animal protein to be healthy. This has implications for how the world can feed a growing population while combating climate change and other agricultural impacts.
This event is sponsored by the HBS Business & Environment Initiative, the Running & Triathlon Club, and the Food & Beverage and Agribusiness Club.
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Askwith Forum - Temple Grandin: All Kinds of Minds Help the World
WHEN Wed., Mar. 26, 2014, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge
TYPE OF EVENT 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
NOTE Introduction: Thomas Hehir, Ed.D.’90, Pascucci Professor of Practice in Learning Differences; Director, Special Studies Program
Speaker: Temple Grandin, Professor of Animal Science, Colorado State University
World famous animal scientist Temple Grandin has enriched the lives of people around the world within the autism community. Diagnosed with autism, Grandin used her personal insights to lead dramatic improvements in the livestock industry. In particular, she believes that the world needs all kinds of thinkers – visual thinkers, mathematical thinkers, and language-based thinkers –to solve problems and complete projects successfully. Join Grandin as she discusses how autism and visual thinking has revolutionized farm-animal welfare, as well as countless others with autism.
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Boston Gardeners Council Film Series "Flow: For the Love of Water
Wednesday, March 26
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Boston Natural Areas Network, 62 Summer Street, 2nd Floor, Downtown Crossing, Boston
Irena Salina's award-winning documentary portrays investigations into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st century - The World Water Crisis. Join Boston Natural Areas Network and others for a screening of the film “Flow: For the Love of Water,” followed by a panel discussion on innovative ways Boston residents and organizations are creating resilient gardens and harvesting rainwater in gardens and beyond.
Registration required by contacting 617-542-7696 ordana@bostonnatural.org.
All programs are free and open to the public.
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Discussion and Book Signing with Cass R. Sunstein
WHEN Wed., Mar. 26, 2014, 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Coop, 1400 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Poetry/Prose, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO hbooks@bncollege.com
NOTE The most controversial essays from the bestselling author once called the most dangerous man in America — collected for the first time.
From Cass R. Sunstein, bestselling author of Nudge and Simpler, comes a collection of thought-provoking essays that have sparked a powder keg of debate from Glenn Beck to major political pundits. In the years leading up to his confirmation as the Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Sunstein wrote about everything from marriage equality to cost-benefit analysis to animal rights. Here, in one wildly entertaining volume, are his most famous, most infamous, and most provocative pieces.
Whether you’re a Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative, Occupier or Tea Partier, you’ll find something here to challenge you, provoke you, or downright enrage you. Welcome to the “dangerous” world of Cass Sunstein.
LINK www.thecoop.com
WHEN Wed., Mar. 26, 2014, 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Coop, 1400 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Poetry/Prose, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO hbooks@bncollege.com
NOTE The most controversial essays from the bestselling author once called the most dangerous man in America — collected for the first time.
From Cass R. Sunstein, bestselling author of Nudge and Simpler, comes a collection of thought-provoking essays that have sparked a powder keg of debate from Glenn Beck to major political pundits. In the years leading up to his confirmation as the Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Sunstein wrote about everything from marriage equality to cost-benefit analysis to animal rights. Here, in one wildly entertaining volume, are his most famous, most infamous, and most provocative pieces.
Whether you’re a Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative, Occupier or Tea Partier, you’ll find something here to challenge you, provoke you, or downright enrage you. Welcome to the “dangerous” world of Cass Sunstein.
LINK www.thecoop.com
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How to Cater a Roman Orgy: A Discussion with Merry “Corky” White, author of "Cooking for Crowds"
WHEN Wed., Mar. 26, 2014, 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Education, Exhibitions, Humanities, Lecture, Poetry/Prose
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Harvard Writers at Work Lecture Series is co-sponsored by the Harvard College Writing Program, the Harvard Extension School Master’s Degree Program in Journalism, Harvard Review, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism, the Harvard College Program in General Education, and Harvard Business School Working Knowledge
SPEAKER(S) Merry "Corky" White
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO jguay@fas.harvard.edu
NOTE In the 1970s, needing money for graduate school, Merry “Corky” White took a catering job at Harvard’s Center for European Studies. The gig led to a lifelong friendship with then-neighbor Julia Child, hours of culinary research in the basement of Widener Library, and a meeting that led to the book Cooking for Crowds, which was recently re-released for its 40th anniversary. Now Boston’s preeminent food anthropologist, White will be discussing the dietary history of Roman orgies, her own experiences cooking for crowds, and the joys of writing about food.
LINK http://writingprogram.fas.harvard.edu/pages/harvard-writers-work
WHEN Wed., Mar. 26, 2014, 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Education, Exhibitions, Humanities, Lecture, Poetry/Prose
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Harvard Writers at Work Lecture Series is co-sponsored by the Harvard College Writing Program, the Harvard Extension School Master’s Degree Program in Journalism, Harvard Review, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism, the Harvard College Program in General Education, and Harvard Business School Working Knowledge
SPEAKER(S) Merry "Corky" White
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO jguay@fas.harvard.edu
NOTE In the 1970s, needing money for graduate school, Merry “Corky” White took a catering job at Harvard’s Center for European Studies. The gig led to a lifelong friendship with then-neighbor Julia Child, hours of culinary research in the basement of Widener Library, and a meeting that led to the book Cooking for Crowds, which was recently re-released for its 40th anniversary. Now Boston’s preeminent food anthropologist, White will be discussing the dietary history of Roman orgies, her own experiences cooking for crowds, and the joys of writing about food.
LINK http://writingprogram.fas.harvard.edu/pages/harvard-writers-work
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Boston Tech-Security Conference
Thursday, March 27, 2014
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (PDT)
Two Cambridge Center, 50 Broadway, Cambridge
The Boston Tech-Security Conference will be held at the Boston Marriott Cambridge at Two Cambridge Center on Thursday, March 27th at 8:15am and will feature vendor exhibits and industry leading speakers discussing current IT security topics such as cloud security, social media security, personal devices security, wireless security, compliance & more. IPod’s, $50-$100 gift cards, cash and lots of other prizes.
Register for a COMPLIMENTARY ticket at
http://www.dataconnectors.com/events/2014/03Boston/inv_ad.asp
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-tech-security-conference-boston-032714-tickets-10858924335
Breakfast, lunch, conference materials and entrance into the speaker sessions and exhibit area included. Conference qualifies for (8) CPE credits and Certificates of Attendance.
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Babson Energy Conference: Fifteen Shades of Green
March 27
9am - 6:30pm
Babson, 231 Forest Street, Wellesley
http://babsonenergy.com/2014conference/
Cost: $20-90
This year's conference - Fifteen Shades of Green - is about how energy efficiency and sustainability has evolved into an integral part of every industry helping grow the top line and breaking the long held myth that sustainability is a cost center. Speakers include Jigar Shah and Doug Foy.
The Babson Energy and Environmental Club Conference is a flagship event highlighting Babson's committment to Social, Environmental, Economic Responsibility, and Sustainability (SEERS). For the past seven years the conference has brought together thinkers and leaders on the cutting edge of green business and awareness. At the 2014 conference, speakers spanning mainstream and cutting edge industries will discuss these challenges and obstacles centered on one main focus - what the implications of evolving energy and environmental circumstances mean for businesses.
For more information about this year's conference, please go to http://babsonenergy.com/2014conference
Babson Energy and Environment Club
Email: beecadmin@gmail.com
Web: babsonenergy.com
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Next Generation Compliance and Enforcement at EPA
WHEN Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building, HKS, 790 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Special Events, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Regulatory Policy Program at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government at the Harvard Kennedy School
SPEAKER(S) Cynthia Giles, assistant administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
COST Free; RSVP to MRCBG@hks.harvard.edu
NOTE Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
WHEN Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building, HKS, 790 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Special Events, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Regulatory Policy Program at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government at the Harvard Kennedy School
SPEAKER(S) Cynthia Giles, assistant administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
COST Free; RSVP to MRCBG@hks.harvard.edu
NOTE Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
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Predicting the Accuracy of a Decision: A Neural Mechanism for Confidence
March 27, 2014
March 27, 2014
12:00pm
Harvard, Northwest B103, 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Michael Shadlen (Columbia)
This lecture describes recent advances in our understanding of the neural mechanisms responsible for some forms of decision-making. A common framework, known as bounded evidence accumulation or sequential sampling, explains the speed and accuracy of a decision. Recent studies from our lab suggest that this framework also extends to the assignment of confidence that a decision is likely to be correct. I will describe neural recording and microstimulation experiments from nonhuman primates which reveal a common mechanism underling the speed, accuracy and confidence in a decision.
Harvard, Northwest B103, 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Michael Shadlen (Columbia)
This lecture describes recent advances in our understanding of the neural mechanisms responsible for some forms of decision-making. A common framework, known as bounded evidence accumulation or sequential sampling, explains the speed and accuracy of a decision. Recent studies from our lab suggest that this framework also extends to the assignment of confidence that a decision is likely to be correct. I will describe neural recording and microstimulation experiments from nonhuman primates which reveal a common mechanism underling the speed, accuracy and confidence in a decision.
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Cities and Climate Change: Building Resilience by Stealth or by Spotlight
Thursday, March 27, 2014
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Tufts University, Lincoln Filene Center, Rabb Room, 10 Upper Campus Road, Medford
RSVP: https://citiesandclimate.eventbrite.com
Elisabeth Hamin, Professor of Regional Planning and Head of the Department for Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
Despite significant research saying that cities need to prepare for climate change and more severe and variable weather, relatively few US cities have made progress toward this explicit goal. This research will discuss the barriers communities experience in planning for climate adaptation, and the ways some communities are able to overcome those barriers -- whether through very public planning (spotlight), quieter actions that increase adaptation but are publicly presented as achieving different goals (stealth), or something in between.
Elisabeth Hamin is a Professor of Regional Planning and Head of Department for Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning at UMass Amherst. She has published extensively on climate change planning, growth management, and collaborative regional land conservation.
Environmental Studies Lunch & Learn Program
http://as.tufts.edu/environmentalStudies/events/lunchlearn.htm
Contact Name: Sarah Neville
saraheneville@gmail.com
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Islam, Sharia and Alternative Dispute Resolution
WHEN Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 12 – 1:15 p.m.
WHERE Hauser 102, Harvard Law School Campus
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Law, Lecture, Religion
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
SPEAKER(S) Mohamed M. Keshavjee
NOTE The concept of Shari’a, or Islamic law, has been generally misunderstood. With millions of Muslims in North America, it is important for policy makers and the judiciary to have a better understanding of what Shari‘a represents, how it is viewed by Muslims, and its historical evolution and application.
Mohamed M. Keshavjee will discuss his new book, Islam, Sharia and Alternative Dispute Resolution, which provides an informed and thorough discussion of the relevance of Shari'a and its principles that affirm equity, justice and basic human rights, and its interface with the UK’s official judicial system. The book also touches on Muslim and Jewish Alternative Dispute Resolution processes, with specific reference to well-established systems.
LINK http://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/dispute-resolution/islam-sharia-and-alternative-dispute-resolution-mechanisms-for-legal-redress-in-the-muslim-community/
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Book Launch & Author Talk: Zaid Al-Ali, "The Struggle for Iraq’s Future: How Corruption, Incompetence and Sectarianism Have Undermined Democracy"
WHEN Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 12 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, CMES, 38 Kirkland Street, Room 102, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Outreach Program at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
SPEAKER(S) Zaid Al-Ali, senior adviser on constitution building, International IDEA; moderator: Noah Feldman, Bemis Professor of International Law, Harvard Law School
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO smeyrick@fas.harvard.edu
NOTE A limited number of free copies of The Struggle for Iraq's Future 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.
This event is off the record. The use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.
Photo information: Author Zaid Al-Ali and his wife Rouba Beydoun during a dust storm in Iraq in 2010.
LINK http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/node/3578
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Inside the Labyrinth: Policymaking in Iran
WHEN Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 12:15 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369 at HKS, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR International Security Program
SPEAKER(S) Payam Mohseni, research fellow, International Security Program
CONTACT INFO susan_lynch@harvard.edu
LINK http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/6307/inside_the_labyrinth.html
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Innovate: Holly Samuelson "Near-Zero: Simulation-Aided Design of a Low-Energy House" and Mark Mulligan "Horizon House: A 21st-century Sustainable House in Rural Japan”
WHEN Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Stubbins (Room 112), Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Graduate School of Design
SPEAKER(S) Holly Samuelson and Mark Mulligan
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO events@gsd.harvard.edu
NOTE Innovation occurs on multiple scales, frequently crosses disciplines, and occasionally changes lives, cities, and culture. It is not a science, but requires design skills and must be informed by an eye for opportunity. “Innovate,” a noontime talk series, features 20-minute presentations followed by discussions with faculty and students. Moderated by Iñaki Abalos, chair of the Department of Architecture.
Holly Samuelson, DDes ’13, Assistant Professor of Architecture
Mark Mulligan, MArch ’90, Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture.
Anyone requiring accessibility accommodations should contact the events office two weeks in advance at 617 496 2414 or events@gsd.harvard.edu
LINK www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/events/innovate-holly-samuelson-near-zero-simulation-aided-design-of-a.html
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The Long Emancipation: Rethinking the Demise of Slavery in the United States
WHEN Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 4 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Hutchins Center for African and African American Research
SPEAKER(S) Ira Berlin, Distinguished University Professor, Department of History, University of Maryland
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO hutchevents@fas.harvard.edu, 617.495.3611
NOTE A lecture in three parts. A Q+A and reception will immediately follow each talk.
Thursday, 3/27 - Bloody Struggles
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Seymour E. & Ruth B. Harris Lecture: Cash on Hand and Consumption: Evidence from Mortgage Refinancing
WHEN Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Science Center C, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR FAS Economics Department
SPEAKER(S) Amir Sufi, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
NOTE A reception will follow the lecture in the Hansen-Mason Room, Littauer Center, third floor.
LINK http://economics.harvard.edu/event/seymour-e-ruth-b-harris-lecture-spring-2014
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What Tomorrow? A Day in the Life of an Arab Woman
WHEN Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 4 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Knafel Center (formerly Radcliffe Gymnasium), 10 Garden Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Health Sciences, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
SPEAKER(S) Huda Zurayk, professor, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, American University of Beirut
COST Free and open to the public.
NOTE Public health research in Arab countries is growing and is providing useful knowledge despite tremendous political and social disturbances in the region, some recent and some stretching back for decades. Building on her research experience, Huda Zurayk will analyze how Arab women are managing to cope with their lives, their health, and the survival of their families in the midst of uncertainty, conflict, and resilience. Zurayk will also share her experience that sustainable research in trying circumstances can best be achieved by encouraging inquiry, creating collaborative research networks, and prioritizing institution building. The resulting accumulation of knowledge—and its translation to policy and practice—leads to interventions that use multiple strategies to reach women of varied experiences whose overwhelming daily question is: What tomorrow?
LINK http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2014-huda-zurayk-lecture
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Caitlin Berrigan: Lessons in Capitalism - free financial advice for one and all
WHEN Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 5 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Exhibitions, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
COST free
CONTACT INFO 617-495-3251
NOTE Free financial advice for one and all.
A performance by artist Caitlin Berrigan for the exhibition Living as Form (The Nomadic Version), on view at the Carpenter Center through April 6.
The performance will be followed at 6 pm by a lecture by Nato Thompson, curator of the original Living as Form exhibition at the Essex Street Market in NYC.
http://curatorsintl.org/exhibitions/living_as_form_the_nomadic_version
LINK http://www.ves.fas.harvard.edu/ccva.html
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Edmund Morris on Theodore Roosevelt
WHEN Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Houghton Library Edison & Newman Room, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Houghton Library, Thornwillow Press
SPEAKER(S) Edmund Morris, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
COST Free and open to the public; RSVP required
TICKET INFO RSVP required; please RSVP by March 21 to rsvp@thornwillow.com
CONTACT INFO RSVP by March 21 to rsvp@thornwillow.com.
NOTE Heather Cole, curator of the Houghton Library Theodore Roosevelt Collection, and Luke Ives Pontifell '90, president and publisher of Thornwillow Press, invite you to celebrate Edmund Morris and the publication of his newest book "Nine Lives of Theodore Roosevelt," a handmade limited edition from Thornwillow Press. A reception will follow.
LINK http://hcl.harvard.edu/news/index.cfm
WHEN Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Houghton Library Edison & Newman Room, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Houghton Library, Thornwillow Press
SPEAKER(S) Edmund Morris, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
COST Free and open to the public; RSVP required
TICKET INFO RSVP required; please RSVP by March 21 to rsvp@thornwillow.com
CONTACT INFO RSVP by March 21 to rsvp@thornwillow.com.
NOTE Heather Cole, curator of the Houghton Library Theodore Roosevelt Collection, and Luke Ives Pontifell '90, president and publisher of Thornwillow Press, invite you to celebrate Edmund Morris and the publication of his newest book "Nine Lives of Theodore Roosevelt," a handmade limited edition from Thornwillow Press. A reception will follow.
LINK http://hcl.harvard.edu/news/index.cfm
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A Conversation on Civic Technology
Thursday, March 27, 2014
5:30 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)
Microsoft Research & Development Center, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/microsoft-innovation-policy-center-new-england-a-conversation-on-civic-technology-tickets-10738977571
In coordination with the Venture Café Foundation, the Microsoft Innovation and Policy Center will convene a conversation on Civic Tech on March 27, 2014, 5:30PM – 7:30PM at Microsoft New England Research & Development.
Boston’s innovation community has had great successes recently in working with government officials to empower and inform citizens. Some examples have included Citizens Connect, Will they tow me?, Localocracy and NearbyFYI. We now want to expand the conversation on Civic Technology to address the harder and broader problems that the public groups are facing.
The questions that we plan to address in this evening conversation are:
What is Civic Technology?
What problems are we trying to solve?
What is the role of citizen engagement?
How do we make it easier for the technology community to connect with public officials about their problems?
We have lined up people from various parts of the public and private communities to spark the conversation and then invite the attendees to engage in the discussion. Panelists include:
Kate Crawford, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research (Social Media Collective), a Visiting Professor at the MIT Center for Civic Media, a Senior Fellow at the Information Law Institute at NYU, and an Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales.
Nigel Jacob, New Urban Mechanics
Carlos Martinez-Vela, Executive Director, Venture Café Foundation
About Microsoft Innovation and Policy Center New England
The Microsoft Innovation and Policy Center aims for Microsoft to be “of” the community, not just exist within it.
Through the Innovation and Policy Center we are extending beyond the tech community to:
Connect stakeholders from tech to the broader business, academic and government communities;
Catalyze important technology and public policy discussions, and;
Contribute more directly with the health and vitality of greater New England.
About Venture Café Foundation
The Venture Café Foundation (VCF) provides resources for the entrepreneurial and innovation communities that enable conversations and collaborations. The Venture Café Foundation presently runs four resource programs: Venture Café, District Hall, Mass Bay Innovation Alliance (MBIA), and Captains of Innovation Program. The Venture Café Foundation is a not-for-profit, public-purpose sister organization of the Cambridge Innovation Center. VCF is incorporated as a Massachusetts Not-for-Profit Corporation.
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Creating Culture in Virtual Worlds
Thursday, March 27, 2014
6:00p–7:30p
MIT, Building N51, MIT Museum, 275 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: D. Fox Harrell, Associate Professor of Digital Media at MIT in the Comparative Media Studies Program and in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and Todd Harper, Postdoctoral Researcher in the MIT Game Lab
Join a conversation with MIT Professor D. Fox Harrell and MIT Researcher Todd Harper as they discuss the ways in which cultural values are both created and represented in digital media. Explore how online communities and computer code both give rise to shared values - through the interactions between people online, as well as the underlying computational structure of video games, websites, and other online communities.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/museum/programs/talkback.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): MIT Museum
For more information, contact: Andrew Hong
617-324-7313
andhong@mit.edu
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Carpenter Center Lecture: An Evening with Nato Thompson
WHEN Thu., Mar. 27, 2014, 6 p.m.
WHERE Carpenter Center Lecture Hall, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Exhibitions, Humanities, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
SPEAKER(S) Nato Thompson
COST free
CONTACT INFO 617-495-3251
NOTE The lecture by Nato Thompson occurs in conjunction with the exhibition Living as Form (The Nomadic Version), on view at the Carpenter Center through April 6, 2014.
