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Hubevents http://hubevents.blogspot.com is the web version.
If you wish to subscribe or unsubscribe to Energy (and Other) Events email gmoke@world.std.com
What I Do and Why I Do It: The Story of Energy (and Other) Events
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2013/11/what-i-do-and-why-i-do-it.html
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Event Index - full Event Details available below the Index
Ongoing:
Design for Resilience Exhibition
12/10/2014 to 02/06/2015
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Monday, January 12
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ComputeFest 2015 - January 12-23
8am Equity in Architecture: The Missing 32%
11:30am Getting to Net Zero Task Force
6pm Dirt! the Movie
6pm NIB, SBN & Preserve host Social Entrepreneur Merijn Everaarts, Founder and CEO of Dopper and the Dopper Foundation
6:30pm Rebuilding Haiti
6:30pm Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator, powered by Techstars: Boston Info Session
7pm Lessons from Cuba with Mario Alberto Arrasta Avila
7pm Using Math to Answer Scientific Questions: From Bird Beaks to Droplet Splashing to the Science of Cooking
7pm Mutants in our Midst: Darwin, Horticulture, and Evolution
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Tuesday, January 13
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12pm Kickstarting Evolution: The Emergence of Novel Functional Biomolecules at the Origin of Life and Today
12:30pm The Great Firewall Inverts
12:30pm Toward a Universal Influenza Virus Vaccine
4:30pm After the Holocaust the Bells Still Ring
5:30pm Howard Gardner Lecture #2 - Beauty Reframed
6pm Boston Quantified Self Show&Tell #BQS18
7pm The Lonely War: One Woman’s Account of the Struggle for Modern Iran
7pm Why "Good Kids" Turn into Deadly Terrorists
7:30pm Our future with Bees – A conversation with the author of The Bee: A Natural History
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Wednesday, January 14
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10am Science Policy
12pm The Art of Filmmaking - Lecture 1
1:30pm Physics Lecture Series: Nuclear Detection in Nuclear Security
5:30pm "How to Address the Evolving Cyber Security Threat"
6pm Mass Innovation Nights #MIN70
6pm Earthos Conversation Series Topic #6 BIODIVERSITY
6:30pm Dance: Science, Community and Healing
6:30pm GA + BOSTON NEW TECH: Being Acquired by Google, Stackdriver's Story
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Thursday, January 15
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8am B2B - Networking & Presentation by Next Step Living on Community Solar & EcoThermal
12pm Witness Tree: What one oak tells us about our changing world and relationship with nature
12pm The Art of Filmmaking - Lecture 2
1pm The Globalization of Production
2pm Creating an Apple Pie from Scratch: A Universe in a Supercomputer
2pm Sustainability in the Mile High City [Denver]
3:30pm Urban Water Supply-Demand Management Under Uncertainty: A Portfolio-Based Approach Applied to Melbourne, Australia and Kunming, China
5:30pm Greenovate Climate Plan Update
6pm Quick Hits: Designing with Water
6pm WeWork Labs Launch Party
6pm Author Jeff Clements Talks about Citizens United & Slow Money + Winter Social
5:30pm Before Watergate, WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden, There was Media, Pennsylvania
6:40pm The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation: Who Are the Angola 3?
7pm Misremembering Dr. King
7:30pm Science Unshackled
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Friday, January 16
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1pm Work-Life Balance
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Sunday, January 18
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10am Breaking the Two-Party Lock on Politics: The United Independent Party
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Tuesday, January 20
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10:30am Cold Fusion 101: Introduction to Excess Power in Fleischmann-Pons Experiments [Tuesday - Friday, different material each day]
12:30pm Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap
3:30pm CERN: the next 60 years and 100 kilometers
5:30pm Howard Gardner Lecture #3: Goodness
6pm Boston New Technology January 2015 Product Showcase #BNT49
6:30pm Chat with Swissnex
6:30pm Intro to the Tech Community at Boston Public Library
7pm CafeSci Boston - January 2015: The Large Hadron Collider Restarts Soon! What Lies Ahead?
7pm The Ethics of Internet Anonymity
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My rough notes on some of the events I go to and notes on books I’ve read are at:
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com
Ongoing:
Design for Resilience Exhibition
12/10/2014 to 02/06/2015
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Monday, January 12
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ComputeFest 2015 - January 12-23
8am Equity in Architecture: The Missing 32%
11:30am Getting to Net Zero Task Force
6pm Dirt! the Movie
6pm NIB, SBN & Preserve host Social Entrepreneur Merijn Everaarts, Founder and CEO of Dopper and the Dopper Foundation
6:30pm Rebuilding Haiti
6:30pm Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator, powered by Techstars: Boston Info Session
7pm Lessons from Cuba with Mario Alberto Arrasta Avila
7pm Using Math to Answer Scientific Questions: From Bird Beaks to Droplet Splashing to the Science of Cooking
7pm Mutants in our Midst: Darwin, Horticulture, and Evolution
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Tuesday, January 13
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12pm Kickstarting Evolution: The Emergence of Novel Functional Biomolecules at the Origin of Life and Today
12:30pm The Great Firewall Inverts
12:30pm Toward a Universal Influenza Virus Vaccine
4:30pm After the Holocaust the Bells Still Ring
5:30pm Howard Gardner Lecture #2 - Beauty Reframed
6pm Boston Quantified Self Show&Tell #BQS18
7pm The Lonely War: One Woman’s Account of the Struggle for Modern Iran
7pm Why "Good Kids" Turn into Deadly Terrorists
7:30pm Our future with Bees – A conversation with the author of The Bee: A Natural History
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Wednesday, January 14
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10am Science Policy
12pm The Art of Filmmaking - Lecture 1
1:30pm Physics Lecture Series: Nuclear Detection in Nuclear Security
5:30pm "How to Address the Evolving Cyber Security Threat"
6pm Mass Innovation Nights #MIN70
6pm Earthos Conversation Series Topic #6 BIODIVERSITY
6:30pm Dance: Science, Community and Healing
6:30pm GA + BOSTON NEW TECH: Being Acquired by Google, Stackdriver's Story
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Thursday, January 15
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8am B2B - Networking & Presentation by Next Step Living on Community Solar & EcoThermal
12pm Witness Tree: What one oak tells us about our changing world and relationship with nature
12pm The Art of Filmmaking - Lecture 2
1pm The Globalization of Production
2pm Creating an Apple Pie from Scratch: A Universe in a Supercomputer
2pm Sustainability in the Mile High City [Denver]
3:30pm Urban Water Supply-Demand Management Under Uncertainty: A Portfolio-Based Approach Applied to Melbourne, Australia and Kunming, China
5:30pm Greenovate Climate Plan Update
6pm Quick Hits: Designing with Water
6pm WeWork Labs Launch Party
6pm Author Jeff Clements Talks about Citizens United & Slow Money + Winter Social
5:30pm Before Watergate, WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden, There was Media, Pennsylvania
6:40pm The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation: Who Are the Angola 3?
7pm Misremembering Dr. King
7:30pm Science Unshackled
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Friday, January 16
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1pm Work-Life Balance
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Sunday, January 18
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10am Breaking the Two-Party Lock on Politics: The United Independent Party
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Tuesday, January 20
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10:30am Cold Fusion 101: Introduction to Excess Power in Fleischmann-Pons Experiments [Tuesday - Friday, different material each day]
12:30pm Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap
3:30pm CERN: the next 60 years and 100 kilometers
5:30pm Howard Gardner Lecture #3: Goodness
6pm Boston New Technology January 2015 Product Showcase #BNT49
6:30pm Chat with Swissnex
6:30pm Intro to the Tech Community at Boston Public Library
7pm CafeSci Boston - January 2015: The Large Hadron Collider Restarts Soon! What Lies Ahead?
7pm The Ethics of Internet Anonymity
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My rough notes on some of the events I go to and notes on books I’ve read are at:
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com
Intertribal Problems Stuck on Stupid
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/09/1356773/-Intertribal-Problems-Stuck-on-Stupid
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Ongoing:
Design for Resilience Exhibition
12/10/2014 to 02/06/2015
McCormick Gallery, Boston Architectural College, 320 Newbury Street, Boston
Design for Resilience asks us to think, discuss, and take action as we consider how to better connect ourselves to our ecology and our infrastructure to ready ourselves for the future. What will Boston look like in 2050? What will our coastal cities look like in 2115?
Rebuild by Design has been answering these questions of resilience - the ability to withstand, adapt, and recover from shock - with an innovative process that relies on unprecedented collaboration to create unique solutions for a stronger tomorrow.
In response to Hurricane Sandy's catastrophic landfall in October 2012, President Obama's Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force launched Rebuild by Design as a design competition to generate solutions to not only the storm's devastation, but also to long-standing physical and social vulnerabilities now exposed and exacerbated. Rebuild by Design connects design teams with researchers and policymakers as well as residents, businesses, and community-based organizations whom the storm affected. These collaborations enable the teams to develop socially, environmentally, and economically rigorous interventions that better prepare us for a future impacted by climate change. This exhibition showcases the competition's ten finalists and their detailed design proposals for creating a more resilient region.
We bring this exhibition to Boston to engage and educate ourselves and our fellow citizens about our own urban vulnerabilities; to showcase the power of collaborative problem solving and community engagement; and to highlight the forward-thinking work that local organizations are producing to protect us from increasing risk, intensifying storms, and rising seas. Exploring the Rebuild by Design proposals, along with new work from Terreform ONE, opens a window that suggests how Boston could arrive at a safer tomorrow.
These transformational designs and the process that generated them are a call to action. Join us in taking control over our destiny and creating a resilient future for the City of Boston.
Join the conversation @theBACboston using #RebuildBoston
Funding for this exhibition is generously provided by the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Boston Architectural College
Contact: shaun.orourke@the-bac.edu
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Monday, January 12
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ComputeFest 2015
January 12 - 23
http://computefest.seas.harvard.edu
Organized by the Institute for Applied Computational Science at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, ComputeFest offers an annual two week program of knowledge- and skill-building activities in computational science and engineering culminating in a day-long symposium. This year's symposium, organized with the Center for Research on Computation and Society, will feature a live video conversation with Edward Snowden and Bruce Schneier of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
Skill-Building Workshops
Monday, January 12 - Friday, January 16
http://computefest.seas.harvard.edu/workshops
Learn computational skills such as R, Julia, Amazon AWS, deep learning, Vowpal Wabbit, Mathematica, and more in a hands-on format with expert instructors.
Student Challenge
Tuesday, January 20 - Thursday, January 22
http://computefest.seas.harvard.edu/student-challenge
Harvard students compete head to head in a challenge designed to test their programming, mathematical, and strategic skills!
Prizes include: Beats by Dre headphones (first place) and Fitbits (runner up)
Symposium
Friday, January 23
4th annual symposium on the future of computation in science and engineering:
Privacy in a Networked World
http://computefest.seas.harvard.edu/symposium
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Did you know that 2015 is the United Nations' International Year of the Soils? Come watch this documentary that illuminates the science behind the importance of soil for all. Staff will be on hand to discuss soil conservation right here at Fresh Pond. Believe it or not, healthy soil under our feet protects clean water in our Reservoir; we'll explain how!
Dopper is B Corp certified company, which means it’s part of an international network of businesses that are committed to sustainable projects. While Dopper is a commercial company it’s the social objective that counts: the reduction of plastic waste. Merijn: “I think business with the sole aim of making a profit no longer have a place in our present world. The global challenges of sustainability and climate are so great that the focus of companies has to shift. They “feed” consumers products and services. I am convinced that we can help contribute to making the world better, to making people happier. I really believe that.”
Agenda:
6:00-6:30 Welcome & Introduction
6:30-7:00 Merijn will share his story
7:00-7:30 Question & Answer
7:30-8:00 Closing Remarks & Networking
First 50 people to register will receive a free Dopper Bottle at the event! ($14.99 Value)
Noah Wilson-Rich, Founder of The Best Bees Company
The world’s bees can create economic and ecological sustainability, if only we let them. We know the vital importance of bees, yet we also know that they are dying off. What does the future human condition look like in a world that incorporates bees into our architecture, healthcare, and every day lives?
Noah Wilson-Rich, Ph.D. is a behavioral ecologist, a beekeeper, and the founder of The Best Bees Company™. He is a 2007 graduate from the Bee School at the Essex County Beekeeper’s Association in Topsfield, MA. Noah earned his B.S. in Biology at Northeastern University (2005) and his Ph.D. in Biology at Tufts University (2011).
Noah lives in Boston where he continues to be inspired by the community gardens around the city. Growing up in Fairfield, CT, Noah was not fond of insects as a kid. This changed in high school when he participated in Project SEARCH, a state-run program using aquatic invertebrate species as bio-indicators for water pollution.
As an undergraduate at Northeastern University, he continued his involvement in research and produced three publications during this time. As a graduate student, he continued his investigations into the mysteries of the social insect world. Noah’s efforts as a graduate student have produced nine additional publications to date. Noah is currently researching the efficacy of three different vaccines for honey bees, for which a U.S. Patent is pending. As an academic scientist, Noah has published over a dozen articles relating to disease resistance in social animals and is the author of the new book The Bee: A Natural History (Princeton University Press 2014).
The talk is free and open to the public. The meeting is readily accessible via public transportation. Parking is available in the Oxford Street Garage with advance arrangement, as described here, or (usually but not always) at spaces on nearby streets. Everyone is also welcome to join us for dinner before the talk (beginning at 6:00 PM) at Cambridge Common restaurant, on 1667 Massachusetts Ave.
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Wednesday, January 14
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Science Policy
Wednesday, January 14
Time: 10:00a–11:30a
MIT, Building 76-156, 500 Main Street, Cambridge
Michael A. Simon, Ph.D., Principal Data Scientist, Arcadia Healthcare Solutions
John Randell, Ph.D. Program Officer for Science Policy, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Laura Maliszewski, Ph.D., Executive Director, Harvard Program in Therapeutic Science and the Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology
Bina Venkataraman, Director of Global Policy Initiatives, The Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard.
Join us to learn more about the wide variety of postdoc positions available to Biology PhDs! The panel will feature experiences about life as an academic postdoc, research fellow, industry postdoc, and teaching fellow.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Biology
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Web site: http://student.mit.edu/iap/ns272.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Physics IAP
For more information, contact: Denise Wahkor
617-253-4855
denisew@mit.edu
Each month, ten companies bring new products to Mass Innovation Nights and the social media community turns out to blog, tweet, post pictures & video, add product mentions to LinkedIn & Facebook, and otherwise help spread the word. These live events allow companies to show off Massachusetts-based innovation.
SBN and Next Step Livingwill share information about Community Solar and EcoThermal and their benefits to small businesses.
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Witness Tree: What one oak tells us about our changing world and relationship with nature
Thursday, January 15
12:00-1:00pm
Tufts, Lincoln Filene Center, Rabb Room, 10 Upper Campus Road, Medford
Lynda Mapes, Reporter & Author, Seattle Times
BTQURU 03 is a spectacular, 100 year old red oak: a tagged, tracked research specimen in a long term study of changing seasons at the Harvard Forest. Sprouted back when the industrial revolution was just getting started, the oak grew to tower over what was once a farmer's field, abandoned as people left for jobs in factories and cities – beginning the transformation of our world. Here, in this tree, is a living timeline of those social and historical changes, and their environmental consequences, observable in my tree's growth and even its breath.
Lynda Mapes is a reporter at the Seattle Times and author, specializing in coverage of people and nature and the workings of the natural world. She has won many awards for her work, most recently for her coverage of the largest dam removal project ever in history, which also lead to her book Elwha: A River Reborn, and a museum exhibit based on her book now touring the US. Last year, Lynda was awarded a prestigious Knight fellowship in Science Journalism at MIT which lead to her new book, Witness Tree, under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. Lynda is researching and writing the book this year while a Bullard Fellow at the Harvard Forest. More information: www.lyndavmapes.com
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Speaker: Dr. Dena Seidel, Director of the Rutgers Center for Digital Filmmaking
"Communicating your Research to the Public Through Film"
Narratives told from the perspective of scientists can effectively communicate science in a meaningful and relevant way. Public understanding of the work scientists do is essential for continued research funding and attracting young people to STEM fields. Hear how filmmakers and researchers can work together to create narratives that engage the larger public in science learning.
Web site: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/events/2015/art-science-film-making
Open to: the general public
Cost: n/a
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) Lectures
For more information, contact: Roberta Allard
617-253-3381
China Project Seminar
On January 15, 2015, Mayor Walsh will release the Greenovate Boston 2014 Climate Action Plan Update
The Mayor will be joined by members of the Climate Action Plan Steering Committee for a brief speaking engagement, followed by a performance by Guster, a Boston-based band. In honor of the band's Boston roots, their commitment to the environment and public service, Mayor Walsh will also declare January 15 as Guster Day in Boston.
Event is free and open to the public, but space is limited, so reserve your spot soon!
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Ongoing:
Design for Resilience Exhibition
12/10/2014 to 02/06/2015
McCormick Gallery, Boston Architectural College, 320 Newbury Street, Boston
Design for Resilience asks us to think, discuss, and take action as we consider how to better connect ourselves to our ecology and our infrastructure to ready ourselves for the future. What will Boston look like in 2050? What will our coastal cities look like in 2115?
Rebuild by Design has been answering these questions of resilience - the ability to withstand, adapt, and recover from shock - with an innovative process that relies on unprecedented collaboration to create unique solutions for a stronger tomorrow.
In response to Hurricane Sandy's catastrophic landfall in October 2012, President Obama's Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force launched Rebuild by Design as a design competition to generate solutions to not only the storm's devastation, but also to long-standing physical and social vulnerabilities now exposed and exacerbated. Rebuild by Design connects design teams with researchers and policymakers as well as residents, businesses, and community-based organizations whom the storm affected. These collaborations enable the teams to develop socially, environmentally, and economically rigorous interventions that better prepare us for a future impacted by climate change. This exhibition showcases the competition's ten finalists and their detailed design proposals for creating a more resilient region.
We bring this exhibition to Boston to engage and educate ourselves and our fellow citizens about our own urban vulnerabilities; to showcase the power of collaborative problem solving and community engagement; and to highlight the forward-thinking work that local organizations are producing to protect us from increasing risk, intensifying storms, and rising seas. Exploring the Rebuild by Design proposals, along with new work from Terreform ONE, opens a window that suggests how Boston could arrive at a safer tomorrow.
These transformational designs and the process that generated them are a call to action. Join us in taking control over our destiny and creating a resilient future for the City of Boston.
Join the conversation @theBACboston using #RebuildBoston
Funding for this exhibition is generously provided by the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Boston Architectural College
Contact: shaun.orourke@the-bac.edu
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Monday, January 12
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ComputeFest 2015
January 12 - 23
http://computefest.seas.harvard.edu
Organized by the Institute for Applied Computational Science at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, ComputeFest offers an annual two week program of knowledge- and skill-building activities in computational science and engineering culminating in a day-long symposium. This year's symposium, organized with the Center for Research on Computation and Society, will feature a live video conversation with Edward Snowden and Bruce Schneier of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
Skill-Building Workshops
Monday, January 12 - Friday, January 16
http://computefest.seas.harvard.edu/workshops
Learn computational skills such as R, Julia, Amazon AWS, deep learning, Vowpal Wabbit, Mathematica, and more in a hands-on format with expert instructors.
Student Challenge
Tuesday, January 20 - Thursday, January 22
http://computefest.seas.harvard.edu/student-challenge
Harvard students compete head to head in a challenge designed to test their programming, mathematical, and strategic skills!
Prizes include: Beats by Dre headphones (first place) and Fitbits (runner up)
Symposium
Friday, January 23
4th annual symposium on the future of computation in science and engineering:
Privacy in a Networked World
http://computefest.seas.harvard.edu/symposium
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Equity in Architecture: The Missing 32%
Monday, January 12
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, Boston
Join founder of AIASF committee, The Missing 32% Project, Rosa T. Sheng AIA, as she shares a summary of some of the key findings from the 2014 Equity by Design: Knowledge, Discussion, Action! symposium plus early results of the Equity in Architecture Survey. Sheng’s presentation will be followed by an open discussion on how to strengthen the national movement for Equity in Architecture in 2015.
More details on the Missing 32% Project
Fueled by the persistent and striking gender inequity within architectural practice, where women compose only 12–18 percent of AIA members, licensed architects, and senior firm leadership, the Missing 32% Project, a committee of AIASF, was developed as a call to action for both women and men to help realize the goal of equitable practice to advance architecture, sustain the profession, and communicate the value of design to society.
Its mission is to understand the pinch points and promote the strategic execution of best practices in the recruitment, retention, and promotion of our profession's best talent at every level of architectural practice.
Rosa T. Sheng AIA founded The Missing 32% Project Committee in July 2013. She joined Bohlin Cywinski Jackson in 1997 and became a founding member of the firm’s San Francisco office in 1999, while serving as the project architect for Pixar Animation Studio’s headquarters in Emeryville, California. With 20 years of experience, Sheng has led a variety of award-winning and internationally acclaimed design projects, which range from the aesthetically minimal, highly technical development of the glass structures for Apple’s original high-profile retail stores, to the innovative LEED NC Gold–certified Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business at Mills College in Oakland, California. She was also part of the team for the headquarters of e-commerce startup Square and is currently working on innovative and sustainable projects for the University of California, Davis and Dominican University of California in San Rafael. Sheng serves as for a board member on AIA San Francisco’s Board of Directors and is also a member of SCUP, USGBC, and OWA.
Join founder of AIASF committee, The Missing 32% Project, Rosa T. Sheng AIA, as she shares a summary of some of the key findings from the 2014 Equity by Design: Knowledge, Discussion, Action! symposium plus early results of the Equity in Architecture Survey. Sheng’s presentation will be followed by an open discussion on how to strengthen the national movement for Equity in Architecture in 2015.
More details on the Missing 32% Project
Fueled by the persistent and striking gender inequity within architectural practice, where women compose only 12–18 percent of AIA members, licensed architects, and senior firm leadership, the Missing 32% Project, a committee of AIASF, was developed as a call to action for both women and men to help realize the goal of equitable practice to advance architecture, sustain the profession, and communicate the value of design to society.
Its mission is to understand the pinch points and promote the strategic execution of best practices in the recruitment, retention, and promotion of our profession's best talent at every level of architectural practice.
Rosa T. Sheng AIA founded The Missing 32% Project Committee in July 2013. She joined Bohlin Cywinski Jackson in 1997 and became a founding member of the firm’s San Francisco office in 1999, while serving as the project architect for Pixar Animation Studio’s headquarters in Emeryville, California. With 20 years of experience, Sheng has led a variety of award-winning and internationally acclaimed design projects, which range from the aesthetically minimal, highly technical development of the glass structures for Apple’s original high-profile retail stores, to the innovative LEED NC Gold–certified Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business at Mills College in Oakland, California. She was also part of the team for the headquarters of e-commerce startup Square and is currently working on innovative and sustainable projects for the University of California, Davis and Dominican University of California in San Rafael. Sheng serves as for a board member on AIA San Francisco’s Board of Directors and is also a member of SCUP, USGBC, and OWA.
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Getting to Net Zero Task Force
Monday, January 12
11:30AM-1:30PM
344 Broadway, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Cambridge
Monday, January 12
11:30AM-1:30PM
344 Broadway, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Cambridge
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Dirt! the Movie
Monday, January 12
Monday, January 12
6 to 7:30pm
Walter J. Sullivan Treatment Facility, 250 Fresh Pond Parkway, Cambridge
Walter J. Sullivan Treatment Facility, 250 Fresh Pond Parkway, Cambridge
Did you know that 2015 is the United Nations' International Year of the Soils? Come watch this documentary that illuminates the science behind the importance of soil for all. Staff will be on hand to discuss soil conservation right here at Fresh Pond. Believe it or not, healthy soil under our feet protects clean water in our Reservoir; we'll explain how!
PLEASE REGISTER! contact Kirsten at (617) 349-6489 or klindquist@cambridgema.gov
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NIB, SBN & Preserve host Social Entrepreneur Merijn Everaarts, Founder and CEO of Dopper and the Dopper Foundation
Monday, January 12
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Workbar Cambridge in the heart of Central Square, 45 Prospect Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nib-sbn-preserve-host-social-entrepreneur-merijn-everaarts-founder-and-ceo-of-dopper-and-the-dopper-tickets-15079728875
Cost: $6.27
Hear the inspirational story of how Merijn founded Dopper and the Dopper Foundation, network with others in the sustainability/social entrepreneurship community and have a great time!
Dopper is a Netherlands-based company that makes a reusable water bottle to support a mission to eliminate the use of single-use plastic bottles and encourage the use of tap water. This bottle is out to prove that clean, safe water does not have to be a luxury. As a B Corp with carbon neutral manufacturing and cradle-to-cradle certification, the Dopper is a bottle on a mission.
About Merijn:
Merijn Everaarts started out as an entrepreneur in the event and marketing business. Today, the Dutchman has only one priority: his initiative for a better world, Dopper, a social enterprise to make an impact on reducing plastic waste with profiding a sustainable water bottle for (filtered) tap water.
About the start of Dopper Merijn says the following: “in 2009 I saw a shocking documentary about the enormous amount of plastic waste that finds its way to our oceans instead of being recycled, turning our waters into a plastic soup. I also noticed a lot of people throwing away single-use plastic water bottles every day. It made me feel… well… uncomfortable to say the least. I felt the urge to do something about this.”
In January 2010 he launched an open design competition in search of ‘the perfect sustainable bottle for drinking water’. Rinke van Remortel won the competition with his awesome Dutch Design with perfect functionality, inspired by the vision of reducing plastic waste and using fresh drinking water rather than expensive pre-bottled water. Today, the Dopper bottle is sold across the globe and Merijn and his team are inspiring people on a daily bases to make the earth a better place.
Cost: $6.27
Hear the inspirational story of how Merijn founded Dopper and the Dopper Foundation, network with others in the sustainability/social entrepreneurship community and have a great time!
Dopper is a Netherlands-based company that makes a reusable water bottle to support a mission to eliminate the use of single-use plastic bottles and encourage the use of tap water. This bottle is out to prove that clean, safe water does not have to be a luxury. As a B Corp with carbon neutral manufacturing and cradle-to-cradle certification, the Dopper is a bottle on a mission.
About Merijn:
Merijn Everaarts started out as an entrepreneur in the event and marketing business. Today, the Dutchman has only one priority: his initiative for a better world, Dopper, a social enterprise to make an impact on reducing plastic waste with profiding a sustainable water bottle for (filtered) tap water.
About the start of Dopper Merijn says the following: “in 2009 I saw a shocking documentary about the enormous amount of plastic waste that finds its way to our oceans instead of being recycled, turning our waters into a plastic soup. I also noticed a lot of people throwing away single-use plastic water bottles every day. It made me feel… well… uncomfortable to say the least. I felt the urge to do something about this.”
In January 2010 he launched an open design competition in search of ‘the perfect sustainable bottle for drinking water’. Rinke van Remortel won the competition with his awesome Dutch Design with perfect functionality, inspired by the vision of reducing plastic waste and using fresh drinking water rather than expensive pre-bottled water. Today, the Dopper bottle is sold across the globe and Merijn and his team are inspiring people on a daily bases to make the earth a better place.
As the Dopper organization grew Merijn contemplated on the business model, and in 2013 established the Dopper Foundation. Ever since, Dopper donates 5% of its net proceeds to the Dopper Foundation for clean water access projects in Nepal and educational campaigns around single-use plastic waste and water use.
Dopper is B Corp certified company, which means it’s part of an international network of businesses that are committed to sustainable projects. While Dopper is a commercial company it’s the social objective that counts: the reduction of plastic waste. Merijn: “I think business with the sole aim of making a profit no longer have a place in our present world. The global challenges of sustainability and climate are so great that the focus of companies has to shift. They “feed” consumers products and services. I am convinced that we can help contribute to making the world better, to making people happier. I really believe that.”
Agenda:
6:00-6:30 Welcome & Introduction
6:30-7:00 Merijn will share his story
7:00-7:30 Question & Answer
7:30-8:00 Closing Remarks & Networking
First 50 people to register will receive a free Dopper Bottle at the event! ($14.99 Value)
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Rebuilding Haiti
Monday, January 12
6:30pm
Cambridge Library, Lecture Hall, 449 Broadway, Cambridge
Paul Fallon
Paul Fallon spent thirty years as an architect specializing in healthcare desing before the earthquake in Haiti compelled him to participate in the reconstruction effort. His new book, Architecture by Moonlight: Rebuilding Haiti, Redrafting a Life, chronicles his experience.
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Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator, powered by Techstars: Boston Info Session
Monday, January 12
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EST)
Techstars Boston, 179 Lincoln Street, Suite 405, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/qualcomm-robotics-accelerator-powered-by-techstars-boston-info-session-tickets-14915379301
Come join us for pizza, beer, and robots and learn more about the Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator powered by Techstars.
Techstars and Qualcomm will be in town to share information about the robotics accelerator and answer any questions you might have. Techstars alumni and mentors will be there to talk about their experiences and answer questions.
Agenda:
6:30 - 7pm Mixer with Pizza and Drinks
7pm - 8pm Informational session and Q&A with Techstars and Qualcomm
8pm - 8:30pm Hangout at Techstars, ask questions, meet people.
Learn more about the Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator powered by Techstars at http://qualcommaccelerator.com
Our Managing Director, Ryan Kuder, will be holding office hours at Techstars Boston throughout the day on January 12. If you'd like to set up a time to meet to talk about your startup, you can find his office hours here.
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Lessons from Cuba with Mario Alberto Arrasta Avila
Monday, January 12
7:00pm - 8:30pm
First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain, 633 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain
The Jamaica Plain Forum is delighted to announce that Mario Alberto Arrasta Avila received his visa two months late! They will be hosting him at the JP Forum on January 12th.
Co-sponsored by Coop Power.
What can we learn from Cuba? When nearly 70% of Cuba?s oil supply stopped in 1989 after the USSR collapsed, transportation, electricity, and food production were jeopardized. Cuba responded by shifting to widespread use of renewables and permaculture-based agriculture systems, making the country a world leader in sustainable development.
Join us in welcoming Cuba's leading Energy Efficiency and Renewables educator, Mario Alberto Arrasta Avila. Mario is responsible for the development and delivery of energy education at all levels in Cuba, and is a passionate and engaging speaker.
Come along to hear about Cuba's Energy Revolution and what New England can learn from it.
https://www.facebook.com/events/320571041478306/
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Using Math to Answer Scientific Questions: From Bird Beaks to Droplet Splashing to the Science of Cooking
Monday, January 12
7pm – 8pm
The Burren 247 Elm Street, Davis Square, Somerville
Dr Michael Brenner
SITN’s Science by the Pint is a chance to interact directly with research scientists. The featured scientists will give a brief intro to her work, and take a few questions before mingling from table to table with other member of her group to chat with you.
Contact http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/science-by-the-pint/
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Mutants in our Midst: Darwin, Horticulture, and Evolution
Monday, January 12
7:00–8:30pm
Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain
William (Ned) Friedman, PhD, Director, Arnold Arboretum and Arnold Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Although often overlooked as such, many of the horticultural varieties that we grow in gardens are premier examples of the ongoing process of evolution: random mutations that lead, on the rarest of occasions, to novel and desirable biological characteristics. Throughout his life, Charles Darwin (as well as other nineteenth century evolutionists) looked to the world of horticulture and plant domestication to gain critical insights into the generation of variation and the process of natural selection that underlie evolutionary change. Come see how nineteenth century horticulture played a central role in laying the foundations for the discovery of the fact of evolution as well as the process of evolution. Professor Ned Friedman will also argue that modern botanical gardens can and should become a leading force for the promotion of evolutionary thinking by highlighting the very kinds of mutations observed and described by Darwin as well as new examples of monstrosities and mutants that continue to be found in the Arboretum and other living collections around the world.
