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Monday, September 7
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7pm Science and Cooking Public Lecture: Thinking about Flavor
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Tuesday, September 8
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12pm On Water: A Talk with Mare Liberum and Sílvia Benedito
12:15pm Competing, Conflicting, and Contested Futures: Temporal Imaginaries in the GM Crops Controversy
3pm Seamless Astronomy Colloquium: Visualizing big data: evidence and futures
3pm Greenland’s Climate Past and Future: Insights from Paleolimnology
3:30pm HBS Business and Environment Kick-Off
4pm Health in the Era of Sustainable Development
6pm Vision and Robotics
6:30pm Olmsted Lecture: Charles Waldheim, Landscape as Urbanism: A General Theory
7pm Origami: Art and Science
7pm #ItWasNeverADress: A Conversation on Women in Tech with Everyday Superheroes
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Wednesday, September 9
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12pm Trends, Opportunities and Challenges driving Architecture and Design of Next Generation Mobile Computing and IoT Devices
12pm What Have We Learned about Culture and Black Youth?
12pm Clean Energy Policy Briefing
12:30pm Is an Era of Geopolitics Replacing an Era of Peaceful Economic Obsession?
4pm Pluto Revealed! Latest Results from NASA's New Horizons Mission
5pm Berkman Center Fall 2015 Open House
6pm Women in MassChallenge Showcase
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Thursday, September 10
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8:30am NECEC Policy Series - 2015 Legislative Session Roundup
11:45am Growing Economies: Agricultural Innovation and Economic Transformation in Africa
12pm Preparing for Workforce Continuity and Business Operations for the Upcoming Flu Season: It's Nothing to Sneeze At!
12pm On Water: Mare Liberum with Pierre Bélanger
12pm A Talk with Ralph Nader: How the Mighty Harvard Law School Can Leverage the Great Systems of Justice in America
3pm Theo Jansen's Strandbeests
5:30pm Examining Strategies for Confronting Micronutrient Scarcity in Marine Microbes using Metalloproteomics
5:30pm Energy Innovation at the Intersection of Technology and Government
6pm Climate Climate Protection Action Committee
6pm Fed Up! Film Showing
7:30pm Boston Area Solar Energy Association Forum: Mass Power Forward
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Friday, September 11
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Inaugural Forum on Population Health Equity
12pm Computational Research in Boston and Beyond Seminar
3pm The Graduate School Mess: What Caused It and How We Can Fix It
5:30pm Talk: Mare Liberum and Max Liboiron
7pm Don't Look Away: 911 Anniversary Reflections with video
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Saturday, September 12
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8am MindEx 2015
8:30am Social Media World Changers
10am The Second Climate Summit
10am 2015 Boston Festival of Indie Games
12pm The Fall 2015 Mid-Cambridge PLANT SWAP
6pm Don't Look Away: Opening Reception with presentations by the artists
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Sunday, September 13
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11am Sustainable Belmont Green Garden Tour
12pm Cambridge Carnival
6pm A New Water Paradigm: Restoring Water Cycles to Reverse Global Warming (Preview)
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Monday, September 14
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12:15pm Rethinking Landsat: The American State and Big Oil in the Space Race
4pm Gauging the Effects of Teach for America on Hard-to-Staff Schools
5pm Purposeful Gaming
7pm Science in Cooking: Pasta Magic
7pm Science by the Pint: What is Synthetic Biology?
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Tuesday, September 15
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9am Cambridge Charette on Homelessness
12pm Bob Schieffer - The 2016 Presidential Election
12pm When online is offline: the case for hyperlocal webservers and networks
12pm Sustainability and HSW [Health, Safety, Welfare]: From Little Victories to Transformation Change
3pm xTalks: The Future of STEM Education: Using a MOOC to Prepare the Next Generation of Faculty
3pm Debate: Should Congress Approve the Nuclear Agreement with Iran?
4pm Positive Computing: Technologies for psychological wellbeing and human potential
4:30pm Starr Forum: Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now
5:30pm MIT Center for Real Estate Thought Leader Speaker Series
5:30pm e4Dev - Exploring the intersection of energy and human development
5:30pm The Utility of the Creative Process
6pm Boston New Technology September 2015 Product Showcase #BNT57
6pm Organs-on-a-Chip: Revolutionizing the Drug Discovery Process
6:30pm Food in the City: Boston Happy Hour
7pm Can You Understand Me Now? Human Languages as Efficient Communication Systems
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My rough notes on some of the events I go to and notes on books I’ve read are at:
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com
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Monday, September 7
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Science and Cooking Public Lecture: Thinking about Flavor
Monday, September 7
7:00pm
Harvard, Science Center Lecture Hall C, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Dave Arnold (@CookingIssues), Booker & Dax, and host of “Cooking Issues”
Harold McGee (@Harold_McGee), writer, “Curious Cook”
For more information about the lecture series, visit https://www.seas.harvard.edu/cooking
Host: Science and Cooking
Email: science_cooking@seas.harvard.edu
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Tuesday, September 8
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On Water: A Talk with Mare Liberum and Sílvia Benedito
Tuesday, September 8
12 pm
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Level 3, Sert Gallery + Terrace, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Mare Liberum invites Harvard University Graduate School of Design faculty to contribute informal talks and interviews about landscape, water, waterways, and more as part of the collective’s exhibition and residency, or, The Other Island.
Sílvia Benedito is an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She teaches graduate core design studios in landscape architecture and urbanism, as well as advanced research seminars. She also serves as Co-Chair of the Sensory Media Platform at the GSD. Benedito's research and practice are focused on the role of atmosphere—the meteorological envelope and space for sensory acquisition—in the built environment. Interested in the production and reception of atmosphere, Benedito’s research simultaneously examines the making of micro-climates for human comfort, and the representation of atmosphere through time-based media such as film and video. In her methods for landscape architecture and urbanism the concept and space of atmosphere claim the body in multiple scopes and scales—from large ecological networks to smaller open space interventions, from large urban plans to immersive installations. Claiming that landscape is as much about air and atmosphere as it is about land and water offers a stimulating dimension to these disciplines, reconciling ecological imperatives with human delight and well-being.
More at http://ccva.fas.harvard.edu/water-lunchtime-talks
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Speaker: Prof. Richard P. Binzel -- MIT EAPS -- New Horizons Co-Investigator
After nearly two decades of struggling for approval, a NASA funded Pluto mission finally reached the launch pad in January 2006. Nine-and-a-half years later in July 2015, the piano-sized New Horizons spacecraft reached the Pluto system revealing an amazingly bizarre planetary world. Ice mountains as tall as the Rockies and smooth plains of frozen carbon monoxide 500 km across are just some of the surprising features. Pluto appears to be a globally changing planet with seasonal cycles ranging from decades to millennia producing an evolving landscape of nitrogen ice glaciers and variable atmospheric pressure. Together with its largest satellite, Pluto and Charon form a "double planet" system orbiting a common center of gravity located outside of either body. Charon's surface also appears relatively young and crater-free, implying some recent era geologic activity. Completing the system are four small moons found to be irregularly shaped with complex spin patterns in their own regularly spaced orbits. As New Horizons continues its voyage out of the solar system, a close encounter with at least one newly discovered Kuiper Belt object appears possible within the next four years.
More at: http://environment.harvard.edu/events/2015-09-10-213000/msi-seminar#sthash.9tJlTsre.dpuf
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Friday, September 11
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Inaugural Forum on Population Health Equity
WHEN Fri., Sep. 11, 2015
WHERE Martin Conference Center, Harvard Longwood Area, Boston, MA
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Conferences, Health Sciences, Science, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Forum for Population Health Equity at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is made possible with the generous support of the Aetna Foundation
SPEAKER(S) David Stuckler, Oxford University
Billie Giles-Corti, University of Melbourne
David Mah, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Sir Michael Marmot, University College London
Nancy Adler, University of California, San Francisco
Arjumand Siddiqi, University of Toronto
David Williams, Harvard T.H. Chan School
Jussi Vahtera, University of Turku, Finland
Philippa Howden-Chapman,
Sanjay Basu, Stanford University
Dean Sandro Galea, Boston University School of Public Health
COST Free and open to the public; seating is limited
TICKET WEB LINK https://harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0IXdaI6TNQckS0d
DETAILS For more information:
Website: https://harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0IXdaI6TNQckS0d
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PopHealthEquity
Twitter: www.twitter.com/pophealthequity; @PopHealthEquity; #PopHealthEquity.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/grp/home?gid=8291737
LINK http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/social-and-behavioral-sciences/inaugural-forum-on-population-health-equity-3/
Please only register if you are able to attend.
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Computational Research in Boston and Beyond Seminar
Friday, September 11
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 32-141, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Arvados: A Free Software Platform for Big Data Science
Web site: http://math.mit.edu/crib/
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Mathematics, Department of
For more information, contact: Alan Edelman
edelman@math.mit.edu
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It is no secret that American graduate education is in disarray. Graduate students take too long to complete their studies and face a dismal academic job market if they succeed. The Graduate School Mess gets to the root of these problems and offers concrete solutions for revitalizing graduate education in the humanities. Leonard Cassuto argues that universities’ heavy emphasis on research comes at the expense of teaching. But teaching is where reforming graduate school must begin.
Cassuto says that graduate education must recover its mission of public service. Professors should revamp the graduate curriculum and broaden its narrow definition of success to allow students to create more fulfilling lives for themselves both inside and outside the academy. Cassuto frames the current situation foremost as a teaching problem: professors rarely prepare graduate students for the demands of the working worlds they will actually join. He gives practical advice about how faculty can teach and advise graduate students by committing to a student-centered approach.
In chapters that follow the career of the graduate student from admissions to the dissertation and placement, Cassuto considers how each stage of graduate education is shaped by unexamined assumptions and ancient prejudices that need to be critically confronted. Written with verve and infused with history, The Graduate School Mess returns our national conversation about graduate study in the humanities to first principles.
Exhibition by artists Margaret Bellafiore, Lydia Eccles, Milan Kohout, Claire Lau and Judy Werlin, with support from writers Steve Wineman and John Pitkin.
This exhibit is the outgrowth of a process between artists and environmentalists examining their own systems of thought. Over several months, they have practiced an experimental form of dialogue to address questions arising from the overwhelm of climate disruption. In response, they have developed a variety of work including writing, sculpture, painting, video and performance.
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Saturday, September 12
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Megan Black (Harvard, Warren Center)
There has been growing interest among graduate students and postdocs at Harvard in more systematic discussions related to STS. More and more dissertation writers and recent graduates find themselves working on exciting topics that intersect with STS at the edges of their respective home disciplines, and they are asking questions that often require new analytic tools that the conventional disciplines don’t necessarily offer. They would also like wider exposure to emerging STS scholarship that is not well-represented or organized at most universities, including Harvard. Our aim is to try to serve those interests through a series of activities throughout the academic year.
Gauging the Effects of Teach for America on Hard-to-Staff Schools
Monday, September 14
4:00p–5:30p
MIT, Building E62-650, 100 Main Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Sally Hudson (MIT)
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Public Finance/Labor Workshop
For more information, contact: economics calendar
econ-cal@mit.edu
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The City of Cambridge Department of Human Service Programs, in consultation with the Cambridge Homeless Continuum of Care (CoC) and other City departments, has partnered with the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) to facilitate a community planning process on homelessness. Please join us September 15-18 for a unique community planning experience.
CSH has developed a Charrette model that will enable our community to engage in a focused, time-limited process that will result in a Strategic Action Plan to address homelessness in Cambridge. In January 2015, the City Council’s Human Services and Veterans Committee held a hearing to discuss the city’s efforts and planning around homelessness. The need for an updated planning process was described at that time. This planning effort around homelessness will help inform the citywide planning process.
The initial phase of planning has been led by a local Steering Committee comprised of a diverse group of stakeholders, working in concert with CSH consultants and City staff from the Department of Human Service Programs. Using input from the public received at two community meetings held in June, the Steering Committee identified six issue areas to be addressed during Charrette Week: Serving Frequent Users of Emergency Services; Service Navigation and Systems Coordination; The “Housing First” Service Model; Services and Policies to Prevent Homelessness; Increasing Housing Supply for People Experiencing Homelessness; and Strategies for Increasing Investment.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, September 15 and 16, each issue area will have a dedicated fishbowl-style session, a facilitated dialogue between community members and local and national experts. CSH will present their recommendations to the community on the morning of Friday, September 18, followed by a final round of feedback from the community. Mayor David Maher and City Manager Richard C. Rossi will provide opening remarks to Charrette participants on Tuesday, September 15. City Councilor Marc McGovern, Chair of the City Council’s Human Services and Veterans Committee, will provide opening comments on Wednesday, September 16. Please see times and locations below.
“We are thrilled to have this opportunity to engage the community in strategizing how to most effectively address the critical issues facing individuals and families experiencing homelessness, as well as the community as a whole,” said Ellen Semonoff, Assistant City Manager for Human Services.
The public is warmly invited to attend these meetings, which will address the root causes and propose actionable solutions to the multiple facets of homelessness in Cambridge. You can come for as much or as little as you like—whether for just one session or all three days. Community members with firsthand experience with homelessness are especially encouraged to attend. Please help us make this an experience that will truly impact homelessness in Cambridge.
Leith Sharp Hon. BSA, Director of Executive Education for Sustainability Leadership, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will discuss the relationship between Sustainability and HSW, and enlarge the topic to cover transformational change within design organizations.
Speaker: Rafael Calvo
Digital technologies have made their way into all the aspects of our lives that, according to psychology, influence our wellbeing—everything from social relationships and curiosity to engagement and learning. By bringing together research and methodologies well-established in psychology, education, neuroscience and human-computer interaction, we can begin to cultivate a new field dedicated to the design and development of technology that supports wellbeing and human potential. Positive computing has been called the "buzzword you need to know for 2015" by the Washington Post and Forbes. In this seminar, Dr. Rafael Calvo will present an introduction to his human-computer interaction work, aiming to support psychological wellbeing. The suggested HCI framework builds on psychology, education, design, and other disciplines addressing intrapersonal factors of wellbeing such as motivation, engagement, reflective thought and mindfulness, interpersonal factors such as empathy, and extrapersonal such as altruism. For more information visit positivecomputing.org.
Biography: Rafael Calvo is Professor at the University of Sydney, and ARC Future Fellow. He has taught at several universities, high schools, and professional training institutions. He worked at the Language Technology Institute in Carnegie Mellon University, Universidad Nacional de Rosario (Argentina) and on sabbaticals at the University of Cambridge and the University of Memphis. Rafael also has worked as an Internet consultant for projects in the US, Australia, Brazil, and Argentina. He is the recipient of five awards for his work on learning technologies, and the author of two books and many publications in the fields of learning technologies, affective computing, and computational intelligence. Rafael is associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, the IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, and the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR-HF). Rafael is editor of the Oxford Handbook of Affective Computing and co-author of Positive Computing (MIT Press) with Dorian Peters. For more information visit rafael-calvo.com
The Utility of the Creative Process
Tuesday, September 15
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Monday, September 7
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7pm Science and Cooking Public Lecture: Thinking about Flavor
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Tuesday, September 8
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12pm On Water: A Talk with Mare Liberum and Sílvia Benedito
12:15pm Competing, Conflicting, and Contested Futures: Temporal Imaginaries in the GM Crops Controversy
3pm Seamless Astronomy Colloquium: Visualizing big data: evidence and futures
3pm Greenland’s Climate Past and Future: Insights from Paleolimnology
3:30pm HBS Business and Environment Kick-Off
4pm Health in the Era of Sustainable Development
6pm Vision and Robotics
6:30pm Olmsted Lecture: Charles Waldheim, Landscape as Urbanism: A General Theory
7pm Origami: Art and Science
7pm #ItWasNeverADress: A Conversation on Women in Tech with Everyday Superheroes
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Wednesday, September 9
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12pm Trends, Opportunities and Challenges driving Architecture and Design of Next Generation Mobile Computing and IoT Devices
12pm What Have We Learned about Culture and Black Youth?
12pm Clean Energy Policy Briefing
12:30pm Is an Era of Geopolitics Replacing an Era of Peaceful Economic Obsession?
4pm Pluto Revealed! Latest Results from NASA's New Horizons Mission
5pm Berkman Center Fall 2015 Open House
6pm Women in MassChallenge Showcase
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Thursday, September 10
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8:30am NECEC Policy Series - 2015 Legislative Session Roundup
11:45am Growing Economies: Agricultural Innovation and Economic Transformation in Africa
12pm Preparing for Workforce Continuity and Business Operations for the Upcoming Flu Season: It's Nothing to Sneeze At!
12pm On Water: Mare Liberum with Pierre Bélanger
12pm A Talk with Ralph Nader: How the Mighty Harvard Law School Can Leverage the Great Systems of Justice in America
3pm Theo Jansen's Strandbeests
5:30pm Examining Strategies for Confronting Micronutrient Scarcity in Marine Microbes using Metalloproteomics
5:30pm Energy Innovation at the Intersection of Technology and Government
6pm Climate Climate Protection Action Committee
6pm Fed Up! Film Showing
7:30pm Boston Area Solar Energy Association Forum: Mass Power Forward
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Friday, September 11
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Inaugural Forum on Population Health Equity
12pm Computational Research in Boston and Beyond Seminar
3pm The Graduate School Mess: What Caused It and How We Can Fix It
5:30pm Talk: Mare Liberum and Max Liboiron
7pm Don't Look Away: 911 Anniversary Reflections with video
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Saturday, September 12
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8am MindEx 2015
8:30am Social Media World Changers
10am The Second Climate Summit
10am 2015 Boston Festival of Indie Games
12pm The Fall 2015 Mid-Cambridge PLANT SWAP
6pm Don't Look Away: Opening Reception with presentations by the artists
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Sunday, September 13
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11am Sustainable Belmont Green Garden Tour
12pm Cambridge Carnival
6pm A New Water Paradigm: Restoring Water Cycles to Reverse Global Warming (Preview)
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Monday, September 14
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12:15pm Rethinking Landsat: The American State and Big Oil in the Space Race
4pm Gauging the Effects of Teach for America on Hard-to-Staff Schools
5pm Purposeful Gaming
7pm Science in Cooking: Pasta Magic
7pm Science by the Pint: What is Synthetic Biology?
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Tuesday, September 15
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9am Cambridge Charette on Homelessness
12pm Bob Schieffer - The 2016 Presidential Election
12pm When online is offline: the case for hyperlocal webservers and networks
12pm Sustainability and HSW [Health, Safety, Welfare]: From Little Victories to Transformation Change
3pm xTalks: The Future of STEM Education: Using a MOOC to Prepare the Next Generation of Faculty
3pm Debate: Should Congress Approve the Nuclear Agreement with Iran?
4pm Positive Computing: Technologies for psychological wellbeing and human potential
4:30pm Starr Forum: Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now
5:30pm MIT Center for Real Estate Thought Leader Speaker Series
5:30pm e4Dev - Exploring the intersection of energy and human development
5:30pm The Utility of the Creative Process
6pm Boston New Technology September 2015 Product Showcase #BNT57
6pm Organs-on-a-Chip: Revolutionizing the Drug Discovery Process
6:30pm Food in the City: Boston Happy Hour
7pm Can You Understand Me Now? Human Languages as Efficient Communication Systems
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My rough notes on some of the events I go to and notes on books I’ve read are at:
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com
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Monday, September 7
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Science and Cooking Public Lecture: Thinking about Flavor
Monday, September 7
7:00pm
Harvard, Science Center Lecture Hall C, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Dave Arnold (@CookingIssues), Booker & Dax, and host of “Cooking Issues”
Harold McGee (@Harold_McGee), writer, “Curious Cook”
For more information about the lecture series, visit https://www.seas.harvard.edu/cooking
Host: Science and Cooking
Email: science_cooking@seas.harvard.edu
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Tuesday, September 8
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On Water: A Talk with Mare Liberum and Sílvia Benedito
Tuesday, September 8
12 pm
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Level 3, Sert Gallery + Terrace, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Mare Liberum invites Harvard University Graduate School of Design faculty to contribute informal talks and interviews about landscape, water, waterways, and more as part of the collective’s exhibition and residency, or, The Other Island.
Sílvia Benedito is an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She teaches graduate core design studios in landscape architecture and urbanism, as well as advanced research seminars. She also serves as Co-Chair of the Sensory Media Platform at the GSD. Benedito's research and practice are focused on the role of atmosphere—the meteorological envelope and space for sensory acquisition—in the built environment. Interested in the production and reception of atmosphere, Benedito’s research simultaneously examines the making of micro-climates for human comfort, and the representation of atmosphere through time-based media such as film and video. In her methods for landscape architecture and urbanism the concept and space of atmosphere claim the body in multiple scopes and scales—from large ecological networks to smaller open space interventions, from large urban plans to immersive installations. Claiming that landscape is as much about air and atmosphere as it is about land and water offers a stimulating dimension to these disciplines, reconciling ecological imperatives with human delight and well-being.
More at http://ccva.fas.harvard.edu/water-lunchtime-talks
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Competing, Conflicting, and Contested Futures: Temporal Imaginaries in the GM Crops Controversy
Tuesday, September 8
12:15PM - 2:00PM
Harvard, K262, the Bowie-Vernon Room, Knafel Building, CGIS, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Andreas Mitzschke, Maastricht University
Harvard, K262, the Bowie-Vernon Room, Knafel Building, CGIS, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Andreas Mitzschke, Maastricht University
Abstract: In the enduring controversy about the potential risks and benefits of genetically modified (GM) crops, different actors construct competing visions of the future. These conflict over the envisioned impacts and consequences of this technology. In my presentation I show how various actors in the Indian and European GM crop debates are constructing sociotechnical imaginaries which they situate in temporal relations between past, present, and future. How risks and benefits are imagined to fundamentally change society’s future also relates to ideas about the present reality of agricultural relations and the history of agricultural development in India and Europe. Based on an analysis of documents and qualitative in-depth interviews, I argue that understanding the temporality of sociotechnical imaginaries allows us to address the competing normative dimensions of the debate more clearly. Further, I make the methodological proposition that the focus on temporality provides us with a different historical perspective on visions of socio-technical change.
Andreas Mitzschke studied European politics, political sociology, and STS at Maastricht University (NL), the University of Essex (UK), and the Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (India). He holds a BA in European Studies (2008) and an MSc (research) Cultures of Arts, Science and Technology (2010). Andreas is currently writing his PhD thesis at the Department of Society and Technology Studies in Maastricht, where he also teaches in various undergraduate courses. In his dissertation on public controversies about genetically modified crops in India and Europe, Andreas is studying how crop biotechnology and public involvement in this issue have shaped democratic political cultures in a globalised world. From a co-constructionist perspective, he scrutinises the mutual shaping of controversies about risk and ‘publics’. His comparative approach to techno-scientific cultures in the global North and South argues for the explicit inclusion of normative issues of democracy, imagination, and politics in debates about technological risks.
More at http://sts.hks.harvard.edu/events/sts_circle/
Andreas Mitzschke studied European politics, political sociology, and STS at Maastricht University (NL), the University of Essex (UK), and the Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (India). He holds a BA in European Studies (2008) and an MSc (research) Cultures of Arts, Science and Technology (2010). Andreas is currently writing his PhD thesis at the Department of Society and Technology Studies in Maastricht, where he also teaches in various undergraduate courses. In his dissertation on public controversies about genetically modified crops in India and Europe, Andreas is studying how crop biotechnology and public involvement in this issue have shaped democratic political cultures in a globalised world. From a co-constructionist perspective, he scrutinises the mutual shaping of controversies about risk and ‘publics’. His comparative approach to techno-scientific cultures in the global North and South argues for the explicit inclusion of normative issues of democracy, imagination, and politics in debates about technological risks.
More at http://sts.hks.harvard.edu/events/sts_circle/
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Seamless Astronomy Colloquium: Visualizing big data: evidence and futures
Tuesday, September 8
3pm
Phillips Auditorium, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge
Professor Nick Holliman, The Digital Institute, Newcastle University
Description: Visualization techniques, often including interactive methods, enable a viewer to gain an understanding of the key features within a set of data in order to facilitate decisions to be made and actions to be taken. As a process visualization has literally become about generating ideas in people’s heads efficiently and accurately.
Across all fields where it is collected big data continues to expand in terms of the volume, variety and velocity of its content. This is both true is established fields such as astronomy and cosmology, and equally as true in emerging fields such as the Internet of Things. The scale of these data sets is challenging our ability to visualize them effectively using existing techniques.
We will present recently collected evidence on the effectiveness of stereoscopic visualizations of cosmological and astronomical data sets, this was undertaken using a quasi-experiment gathering one group pre-test post-test audience feedback. This showed that high quality TV sized displays are as effective as large projection displays in presenting stereoscopic visualizations to small groups.
We then look to the future of visualization for big data, and how the increase in data set size is leading to a need for new visualization techniques. We consider how the cloud computing infrastructure might support transformational new approaches to interactive, personalised visualization. We will argue that the cloud has the potential to provide unique capabilities not found in today’s client-side and web-based visualization applications.
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Seamless Astronomy Colloquium: Visualizing big data: evidence and futures
Tuesday, September 8
3pm
Phillips Auditorium, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge
Professor Nick Holliman, The Digital Institute, Newcastle University
Description: Visualization techniques, often including interactive methods, enable a viewer to gain an understanding of the key features within a set of data in order to facilitate decisions to be made and actions to be taken. As a process visualization has literally become about generating ideas in people’s heads efficiently and accurately.
Across all fields where it is collected big data continues to expand in terms of the volume, variety and velocity of its content. This is both true is established fields such as astronomy and cosmology, and equally as true in emerging fields such as the Internet of Things. The scale of these data sets is challenging our ability to visualize them effectively using existing techniques.
We will present recently collected evidence on the effectiveness of stereoscopic visualizations of cosmological and astronomical data sets, this was undertaken using a quasi-experiment gathering one group pre-test post-test audience feedback. This showed that high quality TV sized displays are as effective as large projection displays in presenting stereoscopic visualizations to small groups.
We then look to the future of visualization for big data, and how the increase in data set size is leading to a need for new visualization techniques. We consider how the cloud computing infrastructure might support transformational new approaches to interactive, personalised visualization. We will argue that the cloud has the potential to provide unique capabilities not found in today’s client-side and web-based visualization applications.
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Greenland’s Climate Past and Future: Insights from Paleolimnology
Tuesday, September 8
3:00PM
Harvard, HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street, 3rd floor, Cambridge
Yarrow Axford, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University
More at http://environment.harvard.edu/events/2015-09-08-190000/greenland%E2%80%99s-climate-past-and-future-insights-paleolimnology#sthash.BkbMNvSe.dpuf
Harvard, HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street, 3rd floor, Cambridge
Yarrow Axford, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University
More at http://environment.harvard.edu/events/2015-09-08-190000/greenland%E2%80%99s-climate-past-and-future-insights-paleolimnology#sthash.BkbMNvSe.dpuf
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HBS Business and Environment Kick-Off
Tuesday, September 8
3:30–5 pm
Harvard Business School, Hawes Hall 101, 37 Harvard Way, Boston
Join the Business & Environment Initiative Faculty Chairs, Prof. Rebecca Henderson and Prof. Forest Reinhardt, along with the Energy & Environment Club Co-Presidents for an informal reception to learn more about the Initiative, as well as other campus activities related to business and the environment.
More at: http://green.harvard.edu/events/hbs-business-and-environment-kick#sthash.DB5VfBmm.dpuf
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Health in the Era of Sustainable Development
Tuesday, September 8
Lecture: 4-5 p.m., Kresge G3
Reception: 5-6 p.m., Rosenau Atrium
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston
Speaker: K. Srinath Reddy, MD, DM (Card), MSc, (Epi), FAMS, DSc, DLitt (Hon. Causa), President, Public Health Foundation of India
Welcome and Discussion Moderated by: Acting Dean David J. Hunter, MBBS, ScD, Dean for Academic Affairs
Vincent L. Gregory Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Vision and Robotics
Tuesday, September 8
6:00 PM
Microsoft NERD Center, Mann Theater, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/bostonimagevision/events/224733251/
Robots have made amazing advances other the last few years, and vision has played a big part of it. We have two amazing companies so far. Boston Dynamics has brought us Big Dog and the Atlas Robot. Vecna has started pushing robots into health care. It should be an exciting night.