In collaboration with 25 curators from around the world, Nato Thompson selected 48 socially engaged projects produced in the last 20 years as the foundation of the exhibition Living as Form (The Nomadic Version), an unprecedented, international project exploring over twenty years of cultural works that blur the forms of art and everyday life, emphasizing participation, dialogue, and community engagement.
“Something historically unique is happening in cultural production that requires different rules for art than those of the 20th century,” says Thompson, “This culturally-savvy method of civic production has manifested in everyday urban life and growing civil unrest. Living as Form is an opportunity to cast a wide net and ask: how do we make sense of this work, and in turn, how do we make sense of the world we find ourselves in?”
ABOUT NATO THOMPSON
Nato Thompson is Chief Curator at Creative Time, New York, as well as a writer and activist. Among his public projects for Creative Time are Tania Bruguera’s Immigrant Movement International Democracy in America: The National Campaign, and Waiting for Godot, a project by Paul Chan held in New Orleans. Thompson was formerly a curator at MASS MoCA, and he also curated ICI’s Experimental Geography, which traveled to eight venues in North America.
LINK http://www.ves.fas.harvard.edu/thompson.html
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Green Patriot Posters Gallery Talk w/ Elizabeth Resnick
Thursday, March 27, 2014
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
Design Museum Boston, Exhibition Space, 315 on A, 315 A Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/green-patriot-posters-gallery-talk-w-elizabeth-resnick-tickets-10952765015
Cost: $11.54 (for non-members)
Join us for our second Green Patriot Posters Gallery Talk with local design curator & Chair of Graphic Design at MassArt, Elizabeth Resnick.
“From the confrontational and political, to the promotional, persuasive and educational, the poster in all its forms has persisted as a vehicle for the public dissemination of ideas, information and opinion.”
We’ll hear about Resnick’s project Graphic Advocacy and how posters are used as a medium for social change. Take a special tour of the Green Patriot Posters exhibition with Design Museum Boston’s Executive Director, and enjoy light refreshments.
Graphic Advocacy: International Posters for the Digital Age 2001–2012 showcases a selection of 122 posters– a magnificent body of empathetic and visually compelling messages for our time. We will look at how Green Patriot Posters and Graphic Advocacy are inspired by early propaganda posters and how they are used as tools for protest today.
Elizabeth Resnick is a design curator and Chair of Graphic Design at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She earned her BFA and MFA degrees in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. She publishes regularly, amongst others she is the author of the book “Design for Communication: Conceptual Graphic Design Basics”.
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No One Left Behind: An Army Officer and Afghan Interpreter Reunited
Thursday, March 27, 2014
6:30 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)
Mintz Levin, 1 Financial Center, Boston
Cost: $5.00
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/no-one-left-behind-an-army-officer-and-afghan-interpreter-reunited-tickets-10899407421
Boston International, a non-profit organization that brings cutting-edge thinking on world affairs to Boston’s risingstars welcomes Matt Zeller and Janis Shinwari. Matt Zeller, an Army veteran and former CIA officer, made it his personal mission to bring his Afghan interpreter, Janis Shinwari, and his family to the United States. Shinwari had saved Zeller’s life on the battlefield years earlier, and Zeller knew that those who had worked with the U.S., including his friend, were targets of the Taliban for aiding the enemy. After years of bureaucratic red tape, road blocks and disappointment in securing a visa, Zeller and Shinwari were reunited in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, 29 October, 2013. Matt and Janis are sharing their story with us on March 27th at Mintz Levin Boston Located at 1 Financial Center, Boston, MA.
Their story has recently been featured in:
CBS News: http://cbsn.ws/1g6HDSM
The Guardian: http://bit.ly/1nAKAgw
Fox News: http://fxn.ws/1fQauft
Boston International, a non-profit organization that brings cutting-edge thinking on world affairs to Boston’s risingstars welcomes Matt Zeller and Janis Shinwari. Matt Zeller, an Army veteran and former CIA officer, made it his personal mission to bring his Afghan interpreter, Janis Shinwari, and his family to the United States. Shinwari had saved Zeller’s life on the battlefield years earlier, and Zeller knew that those who had worked with the U.S., including his friend, were targets of the Taliban for aiding the enemy. After years of bureaucratic red tape, road blocks and disappointment in securing a visa, Zeller and Shinwari were reunited in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, 29 October, 2013. Matt and Janis are sharing their story with us on March 27th at Mintz Levin Boston Located at 1 Financial Center, Boston, MA.
Their story has recently been featured in:
CBS News: http://cbsn.ws/1g6HDSM
The Guardian: http://bit.ly/1nAKAgw
Fox News: http://fxn.ws/1fQauft
Matt Zeller is the founder of No One Left Behind, which is dedicated to fulfilling our nation’s promise to immigrate military interpreters who served US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is also a senior consultant at Deloitte, a fellow at the Truman National Security Project, and an adjunct fellow at the American Security Project. His book, Watches Without Time: http://www.amazon.com/Watches-Without-Time-American-Afghanistan/dp/1935982206 (Just World Books, 2012), chronicles his experience serving as an embedded combat adviser with the Afghan security forces in Ghazni, Afghanistan, in 2008. Matt currently serves as a Battalion Executive Officer in the United States Army Reserve. He earned a BA in Government from Hamilton College and a MPA and a MA-IR from The Maxwell School at Syracuse University. Matt is a Truma
Janis Shenwary served as an interpreter for the U.S. military in Afghanistan for seven years. He is credited with saving the lives of at least five U.S. soldiers in combat and has received numerous U.S. military commendations for his extremely honorable service. He is a graduate of Khana-e-Noor University in Kabul, where he earned a degree in Business Administration.
Prior to the panel, we will begin with a networking session and complimentary liquor tasting sponsored by a local Boston distillery GrandTen.
Please note that seating for this event is limited.
Prior to the panel, we will begin with a networking session and complimentary liquor tasting sponsored by a local Boston distillery GrandTen.
Please note that seating for this event is limited.
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An Evening with Barbara Kopple: Running from Crazy (Boston Premiere)
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Thursday, March 27, 2014
7PM-10PM (doors open at 6:30PM)
Paramount Mainstage, The Paramount Center, Emerson College, 559 Washington Street, Boston
Paramount Mainstage, The Paramount Center, Emerson College, 559 Washington Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-barbara-kopple-boston-premiere-of-running-from-crazy-tickets-10894432541
As part of Documentary and Film Festival month at BOSCPUG we are pleased to help support this special filmmaker event
Come hear from two-time Academy Award-winning director Barbara Kopple as she screens Running from Crazy, a documentary film about the family of Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway. It was shown at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Told through the eyes of Mariel Hemingway, who received an Oscar nomination for her role in Woody Allen's 1979 film Manhattan and who has spoken for American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Running from Crazy chronicles the story of three of the author's grandchildren, Mariel, Margaux Hemingway and Muffet Hemingway, daughters of Jack Hemingway, and their struggles with the family history of substance abuse, mental illness and suicide.
NOTE: Limited seating for this event is available - we ask that you register for yourself only and please do not bring any unregistered guests with you - thank you!
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"The Carbon Tax Return: Lessons Learned From British Columbia's First Five Years of Taxing Emissions.”
Thursday, March 27
8:30pm EDT (5:30p.m. PDT)
Queen Elizabeth Theatre Salon C, Vancouver, British Columbia
Live participation by Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/478393512262374/
Livestream video at http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2014/03/climate-desk-live-carbon-tax-british-columbia
Spencer Chandra Herbert, Environment Critic and Member of the BC Legislative Assembly
Spencer Chandra Herbert was re-elected to represent Vancouver West-End in 2013. He is the official opposition environment critic and previously served as the opposition voice on Tourism, Arts, and Culture and the BC Lottery Corporation and Gaming Policy. Spencer served as an elected Vancouver park board commissioner from 2005-2008, where he worked to improve environmental sustainability in Vancouver's Parks and accessibility to programs for youth and low-income people.
Merran Smith, Director, Clean Energy Canada
Merran Smith is the director of Clean Energy Canada at Tides Canada. She leads a team working to diversify Canada’s energy systems, cut carbon pollution, and reduce the nation's fossil-fuel dependence, and she writes and speaks extensively on the opportunities for Canada in the global low-carbon economy.
Ross Beaty, Chairman Alterra Power Corp.
Ross J. Beaty is a geologist and resource company entrepreneur with more than 40 years of experience in the international minerals and renewable energy industries. In early 2008, Mr. Beaty founded Magma Energy Corp. to focus on international geothermal energy development. In 2011, Magma and Plutonic Power merged to create Alterra Power Corp. Mr. Beaty also founded and currently serves as chairman of Pan American Silver Corp., one of the world's leading silver producers.
Jeremy Hainsworth
Jeremy Hainsworth is a contributor internationally to Bloomberg BNA (BBNA) and the Associated Press. Jeremy has worked with BBNA for over three years on legal, regulatory, and policy issues in western Canada for BBNA's wide-ranging stable of international publications.
Climate Desk, Climate Access, and Bloomberg BNA are partnering to present this distinguished panel.
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Friday, March 28
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Northeast Student Cooperative Convergence 2014
March 28th-30
Amherst, Massachusetts
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1yHR2nofR3FiejMmVloxrLnHniKttHF34ZjnXtuhvRGk/viewform
Cost: $25-100
The Northeast Student Cooperative Convergence aims to bring together students (broadly defined - lifelong learners welcome) involved/interested in co-ops, social and economic justice to learn from and about each other, share skills, experiences, struggles, successes and food and to strategize to support one another in the upcoming year and beyond.
The Northeast Student Cooperative Convergence will be offered on a sliding scale $25-100. We ask participants to contribute what they are able to afford in order to cover costs for convergence planning.
And for student cooperatives or groups of students doing cooperative organizing, consider a $100-500 sliding scale CoFED Membership and register for the convergence as a group.
https://www.facebook.com/northeastcoops
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Berklee Music Therapy Hack
Friday, March 28, 2014 – Saturday, March 29, 2014
hack/reduce, 275 3rd Street, Cambridge
Friday, March 28, 2014 – Saturday, March 29, 2014
hack/reduce, 275 3rd Street, Cambridge
Register at http://www.berklee.edu/music-therapy/music-therapy-hackathon-registration
Berklee and hack/reduce will cohost this first-of-a-kind event March 28-29, 2014, creating a space for hackers to develop tools for music therapists to use in a variety of therapeutic and healthcare settings. Sponsors will help shape the Berklee Music Therapy Hack and provide tools and resources for developers. Practicing music therapists and music therapy students will present the developers with problems to be solved in real-life settings.
A natural outgrowth of the music therapy technology initiative and annual symposia at Berklee, the hack is designed to engage the Berklee community, local hackers, and others who work in music therapy and technology. Programmers, engineers, and designers will work through the night creating new tools to make music creation and engagement more accessible to all. On the afternoon of the second day, teams will demo their products to an audience and prizes will be awarded to the best hacks.
A panel of expert judges in fields of music therapy and technology will judge and select prize-winning hacks. The goal is to leave the event with new technologies that will be used in music therapy settings as quickly as possible. "These tools can help us discover everyone's musical creativity and essence, no matter the ability or disability," says Suzanne Hanser, chair of Berklee's Music Therapy Department. Such new developments, she says, pave the way not only for musical experiences but potentially for growth in speech, motor, social, and other functions.
Registration is free and open to all.
To catalyze technological innovation, inspire ideas, and solve the problems of music therapy.
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"Virtual Rehabilitation and Health"
Friday, March 28th 2014
8:30 AM to 3:15 PM
Northeastern, Curry Student Center Ballroom, 346 Huntington Avenue, Boston
RSVP Joan Pratt @ j.pratt@neu.edu
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Conference: “Dynamics of Transformational Environmental Policy Reform”
Friday, March 28, 2014
8:30am - 5:30pm
Harvard, Loeb House, 17 Quincy Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://environment.harvard.edu/environmental-policy-reform
Transformational change is well established in business and can deliver outstanding results. In the world of environmental policy, however, many transformational policy reforms flounder.
The list of reasons for failure is long. Using case studies drawn primarily from Australia, North America and Europe, this international conference will examine key factors that drive success in environmental policy reform.
The day will be facilitated by the Australian Studies Chair at Harvard University, Prof. Mike Young who is teaching a course on transforming water, fish, forest and environmental policies.
This is an opportunity to learn from a unique set of practitioners and researchers with demonstrated experience in success policy reform.
From Australia
Andrew Campbell, a former environment administrator who played a key role in establishing Australia’s Landcare and biodiversity conservation programs and now heads Charles Darwin University’s Environment Institute
Quentin Grafton, a prominent Australian fishery, energy and water policy reformer from the Australian National University
Deborah Peterson, a Victoria University Board member with extensive government experience in implementing reforms and working on productivity reform
From North America and Europe
Georgeta Vidican, a member of the German Development Institute speaking on lessons from the reform of energy subsidies
Rebecca Henderson, a Harvard University specialist in the environmental transformation of business
David Fairman, Consensus Building Institute Managing Director speaking on successful negotiation strategies
David Keith, a Harvard University specialist identifying lessons from the failure of climate policy development
Dustin Garrick, a McMaster University expert on water reform and the barriers imposed by transaction costs
Jim Salzman, a Duke University environmental lawyer presenting lessons emerging from the failure of ecosystem service payment programs
Contact Name: Lisa Matthews
matthew@fas.harvard.edu
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Conference on Environmental Justice: Where Are We Now?
WHEN Fri., Mar. 28, 11:30 a.m. – Sat., Mar. 29, 2014, 6:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Conferences, Environmental Sciences, Law, Social Sciences, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Environmental Law Society
COST Free for Harvard affiliates; $35 for the general public
TICKET WEB LINK http://www.eventbrite.com/e/naels-26th-annual-conference-environmental-justice-where-are-we-now-registration-8968923291
NOTE This event features a keynote address by former EPA administrator Lisa Jackson; a plenary address by the “father of environmental justice” Robert Bullard; an interview with Professor Gerald Torres, who, as counsel to the attorney general, drafted the President’s Executive Order on Environmental Justice; and listening sessions with the EPA on how to move forward on environmental justice over the next 20 years.
LINK http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/naelsej2014/
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From Sudan to Afghanistan: Human Rights in the 113th Congress
Friday, March 28, 2014
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM (PDT)
Northeastern University School of Law, 65 Forsyth Street, Dockser Hall, Room 240, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-sudan-to-afghanistan-human-rights-in-the-113th-congress-tickets-10726937559
Congressman James McGovern (D-MA) will give a speech entitled "From Sudan to Afghanistan: Human Rights in the 113th Congress
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Effective Crowd-Sourcing
WHEN Fri., Mar. 28, 2014, 1 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Maxwell Dworkin Building G115, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Information Technology, Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Institute for Applied Computational Science, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
SPEAKER(S) Devavrat Shah, associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
COST Free and open to the public. No registration required.
CONTACT INFO nrbaker@seas.harvard.edu
617-496-2623
NOTE Crowd-sourcing systems provide means to harness human ability at a large-scale to solve a variety of problems effectively. Examples abound of classical surveys for collecting opinion of a group to the modern setting of social recommendations. In this talk, we shall discuss effective ways to design crowd-sourcing experiments as well as aggregate the information collected. In the context of Mechanical Turk framework, this leads to automated approach for getting a task done at the minimum possible cost. Time-permitting, different variations of the theme will be discussed. This is based on joint work with D. Karger (MIT) and S. Oh (UIUC).
LINK https://www.seas.harvard.edu/calendar/event/76456
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What Kind of Political Economy Have We Had? Political Consequences Of a Consumer-Oriented Growth Model
WHEN Fri., Mar. 28, 2014, 2:15 – 4 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Cabot Room, Busch Hall, Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800
SPEAKER(S) Monica Prasad, Associate Professor of Sociology, Northeastern University ; Discussant: Frank Dobbin, Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
COST free
CONTACT INFO Peter Hall, phall@fas.harvard.edu
NOTE There will be no presentation. The seminar will go directly to discussion. Those interested in attending should read the paper in advance. It will be posted approximately one week before the event.
LINK ces.fas.harvard.edu/#/events/1683
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Harvard Thinks Healthy: A Panel Discussion on Intuitive Eating
WHEN Fri., Mar. 28, 2014, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Sever Hall, Room 113, Harvard Yard, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Health Sciences, Lecture, Wellness/Work Life
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard College Health Advocacy Program
SPEAKER(S) Michelle Gallant, dietitian and nutritionist at HUHS specializing in intuitive eating; Ellen Frankel, public speaker, published author and therapist on intuitive eating; Heidi Feinstein, founder and CEO of Cafe Life Alive in Cambridge, Lowell, and Salem; representatives from ECHO
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO gitabhattacharya@college.harvard.edu
LINK http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hap/?page_id=834
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WGBH'S Smart Conversation Series Presents Climate Change
Friday, March 28
6:30pm to organize and distribute flyers. The event begins at 7pm and ends at 9pm.
WGBH,One Guest Street, Boston
Cost: $25-35 http://www.wgbh.org/support/boxoffice_climatechange.cfm
Free! If you RSVP Koch-Free WGBH* (they’ll pay for the ticket): http://act.forecastthefacts.org/survey/rsvp_wgbh_climate_change/?akid=362.37620.H44ywZ&rd=1&t=3
Join WGBH host Edgar B. Herwick III and a panel of experts — meteorologist Harvey Leonard, ocean and climate change expert Dr. Scott Doney, WGBH/WCAI science editor Heather Goldstone, and director of the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Bruce Carlisle — to discuss some of the hot-button issues surrounding climate change and what rising sea levels will mean for New England — maybe within our lifetimes. What if a Hurricane Sandy hits here? What would the city of Boston look like afterwards? Can anything be done? These and other questions will be explored at this lively discussion, which is part of WGBH’s Smart Conversation series. A short reception will follow.
Bruce K. Carlisle is the director of the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM), providing oversight and administration for the agency. He directs policy development, planning efforts, and technical approaches for CZM program areas, including ocean planning, shoreline and floodplain management, climate change adaptation, habitat protection and restoration, port and harbor planning, water quality, seafloor and tidal habitat mapping, and GIS/data management. Carlisle also supervises CZM’s regulatory review of coastal and ocean projects, ranging from municipal waterfront development and dredging to offshore wind turbines and LNG facilities. He formerly served as both acting and assistant director for CZM, as well as the manager for the commonwealth’s Wetlands Restoration Program, where he led collaborative efforts to restore former and degraded wetlands. Prior to that, he worked as a project manager and principal investigator for coastal wetland assessment projects and as a specialist in water resources policy, monitoring, and planning.
Dr. Scott Doney is a senior scientist in the Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and director of the Ocean and Climate Change Institute at WHOI. His science interests span oceanography, climate and biogeochemistry, with particular emphasis on the application of numerical models and data analysis methods to global-scale questions. Much of his research focuses on how the global carbon cycle and ocean ecology respond to natural and human-driven climate change. He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed research publications and co-authored a textbook on data analysis and modeling methods for the marine sciences. He was the inaugural chair of the US Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Program, and a convening lead author for the Oceans and Marine Resources chapter of the US 2013 National Climate Assessment.
Heather Goldstone is the WGBH/WCAI science editor. She holds a Ph.D. in ocean science from M.I.T. and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and spent a decade as an active researcher before leaving the lab to become a writer. In her nine years with the Cape and Islands NPR Station, Goldstone has reported on Woods Hole’s unique scientific community and key environmental issues on Cape Cod. Her reporting has appeared in venues ranging from NPR and PBS News Hour to The Cape Cod Times and Commercial Fishery News. Most recently, Goldstone hosted the blogClimatide, an exploration of how climate change is impacting coastal life in the region.
Harvey Leonard is WCVB-TV Channel 5’s chief meteorologist. He joined the station in 2002 as Storm Team 5’s co-chief meteorologist with his longtime friend Dick Albert, who retired in 2009. Widely regarded as Boston’s top meteorologists, Leonard and Albert were honored by the Associated Press in 2005 for Best Weathercast in New England. In 2003, Leonard received the Silver Circle Award from the National Academy of Arts and Sciences New England Chapter for his more than 25 years of broadcast excellence. In 1999, he won the prestigious Award for Outstanding Service by a Broadcast Meteorologist from the American Meteorological Society. Prior to joining WCVB, Leonard served as chief meteorologist for WHDH-TV from May 1977 to April 2002. He is credited as the first meteorologist to correctly predict the impact and intensity of the Blizzard of 1978.