Free. Member-only registration through December 15; General registration after December 15
More information at https://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?DayPlanner=1388&DayPlannerDate=1/12/2015
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Tuesday, January 13
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Kickstarting Evolution: The Emergence of Novel Functional Biomolecules at the Origin of Life and Today
Tuesday, January 13
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
Speaker: Noam Prywes, Harvard University
EAPS IAP Lecture Series 2015: Origin of Life
Web site: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/events/iap-2015
Open to: the general public
Cost: n/a
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) Lectures
For more information, contact: Roberta Allard
617-253-2127
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The Great Firewall Inverts
Tuesday, January 13
12:30 pm
Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, 23 Everett Street, Second Floor, Cambridge
RSVP required for those attending in person at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/01/freitas#RSVP
Event will be webcast live on http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/01/freitas at 12:30 pm.
with Berkman Fellow Nathan Freitas
In the last few years, usage of the mobile messaging app WeChat (微信 Weixin), has skyrocketed not only inside China, but outside, as well. For mainland Chinese, Wechat is one of the only options available, due to frequent blockage of apps like Viber, Line, Twitter and Facebook. However, outside of China, fueled by a massive marketing campaign and the promise of "free calls and texts", overseas Chinese students and family, Tibetan exiles, and Bollywood celebrities also use the app as their primary mobile communications service. It is this phenomenon that might be called an inversion of the Great Firewall. Instead of Chinese users scaling the wall to get out, people around the world are walking up to the front gate, and asking to be let in.
Combined with the rise of attractive, low-cost mobile handsets from Huawei and Xiaomi that include China-based cloud services, being sold in India and elsewhere, the world is witnessing a massive expansion of Chinese telecommunications reach and influence, powered entirely by users choosing to participate in it. Due to these systems being built upon proprietary protocols and software, their inner workings are largely opaque and mostly insecure. Like most social media apps, the WeChat app has full permission to activate microphones and cameras, track GPS, access user contacts and photos, and copy all of this data at any time to their servers. Recently, it was discovered that Xiaomi MIUI phones sent all text messages through the companies cloud servers in China, without asking the user (Though, once this gained broad coverage in the news, the feature was turned off by default).
The fundamental question is do the Chinese companies behind these services have any market incentive or legal obligation to protect the privacy of their non-Chinese global userbase? Do they willingly or automatically turn over all data to the Ministry of Public Security or State Internet Information Office? Will we soon see foreign users targeted or prosecuted due to "private" data shared on WeChat? Finally, from the Glass Houses Department, is there any fundamental diffence in the impact on privacy freedom for an American citizen using WeChat versus a Chinese citizen using WhatsApp or Google?
About Nathan
Nathan Freitas leads the Guardian Project, an open-source mobile security software project, and directs technology strategy and training at the Tibet Action Institute. His work at the Berkman Center focuses on tracking the legality and prosecution risks for mobile security apps users worldwide.
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Toward a Universal Influenza Virus Vaccine
WHEN Tue., Jan. 13, 2015, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Medical School, New Research Building - Room 1031, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Health Sciences, Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Hosted by David Knipe
SPEAKER(S) Peter Palese, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
CONTACT INFO jessica_conner@hms.harvard.edu
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Rebuilding Haiti
Monday, January 12
6:30pm
Cambridge Library, Lecture Hall, 449 Broadway, Cambridge
Paul Fallon
Paul Fallon spent thirty years as an architect specializing in healthcare desing before the earthquake in Haiti compelled him to participate in the reconstruction effort. His new book, Architecture by Moonlight: Rebuilding Haiti, Redrafting a Life, chronicles his experience.
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Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator, powered by Techstars: Boston Info Session
Monday, January 12
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EST)
Techstars Boston, 179 Lincoln Street, Suite 405, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/qualcomm-robotics-accelerator-powered-by-techstars-boston-info-session-tickets-14915379301
Come join us for pizza, beer, and robots and learn more about the Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator powered by Techstars.
Techstars and Qualcomm will be in town to share information about the robotics accelerator and answer any questions you might have. Techstars alumni and mentors will be there to talk about their experiences and answer questions.
Agenda:
6:30 - 7pm Mixer with Pizza and Drinks
7pm - 8pm Informational session and Q&A with Techstars and Qualcomm
8pm - 8:30pm Hangout at Techstars, ask questions, meet people.
Learn more about the Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator powered by Techstars at http://qualcommaccelerator.com
Our Managing Director, Ryan Kuder, will be holding office hours at Techstars Boston throughout the day on January 12. If you'd like to set up a time to meet to talk about your startup, you can find his office hours here.
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Lessons from Cuba with Mario Alberto Arrasta Avila
Monday, January 12
7:00pm - 8:30pm
First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain, 633 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain
The Jamaica Plain Forum is delighted to announce that Mario Alberto Arrasta Avila received his visa two months late! They will be hosting him at the JP Forum on January 12th.
Co-sponsored by Coop Power.
What can we learn from Cuba? When nearly 70% of Cuba?s oil supply stopped in 1989 after the USSR collapsed, transportation, electricity, and food production were jeopardized. Cuba responded by shifting to widespread use of renewables and permaculture-based agriculture systems, making the country a world leader in sustainable development.
Join us in welcoming Cuba's leading Energy Efficiency and Renewables educator, Mario Alberto Arrasta Avila. Mario is responsible for the development and delivery of energy education at all levels in Cuba, and is a passionate and engaging speaker.
Come along to hear about Cuba's Energy Revolution and what New England can learn from it.
https://www.facebook.com/events/320571041478306/
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Using Math to Answer Scientific Questions: From Bird Beaks to Droplet Splashing to the Science of Cooking
Monday, January 12
7pm – 8pm
The Burren 247 Elm Street, Davis Square, Somerville
Dr Michael Brenner
SITN’s Science by the Pint is a chance to interact directly with research scientists. The featured scientists will give a brief intro to her work, and take a few questions before mingling from table to table with other member of her group to chat with you.
Contact http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/science-by-the-pint/
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Mutants in our Midst: Darwin, Horticulture, and Evolution
Monday, January 12
7:00–8:30pm
Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain
William (Ned) Friedman, PhD, Director, Arnold Arboretum and Arnold Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Although often overlooked as such, many of the horticultural varieties that we grow in gardens are premier examples of the ongoing process of evolution: random mutations that lead, on the rarest of occasions, to novel and desirable biological characteristics. Throughout his life, Charles Darwin (as well as other nineteenth century evolutionists) looked to the world of horticulture and plant domestication to gain critical insights into the generation of variation and the process of natural selection that underlie evolutionary change. Come see how nineteenth century horticulture played a central role in laying the foundations for the discovery of the fact of evolution as well as the process of evolution. Professor Ned Friedman will also argue that modern botanical gardens can and should become a leading force for the promotion of evolutionary thinking by highlighting the very kinds of mutations observed and described by Darwin as well as new examples of monstrosities and mutants that continue to be found in the Arboretum and other living collections around the world.
Free. Member-only registration through December 15; General registration after December 15
More information at https://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?DayPlanner=1388&DayPlannerDate=1/12/2015
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Tuesday, January 13
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Kickstarting Evolution: The Emergence of Novel Functional Biomolecules at the Origin of Life and Today
Tuesday, January 13
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
Speaker: Noam Prywes, Harvard University
EAPS IAP Lecture Series 2015: Origin of Life
Web site: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/events/iap-2015
Open to: the general public
Cost: n/a
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) Lectures
For more information, contact: Roberta Allard
617-253-2127
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The Great Firewall Inverts
Tuesday, January 13
12:30 pm
Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, 23 Everett Street, Second Floor, Cambridge
RSVP required for those attending in person at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/01/freitas#RSVP
Event will be webcast live on http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/01/freitas at 12:30 pm.
with Berkman Fellow Nathan Freitas
In the last few years, usage of the mobile messaging app WeChat (微信 Weixin), has skyrocketed not only inside China, but outside, as well. For mainland Chinese, Wechat is one of the only options available, due to frequent blockage of apps like Viber, Line, Twitter and Facebook. However, outside of China, fueled by a massive marketing campaign and the promise of "free calls and texts", overseas Chinese students and family, Tibetan exiles, and Bollywood celebrities also use the app as their primary mobile communications service. It is this phenomenon that might be called an inversion of the Great Firewall. Instead of Chinese users scaling the wall to get out, people around the world are walking up to the front gate, and asking to be let in.
Combined with the rise of attractive, low-cost mobile handsets from Huawei and Xiaomi that include China-based cloud services, being sold in India and elsewhere, the world is witnessing a massive expansion of Chinese telecommunications reach and influence, powered entirely by users choosing to participate in it. Due to these systems being built upon proprietary protocols and software, their inner workings are largely opaque and mostly insecure. Like most social media apps, the WeChat app has full permission to activate microphones and cameras, track GPS, access user contacts and photos, and copy all of this data at any time to their servers. Recently, it was discovered that Xiaomi MIUI phones sent all text messages through the companies cloud servers in China, without asking the user (Though, once this gained broad coverage in the news, the feature was turned off by default).
The fundamental question is do the Chinese companies behind these services have any market incentive or legal obligation to protect the privacy of their non-Chinese global userbase? Do they willingly or automatically turn over all data to the Ministry of Public Security or State Internet Information Office? Will we soon see foreign users targeted or prosecuted due to "private" data shared on WeChat? Finally, from the Glass Houses Department, is there any fundamental diffence in the impact on privacy freedom for an American citizen using WeChat versus a Chinese citizen using WhatsApp or Google?
About Nathan
Nathan Freitas leads the Guardian Project, an open-source mobile security software project, and directs technology strategy and training at the Tibet Action Institute. His work at the Berkman Center focuses on tracking the legality and prosecution risks for mobile security apps users worldwide.
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Toward a Universal Influenza Virus Vaccine
WHEN Tue., Jan. 13, 2015, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Medical School, New Research Building - Room 1031, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Health Sciences, Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Hosted by David Knipe
SPEAKER(S) Peter Palese, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
CONTACT INFO jessica_conner@hms.harvard.edu
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After the Holocaust the Bells Still Ring
Tuesday January 13
4:30 pm
Facing History and Ourselves, 16 Hurd Road, Brookline
RSVP: sara_bellin@facing.org
Rabbi Joseph Polak
Readers will not emerge unscathed from this searing work, written by Rabbi Joseph Polak, a distinguished Boston-based rabbi and academic. This memoir is a fascinating portrait of mother and child who miraculously survive two concentration camps, then, after the war, battle demons of the past, societal rejection, disbelief, and invalidation as they struggle to re-enter the world of the living. It is the tale of how one can possibly resume life in the aftermath of such experiences. It is the story of the child who decides, upon growing up, that the only career that makes sense for him in light of these years of horror is to become someone sensitive to the deepest flaws of humanity, a teacher of God's role in history amidst the traditions that attempt to understand it--and to become a rabbi.
This event is free and open to all
Readers will not emerge unscathed from this searing work, written by Rabbi Joseph Polak, a distinguished Boston-based rabbi and academic. This memoir is a fascinating portrait of mother and child who miraculously survive two concentration camps, then, after the war, battle demons of the past, societal rejection, disbelief, and invalidation as they struggle to re-enter the world of the living. It is the tale of how one can possibly resume life in the aftermath of such experiences. It is the story of the child who decides, upon growing up, that the only career that makes sense for him in light of these years of horror is to become someone sensitive to the deepest flaws of humanity, a teacher of God's role in history amidst the traditions that attempt to understand it--and to become a rabbi.
This event is free and open to all
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Howard Gardner Lecture #2 - Beauty Reframed
WHEN Tue., Jan. 13, 2015, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Gutman Conference Center, Gutman Library, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Education, Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Graduate School of Education
SPEAKER(S) Howard Gardner
CONTACT INFO events@gse.harvard.edu
DETAILS Since the dawn of civilization, humans have struggled to describe the defining virtues of civilization — and, in the process, have confronted some of mankind’s most difficult and enduring questions.
In this lecture series, Professor Howard Gardner traces the astonishing transformations in our conceptions of these three virtues in our lifetime — and describes the newfound challenges in making sense of them. How do we distinguish truth from “truthiness” in the Age of the Internet? How do we judge beauty when modern artists treat it like an outdated virtue? And how do we distinguish right from wrong in age of relativistic and politicized morality? In his lectures, Gardner will explore the current state of these virtues, argue for their continued importance in human society, and explains how we should be educating for them in the twenty-first century — both in and out of the classroom.
Lecture Series: Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed
LINK http://www.gse.harvard.edu/calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D112958742
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Boston Quantified Self Show&Tell #BQS18
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Microsoft NERD New England Research & Development Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge
Sign in at the front desk and then take the elevators to the 1st floor.
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/BostonQS/events/216256422/
Cost: $7.00/per person
Please come join us on Tuesday, January 13th for another fun night of self-tracking presentations, sharing ideas, and showing tools. If you are self-tracking in any way -- health stats, biofeedback, life-logging, mood monitoring, biometrics, athletics, etc. -- come and share your methods, results and insights.
We're happy to hosted by our friends at Microsoft. Be sure to RSVP early to grab your spot! Come to meet new people, check out new hands-on gadgets and tools, enjoy healthy food, and learn from personal stories.
QS Boston is dedicated to hosting events that are safe and comfortable for everyone. All QS Boston events will follow the QS Boston Code of Conduct. Questions/feedback can be sent to Maggie (maggie.delano@gmail.com).
6:00 - 7:00 pm DEMO HOUR & SOCIAL TIME
Are you a toolmaker? Come demo your self-tracking gadget, app, project or idea that you're working on and share with others in our "science fair for adults." If you are making something useful for self-trackers – software, hardware, web services, or data standards – please demo it in this workshop portion of the Show&Tell. Want to participate in Demo Hour? Please let us know when you RSVP or contact Vincent at vmcphillip at gmail dot com for a spot.
7:00 - 8:00 pm IGNITE SHOW&TELLS
If you'd like to talk about your personal self-tracking story, please let us know in your RSVP or contact Maggie at maggie.delano at gmail dot com, so you can discuss your topic. In your talk, you should answer the three prime questions: What did you do? How did you do it? What did you learn?
If you've never been to a meetup before, you can get a sense of what the talks are like from watching videos of previous QS talks.
Don't know what Ignite means? More info at http://ignite.oreilly.com
8:00 - 9:00 pm MORE SOCIAL TIME & NETWORKING
Talk to the speakers, chat with new and old friends, ask other people what they're tracking, and generally hang out and have a great time.
Howard Gardner Lecture #2 - Beauty Reframed
WHEN Tue., Jan. 13, 2015, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Gutman Conference Center, Gutman Library, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Education, Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Graduate School of Education
SPEAKER(S) Howard Gardner
CONTACT INFO events@gse.harvard.edu
DETAILS Since the dawn of civilization, humans have struggled to describe the defining virtues of civilization — and, in the process, have confronted some of mankind’s most difficult and enduring questions.
In this lecture series, Professor Howard Gardner traces the astonishing transformations in our conceptions of these three virtues in our lifetime — and describes the newfound challenges in making sense of them. How do we distinguish truth from “truthiness” in the Age of the Internet? How do we judge beauty when modern artists treat it like an outdated virtue? And how do we distinguish right from wrong in age of relativistic and politicized morality? In his lectures, Gardner will explore the current state of these virtues, argue for their continued importance in human society, and explains how we should be educating for them in the twenty-first century — both in and out of the classroom.
Lecture Series: Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed
LINK http://www.gse.harvard.edu/calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D112958742
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Boston Quantified Self Show&Tell #BQS18
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Microsoft NERD New England Research & Development Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge
Sign in at the front desk and then take the elevators to the 1st floor.
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/BostonQS/events/216256422/
Cost: $7.00/per person
Please come join us on Tuesday, January 13th for another fun night of self-tracking presentations, sharing ideas, and showing tools. If you are self-tracking in any way -- health stats, biofeedback, life-logging, mood monitoring, biometrics, athletics, etc. -- come and share your methods, results and insights.
We're happy to hosted by our friends at Microsoft. Be sure to RSVP early to grab your spot! Come to meet new people, check out new hands-on gadgets and tools, enjoy healthy food, and learn from personal stories.
QS Boston is dedicated to hosting events that are safe and comfortable for everyone. All QS Boston events will follow the QS Boston Code of Conduct. Questions/feedback can be sent to Maggie (maggie.delano@gmail.com).
6:00 - 7:00 pm DEMO HOUR & SOCIAL TIME
Are you a toolmaker? Come demo your self-tracking gadget, app, project or idea that you're working on and share with others in our "science fair for adults." If you are making something useful for self-trackers – software, hardware, web services, or data standards – please demo it in this workshop portion of the Show&Tell. Want to participate in Demo Hour? Please let us know when you RSVP or contact Vincent at vmcphillip at gmail dot com for a spot.
7:00 - 8:00 pm IGNITE SHOW&TELLS
If you'd like to talk about your personal self-tracking story, please let us know in your RSVP or contact Maggie at maggie.delano at gmail dot com, so you can discuss your topic. In your talk, you should answer the three prime questions: What did you do? How did you do it? What did you learn?
If you've never been to a meetup before, you can get a sense of what the talks are like from watching videos of previous QS talks.
Don't know what Ignite means? More info at http://ignite.oreilly.com
8:00 - 9:00 pm MORE SOCIAL TIME & NETWORKING
Talk to the speakers, chat with new and old friends, ask other people what they're tracking, and generally hang out and have a great time.
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The Lonely War: One Woman’s Account of the Struggle for Modern Iran
Tuesday, January 13
7:00 PM
Tuesday, January 13
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Nazila Fathi, author
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Why "Good Kids" Turn into Deadly Terrorists
Tuesday, January 13
Tuesday, January 13
7:00 pm
Porter Square Books, Porter Square Shopping Center, 25 White Street, Cambridge
Alice LoCicero
The shock of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings was soon followed by a revelation initially disturbing and mystifying: two apparently unremarkable brothers -- one a teenager, the other a young adult; both well-liked immigrants and longtime U.S. residents -- had allegedly triggered the bombs. Why were these two seemingly "normal" individuals driven to commit such acts of coldblooded violence? This book examines not only the lives, motivations, and key influences of these infamous brothers, but those of other young, unexpected terrorists worldwide, comparing factors that contributed to their decisions to become terrorists and identifying methods used to recruit them into that deadly fold.
The chapters teach readers warning signs that youths are being drawn in to terrorism and serve to spur meaningful conversations among citizens, politicians, and policymakers about what we can do to prevent such recruitment of youths and young adults, including other U.S. residents who might consider emulating the Tsarnaev brothers. The book also addresses larger, related questions, such as whether humans are naturally violent, who benefits when young individuals engage in terrorism, and why minors are recruited to become killers.
Dr. Alice LoCicero is a board certified clinical psychologist. She is a member of the core faculty at the Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology at Boston Medical Center, an adjunct professor in Lesley University, and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Community Legal Services and Counseling Center, Cambridge. She has worked with survivors, and with family members of victims and survivors, of mass disasters, trauma, and torture from five continents.
The shock of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings was soon followed by a revelation initially disturbing and mystifying: two apparently unremarkable brothers -- one a teenager, the other a young adult; both well-liked immigrants and longtime U.S. residents -- had allegedly triggered the bombs. Why were these two seemingly "normal" individuals driven to commit such acts of coldblooded violence? This book examines not only the lives, motivations, and key influences of these infamous brothers, but those of other young, unexpected terrorists worldwide, comparing factors that contributed to their decisions to become terrorists and identifying methods used to recruit them into that deadly fold.
The chapters teach readers warning signs that youths are being drawn in to terrorism and serve to spur meaningful conversations among citizens, politicians, and policymakers about what we can do to prevent such recruitment of youths and young adults, including other U.S. residents who might consider emulating the Tsarnaev brothers. The book also addresses larger, related questions, such as whether humans are naturally violent, who benefits when young individuals engage in terrorism, and why minors are recruited to become killers.
Dr. Alice LoCicero is a board certified clinical psychologist. She is a member of the core faculty at the Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology at Boston Medical Center, an adjunct professor in Lesley University, and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Community Legal Services and Counseling Center, Cambridge. She has worked with survivors, and with family members of victims and survivors, of mass disasters, trauma, and torture from five continents.
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Our future with Bees – A conversation with the author of The Bee: A Natural History
Tuesday, January 13
7:30 PM
Harvard University, MCZ 101, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Tuesday, January 13
7:30 PM
Harvard University, MCZ 101, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Noah Wilson-Rich, Founder of The Best Bees Company
The world’s bees can create economic and ecological sustainability, if only we let them. We know the vital importance of bees, yet we also know that they are dying off. What does the future human condition look like in a world that incorporates bees into our architecture, healthcare, and every day lives?
Noah Wilson-Rich, Ph.D. is a behavioral ecologist, a beekeeper, and the founder of The Best Bees Company™. He is a 2007 graduate from the Bee School at the Essex County Beekeeper’s Association in Topsfield, MA. Noah earned his B.S. in Biology at Northeastern University (2005) and his Ph.D. in Biology at Tufts University (2011).
Noah lives in Boston where he continues to be inspired by the community gardens around the city. Growing up in Fairfield, CT, Noah was not fond of insects as a kid. This changed in high school when he participated in Project SEARCH, a state-run program using aquatic invertebrate species as bio-indicators for water pollution.
As an undergraduate at Northeastern University, he continued his involvement in research and produced three publications during this time. As a graduate student, he continued his investigations into the mysteries of the social insect world. Noah’s efforts as a graduate student have produced nine additional publications to date. Noah is currently researching the efficacy of three different vaccines for honey bees, for which a U.S. Patent is pending. As an academic scientist, Noah has published over a dozen articles relating to disease resistance in social animals and is the author of the new book The Bee: A Natural History (Princeton University Press 2014).
The talk is free and open to the public. The meeting is readily accessible via public transportation. Parking is available in the Oxford Street Garage with advance arrangement, as described here, or (usually but not always) at spaces on nearby streets. Everyone is also welcome to join us for dinner before the talk (beginning at 6:00 PM) at Cambridge Common restaurant, on 1667 Massachusetts Ave.
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Wednesday, January 14
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Science Policy
Wednesday, January 14
Time: 10:00a–11:30a
MIT, Building 76-156, 500 Main Street, Cambridge
Michael A. Simon, Ph.D., Principal Data Scientist, Arcadia Healthcare Solutions
John Randell, Ph.D. Program Officer for Science Policy, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Laura Maliszewski, Ph.D., Executive Director, Harvard Program in Therapeutic Science and the Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology
Bina Venkataraman, Director of Global Policy Initiatives, The Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard.
Join us to learn more about the wide variety of postdoc positions available to Biology PhDs! The panel will feature experiences about life as an academic postdoc, research fellow, industry postdoc, and teaching fellow.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Biology
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The Art of Filmmaking - Lecture 1
Wednesday, January 14
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
Speaker: Dr. Dena Seidel, Director of the Rutgers Center for Digital Filmmaking
"Creative Ocean and Earth Science Filmmaking"
Ocean and Earth research can be shaped into compelling science discovery narrative for the screen. Film narratives allow audiences to vicariously experience a scientist's processes of discovery, beginning with an interest in knowing more about the natural world to methods used to test a hypothesis that eventually led to discoveries. Using examples of her own award winning films, Seidel will speak about the ways oceanographers and atmospheric scientists can collaborate with filmmakers to create engaging documentaries about their research for large audiences.
Web site: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/events/2015/art-science-film-making
Open to: the general public
Cost: n/a
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) Lectures
For more information, contact: Roberta Allard
617-253-3381
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
Speaker: Dr. Dena Seidel, Director of the Rutgers Center for Digital Filmmaking
"Creative Ocean and Earth Science Filmmaking"
Ocean and Earth research can be shaped into compelling science discovery narrative for the screen. Film narratives allow audiences to vicariously experience a scientist's processes of discovery, beginning with an interest in knowing more about the natural world to methods used to test a hypothesis that eventually led to discoveries. Using examples of her own award winning films, Seidel will speak about the ways oceanographers and atmospheric scientists can collaborate with filmmakers to create engaging documentaries about their research for large audiences.
Web site: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/events/2015/art-science-film-making
Open to: the general public
Cost: n/a
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) Lectures
For more information, contact: Roberta Allard
617-253-3381
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Physics Lecture Series: Nuclear Detection in Nuclear Security
Wednesday, January 14
1:30p–2:30p
MIT, Building 4-370
Speaker: Areg Danagoulian - Assistant Professor, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Nuclear Detection in Nuclear Security.
This talk will focus on two research areas: the use of monochromatic gamma sources for the detection of nuclear materials in cargo containers; and authentication of nuclear warheads without compromising classified information, which is necessary for enabling nuclear disarmament treaties.
Physics IAP Lecture Series
MIT, Building 4-370
Speaker: Areg Danagoulian - Assistant Professor, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Nuclear Detection in Nuclear Security.
This talk will focus on two research areas: the use of monochromatic gamma sources for the detection of nuclear materials in cargo containers; and authentication of nuclear warheads without compromising classified information, which is necessary for enabling nuclear disarmament treaties.
Physics IAP Lecture Series
Web site: http://student.mit.edu/iap/ns272.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Physics IAP
For more information, contact: Denise Wahkor
617-253-4855
denisew@mit.edu
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"How to Address the Evolving Cyber Security Threat"
Wednesday, January 14
5:30 pm
One Federal Street, 38th Floor, Boston
RSVP at http://www.harvardclub.com/club/scripts/calendar/view_club_calendaritem.asp?CID=2047214&GRP=20291&NS=A&src=w&testpagecfg=calitem
Cost: $12 (plus Club charge & tax)
includes: light refreshments and presentation.
A member charge bar will be available.
John Moynihan
This session is designed for business leaders and will examine, in non-technical language, how all industries and sectors are being impacted by a variety of rapidly evolving, increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. The session will identify the most prevalent tactics being deployed by criminal hacking groups and reinforce the need to adopt a multifaceted approach to mitigate these risks, combining administrative, technical and physical security controls. Attendees will be provided with an overview of the core elements of an effective information security program and the consequences of failing adopt certain measures. Drawing upon the speakers' experience in remediating high profile data breaches, participants will be provided with sanitized examples of actual security incidents and the situations which led to these incidents.
John Moynihan is President and Founder of Minuteman Governance, a Massachusetts consultancy that provides information security services to high-profile clients throughout the United States. Prior to founding Minuteman Governance, John was Deputy Commissioner and Information Security Officer at the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. He has created information security programs for clients within a variety of industries, directed comprehensive risk assessments, managed multi-faceted training initiatives and remediated several data breach investigations.
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"How to Address the Evolving Cyber Security Threat"
Wednesday, January 14
5:30 pm
One Federal Street, 38th Floor, Boston
RSVP at http://www.harvardclub.com/club/scripts/calendar/view_club_calendaritem.asp?CID=2047214&GRP=20291&NS=A&src=w&testpagecfg=calitem
Cost: $12 (plus Club charge & tax)
includes: light refreshments and presentation.
A member charge bar will be available.
John Moynihan
This session is designed for business leaders and will examine, in non-technical language, how all industries and sectors are being impacted by a variety of rapidly evolving, increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. The session will identify the most prevalent tactics being deployed by criminal hacking groups and reinforce the need to adopt a multifaceted approach to mitigate these risks, combining administrative, technical and physical security controls. Attendees will be provided with an overview of the core elements of an effective information security program and the consequences of failing adopt certain measures. Drawing upon the speakers' experience in remediating high profile data breaches, participants will be provided with sanitized examples of actual security incidents and the situations which led to these incidents.
John Moynihan is President and Founder of Minuteman Governance, a Massachusetts consultancy that provides information security services to high-profile clients throughout the United States. Prior to founding Minuteman Governance, John was Deputy Commissioner and Information Security Officer at the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. He has created information security programs for clients within a variety of industries, directed comprehensive risk assessments, managed multi-faceted training initiatives and remediated several data breach investigations.
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Mass Innovation Nights #MIN70
Wednesday, January 14
Wednesday, January 14
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
IBM Innovation Center, One Rogers Street, Second Floor, Cambridge
RSVP at http://mass.innovationnights.com/events/mass-innovation-nights-70
Each month, ten companies bring new products to Mass Innovation Nights and the social media community turns out to blog, tweet, post pictures & video, add product mentions to LinkedIn & Facebook, and otherwise help spread the word. These live events allow companies to show off Massachusetts-based innovation.
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Earthos Conversation Series Topic #6 BIODIVERSITY
Wednesday, January 14
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EST)
Earthos Lab, 1310 Broadway, Ground Floor, Somerville
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/earthos-conversation-series-topic-6-biodiversity-tickets-14269866555
$15 suggested donation
Please join us NOVEMBER 20th 6:00PM-9:00PM for an Earthos Conversation about
BIODIVERSITY and resilient, sustaining regional systems. How do we design our homes, communities, cities and regions while supporting the BIODIVERSITY that sustains all of us? We've invited thinkers and innovators from different arenas who are grappling with this question. Together, we'll explore emerging ideas and efforts in Boston, New England and beyond.
Each month, Earthos hosts a Conversation about a key resource at the New Earthos Lab for resilient and sustaining regions. Each conversation focuses on a resource system, and how it relates to the other resources: food, water, energy, land, biodiversity, waste, and people.
The Earthos Lab brings people together to research, learn, and collaborate towards robust regional systems.
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Earthos Conversation Series Topic #6 BIODIVERSITY
Wednesday, January 14
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EST)
Earthos Lab, 1310 Broadway, Ground Floor, Somerville
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/earthos-conversation-series-topic-6-biodiversity-tickets-14269866555
$15 suggested donation
Please join us NOVEMBER 20th 6:00PM-9:00PM for an Earthos Conversation about
BIODIVERSITY and resilient, sustaining regional systems. How do we design our homes, communities, cities and regions while supporting the BIODIVERSITY that sustains all of us? We've invited thinkers and innovators from different arenas who are grappling with this question. Together, we'll explore emerging ideas and efforts in Boston, New England and beyond.
Each month, Earthos hosts a Conversation about a key resource at the New Earthos Lab for resilient and sustaining regions. Each conversation focuses on a resource system, and how it relates to the other resources: food, water, energy, land, biodiversity, waste, and people.
The Earthos Lab brings people together to research, learn, and collaborate towards robust regional systems.
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Dance: Science, Community and Healing
Wednesday, January 14
6:30 PM
Le Laboratoire Cambridge, 650 East Kendall Street, Cambridge
RSVP at programs@lelaboratoirecambridge.com
Terina-Jasmine Alladin, Boston Ballet
Zakiya Thomas, Boston Ballet
David Leventhal, Dance for PD, Mark Morris Dance Company
Terina-Jasmine Alladin, Boston Ballet
Zakiya Thomas, Boston Ballet
David Leventhal, Dance for PD, Mark Morris Dance Company
Contact: info@lelaboratoirecambridge.com or 617-945-7515
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GA + BOSTON NEW TECH: Being Acquired by Google, Stackdriver's Story
Wednesday, January 14
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
General Assembly, 51 Melcher Street, Boston
RSVP at https://generalassemb.ly/education/ga-boston-new-tech-being-acquired-by-google-stackdrivers-story/boston/9650
Being acquired by a tech giant like Google is the dream of many entrepreneurs. For some, including Izzy Azeri and Dan Belcher of Stackdriver, it’s a reality. Join Izzy and Dan, along with Boston New Tech, at General Assembly for beers, pizza and a candid conversation.
