Energy (and Other) Events is a weekly mailing list published most Sundays covering events around the Cambridge, MA and greater Boston area that catch the editor's eye.
Hubevents http://hubevents.blogspot.com is the web version.
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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
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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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]
12pm Faculty Forum Webcast: A Conversation with Noam Chomsky
12:15pm Inertial Confinement Fusion Tour
12:30pm Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap
2pm Entropy and Society
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
6:30pm Clean Energy Prize Mixer
7pm CafeSci Boston - January 2015: The Large Hadron Collider Restarts Soon! What Lies Ahead?
7pm The Ethics of Internet Anonymity
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Wednesday, January 21
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7:30am January Boston Sustainability Breakfast
8am Boston Urban Ag Visioning Steering Committee and Public Meeting
12pm The Expanding Dataverse
4pm Neuroengineering: Technologies and Applications
5:15pm Life Sciences Event: Ebola and Other Global Infectious Diseases as Opportunities for Innovation
5:30pm Life Science Wizards Speaker Series
6:30pm Food Chains
7pm The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society
7pm The Thrill of the Find: Murals and Mysteries of the Maya
7pm Duel Over Dinner: Washington and Hancock on State Sovereignty
7pm Energy Deregulation
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Thursday, January 22
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11am All the Right Channels: A Life in Television
12pm Investing in sustainable well-being
12pm Winter Xcelerate Presents: How to Build Stuff that People Will Want and Love with Krzysztof Gajos
12pm JUST. The Social Justice Label
1pm Why Do Women Fare So Badly in Developing Countries
1pm Science Communication
3:30pm Talk Is Cheap … and Efficient: Facilitating value chain development without costly new infrastructure
4pm Getting to Yes with Yourself: A Book Talk with William Ury
6pm Civilian Casualty, Cognitive Injection, and Big Data
6pm Climate Change
6pm 3D Electron Microscopy in Biology: A 21st century perspective
6pm Discover and Practice Your Inner Art
7pm The GIScience of Analyzing Natural Catastrophes
7pm Apples of New England
7pm Cambridge Car-sharing Discussion
7pm Considering Hate: Violence, Goodness, and Justice in American Culture and Politics
7pm Master Class with pianist Angela Hewitt
7pm Risks and Rewards in Entertainment Careers
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Friday, January 23
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8:15am Symposium on the Future of Computation in Science and Engineering: "Privacy in a Networked World"
8:30am Innovation Breakfast at NGIN
LearnLaunch Conference Across Boundaries: Delivering on Edtech’s Promise
12pm Engineering Modern Microbes with Ancestral Genes to Explore Ancient Life
12pm Starr Forum Friday Flicks: "Hearts and Minds" (1974)
1:30pm The Search for Earth 2.0
1:30pm Media Lab Conversations Series: Joi Ito and the Director's Fellows
5pm Boston Global Game Jam 2015 @ Northeastern University
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Saturday, January 24
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Bread & Puppet at the Cyclorama
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Sunday, January 25
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4pm WEATHERING ART:Creative expression in the era of climate change
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Monday, January 26
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12pm Grounds for Engagement: Design, Landscape and Environmental Health
1pm Climate 101: Elements of the Climate System
1:30pm Physics Lecture Series: Frontiers in Superconductivity
2:30pm Modelfest 2015
4pm Loeb Library Exhibit Opening: Unmasking Jim Crow: Blackface Minstrelsy in American Popular Culture
5:30pm Askwith Forum: Ferguson and Beyond: Educational Strategies to Address Racism and Social Injustice
7pm Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter and Valuing Life: Humanizing the Regulatory State
7pm The Best of The European Short Film Festival at MIT
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Tuesday, January 27
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12:30pm #StopEbola: How social networks & mobile technology helped Nigeria contain Ebola
1pm Climate 102: The Nonlinear Climate System
2pm Entropy and Society
4pm Introduction to Making: Rapid 3D Fabrication at MIT... and Beyond
4pm APC's 6th Annual Open House
5pm Innovation through Visual Thinking Strategies
6pm Boston Green Drinks - January Happy Hour
6pm Startup Rounds - Final Showcase & Awards
6pm Virtual nations: new communication challenges for states, business, society
7pm Government against Itself: Public Union Power and Its Consequences
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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
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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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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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Speaker: Professor Noam Chomsky
Professor Chomsky will discuss his career and take questions from the MIT alumni community via interactive chat. Chomsky will also discuss the Chomsky Archive, a recently-launched MIT Libraries project to preserve and digitize the lectures, personal papers, and materials he has donated to the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
MIT alumni and MIT students who register for the webcast can participate in the live discussion by submitting questions via interactive chat. Non-alumni can also watch the webcast and share their real-time thoughts on Twitter using the hashtag #mitfaculty. (Viewing details for non-alumni will be available on Tuesday, January 20.)
Web site: https://alum.mit.edu/learn/facultyforum/online/noam-chomsky
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): MIT Alumni Association
For more information, contact: Elena Byrne
617-252-1143
alumnilearn@mit.edu
Speaker: Maria Gatu Johnson, MIT PSFC
This tour showcases Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) research at MIT. The PSFC High-Energy-Density Physics group has developed and/or calibrated a number of nuclear diagnostics installed on the OMEGA laser at the University of Rochester, NY, and on the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, CA, to study nuclear products generated in fusion reactions.
Web site: http://www.psfc.mit.edu/news/IAP.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Plasma Science and Fusion Center
For more information, contact: Paul Rivenberg
617-253-8101
info@psfc.mit.edu
We've previously announced that this year there will be an e4Dev-specific prize for the Clean Energy Prize. Join Tufts' Fletcher and MIT students for a Mixer and hear more about the Clean Energy Prize and its new Develoment Prize. Meet potential teammates and hear our guest speaker, Sam White of Promethean Power Systems (Runner up in 2007). Be part of the foremost energy competition in the country, with over $400k in prizes. Food will be served with cash bar.
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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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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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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]
12pm Faculty Forum Webcast: A Conversation with Noam Chomsky
12:15pm Inertial Confinement Fusion Tour
12:30pm Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap
2pm Entropy and Society
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
6:30pm Clean Energy Prize Mixer
7pm CafeSci Boston - January 2015: The Large Hadron Collider Restarts Soon! What Lies Ahead?
7pm The Ethics of Internet Anonymity
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Wednesday, January 21
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7:30am January Boston Sustainability Breakfast
8am Boston Urban Ag Visioning Steering Committee and Public Meeting
12pm The Expanding Dataverse
4pm Neuroengineering: Technologies and Applications
5:15pm Life Sciences Event: Ebola and Other Global Infectious Diseases as Opportunities for Innovation
5:30pm Life Science Wizards Speaker Series
6:30pm Food Chains
7pm The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society
7pm The Thrill of the Find: Murals and Mysteries of the Maya
7pm Duel Over Dinner: Washington and Hancock on State Sovereignty
7pm Energy Deregulation
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Thursday, January 22
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11am All the Right Channels: A Life in Television
12pm Investing in sustainable well-being
12pm Winter Xcelerate Presents: How to Build Stuff that People Will Want and Love with Krzysztof Gajos
12pm JUST. The Social Justice Label
1pm Why Do Women Fare So Badly in Developing Countries
1pm Science Communication
3:30pm Talk Is Cheap … and Efficient: Facilitating value chain development without costly new infrastructure
4pm Getting to Yes with Yourself: A Book Talk with William Ury
6pm Civilian Casualty, Cognitive Injection, and Big Data
6pm Climate Change
6pm 3D Electron Microscopy in Biology: A 21st century perspective
6pm Discover and Practice Your Inner Art
7pm The GIScience of Analyzing Natural Catastrophes
7pm Apples of New England
7pm Cambridge Car-sharing Discussion
7pm Considering Hate: Violence, Goodness, and Justice in American Culture and Politics
7pm Master Class with pianist Angela Hewitt
7pm Risks and Rewards in Entertainment Careers
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Friday, January 23
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8:15am Symposium on the Future of Computation in Science and Engineering: "Privacy in a Networked World"
8:30am Innovation Breakfast at NGIN
LearnLaunch Conference Across Boundaries: Delivering on Edtech’s Promise
12pm Engineering Modern Microbes with Ancestral Genes to Explore Ancient Life
12pm Starr Forum Friday Flicks: "Hearts and Minds" (1974)
1:30pm The Search for Earth 2.0
1:30pm Media Lab Conversations Series: Joi Ito and the Director's Fellows
5pm Boston Global Game Jam 2015 @ Northeastern University
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Saturday, January 24
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Bread & Puppet at the Cyclorama
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Sunday, January 25
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4pm WEATHERING ART:Creative expression in the era of climate change
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Monday, January 26
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12pm Grounds for Engagement: Design, Landscape and Environmental Health
1pm Climate 101: Elements of the Climate System
1:30pm Physics Lecture Series: Frontiers in Superconductivity
2:30pm Modelfest 2015
4pm Loeb Library Exhibit Opening: Unmasking Jim Crow: Blackface Minstrelsy in American Popular Culture
5:30pm Askwith Forum: Ferguson and Beyond: Educational Strategies to Address Racism and Social Injustice
7pm Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter and Valuing Life: Humanizing the Regulatory State
7pm The Best of The European Short Film Festival at MIT
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Tuesday, January 27
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12:30pm #StopEbola: How social networks & mobile technology helped Nigeria contain Ebola
1pm Climate 102: The Nonlinear Climate System
2pm Entropy and Society
4pm Introduction to Making: Rapid 3D Fabrication at MIT... and Beyond
4pm APC's 6th Annual Open House
5pm Innovation through Visual Thinking Strategies
6pm Boston Green Drinks - January Happy Hour
6pm Startup Rounds - Final Showcase & Awards
6pm Virtual nations: new communication challenges for states, business, society
7pm Government against Itself: Public Union Power and Its Consequences
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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
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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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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Faculty Forum Webcast: A Conversation with Noam Chomsky
Tuesday, January 20
12:00p–12:45p
Webcast at https://alum.mit.edu/learn/facultyforum/online/noam-chomsky
12:00p–12:45p
Webcast at https://alum.mit.edu/learn/facultyforum/online/noam-chomsky
Speaker: Professor Noam Chomsky
Professor Chomsky will discuss his career and take questions from the MIT alumni community via interactive chat. Chomsky will also discuss the Chomsky Archive, a recently-launched MIT Libraries project to preserve and digitize the lectures, personal papers, and materials he has donated to the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
MIT alumni and MIT students who register for the webcast can participate in the live discussion by submitting questions via interactive chat. Non-alumni can also watch the webcast and share their real-time thoughts on Twitter using the hashtag #mitfaculty. (Viewing details for non-alumni will be available on Tuesday, January 20.)
Web site: https://alum.mit.edu/learn/facultyforum/online/noam-chomsky
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): MIT Alumni Association
For more information, contact: Elena Byrne
617-252-1143
alumnilearn@mit.edu
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Inertial Confinement Fusion Tour
Tuesday, January 20
12:15p–1:00p
MIT, Building NW17-218, 175 Albany Street, Cambridge
12:15p–1:00p
MIT, Building NW17-218, 175 Albany Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Maria Gatu Johnson, MIT PSFC
This tour showcases Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) research at MIT. The PSFC High-Energy-Density Physics group has developed and/or calibrated a number of nuclear diagnostics installed on the OMEGA laser at the University of Rochester, NY, and on the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, CA, to study nuclear products generated in fusion reactions.
Web site: http://www.psfc.mit.edu/news/IAP.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Plasma Science and Fusion Center
For more information, contact: Paul Rivenberg
617-253-8101
info@psfc.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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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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Entropy and Society
Tuesday, January 20
2:00p–3:30p
MIT, Building 13-2137, 105 Massachusetts Avenue (Rear), Cambridge
Speaker: Sophia Sklan, Michelle Tomasik
Come learn how the science created to explain steam engines is being used to explain the dynamics of social systems. We??ll examine the four major interpretations of entropy and how they relate to the new fields of econophysics and sociophyiscs. Concepts will be illustrated with simple and sugary demonstrations. No prerequisite knowledge required.
