Energy (and Other) Events is a weekly mailing list published most Sundays covering events around the Cambridge, MA and greater Boston area that catch the editor's eye.
Hubevents http://hubevents.blogspot.com is the web version.
If you wish to subscribe or unsubscribe to Energy (and Other) Events email gmoke@world.std.com
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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Monday, May 18
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12:15pm The Law and Politics of Refugee Crises
4pm Fighting Diseases in the Age of Big Data
5pm Visual Framings of Changing Orders: An Exhibit by STS Program Fellows
6pm Storytelling in the Digital Age: On the Road to Immersive Journalism
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Tuesday, May 19
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11am Houghton Lecture - Overview and global circulation
11am TEDxFenway: Agitate/Innovate/Evolve
12pm Guide to U.S. Government Practice on Global Information Sharing, Second Edition
3:30pm Japanese Noh Theatre Workshop
6pm Citizens' Climate Lobby Faith Leaders and New Members Meeting
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Wednesday, May 20
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7:30am May Boston Sustainability Breakfast
9am Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Response (HA/DR) Simulation
11am Boston Urban Ag Visioning Steering Committee & Public Meeting
2:30pm Laura Czerniewicz - Trends in Education & Technology in Higher Ed: an Inequality & Inclusivity Perspective
4pm Metabolic inference: Can we bridge the gap between microbial community structure and ecosystem function?
4pm What is Best Learned Online & What Types of Students Benefit from Online Learning
6pm Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
6:30pm Shapes and Flow: Art, Science, Technology
6:30pm Roosevelt Boston: Net neutrality policy discussion & networking
7pm The Strange Behavior of Water, a book review by Robin Harper
7pm Rebuilding the Local Food System
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Thursday, May 21
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7:45am The Mysteries of Chronic Illness
9:30am Arts and a Changing Boston, Featuring Dr. Manuel Pastor
11am Houghton Lecture - Stratospheric temperature trends
12:15pm One Nation Under God: How Religious Nationalism Imperils International Order
3pm Ending Alzheimer’s Together
6pm Electrochemical Pathways Towards Sustainability
6pm Connecting for Justice (@SoJust Open House)
6pm Crypto Party
6:40pm Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?
7:30pm Black Hole: How an Idea Abandoned by Newtonians, Hated by Einstein, and Gambled on by Hawking Became Loved
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Friday, May 22
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2pm Visual Communications: A Workshop for Developing Art, Research, and Innovation
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Saturday, May 23
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5:30pm Dialogue with Lester Brown & HEEC End-of-Semester Social
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Tuesday, May 26
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11am Houghton Lecture - Asian monsoon anticyclone
7pm CafeSci Boston: Investigating Urban Carbon Cycles with BU's Dr. Lucy Hutyra
7pm Dorie Clark at Brookline Booksmith: Stand Out
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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
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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Monday, May 18
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12:15pm The Law and Politics of Refugee Crises
4pm Fighting Diseases in the Age of Big Data
5pm Visual Framings of Changing Orders: An Exhibit by STS Program Fellows
6pm Storytelling in the Digital Age: On the Road to Immersive Journalism
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Tuesday, May 19
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11am Houghton Lecture - Overview and global circulation
11am TEDxFenway: Agitate/Innovate/Evolve
12pm Guide to U.S. Government Practice on Global Information Sharing, Second Edition
3:30pm Japanese Noh Theatre Workshop
6pm Citizens' Climate Lobby Faith Leaders and New Members Meeting
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Wednesday, May 20
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7:30am May Boston Sustainability Breakfast
9am Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Response (HA/DR) Simulation
11am Boston Urban Ag Visioning Steering Committee & Public Meeting
2:30pm Laura Czerniewicz - Trends in Education & Technology in Higher Ed: an Inequality & Inclusivity Perspective
4pm Metabolic inference: Can we bridge the gap between microbial community structure and ecosystem function?
4pm What is Best Learned Online & What Types of Students Benefit from Online Learning
6pm Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
6:30pm Shapes and Flow: Art, Science, Technology
6:30pm Roosevelt Boston: Net neutrality policy discussion & networking
7pm The Strange Behavior of Water, a book review by Robin Harper
7pm Rebuilding the Local Food System
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Thursday, May 21
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7:45am The Mysteries of Chronic Illness
9:30am Arts and a Changing Boston, Featuring Dr. Manuel Pastor
11am Houghton Lecture - Stratospheric temperature trends
12:15pm One Nation Under God: How Religious Nationalism Imperils International Order
3pm Ending Alzheimer’s Together
6pm Electrochemical Pathways Towards Sustainability
6pm Connecting for Justice (@SoJust Open House)
6pm Crypto Party
6:40pm Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?
7:30pm Black Hole: How an Idea Abandoned by Newtonians, Hated by Einstein, and Gambled on by Hawking Became Loved
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Friday, May 22
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2pm Visual Communications: A Workshop for Developing Art, Research, and Innovation
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Saturday, May 23
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5:30pm Dialogue with Lester Brown & HEEC End-of-Semester Social
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Tuesday, May 26
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11am Houghton Lecture - Asian monsoon anticyclone
7pm CafeSci Boston: Investigating Urban Carbon Cycles with BU's Dr. Lucy Hutyra
7pm Dorie Clark at Brookline Booksmith: Stand Out
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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
Costa Rica: 100% Renewable Electricity for 100 Days, Carbon Neutral by 2021
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/17/1375276/-Costa-Rica-100-Renewable-Electricity-for-100-Days-Carbon-Neutral-by-2021#comments
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Monday, May 18
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The Law and Politics of Refugee Crises
WHEN Mon., May 18, 2015, 12:15 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, 124 Mount Auburn Street, Suite 160, Room 105
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Law, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR International Security Program
SPEAKER(S) Jill Goldenziel, research fellow, International Security Program
CONTACT INFO susan_lynch@harvard.edu
LINK http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/6668/law_and_politics_of_refugee_crises.html
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Fighting Diseases in the Age of Big Data
Monday, May 18
4pm
Northeastern, Raytheon Amphitheater, Egan Center, 120 Forsyth Street, Boston
Alex Vespignani
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Monday, May 18
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The Law and Politics of Refugee Crises
WHEN Mon., May 18, 2015, 12:15 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, 124 Mount Auburn Street, Suite 160, Room 105
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Law, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR International Security Program
SPEAKER(S) Jill Goldenziel, research fellow, International Security Program
CONTACT INFO susan_lynch@harvard.edu
LINK http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/6668/law_and_politics_of_refugee_crises.html
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Fighting Diseases in the Age of Big Data
Monday, May 18
4pm
Northeastern, Raytheon Amphitheater, Egan Center, 120 Forsyth Street, Boston
Alex Vespignani
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Visual Framings of Changing Orders: An Exhibit by STS Program Fellows
Monday, May 18
Monday, May 18
5:00pm-7:00pm.
Harvard University Center for the Environment Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor, Cambridge
Harvard University Center for the Environment Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor, Cambridge
An exhibit featuring the work of Program on Science, Technology and Society Fellows:
Anna M. Agathangelou
Barry Cohen
Gabriel Dorthe
Mascha Gugganig
Zara Mirmalek
Anna M. Agathangelou
Barry Cohen
Gabriel Dorthe
Mascha Gugganig
Zara Mirmalek
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Storytelling in the Digital Age: On the Road to Immersive Journalism
Monday, May 18
6:00p–8:30p
MIT, Building E51-315, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/events/immersive-journalism/
Cost: free for students and members, $30 others
Multimedia, new graphic tools, visual storylines, interactive content, automated story-writing software, hyperlinks and emerging virtual reality are just some of the new capabilities that journalists use today to tell a story.
Register
Journalism is being digitally disrupted just as the music, movie, publishing and television industries were. How will the legacy industry respond to these digital challenges? What are the tools in use today that help journalists take advantage of digital storytelling? When an event occurs and citizens are telling the story in real time, how do journalists shift from being in control of the story to being part of the conversation? Where is innovation in the digital journalism curriculum?
Is all this a precursor to Immersive Journalism? Why read about it when you can put yourself into the story? Will Virtual Reality fundamentally change journalism?
We'll explore the world of digital journalism during our May event. What's here now? What's on the horizon? What are the opportunities for entrepreneurs to impact digital journalism? Join us to explore journalism in the digital age and the road to Immersive Journalism.
Speakers:
Tiffany Campbell, Managing Editor, Digital for WBUR
Patrick Garvin, designer and graphic artist, The Boston Globe
Web site: http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/events/immersive-journalism/
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
entforumcambridge@mit.edu
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Tuesday, May 19
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Speaker: Laura Czerniewicz
In unequal societies and education systems, educational technology trends exemplify implicit tensions of inequality and inequity. This talk will analyse current global ed tech trends with an interest in inclusivity, from a South African perspective. Laura Czerniewicz is the Director of the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching at the University of Cape Town.
ODL's xTalks: Digital Discourses
The xTalks 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: https://odl.mit.edu/news-and-events/events/laura-czerniewicz-trends-education-technology-higher-ed-inequality
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): OEIT- Office of Educational Innovation and Technology, Office of Digital Learning
For more information, contact: Molly Ruggles
(617) 594-4698
ruggles@mit.edu
Storytelling in the Digital Age: On the Road to Immersive Journalism
Monday, May 18
6:00p–8:30p
MIT, Building E51-315, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/events/immersive-journalism/
Cost: free for students and members, $30 others
Multimedia, new graphic tools, visual storylines, interactive content, automated story-writing software, hyperlinks and emerging virtual reality are just some of the new capabilities that journalists use today to tell a story.
Register
Journalism is being digitally disrupted just as the music, movie, publishing and television industries were. How will the legacy industry respond to these digital challenges? What are the tools in use today that help journalists take advantage of digital storytelling? When an event occurs and citizens are telling the story in real time, how do journalists shift from being in control of the story to being part of the conversation? Where is innovation in the digital journalism curriculum?
Is all this a precursor to Immersive Journalism? Why read about it when you can put yourself into the story? Will Virtual Reality fundamentally change journalism?
We'll explore the world of digital journalism during our May event. What's here now? What's on the horizon? What are the opportunities for entrepreneurs to impact digital journalism? Join us to explore journalism in the digital age and the road to Immersive Journalism.
Speakers:
Tiffany Campbell, Managing Editor, Digital for WBUR
Patrick Garvin, designer and graphic artist, The Boston Globe
Web site: http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/events/immersive-journalism/
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
entforumcambridge@mit.edu
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Tuesday, May 19
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Houghton Lecture - Overview and global circulation
Tuesday, May 19
11:00a–12:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
UTLS circulation and transport derived from satellite observations
Speaker: Dr. William Randel
The global upper troposphere - lower stratosphere (UTLS) is a transition region of strong dynamical and chemical variability, with contrasts in circulation and chemical behavior between the troposphere and stratosphere. This region exhibits complex dynamical, radiative, and chemical characteristics that place stringent requirements on observing and modeling systems. These lectures will focus on a series of topics related to the observed behavior of UTLS circulation, transport and chemical variability, as derived from satellite measurements combined with meteorological data sets.
11:00a–12:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
UTLS circulation and transport derived from satellite observations
Speaker: Dr. William Randel
The global upper troposphere - lower stratosphere (UTLS) is a transition region of strong dynamical and chemical variability, with contrasts in circulation and chemical behavior between the troposphere and stratosphere. This region exhibits complex dynamical, radiative, and chemical characteristics that place stringent requirements on observing and modeling systems. These lectures will focus on a series of topics related to the observed behavior of UTLS circulation, transport and chemical variability, as derived from satellite measurements combined with meteorological data sets.
Houghton Lectures
Supported through the Houghton Fund, Houghton Lecturers are distinguished visitors from outside MIT who we invite to spend a period of time, ranging from a week to several months as scientists-in-residence within our Program. During their stay it is customary for each lecturer to offer a short-course or a series of lectures on some topic of wide interest. Houghton Lecturer recommendations are welcome throughout the year.
Web site: http://eaps-www.mit.edu/paoc/events/houghton-lectures/summer-2015-randel
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)
For more information, contact: Jen Fentress
617-253-2127
Supported through the Houghton Fund, Houghton Lecturers are distinguished visitors from outside MIT who we invite to spend a period of time, ranging from a week to several months as scientists-in-residence within our Program. During their stay it is customary for each lecturer to offer a short-course or a series of lectures on some topic of wide interest. Houghton Lecturer recommendations are welcome throughout the year.
Web site: http://eaps-www.mit.edu/paoc/events/houghton-lectures/summer-2015-randel
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)
For more information, contact: Jen Fentress
617-253-2127
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TEDxFenway: Agitate/Innovate/Evolve
Tuesday, May 19
11:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EDT)
Berklee College of Music, 160 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/tedxfenway-agitateinnovateevolve-tickets-5737210150
Supported by The Fenway Alliance and FA-Member Berklee College of Music, TEDxFenway: Agitate/Innovate/Evolve will be held in Berklee’s newest building on 160 Massachusetts Avenue in the Fenway Cultural District. This year, TEDxFenway is focusing on the process, versus the product, of navigating the oftentimes complex task of addressing the necessary changes needed to promote progress. TEDxFenway: Agitate/Innovate/Evolve will take a deep dive into the behind-the-scenes actions of problem-solving, consensus-building, back-tracking, loss of ground, and reassessment of history that leads to true evolution in a variety of social movements, arts and technological disciplines.
The event will feature nine distinguished speakers, including three speakers from our unique audition event PreXFenway. Speakers will share their experience as an “agitator,” stepping in to introduce ideas that did not confirm to established practices; or, as someone who redirected an idea back to its source to evaluate the foundation and applicability of an obsolete solution. Topics will include gender wage inequality, working as an emerging playwright in Boston’s theatre community, policy-making and setting the design context for the City of Boston, and the influence of a STEAM-based curriculum in promoting outside-the-box thinking.
Speakers for TEDxFenway include the following:
Michael Dukakis
Former Governor of Massachusetts, US Presidential Candidate
David Hacin
Founding Principal and President, Hacin + Associates
Ted Landsmark
Board Member, Boston Redevelopment Authority; President Emeritus, Boston Architectural College
Debby Irving
Racial Justice Educator & Writer; Author of Waking Up White
Erika Ebbel Angle, PhD
Founder, Chairman and Executive Director, Science from Scientists; Co-Founder and CEO, CounterPoint Health Solutions
Ruth Jacobs Malloy, PhD
Global Managing Director, Leadership and Talent, Hay Group
Obehi Janice
Writer/Actress/Comedian, Creator and Performer of FUFU & OREOS
Dr. Nettrice Gaskins
STEAM Education Lab Director, Boston Arts Academy
Jimmy Tingle
Comedian, Commentator, Activist and Entrepreneur
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Guide to U.S. Government Practice on Global Information Sharing, Second Edition
Tuesday, May 19
12:00 pm
Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, 23 Everett Street, Second Floor, Cambridge
RSVP required for those attending in person at https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/05/KropfandCohen#RSVP
Event will be webcast live on https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/05/KropfandCohen at 12:00 pm.
with authors John Kropf and Neal Cohen
The recently published, “Guide to U.S. Government Practice on Global Sharing of Personal Information, Second Edition”, provides an introduction to the principles, practices, and agreements behind how the U.S. government shares personal information with foreign governments - for purposes ranging from tax to counter terrorism and cyber-crime. This information sharing is not only necessary to strengthen relations with foreign governments but to protect the country from threats, foreign and domestic. In the past year, these issues have been most readily visible in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations and the renegotiation of the Safe Harbor Framework.
About John
John Kropf has worked in privacy and information law and policy since 1995. He serves as the Corporate Privacy Executive for Northrop Grumman. Previously, Kropf worked as deputy chief counsel for Privacy and Information Governance for Reed Elsevier and as a career member of the Senior Executive Service working as Deputy Chief Privacy Officer and Senior Adviser on International Privacy Policy for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Before joining DHS, Kropf worked for 10 years as an international lawyer with the U.S. Department of State in the Office of Legal Adviser.
About Neal
Neal Cohen is a New York and English qualified lawyer in the Privacy & Security practice group at Perkins Coie LLP and a research fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. His law practice and academic research focus on the global harmonization of data protection and privacy law. Prior to joining Perkins Coie LLP, Neal spent several years practicing data protection and privacy law in London at another multinational law firm and before that, Neal clerked in the Privacy Office at the Department of Homeland Security.
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Japanese Noh Theatre Workshop
Tuesday, May 19
3:30p–5:00p
MIT, Building W20-491, 84 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: Kanji Shimizu
Come take a break from your finals and immerse yourself in Japanese theatre. Master Kanji Shimizu will be giving a workshop on Noh: The art of traditional Japanese theatre by the Tessen-kai Noh group.