Servicing top cloud-based companies including SmugMug, Edmodo and 99 Designs – Stackdriver’s intelligent monitoring system enables its users to address performance bottlenecks before they impact customers while reducing the burden associated with patchwork monitoring solutions. Learn about the founders’ experience going from an idea to becoming an integral part of Google’s cloud platform growth strategy.
Stackdriver - Stackdriver provides a powerfully simple monitoring service for cloud-powered applications that helps DevOps spend more time on dev and less on ops. Acquired by Google in May 2014. Since its inception in 2012, Stackdriver has focused on helping cloud-powered companies address performance bottlenecks before they impact customers while reducing the burden associated with patchwork monitoring solutions. Learn more: www.stackdriver.com
General Assembly - At General Assembly, we are creating a global community of individuals empowered to pursue work they love, by offering full-time immersive programs, long-form courses, and classes and workshops on the most relevant skills of the 21st century – from web development and user experience design, to business fundamentals, to data science, to product management and digital marketing.
Established in early 2011 as an innovative community in New York City for entrepreneurs and startup companies, General Assembly is an educational institution that transforms thinkers into creators through education in technology, business and design at fourteen campuses across four continents. Learn more: generalassemb.ly
Biomids, Inc. - Biomids, Inc. uses powerful biometric technologies (facial, voice
recognition and iris scanning) in solutions to problems concerning personal
identification. Our mission is to ensure validity, reduce costs, increase
convenience, and assure security. Our current focus is on the development of a fully automated test proctoring system for online education and training
programs, testing centers, learning management systems (LMS) and certification bureaus.
In addition, we offer biometric solutions via software development kits(SDK) for Windows, MAC and/or iOS developers to eliminate the user logon and password nightmare in any application requiring authentication. www.biomids.com
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Thursday, January 15
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GA + BOSTON NEW TECH: Being Acquired by Google, Stackdriver's Story
Wednesday, January 14
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
General Assembly, 51 Melcher Street, Boston
RSVP at https://generalassemb.ly/education/ga-boston-new-tech-being-acquired-by-google-stackdrivers-story/boston/9650
Being acquired by a tech giant like Google is the dream of many entrepreneurs. For some, including Izzy Azeri and Dan Belcher of Stackdriver, it’s a reality. Join Izzy and Dan, along with Boston New Tech, at General Assembly for beers, pizza and a candid conversation.
Servicing top cloud-based companies including SmugMug, Edmodo and 99 Designs – Stackdriver’s intelligent monitoring system enables its users to address performance bottlenecks before they impact customers while reducing the burden associated with patchwork monitoring solutions. Learn about the founders’ experience going from an idea to becoming an integral part of Google’s cloud platform growth strategy.
Stackdriver - Stackdriver provides a powerfully simple monitoring service for cloud-powered applications that helps DevOps spend more time on dev and less on ops. Acquired by Google in May 2014. Since its inception in 2012, Stackdriver has focused on helping cloud-powered companies address performance bottlenecks before they impact customers while reducing the burden associated with patchwork monitoring solutions. Learn more: www.stackdriver.com
General Assembly - At General Assembly, we are creating a global community of individuals empowered to pursue work they love, by offering full-time immersive programs, long-form courses, and classes and workshops on the most relevant skills of the 21st century – from web development and user experience design, to business fundamentals, to data science, to product management and digital marketing.
Established in early 2011 as an innovative community in New York City for entrepreneurs and startup companies, General Assembly is an educational institution that transforms thinkers into creators through education in technology, business and design at fourteen campuses across four continents. Learn more: generalassemb.ly
Biomids, Inc. - Biomids, Inc. uses powerful biometric technologies (facial, voice
recognition and iris scanning) in solutions to problems concerning personal
identification. Our mission is to ensure validity, reduce costs, increase
convenience, and assure security. Our current focus is on the development of a fully automated test proctoring system for online education and training
programs, testing centers, learning management systems (LMS) and certification bureaus.
In addition, we offer biometric solutions via software development kits(SDK) for Windows, MAC and/or iOS developers to eliminate the user logon and password nightmare in any application requiring authentication. www.biomids.com
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Thursday, January 15
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B2B - Networking & Presentation by Next Step Living on Community Solar & EcoThermal
Thursday, January 15
8am
8am
Sustainable Business Network Conference Room, 99 Bishop Allen Drive, Suite 100, Cambridge
RSVP at alex@sbnmass.org
SBN and Next Step Livingwill share information about Community Solar and EcoThermal and their benefits to small businesses.
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Witness Tree: What one oak tells us about our changing world and relationship with nature
Thursday, January 15
12:00-1:00pm
Tufts, Lincoln Filene Center, Rabb Room, 10 Upper Campus Road, Medford
Lynda Mapes, Reporter & Author, Seattle Times
BTQURU 03 is a spectacular, 100 year old red oak: a tagged, tracked research specimen in a long term study of changing seasons at the Harvard Forest. Sprouted back when the industrial revolution was just getting started, the oak grew to tower over what was once a farmer's field, abandoned as people left for jobs in factories and cities – beginning the transformation of our world. Here, in this tree, is a living timeline of those social and historical changes, and their environmental consequences, observable in my tree's growth and even its breath.
Lynda Mapes is a reporter at the Seattle Times and author, specializing in coverage of people and nature and the workings of the natural world. She has won many awards for her work, most recently for her coverage of the largest dam removal project ever in history, which also lead to her book Elwha: A River Reborn, and a museum exhibit based on her book now touring the US. Last year, Lynda was awarded a prestigious Knight fellowship in Science Journalism at MIT which lead to her new book, Witness Tree, under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. Lynda is researching and writing the book this year while a Bullard Fellow at the Harvard Forest. More information: www.lyndavmapes.com
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The Art of Filmmaking - Lecture 2
Thursday, January 15
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
Speaker: Dr. Dena Seidel, Director of the Rutgers Center for Digital Filmmaking
"Communicating your Research to the Public Through Film"
Narratives told from the perspective of scientists can effectively communicate science in a meaningful and relevant way. Public understanding of the work scientists do is essential for continued research funding and attracting young people to STEM fields. Hear how filmmakers and researchers can work together to create narratives that engage the larger public in science learning.
Web site: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/events/2015/art-science-film-making
Open to: the general public
Cost: n/a
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) Lectures
For more information, contact: Roberta Allard
617-253-3381
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The Globalization of Production
Thursday, January 15
1:00p–2:30p
MIT, Building E17-133, 40 Ames Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Pol Antras, Harvard
1:00p–2:30p
MIT, Building E17-133, 40 Ames Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Pol Antras, Harvard
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Economics IAP
For more information, contact: economics calendar
econ-cal@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): Economics IAP
For more information, contact: economics calendar
econ-cal@mit.edu
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Creating an Apple Pie from Scratch: A Universe in a Supercomputer
Thursday, January 15
2:00pm
MIT, Building 37-252, Marlar Lounge, 70 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Brendan Griffen, MKI
Describing the evolution of the Universe from the Big Bang to what we see today is not an easy undertaking. The advent of powerful parallel computers has created a unique opportunity for astronomers to study the build up of structure over cosmic time. In particular, these machines are now helping us understand when and how galaxies formed. Current models have remarkable success at reproducing the large scale features of our Universe, for example. Although a great deal of our modern understanding of the Universe has come from studying it in this way, current models are still struggling with the details, particularly on small scales. In my talk I will discuss the current state of the art in computational astrophysics, some of the problems in the models and how astronomers are working hard to solve them.
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Creating an Apple Pie from Scratch: A Universe in a Supercomputer
Thursday, January 15
2:00pm
MIT, Building 37-252, Marlar Lounge, 70 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Brendan Griffen, MKI
Describing the evolution of the Universe from the Big Bang to what we see today is not an easy undertaking. The advent of powerful parallel computers has created a unique opportunity for astronomers to study the build up of structure over cosmic time. In particular, these machines are now helping us understand when and how galaxies formed. Current models have remarkable success at reproducing the large scale features of our Universe, for example. Although a great deal of our modern understanding of the Universe has come from studying it in this way, current models are still struggling with the details, particularly on small scales. In my talk I will discuss the current state of the art in computational astrophysics, some of the problems in the models and how astronomers are working hard to solve them.
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Sustainability in the Mile High City [Denver]
Thursday, January 15
2 p.m. Eastern Time (which is 11 a.m. Pacific, noon Mountain Time,1 p.m. Central and )
Webinar
RSVP at https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/387741950
This webcast will feature Denver Chief Sustainability Officer Jerry Tinianow and key staff members who will describe the city's approach to sustainability, including initiatives in water and energy conservation, affordable housing and a multi-billion-dollar rapid transit upgrade currently under way.
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“Urban Water Supply-Demand Management Under Uncertainty: A Portfolio-Based Approach Applied to Melbourne, Australia and Kunming, China”
Thursday, January 15
3:30 pm
Harvard, Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Thursday, January 15
3:30 pm
Harvard, Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge
China Project Seminar
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Greenovate Climate Plan Update
Thursday, January 15
5:30pm - 8:30pm
Artists for Humanity, 100 West 2nd Street, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/greenovate-boston-2014-climate-action-plan-launch-celebration-with-special-guest-guster-tickets-15147282931
On January 15, 2015, Mayor Walsh will release the Greenovate Boston 2014 Climate Action Plan Update
The Mayor will be joined by members of the Climate Action Plan Steering Committee for a brief speaking engagement, followed by a performance by Guster, a Boston-based band. In honor of the band's Boston roots, their commitment to the environment and public service, Mayor Walsh will also declare January 15 as Guster Day in Boston.
Event is free and open to the public, but space is limited, so reserve your spot soon!
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Quick Hits: Designing with Water
Boston Living with Water
Thursday, January 15
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM (EST)
BSA Space, 290 Congress Street #200, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/quick-hits-designing-with-water-tickets-14995960321
Join us at BSA Space January 15th from 6:00 to 7:30 pm for a “Pecha Kucha”-style event on “Living with Water” climate-resilient design ideas. The evening will include a dozen four-minute slide presentations and energetic discussion.
The Boston Living with Water competition is an international call for design solutions envisioning a more resilient, more sustainable, and more beautiful Boston adapted for end-of-the-century climate conditions and rising sea levels.
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WeWork Labs Launch Party
Thursday, January 15
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EST)
WeWork Fort Point, 51 Melcher Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/wework-labs-launch-party-tickets-15111793782
WeWork Boston is excited to announce the official launch of our labs program. Come celebrate with us at our official kickoff party at WeWork Fort Point! Meet some of the mentors and VCs involved in the program, network with other startups, and enjoy an after-work drink on us.
About WeWork Labs
WeWork Labs is a community within the larger WeWork space that focuses on startups. It's centered in the open-desk space, but not exclusive to it—anyone who wants to be involved in the events or more intimate community is welcome. The main difference, other than desk space, is the type of programming. Labs offers a number of events and resources that help startups learn what they didn't even know they needed to know—accounting tips, marketing advice, connections to VCs, and more.
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Author Jeff Clements Talks about Citizens United & Slow Money + Winter Social
Thursday, January 15
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Workbar, 45 Prospect Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Greater-Boston-Slow-Money/events/219394946/
Cost: $10.00/per person
Please join Slow Money Boston for an evening with Jeff Clements, author of Corporations Are Not People: Reclaiming Democracy From Big Money & Global Corporations, and co-founder of Free Speech for People. Jeff will be speaking about the connections between Slow Money, Democracy, Citizens United and more.
Jeff's book will be available for sale and he will be signing copies. All proceeds will be generously donated to Slow Money Boston.
This event is open to the public; we encourage both new and familiar faces to join us!
Light refreshments and beverages will be served.
Jeff Clements is the author of Corporations Are Not People: Reclaiming Democracy From Big Money & Global Corporations. He is the co-founder and chair of the board of Free Speech for People, a national non-partisan campaign to overturn Citizens United v. FEC, challenge excessive corporate power, and strengthen American democracy and republican self-government. He co-founded Free Speech For People in 2010, after representing several public interest organizations with a Supreme Court amicus brief in the Citizens United case.
In 2012, Jeff co-founded Whaleback Partners LLC, which provides cost-effective capital to farmers and businesses engaged in local, sustainable agriculture.
Learn more about Jeff via his website, or follow him on Twitter @ClementsJeff!
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Before Watergate, WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden, There was Media, Pennsylvania
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The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation: Who Are the Angola 3?
Thursday, January 15
doors open 6:40; film starts promptly 7pm
243 Broadway, Cambridge - corner of Broadway and Windsor, entrance on Windsor, Cambridge
This film tells the gripping story of Robert King , Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox, men who have endured solitary confinement longer than any known living prisoner in the United States. Politicized through contact with the Black Panther Party while inside Louisiana s prisons, they formed one of the only prison Panther chapters in history and worked to organize other prisoners into a movement for the right to live like human beings. This film explores their extraordinary struggle for justice while incarcerated in Angola, a former slave plantation where institutionalized rape and murder made it known as one of the most brutal and racist prisons in the United States.
In a partial victory, the courts exonerated Robert King of the original charges and released him in 2001.
[Herman Wallace, dying of liver cancer, was released on October 2nd and died on October 4th, 2013. Albert Woodfox has now endured as a political prisoner in solitary confinement for over 42 years.]
The Angola 3 is dedicated to the Anarchist Black Cross who have been fighting for the freedom of political prisoners and the abolition of prisons around the world for over 100 years.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=xQoqWeaoCAw>/
"on April 23, 1976, the Church Committee released its Final Staff Report on the FBI and CIA's rampant domestic illegalities which included a chapter entitled 'The FBI's Covert Action Plan to Destroy the Black Panther Party.'" ~ G. Flint Taylor
"Even 15 days in solitary confinement constitutes torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and 15 days is the limit after which irreversible harmful psychological effects can occur. However, many prisoners in the United States have been isolated for far longer." ~Juan Mendez, UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other
cruel treatment
"The goal of the government was to get all the leaders of the Black Panther Party in jail so that they could be killed systematically through prison violence, and that way they could stop what was a very powerful and evolving movement." ~James Cromwell
Please join us for a stimulating night out; bring your friends!
free film & free door prizes
[donations are encouraged]
feel free to bring your own snacks and soft drinks - no alcohol allowed
http://rule19.org/videos
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Public Lecture: The Thrill of the Find: Murals and Mysteries of the Maya
Wednesday, January 21
7:00 p.m.
Cahners Theater, Museum of Science, Boston
Cost: $15 tickets on sale beginning Thursday, January 8 (Tuesday, January 6 for Museum of Science members). Purchase tickets in advance at mos.org/events.
While seeking refuge from the grueling heat of the Guatemalan jungle, William Saturno crawled down a looter’s trench to rest in the shade. He casually turned on his flashlight and gazed up at 2,000-year old Maya murals in the site now known as San Bartolo. Nearly a decade later but only five miles away, Saturno and his student Max Chamberlain uncovered an earthen mound hiding a Maya house adorned by murals unlike any ever found before. Hear tales of Saturno’s adventures and discoveries, and learn what these stunning murals reveal about the Maya, their lives, and their society.
William Saturno, PhD, assistant professor of archaeology, Boston University; director, Proyecto San Bartolo/Xultún, Instituto de Antropologia e Historia, Guatemala; research associate, Peabody Museum, Harvard University
Maya programs co-presented by the Museum of Science, Boston and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
Upcoming Maya programs
Feb. 11 Crops, Water, and Climate Change: What Can We Learn From The Maya?
Feb. 19 Gordon Willey’s Legacy: New Insights into the Origins of Maya Civilization
Historian Timothy Breen explores one of the first disagreements over the power relationship between federal and state governments. In 1789 George Washington returned to Massachusetts for the first time since 1776, as part of his tour of all the states that had adopted the Constitution and elected him President of the United States. Most places welcomed Washington with pomp and ceremony, including Boston which organized a grand parade. Yet Washington found himself at odds with his old colleague John Hancock, oft-elected governor of Massachusetts. Who was the higher authority, the governor of a state or the chief executive of this new federal union? What did the arrangement those two statesmen worked out mean for the conflicts over states’ rights that persist till today?
"Captain Boycott" [recommended for 12 & up] and "The Nothing Is Not Ready Circus" [recommended for everyone]
Speaker: Inna Vishik - Pappalardo Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Physics=
Frontiers in Superconductivity
Condensed matter physics examines the science of many: when one-billion-quadrillion atoms are assembled in a solid material, new phenomena can emerge. Just when it seems that the phenomenon is fully understood, new superconductors are discovered to challenge this understanding. In this talk, I will give an overview of superconductivity science and technology with a focus on current research directions.
Inna Vishik - Pappalardo Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Physics
Speaker: Everardo Ruiz SM '00 and COL. (Ret.) Robert Banks
The tools for Cybersecurity are shifting from Protection and Detection toward Tolerance and Survivability. As Malware numbers, attacks, cost and time-to-fix all explode, it has become clear the advances in Cybersecurity technology have outpaced similar advances in People and current Processes. Should we move beyond today's compliance approaches towards monitoring and industry partnership that shares threat information? Can we align dependent circles... and what can we do till then? Is this simply a technology discussion? The presentation was based on several decades of industry, telecom and government perspectives.
Web site: http://alumic.mit.edu/s/1314/03-alumni/wide.aspx?sid=1314&gid=13&pgid=22469&content_id=25906
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): MIT Alumni Association
For more information, contact: Elena Byrne
617-252-1143
aa-student-services@mit.edu
Complexity Salon: Ethnic Violence
Wednesday, January 28
About NECSI: The New England Complex Systems Institute is a research and education institute based in Cambridge, MA. A pioneer in the field of complex systems science, NECSI addresses questions previously considered outside the realm of scientific inquiry. Its research draws on foundations from mathematics, physics, and computer science to solve pressing problems in economics, healthcare, education, military conflict, ethnic violence, and international development. Its goal is to expand the boundaries of knowledge and to solve problems of science and society.
Unnatural Selection: How We Are Changing Life, Gene by Gene
Wednesday, January 28
7:00–8:30pm
Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain
Cost: Free for member, $10 nonmember
Emily Monosson, PhD, Environmental Toxicologist and Adjunct Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Weeds. Bed bugs. Gonorrhea. Salamanders. People. All are evolving, some surprisingly rapidly, in response to our chemical age. Emily Monosson, toxicologist and author of Unnatural Selection, shows how our drugs, pesticides, and pollution are exerting intense selection pressure on all manner of species. And we humans might not like the result. When our powerful chemicals put the pressure on to evolve or die, beneficial traits can sweep rapidly through a population. Species with explosive population growth—the bugs, bacteria, and weeds—tend to thrive, while bigger, slower-to-reproduce creatures, like ourselves, are more likely to succumb. Exploring contemporary evolution, Monosson examines the species that we are actively trying to beat back, from agricultural pests to life-threatening bacteria, and those that are collateral damage—creatures struggling to adapt to a polluted world, and shows how environmental stressors are leaving their mark on plants, animals, and possibly humans for generations to come.
More information at https://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?DayPlanner=1404&DayPlannerDate=1/28/2015
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Thursday, January 29
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Barr Foundation, Klarman Family Foundation and TDC present: Arts and a Changing Boston, Featuring Dr. Manuel Pastor
Already a majority-minority city, Boston’s demographics are continually evolving. Yet, the profile of artists, producing and presenting organizations, arts audiences and supporters, has lagged this change.
What does that mean for the future of our city and our sector? And, what roles can we each play to create a more equitable, diverse and inclusive cultural sector?
Drawing on population and economic data, Dr. Pastor will explore present and future demographic scenarios for Boston, together with strategies for creating greater equity and inclusion in the arts, which we all know can be powerful contributors to economic and social sustainability.
Dr. Manuel Pastor is Professor of Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. Founding director of the Center for Justice, Tolerance, and Community at the University of California, Santa Cruz, he currently directs the Program for Environmental and Regional Equity at USC and co-directs USC’s Center for Study of Immigrant Integration. Dr. Pastor’s research has generally focused on issues of the economic, environmental and social conditions facing low-income urban communities – and the social movements seeking to change those realities.
#Hack4Congress: A “Not-Just-for-Technologists” Event to Fix Congress
Friday, January 30
4:10 PM - Sunday, February 1, 2015 at 3:00 PM (EST)
Harvard, John F. Kennedy School of Government, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/hack4congress-a-not-just-for-technologists-event-to-fix-congress-tickets-13856221331
Though the founders envisioned Congress as the linchpin of democracy in the United States— most Americans would argue that it is a fundamentally broken institution beset by hyper-partisanship and unresponsive to the needs of its constituents. Congress needs “fixes”—but where will these new tools and solutions come from? By bringing together political scientists, technologists, designers, lawyers, organizational psychologists, and lawmakers, #Hack4Congress will help foster new digital tools, policy innovations, and other technology innovations to address the growing dysfunction in Congress.
Opening Panel and Reception
Friday, January 30, 2015; 4:10pm – 7 p.m
Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor Taubman Building
Orientation and Hackathon Day 1
Saturday, January 31; 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
JFK Jr. Forum, Littauer Building
Hackathon Day 2 and Project Presentations
Sunday, February 1, 2015; 8:30 a.m.- 3 p.m.
JFK Jr. Forum, Littauer Building
Harvard Kennedy School of Government
79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA
Come fix Congress. Join political scientists and policy experts, technologists, architects, and designers at #Hack4Congress at Harvard Kennedy School of Government to help identify ideas and innovations to overcome the dysfunction gripping much of Congress. “Hacking” is not just for technologists. “Hacks” include innovations in policy, architecture, organizational process, art and design, and educational materials, as well as new software and technologies.
This event will focus on issues like lawmaking, deliberation, and responsiveness after the elections are over. Projects could address our suggested challenges (Improving the lawmaking process; Facilitating cross-partisan dialogue; Innovations in participation; Closing the representation gap; Repairing public trust) or one of your own. What do you think are the most important problems with the mechanics and operations of Congress as an institution? What ideas do you have to fix Congress? Solutions could draw on the fields of organizational behavior/process design, material design, policy and political science, architecture, project management approaches, education, communications, or others. Participants of all expertise are welcome.
Read more about and add your own challenges and project ideas here.
Help move our democracy forward! Solutions presented at the end of the hackathon will be evaluated by a panel of judges. After a second #Hack4Congress event in Washington, D.C. in spring 2015, the winners will be invited to Capitol Hill to present their projects to lawmakers and high-level officials inside Congress.
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Pete Seeger Sing Out Tribute
Friday, January 30
7:30 PM to 9:30 PM (EST)
Cambridge Forum, 1446 Massachusetts Avenue, Harvard Square, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/pete-seeger-sing-out-tribute-tickets-14707379167
Cost: $18-20
Cambridge Forum celebrates Pete Seeger and the power of music with this tribute Sing Out concert. Join host Scott Alarik and an all-star group of artists, including Sol y Canto, Catie Curtis, bluesman Guy Davis, Magpie, The Lonely Heartstring Band, Ellen Kushner, Alastair Moock, Robbie O'Connell and Fred Small for an evening of song and stories paying tribute to the legendary Pete Seeger.
This is a ticketed program. All proceeds benefit Cambridge Forum.
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Saturday, January 31
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Technovation 2015 Kickoff & Orientation Event
Saturday, January 3
9:30 AM to 4:00 PM (EST)
Microsoft NERD Center, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/technovation-2015-kickoff-orientation-event-registration-15007791709
Interested in taking part in the Technovation Challenge?
Come to the Technovation 2015 Kickoff & Orientation!
Get the info, find a team, and learn some AppInventor!
Here's the agenda (subject to change):
9:30 am Sign In
10:00 am Welcome: greetings, name tags, find your team
10:15 am Introduction to the Technovation Challenge: roles of Industry Mentor, Teacher/Coach, University Mentor
10:30 am Inspiration: presentation by a Tech Professional
11:00 am Inspiration: presentation by past National Competitors
11:30 am Break Outs:
Industry Mentors - introduction to the Mentor role in the program
University Mentors - lead the first AppInventor tutorial for the entire audience of students
12:15 Lunch: cheese pizza & soda
1:15 pm Student Workbooks: presentation & activities
2:15 pm Break
2:30 pm App Idea Reviews: teams present ideas to CS Undergrads for review and feedback
2:45 pm Technovation Tutorials Intro
3:45 pm Re-Group: Closing & Questions
4:00 pm Close
FAQs
What is the Technovation Challenge?
The Technovation Challenge is a technology entrepreneurship program and competition for young women. Through our intensive 3-month, 50-hour curriculum, teams of young women work together to imagine, design, and develop mobile apps, then pitch their “startup” businesses to judges.
Almost 3,000 young women from 28 countries have created mobile apps through Technovation, thanks to dedicated local volunteers on the ground worldwide. No prior programming experience is necessary for students, for teachers, or for mentors. The program is free to all participants.
What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?
The Microsoft NERD Center is easily accessed via the T - take the Red Line and get off at the Kendall/MIT stop. Parking is available at NERD for $10 on Saturdays. Free parking is available at MIT's Hayward St lot on weekends.
What's for lunch?
We will have cheese pizza and soda for lunch. If you cannot eat cheese pizza, please make sure to bring your own lunch.
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Tuesday, February 3
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Boston Presented by Colliers: Gov-Savings.com, theThings.biz, Rennzer, and More!
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
8:00 AM
Microsoft NERD - Horace Mann Room, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Boston-TechBreakfast/events/215003212/
Interact with your peers in a monthly morning breakfast meetup. At this monthly breakfast get-together techies, developers, designers, and entrepreneurs share learn from their peers through show and tell / show-case style presentations.
And yes, this is free! Thank our sponsors when you see them :)
Agenda for Boston TechBreakfast:
8:00 - 8:15 - Get yer Bagels & Coffee and chit-chat
8:15 - 8:20 - Introductions, Sponsors, Announcements
8:20 - ~9:30 - Showcases and Shout-Outs!
Gov-Savings.com - Royce Dennis
theThings.biz - Geordie McClelland
Rennzer: ClearSchool - Omid Jahanbin
*** OPEN ***
~9:30 - end - Final "Shout Outs" & Last Words
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Development in the Digital Age: The role of online platforms & payments in enabling entrepreneurship in emerging markets
Tuesday, February 3
12:30 pm
Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, 23 Everett Street, Second Floor, Cambridge
RSVP required for those attending in person at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/02/Ahmed-Colvin-Erickson#RSVP
Event will be webcast live on http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/02/Ahmed-Colvin-Erickson at 12:30 pm.
featuring Usman Ahmed (ebay), Jake Colvin (Global Innovation Forum), and Althea Erickson (Etsy)
The Internet is democratizing access to the global marketplace for millions of people around the world. Thanks to online platforms, payment systems and logistics services, companies, nonprofits and individuals can embark on global journeys like never before. Join representatives from the Global Innovation Forum, eBay and Etsy to explore the opportunities for economic development that the Internet unlocks, and the specific challenges that global entrepreneurs and micromultinationals in developing countries face.
About Usman Ahmed, eBay Inc.
Usman Ahmed is Policy Counsel for eBay Inc. His work covers a variety of global Internet issues including international trade, intellectual property policy, and financial services. He has spoken at several universities on the topic of Internet-enabled international trade and has published an article in the Journal of World Trade on the subject. Prior to working at eBay, Usman worked at a number of policy think tanks in the Washington DC area. He earned his JD from University of Michigan and holds a BA from University of Maryland.
About Jake Colvin, Global Innovation Forum
Jake Colvin is Executive Director of the Global Innovation Forum @ NFTC. Through GIF, Jakeworks with startup, business, education and nonprofit leaders to explore the opportunities and challenges associated with participating in the global marketplace in the digital age, and to assess the effect of public policies on international trade and innovation. He is also Vice President for Global Trade Issues at the National Foreign Trade Council, where he leads the organization's engagement with the World Trade Organization, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, and its policy work on intellectual property rights, environment issues, and the digital economy. Jake has written for Business Week, blogged for Comedy Central, testified before Congress and provided analysis for outlets including CNBC, CNN and Time Magazine. Originally from Long Island, New York, he is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies and the University of Richmond.
About Althea Erickson, Etsy
Althea Erickson is director of public policy at Etsy, the marketplace for creative people to buy and sell unique goods. Althea leads Etsy’s government relations and advocacy efforts, focusing on educating and advising policymakers on the issues that micro-entrepreneurs and creative businesses face. She is also responsible for developing and advancing Etsy’s position on issues ranging from taxes and regulation, to open Internet and free trade, to IP and privacy policies. Prior to joining Etsy, Althea was the advocacy and policy director at Freelancers Union, where she helped build the membership into a powerful political constituency, leading its successful campaign to repeal unfair tax laws and promoting legislation to protect freelancers from unpaid wages. Previously, Althea worked at the Rockefeller Foundation, where she focused on strategies to build economic security within the U.S. workforce. She has a B.A in government and public policy from Wesleyan University.
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The Thousands: Lecture by Author ZZ Packer
WHEN Tue., Feb. 3, 2015, 4:15 p.m.
WHERE Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Poetry/Prose
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
SPEAKER(S) Author ZZ Packer, 2014–2015 Lillian Gollay Knafel Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute
COST Free and open to the public
DETAILS The author ZZ Packer will be reading from an excerpt of her novel-in-progress, titled “The Thousands.” Among its themes, the novel reflects on the interactions between a black cavalry regiment known as the Buffalo Soldiers and the Native Americans they alternately fought against and protected throughout the West in the late 1800s.
LINK http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2015-zz-packer-lecture
Quick Hits: Designing with Water
Boston Living with Water
Thursday, January 15
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM (EST)
BSA Space, 290 Congress Street #200, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/quick-hits-designing-with-water-tickets-14995960321
Join us at BSA Space January 15th from 6:00 to 7:30 pm for a “Pecha Kucha”-style event on “Living with Water” climate-resilient design ideas. The evening will include a dozen four-minute slide presentations and energetic discussion.
The Boston Living with Water competition is an international call for design solutions envisioning a more resilient, more sustainable, and more beautiful Boston adapted for end-of-the-century climate conditions and rising sea levels.
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WeWork Labs Launch Party
Thursday, January 15
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EST)
WeWork Fort Point, 51 Melcher Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/wework-labs-launch-party-tickets-15111793782
WeWork Boston is excited to announce the official launch of our labs program. Come celebrate with us at our official kickoff party at WeWork Fort Point! Meet some of the mentors and VCs involved in the program, network with other startups, and enjoy an after-work drink on us.
About WeWork Labs
WeWork Labs is a community within the larger WeWork space that focuses on startups. It's centered in the open-desk space, but not exclusive to it—anyone who wants to be involved in the events or more intimate community is welcome. The main difference, other than desk space, is the type of programming. Labs offers a number of events and resources that help startups learn what they didn't even know they needed to know—accounting tips, marketing advice, connections to VCs, and more.
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Author Jeff Clements Talks about Citizens United & Slow Money + Winter Social
Thursday, January 15
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Workbar, 45 Prospect Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Greater-Boston-Slow-Money/events/219394946/
Cost: $10.00/per person
Please join Slow Money Boston for an evening with Jeff Clements, author of Corporations Are Not People: Reclaiming Democracy From Big Money & Global Corporations, and co-founder of Free Speech for People. Jeff will be speaking about the connections between Slow Money, Democracy, Citizens United and more.