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*Join Forecast the Facts members to bring the Campaign for a Koch-Free WGBH to WGBH's Smart Conversations Series presents Climate Change, an upcoming forum on March 28. The panelists will focus on the connections between climate change and severe weather, as well as how to prepare for climate disasters; but we'll also be there to make sure the conversation addresses why David Koch—a fossil fuel tycoon and massive financier of misinformation on climate change—sits on WGBH's Board of Trustees. We'll be flyering before and after the event, and asking about the impacts of Koch's climate change denial in the Q&A.
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“Forbidden Voices: How to Start a Revolution with a Computer" - Film Screening - WTTR 2014
Friday, March 28, 2014
7:00p–9:00p
MIT, Building 4-270, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
MIT Program in Women's and Gender Studies and Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies present a Women Take the Reel film screening of...
"FORBIDDEN VOICES: How to Start a Revolution with a Computer" director Barbara Miller
Their voices are suppressed, prohibited and censored. But world-famous bloggers Yoani Sanchez, Zeng Jinyan and Farnaz Seifi are unafraid of their dictatorial regimes. These fearless women represent a new, networked generation of modern rebels. In Cuba, China and Iran their blogs shake the foundations of the state information monopoly, putting them at great risk.
This film accompanies these brave young cyberfeminists on perilous journeys. Eyewitness reports and clandestine footage show Sanchez's brutal beating by Cuban police for criticizing her country's regime; Chinese human rights activist Jinyan under house arrest for four years; and Iranian journalist and women's advocate Seifi forced into exile, where she blogs under a pseudonym. Tracing each woman's use of social media to denounce and combat violations of human rights and free speech in her home country, FORBIDDEN VOICES attests to the Internet's potential for building international awareness and political pressure.
96 minutes. Subtitled. Free and open to the public.
Q&A with MIT Researcher Catherine D'Ignazio to follow film screening.
Fifth Annual WOMEN TAKE THE REEL Film Festival.
WOMEN TAKE THE REEL is a FREE film festival that celebrates women's contributions to the film industry, their voices and their stories.
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, Comparative Media Studies|Writing, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Literature, Linguistics & Philosophy, Political Science, Center for International Studies, and History.
For more information, contact: The Friendly WGS Staff
617-253-8844
wgs@mit.edu
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Saturday, March 29
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8th Annual Future of Food and Nutrition Graduate Research Conference
Saturday, March 29th, 2014
9:00am - 5:00pm
Tufts, The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, 150 Harrison Avenue, Boston
Early Bird online registration will be available until Monday March 24th. The registration fee is $20 for students and $25 for professionals.
Register online: http://studentconference.nutrition.tufts.edu/join-us/register/
This multidisciplinary research conference, hosted by the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, brings together students from around the country to share research and engage on topics related to food and nutrition. Students and Professionals interested in the food system and nutrition science are encouraged to come join the conversation.
Our keynote speaker, Dr. Jessica Jones-Smith, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. She is a nutrition epidemiologist who studies social, economic, and contextual correlates of nutrition-related disease in both high- and low- income countries. Learn more about her research here.
Following the Conference there will be a Networking Reception with free food from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm at Trade near South Station located at 540 Atlantic Avenue.
For More Information, email studentconference@tufts.edu or visit the Future of Food and Nutrition website at: http://studentconference.nutrition.tufts.edu/
Thank you again for sharing this with your community,
The Student Research Conference Committee
You have received this email because of your affiliation with a graduate program that may have students interested in participating in this conference. Please consider sharing this email with anyone who may be interested in joining us for the conference on March 29th. Thank you in advance.
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Saturday, March 29th, 2014
9:00am - 5:00pm
Tufts, The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, 150 Harrison Avenue, Boston
Early Bird online registration will be available until Monday March 24th. The registration fee is $20 for students and $25 for professionals.
Register online: http://studentconference.nutrition.tufts.edu/join-us/register/
This multidisciplinary research conference, hosted by the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, brings together students from around the country to share research and engage on topics related to food and nutrition. Students and Professionals interested in the food system and nutrition science are encouraged to come join the conversation.
Our keynote speaker, Dr. Jessica Jones-Smith, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. She is a nutrition epidemiologist who studies social, economic, and contextual correlates of nutrition-related disease in both high- and low- income countries. Learn more about her research here.
Following the Conference there will be a Networking Reception with free food from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm at Trade near South Station located at 540 Atlantic Avenue.
For More Information, email studentconference@tufts.edu or visit the Future of Food and Nutrition website at: http://studentconference.nutrition.tufts.edu/
Thank you again for sharing this with your community,
The Student Research Conference Committee
You have received this email because of your affiliation with a graduate program that may have students interested in participating in this conference. Please consider sharing this email with anyone who may be interested in joining us for the conference on March 29th. Thank you in advance.
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Get Growing!
Saturday, March 29
Saturday, March 29
10-2pm
Cambridge Winter Farmers Market, Cambridge Community Center, 5 Callender Street, Cambridge
Want to grow your own fresh food? Come learn how—even if your space is tiny.
GET TIPS: on composting, improving your soil, starting seedlings, and eating your weeds.
CONNECT: Harvest community fruit. Find or offer a yard-share. Swap seeds.
SEE & DO: Visit productive, creative neighborhood growers. Meet a chicken. Marvel at bees. Learn to build a raised bed (11-1)
http://www.CambridgeWinterFarmersMarket.com
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39th Annual Gardener’s Gathering
Saturday, March 29
11am - 5pm
Northeastern University, The Egan Center and Shillman Hall, 115 Forsyth Street, Boston
Applaud the Twelfth Annual Community Garden Awards
Build skills in workshops
Connect with fellow gardeners
Discover local gardening resources.
More information at http://www.bostonnatural.org
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Open Rehearsal with Juilliard String Quartet
WHEN Sat., Mar. 29, 2014, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Farkas Hall Studio, 10-12 Holyoke Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Music
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Office for the Arts at Harvard
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO 617.495.8676
NOTE The Juilliard String Quartet — violinists Joseph Lin ’00 and Ronald Copes, cellist Joel Krosnick and violist Roger Tapping — whose “mixture of seamless precision and depth of tonal character” (The Guardian, UK) has earned them accolades from audiences and critics throughout the world, will conduct an open rehearsal at 11 am, followed by a master class with Harvard undergraduate musicians at 2 pm, at Farkas Hall.
LINK http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/lfp/details.php?ID=44562
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Master Class with Juilliard String Quartet
WHEN Sat., Mar. 29, 2014, 2 – 4 p.m.
WHERE Farkas Hall Studio, 10-12 Holyoke Street, Cambridge `
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Classes/Workshops, Music
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Learning From Performers, Office for the Arts
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO 617.495.8676
NOTE The Juilliard String Quartet — violinists Joseph Lin ’00 and Ronald Copes, cellist Joel Krosnick and violist Roger Tapping — whose “mixture of seamless precision and depth of tonal character” (The Guardian, UK) has earned them accolades from audiences and critics throughout the world, will conduct a master class with Harvard undergraduate musicians.
LINK http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/lfp/details.php?ID=44563
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TEDxBeaconStreet Event
Saturday, March 29
4-9 PM
B.I.G., 46 Tappan Street, Brookline
RSVP at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e8tql0bld6d4aaf1&oseq=&c=&ch=
Audience max is 180, will open up registration soon. If you can't wait for our next conference in November, plan to participate in this smaller, more intimate version of TEDxBeaconStreet (after each talk in the state of the art recording there will be a q&a with the speakers in a 40 person movie theater.
If you have an idea, a story, a demo, an experience that you believe could be considered please submit it for consideration (deadline is Thursday February 10).
We are looking for talks that range in length from 3-12 minutes. They can be: an innovative idea, a brand new piece of work or research, a unique "how to", an amazing personal story, an incredible demo, a slide show of remarkable photos, a startling piece of film, smart stand-up comedy, or great music, anything that you think would fascinate, excite, educate, inspire or delight. Speaker nomination HERE
If chosen for a TEDxBeaconStreet event, a talk requires serious preparation and rehearsal, so by submitting your proposal please note that you are committing to that. A TEDx talk is not like any other talk - ask any of our speakers!
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Sunday, March 30
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If You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take it: How Christ Transcends Good and Bad
Sunday, March 20
1pm
Saint Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church, 8 Inman Street, Central Square, Cambridge
Jan N. H. Perkins, MDiv
This presentation will consider how false notions of good and evil are formed, and how notions of good and evil often have very little to do with the GOOD of God, or with the evil of Diabolos - the principle of fragmentation, dissociation, and division.
Since 1975, Dr Perkins has practiced as a psychoanalyst in the tradition of C. G.Jung. He believes that a chief function of religion is to both awaken and nourish mysterious depths of the human soul.
More information at http://www.stmaryorthodoxchurch.org/news/events/2014/vonholzhausen
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The Meadow Project: A Movie
Sunday, March 30
2 to 4 pm
Maynard Ecology Center, basement of Neville Place, 650 Concord Avenue, Cambridge
If you are tired of mowing your lawn or looking at the monotony of grass, this film may inspire you. It addresses ecological problems caused by the extensive planting of non-native grass lawns in the United States. Through her own experience, producer Catherine Zimmerman shares her insight on turf alternatives that offer great health, aesthetic, and ecological benefits. We will have refreshments and time for discussion.
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Monday, March 31
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Harvard Graduate School of Design Symposium: Waste
March 31 – April 1, 2014
Harvard GSD, Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
This two part event explores the many ways in which design ingenuity can potentially confront the many facets of the topic of waste. Part I will present a diversity of approaches to the issue, from architecture to urbanism; from recycling to innovative solutions. Part II will feature a lecture by Frank O. Gehry on architecture's capacity and future responsibility to limit waste in the design and performance of buildings. Convened by Frank O. Gehry and Mohsen Mostafavi.
More information to follow.
Anyone requiring accessibility accommodations should contact the events office two weeks in advance at 617 496 2414 or events@gsd.harvard.edu.
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"The Social Cost of Carbon in Federal Rulemaking"
Monday, March 31, 2014
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Harvard, Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
with Elizabeth Kopits, National Center for Environmental Economics, Office of Policy, U.S. EPA
ETIP/Consortium Energy Policy Seminar SeriesContact Name: Louisa Lund
Louisa_Lund@hks.harvard.edu
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WHEN Sat., Mar. 29, 2014, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Farkas Hall Studio, 10-12 Holyoke Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Music
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Office for the Arts at Harvard
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO 617.495.8676
NOTE The Juilliard String Quartet — violinists Joseph Lin ’00 and Ronald Copes, cellist Joel Krosnick and violist Roger Tapping — whose “mixture of seamless precision and depth of tonal character” (The Guardian, UK) has earned them accolades from audiences and critics throughout the world, will conduct an open rehearsal at 11 am, followed by a master class with Harvard undergraduate musicians at 2 pm, at Farkas Hall.
LINK http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/lfp/details.php?ID=44562
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Master Class with Juilliard String Quartet
WHEN Sat., Mar. 29, 2014, 2 – 4 p.m.
WHERE Farkas Hall Studio, 10-12 Holyoke Street, Cambridge `
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Classes/Workshops, Music
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Learning From Performers, Office for the Arts
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO 617.495.8676
NOTE The Juilliard String Quartet — violinists Joseph Lin ’00 and Ronald Copes, cellist Joel Krosnick and violist Roger Tapping — whose “mixture of seamless precision and depth of tonal character” (The Guardian, UK) has earned them accolades from audiences and critics throughout the world, will conduct a master class with Harvard undergraduate musicians.
LINK http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/lfp/details.php?ID=44563
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TEDxBeaconStreet Event
Saturday, March 29
4-9 PM
B.I.G., 46 Tappan Street, Brookline
RSVP at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e8tql0bld6d4aaf1&oseq=&c=&ch=
Audience max is 180, will open up registration soon. If you can't wait for our next conference in November, plan to participate in this smaller, more intimate version of TEDxBeaconStreet (after each talk in the state of the art recording there will be a q&a with the speakers in a 40 person movie theater.
If you have an idea, a story, a demo, an experience that you believe could be considered please submit it for consideration (deadline is Thursday February 10).
We are looking for talks that range in length from 3-12 minutes. They can be: an innovative idea, a brand new piece of work or research, a unique "how to", an amazing personal story, an incredible demo, a slide show of remarkable photos, a startling piece of film, smart stand-up comedy, or great music, anything that you think would fascinate, excite, educate, inspire or delight. Speaker nomination HERE
If chosen for a TEDxBeaconStreet event, a talk requires serious preparation and rehearsal, so by submitting your proposal please note that you are committing to that. A TEDx talk is not like any other talk - ask any of our speakers!
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Sunday, March 30
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If You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take it: How Christ Transcends Good and Bad
Sunday, March 20
1pm
Saint Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church, 8 Inman Street, Central Square, Cambridge
Jan N. H. Perkins, MDiv
This presentation will consider how false notions of good and evil are formed, and how notions of good and evil often have very little to do with the GOOD of God, or with the evil of Diabolos - the principle of fragmentation, dissociation, and division.
Since 1975, Dr Perkins has practiced as a psychoanalyst in the tradition of C. G.Jung. He believes that a chief function of religion is to both awaken and nourish mysterious depths of the human soul.
More information at http://www.stmaryorthodoxchurch.org/news/events/2014/vonholzhausen
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The Meadow Project: A Movie
Sunday, March 30
2 to 4 pm
Maynard Ecology Center, basement of Neville Place, 650 Concord Avenue, Cambridge
If you are tired of mowing your lawn or looking at the monotony of grass, this film may inspire you. It addresses ecological problems caused by the extensive planting of non-native grass lawns in the United States. Through her own experience, producer Catherine Zimmerman shares her insight on turf alternatives that offer great health, aesthetic, and ecological benefits. We will have refreshments and time for discussion.
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Monday, March 31
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Harvard Graduate School of Design Symposium: Waste
March 31 – April 1, 2014
Harvard GSD, Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
This two part event explores the many ways in which design ingenuity can potentially confront the many facets of the topic of waste. Part I will present a diversity of approaches to the issue, from architecture to urbanism; from recycling to innovative solutions. Part II will feature a lecture by Frank O. Gehry on architecture's capacity and future responsibility to limit waste in the design and performance of buildings. Convened by Frank O. Gehry and Mohsen Mostafavi.
More information to follow.
Anyone requiring accessibility accommodations should contact the events office two weeks in advance at 617 496 2414 or events@gsd.harvard.edu.
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"The Social Cost of Carbon in Federal Rulemaking"
Monday, March 31, 2014
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Harvard, Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
with Elizabeth Kopits, National Center for Environmental Economics, Office of Policy, U.S. EPA
ETIP/Consortium Energy Policy Seminar SeriesContact Name: Louisa Lund
Louisa_Lund@hks.harvard.edu
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"Sex, Lies and Technology: A Journalist's Encounters with Bioethics and Big Data”
Monday, March 31, 2014
Monday, March 31, 2014
12:15pm - 2:00pm
Harvard, Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Harvard, Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Rochelle Sharpe, Freelance Journalist
STS Circle at Harvard
http://sts.hks.harvard.edu/events/sts_circle/
sts@hks.harvard.edu
Sandwich lunches are provided. Please RSVP to sts@hks.harvard.edu by Wednesday at 5PM the week before.
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sts@hks.harvard.edu
Sandwich lunches are provided. Please RSVP to sts@hks.harvard.edu by Wednesday at 5PM the week before.
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“Do pollinators matter for human nutrition?”
Monday, March 31, 2014
12:30pm - 1:30pm
HSPH, Kresge, Room 502, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston
HSPH, Kresge, Room 502, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston
Alicia Ellis, HSPH postdoc
The talk discusses the changes in micronutrient nutrition that would occur in populations from four countries in the context of severe pollinator declines. Professor Sam Myers, Instructor in Medicine (HMS) and Research Scientist, Department of Environmental Health (HSPH), notes “To our knowledge, this is the first analysis that has attempted to model the impact of pollinator declines on human nutrition.”
HSPH Nutrition Seminar Series
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Equilibria in Health Exchanges: Adverse Selection vs. Reclassification Risk
Monday, March 31, 2014
2:30p–4:00p
MIT, Building E62-450, 100 Main Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Michael Whinston (MIT)
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): IO Workshop
For more information, contact:
econ-cal@mit.edu
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The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures by Herbie Hancock; Set 6 - ONCE UPON A TIME…
WHEN Mon., Mar. 31, 2014, 4 p.m.
WHERE Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Humanities, Lecture, Poetry/Prose, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard
SPEAKER(S) Herbie Hancock
COST Free; tickets required
TICKET WEB LINK https://www.boxoffice.harvard.edu/Online/
TICKET INFO Tickets will be available starting at noon on the day of each lecture. Tickets will be available at Sanders Theatre's box office and online (handling fee applies). Limit of 2 tickets per person. Tickets valid until 3:45 p.m. on the day of the event.
CONTACT INFO humcentr@fas.harvard.edu
NOTE The Norton Lecturer in 2014 is Herbie Hancock.
THE ETHICS OF JAZZ
LINK http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/norton-lectures
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Building Embedded Sensor Systems to Bring Ubicomp to Life
Monday, March 31, 2014
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
3:45 PM
MIT, Building 32-G449, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Gabe Cohn , University of Washington
Although we have successfully created smaller, faster, and cheaper computer devices, several adoption barriers remain to realize the dream of Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp). By lowering these barriers, we can seamlessly embed human-computer interfaces into our home and work environments. My work focuses on developing highly integrated hardware/software sensing systems for Ubicomp applications using my expertise in embedded systems, low-energy hardware design, and sensing, in addition to integrating communications, signal processing, and machine learning. In thistalk, I will present my research on ultra-low-power indirect sensing approaches for both on- and off-body applications. First, I will discuss how the conductive properties of the human body can be leveraged to enable novel human-computer interactions. Next, I will discuss my work on using the existing infrastructure in buildings to reduce the number of sensors required and to reduce the power consumption for many Ubicomp applications. Finally, I will discuss my current work in on-body, non-invasive health sensing systems. By continually working on application-driven interdisciplinary research, we can lower the adoption barriers and enable many new high-impact application domains.
Gabe Cohn is a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering in the Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp) Lab at the University of Washington, advised by Shwetak Patel. His research focuses on (1) designing and implementing ultra-low-power embedded sensing systems, (2) leveraging physical phenomena to enable new sensing modalities for human-computer interaction, and (3) developing sensor systems targeted at realizing immediate change in high-impact application domains. He was awarded the Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowship in 2012, the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in 2010, and 6 Best Paper awards and nominations. He is the co-founder of SNUPI Technologies (www.wallyhome.com), a sensor and services company focused on home safety, security, and loss prevention. He received his B.S. with honors in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 2009, where he specialized in embedded systems, computer architectures, and digital VLSI.
Contact: Francis Doughty, 253-4602, francisd@csail.mit.edu
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Fracking: Addressing the Water-Energy Nexus
March 31, 2014
5:30 p.m.
UMass Boston, McCormack Hall, 3rd floor, Ryan Lounge, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston
Fracking for natural gas is extremely controversial. It has dramatically reduced the price of gas in the US, displacing coal in power generation but also slowing investment in renewable energy. The environmental impacts of using high-pressure fluids to fracture shale rocks are highly contentious.
This event will feature a panel of experts who will discuss current challenges and opportunities at the water-energy nexus. Questions raised will include: What is the potential for technological innovation and ‘green chemistry’ to reduce risks? What are the business and investment opportunities in the clean-tech/clean energy sector? What business and policy innovations are needed?
Panelists
Jim Matheson is President and CEO of Oasys Water and a clean technology visionary and leader. As a General Partner at Flagship Ventures he spearheaded their sustainability practice, helping to build it into a leader in the venture capital industry. At Flagship, Jim started, financed and served on the Board of Directors of several new ventures. He also served as the Dept. of Energy’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence.
Dr. Richard Liroff is founder and Executive Director of the Investor Environmental Health Network, a group of investment advisors and managers working to reduce business’ “toxic footprint”—the production and use of toxic chemicals. Dr. Liroff is author/editor of a half dozen books and numerous articles, reports and blogs on environmental policy, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Northwestern University.
