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Monday, April 8
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11:445am How to Manage Your Message in a Crisis: A Communications Workshop
12pm Program on Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate [PAOC] Colloquium: Liebig's Law and dendroclimatology: Finding hidden climate signals in tree rings using ecological theory
12pm Tropical Convection and Climate: Some Recent Work on Anvil Clouds
12:15pm Jen Easterly: Challenges across the Cybersecurity Landscape: Applying Lessons from the West Wing to Wall Street
12:30pm BKC Meet the Author Series: Urs Gasser in conversation with Jason Farman
12:30pm The Role of International Carbon Markets in the Paris Agreement
12:45pm The Partisan Republic: Democracy, Exclusion, and the Fall of the Founders’ Constitution
1pm Kazakhstan’s Power Transition: What is Going On?
1pm Responding to the Refugee Crisis in the Middle East and North Africa
4pm Decolonizing Feminism: Transnational Solidarity for Gender and Racial Equality
4:30pm This Is What Democracy Looks Like: The Women
5pm ISE 2019 Spring Symposium Series: Robots, drones, and the internet of things: super cool technologies the utility of the future is using right now
5pm Media War: Insurgency and justice claims through new technologies
5pm Ensuring Responsibility in the Age of AI and Big Data
5pm Citizen Laboratories
5:30pm Applying Gandhian Principles for Energy Sustainability and Mitigating Climate Change
5:30pm Towards Life 3.0 - Ethics and Technology in the 21st Century
5:30pm John Beyrle: U.S.-Russian Relations: Nearing the Breaking Point?
5:30pm Greenovate Boston Leaders Training - Allston
6pm The American Presidency in the 21st Century: What Would Dick Neustadt Say?
6pm Emerald Necklace Conservancy 2019 Annual Meeting: Parks & Health
7pm Guilty But Not Responsible? The UN, Haiti and Cholera
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Tuesday, April 9
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9ak Heat Pump & VRF Workshop
12pm Nanomaterials and Light for Sustainability and Societal Impact
12pm From Litigation to Cooperation: Thriving in Cross-Boundary Natural Resource Management Negotiations
12pm Crisis in the Middle East: What Lies Ahead?
12pm Merchants of Truth
12pm On the Media: An examination of evolving trends across the media landscape with Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
12pm Fintech Opportunity + Regulation: Fireside Chat
12pm Tuesday Seminar Series: Non-Policy Politics: Richer Voters, Poorer Voters, and the Diversification of Electoral Strategies (book presentation)
12pm ChileMass Innovation Day: The Future of Clean Technologies and Advanced Manufacturing
12:30pm MAPC’s Peak Demand Management Program
12:30pm Faith, War and Schism: Religion in Russia-Ukraine Relations
12:30pm Panel: Democracy, Civic Engagement, and the Rule of Law
1pm Thinking with Visualizations, Fast and Slow
3:30pm Surmounting the Materials Roadblocks to Carbon Nanoelectronics, Water Separation, and Beyond
4pm UEA Lecture - The Inclusive Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Drive to the Zero-Carbon Economy
4:15pm Film Screening and Q&A: The Prosecutors
4:30pm Compromising and Coalition-Building: Blue Democrats in Red States
4:30pm The Rise of the New American Majority: Media Matters
4:30pm Strengthening Democracy by Modernizing Congress
4:30pm 2019 Muddy River Symposium: Protecting Boston's Urban Ecosystems
5pm Don't Just Sit There: An Out-of-The-Box Meditation Experience
5:15pm Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice in Boston
5:30pm The Commonwealth of Breath: Climate and Consciousness in a More-than-Human World
5:30pm The Bystander Moment: Transforming Rape Culture at Its Roots
5:30pm The Pursuit: A Better World for All, Starting at the Margins
6pm Jump-Starting America: How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth and the American Dream
6pm Self-Domestication in Bonobos and Other Wild Animals
6pm Visualizing Oceans: From the Coast to the Deep Sea
7pm You Say You Want a Revolution: SDS, PL, and Adventures in Building a Worker-Student Alliance
7pm Finding a Solution to Wasted Food: Parker Hughes, Brüzd Foods
7pm Dismantling Educational Inequity in Boston
7pm Leslie James Pickering discusses government surveillance/repression and resistance strategies
7:30pm A Deep Dive into the Orange Line
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Wednesday, April 10
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8:30am Carbon Free Boston Deep Dive for Boston's Higher Education Community
11am Earth/Sustainability/Green Month Information Table
12pm How Change Happens
12pm Climate Courage is exposing Chase Bank's toxic assets!
12pm The Neuroscience of Hate
12pm Restraining Great Powers: Soft Balancing From Empires to the Global Era
12pm Faculty Book Forum Series: Professor Rashmi Dyal-Chand’s Collaborative Capitalism in American Cities: Reforming Urban Market Regulations
1:30pm Carbon Removal - A New American Agricultural Product: How Carbon Farming and Building Soil Health Will Fight Climate Change
2:50pm Why is it so hard to do anything about climate change, especially in the US?
3:45pm International Development and Documentary Film from the New Deal to the Cold War
4pm rescue
4pm EAPS Department Lecture Series: Topographic controls on marine-terminating glacier dynamic response in Greenland
4:15pm Warming and Welfare: Global Micro-Evidence
4:30pm Mueller vs. Trump: The Role of the Investigative Journalist
4:30pm Panel: Is Identity Politics a Threat to Democracy?