Jeff's book will be available for sale and he will be signing copies. All proceeds will be generously donated to Slow Money Boston.
This event is open to the public; we encourage both new and familiar faces to join us!
Light refreshments and beverages will be served.
Jeff Clements is the author of Corporations Are Not People: Reclaiming Democracy From Big Money & Global Corporations. He is the co-founder and chair of the board of Free Speech for People, a national non-partisan campaign to overturn Citizens United v. FEC, challenge excessive corporate power, and strengthen American democracy and republican self-government. He co-founded Free Speech For People in 2010, after representing several public interest organizations with a Supreme Court amicus brief in the Citizens United case.
In 2012, Jeff co-founded Whaleback Partners LLC, which provides cost-effective capital to farmers and businesses engaged in local, sustainable agriculture.
Learn more about Jeff via his website, or follow him on Twitter @ClementsJeff!
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Before Watergate, WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden, There was Media, Pennsylvania
Thursday, January 15
5:30pm: "The Burglary" book signing with veteran journalist Betty Medsger
6:00pm: Screening of "1971"
7:15pm: Discussion with Betty Medsger and filmmaker Johanna Hamilton
Cambridge Library, Lecture Hall, 449 Main Street, Cambridge
Producer Johanna Hamilton and Betty Medsger, author of The Burglary, present the story of eight citizens who broke into an FBI office to expose its vast and illegal regime of spying and intimidation of American exercising their First Amendment Rights.
5:30pm: "The Burglary
6:00pm: Screening of "1971
7:15pm: Discussion with Betty Medsger and filmmaker Johanna Hamilton
Cambridge Library, Lecture Hall, 449 Main Street, Cambridge
Producer Johanna Hamilton and Betty Medsger, author of The Burglary, present the story of eight citizens who broke into an FBI office to expose its vast and illegal regime of spying and intimidation of American exercising their First Amendment Rights.
More info: http://privacysos.org/node/1634
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The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation: Who Are the Angola 3?
Thursday, January 15
doors open 6:40; film starts promptly 7pm
243 Broadway, Cambridge - corner of Broadway and Windsor, entrance on Windsor, Cambridge
This film tells the gripping story of Robert King , Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox, men who have endured solitary confinement longer than any known living prisoner in the United States. Politicized through contact with the Black Panther Party while inside Louisiana s prisons, they formed one of the only prison Panther chapters in history and worked to organize other prisoners into a movement for the right to live like human beings. This film explores their extraordinary struggle for justice while incarcerated in Angola, a former slave plantation where institutionalized rape and murder made it known as one of the most brutal and racist prisons in the United States.
In a partial victory, the courts exonerated Robert King of the original charges and released him in 2001.
[Herman Wallace, dying of liver cancer, was released on October 2nd and died on October 4th, 2013. Albert Woodfox has now endured as a political prisoner in solitary confinement for over 42 years.]
The Angola 3 is dedicated to the Anarchist Black Cross
https://youtube.com/watch?v=xQoqWeaoCAw>/
"on April 23, 1976, the Church Committee released its Final Staff Report on the FBI and CIA's rampant domestic illegalities which included a chapter entitled 'The FBI's Covert Action Plan to Destroy the Black Panther Party.'" ~ G. Flint Taylor
"Even 15 days in solitary confinement constitutes torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and 15 days is the limit after which irreversible harmful psychological effects can occur. However, many prisoners in the United States have been isolated for far longer." ~Juan Mendez, UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other
cruel treatment
"The goal of the government was to get all the leaders of the Black Panther Party in jail so that they could be killed systematically through prison violence, and that way they could stop what was a very powerful and evolving movement." ~James Cromwell
Please join us for a stimulating night out; bring your friends!
free film & free door prizes
[donations are encouraged]
feel free to bring your own snacks and soft drinks - no alcohol allowed
http://rule19.org/videos
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Misremembering Dr. King
Thursday, January 15
Thursday, January 15
7:00 pm
Porter Square Books, Porter Square Shopping Center, 25 White Street, Cambridge
Jennifer Yanco,
We all know the name. Martin Luther King Jr., the great American civil rights leader. But most people today know relatively little about King, the campaigner against militarism, materialism, and racism -- what he called the "giant triplets." After briefly telling the familiar story of King's civil rights campaigns and accomplishments, she considers the lesser-known concerns that are an essential part of his legacy. Yanco reminds us that King was a strong critic of militarism who argued that the United States should take the lead in promoting peaceful solutions rather than imposing its will through military might; that growing materialism and an ethos of greed was damaging the moral and spiritual health of the country; and that in a nation where racism continues unabated, white Americans need to educate themselves about racism and its history and take their part in the weighty task of dismantling it.
Born in Boston, Jennifer Yanco grew up in the Pacific Northwest and served four years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Central and West Africa. In 1999, she developed and taught an adult education course, “White People Challenging Racism: Moving from Talk to Action.” Taught by an ever-expanding group of instructors, the course continues to draw a wide range of students. Yanco holds an M.S. from the Harvard School of Public Health and a Ph.D. in Linguistics and African Studies from Indiana University. She is currently the US Director of the West African Research Association and a Visiting Researcher at the African Studies Center at Boston University.
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Science Unshackled
WHEN Thu., Jan. 15, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
SPEAKER(S) C. Renee James
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO pubaffairs@cfa.harvard.edu, 617.495.7461
DETAILS Fans of the TV show "Connections" know that the path from discovery to practical use can be a long and winding one, with surprises along the way. That's the theme of C. Renee James' new book, which reveals how obscure studies of natural phenomena - from poisonous cone snails to exploding black holes - led to unexpected benefits. Science Unshackled brings both science and scientists to life and shows how simple curiosity can result in life-changing breakthroughs. C. Renee James is a professor of physics at Sam Houston State University and author of "Seven Wonders of the Universe That You Probably Took for Granted."
LINK http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/publicevents
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Friday, January 16
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Work-Life Balance
Friday, January 16
1:00p–3:00p
Whitehead Center of Biomedical Research, Whitehead Auditorium, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge
Dennis Kim, Associate Professor, Department of Biology at MIT
Celeste Peterson, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology at Suffolk University
Justin Slawson, Postdoctoral Fellow, Biogen Idec
Natalie Kuldell, Instructor, Department of Biological Engineering at
MIT and President at The BioBuilder Educational Foundation
Ever wonder how you can have a fulfilling career without having to sacrifice your interests outside the lab? Our panelists will discuss the impacts of decisions they have made in their home and professional lives. The discussion will be all the richer with participant questions, so please join us!
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Biology
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Sunday, January 18
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Breaking the Two-Party Lock on Politics: The United Independent Party
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
The Humanist Hub, 30 JFK Street, 4th Floor, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Ethical-Society-of-Boston/events/219187720/
Evan Falchuk, founder of the United Independent Party
As a candidate in the November 2014 gubernatorial election, Evan Falchuk surpassed the three percent threshold required by state law for the United Independent Party to earn official status in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This milestone means the United Independent Party -- dedicated to a greater diversity of modern, progressive ideas combined with fiscally sane solutions -- is taking its place alongside the Democratic and Republican parties in Massachusetts. Committed to moving from the outdated debate of "small government versus big government" the United Independent Party aims to offer smart, independent-minded people a way into our political process.
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Tuesday, January 20
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Cold Fusion 101: Introduction to Excess Power in Fleischmann-Pons Experiments
Tuesday, January 20
Wednesday, January 21
Thursday, January 22
Friday, January 23
10:30AM-02:30PM
MIT, Building 4-145, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Peter Hagelstein, Mitchell Swartz
Excess power production in the Fleischmann-Pons experiment; lack of confirmation in early negative experiments; theoretical problems and Huizenga's three miracles; physical chemistry of PdD; electrochemistry of PdD; loading requirements on excess power production; the nuclear ash problem and He-4 observations; approaches to theory; screening in PdD; PdD as an energetic particle detector; constraints on the alpha energy from experiment; overview of theoretical approaches; coherent energy exchange between mismatched quantum systems; coherent x-rays in the Karabut experiment and interpretation; excess power in the NiH system; Piantelli experiment; prospects for a new small scale clean nuclear energy technology.
The material presented is different each day.
Sponsor(s): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Peter Hagelstein, plh@mit.edu
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Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap
Tuesday, January 20
12:30 pm
Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, 23 Everett Street, Second Floor, Cambridge
RSVP required for those attending in person at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/1/James#RSVP
Event will be webcast live on http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/01/James at 12:30 pm.
with Carrie James
Fresh from a party, a teen posts a photo on Facebook of a friend drinking a beer. A college student repurposes an article from Wikipedia for a paper. A group of players in a multiplayer online game routinely cheat new players by selling them worthless virtual accessories for high prices. In her book, Disconnected, Carrie James explores how young people approach situations such as these as well as more dramatic ethical dilemmas that arise in digital contexts. Based on qualitative research carried out as part of the Good Play Project, Disconnected is an account of how youth, and the adults in their lives, think about— and often don’t think about — the moral and ethical dimensions of their participation in online communities. In this talk, James will share key insights from the book and related work on supporting meaningful and civil dialogue online.
About Carrie
Carrie James is a Research Director and Principal Investigator at Project Zero, and Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research explores young people’s digital, moral, and civic lives. She co-directs the Good Play Project, a research and educational initiative focused youth, ethics, and the new digital media, and the Good Participation project, a study of how youth “do civics” in the digital age. Carrie is also co-PI of Out of Eden Learn, an educational companion to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Salopek’s epic Out of Eden walk. Her publications include Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap (The MIT Press, 2014). Carrie has an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Sociology from New York University.
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We all know the name. Martin Luther King Jr., the great American civil rights leader. But most people today know relatively little about King, the campaigner against militarism, materialism, and racism -- what he called the "giant triplets." After briefly telling the familiar story of King's civil rights campaigns and accomplishments, she considers the lesser-known concerns that are an essential part of his legacy. Yanco reminds us that King was a strong critic of militarism who argued that the United States should take the lead in promoting peaceful solutions rather than imposing its will through military might; that growing materialism and an ethos of greed was damaging the moral and spiritual health of the country; and that in a nation where racism continues unabated, white Americans need to educate themselves about racism and its history and take their part in the weighty task of dismantling it.
Born in Boston, Jennifer Yanco grew up in the Pacific Northwest and served four years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Central and West Africa. In 1999, she developed and taught an adult education course, “White People Challenging Racism: Moving from Talk to Action.” Taught by an ever-expanding group of instructors, the course continues to draw a wide range of students. Yanco holds an M.S. from the Harvard School of Public Health and a Ph.D. in Linguistics and African Studies from Indiana University. She is currently the US Director of the West African Research Association and a Visiting Researcher at the African Studies Center at Boston University.
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Science Unshackled
WHEN Thu., Jan. 15, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
SPEAKER(S) C. Renee James
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO pubaffairs@cfa.harvard.edu, 617.495.7461
DETAILS Fans of the TV show "Connections" know that the path from discovery to practical use can be a long and winding one, with surprises along the way. That's the theme of C. Renee James' new book, which reveals how obscure studies of natural phenomena - from poisonous cone snails to exploding black holes - led to unexpected benefits. Science Unshackled brings both science and scientists to life and shows how simple curiosity can result in life-changing breakthroughs. C. Renee James is a professor of physics at Sam Houston State University and author of "Seven Wonders of the Universe That You Probably Took for Granted."
LINK http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/publicevents
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Friday, January 16
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Work-Life Balance
Friday, January 16
1:00p–3:00p
Whitehead Center of Biomedical Research, Whitehead Auditorium, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge
Dennis Kim, Associate Professor, Department of Biology at MIT
Celeste Peterson, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology at Suffolk University
Justin Slawson, Postdoctoral Fellow, Biogen Idec
Natalie Kuldell, Instructor, Department of Biological Engineering at
MIT and President at The BioBuilder Educational Foundation
Ever wonder how you can have a fulfilling career without having to sacrifice your interests outside the lab? Our panelists will discuss the impacts of decisions they have made in their home and professional lives. The discussion will be all the richer with participant questions, so please join us!
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Biology
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Sunday, January 18
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Breaking the Two-Party Lock on Politics: The United Independent Party
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
The Humanist Hub, 30 JFK Street, 4th Floor, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Ethical-Society-of-Boston/events/219187720/
Evan Falchuk, founder of the United Independent Party
As a candidate in the November 2014 gubernatorial election, Evan Falchuk surpassed the three percent threshold required by state law for the United Independent Party to earn official status in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This milestone means the United Independent Party -- dedicated to a greater diversity of modern, progressive ideas combined with fiscally sane solutions -- is taking its place alongside the Democratic and Republican parties in Massachusetts. Committed to moving from the outdated debate of "small government versus big government" the United Independent Party aims to offer smart, independent-minded people a way into our political process.
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Tuesday, January 20
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Cold Fusion 101: Introduction to Excess Power in Fleischmann-Pons Experiments
Tuesday, January 20
Wednesday, January 21
Thursday, January 22
Friday, January 23
10:30AM-02:30PM
MIT, Building 4-145, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Peter Hagelstein, Mitchell Swartz
Excess power production in the Fleischmann-Pons experiment; lack of confirmation in early negative experiments; theoretical problems and Huizenga's three miracles; physical chemistry of PdD; electrochemistry of PdD; loading requirements on excess power production; the nuclear ash problem and He-4 observations; approaches to theory; screening in PdD; PdD as an energetic particle detector; constraints on the alpha energy from experiment; overview of theoretical approaches; coherent energy exchange between mismatched quantum systems; coherent x-rays in the Karabut experiment and interpretation; excess power in the NiH system; Piantelli experiment; prospects for a new small scale clean nuclear energy technology.
The material presented is different each day.
Sponsor(s): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Peter Hagelstein, plh@mit.edu
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Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap
Tuesday, January 20
12:30 pm
Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, 23 Everett Street, Second Floor, Cambridge
RSVP required for those attending in person at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/1/James#RSVP
Event will be webcast live on http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/01/James at 12:30 pm.
with Carrie James
Fresh from a party, a teen posts a photo on Facebook of a friend drinking a beer. A college student repurposes an article from Wikipedia for a paper. A group of players in a multiplayer online game routinely cheat new players by selling them worthless virtual accessories for high prices. In her book, Disconnected, Carrie James explores how young people approach situations such as these as well as more dramatic ethical dilemmas that arise in digital contexts. Based on qualitative research carried out as part of the Good Play Project, Disconnected is an account of how youth, and the adults in their lives, think about— and often don’t think about — the moral and ethical dimensions of their participation in online communities. In this talk, James will share key insights from the book and related work on supporting meaningful and civil dialogue online.
About Carrie
Carrie James is a Research Director and Principal Investigator at Project Zero, and Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research explores young people’s digital, moral, and civic lives. She co-directs the Good Play Project, a research and educational initiative focused youth, ethics, and the new digital media, and the Good Participation project, a study of how youth “do civics” in the digital age. Carrie is also co-PI of Out of Eden Learn, an educational companion to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Salopek’s epic Out of Eden walk. Her publications include Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap (The MIT Press, 2014). Carrie has an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Sociology from New York University.
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CERN: the next 60 years and 100 kilometers
Tuesday, January 20
3:30PM to 4:30PM
BU, SCI 109, Metcalf Science Building (SCI), 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
BU, SCI 109, Metcalf Science Building (SCI), 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
This event is part of the Physics Department Colloquia Series. Refreshments will be served at 3:00 in the 1st Floor Lounge.
Speaker: Alain Blondel, DPNC, University of Geneva, Switzerland
CERN is undertaking the design study of Future Circular Colliders fitting in a new tunnel of 100km circumference around Geneva. A possible first step is the "Electroweak Factory", a high luminosity electron-positron (lepton) collider covering the energy range from the Z pole to above the top threshold, for the study of several TeraZ, okuW, MegaHiggs and Megatops. The tunnel would fit, as ultimate goal, a 100 TeV pp collider. The project will be described with special attention to the electron machine.
The combination of the two machines offers a remarkable potential for discoveries, from a blend of precision measurements, high statistics, high energies and sensitivity to very small couplings. In particular the search for sterile right-handed neutrinos (aka neutral heavy leptons), with mass up to the Z mass, will be shown to reach couplings as small as predicted by the see-saw limit.
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Howard Gardner Lecture #3: Goodness
Tuesday, January 20
5:30 – 7PM
Harvard, GSD, Gutman Conference Center, Gutman Library, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge
Type of Event Lecture
Topic Learning, Teaching
Building/Room Gutman Conference Center A1
Contact Name Academic Affairs
Contact Email academic@gse.harvard.edu
Contact Phone (617) 496-4080
Sponsoring Organization/Department Harvard Graduate School of Education
Registration Required No
Admission Fee This event is free and open to the public.
RSVP Required No
Lecture Series: Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed
Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, HGSE; Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
In this lecture series, Professor Gardner traces the astonishing transformations in our conceptions of these three virtues in our lifetime—and describes the newfound challenges in making sense of them. How do we distinguish truth from “truthiness” in the Age of the Internet? How do we judge beauty when modern artists treat it like an outdated virtue? And how do we distinguish right from wrong in age of relativistic and politicized morality? Gardner will explore the current state of these virtues, argue for their continued importance in human society, and explain how we should be educating for them in the twenty-first century—both in and out of the classroom.
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Boston New Technology January 2015 Product Showcase #BNT49
Tuesday, January 20
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
MassChallenge Space, 23 Drydock Avenue, 6th Floor, Boston
Please enter through the 23 Drydock entrance, not the main 21 Drydock entrance.
Free event! Come learn about 7 innovative and exciting technology products and network with the Boston/Cambridge startup community! Each presenter gets 5 minutes for product demonstration and 5 minutes for Questions & Answers. Please follow @BostonNewTech and use the #BNT49 hashtag in social media posts.
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Chat with Swissnex
Tuesday, January 20
6:30PM
swissnex Boston, 420 Broadway, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/chat-with-swissnex-tickets-15038460440
Cost: $10 per ticket
Boston International is excited to continue its Chat with the Consulate series on January 20th with Dr. Felix Moesner at swissnex Boston. swissnex Boston is an initiative of Switzerland's Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), managed in cooperation with the Department of Foreign Affairs. It functions both as the Consulate of Switzerland in Boston and as a public-private venture that brings together science and technology counselors around the world to expand education, research and innovation on behalf of Switzerland. Dr. Felix Moesner acts as the CEO and Consul of swissnex Boston, the Consulate of Switzerland. He will speak about swissnex's role as the first science consulate. He, along with his colleague Niccolo Iorno, Project Leader for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, will also elaborate on swissnex Boston's efforts to provide support for start-up companies, specifically in assisting individual start-ups when it comes to internationalization.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Dr. Felix Moesner is the CEO and Consul of swissnex Boston, the Consulate of Switzerland. Established as the world’s first “science consulate” in 2000, swissnex Boston is part of a global network of five knowledge outposts including San Francisco (2003), Singapore (2004), China (2007), India (2009) and Brazil (2013). The New York Outpost (2013) was established as part of swissnex Boston. The mission of swissnex Boston is to promote knowledge exchanges between Switzerland and North America in higher education, technology, innovation, science and the arts.
Formerly, Felix Moesner was the head of the Science and Technology Office at the Embassy of Switzerland in Tokyo promoting Swiss Science, Technology and Education in Japan and interfacing between Swiss and Japanese governments, universities, R&D institutions and companies. Since 2005, he has also the presidency of the Science & Technology Diplomatic Circle, comprising of 80+ diplomatic missions and affiliates in Tokyo. Several awards and grants underline his proactive commitments. Special interests include high-tech fields in Japan, business management as well as European and Japanese culture.
Stay up to date on swissnex Boston and Dr. Moesner's work at: http://www.swissnexboston.org/ or follow them on Twitter @swissnexBoston
ABOUT BOSTON INTERNATIONAL:
Boston International is a non-profit organization that brings cutting-edge thinking on world affairs to Boston’s rising stars. We provide an engaging, informal atmosphere for young professionals and graduate students to interact with and learn from today’s influential thinkers and world leaders. You may contact us at info@bostoninternational.org, visit our website at bostoninternational.org or visit our Facebook, Linkedin, and Twitter pages.
ABOUT THE CHAT WITH THE CONSULATE SERIES:
In addition to our intellectual speaker events, Boston International hosts events that are social and cultural in nature. Our Chat with the Consulate series allows Boston International members the opportunity to socialize and network, while also engaging with consuls in the Boston area on a range of exciting international topics.
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Speaker: Alain Blondel, DPNC, University of Geneva, Switzerland
CERN is undertaking the design study of Future Circular Colliders fitting in a new tunnel of 100km circumference around Geneva. A possible first step is the "Electroweak Factory", a high luminosity electron-positron (lepton) collider covering the energy range from the Z pole to above the top threshold, for the study of several TeraZ, okuW, MegaHiggs and Megatops. The tunnel would fit, as ultimate goal, a 100 TeV pp collider. The project will be described with special attention to the electron machine.
The combination of the two machines offers a remarkable potential for discoveries, from a blend of precision measurements, high statistics, high energies and sensitivity to very small couplings. In particular the search for sterile right-handed neutrinos (aka neutral heavy leptons), with mass up to the Z mass, will be shown to reach couplings as small as predicted by the see-saw limit.
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Howard Gardner Lecture #3: Goodness
Tuesday, January 20
5:30 – 7PM
Harvard, GSD, Gutman Conference Center, Gutman Library, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge
Type of Event Lecture
Topic Learning, Teaching
Building/Room Gutman Conference Center A1
Contact Name Academic Affairs
Contact Email academic@gse.harvard.edu
Contact Phone (617) 496-4080
Sponsoring Organization/Department Harvard Graduate School of Education
Registration Required No
Admission Fee This event is free and open to the public.
RSVP Required No
Lecture Series: Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed
Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, HGSE; Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
In this lecture series, Professor Gardner traces the astonishing transformations in our conceptions of these three virtues in our lifetime—and describes the newfound challenges in making sense of them. How do we distinguish truth from “truthiness” in the Age of the Internet? How do we judge beauty when modern artists treat it like an outdated virtue? And how do we distinguish right from wrong in age of relativistic and politicized morality? Gardner will explore the current state of these virtues, argue for their continued importance in human society, and explain how we should be educating for them in the twenty-first century—both in and out of the classroom.
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Boston New Technology January 2015 Product Showcase #BNT49
Tuesday, January 20
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
MassChallenge Space, 23 Drydock Avenue, 6th Floor, Boston
Please enter through the 23 Drydock entrance, not the main 21 Drydock entrance.
Free event! Come learn about 7 innovative and exciting technology products and network with the Boston/Cambridge startup community! Each presenter gets 5 minutes for product demonstration and 5 minutes for Questions & Answers. Please follow @BostonNewTech and use the #BNT49 hashtag in social media posts.
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Chat with Swissnex
Tuesday, January 20
6:30PM
swissnex Boston, 420 Broadway, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/chat-with-swissnex-tickets-15038460440
Cost: $10 per ticket
Boston International is excited to continue its Chat with the Consulate series on January 20th with Dr. Felix Moesner at swissnex Boston. swissnex Boston is an initiative of Switzerland's Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), managed in cooperation with the Department of Foreign Affairs. It functions both as the Consulate of Switzerland in Boston and as a public-private venture that brings together science and technology counselors around the world to expand education, research and innovation on behalf of Switzerland. Dr. Felix Moesner acts as the CEO and Consul of swissnex Boston, the Consulate of Switzerland. He will speak about swissnex's role as the first science consulate. He, along with his colleague Niccolo Iorno, Project Leader for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, will also elaborate on swissnex Boston's efforts to provide support for start-up companies, specifically in assisting individual start-ups when it comes to internationalization.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Dr. Felix Moesner is the CEO and Consul of swissnex Boston, the Consulate of Switzerland. Established as the world’s first “science consulate” in 2000, swissnex Boston is part of a global network of five knowledge outposts including San Francisco (2003), Singapore (2004), China (2007), India (2009) and Brazil (2013). The New York Outpost (2013) was established as part of swissnex Boston. The mission of swissnex Boston is to promote knowledge exchanges between Switzerland and North America in higher education, technology, innovation, science and the arts.
Formerly, Felix Moesner was the head of the Science and Technology Office at the Embassy of Switzerland in Tokyo promoting Swiss Science, Technology and Education in Japan and interfacing between Swiss and Japanese governments, universities, R&D institutions and companies. Since 2005, he has also the presidency of the Science & Technology Diplomatic Circle, comprising of 80+ diplomatic missions and affiliates in Tokyo. Several awards and grants underline his proactive commitments. Special interests include high-tech fields in Japan, business management as well as European and Japanese culture.
Stay up to date on swissnex Boston and Dr. Moesner's work at: http://www.swissnexboston.org/ or follow them on Twitter @swissnexBoston
ABOUT BOSTON INTERNATIONAL:
Boston International is a non-profit organization that brings cutting-edge thinking on world affairs to Boston’s rising stars. We provide an engaging, informal atmosphere for young professionals and graduate students to interact with and learn from today’s influential thinkers and world leaders. You may contact us at info@bostoninternational.org, visit our website at bostoninternational.org or visit our Facebook, Linkedin, and Twitter pages.
ABOUT THE CHAT WITH THE CONSULATE SERIES:
In addition to our intellectual speaker events, Boston International hosts events that are social and cultural in nature. Our Chat with the Consulate series allows Boston International members the opportunity to socialize and network, while also engaging with consuls in the Boston area on a range of exciting international topics.
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Intro to the Tech Community at Boston Public Library
Tuesday, January 20
Tuesday, January 20
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Boston
This winter the Boston Public Library will open its doors to General Assembly on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. We will host some of our most popular tech classes at the Central Library’s Commonwealth Salon to give you the practical, hands-on training you need to pursue work you love.
This free class is an orientation to help newcomers to the tech scene get acquainted with the exciting world of tech in Boston. We will give you the inside scoop on key events/meetups to attend, people, companies, VCs, blogs, incubators, programs, hot issues, and more.
Email: boston@generalassemb.ly
Website: http://www.generalassemb.ly
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CafeSci Boston - January 2015: The Large Hadron Collider Restarts Soon! What Lies Ahead?
Tuesday, January 20
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EST)
Le Laboratoire Cambridge, 650 East Kendall Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/cafesci-boston-january-2015-tickets-15005879991
After a long nap, the Large Hadron Collider [LHC], where the Higgs particle was discovered in 2012, will begin operating again in 2015, with more powerful collisions than before. Now that we know Higgs particles exist, what do we want to know about them? What methods can we use to answer our questions? And what is the most important puzzle that we are hoping the LHC will help us solve?
Matthew Strassler is a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University and former professor at Rutgers University.
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The Ethics of Internet Anonymity
Tuesday, January 20
7:00p–8:30p
MIT, Building W20-307, Mezzanine, 84 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: Rabbi Matt Soffer, Professor Judith Donath, and more
Hillel partners with Sinai and Synapses (sinaiandsynapses.org) to look at questions surrounding religion and technology. This panel of local clergy and leading tech thinkers will explore how anonymity online affects relationships.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Hillel (MIT)
For more information, contact: Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder
617-253-45882
heyrabbi@mit.edu
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Upcoming Events
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Wednesday, January 21
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January Boston Sustainability Breakfast
Wednesday, January 21
7:30 AM to 8:30 AM (EST)
Pret A Manger, 185 Franklin Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/january-boston-sustainability-breakfast-tickets-14974504145
Join us for the first Boston Sustainability breakfast of the New Year, an informal breakfast meetup of sustainability professionals together for networking, discussion and moral support. It’s important to remind ourselves that we are not the only ones out there in the business world trying to do good!
So come, get a cup of coffee or a bagel, support a sustainable business and get fired up before work so we can continue trying to change the world.
Net Impact Boston Professional Chapter
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LEED Platinum Certified tour-Artists for Humanity Sustainability Practices
Wednesday, January 21
2:00 PM to 5:30 PM (PST)
100 West 2nd Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/leed-platinum-certified-tour-artists-for-humanity-sustainability-practices-tickets-13882042563?aff=es2&rank=708
Tour of the LEED Platinum Certified Artists For Humanity EpiCenter to discover the energy efficiency and renewable energy systems. A discussion about LEED Certification prior to departure for the tour will take place on campus. The tour will consist of learning about Artists For Humanity's youth arts enterprise that employes 250+ Boston teens in its creative studios, as well as, understanding the connection of the mission to issues of social and environmental sustainability.
Transporation to and from Artists For Humanity EpiCenter will be provided by MITEI.
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Neuroengineering: Technologies and Applications
WHEN Wed., Jan. 21, 2015, 4 – 5 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, HMS NRB, 4th Floor, Room 457, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Education, Environmental Sciences, Health Sciences, Information Technology, Lecture, Science, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Department of Medicine, Division of Genetics, along with Illumina and Merck
SPEAKER(S) Feng Zhang, Broad Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO kbarry6@partners.org
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Life Science Wizards Speaker Series
Wednesday, January 21
5:30PM
LabCentral Lobby, 700 Main Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://cs.foley.com/14.10867_LabCentral/evite.html
Foley & Lardner LLP and LabCentral invite you to attend the first event in the 2015 Life Science Wizards Speaker Series at LabCentral. This is a unique opportunity to network with colleagues, while getting a chance to hear from some of the most distinguished trailblazers in the Boston life sciences community.
Tonight's speaker is Dr. Susan Windham-Banister, president and CEO of the Massachusetts Life Science Center (MLSC), a state-funded investment organization charged with administering the 10-year, $1 billion life sciences initiative that was proposed by Governor Deval Patrick in 2007 and enacted by the Massachusetts legislature in June 2008. We will discuss Dr. Windham-Bannister’s initiatives for promoting life sciences innovation, research, development, and commercialization.
Prior to joining the MLSC, Dr. Windham-Bannister co-founded Abt Bio-Pharma Solutions (ABS), a boutique consulting firm serving life sciences companies. Within ABS, Dr. Windham-Bannister managed the Commercial Strategy Group.
Dr. Windham-Bannister’s achievements include co-authoring two books: Competitive Strategy for Health Care Organizations and Medicaid and Other Experiments in State Health Policy. She also has written numerous articles on competition in today’s health care market.
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This free class is an orientation to help newcomers to the tech scene get acquainted with the exciting world of tech in Boston. We will give you the inside scoop on key events/meetups to attend, people, companies, VCs, blogs, incubators, programs, hot issues, and more.
Email: boston@generalassemb.ly
Website: http://www.generalassemb.ly
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CafeSci Boston - January 2015: The Large Hadron Collider Restarts Soon! What Lies Ahead?
Tuesday, January 20
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EST)
Le Laboratoire Cambridge, 650 East Kendall Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/cafesci-boston-january-2015-tickets-15005879991
After a long nap, the Large Hadron Collider [LHC], where the Higgs particle was discovered in 2012, will begin operating again in 2015, with more powerful collisions than before. Now that we know Higgs particles exist, what do we want to know about them? What methods can we use to answer our questions? And what is the most important puzzle that we are hoping the LHC will help us solve?
Matthew Strassler is a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University and former professor at Rutgers University.