Rough agenda:
6 - 6:30: Networking and Pizza
6:30 - 7:20: Three Speakers
(1) Marc Raibert. Founder Boston Dynamics.
(2) Daniel Theobald. Founder Vecna Robotics.
(3) TBD.
7:20 - 7:30: 1 min pitches from audience. Need help? Looking for a job? Let us know.
7:30 on: More networking.
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Olmsted Lecture: Charles Waldheim, Landscape as Urbanism: A General Theory
WHEN Tue., Sep. 8, 2015, 6:30 – 8 p.m.
WHERE Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Graduate School of Design
CONTACT INFO events@gsd.harvard.edu
DETAILS Charles Waldheim will present material from his forthcoming book Landscape as Urbanism: A General Theory (Princeton University Press). Waldheim argues that the discourse and practices of landscape urbanism represent the third historical moment in the past two centuries in which landscape has been called upon to absorb the shocks associated with transformations in industrial economy. Rather than a simply stylistic or cultural question, the talk describes a structural relationship between landscape as a medium of design, and transformations in the industrial economies that enable processes of urbanization. Charles Waldheim is John E. Irving Professor of Landscape Architecture at Harvard GSD.
LINK http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/events/charles-waldheim-a-general-theory.html
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Origami: Art and Science
Tuesday, September 8
7:00 PM
Belmont Public Library 336 Concord Avenue, Belmont
L. Mahadevan, Ph.D., de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics; Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology; Professor of Physics, Harvard University
Origami, the art of folding paper into complex shapes, is in the midst of a revolution driven by the realization that it is simultaneously the fount of new mathematics and the potential origin of many engineering applications. As it happens, it also appears naturally in many biological systems. Dr. Mahadevan discusses these different facets of origami and demonstrates how crossing the divide between art and science enriches both immeasurably.
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#ItWasNeverADress: A Conversation on Women in Tech with Everyday Superheroes
Tuesday, September 8
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
General Assembly, 51 Melcher Street, Boston
RSVP at https://generalassemb.ly/education/itwasneveradress-a-conversation-on-women-in-tech-with-everyday-superheroes/boston/16353
Join the creators behind Axosoft's viral #ItWasNeverADress campaign and the Girl Develop It community for a conversation on how being conscious and collaborative leads to innovation.
In an effort to break down barriers and shift perceptions of women in technology—and all spaces—Axosoft used their tech superhero powers of collaboration, cross-functionality, and agility to offer up a radically reimagined women’s bathroom symbol.
This new symbol has started an international conversation that is picking up STEAM! Since the campaign launched just a few month ago, it has generated over 20 million impressions, received attention from every major media outlet, and is funding a scholarship at Arizona State University for a need-based student entering a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) field.
In this inviting, and humorous talk, the instigator behind It Was Never a Dress, Tania Katan, shares tips for artful disruption inspired by agile methodology!
Tania Katan Creator of #ItWasNeverADress, Axosoft
Tania Katan is an award-winning author and creative instigator who believes in storytelling at all costs. Katan has performed her stories at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, NPR Snap Judgment, TEDX, Comedy Central Stage, and more. Her work has been written about in the New York Times, Huffington Post, TIME, BuzzFeed, GLAMOUR, and others. Formerly a Curator of Literary and Performing Arts at a contemporary art museum, Katan made the audacious leap into technology and is currently the Curator of Code at Axosoft, because every rock star company needs a punk.
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Wednesday, September 9
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Trends, Opportunities and Challenges driving Architecture and Design of Next Generation Mobile Computing and IoT Devices
Wednesday, September 9
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 34-401, 50 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Dr. Karim Arabi, Qualcomm
The mobile computing and communication industry has been characterized by constant changes and rapid expansions. Aggressive silicon integration technology scaling, advanced low power design techniques, efficient mobile wireless and connectivity solutions and advances in a plethora of sensor technology have been critical in enabling mobile computing in a ubiquitous and cost-effective manner. Mobile computing continues to drive innovation in technologies that will enable new use cases and applications in an energy and cost efficient manner. The industry is now evolving quickly to leverage these capabilities to address the emerging wearable and IoT opportunities expected to sustain growth for the next decade. Choice of device architectures and features are impacted by market requirements and mega trends. In this presentation mega trends, opportunities and challenges driving next generation mobile and IoT devices will be reviewed.
MTL Seminar Series
Refreshments at 11:30 am
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Microsystems Technology Laboratories
For more information, contact: Valerie Dinardo
253-9328
valeried@mit.edu
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What Have We Learned about Culture and Black Youth?
WHEN Wed., Sep. 9, 2015, 12 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research
SPEAKER(S) Orlando Patterson, John Cowles Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO hutchevents@fas.harvard.edu
DETAILS A Q+A session will follow the lecture.
LINK http://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events-lectures/events/september-9-2015-1200pm/fall-colloquium-orlando-patterson
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Clean Energy Policy Briefing
Wednesday, September 9
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM (EDT)
Greentown Labs, 28 Dane Street, Somerville
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/clean-energy-policy-briefing-tickets-18061410164
Join the NECEC policy team and Greentown Labs for lunch to learn about how proposed state and regional policies could affect your business. Janet Gail Besser, NECEC’s VP of Policy and Government Affairs will summarize key policy issues affecting emerging clean energy companies across New England and New York, field your questions, and provide avenues to participate in and influence policy discussions. Policy topics will include:
Solar net metering
Distributed generation incentives
Grid modernization
Utility regulation and rate design
Get up to speed and stay on top of policy developments directly affecting your business.
Agenda
12:00 - 12:40 Clean Energy Policy Topics - Janet Gail Besser, VP of Policy and Gov’t Affairs
12:40 - 1:30 Conversation and Q&A
Speaker
Janet Gail Besser, Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs
Janet brings deep expertise and credibility to lead NECEC’s policy and government relations efforts. Most recently she was Vice President of Regulatory Strategy and Policy at National Grid, and previously was Chair of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities. Janet has been in senior roles in the Massachusetts Energy Office and New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, and has been an executive and expert consultant on electricity markets, transmission, policy and economics at two leading consulting firms: Analysis Group and Lexecon. She also brings experience as policy director for a DC-based national independent power industry association, and is a nationally recognized expert on a wide range of energy policy issues with deep relationships across the industry.
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Is an Era of Geopolitics Replacing an Era of Peaceful Economic Obsession?
WHEN Wed., Sep. 9, 2015, 12:30 – 1:50 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, S020, Belfer Case Study Room, Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Critical Issues Confronting China Seminar Series; co-sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
SPEAKER(S) William Overholt, senior fellow, Harvard University Asia Center
COST Free and open to the public
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HBS Business and Environment Kick-Off
Tuesday, September 8
3:30–5 pm
Harvard Business School, Hawes Hall 101, 37 Harvard Way, Boston
Join the Business & Environment Initiative Faculty Chairs, Prof. Rebecca Henderson and Prof. Forest Reinhardt, along with the Energy & Environment Club Co-Presidents for an informal reception to learn more about the Initiative, as well as other campus activities related to business and the environment.
More at: http://green.harvard.edu/events/hbs-business-and-environment-kick#sthash.DB5VfBmm.dpuf
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Health in the Era of Sustainable Development
Tuesday, September 8
Lecture: 4-5 p.m., Kresge G3
Reception: 5-6 p.m., Rosenau Atrium
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston
Speaker: K. Srinath Reddy, MD, DM (Card), MSc, (Epi), FAMS, DSc, DLitt (Hon. Causa), President, Public Health Foundation of India
Welcome and Discussion Moderated by: Acting Dean David J. Hunter, MBBS, ScD, Dean for Academic Affairs
Vincent L. Gregory Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Vision and Robotics
Tuesday, September 8
6:00 PM
Microsoft NERD Center, Mann Theater, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/bostonimagevision/events/224733251/
Robots have made amazing advances other the last few years, and vision has played a big part of it. We have two amazing companies so far. Boston Dynamics has brought us Big Dog and the Atlas Robot. Vecna has started pushing robots into health care. It should be an exciting night.
Rough agenda:
6 - 6:30: Networking and Pizza
6:30 - 7:20: Three Speakers
(1) Marc Raibert. Founder Boston Dynamics.
(2) Daniel Theobald. Founder Vecna Robotics.
(3) TBD.
7:20 - 7:30: 1 min pitches from audience. Need help? Looking for a job? Let us know.
7:30 on: More networking.
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Olmsted Lecture: Charles Waldheim, Landscape as Urbanism: A General Theory
WHEN Tue., Sep. 8, 2015, 6:30 – 8 p.m.
WHERE Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Graduate School of Design
CONTACT INFO events@gsd.harvard.edu
DETAILS Charles Waldheim will present material from his forthcoming book Landscape as Urbanism: A General Theory (Princeton University Press). Waldheim argues that the discourse and practices of landscape urbanism represent the third historical moment in the past two centuries in which landscape has been called upon to absorb the shocks associated with transformations in industrial economy. Rather than a simply stylistic or cultural question, the talk describes a structural relationship between landscape as a medium of design, and transformations in the industrial economies that enable processes of urbanization. Charles Waldheim is John E. Irving Professor of Landscape Architecture at Harvard GSD.
LINK http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/events/charles-waldheim-a-general-theory.html
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Origami: Art and Science
Tuesday, September 8
7:00 PM
Belmont Public Library 336 Concord Avenue, Belmont
L. Mahadevan, Ph.D., de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics; Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology; Professor of Physics, Harvard University
Origami, the art of folding paper into complex shapes, is in the midst of a revolution driven by the realization that it is simultaneously the fount of new mathematics and the potential origin of many engineering applications. As it happens, it also appears naturally in many biological systems. Dr. Mahadevan discusses these different facets of origami and demonstrates how crossing the divide between art and science enriches both immeasurably.
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#ItWasNeverADress: A Conversation on Women in Tech with Everyday Superheroes
Tuesday, September 8
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
General Assembly, 51 Melcher Street, Boston
RSVP at https://generalassemb.ly/education/itwasneveradress-a-conversation-on-women-in-tech-with-everyday-superheroes/boston/16353
Join the creators behind Axosoft's viral #ItWasNeverADress campaign and the Girl Develop It community for a conversation on how being conscious and collaborative leads to innovation.
In an effort to break down barriers and shift perceptions of women in technology—and all spaces—Axosoft used their tech superhero powers of collaboration, cross-functionality, and agility to offer up a radically reimagined women’s bathroom symbol.
This new symbol has started an international conversation that is picking up STEAM! Since the campaign launched just a few month ago, it has generated over 20 million impressions, received attention from every major media outlet, and is funding a scholarship at Arizona State University for a need-based student entering a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) field.
In this inviting, and humorous talk, the instigator behind It Was Never a Dress, Tania Katan, shares tips for artful disruption inspired by agile methodology!
Tania Katan Creator of #ItWasNeverADress, Axosoft
Tania Katan is an award-winning author and creative instigator who believes in storytelling at all costs. Katan has performed her stories at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, NPR Snap Judgment, TEDX, Comedy Central Stage, and more. Her work has been written about in the New York Times, Huffington Post, TIME, BuzzFeed, GLAMOUR, and others. Formerly a Curator of Literary and Performing Arts at a contemporary art museum, Katan made the audacious leap into technology and is currently the Curator of Code at Axosoft, because every rock star company needs a punk.
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Wednesday, September 9
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Trends, Opportunities and Challenges driving Architecture and Design of Next Generation Mobile Computing and IoT Devices
Wednesday, September 9
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 34-401, 50 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Dr. Karim Arabi, Qualcomm
The mobile computing and communication industry has been characterized by constant changes and rapid expansions. Aggressive silicon integration technology scaling, advanced low power design techniques, efficient mobile wireless and connectivity solutions and advances in a plethora of sensor technology have been critical in enabling mobile computing in a ubiquitous and cost-effective manner. Mobile computing continues to drive innovation in technologies that will enable new use cases and applications in an energy and cost efficient manner. The industry is now evolving quickly to leverage these capabilities to address the emerging wearable and IoT opportunities expected to sustain growth for the next decade. Choice of device architectures and features are impacted by market requirements and mega trends. In this presentation mega trends, opportunities and challenges driving next generation mobile and IoT devices will be reviewed.
MTL Seminar Series
Refreshments at 11:30 am
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Microsystems Technology Laboratories
For more information, contact: Valerie Dinardo
253-9328
valeried@mit.edu
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What Have We Learned about Culture and Black Youth?
WHEN Wed., Sep. 9, 2015, 12 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research
SPEAKER(S) Orlando Patterson, John Cowles Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO hutchevents@fas.harvard.edu
DETAILS A Q+A session will follow the lecture.
LINK http://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events-lectures/events/september-9-2015-1200pm/fall-colloquium-orlando-patterson
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Clean Energy Policy Briefing
Wednesday, September 9
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM (EDT)
Greentown Labs, 28 Dane Street, Somerville
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/clean-energy-policy-briefing-tickets-18061410164
Join the NECEC policy team and Greentown Labs for lunch to learn about how proposed state and regional policies could affect your business. Janet Gail Besser, NECEC’s VP of Policy and Government Affairs will summarize key policy issues affecting emerging clean energy companies across New England and New York, field your questions, and provide avenues to participate in and influence policy discussions. Policy topics will include:
Solar net metering
Distributed generation incentives
Grid modernization
Utility regulation and rate design
Get up to speed and stay on top of policy developments directly affecting your business.
Agenda
12:00 - 12:40 Clean Energy Policy Topics - Janet Gail Besser, VP of Policy and Gov’t Affairs
12:40 - 1:30 Conversation and Q&A
Speaker
Janet Gail Besser, Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs
Janet brings deep expertise and credibility to lead NECEC’s policy and government relations efforts. Most recently she was Vice President of Regulatory Strategy and Policy at National Grid, and previously was Chair of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities. Janet has been in senior roles in the Massachusetts Energy Office and New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, and has been an executive and expert consultant on electricity markets, transmission, policy and economics at two leading consulting firms: Analysis Group and Lexecon. She also brings experience as policy director for a DC-based national independent power industry association, and is a nationally recognized expert on a wide range of energy policy issues with deep relationships across the industry.
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Is an Era of Geopolitics Replacing an Era of Peaceful Economic Obsession?
WHEN Wed., Sep. 9, 2015, 12:30 – 1:50 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, S020, Belfer Case Study Room, Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Critical Issues Confronting China Seminar Series; co-sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
SPEAKER(S) William Overholt, senior fellow, Harvard University Asia Center
COST Free and open to the public
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Pluto Revealed! Latest Results from NASA's New Horizons Mission
Wednesday, September 9
4:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building 10-250, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
4:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building 10-250, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: Prof. Richard P. Binzel -- MIT EAPS -- New Horizons Co-Investigator
After nearly two decades of struggling for approval, a NASA funded Pluto mission finally reached the launch pad in January 2006. Nine-and-a-half years later in July 2015, the piano-sized New Horizons spacecraft reached the Pluto system revealing an amazingly bizarre planetary world. Ice mountains as tall as the Rockies and smooth plains of frozen carbon monoxide 500 km across are just some of the surprising features. Pluto appears to be a globally changing planet with seasonal cycles ranging from decades to millennia producing an evolving landscape of nitrogen ice glaciers and variable atmospheric pressure. Together with its largest satellite, Pluto and Charon form a "double planet" system orbiting a common center of gravity located outside of either body. Charon's surface also appears relatively young and crater-free, implying some recent era geologic activity. Completing the system are four small moons found to be irregularly shaped with complex spin patterns in their own regularly spaced orbits. As New Horizons continues its voyage out of the solar system, a close encounter with at least one newly discovered Kuiper Belt object appears possible within the next four years.
EAPS Department Lecture Series
Weekly talks given by leading thinkers in the areas of geology, geophysics, geobiology, geochemistry, meteorology, oceanography, climatology, and planetary science.
All are welcome to attend.
If you have any questions regarding the lecture, please contact Jen Fentress at 617.253.2127 or jfen@mit.edu.
Web site: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/events/2015/DLS_Binzel
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)
For more information, contact: Jen Fentress
617-253-2127
Weekly talks given by leading thinkers in the areas of geology, geophysics, geobiology, geochemistry, meteorology, oceanography, climatology, and planetary science.
All are welcome to attend.
If you have any questions regarding the lecture, please contact Jen Fentress at 617.253.2127 or jfen@mit.edu.
Web site: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/events/2015/DLS_Binzel
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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Berkman Center Fall 2015 Open House
Wednesday, September 9
5:00 pm, webcast portion starting at 6:00 pm
Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein Rooms, 2nd Floor, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP at https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2015/09/OpenHouse#RSVP
Free and Open to the Public
Come to the Berkman Center for Internet & Society’s Fall 2015 Open House to meet our faculty, fellows, and staff, and to learn about the many ways you can get involved in our dynamic, exciting environment.
5:00-6:00 pm - Project Showcase Session: Select Berkman projects will be present with information about their projects' current activities. Staff working with each of these projects are eager to share information about the big research questions they are considering, meet potential future collaborators, and solicit ideas. In addition to the project tabling, there will be space and opportunity to connect with new Berkman community members and Berkman Center Staff and Faculty. You may come for any portion of time during this session.
6:00-7:00 pm - Plenary Session with Jonathan Zittrain: Learn more about the Berkman Center for Internet & Society -- and its network of researchers, activists, faculty, students, technologists, entrepreneurs, artists, policy makers, lawyers, and more -- in an interactive conversation lead by Berkman Center Faculty Chair Jonathan Zittrain. If you’re curious about connecting with our research, our community, or our events, or are just generally interested in digital technologies and their impact on society, please join us!
7:00 pm - Reception: Keep the conversations going with the help of light snacks and drinks!
As a University-wide research center at Harvard, our interdisciplinary efforts in the exploration of cyberspace address a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences. If you're interested in the Internet’s impact on society and are looking to engage a community of world-class fellows and faculty through events, conversations, research, and more please join us to hear more about our upcoming academic year.
People from all disciplines, universities, organizations, and backgrounds are encouraged to attend the Open House. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Women in MassChallenge Showcase
Wednesday, September 9
6-8 pm
21 Drydock Avenue, 6th Floor, Boston
RSVP at https://events.attend.com/#/register/1383769397/0
Did you know Boston was recently named the #2 city in the world for female entrepreneurs and that 44% of the startups in this summer's class at MassChallenge Boston are founded by women?
Women in MassChallenge (WiMC) was founded by MassChallenge alumni in 2012 to provide better access, education and support for the unique challenges that face female founders.
Please join us for dynamic conversations around women in entrepreneurship as Female-founded startups showcase their companies to the community.
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Thursday, September 10
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NECEC Policy Series - 2015 Legislative Session Roundup
Thursday, September 10
8:30 AM to 10:30 AM (EDT)
Brown Rudnick, One Financial Center, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/necec-policy-series-2015-legislative-session-roundup-tickets-18226922215
Cost: $53.74
NECEC's VP, Policy & Government Affairs Janet Gail Besser and NECEC's state coordinators will provide an overview of key clean energy legislation that has emerged from the 2015 state legislative sessions. Learn what new legislation will mean for the clean energy industry, and what to expect in the coming year.
Continental Breakfast & Networking, 8:30am - 9:00am
Panel Discussion & Q&A, 9:00am - 10:30am
Registration:
NECEC Members & Sponsors: No charge
Non-Members: $50.00**
**Non-Member companies may apply registration fees toward NECEC Membership if they join before October 1st! Learn more about Membership today.
Moderator: Janet Gail Besser, VP, Policy & Government Affairs, NECEC
Dan Bosley, Government Relations Executive, NECEC
Kate Epsen, Executive Director, New Hampshire Sustainable Energy Association (NHSEA)
Mary Phil Guinan, President, Guinan Associates
Gabrielle Stebbins, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Vermont
Jeff Marks, Executive Director, Environmental & Energy Technology Council of Maine (E2Tech)
Sue AnderBois, Rhode Island State Coordinator, NECEC
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Growing Economies: Agricultural Innovation and Economic Transformation in Africa
WHEN Thu., Sep. 10, 2015, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government at the Harvard Kennedy School
SPEAKER(S) Calestous Juma, professor of the practice of international development and director of Science, Technology, and Globalization Project at HKS
CONTACT INFO RSVP to mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
Lunch will be served.
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Preparing for Workforce Continuity and Business Operations for the Upcoming Flu Season: It's Nothing to Sneeze At!
Thursday, September 10
12:00p–1:00p
Webinar at http://sdm.mit.edu/how-to-prepare-for-workforce-continuity-and-business-operations-for-the-upcoming-flu-season-its-nothing-to-sneeze-at/
Speaker: Richard C. Larson, Ph.D., Mitsui Professor of Engineering Systems, MIT; Founding Director, MIT Center for Engineering System Fundamentals
It is not too early to plan now for the next flu season: Research shows that your organization???s workforce could suffer a decrease of 20 percent to 30 percent. If you run a lean shop, that's a lot of lost capacity!
In this webinar, MIT Professor Richard C. Larson will highlight results of a six-year research project he codirected in collaboration with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He will discuss:
1) how to educate your staff on behavioral changes that they and their family members can make to reduce the chances of getting sick;
2) ways to alter business processes to reduce infection pathways; and
3) why it is imperative to start planning now.
A Q&A will follow the presentation.
Be proactive! Join us and learn how to keep your employees and your business healthy.
The MIT System Design & Management Program's Systems Thikning Webinar Series
This series features research conducted by SDM faculty, alumni, students, and industry partners. The series is designed to disseminate information on how to employ systems thinking to address engineering, management, and socio-political components of complex challenges.
Web site: http://sdm.mit.edu/how-to-prepare-for-workforce-continuity-and-business-operations-for-the-upcoming-flu-season-its-nothing-to-sneeze-at/
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free and open to all
Tickets: Virtual -- see link above.
Sponsor(s): Engineering Systems Division, MIT System Design & Management
For more information, contact: Lois Slavin
lslavin@mit.edu
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On Water: Mare Liberum with Pierre Bélanger
Thursday, September 10
12 pm
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Level 3, Sert Gallery + Terrace, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Mare Liberum invites Harvard University Graduate School of Design faculty to contribute informal talks and interviews about landscape, water, waterways, and more as part of the collective’s exhibition and residency, or, The Other Island.
Pierre Bélanger is Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Co-Director of the MDes Postgraduate Design Research Program at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. Cross-appointed with the Department of Landscape Architecture and the Advanced Studies Program, Bélanger teaches and coordinates graduate courses on the convergence of ecology, infrastructure, media and urbanism in the interrelated fields of design, communications, planning and engineering.
In response to the inertia of urban planning and the overexertion of civil engineering in public works today, Bélanger’s contribution to the field of “landscape infrastructure” has been shared and developed in collaboration with governments, professionals and academics worldwide. Vis-à-vis the complexities, magnitudes and indeterminacies of urban change, Bélanger’s core commitment lies in the agency of landscape architecture to redefine the morphology of urban infrastructure in research, pedagogy and practice.
More at http://ccva.fas.harvard.edu/water-lunchtime-talks
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Berkman Center Fall 2015 Open House
Wednesday, September 9
5:00 pm, webcast portion starting at 6:00 pm
Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein Rooms, 2nd Floor, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP at https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2015/09/OpenHouse#RSVP
Free and Open to the Public
Come to the Berkman Center for Internet & Society’s Fall 2015 Open House to meet our faculty, fellows, and staff, and to learn about the many ways you can get involved in our dynamic, exciting environment.
5:00-6:00 pm - Project Showcase Session: Select Berkman projects will be present with information about their projects' current activities. Staff working with each of these projects are eager to share information about the big research questions they are considering, meet potential future collaborators, and solicit ideas. In addition to the project tabling, there will be space and opportunity to connect with new Berkman community members and Berkman Center Staff and Faculty. You may come for any portion of time during this session.
6:00-7:00 pm - Plenary Session with Jonathan Zittrain: Learn more about the Berkman Center for Internet & Society -- and its network of researchers, activists, faculty, students, technologists, entrepreneurs, artists, policy makers, lawyers, and more -- in an interactive conversation lead by Berkman Center Faculty Chair Jonathan Zittrain. If you’re curious about connecting with our research, our community, or our events, or are just generally interested in digital technologies and their impact on society, please join us!
7:00 pm - Reception: Keep the conversations going with the help of light snacks and drinks!
As a University-wide research center at Harvard, our interdisciplinary efforts in the exploration of cyberspace address a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences. If you're interested in the Internet’s impact on society and are looking to engage a community of world-class fellows and faculty through events, conversations, research, and more please join us to hear more about our upcoming academic year.
People from all disciplines, universities, organizations, and backgrounds are encouraged to attend the Open House. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Women in MassChallenge Showcase
Wednesday, September 9
6-8 pm
21 Drydock Avenue, 6th Floor, Boston
RSVP at https://events.attend.com/#/register/1383769397/0
Did you know Boston was recently named the #2 city in the world for female entrepreneurs and that 44% of the startups in this summer's class at MassChallenge Boston are founded by women?
Women in MassChallenge (WiMC) was founded by MassChallenge alumni in 2012 to provide better access, education and support for the unique challenges that face female founders.
Please join us for dynamic conversations around women in entrepreneurship as Female-founded startups showcase their companies to the community.
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Thursday, September 10
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NECEC Policy Series - 2015 Legislative Session Roundup
Thursday, September 10
8:30 AM to 10:30 AM (EDT)
Brown Rudnick, One Financial Center, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/necec-policy-series-2015-legislative-session-roundup-tickets-18226922215
Cost: $53.74
NECEC's VP, Policy & Government Affairs Janet Gail Besser and NECEC's state coordinators will provide an overview of key clean energy legislation that has emerged from the 2015 state legislative sessions. Learn what new legislation will mean for the clean energy industry, and what to expect in the coming year.
Continental Breakfast & Networking, 8:30am - 9:00am
Panel Discussion & Q&A, 9:00am - 10:30am
Registration:
NECEC Members & Sponsors: No charge
Non-Members: $50.00**
**Non-Member companies may apply registration fees toward NECEC Membership if they join before October 1st! Learn more about Membership today.
Moderator: Janet Gail Besser, VP, Policy & Government Affairs, NECEC
Dan Bosley, Government Relations Executive, NECEC
Kate Epsen, Executive Director, New Hampshire Sustainable Energy Association (NHSEA)
Mary Phil Guinan, President, Guinan Associates
Gabrielle Stebbins, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Vermont
Jeff Marks, Executive Director, Environmental & Energy Technology Council of Maine (E2Tech)
Sue AnderBois, Rhode Island State Coordinator, NECEC
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Growing Economies: Agricultural Innovation and Economic Transformation in Africa
WHEN Thu., Sep. 10, 2015, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government at the Harvard Kennedy School
SPEAKER(S) Calestous Juma, professor of the practice of international development and director of Science, Technology, and Globalization Project at HKS
CONTACT INFO RSVP to mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
Lunch will be served.
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Preparing for Workforce Continuity and Business Operations for the Upcoming Flu Season: It's Nothing to Sneeze At!
Thursday, September 10
12:00p–1:00p
Webinar at http://sdm.mit.edu/how-to-prepare-for-workforce-continuity-and-business-operations-for-the-upcoming-flu-season-its-nothing-to-sneeze-at/
Speaker: Richard C. Larson, Ph.D., Mitsui Professor of Engineering Systems, MIT; Founding Director, MIT Center for Engineering System Fundamentals
It is not too early to plan now for the next flu season: Research shows that your organization???s workforce could suffer a decrease of 20 percent to 30 percent. If you run a lean shop, that's a lot of lost capacity!