For more information, please contact Andrea.Reardon@umb.edu.
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"Waste"
Monday, March 31
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Harvard, Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
This two part event explores the many ways in which design ingenuity can potentially confront the many facets of the topic of waste. Part I will present a diversity of approaches to the issue, from architecture to urbanism; from recycling to innovative solutions. Part II will feature a lecture by Frank O. Gehry on architecture's capacity and future responsibility to limit waste in the design and performance of buildings. Convened by Frank O. Gehry and Mohsen Mostafavi.
Anyone requiring accessibility accommodations should contact the events office two weeks in advance at 617 496 2414 or events@gsd.harvard.edu
Contact events@gsd.harvard.edu
Monday, March 31
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Harvard, Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
This two part event explores the many ways in which design ingenuity can potentially confront the many facets of the topic of waste. Part I will present a diversity of approaches to the issue, from architecture to urbanism; from recycling to innovative solutions. Part II will feature a lecture by Frank O. Gehry on architecture's capacity and future responsibility to limit waste in the design and performance of buildings. Convened by Frank O. Gehry and Mohsen Mostafavi.
Anyone requiring accessibility accommodations should contact the events office two weeks in advance at 617 496 2414 or events@gsd.harvard.edu
Contact events@gsd.harvard.edu
Free and open to the public
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Nerd Night
31 March 2014
8PM
Middlesex Lounge, 315 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Cost: $5
Talk 1 – “How to Teach a Robot to Bake Cookies” by Mario Bollini
This talk will teach you how to teach a robot to bake cookies, or in academic speak, it will discuss “motion and task planning for a mobile manipulator in semi-structured human environments.” It will tell the heartwarming story of a robot that yearned to leave the lab and enter the kitchen, punctuated with every roadblock reality placed in its path.
Mario Bollini is a local entrepreneur who earned his Master’s degree from MIT by teaching a robot to autonomously bake. He currently is the Chief Technology officer of GRIT, a local social enterprise that designs off-road wheelchairs for developing countries. He is also the founder ofDemocratech, a local design collaborative that crowd-funded Sprout, a plantable pencil that can grow into flowers and herbs.
Talk 2 – “How We Complicate Things for Babies to Make Language Learning Easy” by Mohinish Shukla
What kind of learner is a human baby? We used to believe that the baby was a blank canvas that experience painstakingly painted on in incremental steps. While studying how infants pick up the structure of language spoken around them, we now know that this picture is wrong. Instead, babies arrive equipped with a Swiss-army-knife toolkit of cognitive capacities that help them rapidly impose structure on what they perceive. According to the old, incremental view, learning is a step-wise process, where babies learn simple stuff, then use that knowledge to learn harder stuff. In this talk, Mo will describe results that show 6-month-olds succeeding at a word-learning task that 9-month-olds typically fail!
Mo started studying microbiology and molecular genetics, switched to ecology, then neurophysiology, and somehow ended up studying how humans learn language. He received a Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience from the Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati in Trieste, Italy, and then spent four years in Rochester, NY, as a post-doctoral fellow. He currently is one of three principal investigators at the UMass Boston Baby Lab.
This talk will teach you how to teach a robot to bake cookies, or in academic speak, it will discuss “motion and task planning for a mobile manipulator in semi-structured human environments.” It will tell the heartwarming story of a robot that yearned to leave the lab and enter the kitchen, punctuated with every roadblock reality placed in its path.
Mario Bollini is a local entrepreneur who earned his Master’s degree from MIT by teaching a robot to autonomously bake. He currently is the Chief Technology officer of GRIT, a local social enterprise that designs off-road wheelchairs for developing countries. He is also the founder ofDemocratech, a local design collaborative that crowd-funded Sprout, a plantable pencil that can grow into flowers and herbs.
Talk 2 – “How We Complicate Things for Babies to Make Language Learning Easy” by Mohinish Shukla
What kind of learner is a human baby? We used to believe that the baby was a blank canvas that experience painstakingly painted on in incremental steps. While studying how infants pick up the structure of language spoken around them, we now know that this picture is wrong. Instead, babies arrive equipped with a Swiss-army-knife toolkit of cognitive capacities that help them rapidly impose structure on what they perceive. According to the old, incremental view, learning is a step-wise process, where babies learn simple stuff, then use that knowledge to learn harder stuff. In this talk, Mo will describe results that show 6-month-olds succeeding at a word-learning task that 9-month-olds typically fail!
Mo started studying microbiology and molecular genetics, switched to ecology, then neurophysiology, and somehow ended up studying how humans learn language. He received a Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience from the Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati in Trieste, Italy, and then spent four years in Rochester, NY, as a post-doctoral fellow. He currently is one of three principal investigators at the UMass Boston Baby Lab.
More information at http://boston.nerdnite.com/2014/03/17/nerd-nite-march/
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Energy 101 Sessions: What is Fracking?
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building E51-325, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building E51-325, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
A comprehensive introduction to fracking.
Energy 101 Series
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact: MIT Energy Club
energyclub@mit.edu
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Pop-Up Learning: The Future of MOOCs and Online Education
April 1, 2014
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/2014/04/young#RSVP
This event will be webcast live (on the Berkman webpage) at 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/2014/04/young#RSVP
This event will be webcast live (on the Berkman webpage) at 12:30pm ET.
Berkman-Nieman Fellow, Jeff Young
After months of hype and hope about MOOCs, or massive open online courses, one thing is clear: they aren’t very good at teaching those most in need of education. Instead, they’re serving the education “haves”: About 80 percent of people taking MOOCs already have a college degree. But free online courses may still spark an education revolution, in ways that their biggest proponents hadn’t guessed. This talk will take a closer look at who is taking MOOCs and why, and examine how free courses fit into broader Internet trends.
About Jeff
Jeffrey R. Young is an editor and writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education, where he leads the paper's coverage of technology and its impact on teaching, research, and student life. He is also an adjunct professor of journalism at the University of Maryland at College Park, teaching a course on multimedia storytelling.
Young has written for national publications including The New York Times, New Scientist, and The Wall Street Journal. An article he wrote was selected for the anthology The Best of Technology Writing 2007.
At The Chronicle, Young leads a team of three reporters, and also writes a monthly news-analysis column called College 2.0 about how technology is changing campuses. He also contributes to and oversees content for the Wired Campus blog, and is co-host of the monthly Tech Therapy podcast. He joined The Chronicle in 1995, and has previously led the paper’s Students section, focusing on issues of college admissions and student life. In 2007, Young took a yearlong break from writing to become The Chronicle’s first Web editor, helping start blogs, podcasts, and multimedia features.
Young is a frequent speaker on issues of education and technology, having given talks at the South-by-Southwest Interactive conference, at education events, and on campuses. He received a bachelor’s degree in English from Princeton University in 1995 and a master’s in communication, culture, and technology from Georgetown University in 2001.
He is also author of the e-book, Beyond the MOOC Hype: A Guide to Higher Education's High-Tech Disruption.
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Innovate: Ali Malkawi
WHEN Tue., Apr. 1, 2014, 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Stubbins (Room 112), Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Graduate School of Design
SPEAKER(S) Ali Malkawi
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO events@gsd.harvard.edu
NOTE Innovation occurs on multiple scales, frequently crosses disciplines, and occasionally changes lives, cities, and culture. It is not a science, but requires design skills and must be informed by an eye for opportunity. “Innovate,” a noontime talk series, features 20-minute presentations followed by discussions with faculty and students. Moderated by Iñaki Abalos, chair of the Department of Architecture.
Anyone requiring accessibility accommodations should contact the events office two weeks in advance at 617 496 2414 or events@gsd.harvard.edu.
LINK www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/events/innovate-ali-malkawi.html
WHEN Tue., Apr. 1, 2014, 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Stubbins (Room 112), Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Graduate School of Design
SPEAKER(S) Ali Malkawi
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO events@gsd.harvard.edu
NOTE Innovation occurs on multiple scales, frequently crosses disciplines, and occasionally changes lives, cities, and culture. It is not a science, but requires design skills and must be informed by an eye for opportunity. “Innovate,” a noontime talk series, features 20-minute presentations followed by discussions with faculty and students. Moderated by Iñaki Abalos, chair of the Department of Architecture.
Anyone requiring accessibility accommodations should contact the events office two weeks in advance at 617 496 2414 or events@gsd.harvard.edu.
LINK www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/events/innovate-ali-malkawi.html
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Managing China's Oil Dependence
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
3:30p–5:00p
MIT, E40-496, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Oystein Tunsjo, Associate Professor, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies
Lecture/Book Talk
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Security Studies Program
For more information, contact: Lynne Levine
617-253-0133
llevine@mit.edu
3:30p–5:00p
MIT, E40-496, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Oystein Tunsjo, Associate Professor, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies
Lecture/Book Talk
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Security Studies Program
For more information, contact: Lynne Levine
617-253-0133
llevine@mit.edu
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How the Law Responds to Unique Catastrophes: Personal Reflections on Tragic Choices
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
4:00-6:00PM
Langdell Hall North 225, Vorenberg Classroom, Harvard Law School
Kenneth R. Feinberg, Feinberg Rozen, LLC
Abstract: Mr. Feinberg will offer personal reflections on how he became the expert in unique catastrophes and the principled ways in which he has learned to respond. He will tackle the difficult issue of achieving a sense of justice in the aftermath of tragedy through the administration of victims' funds.
Biography:
Kenneth R. Feinberg has been key to resolving many of our nation's most challenging and widely known disputes. He is best known for serving as the Special Master of the Federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001, in which he reached out to all who qualified to file a claim, evaluated applications, determined appropriate compensation, and disseminated awards. Mr. Feinberg shared his extraordinary experience in his book What Is Life Worth?, published in 2005 by Public Affairs Press. Just a few years later, Mr. Feinberg became Fund Administrator for the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund following the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech. In 2013, he was appointed by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Thomas to oversee the One Fund Boston, which distributed payments to victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. Mr. Feinberg also has served as Special Master in Agent Orange, asbestos personal injury, wrongful death claims, Dalkon shield, and DES (pregnancy medication) cases. Mr. Feinberg founded Feinberg Rozen, LLP in 1992. He has been involved in resolving thousands of disputes involving a wide range of interests and clients. In the commercial sector, Mr. Feinberg designed, implemented and administered an ADR settlement Program involving Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Zurich N.A. Insurance Company and Hurricane Katrina and other Gulf hurricane claimants. He also has served as Distribution Agent for AIG Fair Fund claimants, and has been the Fund Administrator for a variety of claimant funds totaling more than $1 billion. In his capacity as an arbitrator, Mr. Feinberg helped determine the fair market value of the original Zapruder film of the Kennedy assassination, and legal fees in Holocaust slave labor litigation. Mr. Feinberg has been appointed to two presidential-level commissions because of his experience and expertise, and has had a distinguished teaching career as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University, the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, New York University, the University of Virginia, and Harvard Law School. In 2004, he was named "Lawyer of the Year" by the National Law Journal (2004), and has been named repeatedly as one of "The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America" by the National Law Journal. He received his J.D from New York University School of Law in 1970, where he served on the Law Review. He held a clerkship with Chief Judge Stanley H. Fuld, New York State Court of Appeals (1970-1972).
Co-sponsored by the Program on Science, Technology and Society and the Institute for Global Law and Policy at Harvard Law School.
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An April Fools Evening of Kyogen
WHEN Tue., Apr. 1, 2014, 4 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard-Yenching Auditorium, 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Theater
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
SPEAKER(S) Katsumi Yanagimoto
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO fraleigh@post.harvard.edu
NOTE Kyōgen is the name for a dramatic style and repertoire of short comic plays that form one of the oldest theatrical traditions in Japan. Though developed in the 14th century, kyōgen is still performed today: both as an independent form and as an interlude during the more serious Noh theater. The stories featured in the humorous plays of the kyōgen theater treat the daily lives of everyday people and remain highly accessible to viewers today. Katsumi Yanagimoto will introduce the tradition, discuss, and demonstrate its conventions, and perform two farcical plays with fellow Kyoto-based kyōgen actor Shin'ichi Yutani. The performance will be in Japanese with English subtitles.
LINK http://rijs.fas.harvard.edu/programs/calendar.php
WHEN Tue., Apr. 1, 2014, 4 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard-Yenching Auditorium, 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Theater
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
SPEAKER(S) Katsumi Yanagimoto
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO fraleigh@post.harvard.edu
NOTE Kyōgen is the name for a dramatic style and repertoire of short comic plays that form one of the oldest theatrical traditions in Japan. Though developed in the 14th century, kyōgen is still performed today: both as an independent form and as an interlude during the more serious Noh theater. The stories featured in the humorous plays of the kyōgen theater treat the daily lives of everyday people and remain highly accessible to viewers today. Katsumi Yanagimoto will introduce the tradition, discuss, and demonstrate its conventions, and perform two farcical plays with fellow Kyoto-based kyōgen actor Shin'ichi Yutani. The performance will be in Japanese with English subtitles.
LINK http://rijs.fas.harvard.edu/programs/calendar.php
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Russian Entrepreneurship, Leadership, and Innovation
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
4:30p–6:00p
MIT, Building E51-325, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
A public lecture featuring Professor McCarthy and Professor Puffer of the D'Amore-McKim School of Business of Northeastern University.
Entrepreneurship is relatively new in Russia, and although not totally flourishing, it has become increasingly important to the country's economy, with many entrepreneurs having built and continuing to build very successful companies. Many have developed an innovative and participative leadership style that stands in stark contrast to the traditional Soviet-era style. This seminar covers such subjects based on our research and publications that draw heavily upon data from the annual Ernst & Young Russian Entrepreneur of the Year competition, an event held in scores of countries around the world. The speakers will also briefly discuss their research investigating the historical circumstances affecting innovation in Russia and will discuss more fully the country's current initiatives to foster innovation and commercialization of technology.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies, MISTI MIT-Russia Program
For more information, contact: Ema Kaminskaya
715-2159
ekaminsk@mit.edu
4:30p–6:00p
MIT, Building E51-325, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
A public lecture featuring Professor McCarthy and Professor Puffer of the D'Amore-McKim School of Business of Northeastern University.
Entrepreneurship is relatively new in Russia, and although not totally flourishing, it has become increasingly important to the country's economy, with many entrepreneurs having built and continuing to build very successful companies. Many have developed an innovative and participative leadership style that stands in stark contrast to the traditional Soviet-era style. This seminar covers such subjects based on our research and publications that draw heavily upon data from the annual Ernst & Young Russian Entrepreneur of the Year competition, an event held in scores of countries around the world. The speakers will also briefly discuss their research investigating the historical circumstances affecting innovation in Russia and will discuss more fully the country's current initiatives to foster innovation and commercialization of technology.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies, MISTI MIT-Russia Program
For more information, contact: Ema Kaminskaya
715-2159
ekaminsk@mit.edu
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Healthy People - Healthy Planet - Healthcare & Sustainability
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)
The Venture Cafe at the Cambridge Innovation Center, One Broadway, 5th Floor, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/apr-1-basg-healthy-people-healthy-planet-healthcare-sustainability-tickets-10789887845
Cost: $10-12
Boston Area Sustainability Group Presents: Healthy People – Healthy Planet: Healthcare & Sustainability
The health of the planet and human health are not separate concerns. Sustainability is a lens that brings our interdependence into focus. Come hear from leaders actively working to make healthcare more sustainable and driving sustainability for our bettered health:
Janet Bowen, Health Care Coordinator for EPA Region 1
Janet will present EPA New England's work with the health care sector as well as EPA's future focus.
Kyle Cahill, Senior Manager, Corporate Citizenship, BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS
Kyle will discuss the sustainability imperative for the healthcare industry: how healthy environments are critical to preventing illness and chronic disease.
Monica Nakielski , Project Manager, Sustainable Initiatives of Partners Healthcare
Monica will discuss how Partners is going about leading our community to a healthier future.
Hermine Levey Weston, Facility Engagement Manager at Practice Greenhealth
Practice Greenhealth drives sustainability within hospitals. Hermine will talk about healthcare sustainability being a public health initiative.
Kumkum Dilwali, Senior Director, Green Guide for Health Care
Federal agencies are mandated to "use less toxic materials,” and health care must design and operate facilities that "first, do no harm.“ Kumkum will talk about the tools and strategies that these sectors can share to accelerate transformation.
Boston Area Sustainability Group Presents: Healthy People – Healthy Planet: Healthcare & Sustainability
The health of the planet and human health are not separate concerns. Sustainability is a lens that brings our interdependence into focus. Come hear from leaders actively working to make healthcare more sustainable and driving sustainability for our bettered health:
Janet Bowen, Health Care Coordinator for EPA Region 1
Janet will present EPA New England's work with the health care sector as well as EPA's future focus.
Kyle Cahill, Senior Manager, Corporate Citizenship, BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS
Kyle will discuss the sustainability imperative for the healthcare industry: how healthy environments are critical to preventing illness and chronic disease.
Monica Nakielski , Project Manager, Sustainable Initiatives of Partners Healthcare
Monica will discuss how Partners is going about leading our community to a healthier future.
Hermine Levey Weston, Facility Engagement Manager at Practice Greenhealth
Practice Greenhealth drives sustainability within hospitals. Hermine will talk about healthcare sustainability being a public health initiative.
Kumkum Dilwali, Senior Director, Green Guide for Health Care
Federal agencies are mandated to "use less toxic materials,” and health care must design and operate facilities that "first, do no harm.“ Kumkum will talk about the tools and strategies that these sectors can share to accelerate transformation.
Time is short and we all need to learn a boatload, fast. One of BASG’s explicit goals is that we learn as much as we can from each other, where the very diversity of the group is one of our most valuable assets. Come join the discussion, or hang out and listen. Meet those folks working hard to do what you’re trying to do and your paths have not yet crossed. We have a great time and really want to meet you!
Our format for the evening begins with informal networking followed by quick introductions all round before several lightening-speed presentations from knowledgeable folks. Using a modified IGNITE-style format, our speakers will share their experiences and then open the discussion.
We’ll end the discussion with time left for more networking and sharing info on other local events. Hope to see you there!
Visitors must comply with Venture Cafe attendance policies (see http://bit.ly/vc-credo for more details).
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"Waste"
Tuesday, April 1
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Harvard, Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
This two part event explores the many ways in which design ingenuity can potentially confront the many facets of the topic of waste. Part I will present a diversity of approaches to the issue, from architecture to urbanism; from recycling to innovative solutions. Part II will feature a lecture by Frank O. Gehry on architecture's capacity and future responsibility to limit waste in the design and performance of buildings. Convened by Frank O. Gehry and Mohsen Mostafavi.
Anyone requiring accessibility accommodations should contact the events office two weeks in advance at 617 496 2414 or events@gsd.harvard.edu
Contact events@gsd.harvard.edu
Free and open to the public
Tuesday, April 1
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Harvard, Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
This two part event explores the many ways in which design ingenuity can potentially confront the many facets of the topic of waste. Part I will present a diversity of approaches to the issue, from architecture to urbanism; from recycling to innovative solutions. Part II will feature a lecture by Frank O. Gehry on architecture's capacity and future responsibility to limit waste in the design and performance of buildings. Convened by Frank O. Gehry and Mohsen Mostafavi.
Anyone requiring accessibility accommodations should contact the events office two weeks in advance at 617 496 2414 or events@gsd.harvard.edu
Contact events@gsd.harvard.edu
Free and open to the public
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Energy Efficiency Done Right presents information on the In'Flector See Through Radiant Barrier Window and Skylight Insulator and the Energy Efficiency Industry
Tuesday, April 2nd , 2014
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/615043897
We will examine the growth of the energy efficiency, conservation, energy independence, and carbon emmission industries and explain opportunities to represent or purchase our Insulator products.
What is an Inflector Window Insulator? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21DiKS5mt4k
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IBM: Leading the Next Era of Information Technology
Wednesday, April 02, 2014
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 34-401, Grier Rooms combined, 50 Vassar Street, Cambridge
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 34-401, Grier Rooms combined, 50 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Zachary J. Lemnios, IBM
Industries across the public and private sector are in the midst of major transformation. Today???s Information technology systems have become overwhelmed with the volume, velocity, variety and veracity of data and burdened with the costs for infrastructure scaleout. Industries are moving to a new data economy that will be characterized by predictive analytics, all-source understanding, seamless global connectivity, speed and agility
IBM is leading the next era of information technology by launching major initiatives to develop systems of insight, cognitive computing, secure micro cloud, and managed data services.