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The Ethics of Internet Anonymity
Tuesday, January 20
7:00p–8:30p
MIT, Building W20-307, Mezzanine, 84 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: Rabbi Matt Soffer, Professor Judith Donath, and more
Hillel partners with Sinai and Synapses (sinaiandsynapses.org) to look at questions surrounding religion and technology. This panel of local clergy and leading tech thinkers will explore how anonymity online affects relationships.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Hillel (MIT)
For more information, contact: Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder
617-253-45882
heyrabbi@mit.edu
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Upcoming Events
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Wednesday, January 21
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January Boston Sustainability Breakfast
Wednesday, January 21
7:30 AM to 8:30 AM (EST)
Pret A Manger, 185 Franklin Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/january-boston-sustainability-breakfast-tickets-14974504145
Join us for the first Boston Sustainability breakfast of the New Year, an informal breakfast meetup of sustainability professionals together for networking, discussion and moral support. It’s important to remind ourselves that we are not the only ones out there in the business world trying to do good!
So come, get a cup of coffee or a bagel, support a sustainable business and get fired up before work so we can continue trying to change the world.
Net Impact Boston Professional Chapter
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LEED Platinum Certified tour-Artists for Humanity Sustainability Practices
Wednesday, January 21
2:00 PM to 5:30 PM (PST)
100 West 2nd Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/leed-platinum-certified-tour-artists-for-humanity-sustainability-practices-tickets-13882042563?aff=es2&rank=708
Tour of the LEED Platinum Certified Artists For Humanity EpiCenter to discover the energy efficiency and renewable energy systems. A discussion about LEED Certification prior to departure for the tour will take place on campus. The tour will consist of learning about Artists For Humanity's youth arts enterprise that employes 250+ Boston teens in its creative studios, as well as, understanding the connection of the mission to issues of social and environmental sustainability.
Transporation to and from Artists For Humanity EpiCenter will be provided by MITEI.
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Neuroengineering: Technologies and Applications
WHEN Wed., Jan. 21, 2015, 4 – 5 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, HMS NRB, 4th Floor, Room 457, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Education, Environmental Sciences, Health Sciences, Information Technology, Lecture, Science, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Department of Medicine, Division of Genetics, along with Illumina and Merck
SPEAKER(S) Feng Zhang, Broad Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO kbarry6@partners.org
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Life Science Wizards Speaker Series
Wednesday, January 21
5:30PM
LabCentral Lobby, 700 Main Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://cs.foley.com/14.10867_LabCentral/evite.html
Foley & Lardner LLP and LabCentral invite you to attend the first event in the 2015 Life Science Wizards Speaker Series at LabCentral. This is a unique opportunity to network with colleagues, while getting a chance to hear from some of the most distinguished trailblazers in the Boston life sciences community.
Tonight's speaker is Dr. Susan Windham-Banister, president and CEO of the Massachusetts Life Science Center (MLSC), a state-funded investment organization charged with administering the 10-year, $1 billion life sciences initiative that was proposed by Governor Deval Patrick in 2007 and enacted by the Massachusetts legislature in June 2008. We will discuss Dr. Windham-Bannister’s initiatives for promoting life sciences innovation, research, development, and commercialization.
Prior to joining the MLSC, Dr. Windham-Bannister co-founded Abt Bio-Pharma Solutions (ABS), a boutique consulting firm serving life sciences companies. Within ABS, Dr. Windham-Bannister managed the Commercial Strategy Group.
Dr. Windham-Bannister’s achievements include co-authoring two books: Competitive Strategy for Health Care Organizations and Medicaid and Other Experiments in State Health Policy. She also has written numerous articles on competition in today’s health care market.
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Food Chains
Wednesday, January 21
6:30pm
Landmark Kendall Square Cinema, Building 1900, One Kendall Square, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.tugg.com/events/12744
Cost: $15
Ryan Andrews : Back in November I read about a new movie called "Food Chains". I didn't see any screenings in the Boston area, so I decided to try and organize one myself.
The good news? I'm all set up for a screening at the Landmark Kendall Square Cinema on January 21st (just outside of Boston, MA).
The bad news? I need to sell 127 tickets by January 14th in order to make it happen.
If you have any interest in attending, here is a link to the event promotion page with more information: https://www.tugg.com/go/glh31y
Side note: I don't have any financial interest in this or benefit personally from this screening in any way. I'm just looking to spread the word about a film that looks to be important.
For more on the movie Food Chains, see here: http://www.foodchainsfilm.com/
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The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society
Wednesday, January 21
7:00 PM
Wednesday, January 21
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Julian E. Zelizer, author
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Public Lecture: The Thrill of the Find: Murals and Mysteries of the Maya
Wednesday, January 21
7:00 p.m.
Cahners Theater, Museum of Science, Boston
Cost: $15 tickets on sale beginning Thursday, January 8 (Tuesday, January 6 for Museum of Science members). Purchase tickets in advance at mos.org/events.
While seeking refuge from the grueling heat of the Guatemalan jungle, William Saturno crawled down a looter’s trench to rest in the shade. He casually turned on his flashlight and gazed up at 2,000-year old Maya murals in the site now known as San Bartolo. Nearly a decade later but only five miles away, Saturno and his student Max Chamberlain uncovered an earthen mound hiding a Maya house adorned by murals unlike any ever found before. Hear tales of Saturno’s adventures and discoveries, and learn what these stunning murals reveal about the Maya, their lives, and their society.
William Saturno, PhD, assistant professor of archaeology, Boston University; director, Proyecto San Bartolo/Xultún, Instituto de Antropologia e Historia, Guatemala; research associate, Peabody Museum, Harvard University
Maya programs co-presented by the Museum of Science, Boston and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
Upcoming Maya programs
Feb. 11 Crops, Water, and Climate Change: What Can We Learn From The Maya?
Feb. 19 Gordon Willey’s Legacy: New Insights into the Origins of Maya Civilization
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Duel Over Dinner: Washington and Hancock on State Sovereignty
Wednesday, January 21
7 pm
First Parish (UU), 1446 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
First Parish (UU), 1446 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Historian Timothy Breen explores one of the first disagreements over the power relationship between federal and state governments. In 1789 George Washington returned to Massachusetts for the first time since 1776, as part of his tour of all the states that had adopted the Constitution and elected him President of the United States. Most places welcomed Washington with pomp and ceremony, including Boston which organized a grand parade. Yet Washington found himself at odds with his old colleague John Hancock, oft-elected governor of Massachusetts. Who was the higher authority, the governor of a state or the chief executive of this new federal union? What did the arrangement those two statesmen worked out mean for the conflicts over states’ rights that persist till today?
More information at http://www.cambridgeforum.org
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Thursday, January 22
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All the Right Channels: A Life in Television
WHEN Thu., Jan. 22, 2015, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Comedy, Humanities, Lecture, Poetry/Prose, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard University Office for the Arts
COST Free and open to the public; resverations required
TICKET WEB LINK https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-K2H2WPnntsyLArPMdXtJj5S536uxuNxxir3Uzad3Ao/viewform?edit_requested=true
CONTACT INFO 617.495.8676
DETAILS Susanne Daniels ’87, president of MTV, and Amy Lippman ’85, show runner/executive producer for Showtime’s “Masters of Sex,” will discuss their careers in television production, including Daniels’ stint as president of Lifetime and The WB (now The CW) and Lippman's work on the Fox drama “Party of Five” and other hit shows.
LINK http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/lfp/details.php?ID=45183
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Investing in sustainable well-being
Thursday, January 22
12:00-1:00pm
Tufts, Lincoln Filene Center, Rabb Room, 10 Upper Campus Road, Medford
Shaun Paul, Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE) Research Fellow, Tufts University
We have entered the 21st century in a perfect storm of global challenges encompassing unprecedented wealth inequality and environmental degradation. Concurrently, we are living at a unique time in history with enormous opportunities to create solutions afforded by rapid innovations in technology, business and investment that includes a growing movement of impact investors and social entrepreneurs forging new business models and solutions that ‘do well by doing good.' In this talk, Shaun Paul will share some of his research at the Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE) applying holistic regenerative principles guiding and assessing impact of highly successful investment and business practices.
Shaun Paul is currently working on a project titled Assessing Impact of Private Investment: A Focus on Biocultural Diversity. Shaun is the president and founding partner of Reinventure Capital, established in partnership with the private equity firm Good Capital. Designated as a Next Generation Leadership Fellow by the Rockefeller Foundation, Shaun has worked internationally for 20 years with policymakers, indigenous leaders, business leaders, private foundations and environmentalists to forge new models building resilient communities and accelerating an inclusive, restorative economy. This includes his current role as Program Committee Board Chair for International Funders for Indigenous People and nominator for the Goldman Environmental Prize. He holds a Masters in Economics from the University of Michigan and a B.A. in International Relations from the School of International Service at American University.
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Thursday, January 22
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All the Right Channels: A Life in Television
WHEN Thu., Jan. 22, 2015, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Comedy, Humanities, Lecture, Poetry/Prose, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard University Office for the Arts
COST Free and open to the public; resverations required
TICKET WEB LINK https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-K2H2WPnntsyLArPMdXtJj5S536uxuNxxir3Uzad3Ao/viewform?edit_requested=true
CONTACT INFO 617.495.8676
DETAILS Susanne Daniels ’87, president of MTV, and Amy Lippman ’85, show runner/executive producer for Showtime’s “Masters of Sex,” will discuss their careers in television production, including Daniels’ stint as president of Lifetime and The WB (now The CW) and Lippman's work on the Fox drama “Party of Five” and other hit shows.
LINK http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/lfp/details.php?ID=45183
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Investing in sustainable well-being
Thursday, January 22
12:00-1:00pm
Tufts, Lincoln Filene Center, Rabb Room, 10 Upper Campus Road, Medford
Shaun Paul, Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE) Research Fellow, Tufts University
We have entered the 21st century in a perfect storm of global challenges encompassing unprecedented wealth inequality and environmental degradation. Concurrently, we are living at a unique time in history with enormous opportunities to create solutions afforded by rapid innovations in technology, business and investment that includes a growing movement of impact investors and social entrepreneurs forging new business models and solutions that ‘do well by doing good.' In this talk, Shaun Paul will share some of his research at the Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE) applying holistic regenerative principles guiding and assessing impact of highly successful investment and business practices.
Shaun Paul is currently working on a project titled Assessing Impact of Private Investment: A Focus on Biocultural Diversity. Shaun is the president and founding partner of Reinventure Capital, established in partnership with the private equity firm Good Capital. Designated as a Next Generation Leadership Fellow by the Rockefeller Foundation, Shaun has worked internationally for 20 years with policymakers, indigenous leaders, business leaders, private foundations and environmentalists to forge new models building resilient communities and accelerating an inclusive, restorative economy. This includes his current role as Program Committee Board Chair for International Funders for Indigenous People and nominator for the Goldman Environmental Prize. He holds a Masters in Economics from the University of Michigan and a B.A. in International Relations from the School of International Service at American University.
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Why Do Women Fare So Badly in Developing Countries
Thursday, January 22
1:00pm - 2:30pm
MIT, Building E17-133, 40 Ames Street, Cambridge
Thursday, January 22
1:00pm - 2:30pm
MIT, Building E17-133, 40 Ames Street, Cambridge
Seema Jayachandran, Northwestern
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Science Communication
Thursday, January 22
1:00p–3:00p
MIT, Building 68-181, 31 Ames Street, Cambridge
Heidi Ledford, Science Writer, Nature
Seth Mnookin, Assistant Professor, MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing
Heather Goldstone, Science Editor, WCAI and WGBH News
Cynthia Barber, Medical Writer, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Science is communicated to entertain, inform, and persuade audiences through many media types. Come learn about the careers and experiences of four accomplished and diverse professionals that communicate science on a daily basis.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Biology
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Science Communication
Thursday, January 22
1:00p–3:00p
MIT, Building 68-181, 31 Ames Street, Cambridge
Heidi Ledford, Science Writer, Nature
Seth Mnookin, Assistant Professor, MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing
Heather Goldstone, Science Editor, WCAI and WGBH News
Cynthia Barber, Medical Writer, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Science is communicated to entertain, inform, and persuade audiences through many media types. Come learn about the careers and experiences of four accomplished and diverse professionals that communicate science on a daily basis.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Biology
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Talk Is Cheap … and Efficient: Facilitating value chain development without costly new infrastructure
Thursday, January 22
3:30p Eastern, 12:30p Pacific
Thursday, January 22
3:30p Eastern, 12:30p Pacific
Webinar
RSVP at http://bit.ly/1HMsqCE
Let's face it: food hubs are sexy! So are other Good Food infrastructure projects, such as region-scaled meat processing plants.
And for good reason: these businesses are often filling gaps or bottlenecks in regional and local food systems.
However, sometimes it's not a LACK of infrastructure that leads to bottlenecks; it is incomplete or inefficient USE of the infrastructure that
stymies the system.
"Value Chain Coordinators" are people who work to connect the dots in a value chain. They ensure the right people, goods and resources connect with each other. Most often value chain coordinators work outside day-to-day business operations, a vantage point that offers a unique perspective on the optimal solutions in a regional market.
Join us for this expanded webinar diving deep into the approaches people across the country are taking to improve the food system without costly new
infrastructure.
Ann Karlen, Fair Food; Todd Erling, Hudson Valley AgriBusiness Development Corp.; Steve Warshawer, La Montanita Coop; Lauren Gwin, Niche Meat Processors Assistance Network; Debra Tropp, USDA
Moderator: Jim Barham, USDA
Register now! at http://bit.ly/1HMsqCE
RSVP at http://bit.ly/1HMsqCE
Let's face it: food hubs are sexy! So are other Good Food infrastructure projects, such as region-scaled meat processing plants.
And for good reason: these businesses are often filling gaps or bottlenecks in regional and local food systems.
However, sometimes it's not a LACK of infrastructure that leads to bottlenecks; it is incomplete or inefficient USE of the infrastructure that
stymies the system.
"Value Chain Coordinators" are people who work to connect the dots in a value chain. They ensure the right people, goods and resources connect with each other. Most often value chain coordinators work outside day-to-day business operations, a vantage point that offers a unique perspective on the optimal solutions in a regional market.
Join us for this expanded webinar diving deep into the approaches people across the country are taking to improve the food system without costly new
infrastructure.
Ann Karlen, Fair Food; Todd Erling, Hudson Valley AgriBusiness Development Corp.; Steve Warshawer, La Montanita Coop; Lauren Gwin, Niche Meat Processors Assistance Network; Debra Tropp, USDA
Moderator: Jim Barham, USDA
Register now! at http://bit.ly/1HMsqCE
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Getting to Yes with Yourself: A Book Talk with William Ury
WHEN Thu., Jan. 22, 2015, 4 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Law School, Pound Hall 101, 1563 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
SPEAKER(S) William Ury
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO mhamlen@law.harvard.edu
DETAILS How can you expect to get to Yes with others if you haven’t gotten to Yes with yourself? In his new book, "Getting to Yes With Yourself (and Other Worthy Opponents)," William Ury suggests that the greatest obstacle to successful agreements and satisfying relationships is not the other side. The biggest obstacle is actually ourselves—our natural tendency to react in ways that do not serve our true interests. But this obstacle can also become our biggest opportunity. The book presents six steps to help you get to Yes with yourself.
LINK http://www.pon.harvard.edu/events/getting-to-yes-with-yourself-a-book-talk-with-william-ury/
WHEN Thu., Jan. 22, 2015, 4 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Law School, Pound Hall 101, 1563 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
SPEAKER(S) William Ury
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO mhamlen@law.harvard.edu
DETAILS How can you expect to get to Yes with others if you haven’t gotten to Yes with yourself? In his new book, "Getting to Yes With Yourself (and Other Worthy Opponents)," William Ury suggests that the greatest obstacle to successful agreements and satisfying relationships is not the other side. The biggest obstacle is actually ourselves—our natural tendency to react in ways that do not serve our true interests. But this obstacle can also become our biggest opportunity. The book presents six steps to help you get to Yes with yourself.
LINK http://www.pon.harvard.edu/events/getting-to-yes-with-yourself-a-book-talk-with-william-ury/
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Civilian Casualty, Cognitive Injection, and Big Data
Thursday, January 22
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Google, 5 Cambridge Center, Cambridge
Enter the glass doors, turn left, smile and wave, head up to Floor 5.
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/boston-security-meetup/events/169774842/
Cost: $1.00/per person
1. A civilian casualty in the Net Neutrality Battle (6:50-7:10)
by Devan Dewey
Net Neutrality is a topic fraught with political overtones, regulatory landmines, and polarizing issues. Most of the discourse has been focused on the potential effects that regulatory and statutory changes could have on consumer access, entrepreneurial innovation, and provider business models. However, little has been said about the negative impacts that lack of action could have – and is having – on businesses every day. Devan Dewey, CTO at NEPC, will talk about the real-world impacts he experienced when the absence of regulatory clarity allowed providers to duke it out online, and the overwhelming challenges and frustrations he overcame so that his business continued to run. His shocking findings were related in the Google-backed M-Lab Report.
About Devan. NEPC's Chief Technology Officer, Devan is responsible for the overall development and implementation of the business IT infrastructure. Previously, he implemented Oracle solutions for Teradyne and lead IT functions at Segue Software. He also implemented a program management system at Boston Medical Center and a distribution operations system at Medical Speciality Distributors. Hearned his MBA from Northeastern University and his BS from Tufts University.
2. Cognitive Injection! (7:15-7:35)
by Andy Ellis
It's a trope among security professionals that other humans - mere mundanes - don't 'get' security, and make foolish decisions. But this is an easy out, and a fundamental attribution error. Everyone has different incentives, motivators, and even perceptions of the world. By understanding this -- and how the human wetware has evolved over the last fifty thousand years or so -- we can redesign our security programs to better manipulate people.
About Andy. Akamai's Chief Security Officer, Andy Ellis is responsible for overseeing the security architecture and compliance of the company's massive, globally distributed network. He is the designer and patentholder of Akamai's SSL acceleration network, as well as several of the critical technologies underpinning the company’s Kona Security Solutions. Andy is at the forefront of Internet policy; as a speaker, blogger, member of the FCC CSRIC and Department of Homeland Security's NSTAC/NIAC, and an advisory board member of HacKid. He is a graduate of MIT and a former US Air Force officer, the recipient of CSO Magazine Compass Award, Air Force Commendation Medal, Wine Spectator's Award of Excellence, and Spirit of Disneyland Award.
3. Big data techniques in Cybersecurity (7:40-8)
by Adam Fuchs
In this talk we will provide a no-nonsense introduction to open source Big Data tools, such as Apache Hadoop, Apache Accumulo, and Apache Spark and how they can be utilized to combat advanced cyber threats. Our team at Sqrrl has years of experience putting these Big Data tools to work against petabyte-scale cybersecurity datasets within the US Intelligence community and at Fortune 100 companies. We will provide some of our lessons learned and best practices on how these tools can be used. We will also show a specific example of Sqrrl’s approach to Big Data Security Analytics.
About Adam. Sqrrl's Chief Technology Officer and co-founder, Adam Fuchs is responsible for ensuring that Sqrrl is leading the world in Big Data Infrastructure technology. Previously at the National Security Agency, Adam was an innovator and technical director for several database projects, handling some of the world’s largest and most diverse data sets. He is a co-founder of the Apache Accumulo project. Adam has a BS in Computer Science from the University of Washington and has completed extensive graduate-level course work at the University of Maryland.
Schedule
6:00 - 6:30: Pizza
6:30 - 6:35: Cybersecurity Opener by Dawn
6:35 - 6:40: Lulzy News by Cindy
6:40 - 6:45: Tool of the month by Will
8:00+ Craft beer @ Legal Seafoods
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Climate Change
Thursday, January 22
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EST)
Workbar Cambridge, 45 Prospect Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-change-registration-14838144289
Join us for a review of the science & politics of climate change. Get a chance to ask questions from an MIT professor who deeply studies climate data, and writes and speaks about the interactions between science and policy in international environmental negotiations.
Overview given by:
Noelle Selin
Assistant Professor of Engineering Systems and Atmospheric Chemistry
MIT Engineering Systems Division & Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
What questions do you want to make sure we answer? Submit them when you register, or email them to us at laur [at] thecivicseries [dot] com.
The Civic Series is a set of regular events, each one intended to breakdown and provide non-partisan, background information on complex global and national issues. Sessions provide a safe place for people to ask their questions and start learning more about topics like the conflicts in Syria, Russia-Ukraine, and Israel-Palestine; the state of the American prison system; climate change; and others. Learn more at www.thecivicseries.com.
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"3D Electron Microscopy in Biology: A 21st century perspective."
Thursday, January 22
6pm Sriram Subramaniam.
Harvard, HUCE Seminar Room 310, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
More information at http://www.msi.harvard.edu/events/thursdays.html
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The GIScience of Analyzing Natural Catastrophes
Thursday, January 22
7:00 PM
AIR Worldwide Research Department, Three Copley Place, Boston, MA (map)
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/avidgeo/events/218775981/
AIR Worldwide and Avid Geo are teaming up for January’s meet-up. This month’s meeting will focus on GIScience and natural catastrophes. This evening will be full of 10 minute talks.
Please help us out by submitting a talk or asking others to submit a talk asap. If you have a great application of GIScience for analyzing natural catastrophes let us know. More details to follow! Hope to see you there!
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Civilian Casualty, Cognitive Injection, and Big Data
Thursday, January 22
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Google, 5 Cambridge Center, Cambridge
Enter the glass doors, turn left, smile and wave, head up to Floor 5.
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/boston-security-meetup/events/169774842/
Cost: $1.00/per person
1. A civilian casualty in the Net Neutrality Battle (6:50-7:10)
by Devan Dewey
Net Neutrality is a topic fraught with political overtones, regulatory landmines, and polarizing issues. Most of the discourse has been focused on the potential effects that regulatory and statutory changes could have on consumer access, entrepreneurial innovation, and provider business models. However, little has been said about the negative impacts that lack of action could have – and is having – on businesses every day. Devan Dewey, CTO at NEPC, will talk about the real-world impacts he experienced when the absence of regulatory clarity allowed providers to duke it out online, and the overwhelming challenges and frustrations he overcame so that his business continued to run. His shocking findings were related in the Google-backed M-Lab Report.
About Devan. NEPC's Chief Technology Officer, Devan is responsible for the overall development and implementation of the business IT infrastructure. Previously, he implemented Oracle solutions for Teradyne and lead IT functions at Segue Software. He also implemented a program management system at Boston Medical Center and a distribution operations system at Medical Speciality Distributors. Hearned his MBA from Northeastern University and his BS from Tufts University.
2. Cognitive Injection! (7:15-7:35)
by Andy Ellis
It's a trope among security professionals that other humans - mere mundanes - don't 'get' security, and make foolish decisions. But this is an easy out, and a fundamental attribution error. Everyone has different incentives, motivators, and even perceptions of the world. By understanding this -- and how the human wetware has evolved over the last fifty thousand years or so -- we can redesign our security programs to better manipulate people.
About Andy. Akamai's Chief Security Officer, Andy Ellis is responsible for overseeing the security architecture and compliance of the company's massive, globally distributed network. He is the designer and patentholder of Akamai's SSL acceleration network, as well as several of the critical technologies underpinning the company’s Kona Security Solutions. Andy is at the forefront of Internet policy; as a speaker, blogger, member of the FCC CSRIC and Department of Homeland Security's NSTAC/NIAC, and an advisory board member of HacKid. He is a graduate of MIT and a former US Air Force officer, the recipient of CSO Magazine Compass Award, Air Force Commendation Medal, Wine Spectator's Award of Excellence, and Spirit of Disneyland Award.
3. Big data techniques in Cybersecurity (7:40-8)
by Adam Fuchs
In this talk we will provide a no-nonsense introduction to open source Big Data tools, such as Apache Hadoop, Apache Accumulo, and Apache Spark and how they can be utilized to combat advanced cyber threats. Our team at Sqrrl has years of experience putting these Big Data tools to work against petabyte-scale cybersecurity datasets within the US Intelligence community and at Fortune 100 companies. We will provide some of our lessons learned and best practices on how these tools can be used. We will also show a specific example of Sqrrl’s approach to Big Data Security Analytics.
About Adam. Sqrrl's Chief Technology Officer and co-founder, Adam Fuchs is responsible for ensuring that Sqrrl is leading the world in Big Data Infrastructure technology. Previously at the National Security Agency, Adam was an innovator and technical director for several database projects, handling some of the world’s largest and most diverse data sets. He is a co-founder of the Apache Accumulo project. Adam has a BS in Computer Science from the University of Washington and has completed extensive graduate-level course work at the University of Maryland.
Schedule
6:00 - 6:30: Pizza
6:30 - 6:35: Cybersecurity Opener by Dawn
6:35 - 6:40: Lulzy News by Cindy
6:40 - 6:45: Tool of the month by Will
8:00+ Craft beer @ Legal Seafoods
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Climate Change
Thursday, January 22
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EST)
Workbar Cambridge, 45 Prospect Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-change-registration-14838144289
Join us for a review of the science & politics of climate change. Get a chance to ask questions from an MIT professor who deeply studies climate data, and writes and speaks about the interactions between science and policy in international environmental negotiations.
Overview given by:
Noelle Selin
Assistant Professor of Engineering Systems and Atmospheric Chemistry
MIT Engineering Systems Division & Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
What questions do you want to make sure we answer? Submit them when you register, or email them to us at laur [at] thecivicseries [dot] com.
The Civic Series is a set of regular events, each one intended to breakdown and provide non-partisan, background information on complex global and national issues. Sessions provide a safe place for people to ask their questions and start learning more about topics like the conflicts in Syria, Russia-Ukraine, and Israel-Palestine; the state of the American prison system; climate change; and others. Learn more at www.thecivicseries.com.
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"3D Electron Microscopy in Biology: A 21st century perspective."
Thursday, January 22
6pm Sriram Subramaniam.
Harvard, HUCE Seminar Room 310, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
More information at http://www.msi.harvard.edu/events/thursdays.html
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The GIScience of Analyzing Natural Catastrophes
Thursday, January 22
7:00 PM
AIR Worldwide Research Department, Three Copley Place, Boston, MA (map)
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/avidgeo/events/218775981/
AIR Worldwide and Avid Geo are teaming up for January’s meet-up. This month’s meeting will focus on GIScience and natural catastrophes. This evening will be full of 10 minute talks.
Please help us out by submitting a talk or asking others to submit a talk asap. If you have a great application of GIScience for analyzing natural catastrophes let us know. More details to follow! Hope to see you there!
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Apples of New England
Thursday, January 22
Thursday, January 22
7:00 pm
Porter Square Books, Porter Square Shopping Center, 25 White Street, Cambridge
Russell Steven Powell, author
This fascinating and helpful guide will offer practical advice about rare heirlooms and newly discovered varieties, chapters on the rich tradition of apple growing in New England and on the fathers of American apples Massachusetts natives John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) and Henry David Thoreau. Apples of New England will present the apple in all its splendor: as biological wonder, super food, work of art, and cultural icon.
Apples of New England will be an indispensable resource for anyone identifying apples in New England orchards, farm stands, grocery stores or their own backyard. Photographs of the more than 200 apples discovered, grown, or sold in New England will be accompanied by notes about flavor and texture, history, ripening time, storage quality, and best use.
Russell Steven Powell has worked for the apple industry for nearly 20 years, most of that time as executive director of the nonprofit New England Apple Association. As its senior writer, he currently writes the weblog newenglandorchards.org.
In addition to his two books about apples, Apples of New England (Countryman Press, 2014) and America’s Apple (Brook Hollow Press, 2012), Powell was founding editor and publisher of New England Watershed Magazine, named Best New Publication of 2006 by the Utne Reader. He produced and directed Shack Time (2001), an award-winning video documentary program about the artist shacks in the dunes of the Cape Cod National Seashore. His oil paintings and prints were exhibited in New York City and Cape Cod in 2014.
A native of New England, he lives in western Massachusetts.
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Cambridge Car-sharing Discussion
Thursday, January 22
7:00 pm
LBJ Apartments community room, 150 Erie Street, Cambridge
The City of Cambridge is collecting feedback from Cambridge residents about carsharing services, such as Zipcar and Enterprise Carshare. Now that carsharing has become a part of the transportation landscape, the City is considering ways to formalize it in the zoning regulations and gather input from the community to create some recommendations for how to move forward. This meeting is the last in a series of neighborhood meetings.
For more information, contact Stephanie Groll, sgroll@cambridgema.gov or 617-349-4673.
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This fascinating and helpful guide will offer practical advice about rare heirlooms and newly discovered varieties, chapters on the rich tradition of apple growing in New England and on the fathers of American apples Massachusetts natives John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) and Henry David Thoreau. Apples of New England will present the apple in all its splendor: as biological wonder, super food, work of art, and cultural icon.
Apples of New England will be an indispensable resource for anyone identifying apples in New England orchards, farm stands, grocery stores or their own backyard. Photographs of the more than 200 apples discovered, grown, or sold in New England will be accompanied by notes about flavor and texture, history, ripening time, storage quality, and best use.
Russell Steven Powell has worked for the apple industry for nearly 20 years, most of that time as executive director of the nonprofit New England Apple Association. As its senior writer, he currently writes the weblog newenglandorchards.org.
In addition to his two books about apples, Apples of New England (Countryman Press, 2014) and America’s Apple (Brook Hollow Press, 2012), Powell was founding editor and publisher of New England Watershed Magazine, named Best New Publication of 2006 by the Utne Reader. He produced and directed Shack Time (2001), an award-winning video documentary program about the artist shacks in the dunes of the Cape Cod National Seashore. His oil paintings and prints were exhibited in New York City and Cape Cod in 2014.
A native of New England, he lives in western Massachusetts.
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Cambridge Car-sharing Discussion
Thursday, January 22
7:00 pm
LBJ Apartments community room, 150 Erie Street, Cambridge
The City of Cambridge is collecting feedback from Cambridge residents about carsharing services, such as Zipcar and Enterprise Carshare. Now that carsharing has become a part of the transportation landscape, the City is considering ways to formalize it in the zoning regulations and gather input from the community to create some recommendations for how to move forward. This meeting is the last in a series of neighborhood meetings.
For more information, contact Stephanie Groll, sgroll@cambridgema.gov or 617-349-4673.
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Considering Hate: Violence, Goodness, and Justice in American Culture and Politics
Thursday, January 22
7:00 PM
Thursday, January 22
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Michael Bronski, author
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Master Class with pianist Angela Hewitt
Thursday, January 22
7:00 PM
Master Class with pianist Angela Hewitt
Thursday, January 22
7:00 PM
Harvard, Paine Hall
Free (tickets/RSVPs not required; seating first-come, first-served, subject to venue capacity)
Named “Artist of the Year” at the 2006 Gramophone Awards, and made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2000 and awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2006, Angela Hewitt regularly appears in recital and with major orchestras throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia. Hewitt will conduct a master class sponsored by OFA Learning From Performers, the Celebrity Series of Boston and New England Conservatory of Music (NEC), which will highlight the Harvard-NEC joint degree program in music performance by featuring two student pianists from each school.
Angela Hewitt will also perform in a recital with mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter on Friday, January 23, 8 pm at New England Conservatory of Music’s Jordan Hall, presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston. For more information and tickets call 617.482.6661 or visit the Celebrity Series website.
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Risks and Rewards in Entertainment Careers
WHEN Thu., Jan. 22, 2015, 7 – 8 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard University Office for the Arts
COST Free and open to the public; registration required
TICKET WEB LINK https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-K2H2WPnntsyLArPMdXtJj5S536uxuNxxir3Uzad3Ao/viewform?edit_requested=true
CONTACT INFO 617.495.8676
DETAILS Modi Wiczyk ’93, M.B.A. ‘99, whose company Media Rights Capital is a film and television studio with credits including the Netflix series “House of Cards” and the films “Babel,” “22 Jump Street” and “Ted,” will discuss charting a career path in the entertainment industry.