In this webinar, MIT Professor Richard C. Larson will highlight results of a six-year research project he codirected in collaboration with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He will discuss:
1) how to educate your staff on behavioral changes that they and their family members can make to reduce the chances of getting sick;
2) ways to alter business processes to reduce infection pathways; and
3) why it is imperative to start planning now.
A Q&A will follow the presentation.
Be proactive! Join us and learn how to keep your employees and your business healthy.
The MIT System Design & Management Program's Systems Thikning Webinar Series
This series features research conducted by SDM faculty, alumni, students, and industry partners. The series is designed to disseminate information on how to employ systems thinking to address engineering, management, and socio-political components of complex challenges.
Web site: http://sdm.mit.edu/how-to-prepare-for-workforce-continuity-and-business-operations-for-the-upcoming-flu-season-its-nothing-to-sneeze-at/
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free and open to all
Tickets: Virtual -- see link above.
Sponsor(s): Engineering Systems Division, MIT System Design & Management
For more information, contact: Lois Slavin
lslavin@mit.edu
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On Water: Mare Liberum with Pierre Bélanger
Thursday, September 10
12 pm
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Level 3, Sert Gallery + Terrace, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Mare Liberum invites Harvard University Graduate School of Design faculty to contribute informal talks and interviews about landscape, water, waterways, and more as part of the collective’s exhibition and residency, or, The Other Island.
Pierre Bélanger is Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Co-Director of the MDes Postgraduate Design Research Program at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. Cross-appointed with the Department of Landscape Architecture and the Advanced Studies Program, Bélanger teaches and coordinates graduate courses on the convergence of ecology, infrastructure, media and urbanism in the interrelated fields of design, communications, planning and engineering.
In response to the inertia of urban planning and the overexertion of civil engineering in public works today, Bélanger’s contribution to the field of “landscape infrastructure” has been shared and developed in collaboration with governments, professionals and academics worldwide. Vis-à-vis the complexities, magnitudes and indeterminacies of urban change, Bélanger’s core commitment lies in the agency of landscape architecture to redefine the morphology of urban infrastructure in research, pedagogy and practice.
More at http://ccva.fas.harvard.edu/water-lunchtime-talks
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A Talk with Ralph Nader: How the Mighty Harvard Law School Can Leverage the Great Systems of Justice in America
WHEN Thu., Sep. 10, 2015, 12 – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Law School, Langdell Hall South
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Law
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Harvard Law Record
SPEAKER(S) Ralph Nader
WHEN Thu., Sep. 10, 2015, 12 – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Law School, Langdell Hall South
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Law
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Harvard Law Record
SPEAKER(S) Ralph Nader
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Theo Jansen's Strandbeests
Thursday, September 10
3-7 p.m.
MIT Media Lab Cambridge
A panel discussion with Theo Jansen, PEM curator Trevor Smith, and MIT associate professor Neri Oxman will take place from 3 to 5 p.m., after which the standbeests will walk around the plaza outside).
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/blog/2015/07/24/strandbeest-boston/
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Theo Jansen's Strandbeests
Thursday, September 10
3-7 p.m.
MIT Media Lab Cambridge
A panel discussion with Theo Jansen, PEM curator Trevor Smith, and MIT associate professor Neri Oxman will take place from 3 to 5 p.m., after which the standbeests will walk around the plaza outside).
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/blog/2015/07/24/strandbeest-boston/
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Examining Strategies for Confronting Micronutrient Scarcity in Marine Microbes using Metalloproteomics
Thursday, September 10
5:30PM
Harvard, HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street, 3rd floor, Cambridge
Harvard, HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street, 3rd floor, Cambridge
A reception will begin at 5:30pm, followed by the seminar at 6pm.
Mak Saito, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Mak Saito, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
MSI Seminar
Colleen Cavanaugh, Edward C. Jeffrey Professor of Biology, Harvard, will host.
More at: http://environment.harvard.edu/events/2015-09-10-213000/msi-seminar#sthash.9tJlTsre.dpuf
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Energy Innovation at the Intersection of Technology and Government
Thursday, September 10
5:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
Greentown Labs, 28 Dane Street, Somerville
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/energy-innovation-at-the-intersection-of-technology-and-government-tickets-18192636666
5:30 - 6:30 PM Networking
6:30 - 7:30 PM Panel Discussion
Networking to follow
What fosters private and public sector ideas at the nexus of technology and government. How does innovation happen that solves civic problems? What jumpstarts it? Who drives it? What kinds of problems get addressed? What is the role of entrepreneurs? What is the role of policy?
As public and private sector leaders, you are working on this issue every day. The City of Somerville has several activities including the Somerville Greentech program; Mapdwell began out of discussions between the City of Cambridge and MIT to help residents and businesses understand rooftop solar potential; and Rainbank is working with cities with regulations to address storm water pollution.
Panelists for this event include:
Oliver Sellers-Garcia, City of Somerville, Director, Office of Sustainability
Katie Stebbins Assistant Secretary of Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship for Massachusetts' Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development
Eduardo Berlin, Founder, Mapdwell
Andrew Amigo, CEO, Blackburn Energy (they are developing energy systems for truck fleets to eliminate diesel-powered cabins that run all night)
Kevin Dutt, CEO and Founder, Rainbank
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Climate Climate Protection Action Committee
Thursday, September 10
6:00 pm
City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Avenue, Sullivan Chamber, Cambridge
The September meeting will be CPAC’s annual meeting with the City Manager and departments.
More at http://www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/climateandenergy/climatechangeplanning/climateprotectionactioncommittee/olderagendasandminutes.aspx
Energy Innovation at the Intersection of Technology and Government
Thursday, September 10
5:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
Greentown Labs, 28 Dane Street, Somerville
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/energy-innovation-at-the-intersection-of-technology-and-government-tickets-18192636666
5:30 - 6:30 PM Networking
6:30 - 7:30 PM Panel Discussion
Networking to follow
What fosters private and public sector ideas at the nexus of technology and government. How does innovation happen that solves civic problems? What jumpstarts it? Who drives it? What kinds of problems get addressed? What is the role of entrepreneurs? What is the role of policy?
As public and private sector leaders, you are working on this issue every day. The City of Somerville has several activities including the Somerville Greentech program; Mapdwell began out of discussions between the City of Cambridge and MIT to help residents and businesses understand rooftop solar potential; and Rainbank is working with cities with regulations to address storm water pollution.
Panelists for this event include:
Oliver Sellers-Garcia, City of Somerville, Director, Office of Sustainability
Katie Stebbins Assistant Secretary of Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship for Massachusetts' Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development
Eduardo Berlin, Founder, Mapdwell
Andrew Amigo, CEO, Blackburn Energy (they are developing energy systems for truck fleets to eliminate diesel-powered cabins that run all night)
Kevin Dutt, CEO and Founder, Rainbank
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Climate Climate Protection Action Committee
Thursday, September 10
6:00 pm
City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Avenue, Sullivan Chamber, Cambridge
The September meeting will be CPAC’s annual meeting with the City Manager and departments.
More at http://www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/climateandenergy/climatechangeplanning/climateprotectionactioncommittee/olderagendasandminutes.aspx
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Fed Up! Film Showing
Thursday, September 10
Thursday, September 10
6-8 p.m.
Brookline Interactive Group, 46 Tappan Street (top floor of the Brookline High School art building), Brookline
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/2015-bountiful-brookline-summer-film-series-fed-up-tickets-17292332833
What's for lunch? Join Bountiful Brookline Thursday, September 10th from 6-8 p.m. as we showcase the fourth film in our Summer Film Series.
Fed Up weaves together an empowering narrative of the national obesity epidemic, and what needs to occur for it to be reversed. From grocery stores, to candy shops to your children's public school lunches, you will gain a better understanding of the connection between what you eat, where it comes from, why it is addicting, as well as nutrition and exercise ideas. Local snacks will be provided!
Watch the trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCUbvOwwfWM
Still have questions? Contact us @ bountifulbrookline@gmail.com
Brookline Interactive Group, 46 Tappan Street (top floor of the Brookline High School art building), Brookline
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/2015-bountiful-brookline-summer-film-series-fed-up-tickets-17292332833
What's for lunch? Join Bountiful Brookline Thursday, September 10th from 6-8 p.m. as we showcase the fourth film in our Summer Film Series.
Fed Up weaves together an empowering narrative of the national obesity epidemic, and what needs to occur for it to be reversed. From grocery stores, to candy shops to your children's public school lunches, you will gain a better understanding of the connection between what you eat, where it comes from, why it is addicting, as well as nutrition and exercise ideas. Local snacks will be provided!
Watch the trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCUbvOwwfWM
Still have questions? Contact us @ bountifulbrookline@gmail.com
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Boston Area Solar Energy Association Forum: Mass Power Forward
Thursday, September 10
7:30PM
First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian Universalist, 3 Church Street, Cambridge
Joel Wool, Clean Energy Campaign Organizer
First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian Universalist, 3 Church Street, Cambridge
Joel Wool, Clean Energy Campaign Organizer
Our Forum Series begins another season after a couple of summer months off. A lot has happened while we were away, including moves by the Massachusetts Senate, House and Governor, all staking their positions on where solar energy policy is going. Mass Power Forward is a multi-organization campaign to "advance Massachusetts toward a safer and healthier economy powered by local clean, renewable sources, maximizing energy efficiency, responsibly sited solar, wind on- and off-shore and energy storage". The Mass Power Forward campaign will launch the day before our Forum. Joel Wool, Clean Energy Campaign Organizer with Clean Water Action - Massachusetts, will bring us up to date on the summer's developments regarding solar energy, then explain the Mass Power Forward campaign and how you can help. If you represent an organization or business, please consider endorsing the campaign. We welcome you back to our Forum Series and encourage you to roll up your sleeves and get to work with us on supporting this campaign. Doors will open at 7pm and the presentation will begin at 7:30pm.
About Joel Wool, Clean Energy Campaign Organizer: Joel is a native of the Bay State and graduate of Boston's Emerson College, Joel joined Clean Water Action in 2011 to support work on clean energy. He now serves as a campaign organizer focusing on energy efficiency, natural gas infrastructure and coal phase-out. An alumnus of AmeriCorps and the JOIN for Justice Fellowship, Joel believes strongly in amplifying the voices of communities. He holds a joint degree in Writing and Visual/Media Arts from Emerson College, which he uses to complain about injustice - loudly. Joel is currently a Master's Student at Tufts University studying Urban and Environmental Policy & Planning.
About Joel Wool, Clean Energy Campaign Organizer: Joel is a native of the Bay State and graduate of Boston's Emerson College, Joel joined Clean Water Action in 2011 to support work on clean energy. He now serves as a campaign organizer focusing on energy efficiency, natural gas infrastructure and coal phase-out. An alumnus of AmeriCorps and the JOIN for Justice Fellowship, Joel believes strongly in amplifying the voices of communities. He holds a joint degree in Writing and Visual/Media Arts from Emerson College, which he uses to complain about injustice - loudly. Joel is currently a Master's Student at Tufts University studying Urban and Environmental Policy & Planning.
More at http://www.basea.org/index.php
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Friday, September 11
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Inaugural Forum on Population Health Equity
WHEN Fri., Sep. 11, 2015
WHERE Martin Conference Center, Harvard Longwood Area, Boston, MA
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Conferences, Health Sciences, Science, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Forum for Population Health Equity at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is made possible with the generous support of the Aetna Foundation
SPEAKER(S) David Stuckler, Oxford University
Billie Giles-Corti, University of Melbourne
David Mah, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Sir Michael Marmot, University College London
Nancy Adler, University of California, San Francisco
Arjumand Siddiqi, University of Toronto
David Williams, Harvard T.H. Chan School
Jussi Vahtera, University of Turku, Finland
Philippa Howden-Chapman,
Sanjay Basu, Stanford University
Dean Sandro Galea, Boston University School of Public Health
COST Free and open to the public; seating is limited
TICKET WEB LINK https://harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0IXdaI6TNQckS0d
DETAILS For more information:
Website: https://harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0IXdaI6TNQckS0d
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PopHealthEquity
Twitter: www.twitter.com/pophealthequity; @PopHealthEquity; #PopHealthEquity.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/grp/home?gid=8291737
LINK http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/social-and-behavioral-sciences/inaugural-forum-on-population-health-equity-3/
Please only register if you are able to attend.
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Computational Research in Boston and Beyond Seminar
Friday, September 11
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 32-141, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Arvados: A Free Software Platform for Big Data Science
Web site: http://math.mit.edu/crib/
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Mathematics, Department of
For more information, contact: Alan Edelman
edelman@math.mit.edu
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The Graduate School Mess: What Caused It and How We Can Fix It
Friday, September 11
3:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Harvard Book Store and the Harvard Graduate Student Council welcome Chronicle of Higher Education columnist LEONARD CASSUTO for a discussion of his book The Graduate School Mess: What Caused It and How We Can Fix It.
Friday, September 11
3:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Harvard Book Store and the Harvard Graduate Student Council welcome Chronicle of Higher Education columnist LEONARD CASSUTO for a discussion of his book The Graduate School Mess: What Caused It and How We Can Fix It.
It is no secret that American graduate education is in disarray. Graduate students take too long to complete their studies and face a dismal academic job market if they succeed. The Graduate School Mess gets to the root of these problems and offers concrete solutions for revitalizing graduate education in the humanities. Leonard Cassuto argues that universities’ heavy emphasis on research comes at the expense of teaching. But teaching is where reforming graduate school must begin.
Cassuto says that graduate education must recover its mission of public service. Professors should revamp the graduate curriculum and broaden its narrow definition of success to allow students to create more fulfilling lives for themselves both inside and outside the academy. Cassuto frames the current situation foremost as a teaching problem: professors rarely prepare graduate students for the demands of the working worlds they will actually join. He gives practical advice about how faculty can teach and advise graduate students by committing to a student-centered approach.
In chapters that follow the career of the graduate student from admissions to the dissertation and placement, Cassuto considers how each stage of graduate education is shaped by unexamined assumptions and ancient prejudices that need to be critically confronted. Written with verve and infused with history, The Graduate School Mess returns our national conversation about graduate study in the humanities to first principles.
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Talk: Mare Liberum and Max Liboiron
Friday, September 11, 2015
5:30 pm
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Level 3, Sert Gallery + Terrace, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Plastics have been found in every ocean in the world. Over 90% of these plastics are smaller than a grain of rice and are dispersed unevenly throughout the water column, making them difficult to see. Moreover, several recent studies have found that massive amounts of microplastics are somehow missing from the surface of oceans. Perhaps they have sunk, been eaten by animals, or have broken down into fragments so minuscule they are not counted in samples. The difficulties of counting and accounting for ocean plastics has lead to scientific and policy controversies about the severity of the problem and what might be done to mitigate it. Given the difficulties making ocean plastics manifest, scientists and activists are using different techniques to make plastic pollution visible and “charismatic” enough for action.
Mare Liberum invites scholar, activist, and artist Max Liboiron as part of their exhibition and residency, or, The Other Island. Liboiron provides an overview of the science of marine plastics and shows some of the citizen-science tools Civic Laboratory that have developed to make plastics apparent and charismatic in the extreme environments of Newfoundland, Canada. More exhibition programs, including boat Public Boatbuilding Workshops and Lunchtime Talks at http://ccva.fas.harvard.edu/mare-liberum-or-other-island
More at http://ccva.fas.harvard.edu/water-lunchtime-talks
Talk: Mare Liberum and Max Liboiron
Friday, September 11, 2015
5:30 pm
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Level 3, Sert Gallery + Terrace, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Plastics have been found in every ocean in the world. Over 90% of these plastics are smaller than a grain of rice and are dispersed unevenly throughout the water column, making them difficult to see. Moreover, several recent studies have found that massive amounts of microplastics are somehow missing from the surface of oceans. Perhaps they have sunk, been eaten by animals, or have broken down into fragments so minuscule they are not counted in samples. The difficulties of counting and accounting for ocean plastics has lead to scientific and policy controversies about the severity of the problem and what might be done to mitigate it. Given the difficulties making ocean plastics manifest, scientists and activists are using different techniques to make plastic pollution visible and “charismatic” enough for action.
Mare Liberum invites scholar, activist, and artist Max Liboiron as part of their exhibition and residency, or, The Other Island. Liboiron provides an overview of the science of marine plastics and shows some of the citizen-science tools Civic Laboratory that have developed to make plastics apparent and charismatic in the extreme environments of Newfoundland, Canada. More exhibition programs, including boat Public Boatbuilding Workshops and Lunchtime Talks at http://ccva.fas.harvard.edu/mare-liberum-or-other-island
More at http://ccva.fas.harvard.edu/water-lunchtime-talks
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Don't Look Away: 911 Anniversary Reflections with video
Friday, September 11
7 to 9 pm
Mobius Center for Experimental Art, 55 Norfolk Street, Central Square, Cambridge
Exhibition by artists Margaret Bellafiore, Lydia Eccles, Milan Kohout, Claire Lau and Judy Werlin, with support from writers Steve Wineman and John Pitkin.
This exhibit is the outgrowth of a process between artists and environmentalists examining their own systems of thought. Over several months, they have practiced an experimental form of dialogue to address questions arising from the overwhelm of climate disruption. In response, they have developed a variety of work including writing, sculpture, painting, video and performance.
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Saturday, September 12
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MindEx 2015
WHEN Sat., Sep. 12, 2015, 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Conferences, Health Sciences, Information Technology, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Presented by the Mind First Foundation, and the Personal Genome Project at Harvard University
SPEAKER(S) Preston Estep, George Church, Martine Rothblatt, Ed Boyden, Ron Kessler, David McRaney, Jordan Smoller, George Church, Jack Harris, Madeleine Price Ball, KT Pickard, Sasha Wait Zaranek, Rob Morris, Justine Debelius
COST Free and open to the public
TICKET WEB LINK https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mindex-2015-registration-17853405015
CONTACT INFO mindexhelp@gmail.com
DETAILS MindEx 2015: Cutting-edge research of brain and mind, made accessible
Meet leaders and pioneers in genomics, microbiomics, neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, participatory research, citizen science, and open-access research. Learn how to use your own data to contribute to research around the world. Nearly 5000 people have joined our participant community, pledging their data to the PGP's public data ecosystem, making ours one of the most well-characterized and empowered cohorts in history. With every donated byte, the utility of our data library grows.
Keynote speakers are George Church, pioneer in the fields of personal genomics and synthetic biology, NAS and NAE electee, and 2011 Franklin Bower Laureate; and Martine Rothblatt, CEO of United Therapeutics pharma, and founder of Sirius satellite radio.
LINK http://mindfirstfoundation.org/mindex2015/
WHEN Sat., Sep. 12, 2015, 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Conferences, Health Sciences, Information Technology, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Presented by the Mind First Foundation, and the Personal Genome Project at Harvard University
SPEAKER(S) Preston Estep, George Church, Martine Rothblatt, Ed Boyden, Ron Kessler, David McRaney, Jordan Smoller, George Church, Jack Harris, Madeleine Price Ball, KT Pickard, Sasha Wait Zaranek, Rob Morris, Justine Debelius
COST Free and open to the public
TICKET WEB LINK https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mindex-2015-registration-17853405015
CONTACT INFO mindexhelp@gmail.com
DETAILS MindEx 2015: Cutting-edge research of brain and mind, made accessible
Meet leaders and pioneers in genomics, microbiomics, neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, participatory research, citizen science, and open-access research. Learn how to use your own data to contribute to research around the world. Nearly 5000 people have joined our participant community, pledging their data to the PGP's public data ecosystem, making ours one of the most well-characterized and empowered cohorts in history. With every donated byte, the utility of our data library grows.
Keynote speakers are George Church, pioneer in the fields of personal genomics and synthetic biology, NAS and NAE electee, and 2011 Franklin Bower Laureate; and Martine Rothblatt, CEO of United Therapeutics pharma, and founder of Sirius satellite radio.
LINK http://mindfirstfoundation.org/mindex2015/
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Social Media World Changers
WHEN Sat., Sep. 12, 2015, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Harvard Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Conferences, Education, Information Technology, Special Events, Support/Social
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Extension Wellness Club
SPEAKER(S) Joel Comm, E. Brian Rose, Mari Smith, Brian Kramer, Michael Drew
COST Free and open to the public; RSVP required
TICKET WEB LINK https://www.eventbrite.com/e/social-media-world-changers-harvard-tickets-18036654118
CONTACT INFO mark.elliott.bertrand@gmail.com
DETAILS Join five of today's leading social media and business leaders for a special day of learning and inspiration at Harvard Hall.
The Social Media World Changers @ Harvard is designed to equip those interested in leveraging the power of technology and social media to have greater influence in business and life.
Featuring hand-picked experts with a variety of expertise and backgrounds, this special event will open up doors of possibilities.
Don't miss this free event. Register now through the RSVP link!
WHEN Sat., Sep. 12, 2015, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Harvard Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Conferences, Education, Information Technology, Special Events, Support/Social
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Extension Wellness Club
SPEAKER(S) Joel Comm, E. Brian Rose, Mari Smith, Brian Kramer, Michael Drew
COST Free and open to the public; RSVP required
TICKET WEB LINK https://www.eventbrite.com/e/social-media-world-changers-harvard-tickets-18036654118
CONTACT INFO mark.elliott.bertrand@gmail.com
DETAILS Join five of today's leading social media and business leaders for a special day of learning and inspiration at Harvard Hall.
The Social Media World Changers @ Harvard is designed to equip those interested in leveraging the power of technology and social media to have greater influence in business and life.
Featuring hand-picked experts with a variety of expertise and backgrounds, this special event will open up doors of possibilities.
Don't miss this free event. Register now through the RSVP link!
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The Second Climate Summit
Saturday, September 12
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (EDT)
St Peters Episcopal Church, 838 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-second-climate-summit-tickets-18346014423
Massachusetts is a coastal state. Like other coastal communities, it is already feeling the effects of climate change. We will see more snowy winters and warmer summers and that's only the tip of the melting iceberg. The fossil fuel economy is unsustainable and unjust; not only does it lead to global warming, it is also a direct contributor to economic inequality as well.
While fossil fuels are the core of this struggle, we are beginning to see intense anguish around water (the drought in California being a recent example) and other natural resources. It's increasingly clear that the climate crisis is an ethical crisis and a crisis of faith. How can we come together to address this call to justice.
Sometimes, it appears as if the climate is too big an issue to address at a local level. However, every crisis is also an opportunity for people to show solidarity with each other and to bring about a new world. Cambridge is home to an exceptional array of people who are working to address the challenges of the climate era.
Co-sponsored by Saint Peter's Episcopal Church and the South Asian Center in Cambridge, the Climate Summit is a celebration of faith and imagination, of the possibilities that lie ahead and the creation of a platform for collaboration. We don't know exactly what lies ahead, but we know we can overcome any challenge if we work together.
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2015 Boston Festival of Indie Games
Saturday, September 12
10:00 AM to 8:00 PM (EDT)
MIT, Johnson Athletic Center, 120 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Cost: $0 - $13.29
The Boston Festival of Indie Games celebrates independent game development in New England and neighboring regions. Our goal is to create an inclusive environment for everybody who enjoys and appreciates games in any shape or form. The festival seeks to support and showcase the efforts of independent game developers, as well as youth programs focused on game development and related fields.
We encourage attendees of our annual festival to participate and play games in different formats: video games, location-based games, tabletop games and more! The games featured at the annual festival are innovative and refreshing, demonstrating both the budding and the established talent of game makers in the American northeast.
The Boston Festival of Indie Games is a registered non-profit with the State of Massachusetts, dedicated to fostering the next generation of game developers. Through youth and small-business outreach initiatives culminating in the yearly festival, the Boston Festival of Indie Games strives to strengthen the game development industry of New England.
Buy your tickets now to get an early bird discount! Standard price tickets will be available starting August 1st for $12, with $15 tickets at the door.
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The Fall 2015 Mid-Cambridge PLANT SWAP
Saturday September 12
NOON to 2 pm
Fayette Park (off Fayette St., across from the King School, formerly Longfellow School and library, near corner with Broadway), Cambridge
Rain date—in case of DOWNPOUR—is Sunday, Sep. 13, 12-2
Bring anything that's growing in too much abundance in your garden. Elegant packaging not required, but please write down plant names. We expect to have perennials, biennial seedlings, seeds, houseplants, catalogs, pots, and lots of "whatever." Nothing to swap? Come anyway—meet other gardeners!
The Second Climate Summit
Saturday, September 12
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (EDT)
St Peters Episcopal Church, 838 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-second-climate-summit-tickets-18346014423
Massachusetts is a coastal state. Like other coastal communities, it is already feeling the effects of climate change. We will see more snowy winters and warmer summers and that's only the tip of the melting iceberg. The fossil fuel economy is unsustainable and unjust; not only does it lead to global warming, it is also a direct contributor to economic inequality as well.
While fossil fuels are the core of this struggle, we are beginning to see intense anguish around water (the drought in California being a recent example) and other natural resources. It's increasingly clear that the climate crisis is an ethical crisis and a crisis of faith. How can we come together to address this call to justice.
Sometimes, it appears as if the climate is too big an issue to address at a local level. However, every crisis is also an opportunity for people to show solidarity with each other and to bring about a new world. Cambridge is home to an exceptional array of people who are working to address the challenges of the climate era.
Co-sponsored by Saint Peter's Episcopal Church and the South Asian Center in Cambridge, the Climate Summit is a celebration of faith and imagination, of the possibilities that lie ahead and the creation of a platform for collaboration. We don't know exactly what lies ahead, but we know we can overcome any challenge if we work together.
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2015 Boston Festival of Indie Games
Saturday, September 12
10:00 AM to 8:00 PM (EDT)
MIT, Johnson Athletic Center, 120 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Cost: $0 - $13.29
The Boston Festival of Indie Games celebrates independent game development in New England and neighboring regions. Our goal is to create an inclusive environment for everybody who enjoys and appreciates games in any shape or form. The festival seeks to support and showcase the efforts of independent game developers, as well as youth programs focused on game development and related fields.
We encourage attendees of our annual festival to participate and play games in different formats: video games, location-based games, tabletop games and more! The games featured at the annual festival are innovative and refreshing, demonstrating both the budding and the established talent of game makers in the American northeast.
The Boston Festival of Indie Games is a registered non-profit with the State of Massachusetts, dedicated to fostering the next generation of game developers. Through youth and small-business outreach initiatives culminating in the yearly festival, the Boston Festival of Indie Games strives to strengthen the game development industry of New England.
Buy your tickets now to get an early bird discount! Standard price tickets will be available starting August 1st for $12, with $15 tickets at the door.
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The Fall 2015 Mid-Cambridge PLANT SWAP
Saturday September 12
NOON to 2 pm
Fayette Park (off Fayette St., across from the King School, formerly Longfellow School and library, near corner with Broadway), Cambridge
Rain date—in case of DOWNPOUR—is Sunday, Sep. 13, 12-2
Bring anything that's growing in too much abundance in your garden. Elegant packaging not required, but please write down plant names. We expect to have perennials, biennial seedlings, seeds, houseplants, catalogs, pots, and lots of "whatever." Nothing to swap? Come anyway—meet other gardeners!