5pm Civic Arts Series: “Thumbs Type and Swipe” featuring DIS’s Lauren Boyle
5pm The Ultrasocial World: International Cooperation Against All Odds
5:30pm Angela Stent: Putin's World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest
5:30pm Greenovate Boston Leaders Training - South End
6pm Chasing Ants (And Their Microbes) in the Rainforest
6pm Love Your Enemies
6pm A Conversation with Former Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Margaret Marshall
6:30pm Human Emulation System: Going Beyond Animal Testing
7pm Losing Earth: A Recent History
7pm Who does the Labor? Who are the Workers?
7pm Improved Medicare for All Forum
7:15pm All Economies Are Not Created Equal: Regionalization and Change
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Thursday, April 11 - Friday, April 12
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Controlling Death? The policies, practices, and ethics of choosing when we die
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Thursday, April 11
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Should Robots Be Our Friends? Ethical and social scientific implications of the growing emotional engagement of humans with AI agents and robots
11:45am Sustainability Lunch Series: Constructing an Inclusive and Resilient Food System
11:45am New Rules for New Tech
11:45am White Nationalism’s Deep American Roots
12pm Participatory modeling for environmental planning
12pm Network Science Institute: The Evolution of Friendships and Homophily
12pm The Job: Work and Its Future in a Time of Radical Change
12pm Pathways to Happiness: Focusing on What Matters (A Two-Part Series)
12:45pm The Annual Distinguished Lecture presented by David Cole, National Legal Director of ACLU
1:15pm The Business Case for Sustainable Development
3pm BU Rally for Divestment
3:30pm Trade for Matching and Trade as Insurance: How Does Interprovincial Electricity Trade React to Renewable Energy Surge in China?
4pm CSAIL Alliances Lecture: Behavioral Planning and How to Escape the Hype Cycle of Autonomous Vehicles
4pm History Matters: David M. Powers's "Good & Comfortable Words”
4pm HILT Education Innovation Showcase
4:30pm UNICEF and the Humanitarian Response
4:30pm Starr Forum: Night Watch: A discussion about nuclear warfare
4:30pm 2019 Green Streets Commuter Challenge Awards Celebration and Kick-Off Event
5:30pm Gutman Library Book Talk: The Alliance Way: The Making of a Bully-Free School
5:30pm The Longevity Revolution is here: Exploring Entrepreneurial Opportunities
6pm Robert Caro: Writing History
6pm Boston Climate Action Network - Action Team Meeting
6pm RPP Colloquium: "Indigenous Guardianship, Nature, and Peace: Holistic Being and Living”
6:30pm Carceral Capitalism: A Book Reading and Discussion with Jackie Wang
6:30pm The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees
6:30pm Rip Rapson with Maurice Cox and Toni Griffin
7pm NOVA's Addiction Screening & Panel Discussion
7pm Between the Human Animal and the Animate Earth
7pm The Opioid Crisis: Improving Lives and Preventing Addiction
7:15pm "Bias" Documentary Film Screening & Discussion
7pm A Vision Sharing Session for Renewable Energy in Massachusetts
7:30pm Noam Chomsky & Amy Goodman, Movie Premiere & Live Presentations
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Friday April 12 - Saturday April 13
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Movement Lawyering: Lessons From and For Critical Race Theory
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Friday, April 12 - Sunday, April 21
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Cambridge Science Festival
https://www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/schedule-2019/
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Friday, April 12
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8:30am Building Sustainable Peace in Iraq: The Role of Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Peace Building
9am 2019 Forum on Future Cities: Urban Intelligence (UI)
12pm Why Don't the Poor Adopt Technologies that Can Improve their Welfare?
12pm Organic Nitrate Aerosols from Oxidation of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds
1pm The Strike of 1969, Protest at Harvard, and Organizing Today
1:45pm Nanomaterials and Devices for Spectrally-Selective Solar Energy Harvesting
2pm Creativity, Culture & Learning: A Conversation with Questlove
2pm Building Your Toolkit for Social Change
2pm Science in the City 2019
3pm Germany's Hidden Crisis: Social Decline in the Heart of Europe
6pm Nicholas Agar: How to Be Human in the Digital Economy
7pm The Human Network: How Your Social Position Determines Your Power, Beliefs, and Behaviors
7:30pm Mars-Really?
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Saturday, April 13
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9am Turning Points in Architecture, Design, and Research | Symposium
10am Grow a Meadow, Large or Small
10am Latitude: A symposium by Design Research Forum
10am Civic XR Dev Jam
7pm Tar Sands Songbook: A Documentary Performance about Music, Memory and Oil
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Sunday, April 14
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8am MIT Africa Innovate Conference | Made in Africa
5pm Neuroscience of Exercise
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Monday, April 15 - Friday, April 19
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Extinction Rebellion
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Monday, April 15
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12pm HESEC Webinar: Quantifying Carbon Emissions in Supply Chain
12pm Energy and the Maritime Environment
12pm Celebrities, Attorneys, Deals: The Impact of Public Opinion
12:15pm Discriminating Data
3pm Congo Stories: A Conversation with John Prendergast and Samantha Power
4pm Harnessing the Potential of Rehabilitative Technology to Enhance Mobility and Prevent Falls
4:15pm Ending the Epidemics of AIDS, TB and Malaria: Pipedream or Achievable Goal?