LINK http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/lfp/details.php?ID=45184
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Friday, January 23
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Symposium on the Future of Computation in Science and Engineering: "Privacy in a Networked World"
WHEN Fri., Jan. 23, 2015, 8:15 a.m. – 5 p.m.
WHERE Science Center, Hall B (C for overflow), 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Conferences, Information Technology, Law, Science, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Institute for Applied Computational Science (IACS) and The Center for Research on Computation and Society (CRCS), both at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Science; Citadel; Continuum Analytics; Microsoft; NVIDIA; MathWorks
SPEAKER(S) Bruce Schneier, fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, in live video conversation with Edward Snowden, former system administrator, National Security Agency
John DeLong, director of the Commerical Solutions Center, National Security Agency
Cynthia Dwork, senior scientist, Microsoft Research
Lee Rainie, director of internet, Science and Technology Research, Pew Research Center
John Wilbanks, chief commons officer, Sage Bionetworks
COST Free; registration required
TICKET WEB LINK http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ea4gb038b2b9d85a&llr=odyvocsab
CONTACT INFO Computefest@seas.harvard.edu
DETAILS This annual event brings together leaders in industry, government, and academia for a lively conversation about issues raised by modern data science. This year's symposium will address the proposition that "society needs new conceptions of privacy" from the perspectives of national security, social media, technology companies, and computer science.
LINK http://computefest.seas.harvard.edu/symposium
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LearnLaunch Conference Across Boundaries: Delivering on Edtech’s Promise
January 23, 2015 - January 24, 2015
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/learnlaunch-conference-across-boundaries-delivering-on-edtechs-promise-tickets-14110417639
Cost: $80 - 350
http://learnlaunch.org/2015conference/#agenda
The purpose of Across Boundaries is to promote dialogue about digital learning. Our 3rd annual conference will examine how the most promising digital tools are being implemented in educational settings to increase student learning. The conference brings together a diverse set of voices to discuss the most challenging questions facing the edtech industry today.
We expect over 600 attendees who are passionate about edtech, including entrepreneurs, educators, investors, students, and industry experts. This year’s focus will be on empowering the edtech community to build, use, and deliver effective and engaging digital tools and learning experiences.
More information:
Agenda
Keynote Speakers
Hotel & Area Information
Twitter: @learnlaunch #learnlaunch15
Interested in volunteering at the conference? Email LearnLaunch for more information. Preference will be given to full-time students.
For press inquiries, please contact:
Dana Harris, Red Javelin Communications
dana@redjavelin.com
978-440-8392
Cancellation/Refund Policy:
All requests for refunds MUST be submitted in writing by the dates listed below:
Received by December 1, 2014 5 pm EST: Full refund, less a $50 per person administrative fee
Received by January 1, 2015 after 5 pm EST thorugh January 31, 2014: 50% refund, less a $50 per person administrative fee
Received on or after January 1, 2015: No Refunds
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Engineering Modern Microbes with Ancestral Genes to Explore Ancient Life
Friday, January 23
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
Speaker: Betul Kacar, Harvard University
EAPS IAP Lecture Series 2015: Origins of Life
Web site: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/events/iap-2015
Open to: the general public
Cost: n/a
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) Lectures
For more information, contact: Roberta Allard
617-253-3381
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Starr Forum Friday Flicks: "Hearts and Minds" (1974)
Friday, January 23
12:00p–2:00p
MIT, Building E40-496, The Lucian Pye Conference Room, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Speaker: John Tirman
Film screening and discussion with John Tirman, executive director and principal research scientist, MIT Center for International Studies. Author of "Deaths of Others," and many other books and publications.
We will be screening "Hearts and Minds"
Hearts and Minds is a 1974 American documentary film about the Vietnam War directed by Peter Davis. The film's title is based on a quote from President Lyndon B. Johnson: "the ultimate victory will depend on the hearts and minds of the people who actually live out there". The movie was chosen as Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 47th Academy Awards presented in 1975. The film premiered at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival.
Light refreshments will be served
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies
For more information, contact:
starrforum@mit.edu
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Free (tickets/RSVPs not required; seating first-come, first-served, subject to venue capacity)
Named “Artist of the Year” at the 2006 Gramophone Awards, and made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2000 and awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2006, Angela Hewitt regularly appears in recital and with major orchestras throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia. Hewitt will conduct a master class sponsored by OFA Learning From Performers, the Celebrity Series of Boston and New England Conservatory of Music (NEC), which will highlight the Harvard-NEC joint degree program in music performance by featuring two student pianists from each school.
Angela Hewitt will also perform in a recital with mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter on Friday, January 23, 8 pm at New England Conservatory of Music’s Jordan Hall, presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston. For more information and tickets call 617.482.6661 or visit the Celebrity Series website.
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Risks and Rewards in Entertainment Careers
WHEN Thu., Jan. 22, 2015, 7 – 8 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard University Office for the Arts
COST Free and open to the public; registration required
TICKET WEB LINK https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-K2H2WPnntsyLArPMdXtJj5S536uxuNxxir3Uzad3Ao/viewform?edit_requested=true
CONTACT INFO 617.495.8676
DETAILS Modi Wiczyk ’93, M.B.A. ‘99, whose company Media Rights Capital is a film and television studio with credits including the Netflix series “House of Cards” and the films “Babel,” “22 Jump Street” and “Ted,” will discuss charting a career path in the entertainment industry.
LINK http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/lfp/details.php?ID=45184
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Friday, January 23
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Symposium on the Future of Computation in Science and Engineering: "Privacy in a Networked World"
WHEN Fri., Jan. 23, 2015, 8:15 a.m. – 5 p.m.
WHERE Science Center, Hall B (C for overflow), 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Conferences, Information Technology, Law, Science, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Institute for Applied Computational Science (IACS) and The Center for Research on Computation and Society (CRCS), both at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Science; Citadel; Continuum Analytics; Microsoft; NVIDIA; MathWorks
SPEAKER(S) Bruce Schneier, fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, in live video conversation with Edward Snowden, former system administrator, National Security Agency
John DeLong, director of the Commerical Solutions Center, National Security Agency
Cynthia Dwork, senior scientist, Microsoft Research
Lee Rainie, director of internet, Science and Technology Research, Pew Research Center
John Wilbanks, chief commons officer, Sage Bionetworks
COST Free; registration required
TICKET WEB LINK http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ea4gb038b2b9d85a&llr=odyvocsab
CONTACT INFO Computefest@seas.harvard.edu
DETAILS This annual event brings together leaders in industry, government, and academia for a lively conversation about issues raised by modern data science. This year's symposium will address the proposition that "society needs new conceptions of privacy" from the perspectives of national security, social media, technology companies, and computer science.
LINK http://computefest.seas.harvard.edu/symposium
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LearnLaunch Conference Across Boundaries: Delivering on Edtech’s Promise
January 23, 2015 - January 24, 2015
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/learnlaunch-conference-across-boundaries-delivering-on-edtechs-promise-tickets-14110417639
Cost: $80 - 350
http://learnlaunch.org/2015conference/#agenda
The purpose of Across Boundaries is to promote dialogue about digital learning. Our 3rd annual conference will examine how the most promising digital tools are being implemented in educational settings to increase student learning. The conference brings together a diverse set of voices to discuss the most challenging questions facing the edtech industry today.
We expect over 600 attendees who are passionate about edtech, including entrepreneurs, educators, investors, students, and industry experts. This year’s focus will be on empowering the edtech community to build, use, and deliver effective and engaging digital tools and learning experiences.
More information:
Agenda
Keynote Speakers
Hotel & Area Information
Twitter: @learnlaunch #learnlaunch15
Interested in volunteering at the conference? Email LearnLaunch for more information. Preference will be given to full-time students.
For press inquiries, please contact:
Dana Harris, Red Javelin Communications
dana@redjavelin.com
978-440-8392
Cancellation/Refund Policy:
All requests for refunds MUST be submitted in writing by the dates listed below:
Received by December 1, 2014 5 pm EST: Full refund, less a $50 per person administrative fee
Received by January 1, 2015 after 5 pm EST thorugh January 31, 2014: 50% refund, less a $50 per person administrative fee
Received on or after January 1, 2015: No Refunds
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Engineering Modern Microbes with Ancestral Genes to Explore Ancient Life
Friday, January 23
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
Speaker: Betul Kacar, Harvard University
EAPS IAP Lecture Series 2015: Origins of Life
Web site: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/events/iap-2015
Open to: the general public
Cost: n/a
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) Lectures
For more information, contact: Roberta Allard
617-253-3381
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Starr Forum Friday Flicks: "Hearts and Minds" (1974)
Friday, January 23
12:00p–2:00p
MIT, Building E40-496, The Lucian Pye Conference Room, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Speaker: John Tirman
Film screening and discussion with John Tirman, executive director and principal research scientist, MIT Center for International Studies. Author of "Deaths of Others," and many other books and publications.
We will be screening "Hearts and Minds"
Hearts and Minds is a 1974 American documentary film about the Vietnam War directed by Peter Davis. The film's title is based on a quote from President Lyndon B. Johnson: "the ultimate victory will depend on the hearts and minds of the people who actually live out there". The movie was chosen as Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 47th Academy Awards presented in 1975. The film premiered at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival.
Light refreshments will be served
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies
For more information, contact:
starrforum@mit.edu
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The Search for Earth 2.0
Friday, January 23
Friday, January 23
1:30PM-2:30PM
MIT, Building 4-370, 182 Memorial Dr (Rear), Cambridge
Sara Seager - Professor, Dept of Earth, Atmospheric, & Planetary Sciences
The discovery and characterization of exoplanets have the potential to offer the world one of the most impactful findings ever in the history of astronomy - the identification of life beyond Earth. Life can be inferred by the presence of atmospheric biosignature gases - gases produced by life that can accumulate to detectable levels in an exoplanet atmosphere.
The discovery and characterization of exoplanets have the potential to offer the world one of the most impactful findings ever in the history of astronomy - the identification of life beyond Earth. Life can be inferred by the presence of atmospheric biosignature gases - gases produced by life that can accumulate to detectable levels in an exoplanet atmosphere.
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Boston Global Game Jam 2015 @ Northeastern University
Friday, January 23
5:00 PM - Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 8:00 PM (EST)
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-global-game-jam-2015-northeastern-university-tickets-14693098453?aff=es2&rank=574
Cost: $22.09
The Playable Innovative Technologies (PLAIT) Lab will host together with the Digital Media Commons (DMC) and the Northeastern Center for the Arts at Northeastern University the Boston Global Game Jam (GGJ).
We Want You to Innovate!
We encourage participants at this GGJ site to innovate. Teams can innovate by thinking of new game mechanisms or by using themes or topics that haven’t been used in games. In our opinion the GGJ offers a great opportunity to experiment and to deliver short but wonderful game experiences. You want to capture players with something new and revealing in the short amount of gameplay time. That happens with something innovative. To help facilitate this innovation, we will brainstorm about possible innovative approaches on Friday evening. In addition, PLAIT faculty will be available to brainstorm with you.
Where Will the Magic Happen?
The magic will happen at the Digital Media Commons (DMC), a state-of-the-art facility that opened her doors in Fall 2012. It is a collaborative learning facility made up of a number of group work areas, high-power computer workstations and expert support. The Digital Media Commons provides new access to professional-grade hardware and software previously only available to members in specialized programs. New capabilities in animation, GIS, CAD, high-quality printing, video & audio production are available to all. Dual-monitor Apple and PC workstations provide high-power computing to deliver seamless media production, modeling, data analysis, and more. A number of new collaboration areas also bring groups together to facilitate easy sharing with plug-in monitors for laptops, mobile whiteboards, flexible seating and movable tables, all based on a grid of power so users are never far from an outlet to power their devices.
More information: http://dmc.northeastern.edu/
Software can be found here: http://dmc.northeastern.edu/abilities/all/software
What Should I Bring?
Although the DMC has computers available, we highly encourage participants to bring their own laptop. This is because some of the group spaces don’t have computers and you may decide with your group to work there. In addition, it is impossible to download software on DMC computers and so if you are need of dedicated game software (e.g., Unity or UDK), you need to rely on your own laptop.
Who Can Attend?
Anyone with an interest in designing games can attend. All participants must be 18 years or older. You don’t need to have experience in designing a game before and you don’t need to have programming skills. In designing a game various assets and skills are needed other than programming: writing, art, sound, and game design. Teams need a mix of people with various backgrounds and while forming the teams we will make sure teams are balanced
The site has a maximum of 200 participants.
Schedule
The event will run from Friday, January 23th at 6pm until Sunday, January 25th at 5 pm. Participants will need to attend the entire duration of this event. The complete schedule is as follows:
Friday January 23th
5-6 pm: Check in and jam registration
6 pm: Theme reveal and presentations
7 pm: Group Forming and Social “Get to Know Each Other” exercises and dinner
8 pm: Brainstorming
9 pm: Pitching and critique
Saturday January 24th
9 am: Breakfast
11 am: Deadline to create user profile and game page
1 pm: Lunch
7 pm: Dinner
Sunday January 25th
9 am: Breakfast
1 pm: Lunch
3 pm: Deadline for handing in the games
5 pm: Presentations and awards
Food & Drinks
We will provide food and drinks during the event as indicated in the schedule and make sure a vegetarian option is available. In the vicinity of the location many varied options are available for food/coffee and other needs.
Contact Information
Casper Harteveld, Assistant Professor at the College of Arts, Media and Design and member of the Playable Innovative Technologies Lab, is the organizer of this event. You can contact him with questions by e-mail (c.harteveld@neu.edu) or phone (617-373-4027).
You can contact Casper with questions regarding cancellations or any other concerns you may have about the event.
About Playable Innovative Technologies Lab
Playable Innovative Technology: PlayIT or PLAIT, also means Braid, intertwined strands of, in our case, disciplines and activities. PLAIT is a group of faculty who teach and do research on topics related to game design and interactive media. We see this new emerging discipline as an interdisciplinary topic that infuses the arts (performative and visual), sciences (psychology, social science), and technology (computer science and engineering). We believe that the strength of our team is the strong cross disciplinary collaboration and representation. The core faculty represent the interactive arts, the computer science, and the social science, with members that often cross between these disciplines and publish in the different disciplines. Thus, we advocate a multi- and inter-disciplinary approach to game design and interactive media teaching and research, which we feel is unique within the game and interactive media programs and departments.
More information: http://www.northeastern.edu/games/
Boston Global Game Jam 2015 @ Northeastern University
Friday, January 23
5:00 PM - Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 8:00 PM (EST)
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-global-game-jam-2015-northeastern-university-tickets-14693098453?aff=es2&rank=574
Cost: $22.09
The Playable Innovative Technologies (PLAIT) Lab will host together with the Digital Media Commons (DMC) and the Northeastern Center for the Arts at Northeastern University the Boston Global Game Jam (GGJ).
We Want You to Innovate!
We encourage participants at this GGJ site to innovate. Teams can innovate by thinking of new game mechanisms or by using themes or topics that haven’t been used in games. In our opinion the GGJ offers a great opportunity to experiment and to deliver short but wonderful game experiences. You want to capture players with something new and revealing in the short amount of gameplay time. That happens with something innovative. To help facilitate this innovation, we will brainstorm about possible innovative approaches on Friday evening. In addition, PLAIT faculty will be available to brainstorm with you.
Where Will the Magic Happen?
The magic will happen at the Digital Media Commons (DMC), a state-of-the-art facility that opened her doors in Fall 2012. It is a collaborative learning facility made up of a number of group work areas, high-power computer workstations and expert support. The Digital Media Commons provides new access to professional-grade hardware and software previously only available to members in specialized programs. New capabilities in animation, GIS, CAD, high-quality printing, video & audio production are available to all. Dual-monitor Apple and PC workstations provide high-power computing to deliver seamless media production, modeling, data analysis, and more. A number of new collaboration areas also bring groups together to facilitate easy sharing with plug-in monitors for laptops, mobile whiteboards, flexible seating and movable tables, all based on a grid of power so users are never far from an outlet to power their devices.
More information: http://dmc.northeastern.edu/
Software can be found here: http://dmc.northeastern.edu/abilities/all/software
What Should I Bring?
Although the DMC has computers available, we highly encourage participants to bring their own laptop. This is because some of the group spaces don’t have computers and you may decide with your group to work there. In addition, it is impossible to download software on DMC computers and so if you are need of dedicated game software (e.g., Unity or UDK), you need to rely on your own laptop.
Who Can Attend?
Anyone with an interest in designing games can attend. All participants must be 18 years or older. You don’t need to have experience in designing a game before and you don’t need to have programming skills. In designing a game various assets and skills are needed other than programming: writing, art, sound, and game design. Teams need a mix of people with various backgrounds and while forming the teams we will make sure teams are balanced
The site has a maximum of 200 participants.
Schedule
The event will run from Friday, January 23th at 6pm until Sunday, January 25th at 5 pm. Participants will need to attend the entire duration of this event. The complete schedule is as follows:
Friday January 23th
5-6 pm: Check in and jam registration
6 pm: Theme reveal and presentations
7 pm: Group Forming and Social “Get to Know Each Other” exercises and dinner
8 pm: Brainstorming
9 pm: Pitching and critique
Saturday January 24th
9 am: Breakfast
11 am: Deadline to create user profile and game page
1 pm: Lunch
7 pm: Dinner
Sunday January 25th
9 am: Breakfast
1 pm: Lunch
3 pm: Deadline for handing in the games
5 pm: Presentations and awards
Food & Drinks
We will provide food and drinks during the event as indicated in the schedule and make sure a vegetarian option is available. In the vicinity of the location many varied options are available for food/coffee and other needs.
Contact Information
Casper Harteveld, Assistant Professor at the College of Arts, Media and Design and member of the Playable Innovative Technologies Lab, is the organizer of this event. You can contact him with questions by e-mail (c.harteveld@neu.edu) or phone (617-373-4027).
You can contact Casper with questions regarding cancellations or any other concerns you may have about the event.
About Playable Innovative Technologies Lab
Playable Innovative Technology: PlayIT or PLAIT, also means Braid, intertwined strands of, in our case, disciplines and activities. PLAIT is a group of faculty who teach and do research on topics related to game design and interactive media. We see this new emerging discipline as an interdisciplinary topic that infuses the arts (performative and visual), sciences (psychology, social science), and technology (computer science and engineering). We believe that the strength of our team is the strong cross disciplinary collaboration and representation. The core faculty represent the interactive arts, the computer science, and the social science, with members that often cross between these disciplines and publish in the different disciplines. Thus, we advocate a multi- and inter-disciplinary approach to game design and interactive media teaching and research, which we feel is unique within the game and interactive media programs and departments.
More information: http://www.northeastern.edu/games/
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Saturday, January 24
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Bread & Puppet at the Cyclorama
January 24 through February 1
Cyclorama, 539 Tremont Street, South End, Boston
Tickets: http://www.breadandpuppet.org, 866-811-4111(toll free)
General admission $18, $13 students/seniors, $10 for kids 11 & under
"Captain Boycott" [recommended for 12 & up] and "The Nothing Is Not Ready Circus" [recommended for everyone]
Visual art installation created by Peter Schumann at the Cyclorama Jan. 27-Feb. 1, Tues.-Sun. Free and open to all.
In keeping with their long standing tradition of "sublime arsekicking puppetry," the award-winning Vermont-based Bread & Puppet Theater, featuring Artistic Director Peter Schumann and his troupe of puppeteers, returns to the Cyclorama at the BCA, bringing their signature powerful imagery, masked characters, and giant papier-mache puppets. Their nine day residency includes the evening show "Captain Boycott" (recommended for ages 12 & up), performances of "The Nothing Is Not Ready Circus" (recommended for everyone), a political art installation conceived by Schumann, along with the sale of Bread & Puppet's legendary Cheap Art and the opportunity to savor Schumann?s home-made sourdough rye bread spread with garlic-laden aioli.
All the visuals are created by Schumann, including sculpting and painting of all the major masks and puppets, with input from the company. Although all Bread & Puppet events have a seriousness of purpose - a few laughs are always thrown in!
Further information, call the Boston-area Bread & Puppet Theater hot line: 617-286-6694.
All the visuals are created by Schumann, including sculpting and painting of all the major masks and puppets, with input from the company. Although all Bread & Puppet events have a seriousness of purpose - a few laughs are always thrown in!
Further information, call the Boston-area Bread & Puppet Theater hot line: 617-286-6694.
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Monday, January 26
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Grounds for Engagement: Design, Landscape and Environmental Health
Monday, January 26
12:00 PM to 4:30 PM (EST)
Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, McLeod Suites, Curry Student Center, 3rd Floor, Boston
This micro-conference presents a forum to discuss design tools and strategies for visualizing, making and interacting with the environmental and health impacts of our working landscapes.
Schedule
12:00pm - 1:00pm - Welcome and Lunch
1:00pm - 3:00pm - Introduction and Speaker Presentations
3:30pm - 4:30pm - Reception and Gallery tour of Petrochemical America with Kate Orff at Gallery 360
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Monday, January 26
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Grounds for Engagement: Design, Landscape and Environmental Health
Monday, January 26
12:00 PM to 4:30 PM (EST)
Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, McLeod Suites, Curry Student Center, 3rd Floor, Boston
This micro-conference presents a forum to discuss design tools and strategies for visualizing, making and interacting with the environmental and health impacts of our working landscapes.
Schedule
12:00pm - 1:00pm - Welcome and Lunch
1:00pm - 3:00pm - Introduction and Speaker Presentations
3:30pm - 4:30pm - Reception and Gallery tour of Petrochemical America with Kate Orff at Gallery 360
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Physics Lecture Series: Frontiers in Superconductivity
Monday, January 26
1:30p–2:30p
MIT, Building 4-370, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
1:30p–2:30p
MIT, Building 4-370, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: Inna Vishik - Pappalardo Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Physics=
Frontiers in Superconductivity
Condensed matter physics examines the science of many: when one-billion-quadrillion atoms are assembled in a solid material, new phenomena can emerge. Just when it seems that the phenomenon is fully understood, new superconductors are discovered to challenge this understanding. In this talk, I will give an overview of superconductivity science and technology with a focus on current research directions.
Inna Vishik - Pappalardo Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Physics
Physics IAP Lecture Series
Web site: http://student.mit.edu/iap/ns272.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Physics IAP
For more information, contact: Denise Wahkor
617-253-4855
denisew@mit.edu
Web site: http://student.mit.edu/iap/ns272.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Physics IAP
For more information, contact: Denise Wahkor
617-253-4855
denisew@mit.edu
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Loeb Library Exhibit Opening: Unmasking Jim Crow: Blackface Minstrelsy in American Popular Culture
Monday, January 26
4:00 pm
Harvard, Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Spalding Room, Music Building, North Yard, behind 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
A student-curated exhibit focusing on blackface minstrelsy drawing on materials from the Harvard Theatre Collection. READ MORE
Exhibit opens with a symposium beginning at 4:30 pm
Keynote: Louis Chude-Sokei, University of Washington
author of The Last 'Darky': Bert Williams, Black-on-Black Minstrelsy, and the African Diaspora
Performance by Rhiannon Giddens, singer and banjoist, Carolina Chocolate Drops
Free and open to the public.
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Loeb Library Exhibit Opening: Unmasking Jim Crow: Blackface Minstrelsy in American Popular Culture
Monday, January 26
4:00 pm
Harvard, Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Spalding Room, Music Building, North Yard, behind 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
A student-curated exhibit focusing on blackface minstrelsy drawing on materials from the Harvard Theatre Collection. READ MORE
Exhibit opens with a symposium beginning at 4:30 pm
Keynote: Louis Chude-Sokei, University of Washington
author of The Last 'Darky': Bert Williams, Black-on-Black Minstrelsy, and the African Diaspora
Performance by Rhiannon Giddens, singer and banjoist, Carolina Chocolate Drops
Free and open to the public.
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Askwith Forum: Ferguson and Beyond: Educational Strategies to Address Racism and Social Injustice
WHEN Mon., Jan. 26, 2015, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge
TYPE OF EVENT Discussion, Diversity & Equity, Forum, Lecture, Question & Answer Session
PROGRAM/DEPARTMENT Alumni, AskWith Forum
BUILDING/ROOM Askwith Hall
CONTACT NAME Roger Falcon
CONTACT EMAIL roger_falcon@gse.harvard.edu
CONTACT PHONE 617-384-9968
SPONSORING ORGANIZATION/DEPARTMENT Harvard Graduate School of Education
REGISTRATION REQUIRED No
ADMISSION FEE This event is free and open to the public.
RSVP REQUIRED No
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Education
DETAILS Introduction: James E. Ryan, Dean of the Faculty and Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, HGSE
Moderator: Paul Reville, Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration, HGSE
Panelists include:
This forum explores the educational implications of the crisis most recently manifested in Ferguson and several other U.S. cities Educators have a critical role to play in addressing issues of racism, injustice, inequity, and diversity. How can educators use this moment in history as an opportunity to craft educational approaches for achieving a just society?
WHEN Mon., Jan. 26, 2015, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge
TYPE OF EVENT Discussion, Diversity & Equity, Forum, Lecture, Question & Answer Session
PROGRAM/DEPARTMENT Alumni, AskWith Forum
BUILDING/ROOM Askwith Hall
CONTACT NAME Roger Falcon
CONTACT EMAIL roger_falcon@gse.harvard.edu
CONTACT PHONE 617-384-9968
SPONSORING ORGANIZATION/DEPARTMENT Harvard Graduate School of Education
REGISTRATION REQUIRED No
ADMISSION FEE This event is free and open to the public.
RSVP REQUIRED No
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Education
DETAILS Introduction: James E. Ryan, Dean of the Faculty and Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, HGSE
Moderator: Paul Reville, Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration, HGSE
Panelists include:
Tiffany Anderson, Ed.D., Superintendent, Jennings School District, Jennings, MO
Tracey Benson, Ed.L.D.’16, co-author of case study on Ferguson, MO
Ni'Cole Gipson, parent and social media activist, Florissant, MO
Valeria Silva, Superintendent, Saint Paul Public Schools, St. Paul, MN
This forum explores the educational implications of the crisis most recently manifested in Ferguson and several other U.S. cities Educators have a critical role to play in addressing issues of racism, injustice, inequity, and diversity. How can educators use this moment in history as an opportunity to craft educational approaches for achieving a just society?
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Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter and Valuing Life: Humanizing the Regulatory State
Monday, January 26
7:00 PM
Monday, January 26
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Cass R. Sunstein, author
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The Best of The European Short Film Festival at MIT
Monday, January 26
7:00p–9:00p
MIT, Building 32-123, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Please join us for the very best of the 10th Annual European Short Film Festival at MIT!
As in past years, ESFF 2014 offered a unique selection of recent short films from all over Europe, most of them screened for the first time in the US. The weekend of film included ground-breaking cinematic experiments, unconventional comedies, imaginative animation, original documentaries and tense dramas.
This two hour program will include ESFF prize-winning entries and a selection of audience and jury favorites. Visit esff.mit.edu for a full listing of the films.
Web site: esff.mit.edu
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing, MIT Hyperstudio
For more information, contact: Gabriella Horvath
617-715-4480
hyperstudio@mit.edu
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Tuesday, January 27
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America's Complicated Relationship with Civic Duty: Understanding Everyday Americans at the Core of Civic Innovation
Tuesday, January 27
12:30 pm
Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, 23 Everett Street, Second Floor, Cambridge
RSVP required for those attending in person at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2014/12/krontiris#RSVP
Event will be webcast live on http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2014/12/krontiris at 12:30 pm.
Kate Krontiris will discuss "America's Complicated Relationship with Civic Duty: Understanding Everyday Americans at the Core of Civic Innovation". Description forthcoming.
About Kate
Kate is a researcher, strategist, and facilitator working to transform civic life in America. In pursuit of a society where more people assert greater ownership over the decisions that govern their lives, she uses ethnographic tools to design products, policies, and services that enable a more equitable democratic future. During her fellowship with the Berkman Center, Kate will explore two topics: 21st century girlhood, and Americans' awareness of their government's presence in their lives.
With full research support from Google’s Civic Innovation portfolio, Kate just finished traveling across the United States to ascertain what motivates everyday Americans to take civic actions and what holds them back. The goal of this research is to understand how we have become a nation of interested bystanders, and what can be done to nudge everyday people to take small actions that could radically transform the fabric of civic participation. The findings are being used to inform the design of civic products and services at Google, and will be shared with the civic tech ecosystem publicly, likely later this year.
Kate is best known for her applied research on how citizens use technology. Earlier this year, Kate led a discovery and design process on behalf of Personal Democracy Media to investigate and envision a new center for civic innovation in New York City. In spring of 2013, she led a first-of-its-kind ethnographic investigation into American elections, assessing the human motivations, technological systems, and institutional landscapes that define elections administration at the most local levels. This year, the non-profit, non-partisan civic startup TurboVote is prototyping with elections officials a series of tools whose specifications flow directly from the findings, in order to effect a wholesale re-visioning of the voter experience by 2016. Kate also spent time in the U.S. Department of State and at Google Ideas, exploring how technology might be used to improve judicial outcomes.
Prior to her graduate education, Kate built a career in problem-solving justice and mediation. Working with the Center for Court Innovation around New York City, she shepherded a multi-stakeholder task force on prison reentry in Harlem and developed meaningful community service initiatives for the Bronx Criminal Court. She also mediated over 150 conflicts through youth court and conflict resolution programs.
Kate is a graduate of Columbia University. She holds a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. She serves as a member of the Harlem Justice Corps Community Advisory Board and is also an alumna of the AmeriCorps National Service Program.
http://katekrontiris.com/ || @katekrontiris
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The Best of The European Short Film Festival at MIT
Monday, January 26
7:00p–9:00p
MIT, Building 32-123, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Please join us for the very best of the 10th Annual European Short Film Festival at MIT!
As in past years, ESFF 2014 offered a unique selection of recent short films from all over Europe, most of them screened for the first time in the US. The weekend of film included ground-breaking cinematic experiments, unconventional comedies, imaginative animation, original documentaries and tense dramas.
This two hour program will include ESFF prize-winning entries and a selection of audience and jury favorites. Visit esff.mit.edu for a full listing of the films.
Web site: esff.mit.edu
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing, MIT Hyperstudio
For more information, contact: Gabriella Horvath
617-715-4480
hyperstudio@mit.edu
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Tuesday, January 27
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America's Complicated Relationship with Civic Duty: Understanding Everyday Americans at the Core of Civic Innovation
Tuesday, January 27
12:30 pm
Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, 23 Everett Street, Second Floor, Cambridge
RSVP required for those attending in person at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2014/12/krontiris#RSVP
Event will be webcast live on http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2014/12/krontiris at 12:30 pm.
Kate Krontiris will discuss "America's Complicated Relationship with Civic Duty: Understanding Everyday Americans at the Core of Civic Innovation". Description forthcoming.
About Kate
Kate is a researcher, strategist, and facilitator working to transform civic life in America. In pursuit of a society where more people assert greater ownership over the decisions that govern their lives, she uses ethnographic tools to design products, policies, and services that enable a more equitable democratic future. During her fellowship with the Berkman Center, Kate will explore two topics: 21st century girlhood, and Americans' awareness of their government's presence in their lives.