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Don't Look Away: Opening Reception with presentations by the artists
Saturday, September 12
Saturday, September 12
6 to 9 pm
Mobius Center for Experimental Art, 55 Norfolk Street, Central Square, Cambridge
Mobius Center for Experimental Art, 55 Norfolk Street, Central Square, Cambridge
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Sunday, September 13
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Sustainable Belmont Green Garden Tour
Sunday, September 13
11 to 3, rain or shine
Pick up map on September 13 at 266 Beech Street, Beech Street Center, Belmont
Or find it (soon) on www.sustainablebelmont.net
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Cambridge Carnival
Sunday, September 13
12pm - 6 pm
Kendall Square, Cambridge
http://cambridgecarnival.org
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A New Water Paradigm: Restoring Water Cycles to Reverse Global Warming (Preview)
Sunday, September 13
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
1 Fayette Park, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Biodiversity-for-a-Livable-Climate/events/224754312/
Can we address the extreme weather effects of global warming by direct action on water cycles? Our upcoming October conference, Restoring Water Cycles to Reverse Global Warming, will demonstrate the possibilities featuring presentations by internationally renowned Slovakian hydrologist Michal Kravcik (author of Water for the Recovery of the Climate: A New Water Paradigm) and Canadian water rights activist and Maude Barlow (chair of the board of Food and Water Watch), among others.
At our September 13th Meetup, Biodiversity for a Livable ClimateProgram Coordinator Brian Cartwright will present a conference sneak preview to introduce us to the New Water Paradigm which is the framework for the event. Brian will highlight a variety of successful large and small scale methods for keeping water circulating in local landscapes, supporting vegetation and biodiverse species working cooperatively.
Join us from 6:00-7:00 p.m. for a potluck and informal networking before Brian begins his presentation. We look forward to seeing you there!
Cheers,
The Biodiversity for a Livable Climate team
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Monday, September 14
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Sunday, September 13
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Sustainable Belmont Green Garden Tour
Sunday, September 13
11 to 3, rain or shine
Pick up map on September 13 at 266 Beech Street, Beech Street Center, Belmont
Or find it (soon) on www.sustainablebelmont.net
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Cambridge Carnival
Sunday, September 13
12pm - 6 pm
Kendall Square, Cambridge
http://cambridgecarnival.org
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A New Water Paradigm: Restoring Water Cycles to Reverse Global Warming (Preview)
Sunday, September 13
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
1 Fayette Park, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Biodiversity-for-a-Livable-Climate/events/224754312/
Can we address the extreme weather effects of global warming by direct action on water cycles? Our upcoming October conference, Restoring Water Cycles to Reverse Global Warming, will demonstrate the possibilities featuring presentations by internationally renowned Slovakian hydrologist Michal Kravcik (author of Water for the Recovery of the Climate: A New Water Paradigm) and Canadian water rights activist and Maude Barlow (chair of the board of Food and Water Watch), among others.
At our September 13th Meetup, Biodiversity for a Livable ClimateProgram Coordinator Brian Cartwright will present a conference sneak preview to introduce us to the New Water Paradigm which is the framework for the event. Brian will highlight a variety of successful large and small scale methods for keeping water circulating in local landscapes, supporting vegetation and biodiverse species working cooperatively.
Join us from 6:00-7:00 p.m. for a potluck and informal networking before Brian begins his presentation. We look forward to seeing you there!
Cheers,
The Biodiversity for a Livable Climate team
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Monday, September 14
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Rethinking Landsat: The American State and Big Oil in the Space Race
Monday, September 14, 2015 - 12:15pm to 2:00pm
Harvard, Pierce Hall Room 100F, 29 OXford Street, Cambridge
Monday, September 14, 2015 - 12:15pm to 2:00pm
Harvard, Pierce Hall Room 100F, 29 OXford Street, Cambridge
Sandwich lunches are provided. Please RSVP to sts@hks.harvard.edu by Wednesday at 5PM the week before.
Megan Black (Harvard, Warren Center)
The STS Circle at Harvard is a group of doctoral students and recent PhDs who are interested in creating a space for interdisciplinary conversations about contemporary issues in science and technology that are relevant to people in fields such as anthropology, history of science, sociology, STS, law, government, public policy, and the natural sciences. We want to engage not only those who are working on intersections of science, politics, and public policy, but also those in the natural sciences, engineering, and architecture who have serious interest in exploring these areas together with social scientists and humanists.
There has been growing interest among graduate students and postdocs at Harvard in more systematic discussions related to STS. More and more dissertation writers and recent graduates find themselves working on exciting topics that intersect with STS at the edges of their respective home disciplines, and they are asking questions that often require new analytic tools that the conventional disciplines don’t necessarily offer. They would also like wider exposure to emerging STS scholarship that is not well-represented or organized at most universities, including Harvard. Our aim is to try to serve those interests through a series of activities throughout the academic year.
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Gauging the Effects of Teach for America on Hard-to-Staff Schools
Monday, September 14
4:00p–5:30p
MIT, Building E62-650, 100 Main Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Sally Hudson (MIT)
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Public Finance/Labor Workshop
For more information, contact: economics calendar
econ-cal@mit.edu
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Purposeful Gaming
WHEN Mon., Sep. 14, 2015, 5 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Information Technology, Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Ludics Seminar, Mahindra Humanities Center
SPEAKER(S) Mary Flanagan, Dartmouth College
Constance Rinaldo, Harvard University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO rapti@fas.harvard.edu
DETAILS The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is an international consortium of the world’s leading natural history libraries. The BHL digital library has the goal of improving research methodology by collaboratively making biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community. The BHL also serves as the foundational literature component of the Encyclopedia of Life and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) also links to the literature in BHL. The Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology is a founding member of the BHL and Connie Rinaldo, the Librarian of the MCZ, will describe the BHL, including unique features such as taxonomic intelligence, and the need for better optical character recognition which led to the purposeful gaming grant developed by partners Missouri Botanical Garden (lead institution), Cornell University and the New York Botanical Garden. To improve optical character recognition for content such as handwritten field notes and items with complex structure, the partners thought that combining the power of crowdsourcing with the fun of gaming might be a good incentive to become part of a crowd-sourcing transcription community. After a competitive biddingprocess, the partners determined that Tiltfactor was the best match for developing the game to improve transcription. Staff in the Ernst Mayr Library (primarily Joe deVeer and Patrick Randall) have led the review of transcription tools and outreach through social media.
Mary Flanagan, the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor in Digital Humanities at Dartmouth College, is a leading innovator, artist, educator and designer, whose works have included everything from game-inspired art, to commercial games that shift people’s thinking about biases and stereotypes. Her interest in play and culture led to her acclaimed book, Critical Play, with MIT Press (2009). Her fifth academic book, Values at Play in Digital Games, with philosopher Helen Nissenbaum, was released in 2014. Flanagan established the internationally recognized game research laboratory Tiltfactor (www.tiltfactor.org) in 2003 to invent "humanist" games and take on social through games. At Tiltfactor, designers create and research catchy games that teach or transform “under the radar” using psychological principles. Professor Flanagan will discuss gaming, the politically sensitive issues surrounding work and play without compensation, demo the games that were built for this project and touch on issues about what makes an ethical use of the play/volunteer approach—perhaps getting into the reinvention of the “commons" (common good).
For more information about the gaming project, see the BHL blog.
LINK http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/purposeful-gaming
WHEN Mon., Sep. 14, 2015, 5 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Information Technology, Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Ludics Seminar, Mahindra Humanities Center
SPEAKER(S) Mary Flanagan, Dartmouth College
Constance Rinaldo, Harvard University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO rapti@fas.harvard.edu
DETAILS The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is an international consortium of the world’s leading natural history libraries. The BHL digital library has the goal of improving research methodology by collaboratively making biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community. The BHL also serves as the foundational literature component of the Encyclopedia of Life and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) also links to the literature in BHL. The Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology is a founding member of the BHL and Connie Rinaldo, the Librarian of the MCZ, will describe the BHL, including unique features such as taxonomic intelligence, and the need for better optical character recognition which led to the purposeful gaming grant developed by partners Missouri Botanical Garden (lead institution), Cornell University and the New York Botanical Garden. To improve optical character recognition for content such as handwritten field notes and items with complex structure, the partners thought that combining the power of crowdsourcing with the fun of gaming might be a good incentive to become part of a crowd-sourcing transcription community. After a competitive biddingprocess, the partners determined that Tiltfactor was the best match for developing the game to improve transcription. Staff in the Ernst Mayr Library (primarily Joe deVeer and Patrick Randall) have led the review of transcription tools and outreach through social media.
Mary Flanagan, the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor in Digital Humanities at Dartmouth College, is a leading innovator, artist, educator and designer, whose works have included everything from game-inspired art, to commercial games that shift people’s thinking about biases and stereotypes. Her interest in play and culture led to her acclaimed book, Critical Play, with MIT Press (2009). Her fifth academic book, Values at Play in Digital Games, with philosopher Helen Nissenbaum, was released in 2014. Flanagan established the internationally recognized game research laboratory Tiltfactor (www.tiltfactor.org) in 2003 to invent "humanist" games and take on social through games. At Tiltfactor, designers create and research catchy games that teach or transform “under the radar” using psychological principles. Professor Flanagan will discuss gaming, the politically sensitive issues surrounding work and play without compensation, demo the games that were built for this project and touch on issues about what makes an ethical use of the play/volunteer approach—perhaps getting into the reinvention of the “commons" (common good).
For more information about the gaming project, see the BHL blog.
LINK http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/purposeful-gaming
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Science in Cooking: Pasta Magic
Monday, September 14
7 pm
Harvard, Science Center Lecture Hall C, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Mark Ladner, (@ChefMarkLadner), Del Posto
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Science by the Pint: What is Synthetic Biology?
Monday, September 14
7pm
The Burren, Davis Square, 247 Elm Street, Somerville
More information at http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu
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Tuesday, September 15
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Science in Cooking: Pasta Magic
Monday, September 14
7 pm
Harvard, Science Center Lecture Hall C, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Mark Ladner, (@ChefMarkLadner), Del Posto
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Science by the Pint: What is Synthetic Biology?
Monday, September 14
7pm
The Burren, Davis Square, 247 Elm Street, Somerville
More information at http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu
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Tuesday, September 15
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Cambridge Charette on Homelessness
Tuesday, September 15
9:00 am: Introduction
9:30 – 11:30 am: Serving Frequent Users of Emergency Services
12:30 – 2:30 pm: “Housing First” Services Models
3:00 – 5:00 pm: Strategies for Increasing Investment
Sheraton Commander, Harvard Square, 16 Garden Street, Cambridge
Tuesday, September 15
9:00 am: Introduction
9:30 – 11:30 am: Serving Frequent Users of Emergency Services
12:30 – 2:30 pm: “Housing First” Services Models
3:00 – 5:00 pm: Strategies for Increasing Investment
Sheraton Commander, Harvard Square, 16 Garden Street, Cambridge
The City of Cambridge Department of Human Service Programs, in consultation with the Cambridge Homeless Continuum of Care (CoC) and other City departments, has partnered with the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) to facilitate a community planning process on homelessness. Please join us September 15-18 for a unique community planning experience.
CSH has developed a Charrette model that will enable our community to engage in a focused, time-limited process that will result in a Strategic Action Plan to address homelessness in Cambridge. In January 2015, the City Council’s Human Services and Veterans Committee held a hearing to discuss the city’s efforts and planning around homelessness. The need for an updated planning process was described at that time. This planning effort around homelessness will help inform the citywide planning process.
The initial phase of planning has been led by a local Steering Committee comprised of a diverse group of stakeholders, working in concert with CSH consultants and City staff from the Department of Human Service Programs. Using input from the public received at two community meetings held in June, the Steering Committee identified six issue areas to be addressed during Charrette Week: Serving Frequent Users of Emergency Services; Service Navigation and Systems Coordination; The “Housing First” Service Model; Services and Policies to Prevent Homelessness; Increasing Housing Supply for People Experiencing Homelessness; and Strategies for Increasing Investment.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, September 15 and 16, each issue area will have a dedicated fishbowl-style session, a facilitated dialogue between community members and local and national experts. CSH will present their recommendations to the community on the morning of Friday, September 18, followed by a final round of feedback from the community. Mayor David Maher and City Manager Richard C. Rossi will provide opening remarks to Charrette participants on Tuesday, September 15. City Councilor Marc McGovern, Chair of the City Council’s Human Services and Veterans Committee, will provide opening comments on Wednesday, September 16. Please see times and locations below.
“We are thrilled to have this opportunity to engage the community in strategizing how to most effectively address the critical issues facing individuals and families experiencing homelessness, as well as the community as a whole,” said Ellen Semonoff, Assistant City Manager for Human Services.
The public is warmly invited to attend these meetings, which will address the root causes and propose actionable solutions to the multiple facets of homelessness in Cambridge. You can come for as much or as little as you like—whether for just one session or all three days. Community members with firsthand experience with homelessness are especially encouraged to attend. Please help us make this an experience that will truly impact homelessness in Cambridge.
To see Charrette updates or learn more, visit cambridgecharrette.yolasite.com and follow us on twitter @CambMACoC.
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Bob Schieffer - The 2016 Presidential Election
Tuesday, September 15
12:00-1:00pm
Harvard, Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building, 5th Floor, 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge
In his first event as the new Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, Bob Schieffer, one of America’s most honored and respected journalists, gives his expert analysis on the current status of the 2016 presidential election campaign.
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When online is offline: the case for hyperlocal webservers and networks
Tuesday, September 15
12:00 pm
Harvard Law School campus, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East B, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP at https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/09/Griffey#RSVP
Event will be webcast live on https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/09/Griffey at 12:00 pm
with Berkman Fellow, Jason Griffey
The LibraryBox Project (along with other emerging projects like PirateBox, occupy.here, IdeasBox, and others) is an attempt at bridging the divide in delivery of digital information in areas where there is a lack of communications infrastructure or where that infrastructure has been damaged or is overly monitored or controlled. As self-contained, non-connected portable servers, these devices can be used to circumvent governmental firewalls, distribute information in areas of political upheaval, reach the most remote areas to deliver healthcare information, and help recovery efforts after natural disasters. This presentation will be an overview of the LibraryBox project and its current state, goals and development roadmap, and a discussion of possible next directions and needs.
About Jason
Jason Griffey is the founder and principal at Evenly Distributed (http://evenlydistributed.net), a technology consulting and creation firm for libraries, museums, education, and other non-profits. Jason is a Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, where he studies hyperlocal micronetworks such as his LibraryBox project.
He has written extensively on libraries and technology, most recently a chapter in The Top Technologies Every Librarian Needs to Know: A LITA Guide. His previous book, Mobile Technology and Libraries, is a part of the award-winning Tech Set series. Named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2009, Griffey has written and spoken internationally on topics such as the future of technology and libraries, personal electronics in the library, privacy, copyright, and intellectual property. A full list of his publications and presentations can be found on his CV.
He is one of eight winners of the Knight Foundation News Challenge for Libraries for the Measure the Future project (measurethefuture.net), an open hardware project designed to provide actionable use metrics for library spaces.
Griffey is the creator and director of The LibraryBox Project (librarybox.us), an open source portable digital file distribution system. He can be stalked obsessively online, and spends his free time with his daughter Eliza, reading, obsessing over gadgets, and preparing for the inevitable zombie uprising.
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Bob Schieffer - The 2016 Presidential Election
Tuesday, September 15
12:00-1:00pm
Harvard, Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building, 5th Floor, 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge
In his first event as the new Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, Bob Schieffer, one of America’s most honored and respected journalists, gives his expert analysis on the current status of the 2016 presidential election campaign.
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When online is offline: the case for hyperlocal webservers and networks
Tuesday, September 15
12:00 pm
Harvard Law School campus, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East B, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP at https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/09/Griffey#RSVP
Event will be webcast live on https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/09/Griffey at 12:00 pm
with Berkman Fellow, Jason Griffey
The LibraryBox Project (along with other emerging projects like PirateBox, occupy.here, IdeasBox, and others) is an attempt at bridging the divide in delivery of digital information in areas where there is a lack of communications infrastructure or where that infrastructure has been damaged or is overly monitored or controlled. As self-contained, non-connected portable servers, these devices can be used to circumvent governmental firewalls, distribute information in areas of political upheaval, reach the most remote areas to deliver healthcare information, and help recovery efforts after natural disasters. This presentation will be an overview of the LibraryBox project and its current state, goals and development roadmap, and a discussion of possible next directions and needs.
About Jason
Jason Griffey is the founder and principal at Evenly Distributed (http://evenlydistributed.net), a technology consulting and creation firm for libraries, museums, education, and other non-profits. Jason is a Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, where he studies hyperlocal micronetworks such as his LibraryBox project.
He has written extensively on libraries and technology, most recently a chapter in The Top Technologies Every Librarian Needs to Know: A LITA Guide. His previous book, Mobile Technology and Libraries, is a part of the award-winning Tech Set series. Named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2009, Griffey has written and spoken internationally on topics such as the future of technology and libraries, personal electronics in the library, privacy, copyright, and intellectual property. A full list of his publications and presentations can be found on his CV.
He is one of eight winners of the Knight Foundation News Challenge for Libraries for the Measure the Future project (measurethefuture.net), an open hardware project designed to provide actionable use metrics for library spaces.
Griffey is the creator and director of The LibraryBox Project (librarybox.us), an open source portable digital file distribution system. He can be stalked obsessively online, and spends his free time with his daughter Eliza, reading, obsessing over gadgets, and preparing for the inevitable zombie uprising.
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Sustainability and HSW [Health, Safety, Welfare]: From Little Victories to Transformation Change
Tuesday, September 15
Tuesday, September 15
12:00–1:30 PM
BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.architects.org/programs-and-events/sustainability-education-committee-36
BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.architects.org/programs-and-events/sustainability-education-committee-36
Leith Sharp Hon. BSA, Director of Executive Education for Sustainability Leadership, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will discuss the relationship between Sustainability and HSW, and enlarge the topic to cover transformational change within design organizations.
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xTalks: The Future of STEM Education: Using a MOOC to Prepare the Next Generation of Faculty
Tuesday, September 15
3:00p–4:30p
MIT, Building 4-153, 182 Memorial Drive (Rear), Cambridge
Speaker: Bennett Goldberg
Talk Description: More than 80% of future STEM faculty that will teach the next generation of students in the 4,500+ institutions of higher education in the US receive their PhDs at fewer than 100 institutions. Preparing graduate students and postdocs at these relatively few research universities to use evidence-based instruction, active-learning, and effective teaching practices can change the future of higher education. Dr. Bennett Golldberg will discuss the model of the Center for the Integration of Research Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) Network, a coalition of 22 universities preparing future faculty. To scale and reach the more than 43,000 STEM PhDs that graduate each year and 20,000 that take postdoctoral positions, we created a massive open online course, 'An Introduction to Evidence-based Undergraduate STEM Teaching.' Remarkably, 50% of postdocs and nearly 40% of graduate students who signed up completed the course, demonstrating a significant need and success at serving our target audience. Bennett Goldberg is Professor of Physics and Director of STEM Education Initiatives in the Office of the Provost, Boston University.
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.
This event is co-sponsored with the Teaching and Learning Laboratory at MIT.
Web site: http://odl.mit.edu/news-and-events/events/future-stem-education-using-mooc-prepare-next-generation-faculty
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Office of Digital Learning, Teaching and Learning Laboratory, OEIT- Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
For more information, contact: Molly Ruggles
617-324-9185
ruggles@mit.edu
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xTalks: The Future of STEM Education: Using a MOOC to Prepare the Next Generation of Faculty
Tuesday, September 15
3:00p–4:30p
MIT, Building 4-153, 182 Memorial Drive (Rear), Cambridge
Speaker: Bennett Goldberg
Talk Description: More than 80% of future STEM faculty that will teach the next generation of students in the 4,500+ institutions of higher education in the US receive their PhDs at fewer than 100 institutions. Preparing graduate students and postdocs at these relatively few research universities to use evidence-based instruction, active-learning, and effective teaching practices can change the future of higher education. Dr. Bennett Golldberg will discuss the model of the Center for the Integration of Research Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) Network, a coalition of 22 universities preparing future faculty. To scale and reach the more than 43,000 STEM PhDs that graduate each year and 20,000 that take postdoctoral positions, we created a massive open online course, 'An Introduction to Evidence-based Undergraduate STEM Teaching.' Remarkably, 50% of postdocs and nearly 40% of graduate students who signed up completed the course, demonstrating a significant need and success at serving our target audience. Bennett Goldberg is Professor of Physics and Director of STEM Education Initiatives in the Office of the Provost, Boston University.
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.
This event is co-sponsored with the Teaching and Learning Laboratory at MIT.
Web site: http://odl.mit.edu/news-and-events/events/future-stem-education-using-mooc-prepare-next-generation-faculty
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Office of Digital Learning, Teaching and Learning Laboratory, OEIT- Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
For more information, contact: Molly Ruggles
617-324-9185
ruggles@mit.edu
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Debate: Should Congress Approve the Nuclear Agreement with Iran?
WHEN Tue., Sep. 15, 2015, 3 – 4:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Taubman Building, Nye A, 5th Floor, 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge
WHEN Tue., Sep. 15, 2015, 3 – 4:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Taubman Building, Nye A, 5th Floor, 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Law, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Project on Managing the Atom
SPEAKER(S) Jim Walsh, expert in international security and a research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Security Studies Program
CONTACT INFO atom@hks.harvard.edu
DETAILS Congress is entering the final phase of its review of the “Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action”—the nuclear agreement between the P5+1 and Iran. A vote on the agreement will take place in a matter of days. In this debate, nonproliferation experts William Tobey and Jim Walsh will engage in a formal debate of the resolution “Congress should approve the nuclear agreement with Iran,” moderated by Prof. Matthew Bunn. The debate will be followed by Q&A with the audience. Light refreshments provided.
LINK http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/6693/debate.html
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Project on Managing the Atom
SPEAKER(S) Jim Walsh, expert in international security and a research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Security Studies Program
CONTACT INFO atom@hks.harvard.edu
DETAILS Congress is entering the final phase of its review of the “Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action”—the nuclear agreement between the P5+1 and Iran. A vote on the agreement will take place in a matter of days. In this debate, nonproliferation experts William Tobey and Jim Walsh will engage in a formal debate of the resolution “Congress should approve the nuclear agreement with Iran,” moderated by Prof. Matthew Bunn. The debate will be followed by Q&A with the audience. Light refreshments provided.
LINK http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/6693/debate.html
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Positive Computing: Technologies for psychological wellbeing and human potential
Tuesday, September 15
Tuesday, September 15
4:00pm - 5:30pm
MIT, Building E14-633, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge
MIT, Building E14-633, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Rafael Calvo
Digital technologies have made their way into all the aspects of our lives that, according to psychology, influence our wellbeing—everything from social relationships and curiosity to engagement and learning. By bringing together research and methodologies well-established in psychology, education, neuroscience and human-computer interaction, we can begin to cultivate a new field dedicated to the design and development of technology that supports wellbeing and human potential. Positive computing has been called the "buzzword you need to know for 2015" by the Washington Post and Forbes. In this seminar, Dr. Rafael Calvo will present an introduction to his human-computer interaction work, aiming to support psychological wellbeing. The suggested HCI framework builds on psychology, education, design, and other disciplines addressing intrapersonal factors of wellbeing such as motivation, engagement, reflective thought and mindfulness, interpersonal factors such as empathy, and extrapersonal such as altruism. For more information visit positivecomputing.org.
Biography: Rafael Calvo is Professor at the University of Sydney, and ARC Future Fellow. He has taught at several universities, high schools, and professional training institutions. He worked at the Language Technology Institute in Carnegie Mellon University, Universidad Nacional de Rosario (Argentina) and on sabbaticals at the University of Cambridge and the University of Memphis. Rafael also has worked as an Internet consultant for projects in the US, Australia, Brazil, and Argentina. He is the recipient of five awards for his work on learning technologies, and the author of two books and many publications in the fields of learning technologies, affective computing, and computational intelligence. Rafael is associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, the IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, and the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR-HF). Rafael is editor of the Oxford Handbook of Affective Computing and co-author of Positive Computing (MIT Press) with Dorian Peters. For more information visit rafael-calvo.com
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Starr Forum: Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now
Tuesday, September 15
4:30p–6:00p
MIT, Building 34-101, 50 Vassar Street, Cambridge
A conversation with Ayaan Hirsi Ali
A distinguished political leader and relentless champion of free speech and women's rights, Ayaan Hirsi Ali is one of today's most admired and controversial public figures. She will be coming to MIT to discuss her latest book: "Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now" (published March 2015). Hirsi Ali has been honored as one of TIME Magazine's "100 Most Influential People," a "Glamour Magazine Hero" and as "Reader's Digest's European of the Year." Praised as "required reading for everyone everywhere," her memoir "Infidel" illustrates how a determined woman can impact much more history than just her own. Currently, Hirsi Ali is a fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University.
Joining the conversation will be John Tirman, the executive director and a principal research scientist at MIT's Center for International Studies. A prolific writer, his most recent book is "Dream Chasers: Immigration and the American Backlash" (published March 2015).
Refreshments will be served.
Copies of the book, "Heretic," will be available for purchase at the event.
CIS Starr Forum
A public events series on pressing issues in international affairs, sponsored by the MIT Center for International Studies.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/cis/starr.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies
For more information, contact:
starrforum@mit.edu
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MIT Center for Real Estate Thought Leader Speaker Series
Tuesday, September 15
5:30p–6:30p
MIT, Building 9-354, 105 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: Lisa Picard MSRED 95
Lisa Picard '95, EVP and Regional Manager, Skanska in Seattle
She will address innovations in complex urban mixed use properties
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for Real Estate
For more information, contact: Michelle Heller
253.8311
mheller1@mit.edu
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Starr Forum: Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now
Tuesday, September 15
4:30p–6:00p
MIT, Building 34-101, 50 Vassar Street, Cambridge
A conversation with Ayaan Hirsi Ali
A distinguished political leader and relentless champion of free speech and women's rights, Ayaan Hirsi Ali is one of today's most admired and controversial public figures. She will be coming to MIT to discuss her latest book: "Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now" (published March 2015). Hirsi Ali has been honored as one of TIME Magazine's "100 Most Influential People," a "Glamour Magazine Hero" and as "Reader's Digest's European of the Year." Praised as "required reading for everyone everywhere," her memoir "Infidel" illustrates how a determined woman can impact much more history than just her own. Currently, Hirsi Ali is a fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University.
Joining the conversation will be John Tirman, the executive director and a principal research scientist at MIT's Center for International Studies. A prolific writer, his most recent book is "Dream Chasers: Immigration and the American Backlash" (published March 2015).
Refreshments will be served.
Copies of the book, "Heretic," will be available for purchase at the event.
CIS Starr Forum
A public events series on pressing issues in international affairs, sponsored by the MIT Center for International Studies.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/cis/starr.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies
For more information, contact:
starrforum@mit.edu
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MIT Center for Real Estate Thought Leader Speaker Series
Tuesday, September 15
5:30p–6:30p
MIT, Building 9-354, 105 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: Lisa Picard MSRED 95
Lisa Picard '95, EVP and Regional Manager, Skanska in Seattle
She will address innovations in complex urban mixed use properties
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for Real Estate
For more information, contact: Michelle Heller
253.8311
mheller1@mit.edu
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e4Dev - Exploring the intersection of energy and human development
Tuesday, September 15
Tuesday, September 15
5:30pm
MIT, Building E19-319, 400 Main Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SNHu77snlKbQUbxsvz5FFaZ40xdzcLJ8hAyHZoCszHQ/viewform
We hope you had a great summer! For this Fall semester, we have a number of great events, speakers, and opportunities planned for you.
We hope you had a great summer! For this Fall semester, we have a number of great events, speakers, and opportunities planned for you.
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The Utility of the Creative Process
Tuesday, September 15
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM (EDT)
Harvard Innovation Lab, 125 Western Avenue, i-lab Classroom (Room 122), Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-utility-of-the-creative-process-tickets-18371790520
Creativity is one of the most essential and vital attributes for being a successful entrepreneur. But what does it mean to practice a creative process within our disparate sectors, and how do you exercise this process for professional growth and deeper understanding; both for the individual and the organization?
In this session John Michael Schert, Chicago Booth Visiting Artist and Social Entrepreneur, will evaluate what it means to practice a creative process and help attendees learn how to build space for their own creative capacity. Looking at Trey McIntyre Project (TMP) as a case study, John Michael will discuss the choices made in launching an arts, non-profit startup in Boise, ID that grew to national and international acclaim. TMP changed the performing arts domain by first and foremost supporting the creative process, and building from it business, media and funding strategies that were acknowledged and emulated by the field.