Web site: http://student.mit.edu/iap/ns272.html
Open to: the general public
This event occurs on Tuesdays through January 27, 2015.
Sponsor(s): Physics IAP
For more information, contact: Denise Wahkor
617-253-4855
denisew@mit.edu
2:00p–3:30p
MIT, Building 13-2137, 105 Massachusetts Avenue (Rear), Cambridge
Speaker: Sophia Sklan, Michelle Tomasik
Come learn how the science created to explain steam engines is being used to explain the dynamics of social systems. We??ll examine the four major interpretations of entropy and how they relate to the new fields of econophysics and sociophyiscs. Concepts will be illustrated with simple and sugary demonstrations. No prerequisite knowledge required.
Web site: http://student.mit.edu/iap/ns272.html
Open to: the general public
This event occurs on Tuesdays through January 27, 2015.
Sponsor(s): Physics IAP
For more information, contact: Denise Wahkor
617-253-4855
denisew@mit.edu
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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
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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Intro to the Tech Community at Boston Public Library
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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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
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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Intro to the Tech Community at Boston Public Library
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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Clean Energy Prize Mixer
Tuesday, January 20
6:30-8pm
The Fletcher School, Tufts University, The Fletcher School, 160 Packard Avenue, 7th Floor, Medford
The Fletcher School, Tufts University, The Fletcher School, 160 Packard Avenue, 7th Floor, Medford
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/fletchermit-cep-energy-development-tech-mixer-tickets-15220298322
We've previously announced that this year there will be an e4Dev-specific prize for the Clean Energy Prize. Join Tufts' Fletcher and MIT students for a Mixer and hear more about the Clean Energy Prize and its new Develoment Prize. Meet potential teammates and hear our guest speaker, Sam White of Promethean Power Systems (Runner up in 2007). Be part of the foremost energy competition in the country, with over $400k in prizes. Food will be served with cash bar.
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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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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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Boston Urban Ag Visioning Steering Committee and Public Meeting
Wednesday, January 21
Wednesday, January 21
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM (EST)
The Boston Foundation, 75 Arlington Street, 10th Floor, Boston
The Boston Foundation, 75 Arlington Street, 10th Floor, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-urban-ag-visioning-steering-committee-public-meeting-tickets-15186018791
Since the passage of Article 89 in December 2013, support for urban agriculture in Boston has grown tremendously. To increase collaboration and to advance shared goals, the City of Boston's Office of Food Initiatives has received a grant from the USDA for a facilitated urban ag visioning process, which begins this month. A steering committee has been selected to inform and to guide this process and this group will convene monthly until August. These meetings are open free to the public, but space is limited, so RSVP is required.
Please visit bostonurbanag.wordpress.com to stay up to date on information and events related to the Urban Ag Visioning process.
Since the passage of Article 89 in December 2013, support for urban agriculture in Boston has grown tremendously. To increase collaboration and to advance shared goals, the City of Boston's Office of Food Initiatives has received a grant from the USDA for a facilitated urban ag visioning process, which begins this month. A steering committee has been selected to inform and to guide this process and this group will convene monthly until August. These meetings are open free to the public, but space is limited, so RSVP is required.
Please visit bostonurbanag.wordpress.com to stay up to date on information and events related to the Urban Ag Visioning process.
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"The Expanding Dataverse."
Wednesday, January 21
12pm
Harvard, Lamont B-30, 11 Quincy Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_eVwZcXZZ4vDWATz
Mercè Crosas, Director of Data Science.
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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Alexander Rhalimi, Viridian's Lead Director and David Fernandes Viridian’s Director will be hosting and presenting the event and would like to meet you too!
Tel/ Txt: 617-312-4755
Email: 1massenergy@gmail.com
Speaker: Sahar Hakim-Hasemi '13
We believe in having a fulfilling life. We believe that we all have something special within to offer to our communities and to the world, we call this your Inner Art. Practice Your Inner Art is a self-discovery workshop that will make you realize what you're really good at. It's what you do all the time, mostly without noticing it. We want to help you recognize and practice your inner art to create a fulfilling and personalized professional path.
Use the website link to register for this free event.
Web site: http://alumic.mit.edu/s/1314/03-alumni/wide.aspx?sid=1314&gid=13&pgid=22598&content_id=26010
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
Simon Holroyd is a product manager at Pivotal Labs. Prior to labs, Simon lead a product & development team at a successful fashion-tech startup, ran an iOS development consulting business, and worked as an developer & marketer in the digital advertising industry. After a 4 year stint living in NYC, he's recently returned to his home town in Boston and is eager to pass along as many hard-learned lessons in product development as he can!
Bobbie Carlton, founder of Carlton PR & Marketing and Mass Innovation Nights (MIN), is an award-winning marketing, PR and social media professional. Bobbie and the MIN community have helped to launch more than 700 new products. Every month the group provides 10 entrepreneurs with a free 30-day marketing program, featuring the products in social media campaigns, in a weekly newsletter, on the organization's showcase website and at a live event. Follow Bobbie on Twitter as @BobbieC or @MassInno or now, @WomenInno. Innovation Women is a new online speakers bureau for entrepreneurial and technical women, coming soon.
Joi Ito in conversation with the Media Lab Director's Fellows
Modelfest 2015
Monday, January 26
Speaker: Sophia Sklan, Michelle Tomasik
Come learn how the science created to explain steam engines is being used to explain the dynamics of social systems. We??ll examine the four major interpretations of entropy and how they relate to the new fields of econophysics and sociophyiscs. Concepts will be illustrated with simple and sugary demonstrations. No prerequisite knowledge required.
Web site: http://student.mit.edu/iap/ns272.html
Open to: the general public
This event occurs on Tuesdays through January 27, 2015.
Sponsor(s): Physics IAP
For more information, contact: Denise Wahkor
617-253-4855
denisew@mit.edu
Speaker: Nancy Ouyang, John Hart, Martin Culpepper, Nadya Peek, Alban Cobi, Jonathan Hunt
Do you want learn more about 3D printing, rapid fabrication and 'maker spaces'. This joint IS&T and ODL xTalks event will give you an overview of what is happening at MIT as well as a look into how alums are taking it out into the world.
We will begin with a crash course on the basics and key concepts by IS&T's Sr. Education & Sustainability IT Project Manager Jonathan Hunt, followed by a series of short examples of its use at MIT from a panel of pioneers active in this area. John Hart, Nancy Ouyang, Martin Culpepper, Nadya Peek, and Alban Cobi from the Edgerton Center will be sharing presentations and demos. After the presentations will be a panel discussion with Q&A.
Join the conversation with sustainability professionals and hobbyists. Enjoy a drink and build your connection with our green community!
Keep sending feedback to Lyn@bostongreendrinks.com for ideas about speakers or content for the future and mark your calendar for drinks on the last Tuesday of every month. Also, if you RSVP and can't make it, e-mail us to let us know.
Boston Green Drinks builds a community of sustainably-minded Bostonians, provides a forum for exchange of sustainability career resources, and serves as a central point of information about emerging green issues. We support the exchange of ideas and resources about sustainable energy, environment, food, health, education.
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 Sciences Event: Ebola and Other Global Infectious Diseases as Opportunities for Innovation
Wednesday, January 21
Wednesday, January 21
5:15 PM to 8:30 PM
Genzyme Center, 500 Kendall Square, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/life-sciences-event-ebola-and-other-global-infectious-diseases-as-opportunities-for-innovation-registration-15143201724
Cost: 0 - $30
The recent outbreak of Ebola infections, the largest in history, has captured the world’s attention due to the associated 50% mortality rate and greater than 14,000 people infected thus far. Infectious diseases such as Ebola that are more common in the developing world, present an array of challenges for commercial innovation. With such few cases occurring in the U.S. and other lucrative markets, what is the business model for treatments of these diseases? Philanthropies and governmental agencies support development of tools but are these types of support enough to generate sustainable solutions to combat these diseases?
Currently for Ebola there is no vaccine available and the therapy used in the US consists of antibodies that suffer from scale-up production issues due to production in a tobacco expression system. Neither the FDA nor the WHO has approved either a vaccine or a therapy for Ebola, raising questions about the regulatory climate for the appropriate response to emerging threats. In development are nucleic acids directed at knocking down Ebola proteins that are reported to have demonstrated efficacy in monkeys and tolerable toxicities in humans. Large diagnostics companies such as Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp have refused to accept suspected Ebola samples due to fear of containment putting further pressure on diagnostics to be used at the primary sites of infection. On-site diagnostic products face significant challenges for ease of use, cost, and limited market size.
Please join us for a panel discussion focused on opportunities in the areas of prevention, diagnosis, primary treatment, and supportive care for ebola and other global infectious diseases.
Moderator: Gary J. Nabel, Senior Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer, Sanofi
Speakers:
Dr. Michael S. Calderwood, Instructor at Harvard Medical School in Infectious Disease & Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Chris Garabedian, CEO, Sarepta Therapeutics Inc
Dr. Bill Rodriguez , Chief Executive Officer, Daktari Diagnostics
Anna Young, Research Specialist and Instructor, Little Devices @ MIT
Agenda
Registration & Networking: 5:15 – 6:00
Panel: 6:00 – 7:30
Networking: 7:30 – 8:30
Currently for Ebola there is no vaccine available and the therapy used in the US consists of antibodies that suffer from scale-up production issues due to production in a tobacco expression system. Neither the FDA nor the WHO has approved either a vaccine or a therapy for Ebola, raising questions about the regulatory climate for the appropriate response to emerging threats. In development are nucleic acids directed at knocking down Ebola proteins that are reported to have demonstrated efficacy in monkeys and tolerable toxicities in humans. Large diagnostics companies such as Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp have refused to accept suspected Ebola samples due to fear of containment putting further pressure on diagnostics to be used at the primary sites of infection. On-site diagnostic products face significant challenges for ease of use, cost, and limited market size.
Please join us for a panel discussion focused on opportunities in the areas of prevention, diagnosis, primary treatment, and supportive care for ebola and other global infectious diseases.
Moderator: Gary J. Nabel, Senior Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer, Sanofi
Speakers:
Dr. Michael S. Calderwood, Instructor at Harvard Medical School in Infectious Disease & Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Chris Garabedian, CEO, Sarepta Therapeutics Inc
Dr. Bill Rodriguez , Chief Executive Officer, Daktari Diagnostics
Anna Young, Research Specialist and Instructor, Little Devices @ MIT
Agenda
Registration & Networking: 5:15 – 6:00
Panel: 6:00 – 7:30
Networking: 7:30 – 8:30
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Energy Deregulation
Wednesday, January 21
Wednesday, January 21
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EST)
Microsoft NERD Center, 1 Memorial Drive, Abigail Adams and Crispus Attucks rooms, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/energy-deregulation-tickets-12790696317
Energy deregulation has given MA residents, and other deregulated states the opportunity to choose their electricity supplier. Come join us to learn how you can create your own residual and recession-proof income that you receive right now by simply helping people save money on something they already use and cannot live without...all while helping the environment.
Introducing Independent Associate and Residual Fund Raising programs (RFP)! Our RFP offers an innovative way for organizations to raise funds without over-burdening their members and without ever asking for money!
Invite your favorite charitable organization(s)! Some examples are volunteer and service organizations, private and religious schools, churches, synagogues, mosques, sports teams, parent associations, charities, foundations, our service members, and all other entities that can benefit from our RFP.
Energy deregulation has given MA residents, and other deregulated states the opportunity to choose their electricity supplier. Come join us to learn how you can create your own residual and recession-proof income that you receive right now by simply helping people save money on something they already use and cannot live without...all while helping the environment.