With full research support from Google’s Civic Innovation portfolio, Kate just finished traveling across the United States to ascertain what motivates everyday Americans to take civic actions and what holds them back. The goal of this research is to understand how we have become a nation of interested bystanders, and what can be done to nudge everyday people to take small actions that could radically transform the fabric of civic participation. The findings are being used to inform the design of civic products and services at Google, and will be shared with the civic tech ecosystem publicly, likely later this year.
Kate is best known for her applied research on how citizens use technology. Earlier this year, Kate led a discovery and design process on behalf of Personal Democracy Media to investigate and envision a new center for civic innovation in New York City. In spring of 2013, she led a first-of-its-kind ethnographic investigation into American elections, assessing the human motivations, technological systems, and institutional landscapes that define elections administration at the most local levels. This year, the non-profit, non-partisan civic startup TurboVote is prototyping with elections officials a series of tools whose specifications flow directly from the findings, in order to effect a wholesale re-visioning of the voter experience by 2016. Kate also spent time in the U.S. Department of State and at Google Ideas, exploring how technology might be used to improve judicial outcomes.
Prior to her graduate education, Kate built a career in problem-solving justice and mediation. Working with the Center for Court Innovation around New York City, she shepherded a multi-stakeholder task force on prison reentry in Harlem and developed meaningful community service initiatives for the Bronx Criminal Court. She also mediated over 150 conflicts through youth court and conflict resolution programs.
Kate is a graduate of Columbia University. She holds a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. She serves as a member of the Harlem Justice Corps Community Advisory Board and is also an alumna of the AmeriCorps National Service Program.
http://katekrontiris.com/ || @katekrontiris
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APC's 6th Annual Open House
Tuesday January 27
Tuesday January 27
4:00 PM to 7:00 PM EST
Metropolitan Area Planning Council, 60 Temple Place, Boston
Metropolitan Area Planning Council, 60 Temple Place, Boston
RSVP at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ea9b50cye56af96e&oseq=&c=b77caa50-eace-11e3-83bf-d4ae529a7ac4&ch=b78312f0-eace-11e3-83bf-d4ae529a7ac4
Join us on January 27 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. for our 6th Annual Open House! Meet MAPC's staff, learn about our projects and region, and connect with old and new friends.
This year's Open House will celebrate our new Strategic Plan for the years 2015 through 2020. The strategic plan reaffirms MAPC's mission and commitment to the vision outlined in MetroFuture, the long-term regional policy plan for Metropolitan Boston.
This year's Open House will celebrate our new Strategic Plan for the years 2015 through 2020. The strategic plan reaffirms MAPC's mission and commitment to the vision outlined in MetroFuture, the long-term regional policy plan for Metropolitan Boston.
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Startup Rounds - Final Showcase & Awards
Tuesday, January 27
6:00 pm
Microsoft New England Research and Development Center, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
RSVP at https://startuproundsfinalshowcase.splashthat.com
Cost: $10-40
10 Finalists from the Startup Rounds competition will have opportunities to demo their products, and convince judges that they have a high potential and high impact startup. Winners are presented with cash and resources. Here's what Startup Rounds and partners are giving away:
$30,000 Cash (No equity, no royalty, no strings attached)
$25,000+ Real Estate Speculation and Services - Courtesy of Colliers International
$40,000+ Co-working space - Courtesy of WeWork, Workbar, NGIN Workplace, and IdeaSpace
$10,000 Press - Courtesy of Bostinno
$10,000 Book Keeping Services - Courtesy of SmartBooks
$10,000 Legal Services - Courtesy of Pepper Hamilton & Pierce Atwood
$17,500 CPA Services - Courtesy of Samuel Goldstein & Co.
$5,000 Monthly Cloud Computing Credit for 1 year to top 10 - Courtesy of Microsoft
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Virtual nations: new communication challenges for states, business, society
Tuesday, January 27
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM (EST)
British Consulate-General Boston, One Broadway, 7th Floor, Kendall Room, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-nations-new-communication-challenges-for-states-business-society-tickets-14751019697
Pre-registration at least 2 days in advance and a photo ID are required to enter the Consulate.
Oxford Business Alumni Lecture Series
Businesses operate in complex contexts affected by economic climates, political trends, cultural values, legal developments, and technological changes. The OBA Lecture Series seeks to explore the practice and theory of business and management across disciplines and contexts. Addressing an audience of Oxford business school graduates, Oxford alumni, and friends of Oxford based in and around Boston, the lecture series will invite speakers and experts from a wide range of fields – economics, political science, religion, technology, law, entrepreneurship, etc. – to speak to their impact on business and management in an increasingly networked and diverse world.
The OBA cordially invites you (whether you are an alumnus or not) to the second OBA Boston Lecture with a seminar entitled:
“Virtual nations: new communication challenges for states, business, and society”
Dr. Simon Moore, Associate Professor of Information Design & Corporate Communications at Bentley College and Oxford D.Phil., specializing "in public affairs, issues and risk management, crisis planning, developing new business proposals and environmental communication. Created and taught public relations and crisis communications courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in Britain, Canada and United States. Published, presented and consulted in Britain, Canada and the United States. Author of An Invitation to Public Relations and Public Relations and the History of Ideas; co-author of Effective Crisis Communication: Worldwide Principles and Practice, Global Technology and Corporate Crisis."
Startup Rounds - Final Showcase & Awards
Tuesday, January 27
6:00 pm
Microsoft New England Research and Development Center, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
RSVP at https://startuproundsfinalshowcase.splashthat.com
Cost: $10-40
10 Finalists from the Startup Rounds competition will have opportunities to demo their products, and convince judges that they have a high potential and high impact startup. Winners are presented with cash and resources. Here's what Startup Rounds and partners are giving away:
$30,000 Cash (No equity, no royalty, no strings attached)
$25,000+ Real Estate Speculation and Services - Courtesy of Colliers International
$40,000+ Co-working space - Courtesy of WeWork, Workbar, NGIN Workplace, and IdeaSpace
$10,000 Press - Courtesy of Bostinno
$10,000 Book Keeping Services - Courtesy of SmartBooks
$10,000 Legal Services - Courtesy of Pepper Hamilton & Pierce Atwood
$17,500 CPA Services - Courtesy of Samuel Goldstein & Co.
$5,000 Monthly Cloud Computing Credit for 1 year to top 10 - Courtesy of Microsoft
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Virtual nations: new communication challenges for states, business, society
Tuesday, January 27
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM (EST)
British Consulate-General Boston, One Broadway, 7th Floor, Kendall Room, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-nations-new-communication-challenges-for-states-business-society-tickets-14751019697
Pre-registration at least 2 days in advance and a photo ID are required to enter the Consulate.
Oxford Business Alumni Lecture Series
Businesses operate in complex contexts affected by economic climates, political trends, cultural values, legal developments, and technological changes. The OBA Lecture Series seeks to explore the practice and theory of business and management across disciplines and contexts. Addressing an audience of Oxford business school graduates, Oxford alumni, and friends of Oxford based in and around Boston, the lecture series will invite speakers and experts from a wide range of fields – economics, political science, religion, technology, law, entrepreneurship, etc. – to speak to their impact on business and management in an increasingly networked and diverse world.
The OBA cordially invites you (whether you are an alumnus or not) to the second OBA Boston Lecture with a seminar entitled:
“Virtual nations: new communication challenges for states, business, and society”
Dr. Simon Moore, Associate Professor of Information Design & Corporate Communications at Bentley College and Oxford D.Phil., specializing "in public affairs, issues and risk management, crisis planning, developing new business proposals and environmental communication. Created and taught public relations and crisis communications courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in Britain, Canada and United States. Published, presented and consulted in Britain, Canada and the United States. Author of An Invitation to Public Relations and Public Relations and the History of Ideas; co-author of Effective Crisis Communication: Worldwide Principles and Practice, Global Technology and Corporate Crisis."
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Government against Itself: Public Union Power and Its Consequences
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
7:00 PM
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Daniel DiSalvo, author, in a debate with Barry Bluestone, moderated by Peter Kadzis
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Wednesday, January 28
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Wednesday, January 28
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Cybersecurity: People, Process and Technology
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
10:00a–12:00p
MIT, Building E62-250, 100 Main Street, Cambridge
10:00a–12:00p
MIT, Building E62-250, 100 Main Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://alumic.mit.edu/s/1314/03-alumni/wide.aspx?sid=1314&gid=13&pgid=22469&content_id=25906
Speaker: Everardo Ruiz SM '00 and COL. (Ret.) Robert Banks
The tools for Cybersecurity are shifting from Protection and Detection toward Tolerance and Survivability. As Malware numbers, attacks, cost and time-to-fix all explode, it has become clear the advances in Cybersecurity technology have outpaced similar advances in People and current Processes. Should we move beyond today's compliance approaches towards monitoring and industry partnership that shares threat information? Can we align dependent circles... and what can we do till then? Is this simply a technology discussion? The presentation was based on several decades of industry, telecom and government perspectives.
Web site: http://alumic.mit.edu/s/1314/03-alumni/wide.aspx?sid=1314&gid=13&pgid=22469&content_id=25906
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): MIT Alumni Association
For more information, contact: Elena Byrne
617-252-1143
aa-student-services@mit.edu
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Molecular Evolution before the Domain Ancestors: Indications for Dramatic Planetary Changes during Life's Early Evolution
Wednesday, January 28
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
Speaker: Peter Gogarten, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, University of Connecticut
EAPS IAP Lecture Series 2015: Origin of Life
Web site: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/events/iap-2015
Open to: the general public
Cost: n/a
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) Lectures
For more information, contact: Roberta Allard
617-253-3381
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What do we know about earliest life on Earth? Does biology constrain the early planetary narrative?
Wednesday, January 28
1:00p–2:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
EAPS IAP Lecture Series 2015: Origin of Life
Panel Discussion, moderated by Greg Fournier, MIT
Noam Prywes, Harvard University
Betul Kacar, Harvard University
Peter Gogarten, University of Connecticut
Web site: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/events/iap-2015
Open to: the general public
Cost: n/a
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) Lectures
For more information, contact: Roberta Allard
617-253-3381
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Belt and Suspenders and More: The Incremental Impact of Energy Efficiency Subsidies in the Presence of Existing Policy Instruments
WHEN Wed., Jan. 28, 2015, 4:10 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer-382, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Social Sciences, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy, Harvard Environmental Economics Program
SPEAKER(S) Joseph Aldy, Harvard University
LINK http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k105744
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Conversation and Clinic with Branford Marsalis
WHEN Wed., Jan. 28, 2015, 5 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Leverett House Library Theatre, Mill Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Classes/Workshops, Lecture, Music
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Learning From Performers
SPEAKER(S) Branford Marsalis
COST Free; tickets/RSVPs not required; seating first-come, first-served, subject to venue capacity.
CONTACT INFO 617.495.8676
DETAILS Saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Branford Marsalis will conduct a conversation on his career and creative process and lead a clinic with students in the Harvard Jazz Bands. This event is co-sponsored by the Celebrity Series of Boston.
LINK http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/lfp/details.php?ID=45188
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Askwith Forum: The Future of America's Teachers' Union Movement
WHEN Wed., Jan. 28, 2015, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge
TYPE OF EVENT Discussion, Forum, Lecture, Question & Answer Session
PROGRAM/DEPARTMENT Alumni, AskWith Forum
BUILDING/ROOM Askwith Hall
CONTACT NAME Roger Falcon
CONTACT EMAIL askwith_forums@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
DETAILS Speaker: Lily Eskelsen García, President, National Education Association (NEA)
Moderator: Paul Reville, Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration, HGSE
Panelists include:
Fernando Reimers, Ed.M.’84, Ed.D.’88, Ford Foundation Professor of Practice in International Education and Faculty Director, International Education Policy Program Faculty, HGSE
Lily Eskelsen García, the president of the nation's largest teachers' union, will discuss the future of teacher unionism in the United States. She will touch on current controversies including the anti-testing movement, the Common Core state standards and the Vergara case. She will comment on the education reform role of teachers’ unions and her agenda for leading the National Education Association. After her presentation, she will discuss these issues with a panel and the audience.
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Molecular Evolution before the Domain Ancestors: Indications for Dramatic Planetary Changes during Life's Early Evolution
Wednesday, January 28
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
Speaker: Peter Gogarten, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, University of Connecticut
EAPS IAP Lecture Series 2015: Origin of Life
Web site: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/events/iap-2015
Open to: the general public
Cost: n/a
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) Lectures
For more information, contact: Roberta Allard
617-253-3381
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What do we know about earliest life on Earth? Does biology constrain the early planetary narrative?
Wednesday, January 28
1:00p–2:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
EAPS IAP Lecture Series 2015: Origin of Life
Panel Discussion, moderated by Greg Fournier, MIT
Noam Prywes, Harvard University
Betul Kacar, Harvard University
Peter Gogarten, University of Connecticut
Web site: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/events/iap-2015
Open to: the general public
Cost: n/a
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) Lectures
For more information, contact: Roberta Allard
617-253-3381
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Belt and Suspenders and More: The Incremental Impact of Energy Efficiency Subsidies in the Presence of Existing Policy Instruments
WHEN Wed., Jan. 28, 2015, 4:10 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer-382, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Social Sciences, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy, Harvard Environmental Economics Program
SPEAKER(S) Joseph Aldy, Harvard University
LINK http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k105744
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Conversation and Clinic with Branford Marsalis
WHEN Wed., Jan. 28, 2015, 5 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Leverett House Library Theatre, Mill Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Classes/Workshops, Lecture, Music
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Learning From Performers
SPEAKER(S) Branford Marsalis
COST Free; tickets/RSVPs not required; seating first-come, first-served, subject to venue capacity.
CONTACT INFO 617.495.8676
DETAILS Saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Branford Marsalis will conduct a conversation on his career and creative process and lead a clinic with students in the Harvard Jazz Bands. This event is co-sponsored by the Celebrity Series of Boston.
LINK http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/lfp/details.php?ID=45188
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Askwith Forum: The Future of America's Teachers' Union Movement
WHEN Wed., Jan. 28, 2015, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge
TYPE OF EVENT Discussion, Forum, Lecture, Question & Answer Session
PROGRAM/DEPARTMENT Alumni, AskWith Forum
BUILDING/ROOM Askwith Hall
CONTACT NAME Roger Falcon
CONTACT EMAIL askwith_forums@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
DETAILS Speaker: Lily Eskelsen García, President, National Education Association (NEA)
Moderator: Paul Reville, Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration, HGSE
Panelists include:
Fernando Reimers, Ed.M.’84, Ed.D.’88, Ford Foundation Professor of Practice in International Education and Faculty Director, International Education Policy Program Faculty, HGSE
Lily Eskelsen García, the president of the nation's largest teachers' union, will discuss the future of teacher unionism in the United States. She will touch on current controversies including the anti-testing movement, the Common Core state standards and the Vergara case. She will comment on the education reform role of teachers’ unions and her agenda for leading the National Education Association. After her presentation, she will discuss these issues with a panel and the audience.
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Complexity Salon: Ethnic Violence
Wednesday, January 28
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (COT)
NE Complex Systems Institute, 210 Broadway, Suite 101, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/complexity-salon-ethnic-violence-tickets-15131979157
You are invited to a Complex Problems Salon on ethnic conflict at the New England Complex Systems Institute [NECSI], January 28th from 18:00 (6p) to 20:00 (8p). We will discuss ethnic conflict, from a complexity science perspective. Please help us polish the language for this here. This eventbrite will be updated with refined language and suggested readings.
Come share ideas with our group. We include people of all demographics and interests. You are warmly encouraged to invite others who may be interested.
You are invited to a Complex Problems Salon on ethnic conflict at the New England Complex Systems Institute [NECSI], January 28th from 18:00 (6p) to 20:00 (8p). We will discuss ethnic conflict, from a complexity science perspective. Please help us polish the language for this here. This eventbrite will be updated with refined language and suggested readings.
Come share ideas with our group. We include people of all demographics and interests. You are warmly encouraged to invite others who may be interested.
About NECSI: The New England Complex Systems Institute is a research and education institute based in Cambridge, MA. A pioneer in the field of complex systems science, NECSI addresses questions previously considered outside the realm of scientific inquiry. Its research draws on foundations from mathematics, physics, and computer science to solve pressing problems in economics, healthcare, education, military conflict, ethnic violence, and international development. Its goal is to expand the boundaries of knowledge and to solve problems of science and society.
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Once Upon A Revolution: An Egyptian Story
Wednesday, January 28
7:00 PM
Wednesday, January 28
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Thanassis Cambanis, author
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The Health of Democracy: The Role of the Media
Wednesday, January 28
7 pm
First Parish (UU), 3 Church Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge
A free press and public access to information and a broad range of ideas and opinions were considered so essential for a healthy democratic republic that the Founders included protection for freedom of the press in the First Amendment to the Constitution. Alex Jones, director of Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, and Charles Sennott, founder of Global Post and The GroundTruth Project, assess how today’s press–print and electronic–is carrying out its mission. Where do current threats to a free press come from? How can citizens inform themselves in today’s media environment?
A free press and public access to information and a broad range of ideas and opinions were considered so essential for a healthy democratic republic that the Founders included protection for freedom of the press in the First Amendment to the Constitution. Alex Jones, director of Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, and Charles Sennott, founder of Global Post and The GroundTruth Project, assess how today’s press–print and electronic–is carrying out its mission. Where do current threats to a free press come from? How can citizens inform themselves in today’s media environment?
More information at http://www.cambridgeforum.org
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Unnatural Selection: How We Are Changing Life, Gene by Gene
Wednesday, January 28
7:00–8:30pm
Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain
Cost: Free for member, $10 nonmember
Emily Monosson, PhD, Environmental Toxicologist and Adjunct Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Weeds. Bed bugs. Gonorrhea. Salamanders. People. All are evolving, some surprisingly rapidly, in response to our chemical age. Emily Monosson, toxicologist and author of Unnatural Selection, shows how our drugs, pesticides, and pollution are exerting intense selection pressure on all manner of species. And we humans might not like the result. When our powerful chemicals put the pressure on to evolve or die, beneficial traits can sweep rapidly through a population. Species with explosive population growth—the bugs, bacteria, and weeds—tend to thrive, while bigger, slower-to-reproduce creatures, like ourselves, are more likely to succumb. Exploring contemporary evolution, Monosson examines the species that we are actively trying to beat back, from agricultural pests to life-threatening bacteria, and those that are collateral damage—creatures struggling to adapt to a polluted world, and shows how environmental stressors are leaving their mark on plants, animals, and possibly humans for generations to come.
More information at https://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?DayPlanner=1404&DayPlannerDate=1/28/2015
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Thursday, January 29
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Arts and a Changing Boston
Thursday, January 29
Thursday, January 29
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM (EST)
Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/arts-and-a-changing-boston-featuring-dr-manuel-pastor-tickets-14925691144
Barr Foundation, Klarman Family Foundation and TDC present: Arts and a Changing Boston, Featuring Dr. Manuel Pastor
Already a majority-minority city, Boston’s demographics are continually evolving. Yet, the profile of artists, producing and presenting organizations, arts audiences and supporters, has lagged this change.
What does that mean for the future of our city and our sector? And, what roles can we each play to create a more equitable, diverse and inclusive cultural sector?
Drawing on population and economic data, Dr. Pastor will explore present and future demographic scenarios for Boston, together with strategies for creating greater equity and inclusion in the arts, which we all know can be powerful contributors to economic and social sustainability.
Dr. Manuel Pastor is Professor of Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. Founding director of the Center for Justice, Tolerance, and Community at the University of California, Santa Cruz, he currently directs the Program for Environmental and Regional Equity at USC and co-directs USC’s Center for Study of Immigrant Integration. Dr. Pastor’s research has generally focused on issues of the economic, environmental and social conditions facing low-income urban communities – and the social movements seeking to change those realities.
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MIT's Climate CoLab: using collective intelligence to address climate change
Thursday, January 29
12:00-1:00pm
Tufts, Lincoln Filene Center, Rabb Room, 10 Upper Campus Road, Medford
Laur Fisher, Community & Partnerships Manager, MIT Climate CoLab
Wikipedia, Linux, reCAPTCHA, FoldIt, social media — these are just a few examples of how online platforms allow large numbers of people to connect and collaborate in ways that were never possible before, producing unprecedented results in global knowledge exchange, problem-solving and mobilization. Inspired by this, the researchers at the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence wanted to know: how could the internet be leveraged to allow people to problem-solve at a massive — even global — scale? Could we harness the world's collective intelligence to solve our most complicated issues? To test this, they launched the Climate CoLab, an online platform where a growing community of 30,000 people work together to develop solutions to challenges related to arguably humanity's most pressing and complex problem: climate change.
Laur Fisher supports MIT's Climate CoLab project's 20 contests, 12,000+ members, 170+ volunteers, partnership network, and annual conference. She is also an elected civil society representative (alternate) for the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) - North America, and run a project called The Civic Series (www.thecivicseries.com) where we arrange informal public presentations and conversation about major world and domestic issues. She has worked with public, private and non-government organizations in Sweden, New Zealand, Canada and the US and has experience in a wide range of fields, including carbon management and reporting, organizational recycling and waste management, renewable energy, green buildings and education. She also has training in group facilitation and has collaborated with The Natural Step and Sustainable Sweden eco-municipality tours. In Toronto, she managed and expanded regional professional education programs for the Canada Green Building Council. She holds a self-designed Bachelor's degree from Tufts University which she titled, "Engaging Sustainability as an Innovative Process".
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The Statistical Crisis in Science
Thursday, January 29
12:00pm
Harvard, William James Hall 765, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge
Andrew Gelman, Ph.D., Professor of Statistics and Political Science, Columbia University
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MIT's Climate CoLab: using collective intelligence to address climate change
Thursday, January 29
12:00-1:00pm
Tufts, Lincoln Filene Center, Rabb Room, 10 Upper Campus Road, Medford
Laur Fisher, Community & Partnerships Manager, MIT Climate CoLab
Wikipedia, Linux, reCAPTCHA, FoldIt, social media — these are just a few examples of how online platforms allow large numbers of people to connect and collaborate in ways that were never possible before, producing unprecedented results in global knowledge exchange, problem-solving and mobilization. Inspired by this, the researchers at the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence wanted to know: how could the internet be leveraged to allow people to problem-solve at a massive — even global — scale? Could we harness the world's collective intelligence to solve our most complicated issues? To test this, they launched the Climate CoLab, an online platform where a growing community of 30,000 people work together to develop solutions to challenges related to arguably humanity's most pressing and complex problem: climate change.
Laur Fisher supports MIT's Climate CoLab project's 20 contests, 12,000+ members, 170+ volunteers, partnership network, and annual conference. She is also an elected civil society representative (alternate) for the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) - North America, and run a project called The Civic Series (www.thecivicseries.com) where we arrange informal public presentations and conversation about major world and domestic issues. She has worked with public, private and non-government organizations in Sweden, New Zealand, Canada and the US and has experience in a wide range of fields, including carbon management and reporting, organizational recycling and waste management, renewable energy, green buildings and education. She also has training in group facilitation and has collaborated with The Natural Step and Sustainable Sweden eco-municipality tours. In Toronto, she managed and expanded regional professional education programs for the Canada Green Building Council. She holds a self-designed Bachelor's degree from Tufts University which she titled, "Engaging Sustainability as an Innovative Process".
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The Statistical Crisis in Science
Thursday, January 29
12:00pm
Harvard, William James Hall 765, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge
Andrew Gelman, Ph.D., Professor of Statistics and Political Science, Columbia University
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A “Natural” Experiment: Consumer Confusion and Food Claims
WHEN Thu., Jan. 29, 2015, 12 – 1:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein West B, 1585 Mass Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Ethics, Health Sciences, Law, Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. Cosponsored by the Food Law Lab and the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic at Harvard Law School.
SPEAKER(S) Efthimios Parasidis
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO 617.496.4662
petrie-flom@law.harvard.edu
LINK http://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/efthimios-parasidis-on-issues-in-food-law
WHEN Thu., Jan. 29, 2015, 12 – 1:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein West B, 1585 Mass Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Ethics, Health Sciences, Law, Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. Cosponsored by the Food Law Lab and the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic at Harvard Law School.
SPEAKER(S) Efthimios Parasidis
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO 617.496.4662
petrie-flom@law.harvard.edu
LINK http://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/efthimios-parasidis-on-issues-in-food-law
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Women's Clean Energy Intern Social
Thursday, January 29
5:30 PM to 7:30 PM (EST)
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, 63 Franklin Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/womens-clean-energy-intern-social-tickets-14852077965
Join the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) for a night of networking with leading women in the cleantech industry, including MassCEC's CEO, Alicia Barton.
Talk with industry movers and shakers, make professional contacts, share experiences with your peers and get inspired to take the next steps in your career.
Light refreshments will be served.
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SVP Boston’s Think Tankathon
Thursday, January 29
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Microsoft New England R&D Center, Horace Mann Conference Room, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge
Great minds and action collide as we tackle real-world problems at this year’s winter meeting!
At SVP Boston, our investment in local nonprofits extends beyond the financial and allows YOU to engage directly using your skills and talents. Whether you’re a volunteer newbie or veteran, this event will stretch your creative and problem-solving muscles while re-introducing you to fellow Partners and the terrific organizations we support.
In rapid-fire, 1-minute presentations our six SVP Investees will each share a specific challenge that they are facing. Then, we’ll turn to the collective knowledge and talent in the room. You’ll join fellow Partners in group conversations with several Investees – tackling the challenges at hand.
Investees will walk away with new and creative ideas and YOU will leave with new connections and ways to engage with SVP.
The Evening Line-Up
6:00-7:00 PM => Appetizers, drinks, and social time
7:00-8:30 PM => Presentations and conversations
8:30-9:00 PM => Wrap and social time
Special Note
All guests must present a government issued, photo ID to building security, located in the lobby of One Memorial Drive, prior to entering Microsoft’s facility.
Email: jbowenflynn@svpboston.org
More at: http://www.socialventurepartners.org/boston/events/svp-bostons-think-tankathon/#sthash.CygLZpb8.dpuf
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Friday, January 30
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Entertainment & Media Conference at Harvard Business School
HBS Entertainment & Media Conference
Friday, January 30
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EST)
Harvard Business School, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/entertainment-media-conference-at-harvard-business-school-tickets-14892214013
Cost: $22.09 - $43.19
The HBS Entertainment and Media Club is proud to present the 2015 Entertainment and Media Summit.
Each year EMC seeks to unite the community of present and future business leaders who share a common vision of advancing the landscape of Entertainment and Media. The conference draws some 1,000 attendees from all walks of entertainment and media. Participants include CEOs, CTOs, a broad range of media and press representatives, and students from around the world.
TICKET INCLUDES: Admission to conference + continental breakfast, lunch, and coffee/tea/snacks.
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Starr Forum Friday Flicks: "A Forgotten Crime"
Friday, January 30
12:00p–1:30p
MIT, Building E40-496, The Lucian Pye Conference Room, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Speaker: John Tirman
Film screening and discussion with John Tirman, executive director and principal research scientist, MIT Center for International Studies. Author of "Deaths of Others," and many other books and publications.
We will be screening "A Forgotten Crime"
(Elli Safari, Remmelt Lukkien, The Netherlands, 2014, color)
During the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88) Saddam Hussein bombarded Iran with chemical weapons, while the world looked on without interfering. In A Forgotten Crime political and military leaders, medical experts and contaminated people relate how this drama was experienced in isolated Iran. The film irresistibly drags the viewer into the ever increasing humanitarian, military and political drama of this chemical warfare, which has determined Iran's position in the international political arena until this very day. Former UN Secretary General Perez de Cuellar and Joost Hiltermann, author of A Poisonous Affair provide additional information. Contains unique archive material. Mostly filmed in Iran.
Light refreshments will be served
Web site: http://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=2958897d-386d-4dbf-9b60-d1b4e37ca0fd&tab=dfs%23sthash.7Hq3K5Ff.dpuf
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies
For more information, contact:
starrforum@mit.edu
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Women's Clean Energy Intern Social
Thursday, January 29
5:30 PM to 7:30 PM (EST)
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, 63 Franklin Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/womens-clean-energy-intern-social-tickets-14852077965
Join the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) for a night of networking with leading women in the cleantech industry, including MassCEC's CEO, Alicia Barton.
Talk with industry movers and shakers, make professional contacts, share experiences with your peers and get inspired to take the next steps in your career.
Light refreshments will be served.
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SVP Boston’s Think Tankathon
Thursday, January 29
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Microsoft New England R&D Center, Horace Mann Conference Room, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge
Great minds and action collide as we tackle real-world problems at this year’s winter meeting!
At SVP Boston, our investment in local nonprofits extends beyond the financial and allows YOU to engage directly using your skills and talents. Whether you’re a volunteer newbie or veteran, this event will stretch your creative and problem-solving muscles while re-introducing you to fellow Partners and the terrific organizations we support.
In rapid-fire, 1-minute presentations our six SVP Investees will each share a specific challenge that they are facing. Then, we’ll turn to the collective knowledge and talent in the room. You’ll join fellow Partners in group conversations with several Investees – tackling the challenges at hand.
Investees will walk away with new and creative ideas and YOU will leave with new connections and ways to engage with SVP.
The Evening Line-Up
6:00-7:00 PM => Appetizers, drinks, and social time
7:00-8:30 PM => Presentations and conversations
8:30-9:00 PM => Wrap and social time
Special Note
All guests must present a government issued, photo ID to building security, located in the lobby of One Memorial Drive, prior to entering Microsoft’s facility.
Email: jbowenflynn@svpboston.org
More at: http://www.socialventurepartners.org/boston/events/svp-bostons-think-tankathon/#sthash.CygLZpb8.dpuf
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Friday, January 30
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Entertainment & Media Conference at Harvard Business School
HBS Entertainment & Media Conference
Friday, January 30
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EST)
Harvard Business School, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/entertainment-media-conference-at-harvard-business-school-tickets-14892214013
Cost: $22.09 - $43.19
The HBS Entertainment and Media Club is proud to present the 2015 Entertainment and Media Summit.
Each year EMC seeks to unite the community of present and future business leaders who share a common vision of advancing the landscape of Entertainment and Media. The conference draws some 1,000 attendees from all walks of entertainment and media. Participants include CEOs, CTOs, a broad range of media and press representatives, and students from around the world.
TICKET INCLUDES: Admission to conference + continental breakfast, lunch, and coffee/tea/snacks.
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Starr Forum Friday Flicks: "A Forgotten Crime"
Friday, January 30
12:00p–1:30p
MIT, Building E40-496, The Lucian Pye Conference Room, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Speaker: John Tirman
Film screening and discussion with John Tirman, executive director and principal research scientist, MIT Center for International Studies. Author of "Deaths of Others," and many other books and publications.
We will be screening "A Forgotten Crime"
(Elli Safari, Remmelt Lukkien, The Netherlands, 2014, color)
During the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88) Saddam Hussein bombarded Iran with chemical weapons, while the world looked on without interfering. In A Forgotten Crime political and military leaders, medical experts and contaminated people relate how this drama was experienced in isolated Iran. The film irresistibly drags the viewer into the ever increasing humanitarian, military and political drama of this chemical warfare, which has determined Iran's position in the international political arena until this very day. Former UN Secretary General Perez de Cuellar and Joost Hiltermann, author of A Poisonous Affair provide additional information. Contains unique archive material. Mostly filmed in Iran.