Creativity is one of the most essential and vital attributes for being a successful entrepreneur. But what does it mean to practice a creative process within our disparate sectors, and how do you exercise this process for professional growth and deeper understanding; both for the individual and the organization?
In this session John Michael Schert, Chicago Booth Visiting Artist and Social Entrepreneur, will evaluate what it means to practice a creative process and help attendees learn how to build space for their own creative capacity. Looking at Trey McIntyre Project (TMP) as a case study, John Michael will discuss the choices made in launching an arts, non-profit startup in Boise, ID that grew to national and international acclaim. TMP changed the performing arts domain by first and foremost supporting the creative process, and building from it business, media and funding strategies that were acknowledged and emulated by the field.
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Boston New Technology September 2015 Product Showcase #BNT57
Tuesday, September 15
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Foley Hoag, 155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston
Free event! Come learn about 7 innovative and exciting technology products and network with the Boston/Cambridge startup community! Each presenter gets 5 minutes for product demonstration and 5 minutes for Q&A. Please follow @BostonNewTech and use the #BNT57 hashtag in social media posts: details here.
Agenda:
6:00 to 7:00 - Networking with dinner and drinks
7:00 to 7:10 - Announcements
7:10 to 8:30 - Presentations, Q&A
8:30 to 9:00 - More Networking
9:00 - More networking over drinks across the street, at The Whiskey Priest, 150 Northern Ave. (at Seaport Blvd.), Boston, MA. (optional)
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Organs-on-a-Chip: Revolutionizing the Drug Discovery Process
Tuesday, September 15
6:00pm - 9:00pm
MIT, Building 32-123, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/organs-on-chips-revolutionizing-the-drug-discovery-process-registration-17283423184
Don Ingber, M.D., Ph.D.
The paradigm used by pharmaceutical companies to discover and develop new drugs is broken. Clinical studies take years to complete and testing a single compound can cost more than $2 million. Meanwhile, innumerable animal lives are lost, and the process often fails to predict human responses because traditional animal models do not accurately mimic human physiology. For these reasons, the pharmaceutical industry needs alternative ways to screen drug candidates in the laboratory. Microchips, called organs-on-chips, could one day form an accurate alternative to traditional animal testing. How is emulating human systems on microchips changing the drug development process?
About Don Ingber, M.D., Ph.D.
Founding Director, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University
Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology, Harvard Medical School & Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital
Professor of Bioengineering, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Donald E. Ingber is the Founding Director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, the Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital, and Professor of Bioengineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He received his B.A., M.A., M.Phil., M.D. and Ph.D. from Yale University. Dr. Ingber's work has catalyzed the convergence of far-reaching disciplines never before connected, ranging from biology, medicine, engineering, computer science and physics to art, architecture and design. His efforts contributed to the emergence of the field of Biologically Inspired Engineering, and at the Wyss Institute, he oversees a multifaceted mission to identify the mechanisms that living organisms use to self-assemble from molecules and cells, and to apply these design principles to develop advanced materials and devices for healthcare and to improve sustainability. He also leads the Biomimetic Microsystems Platform in which microfabrication techniques from the computer industry are used to build tiny, complex, three-dimensional models of living human organs. These "Organs on Chips" mimic complicated human functions as a way to replace traditional animal-based methods for testing of drugs and establishment of human disease models. In addition, he has made major contributions to understanding cell structure, mechanobiology, tissue engineering, tumor angiogenesis, systems biology, nanobiotechnology, medical devices, and translational medicine. Dr. Ingber has authored more than 400 publications and 100 patents, founded three companies to commercialize his technologies, and has received numerous honors in a broad range of disciplines, including the Holst Medal, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Innovator Award, Pritzker Award from the Biomedical Engineering Society, Rous-Whipple Award from the American Society for Investigative Pathology, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of In Vitro Biology, Leading Edge Award from the Society of Toxicology, NC3Rs Award, and 2015 Design of the Year Award. He is also an honorary member of the Society of Toxicology, and member of both the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and the U.S National Academy of Medicine (formerly Institute of Medicine). His work has been featured by various national and international media organizations, such as BBC, NOVA, CBS, and NPR, and his organs-on-chips technology is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City.
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Food in the City: Boston Happy Hour
Tuesday, September 15
6:30 PM
Greentown Labs, 28 Dane Street, Somerville
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Boston-Area-Urban-Agriculture/events/224101481/?a=ea1_grp&rv=ea1
Boston-Area Urban Agriculture
Boston New Technology September 2015 Product Showcase #BNT57
Tuesday, September 15
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Foley Hoag, 155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston
Free event! Come learn about 7 innovative and exciting technology products and network with the Boston/Cambridge startup community! Each presenter gets 5 minutes for product demonstration and 5 minutes for Q&A. Please follow @BostonNewTech and use the #BNT57 hashtag in social media posts: details here.
Agenda:
6:00 to 7:00 - Networking with dinner and drinks
7:00 to 7:10 - Announcements
7:10 to 8:30 - Presentations, Q&A
8:30 to 9:00 - More Networking
9:00 - More networking over drinks across the street, at The Whiskey Priest, 150 Northern Ave. (at Seaport Blvd.), Boston, MA. (optional)
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Organs-on-a-Chip: Revolutionizing the Drug Discovery Process
Tuesday, September 15
6:00pm - 9:00pm
MIT, Building 32-123, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/organs-on-chips-revolutionizing-the-drug-discovery-process-registration-17283423184
Don Ingber, M.D., Ph.D.
The paradigm used by pharmaceutical companies to discover and develop new drugs is broken. Clinical studies take years to complete and testing a single compound can cost more than $2 million. Meanwhile, innumerable animal lives are lost, and the process often fails to predict human responses because traditional animal models do not accurately mimic human physiology. For these reasons, the pharmaceutical industry needs alternative ways to screen drug candidates in the laboratory. Microchips, called organs-on-chips, could one day form an accurate alternative to traditional animal testing. How is emulating human systems on microchips changing the drug development process?
About Don Ingber, M.D., Ph.D.
Founding Director, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University
Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology, Harvard Medical School & Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital
Professor of Bioengineering, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Donald E. Ingber is the Founding Director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, the Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital, and Professor of Bioengineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He received his B.A., M.A., M.Phil., M.D. and Ph.D. from Yale University. Dr. Ingber's work has catalyzed the convergence of far-reaching disciplines never before connected, ranging from biology, medicine, engineering, computer science and physics to art, architecture and design. His efforts contributed to the emergence of the field of Biologically Inspired Engineering, and at the Wyss Institute, he oversees a multifaceted mission to identify the mechanisms that living organisms use to self-assemble from molecules and cells, and to apply these design principles to develop advanced materials and devices for healthcare and to improve sustainability. He also leads the Biomimetic Microsystems Platform in which microfabrication techniques from the computer industry are used to build tiny, complex, three-dimensional models of living human organs. These "Organs on Chips" mimic complicated human functions as a way to replace traditional animal-based methods for testing of drugs and establishment of human disease models. In addition, he has made major contributions to understanding cell structure, mechanobiology, tissue engineering, tumor angiogenesis, systems biology, nanobiotechnology, medical devices, and translational medicine. Dr. Ingber has authored more than 400 publications and 100 patents, founded three companies to commercialize his technologies, and has received numerous honors in a broad range of disciplines, including the Holst Medal, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Innovator Award, Pritzker Award from the Biomedical Engineering Society, Rous-Whipple Award from the American Society for Investigative Pathology, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of In Vitro Biology, Leading Edge Award from the Society of Toxicology, NC3Rs Award, and 2015 Design of the Year Award. He is also an honorary member of the Society of Toxicology, and member of both the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and the U.S National Academy of Medicine (formerly Institute of Medicine). His work has been featured by various national and international media organizations, such as BBC, NOVA, CBS, and NPR, and his organs-on-chips technology is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City.
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Food in the City: Boston Happy Hour
Tuesday, September 15
6:30 PM
Greentown Labs, 28 Dane Street, Somerville
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Boston-Area-Urban-Agriculture/events/224101481/?a=ea1_grp&rv=ea1
Boston-Area Urban Agriculture
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Can You Understand Me Now? Human Languages as Efficient Communication Systems
Tuesday, September 15
Tuesday, September 15
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)
Le Laboratoire Cambridge, 650 E Kendall Street, Cambridge
Le Laboratoire Cambridge, 650 E Kendall Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/can-you-understand-me-now-human-languages-as-efficient-communication-systems-with-mits-richard-tickets-18455728581
with MIT's Richard Futrell
Human languages have many properties that seem surprising from the perspective of communication: they are ambiguous, redundant, and apparently arbitrary. Richard Futrell, a PhD student in Cognitive Science at MIT, will discuss the remarkable variations among languages: some languages require you to mark gender all the time; in other languages never. In some languages you can rearrange words in whatever order you like, whereas in others, such as English, you can’t.
Surprisingly, many of the universal properties of languages and the range of arrangements in particular languages can be predicted by assuming that languages are efficient and robust communication systems. Futrell explains how this recent line of research works, and what it can tell us about language and the human mind.
with MIT's Richard Futrell
Human languages have many properties that seem surprising from the perspective of communication: they are ambiguous, redundant, and apparently arbitrary. Richard Futrell, a PhD student in Cognitive Science at MIT, will discuss the remarkable variations among languages: some languages require you to mark gender all the time; in other languages never. In some languages you can rearrange words in whatever order you like, whereas in others, such as English, you can’t.
Surprisingly, many of the universal properties of languages and the range of arrangements in particular languages can be predicted by assuming that languages are efficient and robust communication systems. Futrell explains how this recent line of research works, and what it can tell us about language and the human mind.
CafeSci Boston is a monthly science event organized by NOVA and WGBH Educational Foundation.
The City of Cambridge Department of Human Service Programs, in consultation with the Cambridge Homeless Continuum of Care (CoC) and other City departments, has partnered with the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) to facilitate a community planning process on homelessness. Please join us September 15-18 for a unique community planning experience.
CSH has developed a Charrette model that will enable our community to engage in a focused, time-limited process that will result in a Strategic Action Plan to address homelessness in Cambridge. In January 2015, the City Council’s Human Services and Veterans Committee held a hearing to discuss the city’s efforts and planning around homelessness. The need for an updated planning process was described at that time. This planning effort around homelessness will help inform the citywide planning process.
The initial phase of planning has been led by a local Steering Committee comprised of a diverse group of stakeholders, working in concert with CSH consultants and City staff from the Department of Human Service Programs. Using input from the public received at two community meetings held in June, the Steering Committee identified six issue areas to be addressed during Charrette Week: Serving Frequent Users of Emergency Services; Service Navigation and Systems Coordination; The “Housing First” Service Model; Services and Policies to Prevent Homelessness; Increasing Housing Supply for People Experiencing Homelessness; and Strategies for Increasing Investment.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, September 15 and 16, each issue area will have a dedicated fishbowl-style session, a facilitated dialogue between community members and local and national experts. CSH will present their recommendations to the community on the morning of Friday, September 18, followed by a final round of feedback from the community. Mayor David Maher and City Manager Richard C. Rossi will provide opening remarks to Charrette participants on Tuesday, September 15. City Councilor Marc McGovern, Chair of the City Council’s Human Services and Veterans Committee, will provide opening comments on Wednesday, September 16. Please see times and locations below.
“We are thrilled to have this opportunity to engage the community in strategizing how to most effectively address the critical issues facing individuals and families experiencing homelessness, as well as the community as a whole,” said Ellen Semonoff, Assistant City Manager for Human Services.
The public is warmly invited to attend these meetings, which will address the root causes and propose actionable solutions to the multiple facets of homelessness in Cambridge. You can come for as much or as little as you like—whether for just one session or all three days. Community members with firsthand experience with homelessness are especially encouraged to attend. Please help us make this an experience that will truly impact homelessness in Cambridge.
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Brendan Rogers
Sustainability and Environmental Management / Sustainability: Panel / HEEC Mixer
Saturday, September 19
Speaker: Alex "Sandy" Pentland
For the last decade, Sandy Pentland's research has investigated what can be learned from continuous monitoring of human behavior. What has emerged is a very different picture of healthy and unhealthy human life, one that acknowledges the primacy of social relationships over internal state, and is more rooted in ethology, field biology and evolution than than in medicine or cell biology. This view of the human condition has allowed us to not only monitor human wellbeing from currently available information sources, but to predict impending problems and to re-establish healthy behavior patterns.
Biography: Professor Alex "Sandy" Pentland helped to create and direct the Media Lab, where he directs the Human Dynamics research group and leads the Connection Science initiative. One of the most-cited scientists in the world, Forbes recently declared him one of the "7 most powerful data scientists in the world" along with Google founders and the Chief Technical Officer of the United States. He is a founding member of advisory boards for Google, AT&T, Nissan, and the UN Secretary General, and a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded more than a dozen companies including social enterprises such as the Data Transparency Lab, the Harvard-ODI-MIT DataPop Alliance, and the Institute for Data-Driven Design. Pentland and his students pioneered computational social science, organizational engineering, wearable computing (Google Glass), image understanding, and modern biometrics. His most recent books are Social Physics (Penguin Press, 2014) and Honest Signals (MIT Press, 2008). He received his BS in computer science from the University of Michigan, and his PhD in computer science, psychology, and AI from MIT. Pentland is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, a leader within the World Economic Forum, and has received numerous awards and prizes including the McKinsey Award from Harvard Business Review, the 40th Anniversary of the Internet from DARPA, and the Brandeis Award for work in privacy.
William Powers, author of the "green living" bestseller Twelve by Twelve, reading from his new book, New Slow City, followed by a discussion and signing. COSPONSORS include: Slow Food USA and World Policy Institute. After spending a season living off the grid in a twelve-by-twelve-foot cabin in North Carolina, Powers takes his sustainable, "slow" living approach to one of the busiest cities in the world: New York. Eschewing the burdensome culture of "Total Work," chucking 80% of his belongings and scaling down to a 20-hour workweek, Powers and his wife explore the viability of living simply in a demanding urban environment — an inspiration to those who are trying to make city life more people- and planet-friendly.
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Wednesday, September 16
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Cambridge Charette on Homelessness
Wednesday, September 16
9:00 am: Introduction
9:30 – 11:30 am: Increasing Housing Supply for People Experiencing Homelessness
12:30 – 2:30 pm: Services and Policies to Prevent Homelessness
3:00 – 5:00 pm: Service Navigation and Systems Coordination
Sheraton Commander, Harvard Square, 16 Garden Street, Cambridge
9:00 am: Introduction
9:30 – 11:30 am: Increasing Housing Supply for People Experiencing Homelessness
12:30 – 2:30 pm: Services and Policies to Prevent Homelessness
3:00 – 5:00 pm: Service Navigation and Systems Coordination
Sheraton Commander, Harvard Square, 16 Garden Street, Cambridge
The City of Cambridge Department of Human Service Programs, in consultation with the Cambridge Homeless Continuum of Care (CoC) and other City departments, has partnered with the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) to facilitate a community planning process on homelessness. Please join us September 15-18 for a unique community planning experience.
CSH has developed a Charrette model that will enable our community to engage in a focused, time-limited process that will result in a Strategic Action Plan to address homelessness in Cambridge. In January 2015, the City Council’s Human Services and Veterans Committee held a hearing to discuss the city’s efforts and planning around homelessness. The need for an updated planning process was described at that time. This planning effort around homelessness will help inform the citywide planning process.
The initial phase of planning has been led by a local Steering Committee comprised of a diverse group of stakeholders, working in concert with CSH consultants and City staff from the Department of Human Service Programs. Using input from the public received at two community meetings held in June, the Steering Committee identified six issue areas to be addressed during Charrette Week: Serving Frequent Users of Emergency Services; Service Navigation and Systems Coordination; The “Housing First” Service Model; Services and Policies to Prevent Homelessness; Increasing Housing Supply for People Experiencing Homelessness; and Strategies for Increasing Investment.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, September 15 and 16, each issue area will have a dedicated fishbowl-style session, a facilitated dialogue between community members and local and national experts. CSH will present their recommendations to the community on the morning of Friday, September 18, followed by a final round of feedback from the community. Mayor David Maher and City Manager Richard C. Rossi will provide opening remarks to Charrette participants on Tuesday, September 15. City Councilor Marc McGovern, Chair of the City Council’s Human Services and Veterans Committee, will provide opening comments on Wednesday, September 16. Please see times and locations below.
“We are thrilled to have this opportunity to engage the community in strategizing how to most effectively address the critical issues facing individuals and families experiencing homelessness, as well as the community as a whole,” said Ellen Semonoff, Assistant City Manager for Human Services.
The public is warmly invited to attend these meetings, which will address the root causes and propose actionable solutions to the multiple facets of homelessness in Cambridge. You can come for as much or as little as you like—whether for just one session or all three days. Community members with firsthand experience with homelessness are especially encouraged to attend. Please help us make this an experience that will truly impact homelessness in Cambridge.
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CIVIL / RIGHTS / ACT: Art & Activism in the Sixties
WHEN Wed., Sep. 16, 2015, 12 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Humanities, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research
SPEAKER(S) Kellie Jones, associate professor in art history & archaeology and the Institute for Research in African American Studies, Columbia University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO hutchevents@fas.harvard.edu
DETAILS A Q+A session will follow the lecture.
LINK http://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events-lectures/events/september-16-2015-1200pm/fall-colloquium-kellie-jones
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A Social Science Guide to the Iraq Conflict: Discussion of a Work in Progress
Wednesday, September 16
12:00p–1:30p
MIT, Building E40-496, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Roger Peterson
Security Studies Program Wednesday Seminar Series
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/ssp/seminars/index.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies
For more information, contact: Elina Hamilton
617-253-7529
elinah@mit.edu
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CIVIL / RIGHTS / ACT: Art & Activism in the Sixties
WHEN Wed., Sep. 16, 2015, 12 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Humanities, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research
SPEAKER(S) Kellie Jones, associate professor in art history & archaeology and the Institute for Research in African American Studies, Columbia University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO hutchevents@fas.harvard.edu
DETAILS A Q+A session will follow the lecture.
LINK http://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events-lectures/events/september-16-2015-1200pm/fall-colloquium-kellie-jones
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A Social Science Guide to the Iraq Conflict: Discussion of a Work in Progress
Wednesday, September 16
12:00p–1:30p
MIT, Building E40-496, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Roger Peterson
Security Studies Program Wednesday Seminar Series
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/ssp/seminars/index.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies
For more information, contact: Elina Hamilton
617-253-7529
elinah@mit.edu
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Getting to No: Examining How No Boston Olympics Won the Fight Over the 2024 Summer Games
WHEN Wed., Sep. 16, 2015, 4:10 – 6:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, 124 Mount Auburn Street, Suite 200-North, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Social Sciences, Support/Social
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
SPEAKER(S) o Boston Olympics voluntary co-chairs Chris Dempsey, Liam Kerr, and Kelley Gossett; WBZ political analyst Jon Keller and Boston Magazine Digital News Editor Garrett Quinn;Jorrit de Jong, HKS Lecturer in Public Policy and the Academic Director of the Ash Center’s Government Innovation Program
COST No cost
CONTACT INFO Maisie O'Brien maisie_obrien@hks.harvard.edu
DETAILS The debate over whether the Boston area should have played host to the 2024 Summer Olympic Games resulted in a stinging defeat for those in the city’s political and financial establishment who publicly threw their weight behind the Olympic bid. A well-funded local organizing committee backed by prominent members of the Boston business community operating with the blessing of much of the city’s political leadership failed to convince the majority of Bostonians that hosting the 2024 Summer Games would be a net positive for the city and commonwealth.
That Boston would be the sole United States bid city appeared all but certain after the U.S. Olympic Committee selected Boston in January, 2015 as its nominee to host the first Olympic Summer Games in the U.S. in nearly three decades. Seven months later the bid was withdrawn amid floundering public opinion polls and the dogged opposition of No Boston Olympics, a small volunteer-led grassroots organization operating on a shoestring budget. No Boston Olympics demonstrated how through the savvy use social media and creative organizing, they were able to counter the well-funded outreach efforts of the Boston 2024 bid committee and its supporters.
Join us on September 16th at 4:10 for a conversation with No Boston Olympics voluntary co-chairs Chris Dempsey, Liam Kerr, and Kelley Gossett to learn how No Boston Olympics was able to convince Bay State residents that hosting the Olympics wasn’t a winner for the commonwealth. Also joining us will by WBZ political analyst Jon Keller and Boston Magazine Digital News Editor Garrett Quinn, who will share their insights and observations on how No Boston Olympics ultimately prevailed in the Olympic debate. Our conversation will be moderated by Jorrit de Jong, HKS Lecturer in Public Policy and the Academic Director of the Ash Center’s Government Innovation Program.
A reception with light refreshments will follow. This event is free and open to the public.
LINK http://ash.harvard.edu/event/getting-no-examining-how-no-boston-olympics-won-fight-over-2024-summer-games
WHEN Wed., Sep. 16, 2015, 4:10 – 6:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, 124 Mount Auburn Street, Suite 200-North, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Social Sciences, Support/Social
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
SPEAKER(S) o Boston Olympics voluntary co-chairs Chris Dempsey, Liam Kerr, and Kelley Gossett; WBZ political analyst Jon Keller and Boston Magazine Digital News Editor Garrett Quinn;Jorrit de Jong, HKS Lecturer in Public Policy and the Academic Director of the Ash Center’s Government Innovation Program
COST No cost
CONTACT INFO Maisie O'Brien maisie_obrien@hks.harvard.edu
DETAILS The debate over whether the Boston area should have played host to the 2024 Summer Olympic Games resulted in a stinging defeat for those in the city’s political and financial establishment who publicly threw their weight behind the Olympic bid. A well-funded local organizing committee backed by prominent members of the Boston business community operating with the blessing of much of the city’s political leadership failed to convince the majority of Bostonians that hosting the 2024 Summer Games would be a net positive for the city and commonwealth.
That Boston would be the sole United States bid city appeared all but certain after the U.S. Olympic Committee selected Boston in January, 2015 as its nominee to host the first Olympic Summer Games in the U.S. in nearly three decades. Seven months later the bid was withdrawn amid floundering public opinion polls and the dogged opposition of No Boston Olympics, a small volunteer-led grassroots organization operating on a shoestring budget. No Boston Olympics demonstrated how through the savvy use social media and creative organizing, they were able to counter the well-funded outreach efforts of the Boston 2024 bid committee and its supporters.
Join us on September 16th at 4:10 for a conversation with No Boston Olympics voluntary co-chairs Chris Dempsey, Liam Kerr, and Kelley Gossett to learn how No Boston Olympics was able to convince Bay State residents that hosting the Olympics wasn’t a winner for the commonwealth. Also joining us will by WBZ political analyst Jon Keller and Boston Magazine Digital News Editor Garrett Quinn, who will share their insights and observations on how No Boston Olympics ultimately prevailed in the Olympic debate. Our conversation will be moderated by Jorrit de Jong, HKS Lecturer in Public Policy and the Academic Director of the Ash Center’s Government Innovation Program.
A reception with light refreshments will follow. This event is free and open to the public.
LINK http://ash.harvard.edu/event/getting-no-examining-how-no-boston-olympics-won-fight-over-2024-summer-games
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Why is the Estimated Value of Clean Air so Low?
Wednesday, September 16
4:15-5:30 pm
Harvard, Littauer L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
Daniel Sullivan, Harvard University
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Maziar Bahari: Journalism Is Not a Crime
Wednesday, September 16
6:00pm
Harvard, JFK Jr. Forum, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
A discussion with Maziar Bahari, journalist, filmmaker and human rights activist, whose imprisonment in Iran was depicted in the Jon Stewart-directed film Rosewater. Open to the public. This event will also be livestreamed.
Why is the Estimated Value of Clean Air so Low?
Wednesday, September 16
4:15-5:30 pm
Harvard, Littauer L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
Daniel Sullivan, Harvard University
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Maziar Bahari: Journalism Is Not a Crime
Wednesday, September 16
6:00pm
Harvard, JFK Jr. Forum, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
A discussion with Maziar Bahari, journalist, filmmaker and human rights activist, whose imprisonment in Iran was depicted in the Jon Stewart-directed film Rosewater. Open to the public. This event will also be livestreamed.
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Wednesday Night Journalism Movie Series: War Photographer
WHEN Wed., Sep. 16, 2015, 7:40 – 9:40 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Science Center D, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Film, Humanities, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Extension ALM in Journalism Program
"From Watergate to Wikileaks: Journalism Ethics Through Film"
SPEAKER(S) "War Photographer" will be presented by Andrea Bruce, Nieman Fellow '16 and documentary photographer
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO jerlick@fas.harvard.edu
WHEN Wed., Sep. 16, 2015, 7:40 – 9:40 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Science Center D, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Film, Humanities, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Extension ALM in Journalism Program
"From Watergate to Wikileaks: Journalism Ethics Through Film"
SPEAKER(S) "War Photographer" will be presented by Andrea Bruce, Nieman Fellow '16 and documentary photographer
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO jerlick@fas.harvard.edu
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Thursday, September 17
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National Drive Electric Week Event - Boston
Thursday, September 17
10am to 2pm
Massachusetts State House (Ashburton Park), 95 Bowdoin Street, Boston
Massachusetts State Representatives Jonathan Hecht , Frank Smizik and Bradford Hill , and Massachusetts State Senator Jamie Eldridge will be hosting an electric vehicle event September 17th at the Massachusetts State House.
The Event will feature vehicles from: Smart Car for Two, Nissan, Chevy, BMW, Ford, and Tesla.
Also featured will be two charging stations/technologies: A traditional charging station from NRG and a wireless charging system designed by WiTricity, a Watertown based company.
Vehicles will be parked along Bowdoin Street where members of the public are free to explore and interact with these cutting edge automobiles. Additionally, information on the vehicles present, State programs and incentives, charging technologies and locations will be available in Ashburton Park, located adjacent to the State House on Bowdoin Street.
Thursday, September 17
10am to 2pm
Massachusetts State House (Ashburton Park), 95 Bowdoin Street, Boston
Massachusetts State Representatives Jonathan Hecht , Frank Smizik and Bradford Hill , and Massachusetts State Senator Jamie Eldridge will be hosting an electric vehicle event September 17th at the Massachusetts State House.
The Event will feature vehicles from: Smart Car for Two, Nissan, Chevy, BMW, Ford, and Tesla.
Also featured will be two charging stations/technologies: A traditional charging station from NRG and a wireless charging system designed by WiTricity, a Watertown based company.
Vehicles will be parked along Bowdoin Street where members of the public are free to explore and interact with these cutting edge automobiles. Additionally, information on the vehicles present, State programs and incentives, charging technologies and locations will be available in Ashburton Park, located adjacent to the State House on Bowdoin Street.
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Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals Reporting: Evaluation of Data and Recommendations for Policymakers
WHEN Thu., Sep. 17, 2015, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Law, Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Regulatory Policy Program at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government at the Harvard Kennedy School
SPEAKER(S) Kate Konschnik, lecturer on law and founding director of Harvard Law School's Environmental Policy Initiative
COST Free
RSVP to mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
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Interrogating God: Studying Torture, Practicing Divinity
WHEN Thu., Sep. 17, 2015, 1 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Divinity School, Common Room, CSWR, 42 Francis Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Religion
SPONSOR Office of the Chaplain and Religious and Spiritual Life and HDS Student Association
CONTACT rsl@hds.harvard.edu
DETAILS Please join us for a presentation by Marisa Egerstrom, PhD and MDiv candidate, titled "Interrogating God: Studying Torture, Practicing Divinity."