5:30pm Towards Life 3.0 - Ethics and Technology in the 21st Century
6:30pm Botany Blast: Season Shifts in Trees
7pm Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
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Tuesday, April 16
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9am Young, Gifted and Well: Mental and Emotional Wellness for Students of Color
11am MIT.nano: Step into the Nano Age
12pm Predicting Crop Yields from Water Resources
12pm Guilty by Association - The risk of crisis contagion
12pm MADMEC Kickoff: Materials Science Solutions for Sustainability
12:30pm The Future of Fukushima
2pm Agroecology and Climate Change Resilience in Haiti: Farmer-led Solutions
2pm Constructing Clean Portfolios for Climate Solutions: A Renewable Energy Roundtable
3pm xTalk, AT Exploratorium & ATIC Showcase: Assistive Technology for Opening Minds, Hands, and Hearts
4pm Sankofa Lecture: Creating Access as Social Justice
4pm Letter from Birmingham Jail: 55th Anniversary, A Public Reading in Boston
4:30pm Shifting Ideas of Crime, and Where Resilience May Point to Solutions
4:30pm 32nd Annual Stratton Lecture on Aging Successfully: Protecting Elders with Cognitive Impairment from Financial Vulnerability
5pm Imitation, Invasion, Innovation: What Really Matters in Global History of Technology
6pm Matthew Wisnioski: Does America Need More Innovators?
6pm GBRSPC Presents a FREE screening of "Suicide: The Ripple Effect”
7pm Solid Seasons: The Friendship of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson
7pm Dangerous Developments in Modern Weaponry: a forum on the military pursuit of global hegemony
7:30pm Film Screening: "Life Will Smile" by Steve Priovolos and Drey Kleanthous
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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
Geotherapy Not Geoengineering, Please
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/4/3/1847608/-Geotherapy-Not-Geoengineering-Please
From School Strike to Teach-in to Global Hackathon for Climate Friday After Friday
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/4/1/1847047/-From-School-Strike-to-Teach-in-to-Global-Hackathon-for-Climate-Friday-After-Friday
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Monday, April 8
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How to Manage Your Message in a Crisis: A Communications Workshop
WHEN Monday, April 8, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Building, Hauser Conference Room, Lobby, Room 4, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Classes/Workshops
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Kennedy School Communications Program
SPEAKER(S) John Guilfoil, Adjunct professor of journalism, Northeastern University; principal, John Guilfoil, Public Relations, LLC
COST Free
CONTACT INFO alison_kommer@hks.harvard.edu
DETAILS Learn how to turn a crisis into an opportunity for your organization to show leadership, grace, and competency in the face of the unexpected. Also learn time-tested strategies for crisis management that could make the difference between coming out on top and permanent harm.
LINK www.hkscommprog.org
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Program on Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate [PAOC] Colloquium: Liebig's Law and dendroclimatology: Finding hidden climate signals in tree rings using ecological theory
Monday, April 8
12:00pm to 1:00pm
MIT, Building 54-915, 21 Ames Street, Cambridge
Zan Stine (SFSU)
A basic principle of ecology, known as Liebig's Law of the Minimum, posits that at any given time the growth factor that is least abundant, relative to physiological requirements, controls plant growth. Tree-ring based reconstructions of temperature and precipitation invoke Liebig's law to justify using tree growth as a proxy for climate and when choosing which trees to sample, but historically reconstruction techniques have not accounted for the influence of Liebig's law on differential growth between sampled trees within a given site. Such an influence implies that site-wide limitations associated with regional climate variability would be most strongly expressed in tree rings experiencing high relative growth in a given year. We demonstrate that local Liebig's law stresses are globally identifiable across ring width and density data sets produced by over 300 different researchers. Furthermore, the local signature of Liebig's law is found at both temperature- and moisture-limited sites. Such local operation of Liebig's Law implies that standard methods for compositing tree-ring records into climate reconstructions introduces a temperature-dependent bias at temperature-limited sites and a moisture-dependent bias at moisture-limited sites. Reconstruction of Arctic-wide temperature using a reconstruction method that takes advantage of the law of the minimum increases the squared cross-correlation with instrumental records from 0.14 to 0.42. The greatest increases in reconstructive skill occur at the lowest frequencies and result in recovery of recent trends in Arctic warming, eliminating the so-called "divergence problem" in tree-ring density reconstructions of arctic temperature. More comprehensive models of tree-growth may offer still greater improvement in reconstructive skill.
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Tropical Convection and Climate: Some Recent Work on Anvil Clouds
Monday, April 8
12:00PM
Harvard, Haller Hall (102), Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Dennis L. Hartmann, University of Washington.
Abstract: Clouds associated with tropical convection over the warm tropical ocean have a substantial effect on the absorption of solar radiation and the emission of terrestrial radiation to space, but their net effect on the energy balance of Earth is remarkably small. Observations show that this balance of shortwave and longwave cloud radiative effects results from the particular distribution of optical depth of the ice clouds that extend over a very large area compared to the actual area of precipitation. Using a simplified modeling framework we explore the physical processes that are likely needed to predict how such clouds will change in a warmed Earth. We find that the interactions among radiation, cloud physics and turbulent motions within the extended ice cloud are likely extremely important for determining the distribution of albedo observed. The lifecycle of tropical convective clouds from active convection to decaying anvil ice clouds is critical to the radiative neutrality of the cloud systems. While global climate models can produce some of the cancellation observed, the observed pdf of convective cloud albedo is not produced. If time allows we will review some recent analyses of the Fixed Anvil Temperature hypothesis and discuss recent insights using climate models in global radiative convective mode.