MTL Seminar Series
The MTL Seminar Series is held on Wednesdays at noon. Speakers for the series are selected on the basis of their knowledge and competence in the areas of microelectronics research, manufacturing, or policy. The series is open to the public and is free to attend.
Web site: http://www-mtl.mit.edu/seminars/spring2014.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: free
Sponsor(s): Microsystems Technology Laboratories
For more information, contact: Valerie Dinardo
253-9328
valeried@mit.edu
The MTL Seminar Series is held on Wednesdays at noon. Speakers for the series are selected on the basis of their knowledge and competence in the areas of microelectronics research, manufacturing, or policy. The series is open to the public and is free to attend.
Web site: http://www-mtl.mit.edu/seminars/spring2014.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: free
Sponsor(s): Microsystems Technology Laboratories
For more information, contact: Valerie Dinardo
253-9328
valeried@mit.edu
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Women and Peace-Building in Bosnia and Herzegovina
WHEN Wed., Apr. 2, 2014, 1 – 2:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Braun Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Religion
SPONSOR Women's Studies in Religion Program
CONTACT Tracy Wall
NOTE Please join the WSRP for a presentation by Zilka Spahic Siljak, WSRP Research Associate and Visiting Lecturer on Women’s Studies and Islamic Studies at Harvard Divinity School.
Lunch will be served.
WHEN Wed., Apr. 2, 2014, 1 – 2:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Braun Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Religion
SPONSOR Women's Studies in Religion Program
CONTACT Tracy Wall
NOTE Please join the WSRP for a presentation by Zilka Spahic Siljak, WSRP Research Associate and Visiting Lecturer on Women’s Studies and Islamic Studies at Harvard Divinity School.
Lunch will be served.
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Boston University Cleantech Expo
Wednesday, April 2
11:30am - 6pm
Boston University School of Management, 595 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
11:30am - 6pm
Boston University School of Management, 595 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
ACTION and Boston University’s Feld Career Center are pleased to announce the Boston University Cleantech Expo, featuring two informative panel discussions, and a showcase of companies in the clean energy industry and related fields. The “Cleantech Careers Panel” will highlight how students can access internship opportunities at companies active in clean energy.
Cleantech Careers Panel: 11:30am-12:15pm
Learn about paid internships available through the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) Internship Program, which connects students with internship opportunities at clean energy companies. A former student who participated in the program and later found employment in the cleantech industry will share her perspective on the benefits of this program. A recruiter with Next Step Living will share an employer perspective.
Cleantech Showcase: 12:15pm-4:00pm
Meet clean energy companies from throughout the region exhibiting at this Showcase, to learn about the spectrum of technologies and energy services that are active in this industry. Meet company representatives that are interested in connecting with the BU community, learn about companies that interest you, and develop opportunities for follow up discussions.
If your organization would like to be an exhibitor, click thru to the next page and follow the link.
Incubator Success Story panel: Resolute Marine Energy and Newburyport
The “Incubator Success Story Panel” will spotlight the story of a startup company innovating technologies at the nexus of clean energy and clean water that partnered with a cleantech incubator and has successfully developed the company to implement their technology systems. Resolute Marine Energy, has created a unique technology that uses ocean wave energy to drive seawater desalinization and electricity generation plants. Their systems can provide fresh water and electricity in areas where there is a weak or non-existent electrical grid which enables water resource managers to quickly provide large quantities of clean fresh water wherever needed without the need for diesel-driven systems.
CleanTech Center: 4:00pm-5:00pm
Learn about the Association of Cleantech Incubators of New England – ACTION, New England’s network of cleantech incubators. An overview of how clean energy startup companies benefit from incubator resources and advisory services will be discussed. The Success Story panel will highlight Resolute Marine Energy, focusing on the progression of the company, the role of a cleantech incubator, and successes achieved.
Networking Reception : 5:00pm-6:00pm
If you have any questions, please contact Kristina Lamoreaux at klamorea@bu.edu
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Liquid metal batteries for grid scale energy storage
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
3:00p–4:00p
MIT, Building E19-319, 400 Main Street, Cambridge
David Bradwell, CEO of Ambri, will discuss liquid metal battery technologies for grid-scale energy storage.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact: Aziz Abdellahi
aziz_a@mit.edu
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Radcliffe Institute Fellows' Presentation Series: "Political T’ai-chi at Work”
WHEN Wed., Apr. 2, 2014, 4 p.m.
WHERE Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Sheerr Room, Fay House, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
SPEAKER(S) Hanchao Lu, 2013-2014 William Bentinck-Smith Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Georgia Institute of Technology
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO 617.495.8212
NOTE Hanchao Lu is a professor of history at the Georgia Institute of Technology and an honorary senior research professor at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. His research interests include the socioeconomic and cultural history of modern China, Chinese urban history, and everyday life studies.
LINK http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2014-hanchao-lu-fellow-presentation
WHEN Wed., Apr. 2, 2014, 4 p.m.
WHERE Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Sheerr Room, Fay House, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
SPEAKER(S) Hanchao Lu, 2013-2014 William Bentinck-Smith Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Georgia Institute of Technology
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO 617.495.8212
NOTE Hanchao Lu is a professor of history at the Georgia Institute of Technology and an honorary senior research professor at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. His research interests include the socioeconomic and cultural history of modern China, Chinese urban history, and everyday life studies.
LINK http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2014-hanchao-lu-fellow-presentation
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"Geosciences Inspiring Engineering: What Dyke Swarms Teach us about Hydraulic Fracturing,"
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
4:00pm
Harvard, 301 Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Harvard, 301 Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Andrew P. Bunger, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
Abstract: Hydraulic fracturing has an extensive history of successful applications including quarrying/mining (since the 1890s), gas and oil extraction (since 1949), and Enhanced Geothermal Systems (“EGS”, since the early 1970s). With perhaps only one notable exception, the Barnett Shale in Texas, this experience points to a mechanical system that tends to favor localization of fracture growth to one or two dominant hydraulic fractures rather than propagation of many simultaneous branches. This is in spite of 4 decades of attempts to generate complex networks of hydraulic fractures for EGS applications and more than a decade of efforts to generate Barnett-like networks of hydraulic fractures in other shale gas reservoirs. Man-made hydraulic fractures seem highly prone to localization. On the other hand, there are more than 400 known examples of giant dyke swarms on Earth, Venus, and Mars. These stunning features are comprised of hundreds to thousands of subparallel to radiating dykes that originate from a common source region and that appear to have grown concurrently. So, in contrast to man-made systems, these natural systems of fluid (magma)-driven cracks appear to favor swarming dynamics rather than localization.
In this presentation I will tell the story of a recent research effort aimed at finding the ingredients required for swarming behavior to occur in systems of fluid-driven cracks such as dykes and hydraulic fractures. I will show that the missing ingredient has been a basic understanding of the attractive force in these systems, that is, why fluid-driven cracks would have any mechanical impetus to grow near one another in the first place. By showing how this key element of the system depends on geometry and the relative importance of viscous energy dissipation in the context of the energy balance of the system, engineers are now able to draw inspiration from the naturally-occurring dyke swarms in order to design more effective hydraulic fracturing treatments.
Abstract: Hydraulic fracturing has an extensive history of successful applications including quarrying/mining (since the 1890s), gas and oil extraction (since 1949), and Enhanced Geothermal Systems (“EGS”, since the early 1970s). With perhaps only one notable exception, the Barnett Shale in Texas, this experience points to a mechanical system that tends to favor localization of fracture growth to one or two dominant hydraulic fractures rather than propagation of many simultaneous branches. This is in spite of 4 decades of attempts to generate complex networks of hydraulic fractures for EGS applications and more than a decade of efforts to generate Barnett-like networks of hydraulic fractures in other shale gas reservoirs. Man-made hydraulic fractures seem highly prone to localization. On the other hand, there are more than 400 known examples of giant dyke swarms on Earth, Venus, and Mars. These stunning features are comprised of hundreds to thousands of subparallel to radiating dykes that originate from a common source region and that appear to have grown concurrently. So, in contrast to man-made systems, these natural systems of fluid (magma)-driven cracks appear to favor swarming dynamics rather than localization.
In this presentation I will tell the story of a recent research effort aimed at finding the ingredients required for swarming behavior to occur in systems of fluid-driven cracks such as dykes and hydraulic fractures. I will show that the missing ingredient has been a basic understanding of the attractive force in these systems, that is, why fluid-driven cracks would have any mechanical impetus to grow near one another in the first place. By showing how this key element of the system depends on geometry and the relative importance of viscous energy dissipation in the context of the energy balance of the system, engineers are now able to draw inspiration from the naturally-occurring dyke swarms in order to design more effective hydraulic fracturing treatments.
Solid Earth Physics Seminar and SEAS Applied Mechanics Colloquium
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Natural Gas Prices and Coal Displacement: Evidence from Electricity Markets
WHEN Wed., Apr. 2, 2014, 4:10 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer-382, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Social Sciences, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Environmental Economics Program
SPEAKER(S) Christopher Knittel, MIT
LINK http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k96249
WHEN Wed., Apr. 2, 2014, 4:10 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer-382, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Social Sciences, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Environmental Economics Program
SPEAKER(S) Christopher Knittel, MIT
LINK http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k96249
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Turkish Politics, Energy Politics: Near and Long Term Perspectives
WHEN Wed., Apr. 2, 2014, 4:30 – 6 p.m.
WHERE CGIS, Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The WCFIA/CMES Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World
SPEAKER(S) Tuncay Babali, ambassador of Turkey to Canada; former WCFIA Fellow
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO lgmartin@fas.harvard.edu
LINK http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/node/3564
WHEN Wed., Apr. 2, 2014, 4:30 – 6 p.m.
WHERE CGIS, Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The WCFIA/CMES Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World
SPEAKER(S) Tuncay Babali, ambassador of Turkey to Canada; former WCFIA Fellow
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO lgmartin@fas.harvard.edu
LINK http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/node/3564
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Future of Energy: “CCS Decade: Technologies and Projects in the Industrial World”
WHEN Wed., Apr. 2, 2014, 5 – 6:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Pfizer Lecture Hall, Mallinckrodt Laboratory Room B23, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Science, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard University Center for the Environment
SPEAKER(S) S. Julio Friedmann, deputy assistant secretary, Clean Coal Program, Office of Fossil Energy, US Department of Energy,
CONTACT INFO matthew@fas.harvard.edu
LINK http://environment.harvard.edu/events/2014-04-02/future-energy
WHEN Wed., Apr. 2, 2014, 5 – 6:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Pfizer Lecture Hall, Mallinckrodt Laboratory Room B23, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Science, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard University Center for the Environment
SPEAKER(S) S. Julio Friedmann, deputy assistant secretary, Clean Coal Program, Office of Fossil Energy, US Department of Energy,
CONTACT INFO matthew@fas.harvard.edu
LINK http://environment.harvard.edu/events/2014-04-02/future-energy
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MIT e4Dev Special Event with the World Bank-Africa Energy Group
Wednesday, April 2nd
5:30 pm
MIT Bldg 66, Room (66-110), 25 Ames Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13yfmJF2NCjVundVcn2yLyTO14yX4B7hY5LDEy0dD8qw/viewform
MIT Bldg 66, Room (66-110), 25 Ames Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13yfmJF2NCjVundVcn2yLyTO14yX4B7hY5LDEy0dD8qw/viewform
Space is limited!
e4Dev is pleased to announce a special event with the World Bank-Africa Energy Group (AEG).
Daniel Murphy, AEG Senior Energy Specialist, Rhonda L. Jordan, PhD-MIT AEG Energy Specialist and Micah Melnyk, AEG Consultant will present AEG’s on-going and future energy work in Sub-Saharan Africa with a special focus on solar-based technologies and strategies.
Refreshments will be served.
Direct questions to e4dev-request@mit.edu
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[Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled as of 3/24/14]
Our Collective Journey: Engaging the World in Building Climate Resilience
Tuesday, April 2
Tuesday, April 2
5:30PM-7:00PM
MIT, Building 32-141, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
We are excited to be joined by Parker Liautaud for the fourth event of our Climate Change Speaker Series. Liautaud is currently studying Geology and Geophysics at Yale, but he is not your average teenager. He is a polar explorer and climate change campaigner who, since turning 15, has undertaken three expeditions to the North Pole. In December 2013, he led a 565 km unsupported trek from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole, breaking the world-record for the fastest unsupported Coast-to-Pole ski expedition and earning him the title of “Youngest Male to Ski to the South Pole”. Liautaud’s expeditions aim to draw attention to the immediate need for action to address climate change, and, since 2011, he has also partnered with academic institutions to undertake climate research on each of his expeditions.
Liautaud is also an ambassador for One Young World, an organization that gathers together the world’s young leaders to create positive change. With One Young World, Parker has shared the same stage as Kofi Annan, Sir Bob Geldof, and Al Gore, and has addressed over 1200 delegates from 190 countries.
We are excited to be joined by Parker Liautaud for the fourth event of our Climate Change Speaker Series. Liautaud is currently studying Geology and Geophysics at Yale, but he is not your average teenager. He is a polar explorer and climate change campaigner who, since turning 15, has undertaken three expeditions to the North Pole. In December 2013, he led a 565 km unsupported trek from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole, breaking the world-record for the fastest unsupported Coast-to-Pole ski expedition and earning him the title of “Youngest Male to Ski to the South Pole”. Liautaud’s expeditions aim to draw attention to the immediate need for action to address climate change, and, since 2011, he has also partnered with academic institutions to undertake climate research on each of his expeditions.
Liautaud is also an ambassador for One Young World, an organization that gathers together the world’s young leaders to create positive change. With One Young World, Parker has shared the same stage as Kofi Annan, Sir Bob Geldof, and Al Gore, and has addressed over 1200 delegates from 190 countries.
http://www.fossilfreemit.org/springspeakerseries2014/
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EdTech Hack Night 1 - work and collaborate on EdTech projects
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
LearnLaunch Campus, 31 St. James Avenue, 9th fl, Boston
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
LearnLaunch Campus, 31 St. James Avenue, 9th fl, Boston
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Boston-EdTech-Hack-Night/events/166487822/
Join us at LearnLaunch Campus in Back Bay to work on existing projects or new ideas which focus on education technology. Plan to meet others working on interesting projects and spend the evening getting shit done. Food and refreshments will be served.
Schedule:
6:00 -6:20pm ~ Plan to arrive at LearnLaunch, eat, drink and get to know some people (don't worry we will help shy people make friends :) ).
6:20-6:30pm ~ Quick intros - Who are you? Do you have a project? Looking to help someone on a project?
6:30 - 9:45pm ~ Get hacking! This is your time to make some progress on your project. There should be a good mix of people with existing projects and people looking to help out on projects. (If you don't fall into either of these categories we will have break out rooms where people can flush out ideas).
9:45 -10pm ~ Group stand up. This is your time to show off what you accomplished or share something you learned.
Join us at LearnLaunch Campus in Back Bay to work on existing projects or new ideas which focus on education technology. Plan to meet others working on interesting projects and spend the evening getting shit done. Food and refreshments will be served.
Schedule:
6:00 -6:20pm ~ Plan to arrive at LearnLaunch, eat, drink and get to know some people (don't worry we will help shy people make friends :) ).
6:20-6:30pm ~ Quick intros - Who are you? Do you have a project? Looking to help someone on a project?
6:30 - 9:45pm ~ Get hacking! This is your time to make some progress on your project. There should be a good mix of people with existing projects and people looking to help out on projects. (If you don't fall into either of these categories we will have break out rooms where people can flush out ideas).
9:45 -10pm ~ Group stand up. This is your time to show off what you accomplished or share something you learned.
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Thursday, April 3
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Free Wearables Technology Seminar
Thursday, April 3, 2014
9:30 AM to 3:15pm
Boston Marriott Cambridge, Two Cambridge Center,50 Broadway, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Wearable-technologies-in-Boston/events/170532302/
Join Arrow and STMicroelectronics for a FREE seminar designed to get the Wearables Technology in Boston Meetup Group ready to create designs for Wearable devices.
In 2017, 170 million wearable electronic products will be shipped and will be part of in our everyday lives. From fitness, to healthcare, to anything and everything on or around the body, the wearable electronics segment is about to explode.
Will you be ready to address the wearable application space?
Will you have the expertise to design small form factor, ultra-low power designs?
Attend the free seminar to:
Learn about the main design blocks necessary for a cutting edge wearable design.
Understand how STMicroelectronics' system solution expertise will help to cut down on the learning curve and reduce design cycles.
Deep dive into Microcontrollers, Connectivity, Power Management and MEMs Sensors.
Enter for a chance to win one of ten STMicroelectronics development kits at each location.
More at http://www.meetup.com/Wearable-technologies-in-Boston/
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Bioregional Urbanism: A Collaborative Framework for Scalable Sustainability
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Thursday, April 3, 2014
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Tufts University, Lincoln Filene Center, Rabb Room, 10 Upper Campus Road, Medford
RSVP: https://bioregionalism.eventbrite.com
Sarah Howard, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Earthos Institute
"Further research is needed to better understand the linkages across food, water, and energy systems; our response to the resource conundrum must be long-term and integrated across sectors to address systemic risks and root causes." - From the Global Resource Security Experts' Workshop, 2009
This talk will explore Bioregional Urbanism, a practice methodology that helps cities and regions become more resilient and self-sufficient and measurably contribute to global sustainability. A team of designers, scientists, policy practitioners, and community partners at Earthos Institute are developing this cross-sector decision-making framework to help people work together to address the resource conundrum while contributing to vibrant places and improved well-being for all. This session introduces the underlying research, theoretical constructs, and practice methods of Bioregional Urbanism, along with preliminary applications in the Boston area and regions around the world.
Sarah Howard is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Earthos Institute, and a faculty member at the Boston Architectural College. Howard's cross-sector work has focused on bringing people together to create inclusive, thriving communities with resilient environments. She began her professional career teaching environmental science and outdoor education in urban settings; then founded community-learning centers; worked for nonprofit organizations in community partnership building; worked to expand affordable housing in Massachusetts; and then studied and practiced just sustainable architecture/ urban design. Howard has also served on numerous community organization boards including Urban Edge (Roxbury, MA), Blackstone Academy Charter School (Pawtucket RI), Ashmont Hill Chamber Music (Dorchester, MA), Westport Housing Partnership and Westport Housing Authority (elected Commissioner). She holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Public Policy degrees from Tufts University.
Sarah Howard, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Earthos Institute
"Further research is needed to better understand the linkages across food, water, and energy systems; our response to the resource conundrum must be long-term and integrated across sectors to address systemic risks and root causes." - From the Global Resource Security Experts' Workshop, 2009
This talk will explore Bioregional Urbanism, a practice methodology that helps cities and regions become more resilient and self-sufficient and measurably contribute to global sustainability. A team of designers, scientists, policy practitioners, and community partners at Earthos Institute are developing this cross-sector decision-making framework to help people work together to address the resource conundrum while contributing to vibrant places and improved well-being for all. This session introduces the underlying research, theoretical constructs, and practice methods of Bioregional Urbanism, along with preliminary applications in the Boston area and regions around the world.
Sarah Howard is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Earthos Institute, and a faculty member at the Boston Architectural College. Howard's cross-sector work has focused on bringing people together to create inclusive, thriving communities with resilient environments. She began her professional career teaching environmental science and outdoor education in urban settings; then founded community-learning centers; worked for nonprofit organizations in community partnership building; worked to expand affordable housing in Massachusetts; and then studied and practiced just sustainable architecture/ urban design. Howard has also served on numerous community organization boards including Urban Edge (Roxbury, MA), Blackstone Academy Charter School (Pawtucket RI), Ashmont Hill Chamber Music (Dorchester, MA), Westport Housing Partnership and Westport Housing Authority (elected Commissioner). She holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Public Policy degrees from Tufts University.