This presentation is part of a series co-sponsored by the Office of the Chaplain and Religious and Spiritual Life and the HDS Student Association, Practicing Divinity: HDS Students Sharing Wisdom on Spiritual Practices, consisting of four, one-hour informal lunchtime presentations/workshops.
The series will feature HDS students sharing some of their expertise, research, and wisdom about a particular spiritual practice with other students, faculty, and staff, and each presentation will briefly highlight a different spiritual practice.
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Pathological Crystals: From Spirals to Therapies for Stone Disease
Thursday, September 17
4:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building 66-110, 25 Ames Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Prof. Michael D. Ward, Silver Professor, Department of Chemistry & Director, Molecular Design Institute Director at New York University
On September 17, the Materials Science and Engineering Seminar Series welcomes Professor Michael Ward of New York University, who will illustrate the beauty and complexity of crystal growth through mechanisms often hidden and deceptive in pathological molecular crystals. Refreshments will be served.
Materials Science and Engineering Seminar Series
The Center for Materials Science and Engineering, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Materials Processing Center join in welcoming a wide variety of speakers from outside of MIT to meet with faculty and students, and to deliver lectures to which the entire MIT community.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/cmse/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Materials@MIT, Center for Materials Science & Engineering, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Processing Center , Materials Science and Engineering Seminar Series
For more information, contact: Gina Franzetta
gfranzet@mit.edu
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Black Liveness Matters: Tracing the Sounding Subject
WHEN Thu., Sep. 17, 2015, 4 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Music, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Hutchins Center for African & African American Research
SPEAKER(S) George E. Lewis, Edwin H. Case Professor of American Music, & director of the Center for Jazz Studies, Columbia University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO hutchevents@fas.harvard.edu
DETAILS George and Joyce Wein Lectures (1 of 2)
9/17 - Karel Capek Meets Blind Tom
9/18 - Composition as Ethnography
A Q+A and reception will follow each lecture.
The George and Joyce Wein Lecture Series in African and African American Music brings an artist or scholar to Harvard to speak on issues pertaining to African, African American, and African Diasporic music. Established by George Wein, the founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, in honor of his late wife, Joyce, and cosponsored with the Department of African and African American Studies, the series consists of one lecture and a master class or performance on two consecutive days.
LINK http://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events-lectures/events/september-17-2015-400pm/george-e-lewis-george-and-joyce-wein-lectures-1-2
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Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals Reporting: Evaluation of Data and Recommendations for Policymakers
WHEN Thu., Sep. 17, 2015, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Law, Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Regulatory Policy Program at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government at the Harvard Kennedy School
SPEAKER(S) Kate Konschnik, lecturer on law and founding director of Harvard Law School's Environmental Policy Initiative
COST Free
RSVP to mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
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Interrogating God: Studying Torture, Practicing Divinity
WHEN Thu., Sep. 17, 2015, 1 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Divinity School, Common Room, CSWR, 42 Francis Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Religion
SPONSOR Office of the Chaplain and Religious and Spiritual Life and HDS Student Association
CONTACT rsl@hds.harvard.edu
DETAILS Please join us for a presentation by Marisa Egerstrom, PhD and MDiv candidate, titled "Interrogating God: Studying Torture, Practicing Divinity."
This presentation is part of a series co-sponsored by the Office of the Chaplain and Religious and Spiritual Life and the HDS Student Association, Practicing Divinity: HDS Students Sharing Wisdom on Spiritual Practices, consisting of four, one-hour informal lunchtime presentations/workshops.
The series will feature HDS students sharing some of their expertise, research, and wisdom about a particular spiritual practice with other students, faculty, and staff, and each presentation will briefly highlight a different spiritual practice.
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Pathological Crystals: From Spirals to Therapies for Stone Disease
Thursday, September 17
4:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building 66-110, 25 Ames Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Prof. Michael D. Ward, Silver Professor, Department of Chemistry & Director, Molecular Design Institute Director at New York University
On September 17, the Materials Science and Engineering Seminar Series welcomes Professor Michael Ward of New York University, who will illustrate the beauty and complexity of crystal growth through mechanisms often hidden and deceptive in pathological molecular crystals. Refreshments will be served.
Materials Science and Engineering Seminar Series
The Center for Materials Science and Engineering, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Materials Processing Center join in welcoming a wide variety of speakers from outside of MIT to meet with faculty and students, and to deliver lectures to which the entire MIT community.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/cmse/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Materials@MIT, Center for Materials Science & Engineering, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Processing Center , Materials Science and Engineering Seminar Series
For more information, contact: Gina Franzetta
gfranzet@mit.edu
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Black Liveness Matters: Tracing the Sounding Subject
WHEN Thu., Sep. 17, 2015, 4 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Music, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Hutchins Center for African & African American Research
SPEAKER(S) George E. Lewis, Edwin H. Case Professor of American Music, & director of the Center for Jazz Studies, Columbia University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO hutchevents@fas.harvard.edu
DETAILS George and Joyce Wein Lectures (1 of 2)
9/17 - Karel Capek Meets Blind Tom
9/18 - Composition as Ethnography
A Q+A and reception will follow each lecture.
The George and Joyce Wein Lecture Series in African and African American Music brings an artist or scholar to Harvard to speak on issues pertaining to African, African American, and African Diasporic music. Established by George Wein, the founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, in honor of his late wife, Joyce, and cosponsored with the Department of African and African American Studies, the series consists of one lecture and a master class or performance on two consecutive days.
LINK http://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events-lectures/events/september-17-2015-400pm/george-e-lewis-george-and-joyce-wein-lectures-1-2
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New Visions and Strategies for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace
WHEN Thu., Sep. 17, 2015, 4 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Yenching Auditorium, 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Conference on Intractable Conflicts, Herbert C. Kelman Institute for Interactive Conflict Transformation; Middle East Seminar, Weatherhead Center for International and Foreign Affairs; Center for Middle Eastern Studies
SPEAKER(S) Hilik Bar, member of the Israeli Knesset and secretary general of the Labor Party
Husam Zomlot, ambassador-at-large, Palestine
Moderator: Gudrun Kramer, head of the Program Supporting Palestinian Refugees, German Association for International Cooperation
CONTACT INFO elizabethflanagan@fas.harvard.edu
DETAILS Please note: this Middle East Seminar will take place at the Yenching Auditorium.
Unless otherwise noted in the event description, CMES events are open to the public (no registration required), and off the record. Please note that events may be filmed and photographed by CMES for record-keeping and for use on the CMES website and publications.
LINK http://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/event/new-visions-and-strategies-israeli-palestinian-peace
WHEN Thu., Sep. 17, 2015, 4 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Yenching Auditorium, 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Conference on Intractable Conflicts, Herbert C. Kelman Institute for Interactive Conflict Transformation; Middle East Seminar, Weatherhead Center for International and Foreign Affairs; Center for Middle Eastern Studies
SPEAKER(S) Hilik Bar, member of the Israeli Knesset and secretary general of the Labor Party
Husam Zomlot, ambassador-at-large, Palestine
Moderator: Gudrun Kramer, head of the Program Supporting Palestinian Refugees, German Association for International Cooperation
CONTACT INFO elizabethflanagan@fas.harvard.edu
DETAILS Please note: this Middle East Seminar will take place at the Yenching Auditorium.
Unless otherwise noted in the event description, CMES events are open to the public (no registration required), and off the record. Please note that events may be filmed and photographed by CMES for record-keeping and for use on the CMES website and publications.
LINK http://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/event/new-visions-and-strategies-israeli-palestinian-peace
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The Arab Spring: Pathways of Repression and Reform
WHEN Thu., Sep. 17, 2015, 4:10 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Foyer, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, 124 Mount Auburn Street, Suite 200-North, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Support/Social
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation; Harvard Kennedy School Middle East Initiative
SPEAKER(S) Tarek Masoud, Sultan of Oman Associate Professor of International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School
Jason Brownlee, Associate Professor of Government and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas
Andrew Reynolds, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Moderator: Stephen Walt, Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
CONTACT INFO Maisie O'Brien maisie_obrien@hks.harvard.edu
617-495-4264
DETAILS Several years after the Arab Spring began, democracy remains elusive in the Middle East. The Arab Spring that resides in the popular imagination is one in which a wave of mass mobilization swept the broader Middle East, toppled dictators, and cleared the way for democracy. The reality is that few Arab countries have experienced anything of the sort. While Tunisia made progress towards some type of constitutionally entrenched participatory rule, the other countries that overthrew their rulers Egypt, Yemen, and Libya remain mired in authoritarianism and instability. Elsewhere in the Arab world uprisings were suppressed, subsided or never materialized.
The Arab Spring’s modest harvest cries out for explanation. Why did regime change take place in only four Arab countries and why has democratic change proved so elusive in the countries that made attempts? This book attempts to answer those questions. First, by accounting for the full range of variance: from the absence or failure of uprisings in such places as Algeria and Saudi Arabia at one end to Tunisia’s rocky but hopeful transition at the other. Second, by examining the deep historical and structure variables that determined the balance of power between incumbents and opposition.
LINK http://ash.harvard.edu/event/arab-spring-pathways-repression-and-reform
WHEN Thu., Sep. 17, 2015, 4:10 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Foyer, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, 124 Mount Auburn Street, Suite 200-North, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Support/Social
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation; Harvard Kennedy School Middle East Initiative
SPEAKER(S) Tarek Masoud, Sultan of Oman Associate Professor of International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School
Jason Brownlee, Associate Professor of Government and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas
Andrew Reynolds, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Moderator: Stephen Walt, Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
CONTACT INFO Maisie O'Brien maisie_obrien@hks.harvard.edu
617-495-4264
DETAILS Several years after the Arab Spring began, democracy remains elusive in the Middle East. The Arab Spring that resides in the popular imagination is one in which a wave of mass mobilization swept the broader Middle East, toppled dictators, and cleared the way for democracy. The reality is that few Arab countries have experienced anything of the sort. While Tunisia made progress towards some type of constitutionally entrenched participatory rule, the other countries that overthrew their rulers Egypt, Yemen, and Libya remain mired in authoritarianism and instability. Elsewhere in the Arab world uprisings were suppressed, subsided or never materialized.
The Arab Spring’s modest harvest cries out for explanation. Why did regime change take place in only four Arab countries and why has democratic change proved so elusive in the countries that made attempts? This book attempts to answer those questions. First, by accounting for the full range of variance: from the absence or failure of uprisings in such places as Algeria and Saudi Arabia at one end to Tunisia’s rocky but hopeful transition at the other. Second, by examining the deep historical and structure variables that determined the balance of power between incumbents and opposition.
LINK http://ash.harvard.edu/event/arab-spring-pathways-repression-and-reform
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Through the Looking-Glass: Conspiracy Theories as an Alternative World of Global Health
Thursday, September 17
4:30p–6:30p
MIT, Building 4-237, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: Didier Fassin, Institute for Advanced Study
This Thursday afternoon talk, entitled, "Through the Looking-Glass: Conspiracy Theories as an Alternative World of Global Health," will feature Didier Fassin, from the Institute for Advanced Study, and will take place on the afternoon of 9/17/15.
Thursday Afternoon Lecture Series
The Global Health and Medical Humanities Initiative (GHMHI), with support from SHASS Anthropology, began hosting a Thursday Afternoon Lecture Series on campus on topics related to global health and the medical humanities during the fall 2014 semester.
Refreshments will be served. We hope you will be able to join us!
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Anthropology Program, Global Health and Medical Humanities Initiative
For more information, contact: Brittany Peters
bapeters@mit.edu
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Through the Looking-Glass: Conspiracy Theories as an Alternative World of Global Health
Thursday, September 17
4:30p–6:30p
MIT, Building 4-237, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: Didier Fassin, Institute for Advanced Study
This Thursday afternoon talk, entitled, "Through the Looking-Glass: Conspiracy Theories as an Alternative World of Global Health," will feature Didier Fassin, from the Institute for Advanced Study, and will take place on the afternoon of 9/17/15.
Thursday Afternoon Lecture Series
The Global Health and Medical Humanities Initiative (GHMHI), with support from SHASS Anthropology, began hosting a Thursday Afternoon Lecture Series on campus on topics related to global health and the medical humanities during the fall 2014 semester.
Refreshments will be served. We hope you will be able to join us!
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Anthropology Program, Global Health and Medical Humanities Initiative
For more information, contact: Brittany Peters
bapeters@mit.edu
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Races and Religions: Does Knowing Globally Help Us At Home?
WHEN Thu., Sep. 17, 2015, 5:15 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Common Room, CSWR, 42 Francis Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Religion
SPONSOR Center for the Study of World Religions
CONTACT CSWR, 617.495.4495
DETAILS This year's opening panel will take up an issue sadly very much in the news: race, racism, violence, and the possible connections between race and religions (with the latter playing a positive or negative role in social behavior) — and, as is appropriate to the Center, place the issue in a global perspective.
Our thesis, open to debate, is that how we know globally affects how we think locally. But does attention to cultures and religions around the world give us a fresh perspective on the problems facing society and religions here in the United States? Does looking at religious and social structures in East or South Asia or the Middle East, for example, help us to think differently about religious and social structures here? Does knowledge of Hinduism or Islam help us to see differently Christianity’s place in relation to race and religion in the U.S.? Will knowing more about religion, race, and society in Africa or East Asia, help us to be better able to speak intelligently and effectively when the next Ferguson or Staten Island or Charleston erupts somewhere in the U.S.?
Speakers: Arthur Kleinman, Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University and Professor of Medical Anthropology in Global Health and Social Medicine and Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; and Victor and William Fung Director of the Asia Center; Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures and the Director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program; Michelle Chaplin Sanchez, Assistant Professor of Theology, HDS; and Ayodeji Ogunnaike, PhD candidate in African Studies and Religion.
WHEN Thu., Sep. 17, 2015, 5:15 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Common Room, CSWR, 42 Francis Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Religion
SPONSOR Center for the Study of World Religions
CONTACT CSWR, 617.495.4495
DETAILS This year's opening panel will take up an issue sadly very much in the news: race, racism, violence, and the possible connections between race and religions (with the latter playing a positive or negative role in social behavior) — and, as is appropriate to the Center, place the issue in a global perspective.
Our thesis, open to debate, is that how we know globally affects how we think locally. But does attention to cultures and religions around the world give us a fresh perspective on the problems facing society and religions here in the United States? Does looking at religious and social structures in East or South Asia or the Middle East, for example, help us to think differently about religious and social structures here? Does knowledge of Hinduism or Islam help us to see differently Christianity’s place in relation to race and religion in the U.S.? Will knowing more about religion, race, and society in Africa or East Asia, help us to be better able to speak intelligently and effectively when the next Ferguson or Staten Island or Charleston erupts somewhere in the U.S.?
Speakers: Arthur Kleinman, Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University and Professor of Medical Anthropology in Global Health and Social Medicine and Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; and Victor and William Fung Director of the Asia Center; Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures and the Director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program; Michelle Chaplin Sanchez, Assistant Professor of Theology, HDS; and Ayodeji Ogunnaike, PhD candidate in African Studies and Religion.
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HackMIT Presents: PayPal & Affirm Cofounder, Max Levchin
Thursday, September 17
Thursday, September 17
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)
MIT, Building W20-208, Stratton Student Center, Lobdell Dining Hall, 84 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/hackmit-presents-paypal-affirm-cofounder-max-levchin-tickets-18056502485
HackMIT is proud to welcome Max Levchin to headline Hack Week MIT. Max is a cofounder of PayPal, fmr Chairman of Yelp, Board Director of Yahoo!, Chairman and cofounder of Glow, CEO of Affirm, serial entreprenenur, angel investor and was named Innovator of the Year by MIT Technology Review in 2002.
This one hour fireside chat moderated by Richard Ni will cover a range of topics including the convergence of finance, data and security, healthcare, insurance and the disruption Silicon Valley is having on the largest industries in the world.
HackMIT is proud to welcome Max Levchin to headline Hack Week MIT. Max is a cofounder of PayPal, fmr Chairman of Yelp, Board Director of Yahoo!, Chairman and cofounder of Glow, CEO of Affirm, serial entreprenenur, angel investor and was named Innovator of the Year by MIT Technology Review in 2002.
This one hour fireside chat moderated by Richard Ni will cover a range of topics including the convergence of finance, data and security, healthcare, insurance and the disruption Silicon Valley is having on the largest industries in the world.
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Jane McGonigal discusses her new book "SuperBetter" with Scot Osterweil
Thursday, September 17
7:00p
MIT, Building E15-070, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge
We're thrilled to join Harvard Book Store as they host Jane McGonigal, who will discuss her new book "SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient -- Powered by the Science of Games" with our own Scot Ostwerweil here at MIT.
SuperBetter will be on sale here and will feature a book signing!
In 2009 Jane McGonigal suffered a severe concussion. Unable to think clearly or work or even get out of bed, she became anxious and depressed, even suicidal. But rather than let herself sink further, she decided to get better by doing what she does best: she turned her recovery process into a resilience-building game. What started as a simple motivational exercise quickly became a set of rules for "post-traumatic growth" that she shared on her blog. These rules led to a digital game and a major research study with the National Institutes of Health. Today nearly half a million people have played SuperBetter to get stronger, happier, and healthier.
Web site: http://cmsw.mit.edu/event/jane-mcgonigal-discusses-her-new-book-super
better-with-scot-osterweil/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Harvard Book Store
For more information, contact: Andrew Whitacre
617-324-0490
cmsw@mit.edu
Jane McGonigal discusses her new book "SuperBetter" with Scot Osterweil
Thursday, September 17
7:00p
MIT, Building E15-070, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge
We're thrilled to join Harvard Book Store as they host Jane McGonigal, who will discuss her new book "SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient -- Powered by the Science of Games" with our own Scot Ostwerweil here at MIT.
SuperBetter will be on sale here and will feature a book signing!
In 2009 Jane McGonigal suffered a severe concussion. Unable to think clearly or work or even get out of bed, she became anxious and depressed, even suicidal. But rather than let herself sink further, she decided to get better by doing what she does best: she turned her recovery process into a resilience-building game. What started as a simple motivational exercise quickly became a set of rules for "post-traumatic growth" that she shared on her blog. These rules led to a digital game and a major research study with the National Institutes of Health. Today nearly half a million people have played SuperBetter to get stronger, happier, and healthier.
Web site: http://cmsw.mit.edu/event/jane-mcgonigal-discusses-her-new-book-super
better-with-scot-osterweil/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Harvard Book Store
For more information, contact: Andrew Whitacre
617-324-0490
cmsw@mit.edu
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"AMIA Repetita" & Alan Sabrosky: Israel did 9/11 - Free UPandOUT film screening [2 false-flags, many similarities]
Thursday, September 17
Thursday, September 17
doors open 6:40; film starts promptly 7pm
243 Broadway, Cambridge - corner of Broadway and Windsor, entrance on Windsor
243 Broadway, Cambridge - corner of Broadway and Windsor, entrance on Windsor
Folks, we are having two very special guests at our Sept film screening:
Ellie Ommani*, coming up from NY, is co-founder of AIFC (https://www.facebook.com/AIFCIran) - American-Iranian Friendship Committee; she is a retired NY school teacher and life-long activist.
Karla Hansen, *coming in from IOWA, is the director/producer of Silent Screams: The Impact of US Drone Attacks; (http://www.envirosagainstwar.org/know/read.php?itemid=10272) she is a licensed social work and long-time social justice advocate. Please come
and help give Ellie and Karla a rousing welcome!
AMIA Repetita has critical importance /today/ - as USRael ramps up anti-Iran hysteria]
[shades of 9/11: plants on the ground & USRael immediately - before the dust settles - blaming Iran, destroying evidence, railroading an investigation...; days prior to the attacks, work crews are going in and out of the buildings; higher-ups who would normally be at these sites are diverted to other locations; witness testimony is ignored; cui bono? etc, etc ... ]
Backgound video http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x16pkw0_amia-bombing-mou-between-iran-argentina-faces-challenges_news
Buenos Aires 1994: A terrorist attack at the AMIA Jewish community center: 85 dead (1 Jewish), hundreds injured. From day one--before a single piece of evidence is produced--the US and Israel blame Iran. Israel tried to sidetrack an Argentine investigation, using powerful Wall Street assets and influential pro-Israel lobbies (e.g., the Anti-Defamation League and AIPAC).
On January 27, 2013, Argentina announced it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran to establish a "truth commission" to investigate the AMIA bombing. /AMIA Repetita/ is an expose of this case. A case that to this day has Israel gunning for Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, to discredit Argentine/Iranian cooperation to get to the bottom of this unsolved case.
"Tel-Aviv and Washington immediately blamed Iran and Hezbollah, despite the fact that the attack had the unmistakable fingerprints of a false-flag operation. Fifteen years later, the AMIA bombing continues to serve as a pretext for an even more vicious smear and fear campaign against Iran, pandering in particular to Israel?s interests, including those in Latin America." ~Belen Fernandez, Voltairenet
"To my knowledge, there was never any real evidence [of Iranian responsibility]. They never came up with anything." ~ James Cheek, US Ambassador to Argentina at the time of the AMIA bombing
Adrian Salbuch [economist and globalization expert, international political analyst, researcher and consultant. Author of several books on geopolitics in Spanish and English (including The Coming World Government: Tragedy & Hope), he is also a conference speaker in Argentina and radio/TV commentator] - False Flag Attacks in Argentina: 1992 and 1994 (http://www.voltairenet.org/article162474.html)
"In the ensuing chaos amidst the rubble, tempers ran very high with local police when Israeli Army intelligence officers planted an Israeli flag in the rubble. Almost immediately, those same Israelis ??luckily?? found a piece of the alleged car-bomb ?? a white Renault ??Trafic?? van ?? that ??luckily?? just happened to have the manufacturer??s serial number on it. This was reminiscent of other highly unlikely but ??lucky?? finds, such as the FBI??s locating one alleged suicide bomber intact passport in the rubble of the World Trade Center just after 9/11!"
...This ??evidence?? was finally rejected by the Court when it became so flagrantly obvious that it had been planted at the scene of the crime. They then came up with several other pieces of ??the car-bomb van??, which, when sent to the local Renault plant for verification, turned out to belong to two different vehicles, one of which apparently didn??t have a fuel pump installed, so it could have hardly gone anywhere!"
...The Argentine Courts have spent 15 years searching for proof of an ??Iranian ?? Syrian ?? Hezbollah Connection??, which they have never found, for the simple but powerful reason that such a link does not exist. However, both terror attacks fall quite neatly into place in a much more logical way when you insert them within the rationale, not of a non-existent ??Iranian Connection??, but rather of a very concrete ??Israeli Connection/??.
...similar to 9/11, although [Zionists] have shown the technical capability to carry out false flag attacks with (almost) technical perfection ...they still are
Ellie Ommani*, coming up from NY, is co-founder of AIFC (https://www.facebook.com/AIFCIran) - American-Iranian Friendship Committee; she is a retired NY school teacher and life-long activist.
Karla Hansen, *coming in from IOWA, is the director/producer of Silent Screams: The Impact of US Drone Attacks; (http://www.envirosagainstwar.org/know/read.php?itemid=10272) she is a licensed social work and long-time social justice advocate. Please come
and help give Ellie and Karla a rousing welcome!
AMIA Repetita has critical importance /today/ - as USRael ramps up anti-Iran hysteria]
[shades of 9/11: plants on the ground & USRael immediately - before the dust settles - blaming Iran, destroying evidence, railroading an investigation...; days prior to the attacks, work crews are going in and out of the buildings; higher-ups who would normally be at these sites are diverted to other locations; witness testimony is ignored; cui bono? etc, etc ... ]
Backgound video http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x16pkw0_amia-bombing-mou-between-iran-argentina-faces-challenges_news
Buenos Aires 1994: A terrorist attack at the AMIA Jewish community center: 85 dead (1 Jewish), hundreds injured. From day one--before a single piece of evidence is produced--the US and Israel blame Iran. Israel tried to sidetrack an Argentine investigation, using powerful Wall Street assets and influential pro-Israel lobbies (e.g., the Anti-Defamation League and AIPAC).
On January 27, 2013, Argentina announced it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran to establish a "truth commission" to investigate the AMIA bombing. /AMIA Repetita/ is an expose of this case. A case that to this day has Israel gunning for Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, to discredit Argentine/Iranian cooperation to get to the bottom of this unsolved case.
"Tel-Aviv and Washington immediately blamed Iran and Hezbollah, despite the fact that the attack had the unmistakable fingerprints of a false-flag operation. Fifteen years later, the AMIA bombing continues to serve as a pretext for an even more vicious smear and fear campaign against Iran, pandering in particular to Israel?s interests, including those in Latin America." ~Belen Fernandez, Voltairenet
"To my knowledge, there was never any real evidence [of Iranian responsibility]. They never came up with anything." ~ James Cheek, US Ambassador to Argentina at the time of the AMIA bombing
Adrian Salbuch [economist and globalization expert, international political analyst, researcher and consultant. Author of several books on geopolitics in Spanish and English (including The Coming World Government: Tragedy & Hope), he is also a conference speaker in Argentina and radio/TV commentator] - False Flag Attacks in Argentina: 1992 and 1994 (http://www.voltairenet.org/article162474.html)
"In the ensuing chaos amidst the rubble, tempers ran very high with local police when Israeli Army intelligence officers planted an Israeli flag in the rubble. Almost immediately, those same Israelis ??luckily?? found a piece of the alleged car-bomb ?? a white Renault ??Trafic?? van ?? that ??luckily?? just happened to have the manufacturer??s serial number on it. This was reminiscent of other highly unlikely but ??lucky?? finds, such as the FBI??s locating one alleged suicide bomber intact passport in the rubble of the World Trade Center just after 9/11!"
...This ??evidence?? was finally rejected by the Court when it became so flagrantly obvious that it had been planted at the scene of the crime. They then came up with several other pieces of ??the car-bomb van??, which, when sent to the local Renault plant for verification, turned out to belong to two different vehicles, one of which apparently didn??t have a fuel pump installed, so it could have hardly gone anywhere!"
...The Argentine Courts have spent 15 years searching for proof of an ??Iranian ?? Syrian ?? Hezbollah Connection??, which they have never found, for the simple but powerful reason that such a link does not exist. However, both terror attacks fall quite neatly into place in a much more logical way when you insert them within the rationale, not of a non-existent ??Iranian Connection??, but rather of a very concrete ??Israeli Connection/??.
...similar to 9/11, although [Zionists] have shown the technical capability to carry out false flag attacks with (almost) technical perfection ...they still are
extremely sloppy in that they have left their fingerprints all over the place when perpetrating these attacks which have been revealed by inconsistencies that have proven impossible to explain away."
"The bombed building housed then and now not just the AMIA Mutual Association, but also the DAIA - Argentine Delegation of Israeli Associations the powerful local Jewish lobby working for Israel. After more than 21 years, this has become Argentina's most corruption-riddled case, where obscene meddling by Israel's Mossad, and America's CIA and FBI included such pranks as planting false evidence of a nonexistent car bomb, censoring other much more likely leads, and paying kickbacks to false witnesses in order to falsely incriminate Hezbollah, either through Syria at first, or Iran since 2006."
No legitimate historian gives any credence to the USRaeli version of events.
"The bombed building housed then and now not just the AMIA Mutual Association, but also the DAIA - Argentine Delegation of Israeli Associations the powerful local Jewish lobby working for Israel. After more than 21 years, this has become Argentina's most corruption-riddled case, where obscene meddling by Israel's Mossad, and America's CIA and FBI included such pranks as planting false evidence of a nonexistent car bomb, censoring other much more likely leads, and paying kickbacks to false witnesses in order to falsely incriminate Hezbollah, either through Syria at first, or Iran since 2006."
No legitimate historian gives any credence to the USRaeli version of events.
Israel Did 9/11 (Israeli Mossad)
Dr. Alan Sabrosky, in an interview on Press TV, lays out the case of Israeli involvement in 9/11 and US military awareness of it.