EPS Colloquium
https://eps.harvard.edu/event/department-colloquium-series-78
Contact Name: Marissa Reilly
mreilly@eps.harvard.edu
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Jen Easterly: Challenges across the Cybersecurity Landscape: Applying Lessons from the West Wing to Wall Street
Monday, April 8
12:15pm - 1:30pm
Harvard, 1 Brattle Square - Suite 470, Cambridge
The Cyber Security Project will host a lunch seminar with Jen Easterly, Managing Director and Global Head of the Cybersecurity Fusion Center, Morgan Stanley, on "Challenges across the Cybersecurity Landscape: Applying Lessons from the West Wing to Wall Street."
Lunch provided on a first come, first served basis. All sessions are off the record.
More information at https://www.belfercenter.org/event/jen-easterly-challenges-across-cybersecurity-landscape-applying-lessons-west-wing-wall-street
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BKC Meet the Author Series: Urs Gasser in conversation with Jason Farman
WHEN Monday, Apr. 8, 2019, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein West A, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Ethics, Humanities, Information Technology, Law, Social Sciences, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Berkman Klein Center
SPEAKER(S) Jason Farmer
Urs Gasser, Berkman Klein Center Executive Director
COST Free - RSVP Required
TICKET WEB LINK https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/2019-04-08/bkc-meet-author-series-urs-gasser-conversation-jason-farman
DETAILS Join us for a featured author series hosted by Urs Gasser and Jason Farman for an in-depth conversation about big topics and issues from his book, "Delayed Response: The Art of Waiting from the Ancient to the Instant World.”
LINK https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/2019-04-08/bkc-meet-author-series-urs-gasser-conversation-jason-farman
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The Role of International Carbon Markets in the Paris Agreement
Monday, April 8
12:30PM TO 1:45PM
Tufts, Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies Conference Room, 160 Packard Avenue, Medford
Randall Spalding-Fecher, Senior Advisor, Carbon Limits
Tufts University CIERP Research Seminar
Contact Name: Sara Rosales
sara.rosales@tufts.edu
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The Partisan Republic: Democracy, Exclusion, and the Fall of the Founders’ Constitution
Monday, April 8
12:45 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
BU School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Barristers Hall, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-partisan-republic-democracy-exclusion-and-the-fall-of-the-founders-constitution-1780s-1830s-tickets-57127786748
This symposium celebrates the publication of “The Partisan Republic: Democracy, Exclusion, and the Fall of the Founders’ Constitution, 1780s-1830s” coauthored by Gerry Leonard and Saul Cornell (Fordham University).
The Partisan Republic is the first book to unite a top down and bottom up account of constitutional change in the Founding era. The book focuses on the decline of the Founding generation’s elitist vision of the Constitution and the rise of a more ‘democratic’ vision premised on the exclusion of women and non-whites. It incorporates recent scholarship on topics ranging from judicial review to popular constitutionalism to place judicial initiatives like Marbury vs Madison in a broader, socio-legal context. The book recognizes the role of constitutional outsiders as agents in shaping the law, making figures such as the Whiskey Rebels, Judith Sargent Murray, and James Forten part of a cast of characters that has traditionally been limited to white, male elites such as James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Marshall. Finally, it shows how the ‘democratic’ political party came to supplant the Supreme Court as the nation’s pre-eminent constitutional institution.
To celebrate the publication of this timely and significant book, we have invited distinguished scholars to comment on it.
Moderator:
Kris Collins, Boston University School of Law
Commentators:
William Forbath, University of Texas School of Law
Bruce Mann, Harvard Law School
Cynthia Nicoletti, University of Virginia School of Law
All – including not only professors, law students, graduate students, and undergraduates, but also alumni and the general public – are welcome to attend the symposium. If you have academic questions about the program, please contact Professor James Fleming, jfleming@bu.edu.
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Kazakhstan’s Power Transition: What is Going On?
WHEN Monday, April 8, 1 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, CGIS South Building, Room S354, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
SPEAKER(S) George A. Krol, U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Belarus (Retired)
Martha Brill Olcott, Visiting Professor, James Madison College, Michigan State University
Nargis Kassenova, Senior Fellow, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center; associate professor, KIMEP University
COST Free and open to the Public
CONTACT INFO Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-495-4037
Fax: 617-495-8319
http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu
DETAILS On March 19, on the eve of Nauryz celebrations, Kazakhstan's long-serving president Nursultan Nazarbayev resigned a year before the end of his term. Despite decade-long preparations for his retirement, the move came as a surprise. Nazarbayev, who holds the title of "Leader of the Nation," clearly is not leaving politics; he retains major powers, as noted in his resignation speech. What is going on in Kazakhstan? Panelists will discuss features of Kazakhstan's political system and speculate on the prospects for its development.
LINK https://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events/kazakhstans-power-transition-what-going
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Responding to the Refugee Crisis in the Middle East and North Africa
WHEN Monday, Apr. 8, 2019, 1 – 2:15 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Taubman Building, WAPPP Cason Seminar Room (102), 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School
SPEAKER(S) Amin Awad, Director, Middle East and North Africa Bureau, UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)
DETAILS A seminar with Amin Awad, Director, Middle East and North Africa Bureau, UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees).