Environmental Studies Lunch & Learn Program
http://as.tufts.edu/environmentalStudies/events/lunchlearn.htm
Contact Name: Sarah Neville
saraheneville@gmail.com
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http://as.tufts.edu/environmentalStudies/events/lunchlearn.htm
Contact Name: Sarah Neville
saraheneville@gmail.com
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Syria's Spillover: A View from Jordan
WHEN Thu., Apr. 3, 2014, 12:15 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR International Security Program
SPEAKER(S) Marisa L. Porges, research fellow, International Security Program
CONTACT INFO susan_lynch@harvard.edu
LINK http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/6322/syrias_spillover.html
WHEN Thu., Apr. 3, 2014, 12:15 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR International Security Program
SPEAKER(S) Marisa L. Porges, research fellow, International Security Program
CONTACT INFO susan_lynch@harvard.edu
LINK http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/6322/syrias_spillover.html
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Energy Lecture: Wall Street Journal Inside Fracking
Thursday, April 03, 2014
3:00p–4:00p
MIT, Building 5-234, 55 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
3:00p–4:00p
MIT, Building 5-234, 55 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: Greg Zuckerman
Greg Zuckerman of the Wall Street Journal will share his insider perspective on the fracking industry and his journey while writing his book "The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Energy Revolution.”
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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"Measurement of the 'Underlying Energy Efficiency' in Chinese Provinces"
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Thursday, April 3, 2014
3:30pm
Harvard, Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Massimo Filippini, Professor, ETH Zurich and University of Lugano; Visiting Scholar, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
China is one of the largest consumers of energy globally. The country also emits some of the highest levels of CO2 globally. In 2009, 18% of the world’s total energy was consumed in China and the growth rate of energy consumption in China is 6.4% per year. In recent years, the Chinese government decided to introduce several energy policy instruments to promote energy efficiency. For instance, reduction targets for the level of energy intensity have been defined for provinces in China. However, energy intensity is not an accurate proxy for energy efficiency because changes in energy intensity are a function of changes in several socioeconomic factors. For this reason, in this paper we present an empirical analysis on the measurement of the persistent and transient “underlying energy efficiency” of Chinese provinces. For this purpose, a log-log aggregate energy demand frontier model is estimated by employing data on 29 provinces observed over the period 1996 to 2008. Several econometric model specifications for panel data are used: the random effects model and the true random effects model along with other versions of these models. Our analysis shows that energy intensity cannot measure accurately the level of efficiency in the use of energy in Chinese provinces. Further, our empirical analysis shows that the average value of the persistent “underlying energy efficiency” is around 0.78 whereas the average value of the transient “underlying energy efficiency” is approximately 0.93.
Massimo Filippini, Professor, ETH Zurich and University of Lugano; Visiting Scholar, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
China is one of the largest consumers of energy globally. The country also emits some of the highest levels of CO2 globally. In 2009, 18% of the world’s total energy was consumed in China and the growth rate of energy consumption in China is 6.4% per year. In recent years, the Chinese government decided to introduce several energy policy instruments to promote energy efficiency. For instance, reduction targets for the level of energy intensity have been defined for provinces in China. However, energy intensity is not an accurate proxy for energy efficiency because changes in energy intensity are a function of changes in several socioeconomic factors. For this reason, in this paper we present an empirical analysis on the measurement of the persistent and transient “underlying energy efficiency” of Chinese provinces. For this purpose, a log-log aggregate energy demand frontier model is estimated by employing data on 29 provinces observed over the period 1996 to 2008. Several econometric model specifications for panel data are used: the random effects model and the true random effects model along with other versions of these models. Our analysis shows that energy intensity cannot measure accurately the level of efficiency in the use of energy in Chinese provinces. Further, our empirical analysis shows that the average value of the persistent “underlying energy efficiency” is around 0.78 whereas the average value of the transient “underlying energy efficiency” is approximately 0.93.
http://chinaproject.harvard.edu/Filippini140403
Contact Name: Chris Nielsen
nielsen2@fas.harvard.edu
Contact Name: Chris Nielsen
nielsen2@fas.harvard.edu
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True Diversity: A Multiplier in Global STEM Innovation
Thursday, April 03, 2014
4:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building 1-190, 33 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambirdge
4:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building 1-190, 33 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambirdge
Speaker: Dr. Pamela McCauley Bush, former Martin Luther King, Jr., Visiting Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Please join us for a seminar by Dr. Pamela McCauley Bush. She will address the critical importance of holistic diversity in STEM education, leadership, and innovation. Dr. Bush will present statistics, best practices, and practical examples to validate the impact of incorporating diversity into organizations. She will offer implementable strategies for communities, organizations, and individuals to integrate diversity and achieve optimal outcomes for the next generation of global innovators.
Web site: http://ssrc.mit.edu/news-and-events
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Sociotechnical Systems Research Center, Center for Engineering Systems Fundamentals, The Technology and Policy Program at MIT
For more information, contact: Jacqueline Paris
jparis@mit.edu
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The Untold History of the United States
Thursday, April 03, 2014
4:30p–6:30p
MIT, Building E51-115, Wong Auditorium, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick
Sponsored by the Program in Science, Technology, and Society, this event will include a viewing of Episode 3 (The Bomb) of Oliver Stone's newest Showtime mini-series followed by a panel discussion on the "Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Start of the Cold War" with the three time Academy Award winner as well as the co-author of the book by the same name, Peter Kuznick.
4:30p–6:30p
MIT, Building E51-115, Wong Auditorium, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick
Sponsored by the Program in Science, Technology, and Society, this event will include a viewing of Episode 3 (The Bomb) of Oliver Stone's newest Showtime mini-series followed by a panel discussion on the "Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Start of the Cold War" with the three time Academy Award winner as well as the co-author of the book by the same name, Peter Kuznick.
Nuclear Arms Control
Web site: web.mit.edu/sts
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): HASTS, SHASS Dean's Office
For more information, contact: Subrata Ghoshroy
617-253-3846
ghoshroy@mit.edu
Web site: web.mit.edu/sts
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): HASTS, SHASS Dean's Office
For more information, contact: Subrata Ghoshroy
617-253-3846
ghoshroy@mit.edu
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Elaine Scarry on Her New Book: "Thermonuclear Monarchy: Choosing Between Democracy and Doom”
WHEN Thu., Apr. 3, 2014, 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, TSAI Auditorium, (S010); CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard
SPEAKER(S) Elaine Scarry, Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and General Theory of Value; Harvard College Professor, and respondent Philip C. Bobbitt, Herbert Wechsler Professor of Federal Jurisprudence, Columbia Law School
COST Free and open to the public; seating is limited
CONTACT INFO humcentr@fas.harvard.edu; 617.495.0738
LINK http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/elaine-scarry-her-new-book-ithermonuclear-monarchy-choosing-between-democracy-and-doomi
WHEN Thu., Apr. 3, 2014, 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, TSAI Auditorium, (S010); CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard
SPEAKER(S) Elaine Scarry, Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and General Theory of Value; Harvard College Professor, and respondent Philip C. Bobbitt, Herbert Wechsler Professor of Federal Jurisprudence, Columbia Law School
COST Free and open to the public; seating is limited
CONTACT INFO humcentr@fas.harvard.edu; 617.495.0738
LINK http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/elaine-scarry-her-new-book-ithermonuclear-monarchy-choosing-between-democracy-and-doomi
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Movie Screening: Wild Carpathia 3
Thursday, April 03, 2014
6:30p–9:00p
MIT, Building 37-212, 70 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Join us in watching a beautiful film showcasing the beauty that is Romania. A discussion with the film co-producer Charlie Ottley will follow the screening.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Romanian Students Association, GSC Funding Board
For more information, contact: Cosmin, Gheorghe
617-642-8284
rsa-officers@mit.edu
6:30p–9:00p
MIT, Building 37-212, 70 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Join us in watching a beautiful film showcasing the beauty that is Romania. A discussion with the film co-producer Charlie Ottley will follow the screening.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Romanian Students Association, GSC Funding Board
For more information, contact: Cosmin, Gheorghe
617-642-8284
rsa-officers@mit.edu
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Creative Space
Thursday, April 03, 2014
6:30 pm
6:30 pm
MIT, Building 7-429, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: Sylvia Lavin, Director of Critical Studies and MA/PhD Programs, UCLA Architecture
Architecture Lecture Series
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Department of Architecture
For more information, contact: Anne Simunovic
617-253-4412
annesim@mit.edu
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Jobs Not Jails: End Mass Incarceration and Fund Job Creation
Thursday, April 3rd
7pm-8:30pm
First Church JP, 6 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain
The U.S. locks up a higher percentage of its population than any other nation in the world.* In Massachusetts, the prison population has tripled since the 1980s.* At this rate, Massachusetts will spend $2 billion in the next 7 years to build 10,000 new jails. Meanwhile, the state is shedding jobs and people are looking for work.
The *Jobs Not Jails campaign (http://act.ips-dc.org/site/R?i=uNhu9xVi6BAww4EvK35-LA), part of a national movement to end mass incarceration, is calling on the state to *stop construction of new prisons and redirect money saved into jobs programs. *The campaign will present Jobs Not Jails petitions to the legislature at a rally on the Boston Common on April 26. We need your help in collecting 10,000 signatures before then!
Learn more about mass incarceration, the Jobs Not Jails campaign, and how you can help from Josh Beardsley of EPOCA (*Ex-Prisoners and Prisoners Organizing for Community Advancement*), Andrea James of *Families for Justice as Healing*, and a member of *Youth Against Mass Incarceration* at the JP Forum.
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Paradise Lot: Growing an Edible Garden Oasis
Thursday, April 3, 2014
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
First Baptist Church, 633 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Boston-Permaculture/events/171280452/
Paradise Lot food forest is coming to Boston! Join Jonathan Bates as he gives a presentation about his famous backyard food forest based in Holyoke, Mass. Jonathan’s talk will focus on perennial vegetables for our region, soil building, plant polycultures, and food gardening in small urban spaces. Get answers to your questions about working with poor soil, little sunlight, and New England’s growing season from his years of experience.
The Speaker
Jonathan Bates owns Food Forest Farm, and he and his wife and garden partners are best known for their backyard food forest “Paradise Lot” in Holyoke, Mass. Together, they turned a tenth-of-an-acre barren lot with bad soil into an inspiring “permaculture paradise” replete with perennial broccoli, paw paws, bananas, and moringa—all told, more than two hundred low-maintenance edible plants in an innovative food forest on a tiny city lot. Now the two families live there communally, gardening together, eating the food (over 400 pounds in 6 months!), and sharing what they have learned in this backyard experiment with the public. http://www.foodforestfarm.com/
http://paradiselotblog.wordpress.com/
Hundreds of people tour Paradise Lot each year and there is even a New York Times article about it.
The Speaker
Jonathan Bates owns Food Forest Farm, and he and his wife and garden partners are best known for their backyard food forest “Paradise Lot” in Holyoke, Mass. Together, they turned a tenth-of-an-acre barren lot with bad soil into an inspiring “permaculture paradise” replete with perennial broccoli, paw paws, bananas, and moringa—all told, more than two hundred low-maintenance edible plants in an innovative food forest on a tiny city lot. Now the two families live there communally, gardening together, eating the food (over 400 pounds in 6 months!), and sharing what they have learned in this backyard experiment with the public. http://www.foodforestfarm.com/
http://paradiselotblog.wordpress.com/
Hundreds of people tour Paradise Lot each year and there is even a New York Times article about it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/14/garden/a-permaculture-love-story.html?_r=1&
Preorder Plants
Food Forest Farm sells very unusual perennial edible plants (way beyond asparagus) at their nursery and people who come to the event will be able to find out how to get some of these very-hard-to-find plants.
Preorder Plants
Food Forest Farm sells very unusual perennial edible plants (way beyond asparagus) at their nursery and people who come to the event will be able to find out how to get some of these very-hard-to-find plants.
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Art as a Catalyst for Social Change
WHEN Thu., Apr. 3, 2014, 7:15 – 9:15 p.m.
WHERE Askwith Hall in Longfellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Education, Humanities, Lecture, Theater
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Sponsored by QueerEd, with support from the Harvard College Office of BGLTQ Student Life, the Hiphop Archive and Research Institute, the Dean's Diversity Innovation Fund at HGSE, the Arts in Education Program at HGSE, and the Harvard Kennedy School's Sexuality, Gender, and Human Rights Program at the Carr Center
SPEAKER(S) Brooklyn-based, internationally renown hip hop artists and educators Climbing PoeTree along with Moira E. Pirsch, Moana Uluave, and Kayla Dias
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO ihm513@mail.harvard.edu
LINK https://www.facebook.com/events/466396373488503/
WHEN Thu., Apr. 3, 2014, 7:15 – 9:15 p.m.
WHERE Askwith Hall in Longfellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Education, Humanities, Lecture, Theater
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Sponsored by QueerEd, with support from the Harvard College Office of BGLTQ Student Life, the Hiphop Archive and Research Institute, the Dean's Diversity Innovation Fund at HGSE, the Arts in Education Program at HGSE, and the Harvard Kennedy School's Sexuality, Gender, and Human Rights Program at the Carr Center
SPEAKER(S) Brooklyn-based, internationally renown hip hop artists and educators Climbing PoeTree along with Moira E. Pirsch, Moana Uluave, and Kayla Dias
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO ihm513@mail.harvard.edu
LINK https://www.facebook.com/events/466396373488503/
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Friday, April 4
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Technological Visions and Revisions: An STS Workshop
Friday, April 4, 2014
Friday, April 4, 2014
9:00am - 5:00pm
Malkin Penthouse, 4th Floor, Littauer Building, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
Malkin Penthouse, 4th Floor, Littauer Building, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
This workshop draws together several strands of current research on sociotechnical imaginaries in the STS Program at Harvard. Through multiple engagements with new, emerging, and reemerging technologies, the workshop explores the material, discursive, and political resources with which societies create shared visions of what they want, or do not want, from advances in technology. Of primary interest throughout is the connection of remembered technoscientific pasts to the threats and promises of imagined futures.
Introduction: Sheila Jasanoff (Harvard Kennedy School, STS Program)
Session I: Nuclear Imaginaries
Session II: Biotechnology’s Moral Materialities
Session III: New Solidarities: Humans, Machines, Environments
Keynote: Alfred Nordmann (Technical University of Darmstadt)
Discussion & Closing (Sheila Jasanoff)
Event organized by the Program on Science, Technology and Society (STS) at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, which is dedicated to enhancing the quality of research, education, and public debate on the role of science and technology in contemporary societies. Through integrated, cross-disciplinary initiatives in research, teaching, training, and public outreach the Program seeks to develop foundational, policy-relevant insights into the nature of science and technology, and the ways in which they both influence and are influenced by society, politics, and culture. Among the fields that significantly contribute to the STS Program’s core mission are science and technology studies, anthropology, comparative politics, history, government, law, and sociology.
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Cyber Inferno:Seven Circles
Friday, April 04, 2014
12:00p–1:30p
MIT, Building E25-111, 45 Carleton Street, Cambridge
12:00p–1:30p
MIT, Building E25-111, 45 Carleton Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Eugene Kaspersky, the founder of Kaspersky Lab
If alive today Dante would no doubt be shocked at how today's seven circles are not those of Hell but seven circles of cyberthreats. As in Inferno, the modern-day cyberthreat circles relate to chronological stages. It all started in Limbo - the first circle - with researchers playing around with malicious code. The latest - seventh circle (curiously in Inferno - Violence) - is that of the deadly cyberthreat emerging out of militarization of the Internet and an escalation of a global cyber arms race: cyber terrorists, whose copying and customization of malicious code - probably developed by state-backed players - really could turn the world into an inferno.
In his presentation, Eugene Kaspersky will detail the evolution of cyberthreats - from the reasonably innocuous to the deadly serious that could cause world catastrophes. In parallel he will indicate the corresponding security measures that arose, are currently arising, and need to arise in the future: from the first preventive measure - formatting floppy discs, through simple antivirus and later Internet security suites, and on to today's Critical Infrastructure Protection and much-needed international cyberarms control negotiations.
Refreshments served.
RSVP to mit-russia@mit.edu
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies, MISTI MIT-Russia Program
For more information, contact: Ema Kaminskaya
715-2159
ekaminsk@mit.edu
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The Meat We Eat: 2014 Forum on Industrial Animal Farming
WHEN Fri., Apr. 4, 2014, 1 – 8 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Law School, Austin Building, Austin North, 1515 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Conferences, Education, Ethics, Health Sciences, Humanities, Law, Lecture, Science, Social Sciences, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Food Law Society
SPEAKER(S) Speakers and ticket information will be announced on the conference webpage. Check back regularly for updates throughout March!
TICKET WEB LINK http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-meat-we-eat-2014-forum-on-industrial-animal-farming-tickets-10726458125?utm_campaign
NOTE http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/foodlaw/themeatweeatforum/
WHEN Fri., Apr. 4, 2014, 1 – 8 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Law School, Austin Building, Austin North, 1515 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Conferences, Education, Ethics, Health Sciences, Humanities, Law, Lecture, Science, Social Sciences, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Food Law Society
SPEAKER(S) Speakers and ticket information will be announced on the conference webpage. Check back regularly for updates throughout March!
TICKET WEB LINK http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-meat-we-eat-2014-forum-on-industrial-animal-farming-tickets-10726458125?utm_campaign
NOTE http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/foodlaw/themeatweeatforum/
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-meat-we-eat-2014-forum-on-industrial-animal-farming-tickets-10726458125?utm_campaign
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Open House Lecture: Michael Murphy and Alan Ricks
WHEN Fri., Apr. 4, 2014, 4 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Graduate School of Design
SPEAKER(S) Michael Murphy and Alan Ricks
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO events@gsd.harvard.edu
NOTE Michael Murphy, MArch ’11, and Alan Ricks, MArch ‘10, are cofounders of MASS Design Group, a nonprofit architecture firm based in Boston, working in Rwanda, Liberia, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Haiti, and beyond. First celebrated for its Butaro District Hospital (2011)—designed for the Ministry of Health of Rwanda and the NGO Partners In Health—MASS Design is known for developing-world public health design projects that studiously involve local constituents in the entire design process, from planning and programming to construction. Recent projects include hospitals in Haiti with Les Centres GHESKIO and a center for Global Health Research in Uganda, with Massachusetts General Hospital. A finalist for the TED Prize, Aga Khan Award for Architecture, MOMA PS1 Young Architects Program, and Buckminster Fuller Challenge, MASS Design has won awards from the Architectural League of New York, the Healthcare Design Changemaker Award, and the Curry Stone Design Prize; it has been featured in Architectural Record, MARK, Detail, Lotus, Fast Company, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Boston Globe.
Anyone requiring accessibility accommodations should contact the events office two weeks in advance at 617 496 2414 or events@gsd.harvard.edu
LINK www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/events/open-house-lecture-michael-murphy-and-alan-ricks.html
WHEN Fri., Apr. 4, 2014, 4 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Graduate School of Design
SPEAKER(S) Michael Murphy and Alan Ricks
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO events@gsd.harvard.edu
NOTE Michael Murphy, MArch ’11, and Alan Ricks, MArch ‘10, are cofounders of MASS Design Group, a nonprofit architecture firm based in Boston, working in Rwanda, Liberia, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Haiti, and beyond. First celebrated for its Butaro District Hospital (2011)—designed for the Ministry of Health of Rwanda and the NGO Partners In Health—MASS Design is known for developing-world public health design projects that studiously involve local constituents in the entire design process, from planning and programming to construction. Recent projects include hospitals in Haiti with Les Centres GHESKIO and a center for Global Health Research in Uganda, with Massachusetts General Hospital. A finalist for the TED Prize, Aga Khan Award for Architecture, MOMA PS1 Young Architects Program, and Buckminster Fuller Challenge, MASS Design has won awards from the Architectural League of New York, the Healthcare Design Changemaker Award, and the Curry Stone Design Prize; it has been featured in Architectural Record, MARK, Detail, Lotus, Fast Company, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Boston Globe.
Anyone requiring accessibility accommodations should contact the events office two weeks in advance at 617 496 2414 or events@gsd.harvard.edu
LINK www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/events/open-house-lecture-michael-murphy-and-alan-ricks.html
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"As China Goes, So Goes the Planet: Domestic and International Implications of China's Environmental Crisis"
WHEN Fri., Apr. 4, 2014, 4:15 – 5:45 p.m.