Web site: https://misti.mit.edu/about-misti/events
Open to: the general public
Cost: free
Sponsor(s): MIT-Japan Program
For more information, contact: Christine Pilcavage
258-8208
csp18@mit.edu
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Citizens' Climate Lobby Faith Leaders and New Members Meeting
Tuesday, May 19
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)
Congregation Kehillath Israel, 384 Harvard Street, Novakoff Hall (right side entrance, follow path), Brookline
On May 19th, the Boston chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby will be holding a special new members meeting for faith leaders and other new and potential members of CCL.
Gary Rucinski, the founder of CCL Boston and now the NE region coordinator, will be leading the orientation session, the first such local event since the group started in 2011.
The orientation program covers CCL’s origins, its emphasis on shared values, its philosophy of bipartisanship grounded in gratitude and respect for public service, its focus on citizen lobbying for carbon fee and dividend legislation (along with the mechanics and economic basis of the legislation), its methodologies of active listening, learning and sharing information, all in order to develop relationships with members of Congress, relationships with the media and with the public (and the public includes farm associations, rotary clubs, oil/gas companies, unions, you name it) — because we’re certain that by building relationships we will help get this legislation passed.
Multiple faith leaders and other new members have already signed up for the event. Veteran CCL members will also be on hand to introduce you to the group and explain how you can participate.
If you're aware of any others who would like to participate, please share the invite with them and/or send them our way.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
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Wednesday, May 20
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May Boston Sustainability Breakfast
Wednesday, May 20
7:30 AM to 8:30 AM (EDT)
Pret A Manger, 185 Franklin Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/may-boston-sustainability-breakfast-tickets-16615236620
Join us for the May Boston Sustainability breakfast, 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. Feel free to drop by any time any time between 7:30 and 830 a.m.
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TEDxFenway: Agitate/Innovate/Evolve
Tuesday, May 19
11:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EDT)
Berklee College of Music, 160 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/tedxfenway-agitateinnovateevolve-tickets-5737210150
Supported by The Fenway Alliance and FA-Member Berklee College of Music, TEDxFenway: Agitate/Innovate/Evolve will be held in Berklee’s newest building on 160 Massachusetts Avenue in the Fenway Cultural District. This year, TEDxFenway is focusing on the process, versus the product, of navigating the oftentimes complex task of addressing the necessary changes needed to promote progress. TEDxFenway: Agitate/Innovate/Evolve will take a deep dive into the behind-the-scenes actions of problem-solving, consensus-building, back-tracking, loss of ground, and reassessment of history that leads to true evolution in a variety of social movements, arts and technological disciplines.
The event will feature nine distinguished speakers, including three speakers from our unique audition event PreXFenway. Speakers will share their experience as an “agitator,” stepping in to introduce ideas that did not confirm to established practices; or, as someone who redirected an idea back to its source to evaluate the foundation and applicability of an obsolete solution. Topics will include gender wage inequality, working as an emerging playwright in Boston’s theatre community, policy-making and setting the design context for the City of Boston, and the influence of a STEAM-based curriculum in promoting outside-the-box thinking.
Speakers for TEDxFenway include the following:
Michael Dukakis
Former Governor of Massachusetts, US Presidential Candidate
David Hacin
Founding Principal and President, Hacin + Associates
Ted Landsmark
Board Member, Boston Redevelopment Authority; President Emeritus, Boston Architectural College
Debby Irving
Racial Justice Educator & Writer; Author of Waking Up White
Erika Ebbel Angle, PhD
Founder, Chairman and Executive Director, Science from Scientists; Co-Founder and CEO, CounterPoint Health Solutions
Ruth Jacobs Malloy, PhD
Global Managing Director, Leadership and Talent, Hay Group
Obehi Janice
Writer/Actress/Comedian, Creator and Performer of FUFU & OREOS
Dr. Nettrice Gaskins
STEAM Education Lab Director, Boston Arts Academy
Jimmy Tingle
Comedian, Commentator, Activist and Entrepreneur
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Guide to U.S. Government Practice on Global Information Sharing, Second Edition
Tuesday, May 19
12:00 pm
Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, 23 Everett Street, Second Floor, Cambridge
RSVP required for those attending in person at https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/05/KropfandCohen#RSVP
Event will be webcast live on https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/05/KropfandCohen at 12:00 pm.
with authors John Kropf and Neal Cohen
The recently published, “Guide to U.S. Government Practice on Global Sharing of Personal Information, Second Edition”, provides an introduction to the principles, practices, and agreements behind how the U.S. government shares personal information with foreign governments - for purposes ranging from tax to counter terrorism and cyber-crime. This information sharing is not only necessary to strengthen relations with foreign governments but to protect the country from threats, foreign and domestic. In the past year, these issues have been most readily visible in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations and the renegotiation of the Safe Harbor Framework.
About John
John Kropf has worked in privacy and information law and policy since 1995. He serves as the Corporate Privacy Executive for Northrop Grumman. Previously, Kropf worked as deputy chief counsel for Privacy and Information Governance for Reed Elsevier and as a career member of the Senior Executive Service working as Deputy Chief Privacy Officer and Senior Adviser on International Privacy Policy for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Before joining DHS, Kropf worked for 10 years as an international lawyer with the U.S. Department of State in the Office of Legal Adviser.
About Neal
Neal Cohen is a New York and English qualified lawyer in the Privacy & Security practice group at Perkins Coie LLP and a research fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. His law practice and academic research focus on the global harmonization of data protection and privacy law. Prior to joining Perkins Coie LLP, Neal spent several years practicing data protection and privacy law in London at another multinational law firm and before that, Neal clerked in the Privacy Office at the Department of Homeland Security.
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Japanese Noh Theatre Workshop
Tuesday, May 19
3:30p–5:00p
MIT, Building W20-491, 84 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: Kanji Shimizu
Come take a break from your finals and immerse yourself in Japanese theatre. Master Kanji Shimizu will be giving a workshop on Noh: The art of traditional Japanese theatre by the Tessen-kai Noh group.
Web site: https://misti.mit.edu/about-misti/events
Open to: the general public
Cost: free
Sponsor(s): MIT-Japan Program
For more information, contact: Christine Pilcavage
258-8208
csp18@mit.edu
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Citizens' Climate Lobby Faith Leaders and New Members Meeting
Tuesday, May 19
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)
Congregation Kehillath Israel, 384 Harvard Street, Novakoff Hall (right side entrance, follow path), Brookline
On May 19th, the Boston chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby will be holding a special new members meeting for faith leaders and other new and potential members of CCL.
Gary Rucinski, the founder of CCL Boston and now the NE region coordinator, will be leading the orientation session, the first such local event since the group started in 2011.
The orientation program covers CCL’s origins, its emphasis on shared values, its philosophy of bipartisanship grounded in gratitude and respect for public service, its focus on citizen lobbying for carbon fee and dividend legislation (along with the mechanics and economic basis of the legislation), its methodologies of active listening, learning and sharing information, all in order to develop relationships with members of Congress, relationships with the media and with the public (and the public includes farm associations, rotary clubs, oil/gas companies, unions, you name it) — because we’re certain that by building relationships we will help get this legislation passed.
Multiple faith leaders and other new members have already signed up for the event. Veteran CCL members will also be on hand to introduce you to the group and explain how you can participate.
If you're aware of any others who would like to participate, please share the invite with them and/or send them our way.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
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Wednesday, May 20
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May Boston Sustainability Breakfast
Wednesday, May 20
7:30 AM to 8:30 AM (EDT)
Pret A Manger, 185 Franklin Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/may-boston-sustainability-breakfast-tickets-16615236620
Join us for the May Boston Sustainability breakfast, 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. Feel free to drop by any time any time between 7:30 and 830 a.m.
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Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Response (HA/DR) Simulation
Wednesday, May 20
9:00a-4:30p
Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston
Classroom - Kresge: G3
Wednesday, May 20
9:00a-4:30p
Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston
Classroom - Kresge: G3
This is free of charge and students are welcome to stop by and observe and participate throughout the day.
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Boston Urban Ag Visioning Steering Committee & Public Meeting
Wednesday, May 20
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM (EDT)
Kroc Corps Community Center, 650 Dudley Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-urban-ag-visioning-steering-committee-public-meeting-tickets-16843992836
The next meeting of the Boston Urban Ag Visioning Steering Committee & Public Meeting will be held at the Kroc Corps Community Center on May 20, 2015. This event is free to all and all are encouraged to attend. RSVP is requested by 5/20/2015.
Four monthly meetings have been held since January 2015 addressing the overall objectives of the visioning process, current urban ag activity, metrics and goals for measuring progress, and best practices. In the remaining four meetings, we will delve deeper into best practices, address unresolved barriers to growth, integrate the vision with other local, state, and regional food system initiatives, and determine specfic projects to be realized over the next several years.
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Boston Urban Ag Visioning Steering Committee & Public Meeting
Wednesday, May 20
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM (EDT)
Kroc Corps Community Center, 650 Dudley Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-urban-ag-visioning-steering-committee-public-meeting-tickets-16843992836
The next meeting of the Boston Urban Ag Visioning Steering Committee & Public Meeting will be held at the Kroc Corps Community Center on May 20, 2015. This event is free to all and all are encouraged to attend. RSVP is requested by 5/20/2015.
Four monthly meetings have been held since January 2015 addressing the overall objectives of the visioning process, current urban ag activity, metrics and goals for measuring progress, and best practices. In the remaining four meetings, we will delve deeper into best practices, address unresolved barriers to growth, integrate the vision with other local, state, and regional food system initiatives, and determine specfic projects to be realized over the next several years.
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Laura Czerniewicz - Trends in Education & Technology in Higher Ed: an Inequality & Inclusivity Perspective
Wednesday, May 20
2:30p–3:30p
MIT, Building 4-270, 182 Memorial Drive (Rear), Cambridge
2:30p–3:30p
MIT, Building 4-270, 182 Memorial Drive (Rear), Cambridge
Speaker: Laura Czerniewicz
In unequal societies and education systems, educational technology trends exemplify implicit tensions of inequality and inequity. This talk will analyse current global ed tech trends with an interest in inclusivity, from a South African perspective. Laura Czerniewicz is the Director of the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching at the University of Cape Town.
ODL's xTalks: Digital Discourses
The xTalks 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: https://odl.mit.edu/news-and-events/events/laura-czerniewicz-trends-education-technology-higher-ed-inequality
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): OEIT- Office of Educational Innovation and Technology, Office of Digital Learning
For more information, contact: Molly Ruggles
(617) 594-4698
ruggles@mit.edu
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Metabolic inference: Can we bridge the gap between microbial community structure and ecosystem function?
Wednesday, May 20
4:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building 48-316, Parsons Lab, 15 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Jeff Bowman, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
www.polarmicrobes.org
Microbial Systems Seminar
Web site: microbialsystems.wordpress.com
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Civil and Environmental Engineering
For more information, contact: Kathryn Kauffman
k6logc@mit.edu
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What is Best Learned Online & What Types of Students Benefit from Online Learning
Wednesday, May 20
4:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building 4-270, 182 Memorial Drive (Rear), Cambridge
Speaker: Dan Butin, Bror Saxberg & Shanna Smith-Jaggars
ODL's xTalks: Digital Discourses
The xTalks 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.
Panel discussion with Bror Saxberg, Chief Learning Officer, Kaplan, Inc.; Shanna Smith-Jaggars, Assistant Director, Community College Research Center; and Dan Butin, Dean of the School of Education and Social Policy, Merrimack College. Moderated by Vijay Kumar, Director of Special Educational Initiatives, ODL
Web site: https://odl.mit.edu/news-and-events/events/what-best-learned-online-what-types-students-benefit-online-learning
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Office of Digital Learning, OEIT- Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
For more information, contact: Molly Ruggles
(617) 594-4698
ruggles@mit.edu
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Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
Wednesday, May 20
6:00 PM (Doors at 5:30)
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge
Ticket pre-sales begin April 14 at 9am online only ($28.75, book included), $5.00 - On Sale April 28, 2015
Harvard Book Store welcomes economist, behavioral scientist and co-author of Nudge RICHARD H. THALER for a discussion of his latest book, Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics. He is joined in conversation by DANIEL GILBERT, author of Stumbling on Happiness, and NPR's ROBIN YOUNG.
Get ready to change the way you think about economics.
Richard H. Thaler has spent his career studying the radical notion that the central agents in the economy are humans—predictable, error-prone individuals. Misbehaving is his arresting, frequently hilarious account of the struggle to bring an academic discipline back down to earth—and change the way we think about economics, ourselves, and our world.
Traditional economics assumes rational actors. Early in his research, Thaler realized these Spock-like automatons were nothing like real people. Whether buying a clock radio, selling basketball tickets, or applying for a mortgage, we all succumb to biases and make decisions that deviate from the standards of rationality assumed by economists. In other words, we misbehave. More importantly, our misbehavior has serious consequences. Dismissed at first by economists as an amusing sideshow, the study of human miscalculations and their effects on markets now drives efforts to make better decisions in our lives, our businesses, and our governments.
Coupling recent discoveries in human psychology with a practical understanding of incentives and market behavior, Thaler enlightens readers about how to make smarter decisions in an increasingly mystifying world. He reveals how behavioral economic analysis opens up new ways to look at everything from household finance to assigning faculty offices in a new building, to TV game shows, the NFL draft, and businesses like Uber.
Laced with antic stories of Thaler’s spirited battles with the bastions of traditional economic thinking, Misbehaving is a singular look into profound human foibles. When economics meets psychology, the implications for individuals, managers, and policy makers are both profound and entertaining.
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Shapes and Flow: Art, Science, Technology
Wednesday, May 20
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Honeycomb, Le Laboratoire Cambridge, 650 East Kendall Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.lelaboratoirecambridge.com/#!programs/c18hu
L. Mahadevan
Core faculty from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University will participate in a four part lecture series hosted by Le Laboratoire Cambridge on how the arts and design are informing the frontiers of science.
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Roosevelt Boston: Net neutrality policy discussion & networking
Wednesday, May 20
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)
Impact Hub Boston, 50 Milk Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/roosevelt-boston-net-neutrality-policy-discussion-networking-tickets-16900839867
Come grab a drink, network and join a net neutrality policy discussion with expert Dan Lyons. Prof. Lyons will talk about what net neutrality is, how it works, recent FCC rulings, the pros and cons of this system, and what the future holds for information access on the Internet.
When: Wednesday, May 20th from 6:30-8 PM
Where: Impact Hub Boston 50 Milk St, Boston, MA 02109
Please RSVP, so we know how much food and drink to get.
Professor Lyons teaches at Boston College Law School where he specializes in telecommunications, Internet regulation and administrative law, and is also a visiting fellow with the American Enterprise Institute's Center for Internet, Communications, and Technology Policy.
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Metabolic inference: Can we bridge the gap between microbial community structure and ecosystem function?
Wednesday, May 20
4:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building 48-316, Parsons Lab, 15 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Jeff Bowman, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
www.polarmicrobes.org
Microbial Systems Seminar
Web site: microbialsystems.wordpress.com
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Civil and Environmental Engineering
For more information, contact: Kathryn Kauffman
k6logc@mit.edu
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What is Best Learned Online & What Types of Students Benefit from Online Learning
Wednesday, May 20
4:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building 4-270, 182 Memorial Drive (Rear), Cambridge
Speaker: Dan Butin, Bror Saxberg & Shanna Smith-Jaggars
ODL's xTalks: Digital Discourses
The xTalks 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.
Panel discussion with Bror Saxberg, Chief Learning Officer, Kaplan, Inc.; Shanna Smith-Jaggars, Assistant Director, Community College Research Center; and Dan Butin, Dean of the School of Education and Social Policy, Merrimack College. Moderated by Vijay Kumar, Director of Special Educational Initiatives, ODL
Web site: https://odl.mit.edu/news-and-events/events/what-best-learned-online-what-types-students-benefit-online-learning
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Office of Digital Learning, OEIT- Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
For more information, contact: Molly Ruggles
(617) 594-4698
ruggles@mit.edu
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Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
Wednesday, May 20
6:00 PM (Doors at 5:30)
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge
Ticket pre-sales begin April 14 at 9am online only ($28.75, book included), $5.00 - On Sale April 28, 2015
Harvard Book Store welcomes economist, behavioral scientist and co-author of Nudge RICHARD H. THALER for a discussion of his latest book, Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics. He is joined in conversation by DANIEL GILBERT, author of Stumbling on Happiness, and NPR's ROBIN YOUNG.