Moderated by Kristin Fabbe, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Business, Government, and International Economy Unit and Hellman Faculty Fellow, Harvard Business School.
LINK https://www.belfercenter.org/event/responding-refugee-crisis-middle-east-and-north-africa
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Decolonizing Feminism: Transnational Solidarity for Gender and Racial Equality
WHEN Monday, April 8, 4 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Divinity School, Andover Chapel, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Conferences, Health Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Harvard FXB Center for Health & Human Rights and Central European University, Romani Studies Program, in partnership with Black Lives Matter – Boston, the Black Student Union, and the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Harvard Kennedy School.
COST Free and Open to the Public
DETAILS On April 8, the Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights and the Romani Studies Program of the Central European University will organize a panel discussion entitled "Decolonizing Feminism." Transnational Solidarity for Gender and Racial Equality, which will center the issue of global solidarities among women of color. Patricia Hill Collins, a celebrated social theorist and the author of “Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment” will participate in a conversation with African-American, Dalit, Palestinian, and Romani feminist scholars and activists. Seating is limited. The event will be livestreamed on the Center’s Facebook page: facebook.com/FXBCenter
LINK http://fxb.harvard.edu
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This Is What Democracy Looks Like: The Women
WHEN Monday, April 8, 4:30 – 5:45 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer 150, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Classes/Workshops, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Institute of Politics
SPEAKER(S) The Honorable Andrew Gillum, Mayor of Tallahassee, FL (2014-2018), 2018 Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate, and IOP Spring 2019 Resident Fellow
Angela Rye, Principal and CEO of IMPACT Strategies, CNN commentator, NPR political analyst, and Executive Director and General Counsel to the Congressional Black Caucus (2011-2013)
Stefanie Brown James, Co-Founder and Senior Advisor of The Collective; CEO and Founding Partner of Vestige Strategies; National African American Vote Director for the Obama for America Campaign
DETAILS The remarkable victories by female candidates last year came just two years after the defeat of the first female nominee for president. What happened to cause such a shift? In 2018, a record 117 women were elected to Congress– including the first Muslim women and the first Native American women elected to Congress. This follows a year in which more women ran for office for the first time. How will policymaking be different following these gains? How an we ensure they last?
LINK https://iop.harvard.edu/calendar/events/mayor-andrew-gillum-angela-rye-and-stefanie-brown-james-women
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ISE 2019 Spring Symposium Series: Robots, drones, and the internet of things: super cool technologies the utility of the future is using right now
Monday, April 8
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
BU, Rajen Kilachand Center, Conference Room 106C, 610 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Joined by a panel of subject matter experts, this symposium will discuss with attendees the state of electricity markets in the US, what is working, and what is not working. Electricity markets are now an important institutional factor in the production and delivery of electricity. As such, when technologies change and consumer patterns of use change, electricity markets must adapt in at least two ways: (1) how grids operate to ensure system reliability and (2) what types of electricity commodity products are needed to competitively value power supplies and grid-related services.
Ms. Wall is the owner of Franklin Beach Consulting and former Executive Director, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. She has worked as an investment banker, solar facilities developer, and serial entrepreneur in several market spaces.
Dr. Ashmore is the Executive Director of the Institute for Sustainable Energy, Boston University.
Contact Name Peishan Wang pswang@bu.edu
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Media War: Insurgency and justice claims through new technologies
WHEN Monday, Apr. 8, 2019, 5 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, CGIS South Building, Room S250, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Ethics, Humanities, Information Technology, Law, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; Seminar on Cultural Politics; co-chairs Prof. P. Roilos and Prof. D. Yatromanolakis
SPEAKER(S) Ronald Niezen, William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies, Canada Program
Katharine A. Pearson , Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy, department of anthropology and faculty of law, McGill University
DETAILS How, in morally complex conditions of warfare, are some states able to control the media and shape the perceptions and judgments of publics in ways that systematically, and at times egregiously, violate international justice standards? To answer this question this talk will draw from media representation of violence and rights claims in the 2012-2013 civil war in Mali and its aftermath, which offers an illustration of the ways that new media technologies can influence justice claims and political relations across national boundaries. The knowledge and resources made available by Bellingcat, an organization dedicated to the use of open source intelligence (OSINT), provide a glimpse into media ecosystems in contexts of violent conflict, where field investigation is impossible. These online tools reveal the ideologies and infrastructures of groups in conflict. They also bring out the public representations of conflicts, including the structures of disinformation and the thematic preferences of major media outlets that have overwhelmed the voices of moderate human rights advocates — those whose quests for international recognition, autonomy, and, more immediately, attention to conditions of forced displacement and mass killing often go unheard.
LINK http://wcfia.harvard.edu
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Ensuring Responsibility in the Age of AI and Big Data: Open Networking Reception + Panel Discussion
Monday, April 8
5:00-6:00 pm Networking Reception
6:00-7:15 pm Panel Discussion
MIT Wiesner Building (MIT Building E15) at 20 Ames Street, Cambridge
You're Invited!
Join MIT Technology Review and BBVA in celebration of the release of the 2019 OpenMind book, Towards a New Enlightenment? A Transcendent Decade.
Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau, CEO and publisher of MIT Technology Review, will lead a lively discussion around where the great scientific and technological advances of the last decade are leading us, exploring their impact on how humankind will live in the future. This conversation will look at how Artificial Intelligence is being leveraged in this hyper-connected world and the potential impacts that it could lend to improve data transparency and accountability- across-industries.
This conversation will address questions such as:
What are the social, political, economic, and personal challenges that confront humanity by our use of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data?
How can we apply knowledge from past transformative artifactual entities and events to help inform how both individuals and nations navigate the challenges posed by the increased accessibility of knowledge?
In what ways do digital records, pattern recognition, and the use of algorithms impact anonymity and privacy?
What kind of innovations are needed in the role of design and architectures in AI, to ensure governance and to address bias?
Speakers include:
Carlos Torres Vila, Group Executive Chairman, BBVA
Alex “Sandy” Pentland, Director, MIT Connection Science and Human Dynamics Lab
Joanna Bryson, Associate Professor in the Department of Computing at the University of Bath
Carlos Torres Vila, Group Executive Chairman, BBVA, Panelist
Carlos Torres Vila is the BBVA Group Executive Chairman. He was born in Salamanca, Spain in 1966. He graduated with a BS in Electrical Engineering and a BS in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he later also earned a MS at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Carlos also graduated in Law from UNED (Spain). Carlos worked at McKinsey & Company for 12 years and became a firm partner in 1997. He joined Endesa in 2002 as Corporate Director of Strategy and an Executive Committee member, and later became company CFO in 2007. In September 2008 Carlos joined BBVA as Head of Strategy and Corporate Development and was a member of the bank's Management Committee. In March 2014 he was appointed Head of Digital Banking, until May 2015 when he became Chief Executive Officer of the bank. He was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors in December 2018.
Alex “Sandy” Pentland, Director, MIT Connection Science and Human Dynamics Lab, Panelist & OpenMind Contributing Author
Professor Alex “Sandy” Pentland directs the MIT Connection Science and Human Dynamics labs and previously helped create and direct the MIT Media Lab and the Media Lab Asia in India. He is one of the globally most-cited computational scientists, with Forbes declaring him one of the “seven most powerful data scientists in the world” and he is a founding member of advisory boards for Google, AT&T, Nissan, and the UN Secretary General, a serial entrepreneur who has cofounded more than a dozen companies. He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering and leader within the World Economic Forum. His most recent books are Social Physics and Honest Signals.
Joanna Bryson, Associate Professor in the Department of Computing at the University of Bath, Panelist & OpenMind Contributing Author
Joanna J. Bryson is a trans-disciplinary researcher on the structure and dynamics of human- and animal-like intelligence. Her research, covering topics from artificial intelligence, through autonomy and robot ethics, and on to human cooperation, has appeared in venues ranging from a reddit to Science. She holds degrees in Psychology from Chicago and Edinburgh, and in Artificial Intelligence from Edinburgh and MIT. She has additional professional research experience from Princeton, Oxford, Harvard, and LEGO, and technical experience in Chicago’s financial industry, and international management consultancy. Bryson is presently a Reader (associate professor) at the University of Bath.
Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau, CEO and Publisher, MIT Technology Review, Moderator
Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau is the CEO and publisher of MIT Technology Review, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s media company. MIT Technology Review’s analysis, features, interviews, and events explain the impact of new technologies on business and society. Elizabeth is leading the growth, expansion, and modernization of MIT Technology Review’s media platforms and products, including U.S. and international websites, newsletters, events, and an award-winning print magazine. Elizabeth also serves as chair of the global entrepreneurial network MIT Enterprise Forum.
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Citizen Laboratories
Monday, April 8
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
The Engagement Lab, 160 Boylston Street, 3rd floor, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/55932626993
Marcos Garcia, Medialab-Prado, will be speaking about Citizen Labs and the potential for knowledge share and collaboration.
Citizen Labs have the potential to become a powerful tool for our cities, as they explore ways to identify different types of knowledge and skills and facilitate meaningful interactions between them. There is opportunity for knowledge share when residents gather in a place to experiment together and share ideas, and at the same time there is value in learning how to make something together.
Medialab Prado is a citizen laboratory from Madrid City Hall that some have described as “the internet in the physical space”: a meeting place for collaborative experimentation where anyone can get involved and contribute to projects that benefit the common good such as open source prosthesis, experimental games for an urban facade, collaborative translation of books, a home scale biodigestor, or a draft of a national law on participation. While all of these projects are being prototyped by people with different backgrounds, new communities of learning and practice are prototyped at the same time.
The Boston and Cambridge area constitute an environment of great experimentation and reflection on how digital networks are transforming our lives, and the institutions we have inherited. Many innovative thinkers in this space have been a great source of inspiration to the work that has been done at Medialab Prado (Madrid) for more than a decade. This presentation is an opportunity to share the experience of Medialab Prado with them and anyone interested.