Introducing Independent Associate and Residual Fund Raising programs (RFP)! Our RFP offers an innovative way for organizations to raise funds without over-burdening their members and without ever asking for money!
Invite your favorite charitable organization(s)! Some examples are volunteer and service organizations, private and religious schools, churches, synagogues, mosques, sports teams, parent associations, charities, foundations, our service members, and all other entities that can benefit from our RFP.
Alexander Rhalimi, Viridian's Lead Director and David Fernandes Viridian’s Director will be hosting and presenting the event and would like to meet you too!
Tel/ Txt: 617-312-4755
Email: 1massenergy@gmail.com
** ASSOCIATES & GUESTS - FREE ADMISSION!**
Driver License or ID is required to be admitted to the building. Thank you.
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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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Driver License or ID is required to be admitted to the building. Thank you.
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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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Winter Xcelerate Presents: How to Build Stuff that People Will Want and Love with Krzysztof Gajos
Thursday, January 22
Thursday, January 22
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (EST)
Harvard innovation lab, 125 Western Avenue, Lobby Area, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/winter-xcelerate-presents-how-to-build-stuff-that-people-will-want-and-love-with-krzysztof-gajos-tickets-15333659388
Hacking is great, but how do we know what’s worth hacking? Will people want to use what we build? Will they know how? I will give you a quick overview of the modern Design process all the way from finding a compelling design opportunity to the iterative process of implementing a usable solution. Given that you have already started building, I will spend most time on fast, practical techniques for evaluating and improving usability of interactive systems.
Bio: Krzysztof Gajos is an associate professor of Computer Science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Krzysztof is broadly interested in interactive intelligent systems, a research area that bridges artificial intelligence, machine learning and human-computer interaction. Recent projects pursued by his group touched upon areas such as personalized adaptive user interfaces, computer accessibility, peer learning, creativity support tools, crowdsourcing, and tools and methods for engaging broader publics in research.
In the spring, Krzysztof teaches CS 179: Design of Useful and Usable Interactive Systems. If you want to build software products that address valuable needs and that people enjoy using, consider taking the course. See cs179.org for more.
Prior to arriving at Harvard, Krzysztof was a postdoctoral researcher at Microsoft Research. He received his PhD from University of Washington and his M.Eng. and B.Sc. degrees from MIT. In the Fall of 2005, he was visiting faculty at the Ashesi University in Accra, Ghana, where he taught Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. In the summer of 1999 he also taught in Sichuan, China.
Hacking is great, but how do we know what’s worth hacking? Will people want to use what we build? Will they know how? I will give you a quick overview of the modern Design process all the way from finding a compelling design opportunity to the iterative process of implementing a usable solution. Given that you have already started building, I will spend most time on fast, practical techniques for evaluating and improving usability of interactive systems.
Bio: Krzysztof Gajos is an associate professor of Computer Science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Krzysztof is broadly interested in interactive intelligent systems, a research area that bridges artificial intelligence, machine learning and human-computer interaction. Recent projects pursued by his group touched upon areas such as personalized adaptive user interfaces, computer accessibility, peer learning, creativity support tools, crowdsourcing, and tools and methods for engaging broader publics in research.
In the spring, Krzysztof teaches CS 179: Design of Useful and Usable Interactive Systems. If you want to build software products that address valuable needs and that people enjoy using, consider taking the course. See cs179.org for more.
Prior to arriving at Harvard, Krzysztof was a postdoctoral researcher at Microsoft Research. He received his PhD from University of Washington and his M.Eng. and B.Sc. degrees from MIT. In the Fall of 2005, he was visiting faculty at the Ashesi University in Accra, Ghana, where he taught Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. In the summer of 1999 he also taught in Sichuan, China.
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JUST. The Social Justice Label
Thursday, January 22
Thursday, January 22
12:00 PM
BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, Boston
RSVP at https://online.architects.org/bsassa/censsareqauth?p_url=evtssarsvp.display_page%3Fp_cust_id%3D__CUSTID__%26p_event_id%3D1489%26p_item_id%3DCTE_RSVP
The word "Just" is defined as "based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair." The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) realized the role of "green" and "living" buildings is to realize a society where equity is physically realized. As the Living Building Challenge has begun to increase its influence, the ILFI has broadened its scope, proposing this question: can a "living" building be ran by a non-"living" organizations? Believing both entities must reinforce the same ideals, the ILFI created the JUST Label, which is a tool which can be used to measure an organization's contribution towards the creation of a more equitable world. Our January committee meeting, led by co-chair Blake Jackson AIA, will explore JUST in detail through a workshop which can be replicated in participant's offices to benchmark and improve corporate responsibility targets - aligned with the mission of making organizations more equitable.
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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
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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Talk Is Cheap … and Efficient: Facilitating value chain development without costly new infrastructure
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
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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/
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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
BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, Boston
RSVP at https://online.architects.org/bsassa/censsareqauth?p_url=evtssarsvp.display_page%3Fp_cust_id%3D__CUSTID__%26p_event_id%3D1489%26p_item_id%3DCTE_RSVP
The word "Just" is defined as "based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair." The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) realized the role of "green" and "living" buildings is to realize a society where equity is physically realized. As the Living Building Challenge has begun to increase its influence, the ILFI has broadened its scope, proposing this question: can a "living" building be ran by a non-"living" organizations? Believing both entities must reinforce the same ideals, the ILFI created the JUST Label, which is a tool which can be used to measure an organization's contribution towards the creation of a more equitable world. Our January committee meeting, led by co-chair Blake Jackson AIA, will explore JUST in detail through a workshop which can be replicated in participant's offices to benchmark and improve corporate responsibility targets - aligned with the mission of making organizations more equitable.
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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
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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Talk Is Cheap … and Efficient: Facilitating value chain development without costly new infrastructure
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
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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/
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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
Harvard, HUCE Seminar Room 310, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Sriram Subramaniam.
More information at http://www.msi.harvard.edu/events/thursdays.html
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More information at http://www.msi.harvard.edu/events/thursdays.html
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Discover and Practice Your Inner Art
Thursday, January 22
6:00p–9:00p
MIT, Building 56-114, 21 Ames Street, Cambridge
6:00p–9:00p
MIT, Building 56-114, 21 Ames Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://alumic.mit.edu/s/1314/03-alumni/wide.aspx?sid=1314&gid=13&pgid=22598&content_id=26010
Speaker: Sahar Hakim-Hasemi '13
We believe in having a fulfilling life. We believe that we all have something special within to offer to our communities and to the world, we call this your Inner Art. Practice Your Inner Art is a self-discovery workshop that will make you realize what you're really good at. It's what you do all the time, mostly without noticing it. We want to help you recognize and practice your inner art to create a fulfilling and personalized professional path.
Use the website link to register for this free event.
Web site: http://alumic.mit.edu/s/1314/03-alumni/wide.aspx?sid=1314&gid=13&pgid=22598&content_id=26010
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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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
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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Considering Hate: Violence, Goodness, and Justice in American Culture and Politics
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
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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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
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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Considering Hate: Violence, Goodness, and Justice in American Culture and Politics
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
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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Innovation Breakfast at NGIN
Friday, January 23
Friday, January 23
8:30 AM to 10:00 AM (EST)
NGIN Workplace, 210 Broadway, Suite 201, Cambridge
NGIN Workplace, 210 Broadway, Suite 201, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/innovation-breakfast-at-ngin-tickets-15358915931
The Roving Innovation Breakfast continues! Hosted by Bobbie Carlton, founder of Mass Innovation Nights, we're partnering with Pivotal Labs Boston for a new edition of our weekly drop-in networking event. We'll be visiting NGIN coworking in Cambridge. Check out this cool co-working space. Join us for coffee+, networking and one-on-one discussions with the software development experts from Pivotal Labs.
Meet the Experts:
Jared Cosulich is the Director of the Boston office for Pivotal Labs. He is a serial entrepreneur who has been the technical founder or co-founder of three companies. He recently moved back to Boston after 12 years in San Francisco's startup scene and is eager to help Boston area entrepreneurs. He has extensive experience with software development, agile and XP processes, product roadmaps, and startups in general. Follow Jared on Twitter @jaredcosulich
The Roving Innovation Breakfast continues! Hosted by Bobbie Carlton, founder of Mass Innovation Nights, we're partnering with Pivotal Labs Boston for a new edition of our weekly drop-in networking event. We'll be visiting NGIN coworking in Cambridge. Check out this cool co-working space. Join us for coffee+, networking and one-on-one discussions with the software development experts from Pivotal Labs.
Meet the Experts:
Jared Cosulich is the Director of the Boston office for Pivotal Labs. He is a serial entrepreneur who has been the technical founder or co-founder of three companies. He recently moved back to Boston after 12 years in San Francisco's startup scene and is eager to help Boston area entrepreneurs. He has extensive experience with software development, agile and XP processes, product roadmaps, and startups in general. Follow Jared on Twitter @jaredcosulich
Simon Holroyd is a product manager at Pivotal Labs. Prior to labs, Simon lead a product & development team at a successful fashion-tech startup, ran an iOS development consulting business, and worked as an developer & marketer in the digital advertising industry. After a 4 year stint living in NYC, he's recently returned to his home town in Boston and is eager to pass along as many hard-learned lessons in product development as he can!
Bobbie Carlton, founder of Carlton PR & Marketing and Mass Innovation Nights (MIN), is an award-winning marketing, PR and social media professional. Bobbie and the MIN community have helped to launch more than 700 new products. Every month the group provides 10 entrepreneurs with a free 30-day marketing program, featuring the products in social media campaigns, in a weekly newsletter, on the organization's showcase website and at a live event. Follow Bobbie on Twitter as @BobbieC or @MassInno or now, @WomenInno. Innovation Women is a new online speakers bureau for entrepreneurial and technical women, coming soon.
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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.
Twitter: @learnlaunch #learnlaunch15
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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
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.
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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.
Twitter: @learnlaunch #learnlaunch15
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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
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.
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Media Lab Conversations Series: Joi Ito and the Director's Fellows
Friday, January 23
1:30p–3:30p
MIT, Building E14-3, 3rd floor atrium, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge
MIT, Building E14-3, 3rd floor atrium, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Joi Ito in conversation with the Media Lab Director's Fellows
Media Lab Conversations Series
Web site: http://www.media.mit.edu/events/2015/01/23/media-lab-conversations-series-joi-ito-and-directors-fellows
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Media Lab
For more information, contact: Laura Seretta
events-admin@media.mit.edu
Web site: http://www.media.mit.edu/events/2015/01/23/media-lab-conversations-series-joi-ito-and-directors-fellows
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Media Lab
For more information, contact: Laura Seretta
events-admin@media.mit.edu
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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/
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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.
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.
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Sunday, January 25
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WEATHERING ART:Creative expression in the era of climate change
Sunday, January 25
Sunday, January 25
4-6pm
Brickbottom Gallery, 1 Fitchburg Street, Somerville
Reception, exhibit from January 25 - February 28, 2015
The water is rising... Weathering Art brings together visual artists exploring what it means to be facing environmental catastrophe on local and global levels. Using traditional, innovative and experimental media the collected artists in this iteration of Weathering Art each convey an acute awareness of our precarious relationship with the planet.
Featuring the art of Lydia Eccles, Lisa Lunskaya Gordon, K. Gretchen Greene, Denise Manseau, Patrick Gentry Pierce, Anna Shapiro, Andy Siegel, sam smiley, Naoe Suzuki, Michal Truelsen, Ellen Young.
Curated by Mary Ann Kearns, Lisa Lunskaya Gordon and Curator Emeritus, Dan Osterman.
617-776-3410
brickbottomartist@rcn.com
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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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The water is rising... Weathering Art brings together visual artists exploring what it means to be facing environmental catastrophe on local and global levels. Using traditional, innovative and experimental media the collected artists in this iteration of Weathering Art each convey an acute awareness of our precarious relationship with the planet.