"I am also absolutely certain as a strategic analyst that 9/11 itself, from which all else flows, was a classic Mossad-orchestrated operation. But Mossad did not do it alone." ~Dr. Alan Sabrosky
"[T]he US have been waging a 3-decade war for domination of the Middle East." ~Israeli propagandist Jeffrey Goldberg in an inadvertent admission.
http://rule19.org/videos
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
Dr. Alan Sabrosky, in an interview on Press TV, lays out the case of Israeli involvement in 9/11 and US military awareness of it.
"I am also absolutely certain as a strategic analyst that 9/11 itself, from which all else flows, was a classic Mossad-orchestrated operation. But Mossad did not do it alone." ~Dr. Alan Sabrosky
"[T]he US have been waging a 3-decade war for domination of the Middle East." ~Israeli propagandist Jeffrey Goldberg in an inadvertent admission.
http://rule19.org/videos
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
Editorial Comment: The editor does not endorse these conclusions but includes this event as the discussion of these issues are useful. I have been following the events in Argentina from my great distance and have found the controversy there to be important, whatever the outcome.
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Friday, September 18
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Hacking Eating Tracking - Symposium + Hackathon on Quantification of Human Eating Behavior
September 18-20
Cambridge, MA
http://www.hackingeatingtracking.org
Currently accepting hacker applications and pre-registration for attendance: http://www.hackingeatingtracking.org/hackathon/
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PARKing Day, Cambridge
Friday, September 18
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
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Friday, September 18
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Hacking Eating Tracking - Symposium + Hackathon on Quantification of Human Eating Behavior
September 18-20
Cambridge, MA
http://www.hackingeatingtracking.org
Currently accepting hacker applications and pre-registration for attendance: http://www.hackingeatingtracking.org/hackathon/
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PARKing Day, Cambridge
Friday, September 18
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
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Cambridge Charette on Homelessness
Friday, September 18
10:00 am – 12 noon: Community Recommendations
YWCA, Hannum Hall, Central Square, 7 Temple Street, Cambridge
The City of Cambridge Department of Human Service Programs, in consultation with the Cambridge Homeless Continuum of Care (CoC) and other City departments, has partnered with the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) to facilitate a community planning process on homelessness. Please join us September 15-18 for a unique community planning experience.
CSH has developed a Charrette model that will enable our community to engage in a focused, time-limited process that will result in a Strategic Action Plan to address homelessness in Cambridge. In January 2015, the City Council’s Human Services and Veterans Committee held a hearing to discuss the city’s efforts and planning around homelessness. The need for an updated planning process was described at that time. This planning effort around homelessness will help inform the citywide planning process.
The initial phase of planning has been led by a local Steering Committee comprised of a diverse group of stakeholders, working in concert with CSH consultants and City staff from the Department of Human Service Programs. Using input from the public received at two community meetings held in June, the Steering Committee identified six issue areas to be addressed during Charrette Week: Serving Frequent Users of Emergency Services; Service Navigation and Systems Coordination; The “Housing First” Service Model; Services and Policies to Prevent Homelessness; Increasing Housing Supply for People Experiencing Homelessness; and Strategies for Increasing Investment.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, September 15 and 16, each issue area will have a dedicated fishbowl-style session, a facilitated dialogue between community members and local and national experts. CSH will present their recommendations to the community on the morning of Friday, September 18, followed by a final round of feedback from the community. Mayor David Maher and City Manager Richard C. Rossi will provide opening remarks to Charrette participants on Tuesday, September 15. City Councilor Marc McGovern, Chair of the City Council’s Human Services and Veterans Committee, will provide opening comments on Wednesday, September 16. Please see times and locations below.
“We are thrilled to have this opportunity to engage the community in strategizing how to most effectively address the critical issues facing individuals and families experiencing homelessness, as well as the community as a whole,” said Ellen Semonoff, Assistant City Manager for Human Services.
The public is warmly invited to attend these meetings, which will address the root causes and propose actionable solutions to the multiple facets of homelessness in Cambridge. You can come for as much or as little as you like—whether for just one session or all three days. Community members with firsthand experience with homelessness are especially encouraged to attend. Please help us make this an experience that will truly impact homelessness in Cambridge.
To see Charrette updates or learn more, visit cambridgecharrette.yolasite.com and follow us on twitter @CambMACoC.
The City of Cambridge Department of Human Service Programs, in consultation with the Cambridge Homeless Continuum of Care (CoC) and other City departments, has partnered with the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) to facilitate a community planning process on homelessness. Please join us September 15-18 for a unique community planning experience.
CSH has developed a Charrette model that will enable our community to engage in a focused, time-limited process that will result in a Strategic Action Plan to address homelessness in Cambridge. In January 2015, the City Council’s Human Services and Veterans Committee held a hearing to discuss the city’s efforts and planning around homelessness. The need for an updated planning process was described at that time. This planning effort around homelessness will help inform the citywide planning process.
The initial phase of planning has been led by a local Steering Committee comprised of a diverse group of stakeholders, working in concert with CSH consultants and City staff from the Department of Human Service Programs. Using input from the public received at two community meetings held in June, the Steering Committee identified six issue areas to be addressed during Charrette Week: Serving Frequent Users of Emergency Services; Service Navigation and Systems Coordination; The “Housing First” Service Model; Services and Policies to Prevent Homelessness; Increasing Housing Supply for People Experiencing Homelessness; and Strategies for Increasing Investment.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, September 15 and 16, each issue area will have a dedicated fishbowl-style session, a facilitated dialogue between community members and local and national experts. CSH will present their recommendations to the community on the morning of Friday, September 18, followed by a final round of feedback from the community. Mayor David Maher and City Manager Richard C. Rossi will provide opening remarks to Charrette participants on Tuesday, September 15. City Councilor Marc McGovern, Chair of the City Council’s Human Services and Veterans Committee, will provide opening comments on Wednesday, September 16. Please see times and locations below.
“We are thrilled to have this opportunity to engage the community in strategizing how to most effectively address the critical issues facing individuals and families experiencing homelessness, as well as the community as a whole,” said Ellen Semonoff, Assistant City Manager for Human Services.
The public is warmly invited to attend these meetings, which will address the root causes and propose actionable solutions to the multiple facets of homelessness in Cambridge. You can come for as much or as little as you like—whether for just one session or all three days. Community members with firsthand experience with homelessness are especially encouraged to attend. Please help us make this an experience that will truly impact homelessness in Cambridge.
To see Charrette updates or learn more, visit cambridgecharrette.yolasite.com and follow us on twitter @CambMACoC.
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Dissolve: A Modest Proposal to Rethink Global Health
Friday, September 18
10:00a–12:00p
MIT, Building E25-401, 45 Carleton Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Didier Fassin, Institute for Advanced Study
This event will feature Didier Fassin, from the Institute for Advanced Study, who will present an original talk entitled, "Dissolve: A Modest Proposal to Rethink Global Health."
We hope you will be able to join us!
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Global Health and Medical Humanities Initiative, Anthropology Program, IMES
For more information, contact: Brittany Peters
bapeters@mit.edu
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Freecycle at the Smith Center
Friday, September 18
11 am–2 pm
Smith Center (formerly Holyoke Center), 75 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge
Bring any and all surplus furniture, supplies, and equipment to the Harvard Information Center in the Smith Campus Center Arcade.b Clothing, computers, books, kitchen goods, toys, baby supplies, tools, hardware and any-thing else reusable is welcome here. Whether or not you donate, you are welcome to take anything you want for free. These Freecycles save money, reduce Harvard’s waste, and conserve the embodied natural resources and energy in manufactured goods.
Donations welcome after 10 am.
More at: http://green.harvard.edu/events/freecycle-smith-center-3#sthash.EfYrffXd.dpuf
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Corporate Sustainability and Human Rights: Policy Changes
WHEN Fri., Sep. 18, 2015, 12 – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Weil Town Hall, 1st Floor Belfer Building, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Ethics, Lecture, Social Sciences, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government at the Harvard Kennedy School
SPEAKER(S) Dante Pesce, CEO, VINCULAR Center for Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development
CONTACT INFO Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
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Dissolve: A Modest Proposal to Rethink Global Health
Friday, September 18
10:00a–12:00p
MIT, Building E25-401, 45 Carleton Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Didier Fassin, Institute for Advanced Study
This event will feature Didier Fassin, from the Institute for Advanced Study, who will present an original talk entitled, "Dissolve: A Modest Proposal to Rethink Global Health."
We hope you will be able to join us!
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Global Health and Medical Humanities Initiative, Anthropology Program, IMES
For more information, contact: Brittany Peters
bapeters@mit.edu
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Freecycle at the Smith Center
Friday, September 18
11 am–2 pm
Smith Center (formerly Holyoke Center), 75 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge
Bring any and all surplus furniture, supplies, and equipment to the Harvard Information Center in the Smith Campus Center Arcade.b Clothing, computers, books, kitchen goods, toys, baby supplies, tools, hardware and any-thing else reusable is welcome here. Whether or not you donate, you are welcome to take anything you want for free. These Freecycles save money, reduce Harvard’s waste, and conserve the embodied natural resources and energy in manufactured goods.
Donations welcome after 10 am.
More at: http://green.harvard.edu/events/freecycle-smith-center-3#sthash.EfYrffXd.dpuf
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Corporate Sustainability and Human Rights: Policy Changes
WHEN Fri., Sep. 18, 2015, 12 – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Weil Town Hall, 1st Floor Belfer Building, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Ethics, Lecture, Social Sciences, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government at the Harvard Kennedy School
SPEAKER(S) Dante Pesce, CEO, VINCULAR Center for Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development
CONTACT INFO Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
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The role of fire in our climate system: perspectives on different forcings, biomes, and timescales
Friday, September 18
Friday, September 18
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Harvard, 100F Pierce Hall, 29 OXford Street, Cambridge
Harvard, 100F Pierce Hall, 29 OXford Street, Cambridge
Brendan Rogers
Atmospheric Sciences Seminar
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IACS Seminar: Using Big Data to Uncover New Empirical Laws in Economics & Finance
WHEN Fri., Sep. 18, 2015, 1 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Maxwell Dworkin Bldg. G115, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Information Technology, Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Institute for Applied Computational Science at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
SPEAKER(S) H. Eugene Stanley, Boston University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO iacs-info@seas.harvard.edu
DETAILS Today economic and financial data are readily available to academic researchers. For example, every trade of every stock is recorded. By analyzing these data, our group has uncovered new empirical laws that are stark odds with the well-known predictions of economic theory. This talk will focus on what our current research has unearthed and the possible implications for banking and financial policy.
LINK https://www.seas.harvard.edu/calendar/event/83581
WHEN Fri., Sep. 18, 2015, 1 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Maxwell Dworkin Bldg. G115, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Information Technology, Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Institute for Applied Computational Science at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
SPEAKER(S) H. Eugene Stanley, Boston University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO iacs-info@seas.harvard.edu
DETAILS Today economic and financial data are readily available to academic researchers. For example, every trade of every stock is recorded. By analyzing these data, our group has uncovered new empirical laws that are stark odds with the well-known predictions of economic theory. This talk will focus on what our current research has unearthed and the possible implications for banking and financial policy.
LINK https://www.seas.harvard.edu/calendar/event/83581
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Women in Biotech
WHEN Fri., Sep. 18, 2015, 1 – 5 p.m.
WHERE Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Conferences, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO events@radcliffe.harvard.edu
DETAILS Why are women underrepresented as leaders in the biotech industry? It’s a perplexing issue requiring comprehensive examination. Bringing together scientists, industry and venture capital leaders, and academics, this symposium will explore and offer new solutions which may help close the divide between the large number of women who pursue advanced degrees in related scientific fields and their lack of representation in leadership positions in biotech firms.
LINK https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2015-women-in-biotech-symposium
Women in Biotech
WHEN Fri., Sep. 18, 2015, 1 – 5 p.m.
WHERE Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Conferences, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO events@radcliffe.harvard.edu
DETAILS Why are women underrepresented as leaders in the biotech industry? It’s a perplexing issue requiring comprehensive examination. Bringing together scientists, industry and venture capital leaders, and academics, this symposium will explore and offer new solutions which may help close the divide between the large number of women who pursue advanced degrees in related scientific fields and their lack of representation in leadership positions in biotech firms.
LINK https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2015-women-in-biotech-symposium
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Historic Trees and Historicizing Tree-Rings.
Friday, September 18
2:30pm
MIT, Building E51-095, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Jared Farmer
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Black Liveness Matters: Tracing the Sounding Subject
WHEN Fri., Sep. 18, 2015, 4 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Faculty Club Library, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Music, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Hutchins Center for African & African American Research
SPEAKER(S) George E. Lewis, Edwin H. Case Professor of American Music, & director of the Center for Jazz Studies, Columbia University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO hutchevents@fas.harvard.edu
DETAILS George and Joyce Wein Lectures (2 of 2)
9/17 - Karel Capek Meets Blind Tom
9/18 - Composition as Ethnography
A Q+A and reception will follow each lecture.
The George and Joyce Wein Lecture Series in African and African American Music brings an artist or scholar to Harvard to speak on issues pertaining to African, African American, and African Diasporic music. Established by George Wein, the founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, in honor of his late wife, Joyce, and cosponsored with the Department of African and African American Studies, the series consists of one lecture and a master class or performance on two consecutive days.
LINK http://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events-lectures/events/september-18-2015-400pm/george-e-lewis-george-and-joyce-wein-lectures-2-2
WHEN Fri., Sep. 18, 2015, 4 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Faculty Club Library, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Music, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Hutchins Center for African & African American Research
SPEAKER(S) George E. Lewis, Edwin H. Case Professor of American Music, & director of the Center for Jazz Studies, Columbia University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO hutchevents@fas.harvard.edu
DETAILS George and Joyce Wein Lectures (2 of 2)
9/17 - Karel Capek Meets Blind Tom
9/18 - Composition as Ethnography
A Q+A and reception will follow each lecture.
The George and Joyce Wein Lecture Series in African and African American Music brings an artist or scholar to Harvard to speak on issues pertaining to African, African American, and African Diasporic music. Established by George Wein, the founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, in honor of his late wife, Joyce, and cosponsored with the Department of African and African American Studies, the series consists of one lecture and a master class or performance on two consecutive days.
LINK http://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events-lectures/events/september-18-2015-400pm/george-e-lewis-george-and-joyce-wein-lectures-2-2
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The Future Society at Harvard Kennedy School Presents: Paypal & Affirm Cofounder Max Levchin
Friday, September 18
Friday, September 18
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM (EDT)
Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Starr Auditorium, Belfer Building, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-society-at-harvard-kennedy-school-presents-paypal-affirm-cofounder-max-levchin-tickets-18235735576
The Harvard College Future Society is proud to welcome Silicon Valley Luminary and Serial Entrepreneur, Max Levchin to campus for a series of events including this Fireside Chat.
Max is a cofounder of PayPal, former Chairman of Yelp, Board Director of Yahoo!, Chairman and cofounder of Glow, CEO of Affirm, serial entreprenenur, angel investor and was named Innovator of the Year by MIT Technology Review.
This one hour fireside chat will cover a range of topics including the convergence of finance, data and security, healthcare, insurance and the disruption Silicon Valley is having on the largest industries in the world.
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Saturday, September 19
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The Harvard College Future Society is proud to welcome Silicon Valley Luminary and Serial Entrepreneur, Max Levchin to campus for a series of events including this Fireside Chat.
Max is a cofounder of PayPal, former Chairman of Yelp, Board Director of Yahoo!, Chairman and cofounder of Glow, CEO of Affirm, serial entreprenenur, angel investor and was named Innovator of the Year by MIT Technology Review.
This one hour fireside chat will cover a range of topics including the convergence of finance, data and security, healthcare, insurance and the disruption Silicon Valley is having on the largest industries in the world.
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Saturday, September 19
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EV Day
Saturday, September 19
8:30 to 10:30 am
Larz Anderson Auto Museum, 15 Newton Street, Brookline
The historic Larz Anderson Auto Museum just outside Boston will be the site of EV Day, to be held during 2015 National Drive Electric Week.
EV Day will be similar to other themed lawn events held on the museum grounds where attendees and owners will have the opportunity to show their vehicles and see a wide range of conversions and new production models available on the market. Open to any 2-4 wheel conversion, custom build or modern factory built plug-in electric vehicle. Owners and sponsors from OEMs like Tesla, BMW, Chevrolet and Nissan are also encouraged to display side by side for comparison and competition.
Saturday, September 19
8:30 to 10:30 am
Larz Anderson Auto Museum, 15 Newton Street, Brookline
The historic Larz Anderson Auto Museum just outside Boston will be the site of EV Day, to be held during 2015 National Drive Electric Week.
EV Day will be similar to other themed lawn events held on the museum grounds where attendees and owners will have the opportunity to show their vehicles and see a wide range of conversions and new production models available on the market. Open to any 2-4 wheel conversion, custom build or modern factory built plug-in electric vehicle. Owners and sponsors from OEMs like Tesla, BMW, Chevrolet and Nissan are also encouraged to display side by side for comparison and competition.
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Somerville Garden Club Annual Plant Sale
9 to 1 pm
Davis Square, Somerville
Great stuff, at good prices, and lots of advice. Plus books, pots, etc. Always fun, better every year.
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The 2015 Ig Nobel Informal Lectures
Saturday, September 19
1:00p–3:30p
MIT, Building 10-250, 222 Memorial Drive (halfway down the Infinite Corridor at 77 Mass Ave), Cambridge
Speaker: The 2015 Ig Nobel Prize Winners
A half-afternoon of improbably funny, informative, and brief public lectures in which the 2015 Ig Nobel Prize winners attempt to explain what they did, and why they did it!
On the preceding Thursday evening, ten prizes are awarded to people who have done remarkable things, some of them admirable, some perhaps otherwise. On Saturday, we invite the winners to MIT and give them five minutes to describe and/or defend their work, then respond to insightful questions from the audience. Here's your chance to chat with an Ig Nobel Laureate.
Please join us!
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/bookstore/www/events/
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): The MIT Press Bookstore, the Annals of Improbable Research
For more information, contact: The MIT Press Bookstore
253-5249
books@mit.edu
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The Narrow Edge: A Tiny Bird, an Ancient Crab, and an Epic Journey
Saturday, September 19
2:00PM
Haller Hall, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Deborah Cramer, Visiting Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Each year, red knot sandpipers travel an incredible 19,000 miles, from the tip of South America to nesting grounds in the Arctic—and back again—eating millions of tiny horseshoe crab eggs along the way. Newly listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, the red knot is the twenty-first century’s “canary in the coal mine.” Join Deborah Cramer, author of The Narrow Edge: A Tiny Bird, an Ancient Crab, and an Epic Journey, in a discussion of what is at stake for the red knot sandpiper and the millions of other shorebirds threatened by the effects of climate change. This event is a lecture and book signing. This event is free with museum admission.
http://hmnh.harvard.edu/event/narrow-edge-tiny-bird-ancient-crab-and-epic-journey?utm_source=August%2026%2C%202015%20E-news&utm_campaign=Enews%20August%2026%2C%202015&utm_medium=email
Somerville Garden Club Annual Plant Sale
9 to 1 pm
Davis Square, Somerville
Great stuff, at good prices, and lots of advice. Plus books, pots, etc. Always fun, better every year.
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The 2015 Ig Nobel Informal Lectures
Saturday, September 19
1:00p–3:30p
MIT, Building 10-250, 222 Memorial Drive (halfway down the Infinite Corridor at 77 Mass Ave), Cambridge
Speaker: The 2015 Ig Nobel Prize Winners
A half-afternoon of improbably funny, informative, and brief public lectures in which the 2015 Ig Nobel Prize winners attempt to explain what they did, and why they did it!
On the preceding Thursday evening, ten prizes are awarded to people who have done remarkable things, some of them admirable, some perhaps otherwise. On Saturday, we invite the winners to MIT and give them five minutes to describe and/or defend their work, then respond to insightful questions from the audience. Here's your chance to chat with an Ig Nobel Laureate.
Please join us!
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/bookstore/www/events/
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): The MIT Press Bookstore, the Annals of Improbable Research
For more information, contact: The MIT Press Bookstore
253-5249
books@mit.edu
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The Narrow Edge: A Tiny Bird, an Ancient Crab, and an Epic Journey
Saturday, September 19
2:00PM
Haller Hall, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Deborah Cramer, Visiting Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Each year, red knot sandpipers travel an incredible 19,000 miles, from the tip of South America to nesting grounds in the Arctic—and back again—eating millions of tiny horseshoe crab eggs along the way. Newly listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, the red knot is the twenty-first century’s “canary in the coal mine.” Join Deborah Cramer, author of The Narrow Edge: A Tiny Bird, an Ancient Crab, and an Epic Journey, in a discussion of what is at stake for the red knot sandpiper and the millions of other shorebirds threatened by the effects of climate change. This event is a lecture and book signing. This event is free with museum admission.
http://hmnh.harvard.edu/event/narrow-edge-tiny-bird-ancient-crab-and-epic-journey?utm_source=August%2026%2C%202015%20E-news&utm_campaign=Enews%20August%2026%2C%202015&utm_medium=email
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Sustainability and Environmental Management / Sustainability: Panel / HEEC Mixer
Saturday, September 19
4:00 PM to 10:00 PM (EDT)
Harvard, Maxwell-Dworkin, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Harvard, Maxwell-Dworkin, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/sustainability-and-environmental-management-sustainability-panel-heec-mixer-tickets-18432666602
Spread the word -- September 19 from 4:00-10:00 p.m. SEM will host a Panel followed by our SEM Mixer co-hosted by SEM and the Harvard Extension Environmental Club (HEEC).
You will learn more about the Sustainability program at Harvard Extension and enjoy the mixer with autumn fun in mind. And of course with no cost to you! SEM will provide all food and beverages. BYOB
Catch up with old and make new SEM friends, mingle with fellow students, alumni and faculty, discuss sustainability courses and careers, and / or just enjoy food and beverages!
So we can estimate our food and beverage needs, and people can identify whom they might wish to mix with, please register and get your ticket to go!
And check out the roster and responses of who's attending, and download the information for reference at:
http://tinyurl.com/SEM-Mixer-Attendee-List
We hope to see you there! - The Harvard Extension Environmental Club
Spread the word -- September 19 from 4:00-10:00 p.m. SEM will host a Panel followed by our SEM Mixer co-hosted by SEM and the Harvard Extension Environmental Club (HEEC).
You will learn more about the Sustainability program at Harvard Extension and enjoy the mixer with autumn fun in mind. And of course with no cost to you! SEM will provide all food and beverages. BYOB
Catch up with old and make new SEM friends, mingle with fellow students, alumni and faculty, discuss sustainability courses and careers, and / or just enjoy food and beverages!
So we can estimate our food and beverage needs, and people can identify whom they might wish to mix with, please register and get your ticket to go!
And check out the roster and responses of who's attending, and download the information for reference at:
http://tinyurl.com/SEM-Mixer-Attendee-List
We hope to see you there! - The Harvard Extension Environmental Club
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Don't Look Away: An evening with Jay Critchley, Conceptual Public Artist, Performer, Provocateur ... Trickster!
Saturday, September 19
Saturday, September 19
6 to 9 pm
Mobius Center for Experimental Art, 55 Norfolk Street, Central Square, Cambridge
Mobius Center for Experimental Art, 55 Norfolk Street, Central Square, Cambridge
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Sunday, September 20
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Swapfest
Sunday, September 20
9:00a–2:00p
MIT, N4, Albany Streeet Garage and Lots, Cambridge
Cost: $6 Buyers admission from 9AM to 2PM. $4 with MIT/ Harvard Student ID
MIT's monthly Hi Tech, Computer, Electronics and Ham Radio Fleamarket.
Buy Sell or Swap all things nerdly.
Held the third Sunday of each month April thru October.
Rain or Shine covered space is available for all sellers.
In the Albany St Garage and adjacent lot.
On Albany St between Mass Ave and Main St, Cambridge.
$6 Buyers admission from 9AM to 2PM.
$4 with MIT/ Harvard Student ID
Sellers call 617 253 3776 for more information.
Web site: www.swapfest.us
Open to: the general public
Cost: $6
This event occurs on the 3rd Sunday of every month through October 18, 2015.
Sponsor(s): MIT Radio Society, MIT UHF Repeater Assn. , MIT Electronics Research Society
For more information, contact: Mitchell Berger
617-253-3776
w1mx-officers@mit.edu
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Boston Local Food Festival
Sunday, September 20
11am to 5pm
Rose Kennedy Greenway, near Aquarium T stop, Boston
More information at http://bostonlocalfoodfestival.com/
Sunday, September 20
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Swapfest
Sunday, September 20
9:00a–2:00p
MIT, N4, Albany Streeet Garage and Lots, Cambridge
Cost: $6 Buyers admission from 9AM to 2PM. $4 with MIT/ Harvard Student ID
MIT's monthly Hi Tech, Computer, Electronics and Ham Radio Fleamarket.
Buy Sell or Swap all things nerdly.
Held the third Sunday of each month April thru October.
Rain or Shine covered space is available for all sellers.
In the Albany St Garage and adjacent lot.
On Albany St between Mass Ave and Main St, Cambridge.
$6 Buyers admission from 9AM to 2PM.
$4 with MIT/ Harvard Student ID
Sellers call 617 253 3776 for more information.
Web site: www.swapfest.us
Open to: the general public
Cost: $6
This event occurs on the 3rd Sunday of every month through October 18, 2015.
Sponsor(s): MIT Radio Society, MIT UHF Repeater Assn. , MIT Electronics Research Society
For more information, contact: Mitchell Berger
617-253-3776
w1mx-officers@mit.edu
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Boston Local Food Festival
Sunday, September 20
11am to 5pm
Rose Kennedy Greenway, near Aquarium T stop, Boston
More information at http://bostonlocalfoodfestival.com/
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Don't Look Away: Closing Reception with public dialogue at 3:30 pm
Sunday, September 20
Sunday, September 20
12 to 5 pm
Mobius Center for Experimental Art, 55 Norfolk Street, Central Square, Cambridge
Mobius Center for Experimental Art, 55 Norfolk Street, Central Square, Cambridge
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SciStreet Hackathon
Sunday, September 20
Sunday, September 20
2:00 PM to 5:00 PM (EDT)
MIT Museum (2nd Floor Classroom), 265 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/scistreet-hackathon-tickets-18424800073
Create hands-on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) activities and demonstrations for Science on the Street!
Thanks to the MIT Graduate Student Council, ComMIT and SciStreet are hosting a SciStreet Hackathon to bring together students in teams to create interesting and interactive hands-on activities and demonstrations for public audiences on STEAM topics and themes.
The top 5 teams will get $100 in funding to design the hands-on activity or demonstration, and will then be able to present them to the public as part of the SciStreet team.
Science on the Street (SciStreet) is a mobile program out of the Cambridge Science Festival to make STEAM accessible, engaging, and fun for all. SciStreet goes out into community events, fairs, cultural festivals, after school programs, parks, and other "non-science" spaces to engage audiences with the STEAM in their lives. The CSF created SciStreet to particularly reach people who don't opt-in to science experiences.
Founded last year, Communicating Science @ MIT (ComMIT) is a student society promoting communication in science, engineering, and mathematics. ComMIT events help students convey their work and enthusiasm to the public – whether through writing, visual media, art, or teaching. Check out commit.mit.edu for info on upcoming events and more information about Boston area science outreach opportunities.
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Monday, September 21
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Webinar - The Technology-Based Transformation of the Media Industry
Monday, September 21
12:00p–1:00p
Webinar at http://sdm.mit.edu/the-technology-based-transformation-of-the-media-industry/
Speaker: Irving Wladawsky-Berger, PhD, Visiting Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management
Just about every industry has been transformed by the relentless advances of digital technologies that have taken place over the past 20 years. But, like few others, the media industry continues to be severely disrupted by the digital revolution. Everything seems to be changing at once, from the way content is produced, delivered, and consumed, to the sources of revenue and profits. Globalization, deregulation, technological innovation, and the convergence of previously separate industries such as entertainment, communications, and consumer electronics has led to a highly turbulent media landscape.