Light refreshments will be served
Web site: http://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=2958897d-386d-4dbf-9b60-d1b4e37ca0fd&tab=dfs%23sthash.7Hq3K5Ff.dpuf
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies
For more information, contact:
starrforum@mit.edu
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War Is Not a Game: The New Antiwar Soldiers and the Movement They Built
Friday, January 30, 2015
3:00 PM
Friday, January 30, 2015
3:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Nan Levinson, author
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#Hack4Congress: A “Not-Just-for-Technologists” Event to Fix Congress
Friday, January 30
4:10 PM - Sunday, February 1, 2015 at 3:00 PM (EST)
Harvard, John F. Kennedy School of Government, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/hack4congress-a-not-just-for-technologists-event-to-fix-congress-tickets-13856221331
Though the founders envisioned Congress as the linchpin of democracy in the United States— most Americans would argue that it is a fundamentally broken institution beset by hyper-partisanship and unresponsive to the needs of its constituents. Congress needs “fixes”—but where will these new tools and solutions come from? By bringing together political scientists, technologists, designers, lawyers, organizational psychologists, and lawmakers, #Hack4Congress will help foster new digital tools, policy innovations, and other technology innovations to address the growing dysfunction in Congress.
Opening Panel and Reception
Friday, January 30, 2015; 4:10pm – 7 p.m
Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor Taubman Building
Orientation and Hackathon Day 1
Saturday, January 31; 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
JFK Jr. Forum, Littauer Building
Hackathon Day 2 and Project Presentations
Sunday, February 1, 2015; 8:30 a.m.- 3 p.m.
JFK Jr. Forum, Littauer Building
Harvard Kennedy School of Government
79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA
Come fix Congress. Join political scientists and policy experts, technologists, architects, and designers at #Hack4Congress at Harvard Kennedy School of Government to help identify ideas and innovations to overcome the dysfunction gripping much of Congress. “Hacking” is not just for technologists. “Hacks” include innovations in policy, architecture, organizational process, art and design, and educational materials, as well as new software and technologies.
This event will focus on issues like lawmaking, deliberation, and responsiveness after the elections are over. Projects could address our suggested challenges (Improving the lawmaking process; Facilitating cross-partisan dialogue; Innovations in participation; Closing the representation gap; Repairing public trust) or one of your own. What do you think are the most important problems with the mechanics and operations of Congress as an institution? What ideas do you have to fix Congress? Solutions could draw on the fields of organizational behavior/process design, material design, policy and political science, architecture, project management approaches, education, communications, or others. Participants of all expertise are welcome.
Read more about and add your own challenges and project ideas here.
Help move our democracy forward! Solutions presented at the end of the hackathon will be evaluated by a panel of judges. After a second #Hack4Congress event in Washington, D.C. in spring 2015, the winners will be invited to Capitol Hill to present their projects to lawmakers and high-level officials inside Congress.
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Pete Seeger Sing Out Tribute
Friday, January 30
7:30 PM to 9:30 PM (EST)
Cambridge Forum, 1446 Massachusetts Avenue, Harvard Square, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/pete-seeger-sing-out-tribute-tickets-14707379167
Cost: $18-20
Cambridge Forum celebrates Pete Seeger and the power of music with this tribute Sing Out concert. Join host Scott Alarik and an all-star group of artists, including Sol y Canto, Catie Curtis, bluesman Guy Davis, Magpie, The Lonely Heartstring Band, Ellen Kushner, Alastair Moock, Robbie O'Connell and Fred Small for an evening of song and stories paying tribute to the legendary Pete Seeger.
This is a ticketed program. All proceeds benefit Cambridge Forum.
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Saturday, January 31
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Technovation 2015 Kickoff & Orientation Event
Saturday, January 3
9:30 AM to 4:00 PM (EST)
Microsoft NERD Center, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/technovation-2015-kickoff-orientation-event-registration-15007791709
Interested in taking part in the Technovation Challenge?
Come to the Technovation 2015 Kickoff & Orientation!
Get the info, find a team, and learn some AppInventor!
Here's the agenda (subject to change):
9:30 am Sign In
10:00 am Welcome: greetings, name tags, find your team
10:15 am Introduction to the Technovation Challenge: roles of Industry Mentor, Teacher/Coach, University Mentor
10:30 am Inspiration: presentation by a Tech Professional
11:00 am Inspiration: presentation by past National Competitors
11:30 am Break Outs:
Industry Mentors - introduction to the Mentor role in the program
University Mentors - lead the first AppInventor tutorial for the entire audience of students
12:15 Lunch: cheese pizza & soda
1:15 pm Student Workbooks: presentation & activities
2:15 pm Break
2:30 pm App Idea Reviews: teams present ideas to CS Undergrads for review and feedback
2:45 pm Technovation Tutorials Intro
3:45 pm Re-Group: Closing & Questions
4:00 pm Close
FAQs
What is the Technovation Challenge?
The Technovation Challenge is a technology entrepreneurship program and competition for young women. Through our intensive 3-month, 50-hour curriculum, teams of young women work together to imagine, design, and develop mobile apps, then pitch their “startup” businesses to judges.
Almost 3,000 young women from 28 countries have created mobile apps through Technovation, thanks to dedicated local volunteers on the ground worldwide. No prior programming experience is necessary for students, for teachers, or for mentors. The program is free to all participants.
What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?
The Microsoft NERD Center is easily accessed via the T - take the Red Line and get off at the Kendall/MIT stop. Parking is available at NERD for $10 on Saturdays. Free parking is available at MIT's Hayward St lot on weekends.
What's for lunch?
We will have cheese pizza and soda for lunch. If you cannot eat cheese pizza, please make sure to bring your own lunch.
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Monday, February 2
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John Eliot Gardiner Lecture
WHEN Mon., Feb. 2, 2015, 3 – 4 p.m.
WHERE John Knowles Paine Concert Hall
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Music
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard University Department of Music with support from the Christoph Wolff Fund for Music
SPEAKER(S) John Eliot Gardiner
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO musicdpt@fas.harvard.edu
LINK http://www.music.fas.harvard.edu/calendar.html
Monday, February 2
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John Eliot Gardiner Lecture
WHEN Mon., Feb. 2, 2015, 3 – 4 p.m.
WHERE John Knowles Paine Concert Hall
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Music
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard University Department of Music with support from the Christoph Wolff Fund for Music
SPEAKER(S) John Eliot Gardiner
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO musicdpt@fas.harvard.edu
LINK http://www.music.fas.harvard.edu/calendar.html
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Hard Times: Leadership in America
Monday, February 2, 2015
7:00 PM
Monday, February 2, 2015
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Barbara Kellerman, author
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Tuesday, February 3
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Boston Presented by Colliers: Gov-Savings.com, theThings.biz, Rennzer, and More!
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
8:00 AM
Microsoft NERD - Horace Mann Room, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Boston-TechBreakfast/events/215003212/
Interact with your peers in a monthly morning breakfast meetup. At this monthly breakfast get-together techies, developers, designers, and entrepreneurs share learn from their peers through show and tell / show-case style presentations.
And yes, this is free! Thank our sponsors when you see them :)
Agenda for Boston TechBreakfast:
8:00 - 8:15 - Get yer Bagels & Coffee and chit-chat
8:15 - 8:20 - Introductions, Sponsors, Announcements
8:20 - ~9:30 - Showcases and Shout-Outs!
Gov-Savings.com - Royce Dennis
theThings.biz - Geordie McClelland
Rennzer: ClearSchool - Omid Jahanbin
*** OPEN ***
~9:30 - end - Final "Shout Outs" & Last Words
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Development in the Digital Age: The role of online platforms & payments in enabling entrepreneurship in emerging markets
Tuesday, February 3
12:30 pm
Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, 23 Everett Street, Second Floor, Cambridge
RSVP required for those attending in person at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/02/Ahmed-Colvin-Erickson#RSVP
Event will be webcast live on http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/02/Ahmed-Colvin-Erickson at 12:30 pm.
featuring Usman Ahmed (ebay), Jake Colvin (Global Innovation Forum), and Althea Erickson (Etsy)
The Internet is democratizing access to the global marketplace for millions of people around the world. Thanks to online platforms, payment systems and logistics services, companies, nonprofits and individuals can embark on global journeys like never before. Join representatives from the Global Innovation Forum, eBay and Etsy to explore the opportunities for economic development that the Internet unlocks, and the specific challenges that global entrepreneurs and micromultinationals in developing countries face.
About Usman Ahmed, eBay Inc.
Usman Ahmed is Policy Counsel for eBay Inc. His work covers a variety of global Internet issues including international trade, intellectual property policy, and financial services. He has spoken at several universities on the topic of Internet-enabled international trade and has published an article in the Journal of World Trade on the subject. Prior to working at eBay, Usman worked at a number of policy think tanks in the Washington DC area. He earned his JD from University of Michigan and holds a BA from University of Maryland.
About Jake Colvin, Global Innovation Forum
Jake Colvin is Executive Director of the Global Innovation Forum @ NFTC. Through GIF, Jakeworks with startup, business, education and nonprofit leaders to explore the opportunities and challenges associated with participating in the global marketplace in the digital age, and to assess the effect of public policies on international trade and innovation. He is also Vice President for Global Trade Issues at the National Foreign Trade Council, where he leads the organization's engagement with the World Trade Organization, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, and its policy work on intellectual property rights, environment issues, and the digital economy. Jake has written for Business Week, blogged for Comedy Central, testified before Congress and provided analysis for outlets including CNBC, CNN and Time Magazine. Originally from Long Island, New York, he is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies and the University of Richmond.
About Althea Erickson, Etsy
Althea Erickson is director of public policy at Etsy, the marketplace for creative people to buy and sell unique goods. Althea leads Etsy’s government relations and advocacy efforts, focusing on educating and advising policymakers on the issues that micro-entrepreneurs and creative businesses face. She is also responsible for developing and advancing Etsy’s position on issues ranging from taxes and regulation, to open Internet and free trade, to IP and privacy policies. Prior to joining Etsy, Althea was the advocacy and policy director at Freelancers Union, where she helped build the membership into a powerful political constituency, leading its successful campaign to repeal unfair tax laws and promoting legislation to protect freelancers from unpaid wages. Previously, Althea worked at the Rockefeller Foundation, where she focused on strategies to build economic security within the U.S. workforce. She has a B.A in government and public policy from Wesleyan University.
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The Thousands: Lecture by Author ZZ Packer
WHEN Tue., Feb. 3, 2015, 4:15 p.m.
WHERE Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Poetry/Prose
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
SPEAKER(S) Author ZZ Packer, 2014–2015 Lillian Gollay Knafel Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute
COST Free and open to the public
DETAILS The author ZZ Packer will be reading from an excerpt of her novel-in-progress, titled “The Thousands.” Among its themes, the novel reflects on the interactions between a black cavalry regiment known as the Buffalo Soldiers and the Native Americans they alternately fought against and protected throughout the West in the late 1800s.
LINK http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2015-zz-packer-lecture
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The Cretaceous-Tertiary Mass Extinction: What Really Killed the Dinosaurs?
Tuseday, February 3
Tuseday, February 3
6:00 PM
Harvard, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Mark Richards, Professor of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California at Berkeley
About 66 million years ago, 70 percent of all the species that existed at the time, including the non-avian dinosaurs, became extinct in an apocalypse widely thought to have been caused by a meteor or comet impact on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. At approximately the same time, a series of volcanic eruptions in Western India produced torrents of lava that discharged large amounts of carbon dioxide and sulfur gas into the atmosphere. Mark Richards will review these remarkable events and explain a radical new theory suggesting they may be causally related. He will also discuss how ongoing research is shedding new light on the true cause(s) of the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction.
Lecture. Free and open to the public
Presented in collaboration with the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
About 66 million years ago, 70 percent of all the species that existed at the time, including the non-avian dinosaurs, became extinct in an apocalypse widely thought to have been caused by a meteor or comet impact on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. At approximately the same time, a series of volcanic eruptions in Western India produced torrents of lava that discharged large amounts of carbon dioxide and sulfur gas into the atmosphere. Mark Richards will review these remarkable events and explain a radical new theory suggesting they may be causally related. He will also discuss how ongoing research is shedding new light on the true cause(s) of the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction.
Lecture. Free and open to the public
Presented in collaboration with the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
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TechHub Boston Demo Night - February 2015
Tuesday, February 3
Tuesday, February 3
6:30 PM to 9:30 PM (EST)
Brooklyn Boulders Somerville, 12A Tyler Street, Somerville
Brooklyn Boulders Somerville, 12A Tyler Street, Somerville
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/techhub-boston-demo-night-february-2015-tickets-15219972347
Demo Night is a chance to see what the top startups are working on, these are the people that are changing the future of business & tech! Join TechHub Tuesday night at Brooklyn Boulders Somerville to experience great demos from the exciting tech entrepreneur community.
Each startup has 5 minutes to demo their product in front of a live audience, it's not a pitch but an opportunity for each startup to explain (and show) what they have been working on. After each demo there is live Q&A with the audience.
Afterwards, stick around to have a snack, network, play ping pong or experience Brooklyn Boulders amazing selection of climbing walls for 1st timers to experts. We will have free gear (shoes, harness, chalk bags) & climbing facilitators ready. So arriving in your gym clothes or use the onsite locker room to change and be set for an amazing evening on and off the walls.
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Wednesday, February 4
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Social Media Blitz: Things You Can Do RIGHT NOW to Get Found, Do More & Fret Less
Wednesday, February 4
9:30 AM to 11:30 AM (EST)
Cambridge Innovation Center, One Broadway, 5th Floor - Havana Training Room, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/social-media-blitz-things-you-can-do-right-now-to-get-found-do-more-fret-less-tickets-14884697531
Engagement. Followers. Seems like everyone is Tweeting, Liking, Pinning and ‘Tubing these days. We all know we need to incorporate social media into our marketing strategy but too often it seems like it is driving us. How can you use social media, specifically Twitter, to drive new business without organizational productivity falling down the proverbial well? This session will provide you with a number of simple Twitter tips and tricks, as well as LinkedIn and Facebook strategies you can start using today.
Speaker: Bobbie Carlton is the founder of Carlton PR & Marketing and Innovation Nights, and an award-winning marketing, PR and social media professional. Bobbie speaks regularly on social media, innovation communities and product launches, and helps startups, small businesses and individuals look at social networking and marketing strategically. In addition to working with a number of Boston-area PR and marketing firms, Bobbie previously headed marketing for the Beacon Street Girls, and global public relations at Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC) and Cognos (now IBM). Follow Bobbie on Twitter as @BobbieC or @MassInno or @WomenInno
Doors will open for networking at 9:30am.
This program is part of McCarter & English’s ongoing series on legal and business topics for entrepreneurs and emerging companies. Programs are held once or twice each month and are open to members of the CIC and their guests, as well as to the greater Boston entrepreneurial community. Contact: Benjamin Hron, 617-449-6584, bhron@mccarter.com, @HronEsq
About the McCarter & English Venture Capital and Early Stage and Emerging Companies Group
McCarter’s Venture Capital and Early Stage and Emerging Companies Group is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs build and finance their businesses and assisting angel and venture capital investor invest in early stage and emerging companies. The group is composed of tech-savvy lawyers who have helped build, grow, finance, sell and take public companies across the full spectrum of businesses, including Internet, software, medical devices, new media, life sciences, cleantech, healthcare, consumer products, biotechnology, retail, e-commerce, entertainment, financial services, insurance and telecom.
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Strategic Policy Choice in State Level Regulation: The EPA's Clean Power Plan
WHEN Wed., Feb. 4, 2015, 4:10 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer-382, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Social Sciences, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy, Harvard Environmental Economics Program
SPEAKER(S) Christopher Knittel, MIT
LINK http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k105744
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An Innovation Series Event: The Future of Sex - or, How to Make Complex Technological Concepts Completely Irresistible
Wednesday, February 4
5:30p–8:00p
MIT, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Nine Cambridge Center, Cambridge
Speaker: Whitehead Director and McArthur Fellow Dr. David Page
Dr. David Page on the marketing of science to nonscientists
Whitehead Director and McArthur Fellow Dr. David Page (and Colbert Report guest) will join us to discuss the challenges associated with communicating esoteric science / engineering / technology concepts to potential investors, customers, partners and other target audiences who may find these ideas baffling, boring, disturbing, or even terrifying.
Web site: http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/events/davidpage/
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free For Students
Tickets: online
Sponsor(s): MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge
For more information, contact: Amy Goggins
617-253-3937
agoggins@mit.edu
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CryptoParty - Secure Yourself Online
Wednesday, February 4
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Akamai Technologies Inc, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/desktop-linux-users-group/events/219275773/
Steve Revilak, Quartermaster for the Massachusetts Pirate Party, will show us how to protect ourselves online. Topics will include:
How Packet Sniffing Works and Why You're Vunerable
Securing Email (PGP)
Securing Web Browsing
Q & A for other topics of interest (e.g. chat, VOIP, etc.)
Plus, Jérémie Astori will present a quick & dirty script you can create partitions when installing Ubuntu on a fully encrypted disk.
Thank You Akamai
Akamai has generously agreed to provide space and 'free as in food' for this meeting. Thank you to our sponsor! http://www.akamai.com/
More Upcoming Meetings
Free Culture & Free Software (Matt Lee)
Wednesday, Jan 7
http://meetu.ps/2DhB2q
LibrePlanet 2015
Sat & Sun, Mar 21 - 22
https://libreplanet.org/2015/
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The Boston Network for International Development (BNID) maintains a website (BNID.org) that serves as a clearing-house for information on organizations, events, and jobs related to international development in the Boston area. BNID has played an important auxiliary role in fostering international development activities in the Boston area, as witnessed by the expanding content of the site and a significant growth in the number of users.
The website contains:
A calendar of Boston area events and volunteer opportunities related to International Development
- http://www.bnid.org/events
A jobs board that includes both internships and full time positions related to International Development that is updated daily - http://www.bnid.org/jobs
A directory and descriptions of more than 250 Boston-area organizations - http://www.bnid.org/organizations
Also, please sign up for our weekly newsletter (we promise only one email per week) to get the most up-to-date information on new job and internship opportunities -www.bnid.org/sign-up
The website is completely free for students and our goal is to help connect students who are interested in international development with many of the worthwhile organizations in the area.
Please feel free to email our organization at info@bnid.org if you have any questions!
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Intern with Biodiversity for a Livable Climate!
Biodiversity for a Livable Climate (BLC) is a nonprofit based in the Cambridge, MA area. Our mission is to mobilize the biosphere to restore ecosystems and reverse global warming.
Education, public information campaigns, organizing, scientific investigation, collaboration with like-minded organizations, research and policy development are all elements of our strategy.
Background: Soils are the largest terrestrial carbon sink on the planet. Restoring the complex ecology of soils is the only way to safely and quickly remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it in the ground, where it’s desperately needed to regenerate the health of billions of acres of degraded lands. Restoring carbon to soils and regenerating ecosystems are how we can restore a healthy hydrologic cycle and cool local and planetary climates safely, naturally, and in time to ensure a livable climate now and in the future.
Our Work: immediate plans include
Organizing the First International Biodiversity, Soil Carbon and Climate Week, October 31-November 9, 2014, and a kick-off conference in the Boston area, “Mobilizing the Biosphere to Reverse Global Warming: A Biodiversity, Water, Soil Carbon and Climate Conference – and Call to Action” to expand the mainstream climate conversation to include the power of biology, and to help initiate intensive worldwide efforts to return atmospheric carbon to the soils.
Coordination of a global fund to directly assist local farmers and herders in learning and applying carbon farming approaches that not only benefit the climate, but improve the health and productivity of the land and the people who depend on it.
Collaboration with individuals and organizations on addressing eco-restoration and the regeneration of water and carbon cycles; such projects may include application of practices such as Holistic Management for restoration of billions of acres of degraded grasslands, reforestation of exploited forest areas, and restoring ocean food chains.
Please contact Helen D. Silver, helen.silver@bio4climate.org for further information.
781-316-1710
Bio4climate.org
SharedHarvestCSA.com
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Climate Stories Project
http://www.climatestoriesproject.org
What's your Climate Story?
Climate Stories Project is a forum that gives a voice to the emotional and personal impacts that climate change is having on our lives. Often, we only discuss climate change from the impersonal perspective of science or the contentious realm of politics. Today, more and more of us are feeling the effects of climate change on an personal level. Climate Stories Project allows people from around the world to share their stories and to engage with climate change in a personal, direct way.
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Where is the best yogurt on the planet made? Somerville, of course!
Join the Somerville Yogurt Making Cooperative and get a weekly quart of the most thick, creamy, rich and tart yogurt in the world. Membership in the coop costs $2.50 per quart. Members share the responsibility for making yogurt in our kitchen located just outside of Davis Sq. in FirstChurch. No previous yogurt making experience is necessary.
For more information checkout.
https://sites.google.com/site/somervilleyogurtcoop/home
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Cambridge Residents: Free Home Thermal Images
Have you ever wanted to learn where your home is leaking heat by having an energy auditor come to your home with a thermal camera? With that info you then know where to fix your home so it's more comfortable and less expensive to heat. However, at $200 or so, the cost of such a thermal scan is a big chunk of change.
HEET Cambridge has now partnered with Sagewell, Inc. to offer Cambridge residents free thermal scans.
Sagewell collects the thermal images by driving through Cambridge in a hybrid vehicle equipped with thermal cameras. They will scan every building in Cambridge (as long as it's not blocked by trees or buildings or on a private way). Building owners can view thermal images of their property and an analysis online. The information is password protected so that only the building owner can see the results.
Homeowners, condo-owners and landlords can access the thermal images and an accompanying analysis free of charge. Commercial building owners and owners of more than one building will be able to view their images and analysis for a small fee.
The scans will be analyzed in the order they are requested.
Go to Sagewell.com. Type in your address at the bottom where it says "Find your home or building" and press return. Then click on "Here" to request the report.
That's it. When the scans are done in a few weeks, your building will be one of the first to be analyzed. The accompanying report will help you understand why your living room has always been cold and what to do about it.
With knowledge, comes power (or in this case saved power and money, not to mention comfort).
---------------------
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
--------------------------------------------------
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://mitenergyclub.org/calendar
Harvard Events: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/harvard-events/events-calendar/
Harvard Environment: http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/calendar/
Sustainability at Harvard: http://green.harvard.edu/events
Mass Climate Action: http://www.massclimateaction.net/calendar/events/index.php
Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/
Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/
Microsoft NERD Center: http://microsoftcambridge.com/Events/
Startup and Entrepreneurial Events: http://www.greenhornconnect.com/events/
Cambridge Civic Journal: http://www.rwinters.com
Cambridge Happenings: http://cambridgehappenings.org
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/
Each startup has 5 minutes to demo their product in front of a live audience, it's not a pitch but an opportunity for each startup to explain (and show) what they have been working on. After each demo there is live Q&A with the audience.
Afterwards, stick around to have a snack, network, play ping pong or experience Brooklyn Boulders amazing selection of climbing walls for 1st timers to experts. We will have free gear (shoes, harness, chalk bags) & climbing facilitators ready. So arriving in your gym clothes or use the onsite locker room to change and be set for an amazing evening on and off the walls.
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Wednesday, February 4
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Social Media Blitz: Things You Can Do RIGHT NOW to Get Found, Do More & Fret Less
Wednesday, February 4
9:30 AM to 11:30 AM (EST)
Cambridge Innovation Center, One Broadway, 5th Floor - Havana Training Room, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/social-media-blitz-things-you-can-do-right-now-to-get-found-do-more-fret-less-tickets-14884697531
Engagement. Followers. Seems like everyone is Tweeting, Liking, Pinning and ‘Tubing these days. We all know we need to incorporate social media into our marketing strategy but too often it seems like it is driving us. How can you use social media, specifically Twitter, to drive new business without organizational productivity falling down the proverbial well? This session will provide you with a number of simple Twitter tips and tricks, as well as LinkedIn and Facebook strategies you can start using today.
Speaker: Bobbie Carlton is the founder of Carlton PR & Marketing and Innovation Nights, and an award-winning marketing, PR and social media professional. Bobbie speaks regularly on social media, innovation communities and product launches, and helps startups, small businesses and individuals look at social networking and marketing strategically. In addition to working with a number of Boston-area PR and marketing firms, Bobbie previously headed marketing for the Beacon Street Girls, and global public relations at Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC) and Cognos (now IBM). Follow Bobbie on Twitter as @BobbieC or @MassInno or @WomenInno
Doors will open for networking at 9:30am.
This program is part of McCarter & English’s ongoing series on legal and business topics for entrepreneurs and emerging companies. Programs are held once or twice each month and are open to members of the CIC and their guests, as well as to the greater Boston entrepreneurial community. Contact: Benjamin Hron, 617-449-6584, bhron@mccarter.com, @HronEsq
About the McCarter & English Venture Capital and Early Stage and Emerging Companies Group
McCarter’s Venture Capital and Early Stage and Emerging Companies Group is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs build and finance their businesses and assisting angel and venture capital investor invest in early stage and emerging companies. The group is composed of tech-savvy lawyers who have helped build, grow, finance, sell and take public companies across the full spectrum of businesses, including Internet, software, medical devices, new media, life sciences, cleantech, healthcare, consumer products, biotechnology, retail, e-commerce, entertainment, financial services, insurance and telecom.
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Strategic Policy Choice in State Level Regulation: The EPA's Clean Power Plan
WHEN Wed., Feb. 4, 2015, 4:10 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer-382, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Social Sciences, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy, Harvard Environmental Economics Program
SPEAKER(S) Christopher Knittel, MIT
LINK http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k105744
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An Innovation Series Event: The Future of Sex - or, How to Make Complex Technological Concepts Completely Irresistible
Wednesday, February 4
5:30p–8:00p
MIT, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Nine Cambridge Center, Cambridge
Speaker: Whitehead Director and McArthur Fellow Dr. David Page
Dr. David Page on the marketing of science to nonscientists
Whitehead Director and McArthur Fellow Dr. David Page (and Colbert Report guest) will join us to discuss the challenges associated with communicating esoteric science / engineering / technology concepts to potential investors, customers, partners and other target audiences who may find these ideas baffling, boring, disturbing, or even terrifying.
Web site: http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/events/davidpage/
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free For Students
Tickets: online
Sponsor(s): MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge
For more information, contact: Amy Goggins
617-253-3937
agoggins@mit.edu
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CryptoParty - Secure Yourself Online
Wednesday, February 4
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Akamai Technologies Inc, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/desktop-linux-users-group/events/219275773/
Steve Revilak, Quartermaster for the Massachusetts Pirate Party, will show us how to protect ourselves online. Topics will include:
How Packet Sniffing Works and Why You're Vunerable
Securing Email (PGP)
Securing Web Browsing
Q & A for other topics of interest (e.g. chat, VOIP, etc.)
Plus, Jérémie Astori will present a quick & dirty script you can create partitions when installing Ubuntu on a fully encrypted disk.
Thank You Akamai
Akamai has generously agreed to provide space and 'free as in food' for this meeting. Thank you to our sponsor! http://www.akamai.com/
More Upcoming Meetings
Free Culture & Free Software (Matt Lee)
Wednesday, Jan 7
http://meetu.ps/2DhB2q
LibrePlanet 2015
Sat & Sun, Mar 21 - 22
https://libreplanet.org/2015/
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The Boston Network for International Development (BNID) maintains a website (BNID.org) that serves as a clearing-house for information on organizations, events, and jobs related to international development in the Boston area. BNID has played an important auxiliary role in fostering international development activities in the Boston area, as witnessed by the expanding content of the site and a significant growth in the number of users.
The website contains:
A calendar of Boston area events and volunteer opportunities related to International Development
- http://www.bnid.org/events
A jobs board that includes both internships and full time positions related to International Development that is updated daily - http://www.bnid.org/jobs
A directory and descriptions of more than 250 Boston-area organizations - http://www.bnid.org/organizations
Also, please sign up for our weekly newsletter (we promise only one email per week) to get the most up-to-date information on new job and internship opportunities -www.bnid.org/sign-up
The website is completely free for students and our goal is to help connect students who are interested in international development with many of the worthwhile organizations in the area.
Please feel free to email our organization at info@bnid.org if you have any questions!
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Intern with Biodiversity for a Livable Climate!
Biodiversity for a Livable Climate (BLC) is a nonprofit based in the Cambridge, MA area. Our mission is to mobilize the biosphere to restore ecosystems and reverse global warming.
Education, public information campaigns, organizing, scientific investigation, collaboration with like-minded organizations, research and policy development are all elements of our strategy.
Background: Soils are the largest terrestrial carbon sink on the planet. Restoring the complex ecology of soils is the only way to safely and quickly remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it in the ground, where it’s desperately needed to regenerate the health of billions of acres of degraded lands. Restoring carbon to soils and regenerating ecosystems are how we can restore a healthy hydrologic cycle and cool local and planetary climates safely, naturally, and in time to ensure a livable climate now and in the future.
Our Work: immediate plans include
Organizing the First International Biodiversity, Soil Carbon and Climate Week, October 31-November 9, 2014, and a kick-off conference in the Boston area, “Mobilizing the Biosphere to Reverse Global Warming: A Biodiversity, Water, Soil Carbon and Climate Conference – and Call to Action” to expand the mainstream climate conversation to include the power of biology, and to help initiate intensive worldwide efforts to return atmospheric carbon to the soils.
Coordination of a global fund to directly assist local farmers and herders in learning and applying carbon farming approaches that not only benefit the climate, but improve the health and productivity of the land and the people who depend on it.
Collaboration with individuals and organizations on addressing eco-restoration and the regeneration of water and carbon cycles; such projects may include application of practices such as Holistic Management for restoration of billions of acres of degraded grasslands, reforestation of exploited forest areas, and restoring ocean food chains.
Please contact Helen D. Silver, helen.silver@bio4climate.org for further information.
781-316-1710
Bio4climate.org
SharedHarvestCSA.com
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Climate Stories Project
http://www.climatestoriesproject.org
What's your Climate Story?
Climate Stories Project is a forum that gives a voice to the emotional and personal impacts that climate change is having on our lives. Often, we only discuss climate change from the impersonal perspective of science or the contentious realm of politics. Today, more and more of us are feeling the effects of climate change on an personal level. Climate Stories Project allows people from around the world to share their stories and to engage with climate change in a personal, direct way.
———————————
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
---------------------
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).
---------------------
Free solar electricity analysis for MA residents
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHhwM202dDYxdUZJVGFscnY1VGZ3aXc6MQ
-----------------------
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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Resource
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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
--------------------------------------------------
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/
---------------------------------------
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
----------------------
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
------------------------
Bostonsmart.com's Guide to Boston http://www.bostonsmarts.com/BostonGuide/
********************************************
-----------------------------------------------------
Links to events at 60 colleges and universities at Hubevents http://hubevents.blogspot.com
Thanks to
Fred Hapgood's Selected Lectures on Science and Engineering in the Boston Area: http://www.BostonScienceLectures.com
MIT Events: http://events.mit.edu
MIT Energy Club: http://mitenergyclub.org/calendar
Harvard Events: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/harvard-events/events-calendar/
Harvard Environment: http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/calendar/
Sustainability at Harvard: http://green.harvard.edu/events
Mass Climate Action: http://www.massclimateaction.net/calendar/events/index.php
Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/
Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/
Microsoft NERD Center: http://microsoftcambridge.com/Events/
Startup and Entrepreneurial Events: http://www.greenhornconnect.com/events/
Cambridge Civic Journal: http://www.rwinters.com
Cambridge Happenings: http://cambridgehappenings.org
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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