Featuring the art of Lydia Eccles, Lisa Lunskaya Gordon, K. Gretchen Greene, Denise Manseau, Patrick Gentry Pierce, Anna Shapiro, Andy Siegel, sam smiley, Naoe Suzuki, Michal Truelsen, Ellen Young.
Curated by Mary Ann Kearns, Lisa Lunskaya Gordon and Curator Emeritus, Dan Osterman.
617-776-3410
brickbottomartist@rcn.com
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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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Climate 101: Elements of the Climate System
Monday, January 26
Monday, January 26
1:00 P.M.–3:00 P.M.
MIT, Building 4-237, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Jareth Holt, Daniel Gilford
History of climate science; radiation and the greenhouse effect; the hydrological cycle; land ecology and carbon storage; ocean ecology and heat transport; sea ice and ice sheets.
History of climate science; radiation and the greenhouse effect; the hydrological cycle; land ecology and carbon storage; ocean ecology and heat transport; sea ice and ice sheets.
Contact: Robert Morris
617-324-7375
rhgmorr@mit.edu
More info: http://mitsha.re/1fyU4Fp
617-324-7375
rhgmorr@mit.edu
More info: http://mitsha.re/1fyU4Fp
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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
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
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Monday, January 26
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
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Modelfest 2015
Monday, January 26
2:30 PM to 7:00 PM (EST)
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/modelfest-2015-tickets-15141394318
Novel analytical tools to interpret large and complex data sets are reshaping the foundations of several fields of science, and, simultaneously, many commercial enterprises. Shared statistical and computational concepts underlie this trend. Cross-fertilization between data-intensive scientific fields and data-intensive industries could yield powerful discoveries. With this in mind, the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and partners in the financial and internet industries are organizing a “Modelfest” to discuss how to harness the rich set of algorithms and infrastructures available to accelerate progress in precision cancer medicine. The event will include short TED-talk like presentations from the scientific and corporate worlds, panel discussions, and an opportunity for networking. Participation from graduate and undergraduate students is especially welcome.
Novel analytical tools to interpret large and complex data sets are reshaping the foundations of several fields of science, and, simultaneously, many commercial enterprises. Shared statistical and computational concepts underlie this trend. Cross-fertilization between data-intensive scientific fields and data-intensive industries could yield powerful discoveries. With this in mind, the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and partners in the financial and internet industries are organizing a “Modelfest” to discuss how to harness the rich set of algorithms and infrastructures available to accelerate progress in precision cancer medicine. The event will include short TED-talk like presentations from the scientific and corporate worlds, panel discussions, and an opportunity for networking. Participation from graduate and undergraduate students is especially welcome.
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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:
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
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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#StopEbola: How social networks & mobile technology helped Nigeria contain Ebola
Tuesday, January 27,
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:
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
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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#StopEbola: How social networks & mobile technology helped Nigeria contain Ebola
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/2015/01/Corrigan#RSVP
Event will be webcast live on http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/01/Corrigan at 12:30 pm.
Aimee Corrigan will discuss how social networks and mobile technology helped Nigeria contain Ebola at the Berkman Center Tuesday Luncheon Series. Description Forthcoming.
About Aimee
Aimee Corrigan is the Co-Director of Nollywood Workshops, a hub for filmmakers in Lagos, Nigeria that supports and delivers movie production and distribution, training, and research. She is also a documentary photographer and filmmaker. Aimee's passion for Nollywood sparked during her participation in the production of the documentary This Is Nollywood.
Aimee completed her Masters in Education at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education.
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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/Corrigan#RSVP
Event will be webcast live on http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/01/Corrigan at 12:30 pm.
Aimee Corrigan will discuss how social networks and mobile technology helped Nigeria contain Ebola at the Berkman Center Tuesday Luncheon Series. Description Forthcoming.
About Aimee
Aimee Corrigan is the Co-Director of Nollywood Workshops, a hub for filmmakers in Lagos, Nigeria that supports and delivers movie production and distribution, training, and research. She is also a documentary photographer and filmmaker. Aimee's passion for Nollywood sparked during her participation in the production of the documentary This Is Nollywood.
Aimee completed her Masters in Education at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education.
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Climate 102: The Nonlinear Climate System
Tuesday, January 27
Tuesday, January 27
1:00 P.M.–3:00 P.M.
MIT, Building 4-237, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Daniel Gilford, Jareth Holt
Structure and detection of climate change; metrics of climate change and irreversible warming; climate sensitivity and feedbacks; weather extremes and other impacts; climate and earth system modeling; uncertainties and current research trends.
Contact: Robert Morris
617-324-7375
rhgmorr@mit.edu
More info: http://mitsha.re/1fyU4Fp
Structure and detection of climate change; metrics of climate change and irreversible warming; climate sensitivity and feedbacks; weather extremes and other impacts; climate and earth system modeling; uncertainties and current research trends.
Contact: Robert Morris
617-324-7375
rhgmorr@mit.edu
More info: http://mitsha.re/1fyU4Fp
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Entropy and Society
Tuesday, January 27
2:00p–3:30p
MIT, Building 13-2137, 105 Massachusetts Avenue (Rear), Cambridge
2:00p–3:30p
MIT, Building 13-2137, 105 Massachusetts Avenue (Rear), Cambridge
Speaker: Sophia Sklan, Michelle Tomasik
Come learn how the science created to explain steam engines is being used to explain the dynamics of social systems. We??ll examine the four major interpretations of entropy and how they relate to the new fields of econophysics and sociophyiscs. Concepts will be illustrated with simple and sugary demonstrations. No prerequisite knowledge required.
Web site: http://student.mit.edu/iap/ns272.html
Open to: the general public
This event occurs on Tuesdays through January 27, 2015.
Sponsor(s): Physics IAP
For more information, contact: Denise Wahkor
617-253-4855
denisew@mit.edu
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Introduction to Making: Rapid 3D Fabrication at MIT... and Beyond
Tuesday, January 27
4:00p–5:15p
MIT, Building 32-155, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
4:00p–5:15p
MIT, Building 32-155, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Nancy Ouyang, John Hart, Martin Culpepper, Nadya Peek, Alban Cobi, Jonathan Hunt
Do you want learn more about 3D printing, rapid fabrication and 'maker spaces'. This joint IS&T and ODL xTalks event will give you an overview of what is happening at MIT as well as a look into how alums are taking it out into the world.
We will begin with a crash course on the basics and key concepts by IS&T's Sr. Education & Sustainability IT Project Manager Jonathan Hunt, followed by a series of short examples of its use at MIT from a panel of pioneers active in this area. John Hart, Nancy Ouyang, Martin Culpepper, Nadya Peek, and Alban Cobi from the Edgerton Center will be sharing presentations and demos. After the presentations will be a panel discussion with Q&A.
xTalks: Digital Discourses
This series provides a forum to facilitate awareness, deep understanding and transference of educational innovations at MIT and elsewhere. We hope to foster a community of educators, researchers, and technologists engaged in developing and supporting effective learning experiences through online learning environments and other digital technologies.
Web site: http://odl.mit.edu/events/introduction-to-making
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Information Services and Technology (IS&T), OEIT- Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
For more information, contact: Molly Ruggles
617-324-9185
ruggles@mit.edu
This series provides a forum to facilitate awareness, deep understanding and transference of educational innovations at MIT and elsewhere. We hope to foster a community of educators, researchers, and technologists engaged in developing and supporting effective learning experiences through online learning environments and other digital technologies.
Web site: http://odl.mit.edu/events/introduction-to-making
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Information Services and Technology (IS&T), OEIT- Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
For more information, contact: Molly Ruggles
617-324-9185
ruggles@mit.edu
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APC's 6th Annual Open House
Tuesday January 27
4:00 PM to 7:00 PM EST
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.
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APC's 6th Annual Open House
Tuesday January 27
4:00 PM to 7:00 PM EST
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.
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Innovation through Visual Thinking Strategies
Tuesday, January 27
Tuesday, January 27
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM (EST)
CIC-Cambridge, Havana Room, 5th Floor, 1 Broadway, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/innovation-through-visual-thinking-strategies-tickets-15202428874
EXPERIENCE VISUAL THINKING STRATEGIES AT THE CIC-CAMBRIDGE
Join us to tap into your visual thinking skills and consider how they might impact your work and your company's culture!
5:00: Mingling + Snacks
5:30 - 6:30: Program
EXPERIENCE VISUAL THINKING STRATEGIES AT THE CIC-CAMBRIDGE
Join us to tap into your visual thinking skills and consider how they might impact your work and your company's culture!
5:00: Mingling + Snacks
5:30 - 6:30: Program
During this session, consultant and arts educator Dabney Hailey will guide an open analysis of a work of art. You'll become part of an authentic learning culture under her expert stewardship, as we experience a discussion method called Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS). Rooted in research from cognitive psychology and arts education, VTS is currently used in business, healthcare, and education.
What does VTS have to do with innovation in the workplace? To foster and sustain innovation, companies must cultivate growth mindsets, open communication and emergent leadership skills across team members. In other words, a healthy, productive workplace is one in which people are organized to learn and grow, not merely to execute. Visual Thinking Strategies models and teaches skills fundamental to teams that are structured to learn, break new ground, and achieve personal and organizational success.
Studies on VTS show that it:
ABOUT DABNEY HAILEY
Dabney Hailey is a management consultant, curator, and educator. She is a pioneer in implementing Visual Thinking Strategies as a leadership, team-building and problem-solving tool within businesses and nonprofits. She has lead VTS discussions and trained facilitators in a range of contexts (companies, large and small; museums; universities; and the medical world) since 2001. Her clients include Harvard Business School, Fidelity Investments, a range of software companies, and many other enterprises; she's taking VTS to Stanford's d.school next month. Hailey is also an established curator, writer and educator specializing in modern and contemporary art. Learn more and contact Dabney at www.haileygroup.com.
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Enhances skills in observation, critical thinking, and collaboration
Increases the value team members place on communication, and
Develops comfort with ambiguity, which is key to preventing premature decisions in the face of complex problems.
Experience how developing visual thinking and facilitation skills can cultivate a healthy, productive discussion, within which everyone is accountable and focused, adaptable and creative, secure and open.ABOUT DABNEY HAILEY
Dabney Hailey is a management consultant, curator, and educator. She is a pioneer in implementing Visual Thinking Strategies as a leadership, team-building and problem-solving tool within businesses and nonprofits. She has lead VTS discussions and trained facilitators in a range of contexts (companies, large and small; museums; universities; and the medical world) since 2001. Her clients include Harvard Business School, Fidelity Investments, a range of software companies, and many other enterprises; she's taking VTS to Stanford's d.school next month. Hailey is also an established curator, writer and educator specializing in modern and contemporary art. Learn more and contact Dabney at www.haileygroup.com.
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Boston Green Drinks - January Happy Hour
Tuesday, January 27
Tuesday, January 27
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EST)
Scholars, 25 School Street, Boston
Scholars, 25 School Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-green-drinks-january-happy-hour-tickets-15282381013
Join the conversation with sustainability professionals and hobbyists. Enjoy a drink and build your connection with our green community!
Keep sending feedback to Lyn@bostongreendrinks.com for ideas about speakers or content for the future and mark your calendar for drinks on the last Tuesday of every month. Also, if you RSVP and can't make it, e-mail us to let us know.
Boston Green Drinks builds a community of sustainably-minded Bostonians, provides a forum for exchange of sustainability career resources, and serves as a central point of information about emerging green issues. We support the exchange of ideas and resources about sustainable energy, environment, food, health, education.
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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."