Get ready to change the way you think about economics.
Richard H. Thaler has spent his career studying the radical notion that the central agents in the economy are humans—predictable, error-prone individuals. Misbehaving is his arresting, frequently hilarious account of the struggle to bring an academic discipline back down to earth—and change the way we think about economics, ourselves, and our world.
Traditional economics assumes rational actors. Early in his research, Thaler realized these Spock-like automatons were nothing like real people. Whether buying a clock radio, selling basketball tickets, or applying for a mortgage, we all succumb to biases and make decisions that deviate from the standards of rationality assumed by economists. In other words, we misbehave. More importantly, our misbehavior has serious consequences. Dismissed at first by economists as an amusing sideshow, the study of human miscalculations and their effects on markets now drives efforts to make better decisions in our lives, our businesses, and our governments.
Coupling recent discoveries in human psychology with a practical understanding of incentives and market behavior, Thaler enlightens readers about how to make smarter decisions in an increasingly mystifying world. He reveals how behavioral economic analysis opens up new ways to look at everything from household finance to assigning faculty offices in a new building, to TV game shows, the NFL draft, and businesses like Uber.
Laced with antic stories of Thaler’s spirited battles with the bastions of traditional economic thinking, Misbehaving is a singular look into profound human foibles. When economics meets psychology, the implications for individuals, managers, and policy makers are both profound and entertaining.
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Shapes and Flow: Art, Science, Technology
Wednesday, May 20
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Honeycomb, Le Laboratoire Cambridge, 650 East Kendall Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.lelaboratoirecambridge.com/#!programs/c18hu
L. Mahadevan
Core faculty from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University will participate in a four part lecture series hosted by Le Laboratoire Cambridge on how the arts and design are informing the frontiers of science.
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Roosevelt Boston: Net neutrality policy discussion & networking
Wednesday, May 20
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)
Impact Hub Boston, 50 Milk Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/roosevelt-boston-net-neutrality-policy-discussion-networking-tickets-16900839867
Come grab a drink, network and join a net neutrality policy discussion with expert Dan Lyons. Prof. Lyons will talk about what net neutrality is, how it works, recent FCC rulings, the pros and cons of this system, and what the future holds for information access on the Internet.
When: Wednesday, May 20th from 6:30-8 PM
Where: Impact Hub Boston 50 Milk St, Boston, MA 02109
Please RSVP, so we know how much food and drink to get.
Professor Lyons teaches at Boston College Law School where he specializes in telecommunications, Internet regulation and administrative law, and is also a visiting fellow with the American Enterprise Institute's Center for Internet, Communications, and Technology Policy.
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The Strange Behavior of Water, a book review by Robin Harper
Wednesday, May 20
Many water phenomena, in its 3 phases, have been unexplained until recently. Most of the explanations are based on a semi-crystalline fourth phase of water that forms near a hydrophilic surface such as glass, water-bearing gels such as muscles, blood vessels, and plant roots, and the boundary between liquid water and vapor. These interfaces also form a light-powered microscopic battery that explains other mysteries.
The presentation will first expand on the following list of mysteries, then ask if anyone can explain any, and finally give an experimentally verified explanation. An illustrated quick reference will be passed out. The book that reveals all this is The Fourth Phase of Water by Gerald H Pollack, 2013, available as a free sample on Kindle.
Everyday mysteries
Wet sand supports heavy weight, but on dry sand you sink in
Tsunami waves can circle the globe several times before petering out
Gelatin desserts can be 99.9% water without leaking out
Diapers can hold 800 times their weight in water
Ice can be very slippery, unlike most solids
A broken ankle swells to twice its size in a couple of minutes
Warm water freezes faster than cold water
A tall tree draws water far beyond the 30 feet that a vacuum can sustain
Tree roots break concrete sidewalks
Insects walk on water even though surface tension applies to a layer only a few molecules thick
Clouds form as separate entities even though water vapor from oceans is uniformly spread
Joints don’t squeak even when you stand long enough to squeeze synovial fluid from between cartilage surfaces
Ice floats even though most substances contract when cooled
Ice can form and spread across a pond as you watch
Yogurt, colloids in liquid, has a firm consistency
Glass microscope slides stick together when wet
Mysteries from the laboratory
Microspheres suspended in a beaker of water migrate from the center to form a clear cylinder
Water droplets dropped onto a water surface dance for a few seconds before merging
Water dripping from a single container through 2 tubes and falling through 2 conductive rings into 2 metal containers, cross wired to the rings, eventually generates many thousands of volts and a long spark between the containers
Mysteries I’ve experienced
While microwaved, water in a glass explodes
Microwaved egg is peeled, explodes when bitten
An optional topic is how human instincts and politics stifle science, and have crippled for decades our understanding of the substance most essential for life.
This group continues and expands upon a science lecture group that has met monthly since 1984. We will have general discussion over supper, followed by a lecture or book review by a member, followed by questions and discussion on the presentation. Anyone may volunteer a talk at a previous meeting or electronically (they should have attended at least once), as long as the group feels the topic is of general interest to members. Talks should be aimed at the non-specialized scientific listener, but may include some well-explained math, if the topic requires it (e.g., for physics or math topics). Speakers are encouraged to provide a copy of typed notes for each attendee at the meeting, especially if there are pictures, diagrams or math involved, and may also attach notes to the meeting announcement, which will be made available to members at least a week beforehand. Book reviews should not assume attendees have read the book, though they are invited to do so. Occasionally, a science-based science fiction book or film may be chosen for review. Book reviews may include selected readings aloud from the book by the presenter. Blackboards will not be available, and LCD displays will not be convenient (except for occasional photos), as attendees will sit at a long table.
Until and unless we find another suitable meeting place to alternate with, future meetings will be in the Back Room of The Tavern in the Square, 921 Mass. Ave., Central Square, Cambridge, from 7-10 pm. The talk will begin about 8 pm. People may arrive as early as 6 pm and stay till at least 11 pm if they wish.
After a 30-day free trial membership, members will have to pay the $12/year annual membership fee to RSVP for meetings. This will entitle them to also receive email reminders of meetings.
7:00 PM
Tavern-in-the-Square, Back Room, 921 Mass. Avenue, Central Square, Cambridge
Tavern-in-the-Square, Back Room, 921 Mass. Avenue, Central Square, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Cambridge-Science-Meetup/events/221563442/
Many water phenomena, in its 3 phases, have been unexplained until recently. Most of the explanations are based on a semi-crystalline fourth phase of water that forms near a hydrophilic surface such as glass, water-bearing gels such as muscles, blood vessels, and plant roots, and the boundary between liquid water and vapor. These interfaces also form a light-powered microscopic battery that explains other mysteries.
The presentation will first expand on the following list of mysteries, then ask if anyone can explain any, and finally give an experimentally verified explanation. An illustrated quick reference will be passed out. The book that reveals all this is The Fourth Phase of Water by Gerald H Pollack, 2013, available as a free sample on Kindle.
Everyday mysteries
Wet sand supports heavy weight, but on dry sand you sink in
Tsunami waves can circle the globe several times before petering out
Gelatin desserts can be 99.9% water without leaking out
Diapers can hold 800 times their weight in water
Ice can be very slippery, unlike most solids
A broken ankle swells to twice its size in a couple of minutes
Warm water freezes faster than cold water
A tall tree draws water far beyond the 30 feet that a vacuum can sustain
Tree roots break concrete sidewalks
Insects walk on water even though surface tension applies to a layer only a few molecules thick
Clouds form as separate entities even though water vapor from oceans is uniformly spread
Joints don’t squeak even when you stand long enough to squeeze synovial fluid from between cartilage surfaces
Ice floats even though most substances contract when cooled
Ice can form and spread across a pond as you watch
Yogurt, colloids in liquid, has a firm consistency
Glass microscope slides stick together when wet
Mysteries from the laboratory
Microspheres suspended in a beaker of water migrate from the center to form a clear cylinder
Water droplets dropped onto a water surface dance for a few seconds before merging
Water dripping from a single container through 2 tubes and falling through 2 conductive rings into 2 metal containers, cross wired to the rings, eventually generates many thousands of volts and a long spark between the containers
Mysteries I’ve experienced
While microwaved, water in a glass explodes
Microwaved egg is peeled, explodes when bitten
An optional topic is how human instincts and politics stifle science, and have crippled for decades our understanding of the substance most essential for life.
This group continues and expands upon a science lecture group that has met monthly since 1984. We will have general discussion over supper, followed by a lecture or book review by a member, followed by questions and discussion on the presentation. Anyone may volunteer a talk at a previous meeting or electronically (they should have attended at least once), as long as the group feels the topic is of general interest to members. Talks should be aimed at the non-specialized scientific listener, but may include some well-explained math, if the topic requires it (e.g., for physics or math topics). Speakers are encouraged to provide a copy of typed notes for each attendee at the meeting, especially if there are pictures, diagrams or math involved, and may also attach notes to the meeting announcement, which will be made available to members at least a week beforehand. Book reviews should not assume attendees have read the book, though they are invited to do so. Occasionally, a science-based science fiction book or film may be chosen for review. Book reviews may include selected readings aloud from the book by the presenter. Blackboards will not be available, and LCD displays will not be convenient (except for occasional photos), as attendees will sit at a long table.
Until and unless we find another suitable meeting place to alternate with, future meetings will be in the Back Room of The Tavern in the Square, 921 Mass. Ave., Central Square, Cambridge, from 7-10 pm. The talk will begin about 8 pm. People may arrive as early as 6 pm and stay till at least 11 pm if they wish.
After a 30-day free trial membership, members will have to pay the $12/year annual membership fee to RSVP for meetings. This will entitle them to also receive email reminders of meetings.
As of May 16, members need not pay dues till they RSVP to a meeting. Former members, who did not renew by paying their dues at the end of their first month, are reinstated, and can enjoy the same policy as existing and new members. It may be a few days before these changes are shown in the membership list, but they take effect immediately.
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Rebuilding the Local Food System
Wednesday, May 20
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)
Aeronaut Brewing Company, 14 Tyler Street, Somerville
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/rebuilding-the-local-food-system-tickets-16760833103
Join the Creative Somerville Series in one of our monthly 'fireside chats’ with Colin Davis of Something GUD.
Colin Davis is a founder, and the CEO of Something GUD, based out of the Aeronuat Foods Hub. GUD enables anyone to opt out of the global, corporate food system with weekly home or office deliveries of groceries from local farms, fishermen, bakers and chefs.
Colin is also launching an aquaponic (fish + hydroponic vegetable) farm called Redemption Fish Co. and previously started a software company to automate energy efficiency studies of buildings. All of Colin's projects are based on the goal of using business to build a more sustainable world.
7pm, event doors open, grab a beer at Aeronaut. 7:15pm, talk begins.
Creative Somerville Series
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Thursday, May 21
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The Mysteries of Chronic Illness
WHEN Thu., May 21, 2015, 7:45 – 9:15 a.m.
WHERE Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, Room 10, 2nd floor
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Health Sciences, Lecture, Wellness/Work Life
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Technology Assessment Seminar Series
Final Meeting AY 2015
SPEAKER(S) Meghan O'Rourke, Radcliffe Institute Fellow 2014-2015
CONTACT INFO debra_milamed@hms.harvard.edu
DETAILS Breakfast served.
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Arts and a Changing Boston, Featuring Dr. Manuel Pastor
Thursday, May 21
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM (EDT)
The Paramount Theatre, 559 Washington Street, Boston
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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Rebuilding the Local Food System
Wednesday, May 20
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)
Aeronaut Brewing Company, 14 Tyler Street, Somerville
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/rebuilding-the-local-food-system-tickets-16760833103
Join the Creative Somerville Series in one of our monthly 'fireside chats’ with Colin Davis of Something GUD.
Colin Davis is a founder, and the CEO of Something GUD, based out of the Aeronuat Foods Hub. GUD enables anyone to opt out of the global, corporate food system with weekly home or office deliveries of groceries from local farms, fishermen, bakers and chefs.
Colin is also launching an aquaponic (fish + hydroponic vegetable) farm called Redemption Fish Co. and previously started a software company to automate energy efficiency studies of buildings. All of Colin's projects are based on the goal of using business to build a more sustainable world.
7pm, event doors open, grab a beer at Aeronaut. 7:15pm, talk begins.
Creative Somerville Series
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Thursday, May 21
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The Mysteries of Chronic Illness
WHEN Thu., May 21, 2015, 7:45 – 9:15 a.m.
WHERE Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, Room 10, 2nd floor
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Health Sciences, Lecture, Wellness/Work Life
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Technology Assessment Seminar Series
Final Meeting AY 2015
SPEAKER(S) Meghan O'Rourke, Radcliffe Institute Fellow 2014-2015
CONTACT INFO debra_milamed@hms.harvard.edu
DETAILS Breakfast served.
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Arts and a Changing Boston, Featuring Dr. Manuel Pastor
Thursday, May 21
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM (EDT)
The Paramount Theatre, 559 Washington Street, Boston
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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Houghton Lecture - Stratospheric temperature trends
Thursday, May 21, 2015
11:00a–12:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
UTLS circulation and transport derived from satellite observations
Speaker: Dr. William Randel
The global upper troposphere - lower stratosphere (UTLS) is a transition region of strong dynamical and chemical variability, with contrasts in circulation and chemical behavior between the troposphere and stratosphere. This region exhibits complex dynamical, radiative, and chemical characteristics that place stringent requirements on observing and modeling systems. These lectures will focus on a series of topics related to the observed behavior of UTLS circulation, transport and chemical variability, as derived from satellite measurements combined with meteorological data sets.
11:00a–12:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
UTLS circulation and transport derived from satellite observations
Speaker: Dr. William Randel
The global upper troposphere - lower stratosphere (UTLS) is a transition region of strong dynamical and chemical variability, with contrasts in circulation and chemical behavior between the troposphere and stratosphere. This region exhibits complex dynamical, radiative, and chemical characteristics that place stringent requirements on observing and modeling systems. These lectures will focus on a series of topics related to the observed behavior of UTLS circulation, transport and chemical variability, as derived from satellite measurements combined with meteorological data sets.
Houghton Lectures
Supported through the Houghton Fund, Houghton Lecturers are distinguished visitors from outside MIT who we invite to spend a period of time, ranging from a week to several months as scientists-in-residence within our Program. During their stay it is customary for each lecturer to offer a short-course or a series of lectures on some topic of wide interest. Houghton Lecturer recommendations are welcome throughout the year.
Web site: http://eaps-www.mit.edu/paoc/events/houghton-lectures/summer-2015-randel
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)
For more information, contact: Jen Fentress
617-253-2127
Supported through the Houghton Fund, Houghton Lecturers are distinguished visitors from outside MIT who we invite to spend a period of time, ranging from a week to several months as scientists-in-residence within our Program. During their stay it is customary for each lecturer to offer a short-course or a series of lectures on some topic of wide interest. Houghton Lecturer recommendations are welcome throughout the year.
Web site: http://eaps-www.mit.edu/paoc/events/houghton-lectures/summer-2015-randel
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)
For more information, contact: Jen Fentress
617-253-2127
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One Nation Under God: How Religious Nationalism Imperils International Order
WHEN Thu., May 21, 2015, 12:15 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Haravard, HKS, Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Religion, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR International Security Program
SPEAKER(S) Ahsan I. Butt, Stanton Nuclear Security Junior Faculty Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom
CONTACT INFO susan_lynch@harvard.edu
LINK http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/6665/one_nation_under_god.html
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Ending Alzheimer’s Together
WHEN Thu., May 21, 2015, 3 – 4 p.m.
WHERE 2nd floor conference room, Schepens Eye Research Institute, 20 Staniford Street, Boston
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Health Sciences, Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Mass. Eye and Ear/Schepens Eye Research Institute
SPEAKER(S) Eric M. Reiman, CEO of Banner Health; executive director of the Banner Alzheimer's Institute
CONTACT INFO susan_cardoza@meei.harvard.edu
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One Nation Under God: How Religious Nationalism Imperils International Order
WHEN Thu., May 21, 2015, 12:15 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Haravard, HKS, Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Religion, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR International Security Program
SPEAKER(S) Ahsan I. Butt, Stanton Nuclear Security Junior Faculty Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom
CONTACT INFO susan_lynch@harvard.edu
LINK http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/6665/one_nation_under_god.html
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Ending Alzheimer’s Together
WHEN Thu., May 21, 2015, 3 – 4 p.m.