WHERE CGIS Knafel Building, Room K262, 1737 Cambridge Street, Harvard University
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Social Sciences, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Environment in China Series
SPEAKER(S) Judith Shapiro, director of the masters program in natural resources and sustainable development for the School of International Service at American University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO lkluz@fas.harvard.edu
NOTE Judith Shapiro was one of the first Americans to live in China after US-China relations were normalized in 1979, and she taught English at the Hunan Teachers’ College in Changsha, China. Her research and teaching focus on global environmental politics and policy, the environmental politics of Asia, and Chinese politics under Mao. She is the author, coauthor, or editor of seven books, including China's Environmental Challenges (2012), Mao’s War against Nature (2001), Son of the Revolution with Liang Heng (1983), and After the Nightmare with Liang Heng (1987).
LINK http://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/event/judith-shapiro
WHEN Fri., Apr. 4, 2014, 4:15 – 5:45 p.m.
WHERE CGIS Knafel Building, Room K262, 1737 Cambridge Street, Harvard University
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Social Sciences, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Environment in China Series
SPEAKER(S) Judith Shapiro, director of the masters program in natural resources and sustainable development for the School of International Service at American University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO lkluz@fas.harvard.edu
NOTE Judith Shapiro was one of the first Americans to live in China after US-China relations were normalized in 1979, and she taught English at the Hunan Teachers’ College in Changsha, China. Her research and teaching focus on global environmental politics and policy, the environmental politics of Asia, and Chinese politics under Mao. She is the author, coauthor, or editor of seven books, including China's Environmental Challenges (2012), Mao’s War against Nature (2001), Son of the Revolution with Liang Heng (1983), and After the Nightmare with Liang Heng (1987).
LINK http://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/event/judith-shapiro
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Does Drawing Have a Future?
Friday, April 04, 2014
5:30
5:30
MIT, Building 7-429, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: John May
Brief: Just as voice-recognition and "informational shorthand" systems (text messaging, gestural typing, etc.) have radically reshaped the technical relationship between thinking and writing, "real time" machinic processes and simulations have now completely restructured the representational space of architectural reasoning, which historically had been monopolized by orthographic drawing. If orthography has lost its hold, what has it been replaced by? What are the consequences of this replacement for practice and pedagogy? What will become of drawing? And what will become of architecture's relationship to its own history?
Organizer: John May (link: www.millionsofmovingparts.org)
Participants:
Andrew Atwood, Assistant Professor of Architecture, UC Berkeley (link: http://atwood-a.com/)
Vivian Lee, Assistant Professor of Architecture, University of Michigan (link: http://lamas.us/)
Kiel Moe, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Harvard GSD (link: http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/kiel-moe.html)
William O'Brien Jr., Assistant Professor of Architecture, MIT (link: http://www.wojr.org/)
Jason Payne, Associate Professor of Architecture, UCLA (link: http://www.hirsuta.com/)
with: Sylvia Lavin, Professor of Architecture, UCLA (link: http://www.aud.ucla.edu/faculty/sylvia_lavin_11.html)
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Department of Architecture, History, Theory and Criticism of Architecture and Art
For more information, contact: Anne Deveau
617-258-8348
adeveau@mit.edu
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Saturday, April 5th
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TransportationCamp New England '14
Saturday, April 5, 2014
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EDT)
MIT, Stata Center, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Cost: $10-20
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/transportationcamp-new-england-14-tickets-10281011783
The 1st Annual TransportationCamp New England will be held on Saturday, April 5, 2014. The “unconference” is designed to bring together transportation professionals, technologists, and others interested in the intersection of urban transportation and technology.
We are excited to be hosted by MIT and the MIT Transportation Club at the Stata Center, Main Floor, 32 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA 02139.
The location is easy to get to. The Stata Center is located two blocks west of the Kendall/MIT T-Station (Red Line). Here is more information on the location, including map and directions.
MIT, Stata Center, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Cost: $10-20
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/transportationcamp-new-england-14-tickets-10281011783
The 1st Annual TransportationCamp New England will be held on Saturday, April 5, 2014. The “unconference” is designed to bring together transportation professionals, technologists, and others interested in the intersection of urban transportation and technology.
We are excited to be hosted by MIT and the MIT Transportation Club at the Stata Center, Main Floor, 32 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA 02139.
The location is easy to get to. The Stata Center is located two blocks west of the Kendall/MIT T-Station (Red Line). Here is more information on the location, including map and directions.
Doors open at 8:30am for breakfast and the introductory session begins at 9:30am. Lunch and other refreshments will be provided. After wrapping up the day at 5:00pm, you are invited to join us for happy hour appetizers and drinks at Champions Sports Bar. The happy hour will be hosted by the Young Professionals in Transportation (Boston Chapter).
What's an "unconference?"
This is not a traditional conference. The organizers don't pick a set of panels and panelists ahead of time. Instead, you organize the panels! Anyone interested in talking about an issue can organize a session, and attendees just go to the sessions they're most interested in. For more information on how TransportationCamp works, read the Essential Guide.
TransportationCamp brings together thinkers and doers in the fields of transportation and technology for learning, debating, connecting and creating.
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Climate Justice Teach-In
Saturday, April 5th
10:00am - 4:00pm
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
See the event Facebook page for more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/471885616266772/
This one-day conference will explore the intersection of climate change and social justice. Join us as we discuss what kind of movement we need to respond seriously to climate change.
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Monday, April 7
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Designing for Community - Part 11, Pocket Neighborhoods
WHEN Mon., Apr. 7, 2014, 12 – 1:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Gund Hall Room 112, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Loeb Fellowship, Harvard Graduate School of Design
SPEAKER(S) Ross Chapin, Pocket Neighborhoods, and Eli Spevak, Loeb Fellow 14, and founder, Orange Splot LLC
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO syoung@gsd.harvard.edu
LINK http://blogs.gsd.harvard.edu/loeb-fellows/upcoming-loeb-fellowship-events/
WHEN Mon., Apr. 7, 2014, 12 – 1:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Gund Hall Room 112, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Loeb Fellowship, Harvard Graduate School of Design
SPEAKER(S) Ross Chapin, Pocket Neighborhoods, and Eli Spevak, Loeb Fellow 14, and founder, Orange Splot LLC
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO syoung@gsd.harvard.edu
LINK http://blogs.gsd.harvard.edu/loeb-fellows/upcoming-loeb-fellowship-events/
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Radcliffe Institute Fellows Presentation Series: Building New Materials, One Atom at a Time
WHEN Mon., Apr. 7, 2014, 4 p.m.
WHERE Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Sheerr Room, Fay House, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
SPEAKER(S) Jennifer E. Hoffman, 2013-2014 Radcliffe Alumnae Fellow, associate professor of physics, Harvard University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO 617.495.8212
NOTE At Radcliffe, physicist Jennifer E. Hoffman is expanding her research program from imaging to the active creation of new materials, using molecular beam epitaxy, a process of controlled thermal evaporation of single elements that allows the growth of exotic hybrid materials, one atomic layer at a time. Combining material growth with the existing atomic-scale imaging capabilities in the Hoffman Lab allows rapid feedback to guide the discovery of materials with desired properties, such as higher-temperature superconductivity or more robust spin-momentum locking of electrons.
LINK http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2014-jennifer-e-hoffman-fellow-presentation
WHEN Mon., Apr. 7, 2014, 4 p.m.
WHERE Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Sheerr Room, Fay House, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
SPEAKER(S) Jennifer E. Hoffman, 2013-2014 Radcliffe Alumnae Fellow, associate professor of physics, Harvard University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO 617.495.8212
NOTE At Radcliffe, physicist Jennifer E. Hoffman is expanding her research program from imaging to the active creation of new materials, using molecular beam epitaxy, a process of controlled thermal evaporation of single elements that allows the growth of exotic hybrid materials, one atomic layer at a time. Combining material growth with the existing atomic-scale imaging capabilities in the Hoffman Lab allows rapid feedback to guide the discovery of materials with desired properties, such as higher-temperature superconductivity or more robust spin-momentum locking of electrons.
LINK http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2014-jennifer-e-hoffman-fellow-presentation
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Religion and Social Welfare: How Faith-State Partnerships Can Save the World
WHEN Mon., Apr. 7, 2014, 5:15 – 6:15 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Common Room, CSWR, 42 Francis Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Religion, Social Sciences
SPONSOR Center for the Study of World Religions
CONTACT Lexi Gewertz, 617.495.4476
NOTE One of the most controversial aspects of President George W. Bush's administration was the creation of state and federal offices that publicly and financially support faith-based organizations across the country. Although under President Obama this office has continued to issue public support for services offered by religious organizations, these faith-based partnerships raise big questions. What are the implications of state funding for religious organizations? Are faith-based services any more effective than nonreligious ones? Please join us as we explore these questions on the role of faith-based organizations as state sponsored social service providers with Harvard Kennedy School's Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life Fr. Bryan Hehir and Malika Rushdan, director of Islamic Relief Boston, and Dan Bush, Director of Development for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell.
This event is part of CSWR Junior Fellow Usra Ghazi's conversation series: Interfaith as Antidote: Models of Faith-Based Civic Engagement.
WHEN Mon., Apr. 7, 2014, 5:15 – 6:15 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Common Room, CSWR, 42 Francis Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Religion, Social Sciences
SPONSOR Center for the Study of World Religions
CONTACT Lexi Gewertz, 617.495.4476
NOTE One of the most controversial aspects of President George W. Bush's administration was the creation of state and federal offices that publicly and financially support faith-based organizations across the country. Although under President Obama this office has continued to issue public support for services offered by religious organizations, these faith-based partnerships raise big questions. What are the implications of state funding for religious organizations? Are faith-based services any more effective than nonreligious ones? Please join us as we explore these questions on the role of faith-based organizations as state sponsored social service providers with Harvard Kennedy School's Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life Fr. Bryan Hehir and Malika Rushdan, director of Islamic Relief Boston, and Dan Bush, Director of Development for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell.
This event is part of CSWR Junior Fellow Usra Ghazi's conversation series: Interfaith as Antidote: Models of Faith-Based Civic Engagement.
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Legatum Lecture: How the Mobile Industry is Building Nations
Monday, April 07, 2014
5:30p–6:30p
MIT, Building E51-325, Tang Center, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
5:30p–6:30p
MIT, Building E51-325, Tang Center, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Oddvar Hesjedal
Information technology in general and the mobile services industry in particular give tremendous opportunities in emerging countries, both on a personal, national and regional level. Based on personal experiences from Asia and Eastern Europe, Oddvar will give concrete examples of how nations benefit from this development in areas like democracy, transparency, liberation of women, education, health, etc.
In addition to addressing the positive impact on nations around the world, Oddvar will discuss how the technological revolution has allowed misuse in anti-democratic directions, and the consequent dilemmas.
Web site: http://legatum.mit.edu/events/how-mobile-industry-building-nations
Open to: the general public
Cost: none
Sponsor(s): MIT Sloan Entrepreneurs for International Development, Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship
For more information, contact: Agnes Hunsicker
617-324-2768
legatum@mit.edu
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Protecting Syrian Refugees: Laws, Policies and Global Responsibility-Sharing
WHEN Mon., Apr. 7, 2014, 6 p.m.
WHERE Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor Tabuman Building, Harvard Kennedy School, 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Law, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Middle East Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School
SPEAKER(S) Susan Akram, director, International Human Rights Clinical Program, Boston University School of Law
NOTE Join us for a talk with Susan Akram as she discusses her research on the legal issues that are creating barriers to relief and protection for refugees fleeing Syria. Boston University graduate students Aaron Lang, Sarah Bidinger and Danielle Hites will join Professor Akram with country-specific presentations on Egypt, Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon, respectively.
WHEN Mon., Apr. 7, 2014, 6 p.m.
WHERE Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor Tabuman Building, Harvard Kennedy School, 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Law, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Middle East Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School
SPEAKER(S) Susan Akram, director, International Human Rights Clinical Program, Boston University School of Law
NOTE Join us for a talk with Susan Akram as she discusses her research on the legal issues that are creating barriers to relief and protection for refugees fleeing Syria. Boston University graduate students Aaron Lang, Sarah Bidinger and Danielle Hites will join Professor Akram with country-specific presentations on Egypt, Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon, respectively.
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Shale: A Case for Innovation
April 7, 2014
April 7, 2014
6:00pm
UK Trade & Investment, 7th Floor, One Broadway, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/events/energy-circle-event-oil-gas/
Cost: $0 - $30
Shale energy has been the biggest innovation in the energy industry this century. Surprised? Surging production of US’s shale energy is igniting economic revival in the US while the world is watching America’s success . The global oil shale market is expected to be US$12 billion by 2015, with an estimated yearly growth of 8% from 2015 to 2030. It has moved the US market from a net importer a just few years ago to a potential exporter in the very near term.
Tapping into this new source of energy could not be possible without breakthrough technological innovation. Disruptive technology has and will continue to dramatically alter the practices — including business practices — in place today. For example, better reservoir characterization and shale production tracking will enhance well performance. Improved micro seismic monitoring, new sensor technologies, and nano-devices create greater production efficiencies with less environmental impact.
Join us to hear the players who are driving the cutting-edge research discuss the challenges facing the industry, as well as the latest developments in technology and innovation.
Our panelists come from all facets of the upstream business: from energy companies and service providers who are spending billions of dollars annually on research; to VCs and start-ups who are financing and bringing successful innovation to market.
In this candid conversation, you will learn:
Complex geology of shale compared to conventional
Tech advancements changing the fossil fuels game
Changing business models due to differences in exploration investments
New technological approaches to increase levels of hydrocarbon retrieval
How material science, chemistry and engineering are a bridge to the new frontier
Role of big data and the importance of data management
Daniel Codazzi, Research Director for Sensor Physics at Schlumberger-Doll Research
Dennis R. Costello, Managing Partner, Braemar Energy Ventures
John M. Gilmore, Jr, Director, Upstream Oil & Gas, Invensys Operations Management a unit of Schneider Electric
Jonathan Kane, Shell-MIT Liaison, Shell
Dr. Michael Pavia, Chief Technology Officer, Glori Energy
Moderator:
Henri Daher, Independent Oil & Gas Researcher
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Henri Daher, Independent Oil & Gas Researcher
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Sharing Spaces and Building Community Where We Live, Work and Eat
WHEN Mon., Apr. 7, 2014, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Loeb Fellowship
SPEAKER(S) Kevin Cavenaugh LF '08 from Guerilla Development, and Ross Chapin, architect, Pocket Neighborhoods
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO syoung@gsd.harvard.edu
WHEN Mon., Apr. 7, 2014, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Loeb Fellowship
SPEAKER(S) Kevin Cavenaugh LF '08 from Guerilla Development, and Ross Chapin, architect, Pocket Neighborhoods
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO syoung@gsd.harvard.edu
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Noble Lecture
WHEN Mon., Apr. 7, 2014, 7 p.m.
WHERE The Memorial Church Sanctuary, Harvard Yard, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Religion
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Memorial Church
SPEAKER(S) Joshua Dubois, former special assistant to President Obama and executive director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and author of "The President's Devotional"
COST FREE
TICKET INFO No tickets required
CONTACT INFO The Memorial Church, Harvard University, 1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
P: 617-495-5508
LINK http://memorialchurch.harvard.edu/william-belden-noble-lecture
WHEN Mon., Apr. 7, 2014, 7 p.m.
WHERE The Memorial Church Sanctuary, Harvard Yard, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Religion
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Memorial Church
SPEAKER(S) Joshua Dubois, former special assistant to President Obama and executive director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and author of "The President's Devotional"
COST FREE
TICKET INFO No tickets required
CONTACT INFO The Memorial Church, Harvard University, 1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
P: 617-495-5508
LINK http://memorialchurch.harvard.edu/william-belden-noble-lecture
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ACT Lecture: Where's the Passion? Where's the Politics?
Monday, April 07, 2014
7:00p–9:00p
MIT, Building E15-001, ACT Cube, Wiesner Building, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge
7:00p–9:00p
MIT, Building E15-001, ACT Cube, Wiesner Building, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Yvonne Rainer
Full title: Where's the Passion? Where's the Politics? or How I Became Interested in Impersonating, Approximating, and End Running Around My Selves and Others,' and Where Do I Look When You're Looking At Me?
Yvonne Rainer's lecture explores issues around self-expression, spectatorship, and the politics of both. Rainer is a choreographer, dancer, and filmmaker who in 1962 co-founded the Judson Dance Theater group. Following a fifteen-year career as a choreographer and dancer, she made a transition to filmmaking. After making seven experimental feature films including Lives of Performers (1972), Privilege (1990), and MURDER and murder (1996), she returned to dance in 2000 to work on the collaborative project After Many a Summer Dies the Swan with the Baryshnikov Dance Foundation. Her dances and films have been shown worldwide, and her work has been recognized with museum exhibitions, fellowships, and grants, most notably two Guggenheim Fellowships, two Rockefeller grants, a Wexner Prize, a MacArthur Fellowship, and retrospective exhibitions at Kunsthaus Bregenz and Museum Ludwig in Cologne. Her memoir Feelings Are Facts: A Life was published by MIT Press in 2006 and in 2011 Badlands Unlimited published a selection of her poetry under the title Poems.
Experiments in Thinking, Action, and Form: Cinematic Migrations
Cinematic Migrations, as a conjoined designation, poses the notion of "migrations" in relation to "the cinematic" in an intentionally porous juxtaposition, conceived to allow a wide range of questions, interpretations and permutations to emerge. During this initial phase, the work of John Akomfrah, currently with Smoking Dogs Films and previously with Black Audio Film Collective, provides a focal point for examination, in conjunction with presentations of filmmakers, artists, and scholars participating in the related lecture series.
Web site: http://act.mit.edu/projects-and-events/events/projects/cinematic-migrations/
Open to: the general public
Cost: FREE
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
Open to: the general public
Cost: FREE
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, April 8
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Killing a MidWest Generation
Tuesday 4/8
Tuesday 4/8
11:45AM-12:45PM
MIT, Building E51-345, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
It is our pleasure to welcome from Chicago the fourth guest of our Climate Change Speaker Series, Kim Wasserman. Wasserman is a community organizer and Director of the Chicago-based Little Village Environmental Justice Organization. She was the North American recipient of the 2013 Goldman Prize – a highly prestigious award given to grassroots environmental heroes from six continents each year – for her involvement in shutting down the Fisk and Crawford Coal plants of southwest Chicago; two of the nation’s oldest and dirtiest power plants. She has been the Keynote Speaker at such events as Power Shift 2013 and Al Gore’s Climate Reality Leadership Corps training. Wasserman will be sharing with us the lessons that we can draw from her personal journey: from concerned single mother to internationally recognized environmental leader.
It is our pleasure to welcome from Chicago the fourth guest of our Climate Change Speaker Series, Kim Wasserman. Wasserman is a community organizer and Director of the Chicago-based Little Village Environmental Justice Organization. She was the North American recipient of the 2013 Goldman Prize – a highly prestigious award given to grassroots environmental heroes from six continents each year – for her involvement in shutting down the Fisk and Crawford Coal plants of southwest Chicago; two of the nation’s oldest and dirtiest power plants. She has been the Keynote Speaker at such events as Power Shift 2013 and Al Gore’s Climate Reality Leadership Corps training. Wasserman will be sharing with us the lessons that we can draw from her personal journey: from concerned single mother to internationally recognized environmental leader.
http://www.fossilfreemit.org/04-08-14-climate-change-speaker-series-kim-wasserman/
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Crowd Sourced Real Estate Development: Fundrise.com and the Fairhaired Dumbbell
WHEN Tue., Apr. 8, 2014, 12 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Gund Hall 124, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Loeb Fellowship
SPEAKER(S) Kevin Cavenaugh LF '08 from Guerilla Development
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO syoung@gsd.harvard.edu
LINK http://blogs.gsd.harvard.edu/loeb-fellows/upcoming-loeb-fellowship-events/
WHEN Tue., Apr. 8, 2014, 12 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Gund Hall 124, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Loeb Fellowship
SPEAKER(S) Kevin Cavenaugh LF '08 from Guerilla Development
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO syoung@gsd.harvard.edu
LINK http://blogs.gsd.harvard.edu/loeb-fellows/upcoming-loeb-fellowship-events/
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Wednesday, April 9
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Webinar: Local and Sustainable Food Procurement - Best Practices from Northeastern State Governments
Thursday, April 9th
2 pm - 3:30pm Eastern
2 pm - 3:30pm Eastern
Register today at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/587447112
Is your state government interested in expanding purchase of locally and sustainably farmed agricultural products? Creating markets for these products can contribute to the regional economy, preserve farmland and support a thriving, healthy food system.