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Government against Itself: Public Union Power and Its Consequences
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
The night will consist of two events with a few selected speakers who will each speak for 5 minutes each on the subject/topic of their choice. Some talks will be funny and others informative, but they will all be thought provoking. There will also be time at both events for any attenders of the event to grab the mic and give their own SYTYC TED talk.
We hope you will join us as we give everyone a platform to share!
LIVE from Mark Zuckerberg's Dorm Room 6:30pm @ Harvard
So you think you can TED? After Party 8:00pm @ Harvard
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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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DUSP Research Fellow, Carlos de la Torre, highlights the importance of going beyond the engineering and financial points of view to increase the likelihood of successful and sustainable investment projects in energy and infrastructure. The activity provides a framework that captures the project from the point of view of the private sector or government sponsor, looks into its impact on society and key stakeholders, and determines actions needed to make it more sustainable.
Contact: Carlos de la Torre Salcedo, 617-259-9435, cdlt@mit.edu
How to Read Climate Science and Policy News
Friday, January 30
Sustainable Business Strategies: Lessons from Local Businesses & Non-Profits
Tuesday, February 3
Speaker: Film Director Ian Cheney, with an introduction by Heather Lee (MIT)
Screening of the film Truck Farm followed by Q&A with director and Knight Fellow, Ian Cheney as part of the larger event: Consuming Food, Producing Culture: Past and Present Worlds of Food and Gender
February 5-7, 2015, MIT
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): WGS, Global Studies and Languages, History
For more information, contact: Emily Neill
617-253-2642
wgs@mit.edu
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
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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Cybersecurity: People, Process and Technology
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
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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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
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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Climate Policy 101
Wednesday, January 29
Wednesday, January 29
1:00 P.M.–3:00 P.M.
MIT, Building 4-237, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Paul Kishimoto
Evaluating policy, basic economic concepts, policy instruments, technology, side effects.
Contact: Robert Morris
617-324-7375
rhgmorr@mit.edu
More info: http://mitsha.re/1fyU4Fp
Evaluating policy, basic economic concepts, policy instruments, technology, side effects.
Contact: Robert Morris
617-324-7375
rhgmorr@mit.edu
More info: http://mitsha.re/1fyU4Fp
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Climate Policy 102
Thursday, January 29
Thursday, January 29
1:00 P.M.–3:00 P.M.
MIT, Building 4-237, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Amanda Giang
History, status and future of international (multi- and bi-lateral) policy negotiations, the road to Paris, sub-national discussions and other fora for making policy happen.
Contact: Robert Morris
617-324-7375
rhgmorr@mit.edu
More info: http://mitsha.re/1fyU4Fp
History, status and future of international (multi- and bi-lateral) policy negotiations, the road to Paris, sub-national discussions and other fora for making policy happen.
Contact: Robert Morris
617-324-7375
rhgmorr@mit.edu
More info: http://mitsha.re/1fyU4Fp
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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.
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
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?
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
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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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
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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
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.
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
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?
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
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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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
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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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LIVE from Mark Zuckerberg's Dorm Room: So you think you can TED?
Thursday, January 29
Thursday, January 29
6:30 PM to 10:00 PM (EST)
Harvard University, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/live-from-mark-zuckerbergs-dorm-room-so-you-think-you-can-ted-tickets-15346932087
Hosted by Toni Oloko, Founder of PracticeGigs and David France, Founder of Revolution of Hope
Come join us for the first "So you think you can TED" night to share ideas that challenge, inspire, and connect others.Our belief is that if you give anyone 5 minutes to talk about what they are most passionate about, it is bound to be something worth listening to. The event will have a friendly atmosphere and a diverse range of people allowing interesting conversations to break out on a range of subject matter. Our goal is to get Boston excited about thinking.
Hosted by Toni Oloko, Founder of PracticeGigs and David France, Founder of Revolution of Hope
Come join us for the first "So you think you can TED" night to share ideas that challenge, inspire, and connect others.Our belief is that if you give anyone 5 minutes to talk about what they are most passionate about, it is bound to be something worth listening to. The event will have a friendly atmosphere and a diverse range of people allowing interesting conversations to break out on a range of subject matter. Our goal is to get Boston excited about thinking.
The night will consist of two events with a few selected speakers who will each speak for 5 minutes each on the subject/topic of their choice. Some talks will be funny and others informative, but they will all be thought provoking. There will also be time at both events for any attenders of the event to grab the mic and give their own SYTYC TED talk.
We hope you will join us as we give everyone a platform to share!
LIVE from Mark Zuckerberg's Dorm Room 6:30pm @ Harvard
So you think you can TED? After Party 8:00pm @ Harvard
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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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Investment Projects from Alternative Points of View
Friday, January 30
12:30-2:00 pm
MIT, Building E17-128, 40 Ames Street, Cambridge
MIT, Building E17-128, 40 Ames Street, Cambridge
DUSP Research Fellow, Carlos de la Torre, highlights the importance of going beyond the engineering and financial points of view to increase the likelihood of successful and sustainable investment projects in energy and infrastructure. The activity provides a framework that captures the project from the point of view of the private sector or government sponsor, looks into its impact on society and key stakeholders, and determines actions needed to make it more sustainable.
Contact: Carlos de la Torre Salcedo, 617-259-9435, cdlt@mit.edu
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How to Read Climate Science and Policy News
Friday, January 30
1:00 P.M.–3:00 P.M.
MIT, Building 4-237, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Interactive Panel Discussion
Every day climate science and policy shows up in popular media articles and headlines, entering the public discussion. The result is sometimes they become the subject of controversy. Join a grad student panel to learn how to navigate past clumsy summaries, overhyped conclusions and political spin, to the details of research that advances our knowledge of climate change and the options for addressing it.
Contact: Robert Morris
617-324-7375
rhgmorr@mit.edu
More info: http://mitsha.re/1fyU4Fp
Every day climate science and policy shows up in popular media articles and headlines, entering the public discussion. The result is sometimes they become the subject of controversy. Join a grad student panel to learn how to navigate past clumsy summaries, overhyped conclusions and political spin, to the details of research that advances our knowledge of climate change and the options for addressing it.
Contact: Robert Morris
617-324-7375
rhgmorr@mit.edu
More info: http://mitsha.re/1fyU4Fp
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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
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
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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
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
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Designing Boston: Olympics 2024
Monday, February 2
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, Boston
Register at rsvp@architects.org
Join us on February 2 for our next Designing Boston conversation, this time on the U.S. Olympic Committee’s decision to back Boston as the host for the 2024 Olympics.
As former Boston city councilor Mike Ross said during a recent interview with WBUR’s Radio Boston, “[The Big Dig] changed the shape and face of Boston and... the Olympics will do the same thing.”
Focusing on the role that architecture has (or has not) played in making previous Olympics successful, Ross will moderate this panel discussion and dive into lessons learned by architects and planners with past Olympic experience in such cities as Barcelona, Beijing, Sydney, and London. This event launches a series of conversations and debates related to potential roles, responsibilities, and opportunities available to architects, planners, and developers as this huge and exciting undertaking unfolds.
Moderator
Michael P. Ross, attorney, Prince Lobel Tye
Panelists will include
Kyu Sung Woo FAIA, Kyu Sung Woo Architects
Dennis Pieprz Assoc. AIA, Principal, Sasaki Associates
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Hard Times: Leadership in America
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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Monday, February 2
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, Boston
Register at rsvp@architects.org
Join us on February 2 for our next Designing Boston conversation, this time on the U.S. Olympic Committee’s decision to back Boston as the host for the 2024 Olympics.
As former Boston city councilor Mike Ross said during a recent interview with WBUR’s Radio Boston, “[The Big Dig] changed the shape and face of Boston and... the Olympics will do the same thing.”
Focusing on the role that architecture has (or has not) played in making previous Olympics successful, Ross will moderate this panel discussion and dive into lessons learned by architects and planners with past Olympic experience in such cities as Barcelona, Beijing, Sydney, and London. This event launches a series of conversations and debates related to potential roles, responsibilities, and opportunities available to architects, planners, and developers as this huge and exciting undertaking unfolds.
Moderator
Michael P. Ross, attorney, Prince Lobel Tye
Panelists will include
Kyu Sung Woo FAIA, Kyu Sung Woo Architects
Dennis Pieprz Assoc. AIA, Principal, Sasaki Associates
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Hard Times: Leadership in America
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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Sustainable Business Strategies: Lessons from Local Businesses & Non-Profits
Tuesday, February 3
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM (EST)
Newbury College Student Center Auditorium, 129 Fisher Avenue, Brookline
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/sustainable-business-strategies-lessons-from-local-businesses-non-profits-tickets-15060100165
Learn business strategies that reduce your carbon footprint while increasing your bottom line. Join Lenox Hotel's Managing Director Daniel Donahue and CEO Jeff Saunders, Boston University’s Sustainability Director Dennis Carlberg, and Abe Faber, owner of Clear Flour Bakery and member of Local First. Sponsored by Newbury College.
Following panel discussion, pick up the tools you need at small conversation tables, including:
What's ahead for education innovation? Lunch panel with Harvard i-lab EIRs
Tuesday, February 3
Greg Gunn is an investor at City Light Capital, a firm partnering with early-stage education companies and original co-founder Wireless Generation (now Amplify).
Joanne Weiss is former chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan and former director of Race to the Top. She is also a former partner and COO of New Schools Venture Fund.
Chris Gabrieli is a long-time partner of a leading venture capital firm focused on healthcare software with a second career founding three education policy/innovation non-profits.
Lunch will be provided.
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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Learn business strategies that reduce your carbon footprint while increasing your bottom line. Join Lenox Hotel's Managing Director Daniel Donahue and CEO Jeff Saunders, Boston University’s Sustainability Director Dennis Carlberg, and Abe Faber, owner of Clear Flour Bakery and member of Local First. Sponsored by Newbury College.
Following panel discussion, pick up the tools you need at small conversation tables, including:
local funding available for sustainable capital improvements
sustainable business operations
sourcing sustainable food containers and consumer bags
NSTAR's retrofit program to reduce electricity and gas costs
Brookline's upcoming Business Recycling By-Law
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What's ahead for education innovation? Lunch panel with Harvard i-lab EIRs
Tuesday, February 3
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (EST)
Harvard GSE, Larsen 106, 14 Appian Way, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/whats-ahead-for-education-innovation-lunch-panel-with-harvard-i-lab-eirs-tickets-15269857555
This lunch panel features three esteemed Harvard Graduate School of Education experts-in-residence, Greg Gunn, Joanne Weiss, and Chris Gabrieli, discussing the future of education innovation.
This lunch panel features three esteemed Harvard Graduate School of Education experts-in-residence, Greg Gunn, Joanne Weiss, and Chris Gabrieli, discussing the future of education innovation.
Greg Gunn is an investor at City Light Capital, a firm partnering with early-stage education companies and original co-founder Wireless Generation (now Amplify).
Joanne Weiss is former chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan and former director of Race to the Top. She is also a former partner and COO of New Schools Venture Fund.
Chris Gabrieli is a long-time partner of a leading venture capital firm focused on healthcare software with a second career founding three education policy/innovation non-profits.
Lunch will be provided.
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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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Housing Access Solutions We Don't Want to Think About That Just Might Work
Tuesday, February 3
Tuesday, February 3
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM (EST)
ABCD Melnea Cass Room, 3rd Floor, 178 Tremont Street, Boston
Light Refreshments served at 3:00 PM
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/housing-access-solutions-we-dont-want-to-think-about-that-just-might-work-tickets-15192996662
Help ask the tough questions...
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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
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
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Help ask the tough questions...
How can landlords help keep rents 'affordable'?
How might linkage, zoning, and other regulatory mechanisms increase the housing supply for families living in poverty?
Is micro-housing an answer for low-income individuals?
Should housing expenses be earmarked in a person's cash benefits?