WHERE 2nd floor conference room, Schepens Eye Research Institute, 20 Staniford Street, Boston
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Health Sciences, Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Mass. Eye and Ear/Schepens Eye Research Institute
SPEAKER(S) Eric M. Reiman, CEO of Banner Health; executive director of the Banner Alzheimer's Institute
CONTACT INFO susan_cardoza@meei.harvard.edu
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Electrochemical Pathways Towards Sustainability
Thursday, May 21
6:00 Social
6:30 Dinner
7:30 Program & Speaker
6:30 Dinner
7:30 Program & Speaker
Hyatt Regency Cambridge, 575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.asmboston.org
RSVP at http://www.asmboston.org
Cost: $0 - $30
Donald R. Sadoway, John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry, MIT
The road to sustainability is paved with electrochemical technology. Whether it be the problem of intermittency in the generation of electricity by renewable sources such as wind or solar or the problem of the carbon intensity associated with metals production, e.g., iron making in the blast furnace and aluminium smelting in the Hall-Héroult cell, electrochemical technologies can enable radical innovation in concert with sustainable development. Examples of applied electrochemistry in action will be illustrated in two different settings: metals production by molten oxide electrolysis (MOE), which is the electrolytic decomposition of a metal oxide into molten metal and oxygen gas. MOE represents an environmentally sound alternative to today’s carbon-intensive thermochemical metals reduction processes and can be used not only for primary metals production but also remediation of hazardous waste; stationary batteries for storage and delivery of off-peak power. Here the emphasis is on colossal current capability, e.g., 100s of kA with a footprint measuring 10s of metres, long service lifetime, and very low cost. Such large format batteries are the key enabling technology for carbon-free renewable, but intermittent, electric power generation, while enhancing security of today’s electricity grid. Electrochemistry in nonaqueous media is the common feature in both examples.
Donald R. Sadoway, John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry, MIT
The road to sustainability is paved with electrochemical technology. Whether it be the problem of intermittency in the generation of electricity by renewable sources such as wind or solar or the problem of the carbon intensity associated with metals production, e.g., iron making in the blast furnace and aluminium smelting in the Hall-Héroult cell, electrochemical technologies can enable radical innovation in concert with sustainable development. Examples of applied electrochemistry in action will be illustrated in two different settings: metals production by molten oxide electrolysis (MOE), which is the electrolytic decomposition of a metal oxide into molten metal and oxygen gas. MOE represents an environmentally sound alternative to today’s carbon-intensive thermochemical metals reduction processes and can be used not only for primary metals production but also remediation of hazardous waste; stationary batteries for storage and delivery of off-peak power. Here the emphasis is on colossal current capability, e.g., 100s of kA with a footprint measuring 10s of metres, long service lifetime, and very low cost. Such large format batteries are the key enabling technology for carbon-free renewable, but intermittent, electric power generation, while enhancing security of today’s electricity grid. Electrochemistry in nonaqueous media is the common feature in both examples.
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Connecting for Justice (@SoJust Open House)
Thursday, May 21
Thursday, May 21
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
Cost: $5-$20 collected at the door. Donate $10 or more to enter a door raffle. Raffle entrants also choose which local organization receives 25% of proceeds.
Cost: $5-$20 collected at the door. Donate $10 or more to enter a door raffle. Raffle entrants also choose which local organization receives 25% of proceeds.
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/connecting-for-justice-sojust-open-house-tickets-16606821450?aff=es2
How are you doing with your New Year's Resolution to get out there and meet people? Are you looking for volunteer opportunities? Ready to finally make that career move that will make you happy?
Attend Connecting for Justice to meet like-minded progressives and get connected to great social justice organizations in Boston. We're all about building a cross-issue progressive community and network in Boston. We're doing it by putting the social back in social justice. We create welcoming spaces that foster relationship-building across issue silos.
Socializing for Justice has grown to nearly 2700 members since 2006 and hosted nearly 200 events. Haven't been to a Socializing for Justice event? It’s time to meet 100+ friendly SoJusters!
A great spread of complimentary appetizers will be provided.
THIS IS NOT A MEETING
How are you doing with your New Year's Resolution to get out there and meet people? Are you looking for volunteer opportunities? Ready to finally make that career move that will make you happy?
Attend Connecting for Justice to meet like-minded progressives and get connected to great social justice organizations in Boston. We're all about building a cross-issue progressive community and network in Boston. We're doing it by putting the social back in social justice. We create welcoming spaces that foster relationship-building across issue silos.
Socializing for Justice has grown to nearly 2700 members since 2006 and hosted nearly 200 events. Haven't been to a Socializing for Justice event? It’s time to meet 100+ friendly SoJusters!
A great spread of complimentary appetizers will be provided.
THIS IS NOT A MEETING
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Crypto Party
Thursday, May 21
6-9pm. Free event
Parts and Crafts, 577 Somerville Avenue, Somerville
Privacy is a basic human right. In this post-Snowden world that we live in, it's clear that our digital communications are not safe from unwanted government surveillance. Despite the scary state of the world, there are things we can do to empower ourselves: We can embrace cryptography and defend our right to free speech.
A Crypto Party is a space to hang out and teach each other practical tools of digital security, such as how to set up email encryption on your computer and how to browse the web anonymously. Don't know much about computers? Don't worry! We will use accessible language and help you in every step of the way.
Schedule:
Introductions/ What do you want to learn?/ What can you teach?
6-7pm workshop: basic introduction to crypto, the impacts of surveillance on everyday people, and deconstructing the idea of “but I have nothing to hide.”
after that: bust out the laptops/devices and get to work! Helping each other in a non-heirarchical way
Potluck snacks/BYOB. Kids welcome to join. There will also be a table of zines on digital security.
Parts and Crafts is a makerspace and community workshop in Somerville. On this night, the usually kid-filled space is inviting grown-ups to come participate here. We ask that all grown-ups who use the space keep this in mind and respect the kid-friendly environment.
http://partsandcrafts.org
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Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?
Thursday, May 21
doors open 6:40; film starts promptly 7pm
243 Broadway, Cambridge - corner of Broadway and Windsor, entrance on Windsor
HEIST traces the worldwide economic collapse to a 1971 secret memo entitled "Attack on American Free Enterprise System". Written over 40 years ago by future Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell, at the behest of the US Chamber of Commerce, the 6-page memo, called for a big business makeover of government through corporate control of the media, academia, the pulpit, arts and sciences and destruction of organized labor and consumer protection groups.
HEIST exposes the systemic implementation of Powell's memo by BOTH U.S. political parties culminating in the deregulation of industry, outsourcing of jobs and regressive taxation. All of which led us to the global financial crisis of 2008 and the continued dismantling of the American middle class. Today, politics is the playground of the rich and powerful, with no thought given to the hopes and dreams of ordinary Americans.
US democracy has been sold to the highest bidder.
"Wherever one's politics fall on the spectrum, there is much in here - such as a maddening video clip in which an American law firm offers counsel on how to avoid hiring American workers - likely to give one pause." ~Mindy Farabee, LA Times
"See this film and you may begin entertaining the notion of public hangings." ~Pacific Sun
"HEIST is a one-stop summary of reasons for ordinary Americans to be furious at our financial systems. Its last third turns from compiling past outrages to encouraging activism, making this snappy, solid docu an ideal candidate for savvy distribs to jump on immediately." ~Dennis Harvey, Variety
"For those who have not paid attention to 'the man behind the curtain,' or those who have swallowed The Matrix's Blue Pill, HEIST is an absolute must-see." ~D. Schwartz, cine source
See trailer at http://www.heist-themovie.com
Please join us for a stimulating night out; bring your friends!
free film & free door prizes [donations are encouraged]
feel free to bring your own snacks and soft drinks - no alcohol allowed
"You can't legislate good will - that comes through education." ~ Malcolm X
UPandOUT film series - see http://rule19.org/videos
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Black Hole: How an Idea Abandoned by Newtonians, Hated by Einstein, and Gambled on by Hawking Became Loved
Thursday, May 21
7:30 pm
Harvard, Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge
Marcia Bartusiak
For more than half a century, physicists and astronomers engaged in heated dispute over the possibility of black holes in the universe. The weirdly alien notion of a space-time abyss from which nothing escapes - not even light - seemed to confound all logic. This engrossing book tells the story of the fierce black hole debates and the contributions of Einstein, Hawking, and other leading thinkers who completely altered our view of the cosmos. Marcia Bartusiak's numerous works include The Day We Found the Universe, Archives of the Universe, and Einstein's Unfinished Symphony.
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Friday, May 22
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Visual Communications: A Workshop for Developing Art, Research, and Innovation
Friday, May 22
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (EDT)
Harvard innovation lab, 125 Western Avenue, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/visual-communication-tickets-16903715468
Jonathan Harris, Digital Artist
Sepandar Kamvar, LG Career Development Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, MIT
Gregor Hochmuth, Engineer and Artist
Max Schorr, Founder GOOD Inc.
Sarah Schorr, Photographer and PhD Fellow in Media Studies, Aarhus Universitet
How do images and stories shift in the landscape of new media? In an environment proliferated by images, which ideas, structures, and pieces stand out? In this workshop, panelists will discuss their work on visual communication. Each of the five panel participants will give a brief presentation with some points of inspiration regarding a work-in-progress, and pose discussion questions for the group. An open conversation will follow the presentations.
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Saturday, May 23
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Dialogue with Lester Brown & HEEC End-of-Semester Social
Saturday, May 23
5:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Harvard University Science Center, 1 Oxford Street, Hall C, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/dialogue-with-lester-brown-heec-end-of-semester-social-tickets-16573829771
Harvard Extension Environmental Club
Crypto Party
Thursday, May 21
6-9pm. Free event
Parts and Crafts, 577 Somerville Avenue, Somerville
Privacy is a basic human right. In this post-Snowden world that we live in, it's clear that our digital communications are not safe from unwanted government surveillance. Despite the scary state of the world, there are things we can do to empower ourselves: We can embrace cryptography and defend our right to free speech.
A Crypto Party is a space to hang out and teach each other practical tools of digital security, such as how to set up email encryption on your computer and how to browse the web anonymously. Don't know much about computers? Don't worry! We will use accessible language and help you in every step of the way.
Schedule:
Introductions/ What do you want to learn?/ What can you teach?
6-7pm workshop: basic introduction to crypto, the impacts of surveillance on everyday people, and deconstructing the idea of “but I have nothing to hide.”
after that: bust out the laptops/devices and get to work! Helping each other in a non-heirarchical way
Potluck snacks/BYOB. Kids welcome to join. There will also be a table of zines on digital security.
Parts and Crafts is a makerspace and community workshop in Somerville. On this night, the usually kid-filled space is inviting grown-ups to come participate here. We ask that all grown-ups who use the space keep this in mind and respect the kid-friendly environment.
http://partsandcrafts.org
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Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?
Thursday, May 21
doors open 6:40; film starts promptly 7pm
243 Broadway, Cambridge - corner of Broadway and Windsor, entrance on Windsor
HEIST traces the worldwide economic collapse to a 1971 secret memo entitled "Attack on American Free Enterprise System". Written over 40 years ago by future Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell, at the behest of the US Chamber of Commerce, the 6-page memo, called for a big business makeover of government through corporate control of the media, academia, the pulpit, arts and sciences and destruction of organized labor and consumer protection groups.
HEIST exposes the systemic implementation of Powell's memo by BOTH U.S. political parties culminating in the deregulation of industry, outsourcing of jobs and regressive taxation. All of which led us to the global financial crisis of 2008 and the continued dismantling of the American middle class. Today, politics is the playground of the rich and powerful, with no thought given to the hopes and dreams of ordinary Americans.
US democracy has been sold to the highest bidder.
"Wherever one's politics fall on the spectrum, there is much in here - such as a maddening video clip in which an American law firm offers counsel on how to avoid hiring American workers - likely to give one pause." ~Mindy Farabee, LA Times
"See this film and you may begin entertaining the notion of public hangings." ~Pacific Sun
"HEIST is a one-stop summary of reasons for ordinary Americans to be furious at our financial systems. Its last third turns from compiling past outrages to encouraging activism, making this snappy, solid docu an ideal candidate for savvy distribs to jump on immediately." ~Dennis Harvey, Variety
"For those who have not paid attention to 'the man behind the curtain,' or those who have swallowed The Matrix's Blue Pill, HEIST is an absolute must-see." ~D. Schwartz, cine source
See trailer at http://www.heist-themovie.com
Please join us for a stimulating night out; bring your friends!
free film & free door prizes [donations are encouraged]
feel free to bring your own snacks and soft drinks - no alcohol allowed
"You can't legislate good will - that comes through education." ~ Malcolm X
UPandOUT film series - see http://rule19.org/videos
----------------------------
Black Hole: How an Idea Abandoned by Newtonians, Hated by Einstein, and Gambled on by Hawking Became Loved
Thursday, May 21
7:30 pm
Harvard, Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge
Marcia Bartusiak
For more than half a century, physicists and astronomers engaged in heated dispute over the possibility of black holes in the universe. The weirdly alien notion of a space-time abyss from which nothing escapes - not even light - seemed to confound all logic. This engrossing book tells the story of the fierce black hole debates and the contributions of Einstein, Hawking, and other leading thinkers who completely altered our view of the cosmos. Marcia Bartusiak's numerous works include The Day We Found the Universe, Archives of the Universe, and Einstein's Unfinished Symphony.
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Friday, May 22
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Visual Communications: A Workshop for Developing Art, Research, and Innovation
Friday, May 22
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (EDT)
Harvard innovation lab, 125 Western Avenue, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/visual-communication-tickets-16903715468
Jonathan Harris, Digital Artist
Sepandar Kamvar, LG Career Development Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, MIT
Gregor Hochmuth, Engineer and Artist
Max Schorr, Founder GOOD Inc.
Sarah Schorr, Photographer and PhD Fellow in Media Studies, Aarhus Universitet
How do images and stories shift in the landscape of new media? In an environment proliferated by images, which ideas, structures, and pieces stand out? In this workshop, panelists will discuss their work on visual communication. Each of the five panel participants will give a brief presentation with some points of inspiration regarding a work-in-progress, and pose discussion questions for the group. An open conversation will follow the presentations.
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Saturday, May 23
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Dialogue with Lester Brown & HEEC End-of-Semester Social
Saturday, May 23
5:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Harvard University Science Center, 1 Oxford Street, Hall C, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/dialogue-with-lester-brown-heec-end-of-semester-social-tickets-16573829771
Harvard Extension Environmental Club
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Tuesday, May 26
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Houghton Lecture - Asian monsoon anticyclone
Tuesday, May 26
11:00a–12:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
UTLS circulation and transport derived from satellite observations
Speaker: Dr. William Randel
The global upper troposphere - lower stratosphere (UTLS) is a transition region of strong dynamical and chemical variability, with contrasts in circulation and chemical behavior between the troposphere and stratosphere. This region exhibits complex dynamical, radiative, and chemical characteristics that place stringent requirements on observing and modeling systems. These lectures will focus on a series of topics related to the observed behavior of UTLS circulation, transport and chemical variability, as derived from satellite measurements combined with meteorological data sets.
Houghton Lectures
Supported through the Houghton Fund, Houghton Lecturers are distinguished visitors from outside MIT who we invite to spend a period of time, ranging from a week to several months as scientists-in-residence within our Program. During their stay it is customary for each lecturer to offer a short-course or a series of lectures on some topic of wide interest. Houghton Lecturer recommendations are welcome throughout the year.
Web site: http://eaps-www.mit.edu/paoc/events/houghton-lectures/summer-2015-randel
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)
For more information, contact: Jen Fentress
617-253-2127
11:00a–12:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
UTLS circulation and transport derived from satellite observations
Speaker: Dr. William Randel
The global upper troposphere - lower stratosphere (UTLS) is a transition region of strong dynamical and chemical variability, with contrasts in circulation and chemical behavior between the troposphere and stratosphere. This region exhibits complex dynamical, radiative, and chemical characteristics that place stringent requirements on observing and modeling systems. These lectures will focus on a series of topics related to the observed behavior of UTLS circulation, transport and chemical variability, as derived from satellite measurements combined with meteorological data sets.
Houghton Lectures
Supported through the Houghton Fund, Houghton Lecturers are distinguished visitors from outside MIT who we invite to spend a period of time, ranging from a week to several months as scientists-in-residence within our Program. During their stay it is customary for each lecturer to offer a short-course or a series of lectures on some topic of wide interest. Houghton Lecturer recommendations are welcome throughout the year.