This talk will explore some of the major changes taking place in the media industry, with particular emphasis on the major negative, as well as positive, impacts of these changes. The presentation will examine the similarly transformative changes that are taking place in other industries and will map out the innovations and cultural changes required to help companies not only survive but thrive amid such major technology-based transformations.
A Q&A will follow the presentation. We invite you to join us.
The MIT System Design & Management Program's Systems Thikning Webinar Series
This series features research conducted by SDM faculty, alumni, students, and industry partners. The series is designed to disseminate information on how to employ systems thinking to address engineering, management, and socio-political components of complex challenges.
Web site: http://sdm.mit.edu/the-technology-based-transformation-of-the-media-industry/
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free and open to all
Tickets: Virtual -- see link above.
Sponsor(s): Engineering Systems Division, MIT System Design & Management
For more information, contact:
Lois Slavin
lslavin@mit.edu
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A Precinct Too Far: Assessing the Cost of Going to the Polling Place Using Boundary Discontinuities
Monday, September 21
4:00p–5:30p
MIT, Building E62-650, 100 Main Street, Cambridge
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Public Finance/Labor Workshop
For more information, contact: economics calendar
econ-cal@mit.edu
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Can African Women Redefine Liberation for All?
Monday, September 21
4:15 pm
Radcliffe Center, Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge
Mamphela Aletta Ramphele in the 2015–2016 Maurine and Robert Rothschild Lecture
Transforming the relationship between men and women remains a global challenge. In Africa the challenge is of epic proportions: a life-and-death struggle that undermines the potential of the continent to take its rightful place at the table of the global community. African women, the pillars of their families and communities, have yet to effectively take on the role of liberating themselves and thereby liberate the men of Africa. What will it take?
This event is free and open to the public.
Mamphela Aletta Ramphele, BI '90, of South Africa, has been a student activist, a medical doctor, a community development activist, a researcher, a university executive, and a global public servant. She is now an active citizen in both the public and private sectors.
Ramphele is the author of several books and publications on socioeconomic issues in South Africa. She has received numerous national and international awards acknowledging her scholarship and had a leading role in spearheading projects for disadvantaged people in South Africa and elsewhere. She has served on many boards over the years.
In January 2013, Ramphele became the leader of Agang SA, a party for all South Africans which won two seats in the national election held in May 2014. Post election Ramphele retired from party politics to return to her role as an active citizen.
Alumna and former Radcliffe College trustee Maurine Pupkin Rothschild ’40 and her husband Robert Rothschild ’39 established the annual Rothschild Lecture at the Schlesinger Library in 1989. Distinguished speakers in the series have included Gail Collins, Angela Davis, Eve Ensler, Julio Frenk, Linda Greenhouse, Anita Hill, Samantha Power, Adrienne Rich, Amartya Sen, Reva Siegel, and Maxine Singer.
More at https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2015-mamphela-ramphele-lecture
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Create hands-on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) activities and demonstrations for Science on the Street!
Thanks to the MIT Graduate Student Council, ComMIT and SciStreet are hosting a SciStreet Hackathon to bring together students in teams to create interesting and interactive hands-on activities and demonstrations for public audiences on STEAM topics and themes.
The top 5 teams will get $100 in funding to design the hands-on activity or demonstration, and will then be able to present them to the public as part of the SciStreet team.
Science on the Street (SciStreet) is a mobile program out of the Cambridge Science Festival to make STEAM accessible, engaging, and fun for all. SciStreet goes out into community events, fairs, cultural festivals, after school programs, parks, and other "non-science" spaces to engage audiences with the STEAM in their lives. The CSF created SciStreet to particularly reach people who don't opt-in to science experiences.
Founded last year, Communicating Science @ MIT (ComMIT) is a student society promoting communication in science, engineering, and mathematics. ComMIT events help students convey their work and enthusiasm to the public – whether through writing, visual media, art, or teaching. Check out commit.mit.edu for info on upcoming events and more information about Boston area science outreach opportunities.
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Monday, September 21
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Webinar - The Technology-Based Transformation of the Media Industry
Monday, September 21
12:00p–1:00p
Webinar at http://sdm.mit.edu/the-technology-based-transformation-of-the-media-industry/
Speaker: Irving Wladawsky-Berger, PhD, Visiting Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management
Just about every industry has been transformed by the relentless advances of digital technologies that have taken place over the past 20 years. But, like few others, the media industry continues to be severely disrupted by the digital revolution. Everything seems to be changing at once, from the way content is produced, delivered, and consumed, to the sources of revenue and profits. Globalization, deregulation, technological innovation, and the convergence of previously separate industries such as entertainment, communications, and consumer electronics has led to a highly turbulent media landscape.
This talk will explore some of the major changes taking place in the media industry, with particular emphasis on the major negative, as well as positive, impacts of these changes. The presentation will examine the similarly transformative changes that are taking place in other industries and will map out the innovations and cultural changes required to help companies not only survive but thrive amid such major technology-based transformations.
A Q&A will follow the presentation. We invite you to join us.
The MIT System Design & Management Program's Systems Thikning Webinar Series
This series features research conducted by SDM faculty, alumni, students, and industry partners. The series is designed to disseminate information on how to employ systems thinking to address engineering, management, and socio-political components of complex challenges.
Web site: http://sdm.mit.edu/the-technology-based-transformation-of-the-media-industry/
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free and open to all
Tickets: Virtual -- see link above.
Sponsor(s): Engineering Systems Division, MIT System Design & Management
For more information, contact:
Lois Slavin
lslavin@mit.edu
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A Precinct Too Far: Assessing the Cost of Going to the Polling Place Using Boundary Discontinuities
Monday, September 21
4:00p–5:30p
MIT, Building E62-650, 100 Main Street, Cambridge
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Public Finance/Labor Workshop
For more information, contact: economics calendar
econ-cal@mit.edu
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Can African Women Redefine Liberation for All?
Monday, September 21
4:15 pm
Radcliffe Center, Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge
Mamphela Aletta Ramphele in the 2015–2016 Maurine and Robert Rothschild Lecture
Transforming the relationship between men and women remains a global challenge. In Africa the challenge is of epic proportions: a life-and-death struggle that undermines the potential of the continent to take its rightful place at the table of the global community. African women, the pillars of their families and communities, have yet to effectively take on the role of liberating themselves and thereby liberate the men of Africa. What will it take?
This event is free and open to the public.
Mamphela Aletta Ramphele, BI '90, of South Africa, has been a student activist, a medical doctor, a community development activist, a researcher, a university executive, and a global public servant. She is now an active citizen in both the public and private sectors.
Ramphele is the author of several books and publications on socioeconomic issues in South Africa. She has received numerous national and international awards acknowledging her scholarship and had a leading role in spearheading projects for disadvantaged people in South Africa and elsewhere. She has served on many boards over the years.
In January 2013, Ramphele became the leader of Agang SA, a party for all South Africans which won two seats in the national election held in May 2014. Post election Ramphele retired from party politics to return to her role as an active citizen.
Alumna and former Radcliffe College trustee Maurine Pupkin Rothschild ’40 and her husband Robert Rothschild ’39 established the annual Rothschild Lecture at the Schlesinger Library in 1989. Distinguished speakers in the series have included Gail Collins, Angela Davis, Eve Ensler, Julio Frenk, Linda Greenhouse, Anita Hill, Samantha Power, Adrienne Rich, Amartya Sen, Reva Siegel, and Maxine Singer.
More at https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2015-mamphela-ramphele-lecture
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A New Russian Ideology: Forceful but Uncertain
Monday, September 21
4:30p–6:00p
MIT, Building E53-482, 30 Wadsworth Street, Cambridge
4:30p–6:00p
MIT, Building E53-482, 30 Wadsworth Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Maria Lipman, Political Analyst and Journalist; Editor-in-Chief, Pro et Contra, Carnegie Moscow Center
Focus On Russia
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Security Studies Program, Center for International Studies
For more information, contact: Harlene Miller
617-258-6531
harlenem@mit.edu
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Security Studies Program, Center for International Studies
For more information, contact: Harlene Miller
617-258-6531
harlenem@mit.edu
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Ancient Eclipses, Roman Fish Tanks, and the Enigma of Global Sea Level Rise
Monday, September 21
6 pm
Harvard, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Jerry Mitrovica, Professor of Geophysics, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
Conjecture about the causes, magnitude, and dramatic geographic variability of global sea level change over the past century has provoked contention within the scientific community and misinformation in the general public. Jerry Mitrovica will provide an overview of the many datasets, including archaeological evidence, geological observations, and satellite-based measurements that have confirmed both the anomalous nature of recent sea level change and its inexorable acceleration. He will demonstrate how the geographic variability in sea level can be used not only to estimate the average sea level change worldwide, but also to “fingerprint” the sources of this change.
Free and open to the public.
More at: http://green.harvard.edu/events/ancient-eclipses-roman-fish-tanks-and-enigma-global-sea-level-rise#sthash.Wub2xSXs.dpuf
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Ancient Eclipses, Roman Fish Tanks, and the Enigma of Global Sea Level Rise
Monday, September 21
6 pm
Harvard, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Jerry Mitrovica, Professor of Geophysics, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
Conjecture about the causes, magnitude, and dramatic geographic variability of global sea level change over the past century has provoked contention within the scientific community and misinformation in the general public. Jerry Mitrovica will provide an overview of the many datasets, including archaeological evidence, geological observations, and satellite-based measurements that have confirmed both the anomalous nature of recent sea level change and its inexorable acceleration. He will demonstrate how the geographic variability in sea level can be used not only to estimate the average sea level change worldwide, but also to “fingerprint” the sources of this change.
Free and open to the public.
More at: http://green.harvard.edu/events/ancient-eclipses-roman-fish-tanks-and-enigma-global-sea-level-rise#sthash.Wub2xSXs.dpuf
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The future of our cities – meet Thomas Geisel
Monday, September 21
Monday, September 21
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Goethe-Institut, 170 Beacon Street, Boston
Goethe-Institut, 170 Beacon Street, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-our-cities-meet-thomas-geisel-tickets-18418804139
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Science and Cooking: The Science of Sugar
Monday, September 21
7pm
Harvard, Science Center C, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Joanna Chang
Science and Cooking: The Science of Sugar
Monday, September 21
7pm
Harvard, Science Center C, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Joanna Chang
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Film Screening: The Day After Peace
Monday, September 21
Monday, September 21
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (EDT)
Hostelling International Boston, 19 Stuart Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-screening-the-day-after-peace-tickets-18418365828
In recognition of The International Day of Peace HI-Boston will be showing "The Day After Peace". This documentary follows Jeffery Gilley who's vision for "peace day" has now been reconized by the UN on September 21st- now known as the international day of peace. Join us for dinner and discussion after this 30 minute film screening!
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Tuesday, September 22
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Jonathan Capehart - Civil Rights, Partisan Values and the Media
Tuesday, September 22
12:00-1:00pm
Harvard, Taubman 275, 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge
Jonathan Capehart is a member of The Washington Post editorial board and writes about politics and social issues for the PostPartisan blog. He is also an MSNBC contributor, appearing regularly on Hardball and other dayside programs.
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Public hearing on GMO labeling
Tuesday, September 22
1pm
Massachusetts State House, Gardner Auditorium, Boston
http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=H9UkQdhrHFsERwQKu%2BQSbs6o%2Bbwp%2FDKO
On September 22, 2015 at 1pm in Gardner Auditorium at the Massachusetts State House, the Agriculture Committee will hear arguments for and against transparency in GMO food labeling. This is an absolutely critical opportunity to make your voice heard and to sent a strong message to state legislators:
We need to know what we?re eating and we need the Massachusetts legislature to pass mandatory GMO labeling THIS SESSION!
The Massachusetts GMO labeling bill (H.3242) is the most popular bill in the State House, with over 75% of the legislature signed on as cosponsors. We could soon join with Connecticut, Maine and Vermont in setting the standard for national mandatory GMO labeling. But if it?s going to come up for a vote this session, we need to turn out with undeniable energy and make this a priority for legislators this year. With 30 new GMO crops in the pipeline and Monsanto working to pass the federal DARK Act, we don't have time to waste.
Please help us fill up the hearing room (which seats 600) with GMO labeling supporters. Click here for more info
http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=AkwYb5GR%2BAOi1OJskg0Yk86o%2Bbwp%2FDKO
and to sign up to attend the public hearing. We are also collecting testimony to present to the committee. www.marighttoknow.org/publichearing
"The DARK ACT passing the House shines a big, bright light on our opposition and the lengths they will go to to keep us in the DARK about what we are eating. This bright light on who controls our government and who our elected officials are actually representing will galvanize the grassroots. We did not lose today. We gained strength and momentum and now more people will be shaken from their complacency to stand and fight with us."
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HBeeS Honey Tasting
Tuesday, September 22
3:30–5 pm
Harvard Business School, Batten Hall, Hive 201, 125 Western Avenue, Allston
Learn more about the honeybees of Batten Hives, brought to you by Harvard Business School Operations and the Student Sustainability Associates. Hear from honeybee experts, Best Bees and sample delicious, local raw honey.
More at: http://green.harvard.edu/events/hbees-honey-tasting#sthash.ZgvCD6DO.dpuf
In recognition of The International Day of Peace HI-Boston will be showing "The Day After Peace". This documentary follows Jeffery Gilley who's vision for "peace day" has now been reconized by the UN on September 21st- now known as the international day of peace. Join us for dinner and discussion after this 30 minute film screening!
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Tuesday, September 22
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Jonathan Capehart - Civil Rights, Partisan Values and the Media
Tuesday, September 22
12:00-1:00pm
Harvard, Taubman 275, 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge
Jonathan Capehart is a member of The Washington Post editorial board and writes about politics and social issues for the PostPartisan blog. He is also an MSNBC contributor, appearing regularly on Hardball and other dayside programs.
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Public hearing on GMO labeling
Tuesday, September 22
1pm
Massachusetts State House, Gardner Auditorium, Boston
http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=H9UkQdhrHFsERwQKu%2BQSbs6o%2Bbwp%2FDKO
On September 22, 2015 at 1pm in Gardner Auditorium at the Massachusetts State House, the Agriculture Committee will hear arguments for and against transparency in GMO food labeling. This is an absolutely critical opportunity to make your voice heard and to sent a strong message to state legislators:
We need to know what we?re eating and we need the Massachusetts legislature to pass mandatory GMO labeling THIS SESSION!
The Massachusetts GMO labeling bill (H.3242
Please help us fill up the hearing room (which seats 600) with GMO labeling supporters. Click here for more info
http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=AkwYb5GR%2BAOi1OJskg0Yk86o%2Bbwp%2FDKO
and to sign up to attend the public hearing. We are also collecting testimony to present to the committee. www.marighttoknow.org/publichearing
"The DARK ACT passing the House shines a big, bright light on our opposition and the lengths they will go to to keep us in the DARK about what we are eating. This bright light on who controls our government and who our elected officials are actually representing will galvanize the grassroots. We did not lose today. We gained strength and momentum and now more people will be shaken from their complacency to stand and fight with us."
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HBeeS Honey Tasting
Tuesday, September 22
3:30–5 pm
Harvard Business School, Batten Hall, Hive 201, 125 Western Avenue, Allston
Learn more about the honeybees of Batten Hives, brought to you by Harvard Business School Operations and the Student Sustainability Associates. Hear from honeybee experts, Best Bees and sample delicious, local raw honey.
More at: http://green.harvard.edu/events/hbees-honey-tasting#sthash.ZgvCD6DO.dpuf
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The Social Physics of Wellbeing
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 | 4:00pm - 5:30pm
MIT, Building E14-633, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 | 4:00pm - 5:30pm
MIT, Building E14-633, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Alex "Sandy" Pentland
For the last decade, Sandy Pentland's research has investigated what can be learned from continuous monitoring of human behavior. What has emerged is a very different picture of healthy and unhealthy human life, one that acknowledges the primacy of social relationships over internal state, and is more rooted in ethology, field biology and evolution than than in medicine or cell biology. This view of the human condition has allowed us to not only monitor human wellbeing from currently available information sources, but to predict impending problems and to re-establish healthy behavior patterns.
Biography: Professor Alex "Sandy" Pentland helped to create and direct the Media Lab, where he directs the Human Dynamics research group and leads the Connection Science initiative. One of the most-cited scientists in the world, Forbes recently declared him one of the "7 most powerful data scientists in the world" along with Google founders and the Chief Technical Officer of the United States. He is a founding member of advisory boards for Google, AT&T, Nissan, and the UN Secretary General, and a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded more than a dozen companies including social enterprises such as the Data Transparency Lab, the Harvard-ODI-MIT DataPop Alliance, and the Institute for Data-Driven Design. Pentland and his students pioneered computational social science, organizational engineering, wearable computing (Google Glass), image understanding, and modern biometrics. His most recent books are Social Physics (Penguin Press, 2014) and Honest Signals (MIT Press, 2008). He received his BS in computer science from the University of Michigan, and his PhD in computer science, psychology, and AI from MIT. Pentland is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, a leader within the World Economic Forum, and has received numerous awards and prizes including the McKinsey Award from Harvard Business Review, the 40th Anniversary of the Internet from DARPA, and the Brandeis Award for work in privacy.
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Discussion & Signing with Harvard Alum Evan Thomas: "Being Nixon: A Man Divided"
WHEN Tue., Sep. 22, 2015, 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Coop, 1400 Mass Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Poetry/Prose, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Coop
SPEAKER(S) Evan Thomas
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO Karen Porter
DETAILS "Being Nixon: A Man Divided"
Everyone thinks they know Richard Nixon. His “Tricky Dick,” persona has come to define his perception. Evan Thomas, former editor at large of Newsweek and bestselling author of "Ike's Bluff" and "Sea of Thunder," disposes of this cartoonish version of Nixon and creates a three-dimensional portrait of a complex man filled with both light and darkness.
LINK www.thecoop.com
WHEN Tue., Sep. 22, 2015, 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Coop, 1400 Mass Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Poetry/Prose, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Coop
SPEAKER(S) Evan Thomas
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO Karen Porter
DETAILS "Being Nixon: A Man Divided"
Everyone thinks they know Richard Nixon. His “Tricky Dick,” persona has come to define his perception. Evan Thomas, former editor at large of Newsweek and bestselling author of "Ike's Bluff" and "Sea of Thunder," disposes of this cartoonish version of Nixon and creates a three-dimensional portrait of a complex man filled with both light and darkness.
LINK www.thecoop.com
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An engaging reading and discussion with WILLIAM POWERS on new book: 'NEW SLOW CITY'
Tuesday, September 22
Tuesday, September 22
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
Trident Booksellers, 338 Newbury Street, Boston
Trident Booksellers, 338 Newbury Street, Boston
William Powers, author of the "green living" bestseller Twelve by Twelve, reading from his new book, New Slow City, followed by a discussion and signing. COSPONSORS include: Slow Food USA and World Policy Institute. After spending a season living off the grid in a twelve-by-twelve-foot cabin in North Carolina, Powers takes his sustainable, "slow" living approach to one of the busiest cities in the world: New York. Eschewing the burdensome culture of "Total Work," chucking 80% of his belongings and scaling down to a 20-hour workweek, Powers and his wife explore the viability of living simply in a demanding urban environment — an inspiration to those who are trying to make city life more people- and planet-friendly.
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Charles Murray
Tuesday, September 22
Tuesday, September 22
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (EDT)
Harvard, Science Center Auditorium B, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Charles Murray is a political scientist, author, and libertarian. He first came to national attention in 1984 with the publication of Losing Ground, which has been credited as the intellectual foundation for the Welfare Reform Act of 1996. His most recent book, By the People: Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission (Crown Forum, 2015) urges Americans to stem governmental overreach and use America's unique civil society to put government back in its place.
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Charles Murray is a political scientist, author, and libertarian. He first came to national attention in 1984 with the publication of Losing Ground, which has been credited as the intellectual foundation for the Welfare Reform Act of 1996. His most recent book, By the People: Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission (Crown Forum, 2015) urges Americans to stem governmental overreach and use America's unique civil society to put government back in its place.
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Greetings!
We are looking for volunteers for the 6th Annual Boston Local Food Festival held on the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway on September 20, 2015.
We seek enthusiastic and responsible people who would love to contribute, join the local food movement, meet new folks, and have a lot of fun!
If you are interested please fill out the Volunteering form at http://bostonlocalfoodfestival.com/participate/volunteer-for-the-festival/
To learn more about volunteer positions, see http://bostonlocalfoodfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Volunteer-Application-Position-Descriptions.pdf
If you have any questions, please contact alex@sbnmass.org
We hope to see you at the Boston Local Food Festival on Sept 20th!
Best,
Maddie Phadke
Local Food Program Director
Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts
(Ph): 617-395-0250
Cell: 978 697 4317
www.sbnmass.org
We are looking for volunteers for the 6th Annual Boston Local Food Festival held on the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway on September 20, 2015.
We seek enthusiastic and responsible people who would love to contribute, join the local food movement, meet new folks, and have a lot of fun!
If you are interested please fill out the Volunteering form at http://bostonlocalfoodfestival.com/participate/volunteer-for-the-festival/
To learn more about volunteer positions, see http://bostonlocalfoodfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Volunteer-Application-Position-Descriptions.pdf
If you have any questions, please contact alex@sbnmass.org
We hope to see you at the Boston Local Food Festival on Sept 20th!
Best,
Maddie Phadke
Local Food Program Director
Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts
(Ph): 617-395-0250
Cell: 978 697 4317
www.sbnmass.org
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Marc Rosenbaum, a long-time energy efficiency practitioner and engineer, is teaching a 10 week in-depth course for professionals who are serious about transformative energy upgrades to residential and commercial buildings. He'll cover the pertinent building science, techniques for superinsulating foundations, walls, windows, and roofs, appropriate mechanical systems. There will be a weekly in-depth case study as well. Please join him, and pass this on to anyone who might benefit. Here's the link:
https://www.heatspring.com/courses/deep-energy-retrofits
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Keeping A Promise for Solar Teaching in Indonesia (from Richard Komp)
Last May, after I spent a month teaching groups of students in in Sumatra, Indonesia. I promised them I would come back for a second set of courses next Spring. Since then the part-Indonesian woman who had financed the project has had a slight reversal of fortune (the stock market has not been kind to her lately). While the costs of the course and materials and my stay in Indonesia are still covered, I will have to arrange for the cost of my own travel arrangements. In the next trip I will be teaching in a school run by a Christian family where most of the students are Muslims and staying at a Buddhist monastery, where I will also be giving seminars. All these people expect me back.
I will be traveling directly from Managua, Nicaragua to, and inside, Indonesia, then back to here in Maine. This is a distance longer than a round the world trip I have the trip from Managua to Los Angeles covered by frequent flier miles but still have the rest of the travel to pay for. While air fare in Indonesia is cheap (and with a questionable safety record), I have some long distance flights on airlines like Singapore Air. While they have five classes of accommodations in their two stories Airbus 380, I travel downstairs in “steerage”, the lowest class. I also have to get back from Los Angeles to Maine; so I calculate I will need about $2600 from Skyheat Associates to cover all the expenses.
I am asking for your help!
Please think of donating money to a special Skyheat program to cover all these expenses. Skyheat doesn’t have any arrangements for paying by credit card, and PayPal won’t deal with me (a long old story) so you will have to send checks to Skyheat at the address below. Skyheat Associates is a 501(c)(3) Public Charity (IRS # 31-1021520) and all your donations will be tax exempt. You can go to our www.mainesolar.org website and read my report on the first Indonesial trip on the International work page. Please feel free to pass this request on to anybody you think might be interested.
Thank your for your help,
Rich
Richard Komp PhD, Director
Skyheat Associates
PO Box 184, Harrington ME 04643
207-497-2204, cell 207-450-1141
www.mainesolar.org, sunwatt@juno.com
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Internship at Trustees Boston
If you (or know any students who) want to make an impact connecting the community to green space, gardening and local food in Boston, we have an internship ready to hire! Trustees – Boston is filling two internship positions for this fall: Communications & Social Media and Event Management.
We have a great lineup of programming coming this fall including our Fall Festival & Plant Sale, the Great Pumpkin Float, the Children’s Harvest Festival (at the Boston Children’s Museum) and a Holiday Lantern Walk (and more!). With support from Programming Managers, these interns will play an integral role both in making them happen as well as ensuring a wide cross-section of the Boston community has access to these great opportunities to get to know the importance of urban greenspace!
Please direct any questions to Ashley Hampson at ahampson@ttor.org or 617-542-7696 ext. 2112.
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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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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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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: https://www.facebook.com/nerdniteboston
Marc Rosenbaum, a long-time energy efficiency practitioner and engineer, is teaching a 10 week in-depth course for professionals who are serious about transformative energy upgrades to residential and commercial buildings. He'll cover the pertinent building science, techniques for superinsulating foundations, walls, windows, and roofs, appropriate mechanical systems. There will be a weekly in-depth case study as well. Please join him, and pass this on to anyone who might benefit. Here's the link:
https://www.heatspring.com/courses/deep-energy-retrofits
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Keeping A Promise for Solar Teaching in Indonesia (from Richard Komp)
Last May, after I spent a month teaching groups of students in in Sumatra, Indonesia. I promised them I would come back for a second set of courses next Spring. Since then the part-Indonesian woman who had financed the project has had a slight reversal of fortune (the stock market has not been kind to her lately). While the costs of the course and materials and my stay in Indonesia are still covered, I will have to arrange for the cost of my own travel arrangements. In the next trip I will be teaching in a school run by a Christian family where most of the students are Muslims and staying at a Buddhist monastery, where I will also be giving seminars. All these people expect me back.
I will be traveling directly from Managua, Nicaragua to, and inside, Indonesia, then back to here in Maine. This is a distance longer than a round the world trip I have the trip from Managua to Los Angeles covered by frequent flier miles but still have the rest of the travel to pay for. While air fare in Indonesia is cheap (and with a questionable safety record), I have some long distance flights on airlines like Singapore Air. While they have five classes of accommodations in their two stories Airbus 380, I travel downstairs in “steerage”, the lowest class. I also have to get back from Los Angeles to Maine; so I calculate I will need about $2600 from Skyheat Associates to cover all the expenses.
I am asking for your help!
Please think of donating money to a special Skyheat program to cover all these expenses. Skyheat doesn’t have any arrangements for paying by credit card, and PayPal won’t deal with me (a long old story) so you will have to send checks to Skyheat at the address below. Skyheat Associates is a 501(c)(3) Public Charity (IRS # 31-1021520) and all your donations will be tax exempt. You can go to our www.mainesolar.org website and read my report on the first Indonesial trip on the International work page. Please feel free to pass this request on to anybody you think might be interested.
Thank your for your help,
Rich
Richard Komp PhD, Director
Skyheat Associates
PO Box 184, Harrington ME 04643
207-497-2204, cell 207-450-1141
www.mainesolar.org, sunwatt@juno.com
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Internship at Trustees Boston
If you (or know any students who) want to make an impact connecting the community to green space, gardening and local food in Boston, we have an internship ready to hire! Trustees – Boston is filling two internship positions for this fall: Communications & Social Media and Event Management.
We have a great lineup of programming coming this fall including our Fall Festival & Plant Sale, the Great Pumpkin Float, the Children’s Harvest Festival (at the Boston Children’s Museum) and a Holiday Lantern Walk (and more!). With support from Programming Managers, these interns will play an integral role both in making them happen as well as ensuring a wide cross-section of the Boston community has access to these great opportunities to get to know the importance of urban greenspace!
Please direct any questions to Ashley Hampson at ahampson@ttor.org or 617-542-7696 ext. 2112.
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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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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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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: https://www.facebook.com/nerdniteboston
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