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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
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
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BASG: Tackling Sustainability in Sports
Tuesday, February 3
Tuesday, February 3
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EST)
Cambridge Innovation Center - Venture Cafe, One Broadway, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/basg-tackling-sustainability-in-sports-tickets-15296472160
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/basg-tackling-sustainability-in-sports-tickets-15296472160
Cost: $10.00 - $12.00
As Superbowl XLIX approaches and Boston's bid to host the 2024 Olympics advances, the Boston Area Sustainability Group (BASG) gathers to discuss and to debate the sustainability playbook of the sports industry.
We will take a break from the traditional format of speakers in favor of a highly interactive audience session in February. From green certified stadiums, to inaugural national league sustainability reports, to high profile partnerships, participants will examine brief case studies of the sports industry and weigh in on who's winning and second-place strategies.
As Superbowl XLIX approaches and Boston's bid to host the 2024 Olympics advances, the Boston Area Sustainability Group (BASG) gathers to discuss and to debate the sustainability playbook of the sports industry.
We will take a break from the traditional format of speakers in favor of a highly interactive audience session in February. From green certified stadiums, to inaugural national league sustainability reports, to high profile partnerships, participants will examine brief case studies of the sports industry and weigh in on who's winning and second-place strategies.
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TechHub Boston Demo Night - February 2015
Tuesday, February 3
6:30 PM to 9:30 PM (EST)
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/
TechHub Boston Demo Night - February 2015
Tuesday, February 3
6:30 PM to 9:30 PM (EST)
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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Thursday, February 5
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Using a One Health approach to respond to infectious disease outbreaks: USAID/RESPOND project in East and Central Africa
Thursday, February 5
12:00-1:00pm
Tufts, Lincoln Filene Center, Rabb Room, 10 Upper Campus Road, Medford
Hellen Amuguni, Center for Conservation Medicine, Tufts University
The USAID RESPOND project was part of multi-year multi-project effort to pre-empt or combat at their source, the first stages of zoonotic diseases that pose a significant threat to human health. It focused on eight countries in Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Gabon, areas considered “hot spots" for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. Dr. Amuguni will present an overview of the RESPOND project in the last 5 years and how it has strengthened training, educational programs, and support to universities, governments, and civil society using One Health approaches to improve their capacity to prepare and respond to outbreaks and emerging infectious diseases of zoonotic origin.
Dr. Amuguni trained as a veterinarian at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. She went on to earn a Masters degree in International Development with a focus on participatory development and gender from Clark University, and a PhD in Infectious Diseases from Tufts University. Dr. Amuguni has worked previously as a veterinarian, community development specialist and gender consultant in the horn of Africa mostly with pastoralist communities. Most of her work involved developing gender sensitive livestock training materials and programs for men and women at grass root level, providing training and capacity building for animal health specialists at both policy and implementation levels and using participatory rural approaches to assist communities form effective alliances, build partnerships and identify solutions to their problems. She has worked and consulted for various organizations including Food for the Hungry International, Heifer Project International, Veterinarians without Borders (VSF-B) under the umbrella of the UN-Operation Lifeline Sudan, SNV Netherlands Development Organization and AU/IBAR.
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Scott McCloud discusses his graphic novel The Sculptor
Thursday, February 5
6:00 PM
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.harvard.com/event/scott_mccloud/
Cost: $5 tickets on sale January 13 at 9am
More information at (617) 661-1515, info@harvard.com
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Thursday, February 5
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Using a One Health approach to respond to infectious disease outbreaks: USAID/RESPOND project in East and Central Africa
Thursday, February 5
12:00-1:00pm
Tufts, Lincoln Filene Center, Rabb Room, 10 Upper Campus Road, Medford
Hellen Amuguni, Center for Conservation Medicine, Tufts University
The USAID RESPOND project was part of multi-year multi-project effort to pre-empt or combat at their source, the first stages of zoonotic diseases that pose a significant threat to human health. It focused on eight countries in Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Gabon, areas considered “hot spots" for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. Dr. Amuguni will present an overview of the RESPOND project in the last 5 years and how it has strengthened training, educational programs, and support to universities, governments, and civil society using One Health approaches to improve their capacity to prepare and respond to outbreaks and emerging infectious diseases of zoonotic origin.
Dr. Amuguni trained as a veterinarian at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. She went on to earn a Masters degree in International Development with a focus on participatory development and gender from Clark University, and a PhD in Infectious Diseases from Tufts University. Dr. Amuguni has worked previously as a veterinarian, community development specialist and gender consultant in the horn of Africa mostly with pastoralist communities. Most of her work involved developing gender sensitive livestock training materials and programs for men and women at grass root level, providing training and capacity building for animal health specialists at both policy and implementation levels and using participatory rural approaches to assist communities form effective alliances, build partnerships and identify solutions to their problems. She has worked and consulted for various organizations including Food for the Hungry International, Heifer Project International, Veterinarians without Borders (VSF-B) under the umbrella of the UN-Operation Lifeline Sudan, SNV Netherlands Development Organization and AU/IBAR.
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Scott McCloud discusses his graphic novel The Sculptor
Thursday, February 5
6:00 PM
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.harvard.com/event/scott_mccloud/
Cost: $5 tickets on sale January 13 at 9am
More information at (617) 661-1515, info@harvard.com
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Truck Farm, a documentary
Thursday, February 5
6:00p–8:30p
MIT, Building 10-150, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
6:00p–8:30p
MIT, Building 10-150, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: Film Director Ian Cheney, with an introduction by Heather Lee (MIT)
Screening of the film Truck Farm followed by Q&A with director and Knight Fellow, Ian Cheney as part of the larger event: Consuming Food, Producing Culture: Past and Present Worlds of Food and Gender
February 5-7, 2015, MIT
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): WGS, Global Studies and Languages, History
For more information, contact: Emily Neill
617-253-2642
wgs@mit.edu
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MIT Global IDEAS Challenge Spring Generator Dinner
Thursday, February 5
7:00-9:00pm
MIT, Building W20, Lobdell, Second Floor, Student Center
Working on a project to help underserved communities? Need funding?
Want to recruit new members for your IDEAS Global Challenge team?
Want to get involved, but don't yet have an idea?
Join us for dinner. Hear from winning MIT IDEAS Global Challenge teams. Pitch an idea. Find a team.
This is one of the best venues to find a team to join or pitch your idea to woo and recruit teammates or pitch your skills to get hired onto a team. With the final chance to submit a Scope Statement less than 2 weeks away (2/18), get started!
TO PITCH YOUR IDEA
The evening will feature two recruitment open mic sessions to help teams form. Have an idea and looking for teammates? Sign up to pitch an idea (link will be posted closer to event date).
If you don’t want to pitch, come join to mix and mingle to meet potential teammates!
Email: globalchallenge@mit.edu
Website: http://globalchallenge.mit.edu/events/view/382
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Friday, February 6
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2015 MassDiGI Game Challenge
Friday, February 6 at 9:30 AM - Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 5:30 PM (EST)
Microsoft NERD Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/2015-massdigi-game-challenge-general-admission-registration-14504157325
The MassDiGI Game Challenge is a one-of-a-kind competition event that helps aspiring game developers launch new games. The Game Challenge will be held on February 6-7, 2015 at the Microsoft NERD Center in Cambridge, MA. Featuring panel discussions, keynote talks and more - you won’t want to miss this! A general admission ticket gives you the chance to check out everything, hear the talks, listen to the panels, network and have a blast! The Game Challenge will feature:
Competitive Game Challenge w/ Desirable Prizes: Check out the entered games in one of three levels (Indie, College and High School) and in one of two categories (Best Entertainment Game or Best Serious Game).
Educational Programming: Day 1 of the Game Challenge will feature sessions to help teams fine-tune their pitch for the judging committee. Mini-sessions will focus on the topics of art, design, business and technology.
Indie Game Showcase: What would a Game Challenge be without a few games to play! The Massachusetts Indie community is full of extremely talented individuals with great ideas on the cutting edge of game development. Teams and general attendees will have a chance to network with and, more importantly, play some of the great Indie games created in our own backyards.
Whether you are a small developer looking to breakout or a student exploring job opportunities, after attending the 2015 MassDiGI Game Challenge you’ll be guaranteed to walk away with valuable new connections and a better understanding of this exciting industry.
REGISTER EARLY!
NOTE: The deadline for general admission registration is Friday, January 23 at 5pm ET!
Registration for both competing teams and general attendees is limited, so we encourage all interested parties to sign up as early as possible.
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The Rise and (Apparent) Fall of the "Russian Mafia"
Friday, February 6
2:00p–4:00p
MIT, Building E40-496, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Mark Galeotti
In the 1990s, the tattooed thug was a staple of Russian life and Boris Yeltsin was warning that Russia was becoming a "superpower of crime". But while that Russian gangster is still alive and well in films and airport thrillers, Moscow's streets are safer than New York's. Have the old-style thugs just died out or moved away? Are we seeing the demise of Russian organized crime, or is it simply transforming itself into something else - and if so, what, and is this an irreversible process? And how have recent events such as the annexation of Crimea affecting matters?
Mark Galeotti is Professor of Global Affairs at New York University's Center for Global Affairs and an expert on Russian security affairs. Educated at Cambridge and the LSE, he has been a special adviser to the British government and continues to work with a range of government agencies. His next book, 'Spetsnaz: Russia's special forces', is due out in 2015, and he is completing a history of Russian organized crime.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MISTI MIT-Russia Program, Security Studies Program, Center for International Studies
For more information, contact: Ema Kaminskaya
617- 2542793
ekaminsk@mit.edu
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Renegade Dreams: Living through Injury in Gangland Chicago
Friday, February 6
3:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Laurence Ralph, author
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MIT Global IDEAS Challenge Spring Generator Dinner
Thursday, February 5
7:00-9:00pm
MIT, Building W20, Lobdell, Second Floor, Student Center
Working on a project to help underserved communities? Need funding?
Want to recruit new members for your IDEAS Global Challenge team?
Want to get involved, but don't yet have an idea?
Join us for dinner. Hear from winning MIT IDEAS Global Challenge teams. Pitch an idea. Find a team.
This is one of the best venues to find a team to join or pitch your idea to woo and recruit teammates or pitch your skills to get hired onto a team. With the final chance to submit a Scope Statement less than 2 weeks away (2/18), get started!
TO PITCH YOUR IDEA
The evening will feature two recruitment open mic sessions to help teams form. Have an idea and looking for teammates? Sign up to pitch an idea (link will be posted closer to event date).
If you don’t want to pitch, come join to mix and mingle to meet potential teammates!
Email: globalchallenge@mit.edu
Website: http://globalchallenge.mit.edu/events/view/382
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Friday, February 6
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2015 MassDiGI Game Challenge
Friday, February 6 at 9:30 AM - Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 5:30 PM (EST)
Microsoft NERD Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/2015-massdigi-game-challenge-general-admission-registration-14504157325
The MassDiGI Game Challenge is a one-of-a-kind competition event that helps aspiring game developers launch new games. The Game Challenge will be held on February 6-7, 2015 at the Microsoft NERD Center in Cambridge, MA. Featuring panel discussions, keynote talks and more - you won’t want to miss this! A general admission ticket gives you the chance to check out everything, hear the talks, listen to the panels, network and have a blast! The Game Challenge will feature:
Competitive Game Challenge w/ Desirable Prizes: Check out the entered games in one of three levels (Indie, College and High School) and in one of two categories (Best Entertainment Game or Best Serious Game).
Educational Programming: Day 1 of the Game Challenge will feature sessions to help teams fine-tune their pitch for the judging committee. Mini-sessions will focus on the topics of art, design, business and technology.
Indie Game Showcase: What would a Game Challenge be without a few games to play! The Massachusetts Indie community is full of extremely talented individuals with great ideas on the cutting edge of game development. Teams and general attendees will have a chance to network with and, more importantly, play some of the great Indie games created in our own backyards.