Web site: http://eaps-www.mit.edu/paoc/events/houghton-lectures/summer-2015-randel
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)
For more information, contact: Jen Fentress
617-253-2127
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CafeSci Boston: Investigating Urban Carbon Cycles with BU's Dr. Lucy Hutyra
Tuesday, May 26
7:00p - 8:00p
Le Laboratoire, 650 East Kendall Street, Cambridge
Le Laboratoire, 650 East Kendall Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/investigating-urban-carbon-cycles-with-dr-lucy-hutyra-tickets-16916327190
The vast majority of our CO2 emissions can be attributed to cities. The combination of large, concentrated greenhouse gas emissions and rapid urban growth make cities key elements of our climate problem, but cities offer the potential to serve as ?first responders? for climate action. This talk will explore several facets of the carbon cycle at the urban scale including the social drivers of fossil fuel emissions and the physical
determinants of biological carbon flows.
About the Speaker
Dr. Lucy Hutyra received her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2007 and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment at Boston University. Her current research interests center on characterization of the urban carbon cycle, including quantifying the
effects of urbanization on vegetation structure and productivity, developing urban greenhouse gas monitoring systems, and refining fossil fuel emissions estimates. Hutyra is an investigator on several NASA and NSF research projects linking remote sensing, atmospheric observations, field measurements, and models to study the urban carbon cycle. She was the recipient of an NSF CAREER award in 2012, serves on the North American Carbon Program Scientific Steering Group, and has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles on various aspects of the carbon cycle.
Please join us for drink and conversation. This is a free event, but limited seating is available. We encourage you to RSVP through Eventbrite
so we can estimate attendance.
The vast majority of our CO2 emissions can be attributed to cities. The combination of large, concentrated greenhouse gas emissions and rapid urban growth make cities key elements of our climate problem, but cities offer the potential to serve as ?first responders? for climate action. This talk will explore several facets of the carbon cycle at the urban scale including the social drivers of fossil fuel emissions and the physical
determinants of biological carbon flows.
About the Speaker
Dr. Lucy Hutyra received her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2007 and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment at Boston University. Her current research interests center on characterization of the urban carbon cycle, including quantifying the
effects of urbanization on vegetation structure and productivity, developing urban greenhouse gas monitoring systems, and refining fossil fuel emissions estimates. Hutyra is an investigator on several NASA and NSF research projects linking remote sensing, atmospheric observations, field measurements, and models to study the urban carbon cycle. She was the recipient of an NSF CAREER award in 2012, serves on the North American Carbon Program Scientific Steering Group, and has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles on various aspects of the carbon cycle.
Please join us for drink and conversation. This is a free event, but limited seating is available. We encourage you to RSVP through Eventbrite
so we can estimate attendance.
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Dorie Clark at Brookline Booksmith: Stand Out
Tuesday, May 26
Tuesday, May 26
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/dorie-clark-at-brookline-booksmith-stand-out-tickets-16374787430
Too many people believe that if they keep their heads down and work hard, they'll be lauded as experts on the merits of their work. But that’s simply not true anymore. To advance your business or your cause, you have to inspire others to listen and take action. You have to learn how to stand out. Please join us for HBR and Forbes contributor Dorie Clark's book launch party for Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It.
Dorie Clark is an Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the author of Reinventing You (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013) and Stand Out (Portfolio/Penguin, 2015). A former presidential campaign spokeswoman, she is a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Entrepreneur. Recognized as a “branding expert” by the Associated Press, Inc., and Fortune, Clark is a marketing strategy consultant and speaker for clients including Google, Microsoft, Yale University, Fidelity, and the World Bank. You can follow her on Twitter @dorieclark and download her free 42-page Stand Out Self-Assessment Workbook.
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Wednesday, May 27
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Building a Proactive Cyber Defense Strategy, from Tools to Tactics
Wednesday, May 27
5:30p–8:00p
MIT, Building 32-123, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/events/innovation-series-event-cyber-security/
Cost: Free for Students; $20 Members, $45 Non-members
Cyber attacks against companies of all sizes appear to hit without warning, leaving management teams in a state of crisis. Though, what if it were possible to predict an attack before the first shot was fired and if so, what would a proactive cyber defense strategy look like? Our panel of renowned experts will provide an actionable primer that highlights the tools and tactics to help your team stay a step ahead.
Moderator: Lori Glover, Managing Director of Alliances, MIT CSAIL / Executive Director, CyberSecurity@CSAIL
Panelists:
Christopher Ahlberg, CEO, Recorded Future
Alex Jordan, Senior Scientist, Raytheon BBN
Paul Paget, CEO, Pwnie Express
Corey Thomas, CEO, Rapid7
Michele Whitham, Partner, Foley Hoag
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free for Students; $20 Members, $45 Non-members
Sponsor(s): MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge
For more information, contact: Amy Goggins
617-253-3937
entforumcambridge@mit.edu
Join Cambridge City Councillor Nadeem Mazen as he moderates a panel of local and national thought leaders around the effects of the sharing economy on our community.
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Monday, June 1
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Too many people believe that if they keep their heads down and work hard, they'll be lauded as experts on the merits of their work. But that’s simply not true anymore. To advance your business or your cause, you have to inspire others to listen and take action. You have to learn how to stand out. Please join us for HBR and Forbes contributor Dorie Clark's book launch party for Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It.
Dorie Clark is an Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the author of Reinventing You (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013) and Stand Out (Portfolio/Penguin, 2015). A former presidential campaign spokeswoman, she is a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Entrepreneur. Recognized as a “branding expert” by the Associated Press, Inc., and Fortune, Clark is a marketing strategy consultant and speaker for clients including Google, Microsoft, Yale University, Fidelity, and the World Bank. You can follow her on Twitter @dorieclark and download her free 42-page Stand Out Self-Assessment Workbook.
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Wednesday, May 27
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Building a Proactive Cyber Defense Strategy, from Tools to Tactics
Wednesday, May 27
5:30p–8:00p
MIT, Building 32-123, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/events/innovation-series-event-cyber-security/
Cost: Free for Students; $20 Members, $45 Non-members
Cyber attacks against companies of all sizes appear to hit without warning, leaving management teams in a state of crisis. Though, what if it were possible to predict an attack before the first shot was fired and if so, what would a proactive cyber defense strategy look like? Our panel of renowned experts will provide an actionable primer that highlights the tools and tactics to help your team stay a step ahead.
Moderator: Lori Glover, Managing Director of Alliances, MIT CSAIL / Executive Director, CyberSecurity@CSAIL
Panelists:
Christopher Ahlberg, CEO, Recorded Future
Alex Jordan, Senior Scientist, Raytheon BBN
Paul Paget, CEO, Pwnie Express
Corey Thomas, CEO, Rapid7
Michele Whitham, Partner, Foley Hoag
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free for Students; $20 Members, $45 Non-members
Sponsor(s): MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge
For more information, contact: Amy Goggins
617-253-3937
entforumcambridge@mit.edu
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Thursday, May 28
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Cybersecurity Innovation
Thursday, May 28
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM (EDT)
MIT, One Main Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/cybersecurity-innovation-tickets-16883110839
Cybersecurity innovation is a recognized goal across industry, and in society, due to the increasing threat of cyber espionage and crime as well as the importance of maintaining simple user interfaces. MIT Startup Exchange (STEX) is convening a workshop to discuss the latest advances in cybersecurity from the perspective of corporates, academics, VCs, and startups in the MIT ecosystem redefining the field today. We aim to cover innovation models, technologies, collaboration patterns, and partnerships. The target audience is the MIT innovation ecosystem, including faculty, students, startups, and ILP member companies. The event is open to all and free of charge.
AGENDA
08:30 AM Breakfast and registration.
First session
08:45 AM Welcome: "MIT's Cybersecurity startups," Trond Undheim, Ph.D., Lead, MIT Startup Exchange, MIT ILP (host).
09:00 AM Introductory remarks: "Connecting industry to research, innovation, and startups," Karl Koster, Executive Director, MIT ILP.
09:10 AM Keynote I: "Corporate trends in cybersecurity," George Wrenn, Chief Security Officer, and VP cyber security at Schneider Electric.
09:30 AM Keynote II: "Cybersecurity investment trends," Chris Lynch, Partner, Atlas Ventures.
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Coffee break (10 min)
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10:00 AM Keynote III: "The urgent need for cybersecurity policy," Daniel Weitzner, Director, MIT CSAIL Decentralized Information Group.
10:15 AM Lightning talks (MIT-connected startups, ILP member companies, MIT innovators, etc.). Gagan Prakash, Founder, CEO at Astra IDentity, Inc., John Henry Clippinger, ID3 Executive Director/CEO and Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab.
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Coffee break (10 min)
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10:30 AM: Panel discussion: Cybersecurity Innovation
What are important trends in security/trust/cybersecurity tech startups from MIT (and elsewhere)?
What does the cybersecurity innovation ecosystem look like (infrastructure, interoperability, technology, use cases, stakeholders, success stories)?
What are corporate priorities in cybersecurity?
What is the smart money focused on?
Panelists:
Chris Lynch, Partner, Atlas Ventures.
George Wrenn, Chief Security Officer, and VP Cybersecurity at Schneider Electric.
Jean Yang & Frank Wang, co-founders, Cybersecurity Factory, MIT CSAIL. Also, see Students launch Cybersecurity Factory to help launch startups (CSAIL News, 3/31/15)
Daniel Weitzner, Director, MIT CSAIL Decentralized Information Group.
MIT connected startup executives (Andrew Sudbury, Co-founder & CTO, Abine, Adam Towvim, CEO, TrustLayers, Inc., Gita Srivastava, CEO, Gigavation).
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Thursday, May 28
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Cybersecurity Innovation
Thursday, May 28
8:30 AM to 11:30 AM (EDT)
MIT, One Main Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/cybersecurity-innovation-tickets-16883110839
Cybersecurity innovation is a recognized goal across industry, and in society, due to the increasing threat of cyber espionage and crime as well as the importance of maintaining simple user interfaces. MIT Startup Exchange (STEX) is convening a workshop to discuss the latest advances in cybersecurity from the perspective of corporates, academics, VCs, and startups in the MIT ecosystem redefining the field today. We aim to cover innovation models, technologies, collaboration patterns, and partnerships. The target audience is the MIT innovation ecosystem, including faculty, students, startups, and ILP member companies. The event is open to all and free of charge.
AGENDA
08:30 AM Breakfast and registration.
First session
08:45 AM Welcome: "MIT's Cybersecurity startups," Trond Undheim, Ph.D., Lead, MIT Startup Exchange, MIT ILP (host).
09:00 AM Introductory remarks: "Connecting industry to research, innovation, and startups," Karl Koster, Executive Director, MIT ILP.
09:10 AM Keynote I: "Corporate trends in cybersecurity," George Wrenn, Chief Security Officer, and VP cyber security at Schneider Electric.
09:30 AM Keynote II: "Cybersecurity investment trends," Chris Lynch, Partner, Atlas Ventures.
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Coffee break (10 min)
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10:00 AM Keynote III: "The urgent need for cybersecurity policy," Daniel Weitzner, Director, MIT CSAIL Decentralized Information Group.
10:15 AM Lightning talks (MIT-connected startups, ILP member companies, MIT innovators, etc.). Gagan Prakash, Founder, CEO at Astra IDentity, Inc., John Henry Clippinger, ID3 Executive Director/CEO and Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab.
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Coffee break (10 min)
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10:30 AM: Panel discussion: Cybersecurity Innovation
What are important trends in security/trust/cybersecurity tech startups from MIT (and elsewhere)?
What does the cybersecurity innovation ecosystem look like (infrastructure, interoperability, technology, use cases, stakeholders, success stories)?
What are corporate priorities in cybersecurity?
What is the smart money focused on?
Panelists:
Chris Lynch, Partner, Atlas Ventures.
George Wrenn, Chief Security Officer, and VP Cybersecurity at Schneider Electric.
Jean Yang & Frank Wang, co-founders, Cybersecurity Factory, MIT CSAIL. Also, see Students launch Cybersecurity Factory to help launch startups (CSAIL News, 3/31/15)
Daniel Weitzner, Director, MIT CSAIL Decentralized Information Group.
MIT connected startup executives (Andrew Sudbury, Co-founder & CTO, Abine, Adam Towvim, CEO, TrustLayers, Inc., Gita Srivastava, CEO, Gigavation).
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Houghton Lecture - Stratospheric water vapor
Thursday, May 28
11:00a–12:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
UTLS circulation and transport derived from satellite observations
Speaker: Dr. William Randel
The global upper troposphere - lower stratosphere (UTLS) is a transition region of strong dynamical and chemical variability, with contrasts in circulation and chemical behavior between the troposphere and stratosphere. This region exhibits complex dynamical, radiative, and chemical characteristics that place stringent requirements on observing and modeling systems. These lectures will focus on a series of topics related to the observed behavior of UTLS circulation, transport and chemical variability, as derived from satellite measurements combined with meteorological data sets.
11:00a–12:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
UTLS circulation and transport derived from satellite observations
Speaker: Dr. William Randel
The global upper troposphere - lower stratosphere (UTLS) is a transition region of strong dynamical and chemical variability, with contrasts in circulation and chemical behavior between the troposphere and stratosphere. This region exhibits complex dynamical, radiative, and chemical characteristics that place stringent requirements on observing and modeling systems. These lectures will focus on a series of topics related to the observed behavior of UTLS circulation, transport and chemical variability, as derived from satellite measurements combined with meteorological data sets.
Houghton Lectures
Supported through the Houghton Fund, Houghton Lecturers are distinguished visitors from outside MIT who we invite to spend a period of time, ranging from a week to several months as scientists-in-residence within our Program. During their stay it is customary for each lecturer to offer a short-course or a series of lectures on some topic of wide interest. Houghton Lecturer recommendations are welcome throughout the year.
Web site: http://eaps-www.mit.edu/paoc/events/houghton-lectures/summer-2015-randel
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)
For more information, contact: Jen Fentress
617-253-2127
Supported through the Houghton Fund, Houghton Lecturers are distinguished visitors from outside MIT who we invite to spend a period of time, ranging from a week to several months as scientists-in-residence within our Program. During their stay it is customary for each lecturer to offer a short-course or a series of lectures on some topic of wide interest. Houghton Lecturer recommendations are welcome throughout the year.
Web site: http://eaps-www.mit.edu/paoc/events/houghton-lectures/summer-2015-randel
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)
For more information, contact: Jen Fentress
617-253-2127
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Big Ideas: Wearables, IoT, and MEMs
Thursday, May 28
Thursday, May 28
6:00 PM to 9:30 PM (EDT)
Draper Laboratory, Hill Building, One Hampshire Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/big-ideas-wearables-iot-and-mems-tickets-17012875970
Kristen Wallerius, Licensing Manager @ Springer SBM
EVENT SUMMARY: Springer invites you to an evening of professional networking with leaders from the MEMs, Wearables, and IoT industry from the Boston/Cambridge community and beyond. We welcome private and industrial researchers and professionals; this event program is not tailored for an Academic audience. Space is limited; advance registration is required!
Guest speakers and attendees will have the opportunity to explore the increasingly interdependent industries of MEMs, Sensors, IoT, Wearables, Electronics, Nanoscience, in applications as wide ranging as the human body and smart homes.
Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served throughout the evening, as part of your free registration.
Evening Agenda
6:00-6:30 – Networking Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres
6:30-7:00 – Welcome and Introduction to Springer for R&D, Kristen Wallerius, Licensing Manager
7:00-7:15 – Betty Edwards, Senior Research Analyst, Draper Laboratory
7:15-8:00 – Insights from leading experts in the Wearables, IoT, and MEMs industry (Speakers TBA)
8:00-8:30 – Nanoscience Audience Response Q&A Session by Springer
8:30-9:30 – Networking
9:30 PM – Program Ends
Who should attend?
CEOs, CTOs, CIOs, Heads of R&D, Product Engineers, Device Manufacturers, Materials Scientists, Chemical Engineers, Researchers, Product Developers, Fabrication Specialists, Heads of Research Labs, Nanotechnologists, and any other SMEs as appropriate.
A limited number of spaces are available for the event, on a first-come, first-served basis. RSVP now to attend.
Presented by: Springer - the leading science, technology, and medical publisher. Learn more at www.springer.com/RD
Kristen Wallerius, Licensing Manager @ Springer SBM
EVENT SUMMARY: Springer invites you to an evening of professional networking with leaders from the MEMs, Wearables, and IoT industry from the Boston/Cambridge community and beyond. We welcome private and industrial researchers and professionals; this event program is not tailored for an Academic audience. Space is limited; advance registration is required!