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Applying Gandhian Principles for Energy Sustainability and Mitigating Climate Change
Monday, April 8
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
MIT, Building E19-319, 400 Main Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Prof Chetan Singh Solanki (IIT Bombay)
Abstract: Today’s world is at the crossroads of a contradictory energy scenario wherein, on the one hand, energy access has to be provided to billions while, on the other hand, increasing demand and usage of energy is causing catastrophic climate change. As per IPCC report 2018, the world is already hotter by nearly 1°C and that “limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require “rapid and far-reaching” transition in energy. In the context, Solar Urja through Localization for Sustainability (SoULS) initiative of IIT Bombay provides appropriate solutions for energy sustainability. The advancement in solar technology together with cost reduction, makes it possible to localize solar energy generation and consumption where local communities take care of assembly, supply, repairs and even manufacturing of solar products. An idea in line with Gandhian philosophy of "self-reliance" and "swaraj". In this regard, the idea of Energy Swaraj can be conceptualized, wherein communities consume and generate their own energy needs.
Bio: Dr. Chetan Singh Solanki is currently professor in Department of Energy Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), India. He is an expert crystalline Si technology, Si-nanostructures (including quantum dots), thin film Si solar cells, PV concentrator systems and carbon nanotubes. He received his Ph.D. degree from the specialist silicon laboratory, IMEC (Inter-university Micro-electronics Center, Ketholik University, Leuven, Belgium).
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Towards Life 3.0 - Ethics and Technology in the 21st Century
WHEN Monday, Apr. 8, 2019, 5:30 – 6:45 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Wexner 102, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Science, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
SPEAKER(S) Steven Livingston, Senior fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and professor of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University
DETAILS "Towards Life 3.0: Ethics and Technology in the 21st Century" is a new talk series organized and facilitated by Mathias Risse, director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Administration. Drawing inspiration from the title of Max Tegmark’s book, "Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence," the series draws upon a range of scholars, technology leaders, and public interest technologists to address the ethical aspects of the long-term impact of artificial intelligence on society and human life.
Held on select Monday evenings at 5:30–6:45 p.m. in Wexner 102, and occasionally on other weekdays, the series will also be shared on Facebook Live and on the Carr Center website. A light dinner will be served.
LINK https://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/event/towards-life-30-ethics-and-technology-21st-century-steven-livingston-senior-fellow-carr
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John Beyrle: U.S.-Russian Relations: Nearing the Breaking Point?
Monday, April 8
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM EDT
Tufts, Cheryl A. Chase Center, 200 Packard Avenue, Medford
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/john-beyrle-us-russian-relations-nearing-the-breaking-point-tickets-57360891972
Please join the Russia and Eurasia Program at The Fletcher School for a dinner conversation with former U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Beyrleabout the current state of U.S.-Russian relations and their future. Dinner will be provided. Attendance is by registration only on Eventbrite. Please only register if you know you can attend, as spaces are limited.
John Beyrle was elected Chairman of the U.S. Russia Foundation in October 2018. Prior to this role, he served as an American diplomat for three decades in a career focused on the Soviet Union and Russia, and Central and Eastern Europe. He was twice appointed ambassador: to Bulgaria (2005-2008), and to Russia (2008-2012). During the latter assignment, Beyrle helped foster improved U.S.-Russian relations, highlighted by the signing of the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty.
Beyrle’s diplomatic service included two earlier tours at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, including as Deputy Chief of Mission. He served as counselor for political and economic affairs at the U.S. Embassy in the Czech Republic, and a member of the U.S. delegation to the CFE arms control negotiations in Vienna. His Washington assignments included special adviser to Secretary of State Colin Powell for the New Independent States, and director responsible for Russian policy on the staff of the National Security Council under President Clinton.
Beyrle received the Presidential Distinguished Service Award from President Obama, and the Presidential Meritorious Service Award during the administration of George W. Bush. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton personally presented him with the Distinguished Service Award, the State Department’s highest honor. He retired from the Foreign Service in 2012 as a Career Minister, a diplomatic rank equivalent to a three-star general. Beyrle received a B.A. with honors from Grand Valley State University (1975) and an M.S. as a Distinguished Graduate of the National War College (1996), where he later taught as a visiting professor of national security studies. He speaks Bulgarian, Czech, French, German and Russian.
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Greenovate Boston Leaders Training - Allston
Monday, April 8
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Jackson Mann Community Center, 500 Cambridge Street, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/58872597524 or https://goo.gl/forms/YqzlPuFewK83l5Ur2
The Greenovate Boston Leaders Program aims to increase understanding of the climate impacts in Boston and the actions required to mitigate the impacts. We want to involve Bostonians as part of the collective action needed in advancing the citywide initiatives. Our program gives you the materials and support you need to lead conversations about climate change and climate action.
This program is a great opportunity to network with a wide variety of leaders, learn how to format community discussions around climate change, and to make a positive impact on Boston.
The Training dates are Saturday, April 6th, Monday, April 8th, and Wednesday, April 10th. Choose the date and location that works best for you to attend.
The max occupancy for each training is 30 people. Once we've reached 30 people, we will open up a wait list in the order of submissions. If you are no longer able to attend a training you've signed up for or want to switch trainings, email David.Corbie@boston.gov
Greenovate Boston will be hosting five in-language trainings (Spanish, Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Vietnamese, Chinese) in May. If you would prefer attending those trainings, please email David Corbie at David.Corbie@boston.gov.
Learn more about the Greenovate Leaders program - https://www.boston.gov/departments/environment/greenovate-boston-leaders-program
Questions? Email David.Corbie@boston.gov for more information.
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The American Presidency in the 21st Century: What Would Dick Neustadt Say?