Whether you are a small developer looking to breakout or a student exploring job opportunities, after attending the 2015 MassDiGI Game Challenge you’ll be guaranteed to walk away with valuable new connections and a better understanding of this exciting industry.
REGISTER EARLY!
NOTE: The deadline for general admission registration is Friday, January 23 at 5pm ET!
Registration for both competing teams and general attendees is limited, so we encourage all interested parties to sign up as early as possible.
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The Rise and (Apparent) Fall of the "Russian Mafia"
Friday, February 6
2:00p–4:00p
MIT, Building E40-496, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Mark Galeotti
In the 1990s, the tattooed thug was a staple of Russian life and Boris Yeltsin was warning that Russia was becoming a "superpower of crime". But while that Russian gangster is still alive and well in films and airport thrillers, Moscow's streets are safer than New York's. Have the old-style thugs just died out or moved away? Are we seeing the demise of Russian organized crime, or is it simply transforming itself into something else - and if so, what, and is this an irreversible process? And how have recent events such as the annexation of Crimea affecting matters?
Mark Galeotti is Professor of Global Affairs at New York University's Center for Global Affairs and an expert on Russian security affairs. Educated at Cambridge and the LSE, he has been a special adviser to the British government and continues to work with a range of government agencies. His next book, 'Spetsnaz: Russia's special forces', is due out in 2015, and he is completing a history of Russian organized crime.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MISTI MIT-Russia Program, Security Studies Program, Center for International Studies
For more information, contact: Ema Kaminskaya
617- 2542793
ekaminsk@mit.edu
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Renegade Dreams: Living through Injury in Gangland Chicago
Friday, February 6
3:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Laurence Ralph, author
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“American Public Opinion on Climate Change: Motivated Cognition?”
Thursday, February 5
5:00PM
TBD
TBD
Special Seminar with Jon Krosnick
Jon Krosnick, Professor of Communication, Political Science, and Psychology, Stanford University, on
Jon Krosnick is a social psychologist who does research on attitude formation, change, and effects, on the psychology of political behavior, and on survey research methods. He is the Frederic O. Glover Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor of Communication, Political Science, and (by courtesy) Psychology. At Stanford, in addition to his professorships, he directs the Political Psychology Research Group and the Summer Institute in Political Psychology.
Research Interests
Author of four books and more than 140 articles and chapters, Dr. Krosnick conducts research in three primary areas: (1) attitude formation, change, and effects, (2) the psychology of political behavior, and (3) the optimal design of questionnaires used for laboratory experiments and surveys, and survey research methodology more generally.
His attitude research has focused primarily on the notion of attitude strength, seeking to differentiate attitudes that are firmly crystallized and powerfully influential of thinking and action from attitudes that are flexible and inconsequential. Many of his studies in this area have focused on the amount of personal importance that an individual chooses to attach to an attitude. Dr. Krosnick’s studies have illuminated the origins of attitude importance (e.g., material self-interest and values) and the cognitive and behavioral consequences of importance in regulating attitude impact and attitude change processes.
Among the topics explored by Dr. Krosnick’s political psychology research are: how policy debates affect voters’ candidate preferences, how the news media shape which national problems citizens think are most important for the nation and shape how citizens evaluate the President’s job performance, how becoming very knowledgeable about and emotionally invested in a government policy issue (such as abortion or gun control) affects people’s political thinking and participation, how people’s political views change as they move through the life-cycle from early adulthood to old age, and how the order of candidates’ names on the ballot affect voting behavior.
For fifteen years, Professor Krosnick has been conducting survey research on the American public’s views of global warming. Many of his papers and public presentations on the topic can be seen on his website at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford, which has provided support for much of his recent work on this topic.
His questionnaire design work has illuminated the cognitive and social processes that unfold between researcher and respondent when the latter are asked to answer questions, and his on-going review of 100 years worth of scholarly research on the topic has yielded a set of guidelines for the optimal design of questionnaires to maximize reliability and validity. His recent work in survey methodology has explored the impact of mode of data collection (e.g., face-to-face, telephone, Internet) on response accuracy and the impact of survey response rates on substantive results.
Honors
Dr. Krosnick’s scholarship has been recognized by election as a fellow by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Erik Erikson Early Career Award for Excellence and Creativity in the Field of Political Psychology from the International Society of Political Psychology, a fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, the Phillip Brickman Memorial Prize for Research in Social Psychology, the American Political Science Association’s Best Paper Award, the American Association for Public Opinion Research Student Paper Award, the Midwest Political Science Association’s Pi Sigma Alpha Award, and the University of Wisconsin’s Brittingham Visiting Scholar Position.
Contact Name: Lisa Matthews
matthew@fas.harvard.edu
More information at: http://environment.harvard.edu/krosnick#sthash.37zsMunc.dpuf
Jon Krosnick, Professor of Communication, Political Science, and Psychology, Stanford University, on
Jon Krosnick is a social psychologist who does research on attitude formation, change, and effects, on the psychology of political behavior, and on survey research methods. He is the Frederic O. Glover Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor of Communication, Political Science, and (by courtesy) Psychology. At Stanford, in addition to his professorships, he directs the Political Psychology Research Group and the Summer Institute in Political Psychology.
Research Interests
Author of four books and more than 140 articles and chapters, Dr. Krosnick conducts research in three primary areas: (1) attitude formation, change, and effects, (2) the psychology of political behavior, and (3) the optimal design of questionnaires used for laboratory experiments and surveys, and survey research methodology more generally.
His attitude research has focused primarily on the notion of attitude strength, seeking to differentiate attitudes that are firmly crystallized and powerfully influential of thinking and action from attitudes that are flexible and inconsequential. Many of his studies in this area have focused on the amount of personal importance that an individual chooses to attach to an attitude. Dr. Krosnick’s studies have illuminated the origins of attitude importance (e.g., material self-interest and values) and the cognitive and behavioral consequences of importance in regulating attitude impact and attitude change processes.
Among the topics explored by Dr. Krosnick’s political psychology research are: how policy debates affect voters’ candidate preferences, how the news media shape which national problems citizens think are most important for the nation and shape how citizens evaluate the President’s job performance, how becoming very knowledgeable about and emotionally invested in a government policy issue (such as abortion or gun control) affects people’s political thinking and participation, how people’s political views change as they move through the life-cycle from early adulthood to old age, and how the order of candidates’ names on the ballot affect voting behavior.
For fifteen years, Professor Krosnick has been conducting survey research on the American public’s views of global warming. Many of his papers and public presentations on the topic can be seen on his website at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford, which has provided support for much of his recent work on this topic.
His questionnaire design work has illuminated the cognitive and social processes that unfold between researcher and respondent when the latter are asked to answer questions, and his on-going review of 100 years worth of scholarly research on the topic has yielded a set of guidelines for the optimal design of questionnaires to maximize reliability and validity. His recent work in survey methodology has explored the impact of mode of data collection (e.g., face-to-face, telephone, Internet) on response accuracy and the impact of survey response rates on substantive results.
Honors
Dr. Krosnick’s scholarship has been recognized by election as a fellow by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Erik Erikson Early Career Award for Excellence and Creativity in the Field of Political Psychology from the International Society of Political Psychology, a fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, the Phillip Brickman Memorial Prize for Research in Social Psychology, the American Political Science Association’s Best Paper Award, the American Association for Public Opinion Research Student Paper Award, the Midwest Political Science Association’s Pi Sigma Alpha Award, and the University of Wisconsin’s Brittingham Visiting Scholar Position.
Contact Name: Lisa Matthews
matthew@fas.harvard.edu
More information at: http://environment.harvard.edu/krosnick#sthash.37zsMunc.dpuf
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Krav Maga
7:00 pm
Friday, February 6
Porter Square Books, Porter Square Shopping Center, 25 White Street, Cambridge
Gershon Ben Keren,
A no-nonsense approach to neutralizing attackers in close quarters. Author Gershon Ben Keren explains the philosophy behind the Krav Maga method, which is the basis of the Israel Defense Force's (IDF) devastating close-combat system. This book lays out a systematic approach to self-defense and provides illustrated confrontation scenarios paired with tailored practical responses.
Accompanied by clear, easy-to-follow photographs, practical combat skills are described in step-by-step detail, along with the movement patterns needed to make them effective in real-life settings. All of the photos in the book were shot in real-time, demonstrating what realistic movements -- both from the attacker's and defender's perspective -- look like. The situational components of such violent incidents are explained, so the reader can learn to identify, predict, and avoid violence before it occurs.
Gershon Ben Keren, the lead instructor at Krav Maga Yashir in Charlestown, is a third-degree black belt.
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Saturday, February 7
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Krav Maga
7:00 pm
Friday, February 6
Porter Square Books, Porter Square Shopping Center, 25 White Street, Cambridge
Gershon Ben Keren,
A no-nonsense approach to neutralizing attackers in close quarters. Author Gershon Ben Keren explains the philosophy behind the Krav Maga method, which is the basis of the Israel Defense Force's (IDF) devastating close-combat system. This book lays out a systematic approach to self-defense and provides illustrated confrontation scenarios paired with tailored practical responses.
Accompanied by clear, easy-to-follow photographs, practical combat skills are described in step-by-step detail, along with the movement patterns needed to make them effective in real-life settings. All of the photos in the book were shot in real-time, demonstrating what realistic movements -- both from the attacker's and defender's perspective -- look like. The situational components of such violent incidents are explained, so the reader can learn to identify, predict, and avoid violence before it occurs.
Gershon Ben Keren, the lead instructor at Krav Maga Yashir in Charlestown, is a third-degree black belt.
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Saturday, February 7
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Urban Permaculture for a Fear-Free Future with Toby Hemenway
Saturday, February 7
Saturday, February 7
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill Street, Mattapan
Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill Street, Mattapan
RSVP at http://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/program-catalog#program:sanctuary=21:program_code=38567
Cost: $80.00
Instructor: Toby Hemenway - Toby Hemenway is the author of Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, which was awarded the Nautilus Gold Medal in 2011, was named by the Washington Post as one of the ten best gardening books of 2010, and for the last eight years has been the best-selling permaculture book in the world. His new book on urban permaculture will be coming out in mid-2015.
How can we create resilient, regenerative cities and suburbs? Permaculture, an ecological approach to design, shows us how. Though land may be limited, cities are rich in other resources, especially social capital. This workshop will show how to find, harvest, and integrate the many resources in our cities in sustainable ways, including getting access to land for gardening, creating business guilds and networks, working with local government and policy makers, learning the pattern language of the city, creating public space in neighborhoods, and building urban ecovillages. This workshop will offer specific techniques and strategies for food production, energy and water security, and community resilience in metropolitan areas. We'll learn how permaculture's principles and design methods apply to the challenging yet rich environments of our cities as well as the sprawling, car-requiring spaces in suburbia, and will provide ways to leverage the special opportunities that cities and suburbs provide.
Toby Hemenway has been an adjunct professor at Portland State University, Scholar-in-Residence at Pacific University, and has taught over sixty 72-hour permaculture design courses. He has presented lectures and workshops at major sustainability conferences such as Bioneers, SolFest, and EcoFarm, and at Duke University, Tufts University, University of Minnesota, University of Delaware and many other educational venues. His writing has appeared in magazines such as Natural Home, Whole Earth Review, and American Gardener. He has contributed book chapters for WorldWatch Institute and to several publications on ecological design. Toby and his wife, Kiel, spent ten years creating a rural permaculture site in southern Oregon. They then moved to Portland, Oregon in 2004, where Toby spent six years developing urban sustainability resources. Toby and his wife now live in Sebastopol, California.
Registration is required.
Register online or call 617-983-8500 to register by phone.