Guest speakers and attendees will have the opportunity to explore the increasingly interdependent industries of MEMs, Sensors, IoT, Wearables, Electronics, Nanoscience, in applications as wide ranging as the human body and smart homes.
Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served throughout the evening, as part of your free registration.
Evening Agenda
6:00-6:30 – Networking Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres
6:30-7:00 – Welcome and Introduction to Springer for R&D, Kristen Wallerius, Licensing Manager
7:00-7:15 – Betty Edwards, Senior Research Analyst, Draper Laboratory
7:15-8:00 – Insights from leading experts in the Wearables, IoT, and MEMs industry (Speakers TBA)
8:00-8:30 – Nanoscience Audience Response Q&A Session by Springer
8:30-9:30 – Networking
9:30 PM – Program Ends
Who should attend?
CEOs, CTOs, CIOs, Heads of R&D, Product Engineers, Device Manufacturers, Materials Scientists, Chemical Engineers, Researchers, Product Developers, Fabrication Specialists, Heads of Research Labs, Nanotechnologists, and any other SMEs as appropriate.
A limited number of spaces are available for the event, on a first-come, first-served basis. RSVP now to attend.
Presented by: Springer - the leading science, technology, and medical publisher. Learn more at www.springer.com/RD
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#DesigninTech
Thursday, May 28
6:30 PM to 7:30 PM (EDT)
The Grommet, 36 Cameron Avenue. Cambridge
John Maeda and Jules Pieri
John Maeda is Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and also Chair of the eBay Inc Design Advisory Board. He actively bridges technology, design, and leadership. His work as an artist, graphic designer, computer scientist and educator earned him the distinction of being named one of the 75 most influential people of the 21st century by Esquire. As a professor at the MIT Media Lab starting in 1996, Maeda led research that brought together technologists, designers, and business leaders into a common space of possibility. Maeda's early work -- bridging advanced computation with traditional visual art -- is represented in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
In June 2008, Maeda became president of Rhode Island School of Design. At RISD, Maeda led the movement to transform STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) to STEAM by adding Art. He earned a National Design Award in the US in 2001; in 2002, the Mainichi Design Prize in Japan; and in 2005, the Raymond Loewy Foundation Prize in Germany. Maeda was inducted into the New York Art Director’s Club Hall of Fame in 2009, and was a recipient of the AIGA Medal in 2010.
His current focus is on imagining how design and venture can better merge together. He serves on the boards of Sonos and Wieden+Kennedy, and on the Davos World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on New Growth Models. Maeda has published four books including The Laws of Simplicity, now translated into 14 languages. His new book with Becky Bermont, Redesigning Leadership, expands on his micro-posts on leadership and on Twitter as @johnmaeda -- named as one of the 140 Best Twitter Feeds by TIME Magazine.
Jules Pieri spent her childhood days reading every single biography her Detroit elementary school offered, filling her head with gigantic ideas about how each and every person can impact the world. This inspires Jules as she leads The Grommet. She's building a Citizen Commerce-powered platform to help people support the kind of products that align with their interests and values. Jules' confidence in attacking seemingly impossible challenges was formed at a young age. Her first trip to Europe was not a mere visit...she moved herself to Paris right out of college. Similarly, she relocated her family of five to Ireland for the first half of this decade. Why? Why not?
The Grommet is Jules' third startup. Jules started her professional life as an industrial designer working for computer enterprises. She soon realized the majority of our economy is shaped by consumer products companies, so she followed the action over to consumer brands as an executive at Keds and Hasbro. Jules is told she is the first industrial designer to get a Harvard MBA, where she is now an Entrepreneur in Residence. Jules was named one of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs in 2013 and in June 2014, she was invited to launch The Grommet Wholesale Platform at the first-ever White House Maker Faire.
Follow Jules on Twitter at @julespieri.
The Grommet's offices are located at 36 Cameron Avenue in Cambridge
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Author/Beekeeper Jacqueline Freeman: The Song of Increase
Thursday, May 28
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Follow the Honey, 1132 Massachusetts Avenur, Cambridge
We are delighted and honored to host treatment free beekeeper, biodynamic farmer & author, Jacqueline Freeman, whose recently published, "A Song of Increase: Returning to our Sacred Relationshiop with Honey Bees" has met with rave accolades for its poetic prose, critical insights & prescient message.
Please join us for a talk, book signing & light refreshments.
Jacqueline Freeman has been stewarding bees since 2004. In her first year, she attended bee school where beekeepers were taught to douse their bees with chemical treatments and pinch (kill) the queen each year. She instinctively knew that was not the route she wanted to take. She committed herself to treatment-free beekeeping, seeking ways to recreate the natural methods bees use to maintain good health.
Even with good intentions, she lost all her bees the first few years. Back then there wasn't as much support for clean beekeeping and it was hard to find books and discussion groups that put the needs of bees first, but she managed to find a few. Meanwhile, she spent thousands of hours watching her bees, hoping to unravel the mysteries of responsible beekeeping.
After many years of bee study, she began to see subtleties in their behavior and to grasp larger lessons about the colonies themselves. She learned to be quiet and listen, watching them for hours on end, asking the bees how to care for them and what would help them thrive. She sometimes saw images in her mind that included information she had never read or known. She carefully recorded her notes and began to realize the bees were indeed communicating with her. Gradually, a richer understanding of bees emerged.
Honeybees were once thought of as heavenly messengers, an expression of the wisdom in the universe, a spark of cosmic consciousness and a gift to the world. When bees became a commodity of modern agriculture, this deeper understanding of their true nature was lost. Right now honeybees are in crisis; their populations dwindling at alarming rates. Prevailing attitudes and conventional beekeeping methods are designed to make beekeeping easier for humans, but not all of these methods are bee friendly.
Now a new, more compassionate movement is emerging. Asking first, “What is best for the bees?," caring beekeepers are questioning human-centric methods and finding new principles to guide their bee care.
Jacqueline has been treatment-free for more than a decade and her hives are strong. She listens to the bees, observes their behavior and interactions to understand what goes on in the hive and how best to support them. She treats bees with respect and gratitude. This bee-centered approach re-establishes a reverent and respectful relationship with them and a meaningful manner of interacting with them.
Jacqueline's book, “The Song of Increase: Returning to Our Sacred Partnership with Honeybees," contains her observations and communications with the bees. This is not a typical user’s guide to beekeeping, rather it offers unique insights that inform and inspire, and in so doing, fundamentally alters our relationship to, and understanding of, bees in ways that help ensure their survival. Her talk is full of gorgeous images and recordings of bee life.
Originally from Massachusetts, Jacqueline has lived in Washington state for the past 25 years where she and her husband are biodynamic farmers.
#DesigninTech
Thursday, May 28
6:30 PM to 7:30 PM (EDT)
The Grommet, 36 Cameron Avenue. Cambridge
John Maeda and Jules Pieri
John Maeda is Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and also Chair of the eBay Inc Design Advisory Board. He actively bridges technology, design, and leadership. His work as an artist, graphic designer, computer scientist and educator earned him the distinction of being named one of the 75 most influential people of the 21st century by Esquire. As a professor at the MIT Media Lab starting in 1996, Maeda led research that brought together technologists, designers, and business leaders into a common space of possibility. Maeda's early work -- bridging advanced computation with traditional visual art -- is represented in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
In June 2008, Maeda became president of Rhode Island School of Design. At RISD, Maeda led the movement to transform STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) to STEAM by adding Art. He earned a National Design Award in the US in 2001; in 2002, the Mainichi Design Prize in Japan; and in 2005, the Raymond Loewy Foundation Prize in Germany. Maeda was inducted into the New York Art Director’s Club Hall of Fame in 2009, and was a recipient of the AIGA Medal in 2010.
His current focus is on imagining how design and venture can better merge together. He serves on the boards of Sonos and Wieden+Kennedy, and on the Davos World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on New Growth Models. Maeda has published four books including The Laws of Simplicity, now translated into 14 languages. His new book with Becky Bermont, Redesigning Leadership, expands on his micro-posts on leadership and on Twitter as @johnmaeda -- named as one of the 140 Best Twitter Feeds by TIME Magazine.
Jules Pieri spent her childhood days reading every single biography her Detroit elementary school offered, filling her head with gigantic ideas about how each and every person can impact the world. This inspires Jules as she leads The Grommet. She's building a Citizen Commerce-powered platform to help people support the kind of products that align with their interests and values. Jules' confidence in attacking seemingly impossible challenges was formed at a young age. Her first trip to Europe was not a mere visit...she moved herself to Paris right out of college. Similarly, she relocated her family of five to Ireland for the first half of this decade. Why? Why not?
The Grommet is Jules' third startup. Jules started her professional life as an industrial designer working for computer enterprises. She soon realized the majority of our economy is shaped by consumer products companies, so she followed the action over to consumer brands as an executive at Keds and Hasbro. Jules is told she is the first industrial designer to get a Harvard MBA, where she is now an Entrepreneur in Residence. Jules was named one of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs in 2013 and in June 2014, she was invited to launch The Grommet Wholesale Platform at the first-ever White House Maker Faire.
Follow Jules on Twitter at @julespieri.
The Grommet's offices are located at 36 Cameron Avenue in Cambridge
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Author/Beekeeper Jacqueline Freeman: The Song of Increase
Thursday, May 28
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Follow the Honey, 1132 Massachusetts Avenur, Cambridge
We are delighted and honored to host treatment free beekeeper, biodynamic farmer & author, Jacqueline Freeman, whose recently published, "A Song of Increase: Returning to our Sacred Relationshiop with Honey Bees" has met with rave accolades for its poetic prose, critical insights & prescient message.
Please join us for a talk, book signing & light refreshments.
Jacqueline Freeman has been stewarding bees since 2004. In her first year, she attended bee school where beekeepers were taught to douse their bees with chemical treatments and pinch (kill) the queen each year. She instinctively knew that was not the route she wanted to take. She committed herself to treatment-free beekeeping, seeking ways to recreate the natural methods bees use to maintain good health.
Even with good intentions, she lost all her bees the first few years. Back then there wasn't as much support for clean beekeeping and it was hard to find books and discussion groups that put the needs of bees first, but she managed to find a few. Meanwhile, she spent thousands of hours watching her bees, hoping to unravel the mysteries of responsible beekeeping.
After many years of bee study, she began to see subtleties in their behavior and to grasp larger lessons about the colonies themselves. She learned to be quiet and listen, watching them for hours on end, asking the bees how to care for them and what would help them thrive. She sometimes saw images in her mind that included information she had never read or known. She carefully recorded her notes and began to realize the bees were indeed communicating with her. Gradually, a richer understanding of bees emerged.
Honeybees were once thought of as heavenly messengers, an expression of the wisdom in the universe, a spark of cosmic consciousness and a gift to the world. When bees became a commodity of modern agriculture, this deeper understanding of their true nature was lost. Right now honeybees are in crisis; their populations dwindling at alarming rates. Prevailing attitudes and conventional beekeeping methods are designed to make beekeeping easier for humans, but not all of these methods are bee friendly.
Now a new, more compassionate movement is emerging. Asking first, “What is best for the bees?," caring beekeepers are questioning human-centric methods and finding new principles to guide their bee care.
Jacqueline has been treatment-free for more than a decade and her hives are strong. She listens to the bees, observes their behavior and interactions to understand what goes on in the hive and how best to support them. She treats bees with respect and gratitude. This bee-centered approach re-establishes a reverent and respectful relationship with them and a meaningful manner of interacting with them.
Jacqueline's book, “The Song of Increase: Returning to Our Sacred Partnership with Honeybees," contains her observations and communications with the bees. This is not a typical user’s guide to beekeeping, rather it offers unique insights that inform and inspire, and in so doing, fundamentally alters our relationship to, and understanding of, bees in ways that help ensure their survival. Her talk is full of gorgeous images and recordings of bee life.
Originally from Massachusetts, Jacqueline has lived in Washington state for the past 25 years where she and her husband are biodynamic farmers.
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From Energy to Advocacy
Thursday, May 28
Thursday, May 28
8:30 PM to 10:45 PM (EDT)
Merkaz IAC Boston, 1320 Centre Street, Newton
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-energy-to-advocacy-tickets-16998605286
The IAC Advocacy program invites you to an intimate meeting with Chaim Motzen, co-founder of Gigawatt Global, an American-Israeli firm nominated for the 2015 Noble Peace Prize for being the first to develop a utility-scale solar field in East Africa. Chaim will speak about his initiative as an example of how Israeli innovation is making an impact all over the world. The event is free and will take place in Hebrew. Space is limited. RSVP REQUIRED.
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Friday, May 29
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Global Real Estate Forum
Friday, May 29
7:00a–1:00p
Boston Federal Bank Building, 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston
RSVP at http://mitcre.mit.edu/news/annual-real-estate-forum-30th-celebration
Cost: $75, $99, $249
MIT Center for Real Estate brings Industry Leaders together to discuss two important topics from a global perspective: Industrial Development & Logistics Clusters, and Housing Affordability in a 24 hour Cities: Key Issues and Strategies in NY, Boston and London.
Join the Conversation
Web site: http://mitcre.mit.edu/news/annual-real-estate-forum-30th-celebration
Open to: the general public
Cost: 75, 99, 249
Tickets: online
Sponsor(s): Center for Real Estate
For more information, contact: Michelle Heller
6172538311
mheller1@mit.edu
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The IAC Advocacy program invites you to an intimate meeting with Chaim Motzen, co-founder of Gigawatt Global, an American-Israeli firm nominated for the 2015 Noble Peace Prize for being the first to develop a utility-scale solar field in East Africa. Chaim will speak about his initiative as an example of how Israeli innovation is making an impact all over the world. The event is free and will take place in Hebrew. Space is limited. RSVP REQUIRED.
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Friday, May 29
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Global Real Estate Forum
Friday, May 29
7:00a–1:00p
Boston Federal Bank Building, 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston
RSVP at http://mitcre.mit.edu/news/annual-real-estate-forum-30th-celebration
Cost: $75, $99, $249
MIT Center for Real Estate brings Industry Leaders together to discuss two important topics from a global perspective: Industrial Development & Logistics Clusters, and Housing Affordability in a 24 hour Cities: Key Issues and Strategies in NY, Boston and London.
Join the Conversation
Web site: http://mitcre.mit.edu/news/annual-real-estate-forum-30th-celebration
Open to: the general public
Cost: 75, 99, 249
Tickets: online
Sponsor(s): Center for Real Estate
For more information, contact: Michelle Heller
6172538311
mheller1@mit.edu
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Global STEM Education & an Innovation-Driven Global Workforce of the 21 Century
Friday, May 29
Friday, May 29
7:30 AM to 12:30 PM (EDT)
Harvard Graduate School of Education: Larsen Hall G-08, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge
Cost: $50.00
Cost: $50.00
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-stem-education-an-innovation-driven-global-workforce-of-the-21-century-tickets-15652893225
Please join leaders and practitioners of Global STEM education for a discussion of the importance of Global STEM Education in Massachusetts and the US, and specifically, why Global STEM Education is important for industry as well as education. National and Global educational leaders will address Global STEM Education & an Innovation-driven 21st Century Global Workforce and the challenges of preparing students for the innovation-driven globally competitive workforce in their future. Generously hosted by the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Keynote speakers:
First Keynote speaker: Richard Miller, President of Olin College of Engineering
Second Keynote speaker:Tony Wagner, Expert in Residence, Harvard Innovation Lab
Among the presenters and panelists are:
-Kara Miller, Host and Executive Editor WGBH & PRI's Innovation Hub (moderator)
-Ellen Ferrarro, Director, Integrated Defense Systems, Raytheon
-Lance Hartford, Executive Director, Massachusetts Biotech Education Foundation
-Margaret McKenna, Immediate Past Chair, Board of Elem & Secondary Education
-Fernando Reimers, Harvard Graduate School of Ed, Professor of International Ed
-Allison Scheff, Executive Director, STEM & Governor's STEM Advisory Council
-Thomas Weber, Commissioner of Early Childhood Education and Care
-Isa Zimmerman Chairman, Global STEM Education Center, Inc. (moderator)
-Larisa Schelkin, CEO and Founder, Global STEM Education Center, Inc
Hope you will join our discussion!