Join the Responsible Purchasing Network (RPN) for a webinar supported by the John Merck Fund that will highlight Best Practices developed in the New England region to foster state government procurement of local and sustainable food.
Hear first-hand about strategies to:
Structure contracts to best encourage local offerings;
Work with vendors over time to increase local purchasing;
Support distributors that source produce from the region; and
Use policy to build greater vendor accountability.
Speakers:
Mark Curran, Black River Produce, Vermont
Mark Izeman, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York
Jane Slupecki, Department of Agriculture, Connecticut
Moderator: Sarah Church, Responsible Purchasing Network
Space is limited.
For more information, email sarah@responsiblepurchasing.org
Want to learn more? RPN's recent report, Local and Sustainable Food Procurement by New England State Governments: Barriers and Recommendations is now available at http://www.responsiblepurchasing.org/resources/local_food/index.php
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The Modern American Right's Thinking About Expertise: Taxonomy and Reflections
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
4:30-6:00PM
Wasserstein Hall, 2004 Classroom
Ken I. Kersch, Boston College (Political Science)
Traditional understandings of conservative political thought emphasize its diverse premises and divergent theoretical commitments (e.g., libertarian versus traditionalist versus neoconservative), which, from the vantage point of ideas, render the movement’s strength and longevity a singular accomplishment and puzzle. In recent work, Kersch has sought to demonstrate the ways in which modern American conservatism’s cultivation of a core set of symbolic commitments (e.g., the U.S. Constitution) and historical narratives (e.g., about the meanings of the Founding, the Civil War, and the Progressive Era) bridge these divides, unifying and motivating the movement in ways missed by political theory’s standard analytic frames. In this talk, he considers the possibility that critiques of, and stories about, science and experts and their role in the modern regulatory/administrative/social welfare state – what others have variously called the “statutory,” “legislative,” or “policy” state – have been a critical component of this set of unifying narratives and symbols. He will survey contemporary conservative thinking from diverse theoretical starting points -- Neo-liberal (including Public Choice economics and Hayek), Traditionalist (including Evangelical Christian, the Catholic Right, and Straussian), and Neoconservative – about the nature and purpose of law, implicating fundamental questions of the role of science and expertise within U.S. constitutional government.
Ken I. Kersch is Associate Professor of Political Science, History, and Law at Boston College, where he teaches courses on American political and constitutional development and American political thought. He is the author, with Ronald Kahn, of The Supreme Court and American Political Development(Kansas, 2006), Constructing Civil Liberties: Discontinuities in the Development of American Constitutional Law (Cambridge, 2004), and Freedom of Speech (ABC-Clio, 2003) and many book chapters, articles, and reviews. Kersch’s work has won the Edward S. Corwin Prize from the American Political Science Association, the J. David Greenstone Award from APSA’s Politics and History Section, and the Hughes-Gossett Prize from the Supreme Court Historical Society. He is working on a book entitled Conservatives and the Constitution: From Brown to Reagan (Cambridge University Press). He received his B.A. from Williams, his J.D. from Northwestern, and his Ph.D. (Government) from Cornell.
Co-sponsored by the Program on Science, Technology and Societyat the Harvard Kennedy School and the Institute for Global Law and Policy at Harvard Law School.
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Thursday, April 10
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Social Physics: Beyond Economics and Org Charts
Thursday, April 10
6:00 to 7:30 PM
MIT Museum (N51)
Yaneer Bar-Yam and Sandy Pentland
From Google to the NSA, personal information has become the currency of our era. When big data meets social science, a new understanding of human society emerges which radically changes how we make decisions and respond to global challenges. Big data-driven research such as social physics and “crowdsourcing” collective intelligence offer the promise of better policy decisions. But is the cost too high? How can we leverage the enormous opportunities available through big data, while still protecting individual privacy?
Join Yaneer Bar-Yam of the New England Complex Systems Institute in discussion with Sandy Pentland of the MIT Media Lab about the convergence of big data with social science.
MIT Museum: TalkBack 360 Series
TalkBack 360 is a new program series at the MIT Museum where audiences and researchers come together to share their diverse perspectives on hot topics in science, technology, and the arts. Join the discussion in our MIT 360 arena and talk back about the research that keeps you thinking.
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“Partisanship in the Non-Partisan Press: The Implications of Media Bias for Democracy.”
Thursday, April 10
4-6 p.m.
Harvard, Taubman 275, 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge
Partisan Media Seminar Series with Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania; and Jesse Shapiro, Professor of Economics, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago. Moderator: Thomas Patterson, Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press, Harvard Kennedy School.
More information at http://shorensteincenter.org/news-events/calendar/
Transportation System Resilience, Extreme Weather, and Climate Change
Thursday, April 10, 2014
12:00 - 12:45 p.m., Eastern Time,
55 Broadway, Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Dr. Jerry Melillo, Distinguished Scientist and Director Emeritus, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
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Friday, April 11
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The New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable Presents:
New England Governors' Energy Infrastructure Proposals; & ENE's EnergyVision(2050)
Friday, April 11, 2014
9 am to 12:30 pm
Foley Hoag LLP, 155 Seaport Boulevard, 13th Floor, Boston
This past December, the New England Governors expressed their collective perspective on energy infrastructure diversification in a statement entitledNew England Governors' Commitment to Regional Cooperation on Energy Infrastructure Issues. In January, they followed up with a joint letter to ISO New England focusing on two specific areas of agreement:
New Electric Transmission Infrastructure-The New England States, through NESCOE, have agreed that one or more requests for proposals will be issued to advance the development of transmission infrastructure that would enable delivery of at least 1200 MW and as much as 3600 MW of clean energy into the New England electric system from no and/or low carbon emissions resources. [Costs to be recovered through an ISO tariff.]
Increased Natural Gas Capacity-Approval by FERC of a tariff for the recovery of the cost of firm natural gas pipeline capacity, in a manner that is effective to achieve the construction of new, or expansion of existing, pipelines capable of delivering in the amount of firm pipeline capacity into New England of 1000 mmcf/day above 2013 levels. [Cost proposed to be recovered in an ISO tariff.]
We expect to hear about additional developments on these matters from
the New England Governors by the time of the April 11th Roundtable. Meanwhile, ISO New England has begun its analysis of the Governors'
request to develop an unprecedented gas pipeline tariff. To discuss these developments, we will hear from two of the state leaders in these negotiations, Steven Clarke, Assistant Secretary for Renewable Energy at Massachusetts Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, and Maine PUC Chairman Tom Welch. Ray Hepper, General Counsel and Vice President at ISO New England will then provide ISO's insights on these recent developments on energy infrastructure in New England and discuss how these requests by the Governors could be translated into tariffs.
Given that the transmission and gas pipeline infrastructure requested by the New England Governors are, by their nature, long-term investments, we have decided to pair this topic with another related longer-term horizon topic - meeting New England's 2050 75-80% greenhouse gas reduction targets. The February release by ENE (Environment Northeast) of its Energy Vision(2050): A Pathway to a Modern, Sustainable, Low Carbon Economic and Environmental Future analysis and report will provide a provocative perspective to the long-term energy infrastructure conversation. ENE's analysis and report concludes that the best way to
meet the 2050 GHG reduction targets is to continue with aggressive energy efficiency programs, electrify the light vehicle and thermal sectors, increase renewable energy generation, and modernize the electric grid. Dan Sosland, President of ENE, and Dr. Abigail Adams, Director, ENE's Utility of the Future and Grid Modernization Initiative, will present ENE'sstudy.
[Note: ENE's presentation of EnergyVision(2050) will precede the New England Governors Energy Infrastructure panel.]
Free and open to the public with no advanced registration!
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
4:30-6:00PM
Wasserstein Hall, 2004 Classroom
Ken I. Kersch, Boston College (Political Science)
Traditional understandings of conservative political thought emphasize its diverse premises and divergent theoretical commitments (e.g., libertarian versus traditionalist versus neoconservative), which, from the vantage point of ideas, render the movement’s strength and longevity a singular accomplishment and puzzle. In recent work, Kersch has sought to demonstrate the ways in which modern American conservatism’s cultivation of a core set of symbolic commitments (e.g., the U.S. Constitution) and historical narratives (e.g., about the meanings of the Founding, the Civil War, and the Progressive Era) bridge these divides, unifying and motivating the movement in ways missed by political theory’s standard analytic frames. In this talk, he considers the possibility that critiques of, and stories about, science and experts and their role in the modern regulatory/administrative/social welfare state – what others have variously called the “statutory,” “legislative,” or “policy” state – have been a critical component of this set of unifying narratives and symbols. He will survey contemporary conservative thinking from diverse theoretical starting points -- Neo-liberal (including Public Choice economics and Hayek), Traditionalist (including Evangelical Christian, the Catholic Right, and Straussian), and Neoconservative – about the nature and purpose of law, implicating fundamental questions of the role of science and expertise within U.S. constitutional government.
Ken I. Kersch is Associate Professor of Political Science, History, and Law at Boston College, where he teaches courses on American political and constitutional development and American political thought. He is the author, with Ronald Kahn, of The Supreme Court and American Political Development(Kansas, 2006), Constructing Civil Liberties: Discontinuities in the Development of American Constitutional Law (Cambridge, 2004), and Freedom of Speech (ABC-Clio, 2003) and many book chapters, articles, and reviews. Kersch’s work has won the Edward S. Corwin Prize from the American Political Science Association, the J. David Greenstone Award from APSA’s Politics and History Section, and the Hughes-Gossett Prize from the Supreme Court Historical Society. He is working on a book entitled Conservatives and the Constitution: From Brown to Reagan (Cambridge University Press). He received his B.A. from Williams, his J.D. from Northwestern, and his Ph.D. (Government) from Cornell.
Co-sponsored by the Program on Science, Technology and Societyat the Harvard Kennedy School and the Institute for Global Law and Policy at Harvard Law School.
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Thursday, April 10
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Social Physics: Beyond Economics and Org Charts
Thursday, April 10
6:00 to 7:30 PM
MIT Museum (N51)
Yaneer Bar-Yam and Sandy Pentland
From Google to the NSA, personal information has become the currency of our era. When big data meets social science, a new understanding of human society emerges which radically changes how we make decisions and respond to global challenges. Big data-driven research such as social physics and “crowdsourcing” collective intelligence offer the promise of better policy decisions. But is the cost too high? How can we leverage the enormous opportunities available through big data, while still protecting individual privacy?
Join Yaneer Bar-Yam of the New England Complex Systems Institute in discussion with Sandy Pentland of the MIT Media Lab about the convergence of big data with social science.
MIT Museum: TalkBack 360 Series
TalkBack 360 is a new program series at the MIT Museum where audiences and researchers come together to share their diverse perspectives on hot topics in science, technology, and the arts. Join the discussion in our MIT 360 arena and talk back about the research that keeps you thinking.
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“Partisanship in the Non-Partisan Press: The Implications of Media Bias for Democracy.”
Thursday, April 10
4-6 p.m.
Harvard, Taubman 275, 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge
Partisan Media Seminar Series with Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania; and Jesse Shapiro, Professor of Economics, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago. Moderator: Thomas Patterson, Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press, Harvard Kennedy School.
More information at http://shorensteincenter.org/news-events/calendar/
Transportation System Resilience, Extreme Weather, and Climate Change
Thursday, April 10, 2014
12:00 - 12:45 p.m., Eastern Time,
55 Broadway, Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Dr. Jerry Melillo, Distinguished Scientist and Director Emeritus, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
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Friday, April 11
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The New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable Presents:
New England Governors' Energy Infrastructure Proposals; & ENE's EnergyVision(2050)
Friday, April 11, 2014
9 am to 12:30 pm
Foley Hoag LLP, 155 Seaport Boulevard, 13th Floor, Boston
This past December, the New England Governors expressed their collective perspective on energy infrastructure diversification in a statement entitledNew England Governors' Commitment to Regional Cooperation on Energy Infrastructure Issues. In January, they followed up with a joint letter to ISO New England focusing on two specific areas of agreement:
New Electric Transmission Infrastructure-The New England States, through NESCOE, have agreed that one or more requests for proposals will be issued to advance the development of transmission infrastructure that would enable delivery of at least 1200 MW and as much as 3600 MW of clean energy into the New England electric system from no and/or low carbon emissions resources. [Costs to be recovered through an ISO tariff.]
Increased Natural Gas Capacity-Approval by FERC of a tariff for the recovery of the cost of firm natural gas pipeline capacity, in a manner that is effective to achieve the construction of new, or expansion of existing, pipelines capable of delivering in the amount of firm pipeline capacity into New England of 1000 mmcf/day above 2013 levels. [Cost proposed to be recovered in an ISO tariff.]
We expect to hear about additional developments on these matters from
the New England Governors by the time of the April 11th Roundtable. Meanwhile, ISO New England has begun its analysis of the Governors'
request to develop an unprecedented gas pipeline tariff. To discuss these developments, we will hear from two of the state leaders in these negotiations, Steven Clarke, Assistant Secretary for Renewable Energy at Massachusetts Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, and Maine PUC Chairman Tom Welch. Ray Hepper, General Counsel and Vice President at ISO New England will then provide ISO's insights on these recent developments on energy infrastructure in New England and discuss how these requests by the Governors could be translated into tariffs.
Given that the transmission and gas pipeline infrastructure requested by the New England Governors are, by their nature, long-term investments, we have decided to pair this topic with another related longer-term horizon topic - meeting New England's 2050 75-80% greenhouse gas reduction targets. The February release by ENE (Environment Northeast) of its Energy Vision(2050): A Pathway to a Modern, Sustainable, Low Carbon Economic and Environmental Future analysis and report will provide a provocative perspective to the long-term energy infrastructure conversation. ENE's analysis and report concludes that the best way to
meet the 2050 GHG reduction targets is to continue with aggressive energy efficiency programs, electrify the light vehicle and thermal sectors, increase renewable energy generation, and modernize the electric grid. Dan Sosland, President of ENE, and Dr. Abigail Adams, Director, ENE's Utility of the Future and Grid Modernization Initiative, will present ENE'sstudy.
[Note: ENE's presentation of EnergyVision(2050) will precede the New England Governors Energy Infrastructure panel.]
Free and open to the public with no advanced registration!
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Can We Avert the Unfolding Climate Crisis?
Tuesday 4/15
Tuesday 4/15
5:00PM-6:30PM
MIT, Building E51-345, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Followed by informal reception in Bush Room (10-105, 6:30PM-7:30PM)
We are thrilled that our sixth and final Climate Change Speaker Series talk will be delivered by world famous climate scientist and prominent advocate of global warming intervention, Dr. James Hansen. Dr. Hansen will discuss the climate realities confronting us as the 21st century unfolds, and the opportunities for MIT students to rise to meet them. Following the talk, an informal reception will be held in the Bush Room (10-105, 6.30-7.30pm). We are most grateful for the generous cosponsoring support of this event by the MIT Earth System Initiative.
Dr. Hansen, formerly Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (a position from which he retired to “focus more on climate activism”), is Adjunct Professor and at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, where he directs a program in Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions. Dr. Hansen is well known for his 1988 testimony on climate change to Congress that helped raise broad awareness of global warming. As one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people on Earth in 2006, Dr. Hansen is one of the world’s most prominent advocates of public and political action against climate change.
We are thrilled that our sixth and final Climate Change Speaker Series talk will be delivered by world famous climate scientist and prominent advocate of global warming intervention, Dr. James Hansen. Dr. Hansen will discuss the climate realities confronting us as the 21st century unfolds, and the opportunities for MIT students to rise to meet them. Following the talk, an informal reception will be held in the Bush Room (10-105, 6.30-7.30pm). We are most grateful for the generous cosponsoring support of this event by the MIT Earth System Initiative.
Dr. Hansen, formerly Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (a position from which he retired to “focus more on climate activism”), is Adjunct Professor and at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, where he directs a program in Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions. Dr. Hansen is well known for his 1988 testimony on climate change to Congress that helped raise broad awareness of global warming. As one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people on Earth in 2006, Dr. Hansen is one of the world’s most prominent advocates of public and political action against climate change.
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Opportunity
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Where is the best yogurt on the planet made? Somerville, of course!
Join the Somerville Yogurt Making Cooperative and get a weekly quart of the most thick, creamy, rich and tart yogurt in the world. Membership in the coop costs $2.50 per quart. Members share the responsibility for making yogurt in our kitchen located just outside of Davis Sq. in FirstChurch. No previous yogurt making experience is necessary.
For more information checkout.
https://sites.google.com/site/somervilleyogurtcoop/home
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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 http://thesprouts.org/
Greater Boston Solidarity Economy Mapping Project http://www.transformationcentral.org/solidarity/mapping/mapping.html
a project by Wellesley College students that invites participation, contact jmatthaei@wellesley.edu
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Bostonsmart.com's Guide to Boston http://www.bostonsmarts.com/BostonGuide/
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Links to events at 60 colleges and universities at Hubevents http://hubevents.blogspot.com
Thanks to
Fred Hapgood's Selected Lectures on Science and Engineering in the Boston Area: http://www.BostonScienceLectures.com
MIT Events: http://events.mit.edu
MIT Energy Club: http://www.mitenergyclub.org/events/calendar/
Harvard Events: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/harvard-events/events-calendar/
Harvard Environment: http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/calendar/
Sustainability at Harvard: http://green.harvard.edu/events
Mass Climate Action: http://www.massclimateaction.net/calendar/events/index.php
Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/
Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/
Microsoft NERD Center: http://microsoftcambridge.com/Events/tabid/57/Default.aspx
Startup and Entrepreneurial Events: http://www.greenhornconnect.com/events/calendar
High Tech Events: http://harddatafactory.com/Johnny_Monsarrat/index.html
Cambridge Civic Journal: http://www.rwinters.com
Cambridge Happenings: http://cambridgehappenings.org
Boston Area Computer User Groups: http://www.bugc.org/
Arts and Cultural Events List: http://aacel.blogspot.com/
Boston Events Insider: http://bostoneventsinsider.com/boston_events/
Nerdnite: http://boston.nerdnite.com/
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Opportunity
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Where is the best yogurt on the planet made? Somerville, of course!
Join the Somerville Yogurt Making Cooperative and get a weekly quart of the most thick, creamy, rich and tart yogurt in the world. Membership in the coop costs $2.50 per quart. Members share the responsibility for making yogurt in our kitchen located just outside of Davis Sq. in FirstChurch. No previous yogurt making experience is necessary.
For more information checkout.
https://sites.google.com/site/somervilleyogurtcoop/home
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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 http://thesprouts.org/
Greater Boston Solidarity Economy Mapping Project http://www.transformationcentral.org/solidarity/mapping/mapping.html
a project by Wellesley College students that invites participation, contact jmatthaei@wellesley.edu
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Bostonsmart.com's Guide to Boston http://www.bostonsmarts.com/BostonGuide/
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Links to events at 60 colleges and universities at Hubevents http://hubevents.blogspot.com
Thanks to
Fred Hapgood's Selected Lectures on Science and Engineering in the Boston Area: http://www.BostonScienceLectures.com
MIT Events: http://events.mit.edu
MIT Energy Club: http://www.mitenergyclub.org/events/calendar/
Harvard Events: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/harvard-events/events-calendar/
Harvard Environment: http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/calendar/
Sustainability at Harvard: http://green.harvard.edu/events
Mass Climate Action: http://www.massclimateaction.net/calendar/events/index.php
Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/
Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/
Microsoft NERD Center: http://microsoftcambridge.com/Events/tabid/57/Default.aspx
Startup and Entrepreneurial Events: http://www.greenhornconnect.com/events/calendar
High Tech Events: http://harddatafactory.com/Johnny_Monsarrat/index.html
Cambridge Civic Journal: http://www.rwinters.com
Cambridge Happenings: http://cambridgehappenings.org
Boston Area Computer User Groups: http://www.bugc.org/
Arts and Cultural Events List: http://aacel.blogspot.com/
Boston Events Insider: http://bostoneventsinsider.com/boston_events/
Nerdnite: http://boston.nerdnite.com/
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