For more information, contact: bnc@massaudubon.org
How can we create resilient, regenerative cities and suburbs? Permaculture, an ecological approach to design, shows us how. Though land may be limited, cities are rich in other resources, especially social capital. This workshop will show how to find, harvest, and integrate the many resources in our cities in sustainable ways, including getting access to land for gardening, creating business guilds and networks, working with local government and policy makers, learning the pattern language of the city, creating public space in neighborhoods, and building urban ecovillages. This workshop will offer specific techniques and strategies for food production, energy and water security, and community resilience in metropolitan areas. We'll learn how permaculture's principles and design methods apply to the challenging yet rich environments of our cities as well as the sprawling, car-requiring spaces in suburbia, and will provide ways to leverage the special opportunities that cities and suburbs provide.
Toby Hemenway has been an adjunct professor at Portland State University, Scholar-in-Residence at Pacific University, and has taught over sixty 72-hour permaculture design courses. He has presented lectures and workshops at major sustainability conferences such as Bioneers, SolFest, and EcoFarm, and at Duke University, Tufts University, University of Minnesota, University of Delaware and many other educational venues. His writing has appeared in magazines such as Natural Home, Whole Earth Review, and American Gardener. He has contributed book chapters for WorldWatch Institute and to several publications on ecological design. Toby and his wife, Kiel, spent ten years creating a rural permaculture site in southern Oregon. They then moved to Portland, Oregon in 2004, where Toby spent six years developing urban sustainability resources. Toby and his wife now live in Sebastopol, California.
Registration is required.
Register online or call 617-983-8500 to register by phone.
For more information, contact: bnc@massaudubon.org
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Massachusetts Peace Action 2015 Annual Meeting
Saturday, February 7
12:00pm - 5:00pm
First Church in Boston Unitarian Universalist, 66 Marlborough Street, Boston
RSVP at http://mapa-2015.bpt.me
Cost: $10-20
Dennis Kucinich, former Member of Congress and presidential candidate; author, The Courage to Survive.
Rev. Osagyefo Sekou, Pastor for Formation and Justice, First Baptist Church of Jamaica Plain; author, Gods, Gays, and Guns: Essays on Religion and the future of Democracy
We will also:
discuss and perhaps approve a version of the Foreign Policy for All document
review and approve the organization's 2015 program plan
elect board members
discuss key issues in workshops
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Pot Goes to the Ethical Society
Sunday, February 8
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
The Humanist Hub, 30 JFK JFK Street, 4th Floor, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/cansociety/events/219449110/
We are co-hosting a panel event in front of the Ethical Society of Boston to discuss the issue of cannabis legalization in 2016 and try and garner the support from the humanist community. Join us as we mix and mingle with the humanist community in Boston.
Information on Ethical Society of Boston: Ethical Society's aim is to build a supportive community of people who share a vision of society based on our core values: honesty, justice, compassion, responsibility, and courage. This community promotes these values by engaging in important social issues, seeking to both understand them and take action on them. http://bostonethical.org/
Panelists
Bill Downing, Treasurer of Bay State Repeal
Bill is currently Treasurer of Bay State Repeal which is working to craft a legalization initiative in 2016 and was president of the MASS CANN/NORML for 13 years and is now the editor of the members’ newsletter MASS GRASS and the treasurer. He was one of two operations managers for the Massachusetts Coalition for Medicinal Cannabis (MC2).
https://www.linkedin.com/in/billdowning
Matt Simon, Marijuana Policy Project (MPP)
Matt Simon is the New England Political Director for the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP). He has been working since 2007 to reform marijuana laws in New England, lobbying and organizing in support of medical marijuana legislation that finally passed into law in 2013 (after having been vetoed by the governor in both 2009 and 2012).
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-simon/22/554/192
Nichole Snow, Deputy Director Massachusetts Patient Advocacy Alliance
Nichole Snow is Deputy Director of Massachusetts Patient Advocacy Alliance and works with medical marijuana patients, their family members, medical professionals, and other public health groups to support safe access to medical marijuana for patients. The alliance is currently working to introduce a bill for the upcoming[masked] legislative session that would fix the caregiver system and provide discrimination protections for patients.
www.linkedin.com/pub/nichole-snow/32/883/399
Laws Twentyfour, Sensational Kind Buds (SKB)
Director of Cultivation and Product Development at SKB. He is also Director of Product Development at Cannabis Society of Massachusetts, helping us reach out and develop our membership packages, events, and what we recommend to our members.
https://www.facebook.com/laws.twentyfour
Uma V.A. Dhanabalan MD, Uplifting Health & Wellness
Uma V.A. Dhanabalan, MD, MPH, FAAFP, MRO is a highly respected physician trained in Family Medicine and Occupational & Environmental Medicine. She is Board certified in Occupational Medicine, Medical Review Officer and Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. She received her Medical Degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of Newark, New Jersey and her Master’s Degree in Public Health specializing in Occupational & Environmental Medicine from the Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008556311630
Elin Trinidad, Methodology Extracts
Founder and President of Methodology Extracts, Elin is a Master at extracting and develops some of the best extracts in Massachusetts.
https://www.facebook.com/ETrinidad0712
Jeremiah MacKinnon, Cannabis Society of Massachusetts
Jeremiah MacKinnon is Co-Founder & Secretary of the Cannabis Society of Massachusetts and an activist with an independent attitude challenging drug paradigms, discussing cannabis culture, and legalizing cannabis in Massachusetts and across the country.
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jeremiah-mackinnon/a9/b92/a3
*There will be no distribution of cannabis of any kind at this event*
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Monday, February 9
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Massachusetts Peace Action 2015 Annual Meeting
Saturday, February 7
12:00pm - 5:00pm
First Church in Boston Unitarian Universalist, 66 Marlborough Street, Boston
RSVP at http://mapa-2015.bpt.me
Cost: $10-20
Dennis Kucinich, former Member of Congress and presidential candidate; author, The Courage to Survive.
Rev. Osagyefo Sekou, Pastor for Formation and Justice, First Baptist Church of Jamaica Plain; author, Gods, Gays, and Guns: Essays on Religion and the future of Democracy
We will also:
discuss and perhaps approve a version of the Foreign Policy for All document
review and approve the organization's 2015 program plan
elect board members
discuss key issues in workshops
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Pot Goes to the Ethical Society
Sunday, February 8
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
The Humanist Hub, 30 JFK JFK Street, 4th Floor, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/cansociety/events/219449110/
We are co-hosting a panel event in front of the Ethical Society of Boston to discuss the issue of cannabis legalization in 2016 and try and garner the support from the humanist community. Join us as we mix and mingle with the humanist community in Boston.
Information on Ethical Society of Boston: Ethical Society's aim is to build a supportive community of people who share a vision of society based on our core values: honesty, justice, compassion, responsibility, and courage. This community promotes these values by engaging in important social issues, seeking to both understand them and take action on them. http://bostonethical.org/
Panelists
Bill Downing, Treasurer of Bay State Repeal
Bill is currently Treasurer of Bay State Repeal which is working to craft a legalization initiative in 2016 and was president of the MASS CANN/NORML for 13 years and is now the editor of the members’ newsletter MASS GRASS and the treasurer. He was one of two operations managers for the Massachusetts Coalition for Medicinal Cannabis (MC2).
https://www.linkedin.com/in/billdowning
Matt Simon, Marijuana Policy Project (MPP)
Matt Simon is the New England Political Director for the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP). He has been working since 2007 to reform marijuana laws in New England, lobbying and organizing in support of medical marijuana legislation that finally passed into law in 2013 (after having been vetoed by the governor in both 2009 and 2012).
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-simon/22/554/192
Nichole Snow, Deputy Director Massachusetts Patient Advocacy Alliance
Nichole Snow is Deputy Director of Massachusetts Patient Advocacy Alliance and works with medical marijuana patients, their family members, medical professionals, and other public health groups to support safe access to medical marijuana for patients. The alliance is currently working to introduce a bill for the upcoming[masked] legislative session that would fix the caregiver system and provide discrimination protections for patients.
www.linkedin.com/pub/nichole-snow/32/883/399
Laws Twentyfour, Sensational Kind Buds (SKB)
Director of Cultivation and Product Development at SKB. He is also Director of Product Development at Cannabis Society of Massachusetts, helping us reach out and develop our membership packages, events, and what we recommend to our members.
https://www.facebook.com/laws.twentyfour
Uma V.A. Dhanabalan MD, Uplifting Health & Wellness
Uma V.A. Dhanabalan, MD, MPH, FAAFP, MRO is a highly respected physician trained in Family Medicine and Occupational & Environmental Medicine. She is Board certified in Occupational Medicine, Medical Review Officer and Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. She received her Medical Degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of Newark, New Jersey and her Master’s Degree in Public Health specializing in Occupational & Environmental Medicine from the Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008556311630
Elin Trinidad, Methodology Extracts
Founder and President of Methodology Extracts, Elin is a Master at extracting and develops some of the best extracts in Massachusetts.
https://www.facebook.com/ETrinidad0712
Jeremiah MacKinnon, Cannabis Society of Massachusetts
Jeremiah MacKinnon is Co-Founder & Secretary of the Cannabis Society of Massachusetts and an activist with an independent attitude challenging drug paradigms, discussing cannabis culture, and legalizing cannabis in Massachusetts and across the country.
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jeremiah-mackinnon/a9/b92/a3
*There will be no distribution of cannabis of any kind at this event*
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Monday, February 9
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"New Fossil Discoveries from the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa"
Monday, February 9
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
BU, 232 Bay State Road, Room 505
Jeremy De Silva (BU)
The Walter Rodney Seminars are held every Monday in the William O. Brown Seminar Room of the African Studies Center, 232 Bay State Road, presenting the latest research by local and international scholars and followed by robust discussions with the audience. Join us as "the Rodney" enters its 38th year!
Contact: Joanne Hart
617-353-3673 or johart@bu.edu
BU African Studies Center
Jeremy De Silva (BU)
The Walter Rodney Seminars are held every Monday in the William O. Brown Seminar Room of the African Studies Center, 232 Bay State Road, presenting the latest research by local and international scholars and followed by robust discussions with the audience. Join us as "the Rodney" enters its 38th year!
Contact: Joanne Hart
617-353-3673 or johart@bu.edu
BU African Studies Center
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3D Printing Wearables: Jewelry, Accessories and Clothing.
The Tyranny of the Meritocracy: Democratizing Higher Education in America
Monday, February 9
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Lani Guinier, author
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Tuesday, February 10
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The Art of Science TV
Tuesday, February 10
4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
MIT, Building E19-623, Knight Conference Room, 400 Main Street, Cambridge
Paula Apsell
Senior Executive Producer, NOVA Director of the WGBH Science Unit, and former Knight Science Journalism Fellow
Science Storytelling on TV
----------------------------------
The Internet Is Not the Answer
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Andrew Keen, author
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Opportunity
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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!
———————————
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/
Monday, February 9
6:00 PM
Liquid Art House, 100 Arlington Street, Boston
Liquid Art House, 100 Arlington Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Wearable-technologies-in-Boston/events/219398701/
Wearable technology is becoming easier to develop and prototype with the aid of 3D printing. Lets get together and take a look at some awesome projects happening all around Boston/Cambridge/Somerville. We'll have a couple of speakers present their work.
--------------------------------
The Tyranny of the Meritocracy: Democratizing Higher Education in America
Monday, February 9
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Lani Guinier, author
----------------------------
Tuesday, February 10
-----------------------------
The Art of Science TV
Tuesday, February 10
4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
MIT, Building E19-623, Knight Conference Room, 400 Main Street, Cambridge
Paula Apsell
Senior Executive Producer, NOVA Director of the WGBH Science Unit, and former Knight Science Journalism Fellow
Science Storytelling on TV
----------------------------------
The Internet Is Not the Answer
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Andrew Keen, author
************
--------------
Opportunity
--------------
************
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!
———————————
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
—————————————
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.)
*********
-----------
Resource
-----------
*********
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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