Please join leaders and practitioners of Global STEM education for a discussion of the importance of Global STEM Education in Massachusetts and the US, and specifically, why Global STEM Education is important for industry as well as education. National and Global educational leaders will address Global STEM Education & an Innovation-driven 21st Century Global Workforce and the challenges of preparing students for the innovation-driven globally competitive workforce in their future. Generously hosted by the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Keynote speakers:
First Keynote speaker: Richard Miller, President of Olin College of Engineering
Second Keynote speaker:Tony Wagner, Expert in Residence, Harvard Innovation Lab
Among the presenters and panelists are:
-Kara Miller, Host and Executive Editor WGBH & PRI's Innovation Hub (moderator)
-Ellen Ferrarro, Director, Integrated Defense Systems, Raytheon
-Lance Hartford, Executive Director, Massachusetts Biotech Education Foundation
-Margaret McKenna, Immediate Past Chair, Board of Elem & Secondary Education
-Fernando Reimers, Harvard Graduate School of Ed, Professor of International Ed
-Allison Scheff, Executive Director, STEM & Governor's STEM Advisory Council
-Thomas Weber, Commissioner of Early Childhood Education and Care
-Isa Zimmerman Chairman, Global STEM Education Center, Inc. (moderator)
-Larisa Schelkin, CEO and Founder, Global STEM Education Center, Inc
Hope you will join our discussion!
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Radcliffe Day Panel: A Decade of Decisions and Dissents: The Roberts Court, from 2005 to Today
WHEN Fri., May 29, 2015, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
WHERE Virtual Event
Webcast live from the Radcliffe Institute
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Law, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
SPEAKER(S) Moderated by Margaret H. Marshall, EdM ’69, the former chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and a senior research fellow and lecturer on law at Harvard Law School
Linda Greenhouse ’68, Knight Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence and Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School, and former Supreme Court correspondent, The New York Times
Michael Klarman, Kirkland & Ellis Professor, Harvard Law School
Lauren Sudeall Lucas, JD ’05, assistant professor of law, Georgia State University College of Law
John Manning ’82, JD ’85, Bruce Bromley Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO events@radcliffe.harvard.edu
DETAILS Virtual Radcliffe Day! The Radcliffe Day panel, "A Decade of Decisions and Dissents: The Roberts Court, from 2005 to Today," will be webcast live on May 29 at http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/radcliffe-day-2015
LINK http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/radcliffe-day-2015
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Listen, Yankee!: Why Cuba Matters with Tom Hayden
Friday, May 29
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
First Church JP, 6 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain
Join the JP Forum for a book talk with Tom Hayden – one of America’s best-known voices of political and social activism. Based on unprecedented access to both Cuban and American officials, Listen, Yankee!: Why Cuba Matters offers fresh insight into one of history’s most enigmatic relationships between nations.
In Listen, Yankee!, Tom Hayden gives us two countries that share much more than a fifty-five-year disagreement. He writes both as an observer of Cuba and as a US revolutionary student leader telling his own story, someone whose efforts to mobilize political change in the US mirrored the radical transformation simultaneously going on in Cuba. His astute observations are often dazzling and always based on his years of research and special access to key figures.
Chapters are devoted to the writings of Che Guevara, Régis Debray, and C. Wright Mills; the Cuban missile crisis; the Weather Underground; the assassination of JFK; the strong historical links between Cuba and Africa; the Carter era; the Clinton era; the Cuban Five; Elián González; and the December 17, 2014 declaration of normalization by presidents Obama and Castro.
Hayden puts the present moment into historical context, and shows how we’re finally finding common ground to the advantage of Cubans and Americans alike.
More information at http://jamaicaplainforum.org/event/listen-yankee-cuba-matters-tom-hayden/
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Saturday, May 30
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9th Annual Youth Summit on Climate Change
aSaturday, May 30
9:00am
MIT, Building 32-123, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
On May 30, 2015, join us for the 9th Annual Youth Summit on Climate Change! The day will be filled with informative and fun workshops, lunch and prizes. Last year's summit was amazing and this year's promises to be even better!
Workshop topics will include Divestment from Fossil Fuels, Sustainable Food and Gardening, Sustainable Energy, Air Quality and Social Justice, Oceans and Climate Change, Urban Resilience and Climate Change, Wind Energy, The Future of Energy, and Climate Change and Weather.
Presenters will include ACE (Alliance for Climate Education), Environmental League of MA, Environmental Justice League of Rhode Island, New England Aquarium, Roxbury Environmental Empowerment Project, MIT Youth Summit Fellows, ACE Youth Fellows, Boston Public Schools Sustainability Program, Next Step Living, Green Dragons, Energy Exhibits Cape Light Compact, Hands to Earth Composting, Boston Harbor Island Teens, Boston Nature Center Teens, Bikes Not Bombs, Project Green Schools, Think Outside the Bottle, Student Conservation Association, Emerald Necklace Conservancy, Environmental League of Massachusetts, Food Project, Sustainable Summer, and MIT D-Lab.
Activities will include a UV Necklace Making Table, Group Mural Table, YouthCAN Photo Booth, and more
Hosted by The Technology and Culture Forum and organized by the Boston Latin School's Youth Climate Action Network (BLA YouthCAN).
Check http://radius.mit.edu/programs/9th-annual-youth-summit-climate-change for updated changes and news. Registration will begin on April 15!
Hosted by The Technology and Culture Forum and organized by the Boston Latin School's Youth Climate Action Network (BLA YouthCAN).
Radcliffe Day Panel: A Decade of Decisions and Dissents: The Roberts Court, from 2005 to Today
WHEN Fri., May 29, 2015, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
WHERE Virtual Event
Webcast live from the Radcliffe Institute
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Law, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
SPEAKER(S) Moderated by Margaret H. Marshall, EdM ’69, the former chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and a senior research fellow and lecturer on law at Harvard Law School
Linda Greenhouse ’68, Knight Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence and Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School, and former Supreme Court correspondent, The New York Times
Michael Klarman, Kirkland & Ellis Professor, Harvard Law School
Lauren Sudeall Lucas, JD ’05, assistant professor of law, Georgia State University College of Law
John Manning ’82, JD ’85, Bruce Bromley Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO events@radcliffe.harvard.edu
DETAILS Virtual Radcliffe Day! The Radcliffe Day panel, "A Decade of Decisions and Dissents: The Roberts Court, from 2005 to Today," will be webcast live on May 29 at http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/radcliffe-day-2015
LINK http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/radcliffe-day-2015
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Listen, Yankee!: Why Cuba Matters with Tom Hayden
Friday, May 29
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
First Church JP, 6 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain
Join the JP Forum for a book talk with Tom Hayden – one of America’s best-known voices of political and social activism. Based on unprecedented access to both Cuban and American officials, Listen, Yankee!: Why Cuba Matters offers fresh insight into one of history’s most enigmatic relationships between nations.
In Listen, Yankee!, Tom Hayden gives us two countries that share much more than a fifty-five-year disagreement. He writes both as an observer of Cuba and as a US revolutionary student leader telling his own story, someone whose efforts to mobilize political change in the US mirrored the radical transformation simultaneously going on in Cuba. His astute observations are often dazzling and always based on his years of research and special access to key figures.
Chapters are devoted to the writings of Che Guevara, Régis Debray, and C. Wright Mills; the Cuban missile crisis; the Weather Underground; the assassination of JFK; the strong historical links between Cuba and Africa; the Carter era; the Clinton era; the Cuban Five; Elián González; and the December 17, 2014 declaration of normalization by presidents Obama and Castro.
Hayden puts the present moment into historical context, and shows how we’re finally finding common ground to the advantage of Cubans and Americans alike.
More information at http://jamaicaplainforum.org/event/listen-yankee-cuba-matters-tom-hayden/
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Saturday, May 30
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9th Annual Youth Summit on Climate Change
aSaturday, May 30
9:00am
MIT, Building 32-123, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
On May 30, 2015, join us for the 9th Annual Youth Summit on Climate Change! The day will be filled with informative and fun workshops, lunch and prizes. Last year's summit was amazing and this year's promises to be even better!
Workshop topics will include Divestment from Fossil Fuels, Sustainable Food and Gardening, Sustainable Energy, Air Quality and Social Justice, Oceans and Climate Change, Urban Resilience and Climate Change, Wind Energy, The Future of Energy, and Climate Change and Weather.
Presenters will include ACE (Alliance for Climate Education), Environmental League of MA, Environmental Justice League of Rhode Island, New England Aquarium, Roxbury Environmental Empowerment Project, MIT Youth Summit Fellows, ACE Youth Fellows, Boston Public Schools Sustainability Program, Next Step Living, Green Dragons, Energy Exhibits Cape Light Compact, Hands to Earth Composting, Boston Harbor Island Teens, Boston Nature Center Teens, Bikes Not Bombs, Project Green Schools, Think Outside the Bottle, Student Conservation Association, Emerald Necklace Conservancy, Environmental League of Massachusetts, Food Project, Sustainable Summer, and MIT D-Lab.
Activities will include a UV Necklace Making Table, Group Mural Table, YouthCAN Photo Booth, and more
Hosted by The Technology and Culture Forum and organized by the Boston Latin School's Youth Climate Action Network (BLA YouthCAN).
Check http://radius.mit.edu/programs/9th-annual-youth-summit-climate-change for updated changes and news. Registration will begin on April 15!
Hosted by The Technology and Culture Forum and organized by the Boston Latin School's Youth Climate Action Network (BLA YouthCAN).
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Making the Sharing Economy Work for Everyone
Saturday, May 30
3:00 pm
Wistia Headquarters, 17 Tudor Street, Cambridge
3:00 pm
Wistia Headquarters, 17 Tudor Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-the-sharing-economy-work-for-everyone-tickets-16810472576
Join Cambridge City Councillor Nadeem Mazen as he moderates a panel of local and national thought leaders around the effects of the sharing economy on our community.
Panelists
Eleanor Joseph, Special Advisor to Mayor Marty Walsh
Donna Blythe-Shaw, Boston Taxi Drivers Association
Cathy Zhou, General Manager at Uber
How are consumer habits changing? What should cities do to regulate these new markets? How is the peer economy improving quality of life? What steps do companies and communities need to take to make sure we leave fewer people behind? We'll look at the exciting possibilities and the difficult questions.
The panel is free, open to all, and will include time for public participation and questions. Light refreshments will be served.
Eleanor Joseph, Special Advisor to Mayor Marty Walsh
Donna Blythe-Shaw, Boston Taxi Drivers Association
Cathy Zhou, General Manager at Uber
How are consumer habits changing? What should cities do to regulate these new markets? How is the peer economy improving quality of life? What steps do companies and communities need to take to make sure we leave fewer people behind? We'll look at the exciting possibilities and the difficult questions.
The panel is free, open to all, and will include time for public participation and questions. Light refreshments will be served.
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Monday, June 1
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Houghton Lecture - Tropical tropopause layer
Monday, June 1
11:00a–12:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
UTLS circulation and transport derived from satellite observations
Speaker: Dr. William Randel
The global upper troposphere - lower stratosphere (UTLS) is a transition region of strong dynamical and chemical variability, with contrasts in circulation and chemical behavior between the troposphere and stratosphere. This region exhibits complex dynamical, radiative, and chemical characteristics that place stringent requirements on observing and modeling systems. These lectures will focus on a series of topics related to the observed behavior of UTLS circulation, transport and chemical variability, as derived from satellite measurements combined with meteorological data sets.
Monday, June 1
11:00a–12:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)
UTLS circulation and transport derived from satellite observations
Speaker: Dr. William Randel
The global upper troposphere - lower stratosphere (UTLS) is a transition region of strong dynamical and chemical variability, with contrasts in circulation and chemical behavior between the troposphere and stratosphere. This region exhibits complex dynamical, radiative, and chemical characteristics that place stringent requirements on observing and modeling systems. These lectures will focus on a series of topics related to the observed behavior of UTLS circulation, transport and chemical variability, as derived from satellite measurements combined with meteorological data sets.
Houghton Lectures
Supported through the Houghton Fund, Houghton Lecturers are distinguished visitors from outside MIT who we invite to spend a period of time, ranging from a week to several months as scientists-in-residence within our Program. During their stay it is customary for each lecturer to offer a short-course or a series of lectures on some topic of wide interest. Houghton Lecturer recommendations are welcome throughout the year.
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Web site: http://eaps-www.mit.edu/paoc/events/houghton-lectures/summer-2015-randel
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)
For more information, contact: Jen Fentress
617-253-2127
Supported through the Houghton Fund, Houghton Lecturers are distinguished visitors from outside MIT who we invite to spend a period of time, ranging from a week to several months as scientists-in-residence within our Program. During their stay it is customary for each lecturer to offer a short-course or a series of lectures on some topic of wide interest. Houghton Lecturer recommendations are welcome throughout the year.
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Web site: http://eaps-www.mit.edu/paoc/events/houghton-lectures/summer-2015-randel
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)
For more information, contact: Jen Fentress
617-253-2127
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Open Meetings: Digital Futures Consortium
WHEN Mon., June 1, 2015, 3 – 4:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Lamont Library Forum Room, Harvard Yard, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Information Technology
LIBRARY LOCATION Lamont Library
DETAILS Regular general meetings for the Digital Futures Consortium at Harvard University in the coming academic year will be held on the first Mondays in October, March and June. These are general meetings separate from any event planning or project working groups. They are open to anyone with interest in digital scholarship, its evolving tools, and tapping into potential working relationships.
Digital Futures is an informal network of faculty, researchers, technologists, and librarians engaged in the ongoing transformation of scholarship through innovative technology. We are dedicated to sharing expertise across the global academic community, facilitating new forms and methods of research, and fostering collaborative projects that bring about field-changing developments in scholarship.
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Tuesday, June 2
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Boston TechBreakfast Presented by Colliers: Open Data Discourse, and More!
Tuesday, June 2
8:00 AM
Microsoft NERD, Horace Mann Room, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
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!
Open Data Discourse - Carey Anne Nadeau
~9:30 - end - Final "Shout Outs" & Last Words
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Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt with Chris Hedges
Tuesday, June 2
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
First Church JP, 6 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain
Popular uprisings in the United States and around the world are inevitable in the face of environmental destruction and wealth polarization.
The Jamaica Plain Forum welcomes back Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges, as he discusses what it takes to be a rebel in modern times.
From South African activists who dedicated their lives to ending apartheid, to contemporary anti-fracking protests in Alberta, Canada, to whistleblowers in pursuit of transparency, Wages of Rebellion shows the cost of a life committed to speaking the truth and demanding justice. Hedges has penned an indispensable guide to rebellion.
Revolutions come in waves and cycles. We are again riding the crest of a revolutionary epic, much like 1848 or 1917, from the Arab Spring to movements against austerity in Greece to the Occupy movement. In Wages of Rebellion, Chris Hedges—who has chronicled the malaise and sickness of a society in terminal moral decline in his books Empire of Illusion and Death of the Liberal Class—investigates what social and psychological factors cause revolution, rebellion, and resistance. Drawing on an ambitious overview of prominent philosophers, historians, and literary figures he shows not only the harbingers of a coming crisis but also the nascent seeds of rebellion.
Chris Hedges is a columnist for Truthdig. A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, he spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans, with fifteen years at the New York Times. He is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Empire of Illusion; Death of the Liberal Class; War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning; and Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt.
More information at http://jamaicaplainforum.org/event/chris-hedges/
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The Boston Network for International Development (BNID) maintains a website (BNID.org) that serves as a clearing-house for information on organizations, events, and jobs related to international development in the Boston area. BNID has played an important auxiliary role in fostering international development activities in the Boston area, as witnessed by the expanding content of the site and a significant growth in the number of users.
The website contains:
A calendar of Boston area events and volunteer opportunities related to International Development
- http://www.bnid.org/events
A jobs board that includes both internships and full time positions related to International Development that is updated daily - http://www.bnid.org/jobs
A directory and descriptions of more than 250 Boston-area organizations - http://www.bnid.org/organizations
Also, please sign up for our weekly newsletter (we promise only one email per week) to get the most up-to-date information on new job and internship opportunities -www.bnid.org/sign-up
The website is completely free for students and our goal is to help connect students who are interested in international development with many of the worthwhile organizations in the area.
Please feel free to email our organization at info@bnid.org if you have any questions!
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Intern with Biodiversity for a Livable Climate!
Biodiversity for a Livable Climate (BLC) is a nonprofit based in the Cambridge, MA area. Our mission is to mobilize the biosphere to restore ecosystems and reverse global warming.
Education, public information campaigns, organizing, scientific investigation, collaboration with like-minded organizations, research and policy development are all elements of our strategy.
Background: Soils are the largest terrestrial carbon sink on the planet. Restoring the complex ecology of soils is the only way to safely and quickly remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it in the ground, where it’s desperately needed to regenerate the health of billions of acres of degraded lands. Restoring carbon to soils and regenerating ecosystems are how we can restore a healthy hydrologic cycle and cool local and planetary climates safely, naturally, and in time to ensure a livable climate now and in the future.
Our Work: immediate plans include
Organizing the First International Biodiversity, Soil Carbon and Climate Week, October 31-November 9, 2014, and a kick-off conference in the Boston area, “Mobilizing the Biosphere to Reverse Global Warming: A Biodiversity, Water, Soil Carbon and Climate Conference – and Call to Action” to expand the mainstream climate conversation to include the power of biology, and to help initiate intensive worldwide efforts to return atmospheric carbon to the soils.
Coordination of a global fund to directly assist local farmers and herders in learning and applying carbon farming approaches that not only benefit the climate, but improve the health and productivity of the land and the people who depend on it.
Collaboration with individuals and organizations on addressing eco-restoration and the regeneration of water and carbon cycles; such projects may include application of practices such as Holistic Management for restoration of billions of acres of degraded grasslands, reforestation of exploited forest areas, and restoring ocean food chains.
Please contact Helen D. Silver, helen.silver@bio4climate.org for further information.
781-316-1710
Bio4climate.org
SharedHarvestCSA.com
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Climate Stories Project
http://www.climatestoriesproject.org
What's your Climate Story?
Climate Stories Project is a forum that gives a voice to the emotional and personal impacts that climate change is having on our lives. Often, we only discuss climate change from the impersonal perspective of science or the contentious realm of politics. Today, more and more of us are feeling the effects of climate change on an personal level. Climate Stories Project allows people from around the world to share their stories and to engage with climate change in a personal, direct way.
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Where is the best yogurt on the planet made? Somerville, of course!
Join the Somerville Yogurt Making Cooperative and get a weekly quart of the most thick, creamy, rich and tart yogurt in the world. Membership in the coop costs $2.50 per quart. Members share the responsibility for making yogurt in our kitchen located just outside of Davis Sq. in FirstChurch. No previous yogurt making experience is necessary.
For more information checkout.
https://sites.google.com/site/somervilleyogurtcoop/home
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Cambridge Residents: Free Home Thermal Images
Have you ever wanted to learn where your home is leaking heat by having an energy auditor come to your home with a thermal camera? With that info you then know where to fix your home so it's more comfortable and less expensive to heat. However, at $200 or so, the cost of such a thermal scan is a big chunk of change.
HEET Cambridge has now partnered with Sagewell, Inc. to offer Cambridge residents free thermal scans.
Sagewell collects the thermal images by driving through Cambridge in a hybrid vehicle equipped with thermal cameras. They will scan every building in Cambridge (as long as it's not blocked by trees or buildings or on a private way). Building owners can view thermal images of their property and an analysis online. The information is password protected so that only the building owner can see the results.
Homeowners, condo-owners and landlords can access the thermal images and an accompanying analysis free of charge. Commercial building owners and owners of more than one building will be able to view their images and analysis for a small fee.
The scans will be analyzed in the order they are requested.
Go to Sagewell.com. Type in your address at the bottom where it says "Find your home or building" and press return. Then click on "Here" to request the report.
That's it. When the scans are done in a few weeks, your building will be one of the first to be analyzed. The accompanying report will help you understand why your living room has always been cold and what to do about it.
With knowledge, comes power (or in this case saved power and money, not to mention comfort).
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Free solar electricity analysis for MA residents
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHhwM202dDYxdUZJVGFscnY1VGZ3aXc6MQ
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HEET has partnered with NSTAR and Mass Save participating contractor Next Step Living to deliver no-cost Home Energy Assessments to Cambridge residents.
During the assessment, the energy specialist will:
Install efficient light bulbs (saving up to 7% of your electricity bill)
Install programmable thermostats (saving up to 10% of your heating bill)
Install water efficiency devices (saving up to 10% of your water bill)
Check the combustion safety of your heating and hot water equipment
Evaluate your home’s energy use to create an energy-efficiency roadmap
If you get electricity from NSTAR, National Grid or Western Mass Electric, you already pay for these assessments through a surcharge on your energy bills. You might as well use the service.
Please sign up at http://nextsteplivinginc.com/heet/?outreach=HEET or call Next Step Living at 866-867-8729. A Next Step Living Representative will call to schedule your assessment.
HEET will help answer any questions and ensure you get all the services and rebates possible.
(The information collected will only be used to help you get a Home Energy Assessment. We won’t keep the data or sell it.)
(If you have any questions or problems, please feel free to call HEET’s Jason Taylor at 617 441 0614.)
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Sustainable Business Network Local Green Guide
SBN is excited to announce the soft launch of its new Local Green Guide, Massachusetts' premier Green Business Directory!
To view the directory please visit: http://www.localgreenguide.org
To find out how how your business can be listed on the website or for sponsorship opportunities please contact Adritha at adritha@sbnboston.org
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Free Monthly Energy Analysis
CarbonSalon is a free service that every month can automatically track your energy use and compare it to your past energy use (while controlling for how cold the weather is). You get a short friendly email that lets you know how you’re doing in your work to save energy.
https://www.carbonsalon.com/
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Boston Food System
"The Boston Food System [listserv] provides a forum to post announcements of events, employment opportunities, internships, programs, lectures, and other activities as well as related articles or other publications of a non-commercial nature covering the area's food system - food, nutrition, farming, education, etc. - that take place or focus on or around Greater Boston (broadly delineated)."
The Boston area is one of the most active nationwide in terms of food system activities - projects, services, and events connected to food, farming, nutrition - and often connected to education, public health, environment, arts, social services and other arenas. Hundreds of organizations and enterprises cover our area, but what is going on week-to-week is not always well publicized.
Hence, the new Boston Food System listserv, as the place to let everyone know about these activities. Specifically:
Use of the BFS list will begin soon, once we get a decent base of subscribers. Clarification of what is appropriate to announce and other posting guidelines will be provided as well.
It's easy to subscribe right now at https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/subscribe/bfs
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Artisan Asylum http://artisansasylum.com/
Sprout & Co: Community Driven Investigations http://thesprouts.org/
Greater Boston Solidarity Economy Mapping Project http://www.transformationcentral.org/solidarity/mapping/mapping.html
a project by Wellesley College students that invites participation, contact jmatthaei@wellesley.edu
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Bostonsmart.com's Guide to Boston http://www.bostonsmarts.com/BostonGuide/
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Links to events at 60 colleges and universities at Hubevents http://hubevents.blogspot.com
Thanks to
Fred Hapgood's Selected Lectures on Science and Engineering in the Boston Area: http://www.BostonScienceLectures.com
MIT Events: http://events.mit.edu
MIT Energy Club: http://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
Cambridge Community Calendar: https://www.cctvcambridge.org/calendar
Arts and Cultural Events List: http://aacel.blogspot.com/
Boston Events Insider: http://bostoneventsinsider.com/boston_events/
Nerdnite: http://boston.nerdnite.com/
Open Meetings: Digital Futures Consortium
WHEN Mon., June 1, 2015, 3 – 4:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Lamont Library Forum Room, Harvard Yard, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Information Technology
LIBRARY LOCATION Lamont Library
DETAILS Regular general meetings for the Digital Futures Consortium at Harvard University in the coming academic year will be held on the first Mondays in October, March and June. These are general meetings separate from any event planning or project working groups. They are open to anyone with interest in digital scholarship, its evolving tools, and tapping into potential working relationships.
Digital Futures is an informal network of faculty, researchers, technologists, and librarians engaged in the ongoing transformation of scholarship through innovative technology. We are dedicated to sharing expertise across the global academic community, facilitating new forms and methods of research, and fostering collaborative projects that bring about field-changing developments in scholarship.
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Tuesday, June 2
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Boston TechBreakfast Presented by Colliers: Open Data Discourse, and More!
Tuesday, June 2
8:00 AM
Microsoft NERD, Horace Mann Room, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
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!
Open Data Discourse - Carey Anne Nadeau
~9:30 - end - Final "Shout Outs" & Last Words
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Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt with Chris Hedges
Tuesday, June 2
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
First Church JP, 6 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain
Popular uprisings in the United States and around the world are inevitable in the face of environmental destruction and wealth polarization.
The Jamaica Plain Forum welcomes back Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges, as he discusses what it takes to be a rebel in modern times.
From South African activists who dedicated their lives to ending apartheid, to contemporary anti-fracking protests in Alberta, Canada, to whistleblowers in pursuit of transparency, Wages of Rebellion shows the cost of a life committed to speaking the truth and demanding justice. Hedges has penned an indispensable guide to rebellion.
Revolutions come in waves and cycles. We are again riding the crest of a revolutionary epic, much like 1848 or 1917, from the Arab Spring to movements against austerity in Greece to the Occupy movement. In Wages of Rebellion, Chris Hedges—who has chronicled the malaise and sickness of a society in terminal moral decline in his books Empire of Illusion and Death of the Liberal Class—investigates what social and psychological factors cause revolution, rebellion, and resistance. Drawing on an ambitious overview of prominent philosophers, historians, and literary figures he shows not only the harbingers of a coming crisis but also the nascent seeds of rebellion.
Chris Hedges is a columnist for Truthdig. A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, he spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans, with fifteen years at the New York Times. He is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Empire of Illusion; Death of the Liberal Class; War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning; and Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt.
More information at http://jamaicaplainforum.org/event/chris-hedges/
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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!
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Intern with Biodiversity for a Livable Climate!
Biodiversity for a Livable Climate (BLC) is a nonprofit based in the Cambridge, MA area. Our mission is to mobilize the biosphere to restore ecosystems and reverse global warming.
Education, public information campaigns, organizing, scientific investigation, collaboration with like-minded organizations, research and policy development are all elements of our strategy.
Background: Soils are the largest terrestrial carbon sink on the planet. Restoring the complex ecology of soils is the only way to safely and quickly remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it in the ground, where it’s desperately needed to regenerate the health of billions of acres of degraded lands. Restoring carbon to soils and regenerating ecosystems are how we can restore a healthy hydrologic cycle and cool local and planetary climates safely, naturally, and in time to ensure a livable climate now and in the future.
Our Work: immediate plans include
Organizing the First International Biodiversity, Soil Carbon and Climate Week, October 31-November 9, 2014, and a kick-off conference in the Boston area, “Mobilizing the Biosphere to Reverse Global Warming: A Biodiversity, Water, Soil Carbon and Climate Conference – and Call to Action” to expand the mainstream climate conversation to include the power of biology, and to help initiate intensive worldwide efforts to return atmospheric carbon to the soils.
Coordination of a global fund to directly assist local farmers and herders in learning and applying carbon farming approaches that not only benefit the climate, but improve the health and productivity of the land and the people who depend on it.
Collaboration with individuals and organizations on addressing eco-restoration and the regeneration of water and carbon cycles; such projects may include application of practices such as Holistic Management for restoration of billions of acres of degraded grasslands, reforestation of exploited forest areas, and restoring ocean food chains.
Please contact Helen D. Silver, helen.silver@bio4climate.org for further information.
781-316-1710
Bio4climate.org
SharedHarvestCSA.com
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Climate Stories Project
http://www.climatestoriesproject.org
What's your Climate Story?
Climate Stories Project is a forum that gives a voice to the emotional and personal impacts that climate change is having on our lives. Often, we only discuss climate change from the impersonal perspective of science or the contentious realm of politics. Today, more and more of us are feeling the effects of climate change on an personal level. Climate Stories Project allows people from around the world to share their stories and to engage with climate change in a personal, direct way.
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Where is the best yogurt on the planet made? Somerville, of course!
Join the Somerville Yogurt Making Cooperative and get a weekly quart of the most thick, creamy, rich and tart yogurt in the world. Membership in the coop costs $2.50 per quart. Members share the responsibility for making yogurt in our kitchen located just outside of Davis Sq. in FirstChurch. No previous yogurt making experience is necessary.
For more information checkout.
https://sites.google.com/site/somervilleyogurtcoop/home
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Cambridge Residents: Free Home Thermal Images
Have you ever wanted to learn where your home is leaking heat by having an energy auditor come to your home with a thermal camera? With that info you then know where to fix your home so it's more comfortable and less expensive to heat. However, at $200 or so, the cost of such a thermal scan is a big chunk of change.
HEET Cambridge has now partnered with Sagewell, Inc. to offer Cambridge residents free thermal scans.
Sagewell collects the thermal images by driving through Cambridge in a hybrid vehicle equipped with thermal cameras. They will scan every building in Cambridge (as long as it's not blocked by trees or buildings or on a private way). Building owners can view thermal images of their property and an analysis online. The information is password protected so that only the building owner can see the results.
Homeowners, condo-owners and landlords can access the thermal images and an accompanying analysis free of charge. Commercial building owners and owners of more than one building will be able to view their images and analysis for a small fee.
The scans will be analyzed in the order they are requested.
Go to Sagewell.com. Type in your address at the bottom where it says "Find your home or building" and press return. Then click on "Here" to request the report.
That's it. When the scans are done in a few weeks, your building will be one of the first to be analyzed. The accompanying report will help you understand why your living room has always been cold and what to do about it.
With knowledge, comes power (or in this case saved power and money, not to mention comfort).
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Free solar electricity analysis for MA residents
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHhwM202dDYxdUZJVGFscnY1VGZ3aXc6MQ
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HEET has partnered with NSTAR and Mass Save participating contractor Next Step Living to deliver no-cost Home Energy Assessments to Cambridge residents.
During the assessment, the energy specialist will:
Install efficient light bulbs (saving up to 7% of your electricity bill)
Install programmable thermostats (saving up to 10% of your heating bill)
Install water efficiency devices (saving up to 10% of your water bill)
Check the combustion safety of your heating and hot water equipment
Evaluate your home’s energy use to create an energy-efficiency roadmap
If you get electricity from NSTAR, National Grid or Western Mass Electric, you already pay for these assessments through a surcharge on your energy bills. You might as well use the service.
Please sign up at http://nextsteplivinginc.com/heet/?outreach=HEET or call Next Step Living at 866-867-8729. A Next Step Living Representative will call to schedule your assessment.
HEET will help answer any questions and ensure you get all the services and rebates possible.
(The information collected will only be used to help you get a Home Energy Assessment. We won’t keep the data or sell it.)
(If you have any questions or problems, please feel free to call HEET’s Jason Taylor at 617 441 0614.)
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Sustainable Business Network Local Green Guide
SBN is excited to announce the soft launch of its new Local Green Guide, Massachusetts' premier Green Business Directory!
To view the directory please visit: http://www.localgreenguide.org
To find out how how your business can be listed on the website or for sponsorship opportunities please contact Adritha at adritha@sbnboston.org
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Free Monthly Energy Analysis
CarbonSalon is a free service that every month can automatically track your energy use and compare it to your past energy use (while controlling for how cold the weather is). You get a short friendly email that lets you know how you’re doing in your work to save energy.
https://www.carbonsalon.com/
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Boston Food System
"The Boston Food System [listserv] provides a forum to post announcements of events, employment opportunities, internships, programs, lectures, and other activities as well as related articles or other publications of a non-commercial nature covering the area's food system - food, nutrition, farming, education, etc. - that take place or focus on or around Greater Boston (broadly delineated)."
The Boston area is one of the most active nationwide in terms of food system activities - projects, services, and events connected to food, farming, nutrition - and often connected to education, public health, environment, arts, social services and other arenas. Hundreds of organizations and enterprises cover our area, but what is going on week-to-week is not always well publicized.
Hence, the new Boston Food System listserv, as the place to let everyone know about these activities. Specifically:
Use of the BFS list will begin soon, once we get a decent base of subscribers. Clarification of what is appropriate to announce and other posting guidelines will be provided as well.
It's easy to subscribe right now at https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/subscribe/bfs
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Artisan Asylum http://artisansasylum.com/
Sprout & Co: Community Driven Investigations http://thesprouts.org/
Greater Boston Solidarity Economy Mapping Project http://www.transformationcentral.org/solidarity/mapping/mapping.html
a project by Wellesley College students that invites participation, contact jmatthaei@wellesley.edu
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Bostonsmart.com's Guide to Boston http://www.bostonsmarts.com/BostonGuide/
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Links to events at 60 colleges and universities at Hubevents http://hubevents.blogspot.com
Thanks to
Fred Hapgood's Selected Lectures on Science and Engineering in the Boston Area: http://www.BostonScienceLectures.com
MIT Events: http://events.mit.edu
MIT Energy Club: http://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
Cambridge Community Calendar: https://www.cctvcambridge.org/calendar
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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