WHEN Monday, April 8, 6 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School
SPEAKER(S) Moderator: Graham Allison, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School; dean, Harvard Kennedy School (1977-1989)
Harvey Fineberg, President, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; president of the Institute of Medicine (2002-2014); provost, Harvard University (1997-2001)
Al Gore, 45th vice president of the United States (1993-2001)
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Author, "Leadership In Turbulent Times;" presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Roger Porter, IBM professor of business and government, Harvard Kennedy School; assistant to the president for Economic and Domestic Policy (1989 -1993)
TICKET WEB LINK https://iop.harvard.edu/lottery/american-presidency-21st-century-what-would-dick-neustadt-say
CONTACT INFO IOP Forum Office, 617-495-1380
DETAILS Al Gore, author and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, president of the Moore Foundation Harvey Fineberg, and Harvard Kennedy School’s Roger Porter and Graham Allison ponder what Richard Neustadt would surmise about the state of the American presidency.This forum will require a ticket for entry. Enter the lottery at the link above before Tuesday, April 2 at midnight.
LINK https://iop.harvard.edu/lottery/american-presidency-21st-century-what-would-dick-neustadt-say
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Emerald Necklace Conservancy 2019 Annual Meeting: Parks & Health
Monday, April 8
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Simmons University, Linda K. Paresky Conference Center Simmons University, 300 Fenway, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/58378546805
Join us at our 2019 Annual Meeting as we explore the intersections of parks and health with several engaging speakers. Also, hear from President Karen Mauney-Brodek as we recap the success of our 20th Anniversary year and share our plans for 2019 and beyond.
Presentations will be followed by a Q&A with our speakers and a reception.
Speakers include:
Sarah Jensen Carr
Assistant Professor of Architecture, Urbanism, and Landscape at Northeastern University
Carr’s teaching and research focuses on the connections between landscape, human health, urban ecology and design. She will share her research on Frederick Law Olmsted’s professional background in public health and how it influenced his work.
Angela Cleveland, AICP
Director of Client Services, Kim Lundgren Associates
President of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Planning Association
Angela will discuss her work on a Health Impact Assessment of the social, environmental and economic benefits of planting street trees.
Wendy Heiger-Bernays, PhD
Clinical Professor of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health
Peter James, ScD
Assistant Professor, Division of Chronic Disease Research across the Lifecourse (CoRAL), Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
Nora Moreno Cargie
Vice President, Corporate Citizenship, Tufts Health Plan
President, Tufts Health Plan Foundation
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Guilty But Not Responsible? The UN, Haiti and Cholera
Monday, April 8
7:00pm to 8:00pm
Northeastern University School of Law, 240 Dockser, 416 Huntington Avenue, Boston
Join the Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) for an eminent panel on the UN's response to the cholera epedemic in Haiti from political, cultural, medical and legal perspectives.
Panelists
Dr. Patrick Sylvain
Haitan American poet, social and literary critic, lecturer in African and African American Studies at Brandeis University and faculty member at Brown University.
Dr. Ricardo Seitenfus
Brazilian diplomat and Professor of International Relations, Law and International Organizations.
Dr. Louise Ivers
Executive Director of the MGH Center for Global Health and Professor at Harvard Medical School. Led medical response to cholera in Haiti for Partners in Health in 2010.
Author Dr. Ricardo Seitenfus will discuss his new book The United Nations and Cholera in Haiti: Guilty but not Responsible?
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Heat Pump & VRF Workshop
Tuesday, April 9
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT
100 Cambridge Street, 2nd Floor, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/58792162942
Join us for a repeat of our popular in-depth introduction to energy-efficient heat pump and variable refrigerant flow (VRF) technology. This training will explain how these systems work, how they compare to other heating and cooling equipment, how you can identify appropriate applications, and how to access incentives toward installation costs from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and others. Case studies as well as next steps for including VRF in your projects will be included.
Who Should Attend
Architects (2 AIA LU/HSW continuing education credits available)
Building owners and managers
Energy professionals
HVAC contractors
Trainers
JS Rancourt, DXS New England (Daikin distributor)
Greg Hosselbarth, Mitsubishi Electric Cooling & Heating
Schedule
9:00 am - 9:30 am: Check-in, coffee and light refreshments
9:30 am - 12:30 pm: Training
Introduction to Heat Pumps and VRF
VRF Heat Pump System Equipment Options
Ventilation Solutions and Peripheral Technologies
Q&A
15-minute break
Financial Incentive Programs for VRF
How to Include VRF in Your Projects
Case Studies
Q&A
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Nanomaterials and Light for Sustainability and Societal Impact
Tuesday, April 9
12:00pm to 1:00pm
MIT, Building 5-234,
2019 Lord Lecture - Naomi J. Halas (Rice University)
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From Litigation to Cooperation: Thriving in Cross-Boundary Natural Resource Management Negotiations
Tuesday, April 9
12:00PM TO 1:00PM
Harvard, Austin Hall North, 1515 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Join HLS Negotiators and HLS Environmental Law Society for a talk by Dr. Bruno Verdini (MIT). Dr. Verdini is the author of Winning Together: The Natural Resource Negotiation Playbook, professor of the innovative MIT course on “The Art and Science of Negotiation”, and executive director of the MIT-Harvard Mexico Negotiation Program. He was an official speaker at COP22 (Marrakech) and COP23 (Bonn) and prior to coming to MIT served as Deputy Director for International Affairs at Mexico’s Ministry of Energy. Dr. Verdini will share insights from his work on high-stakes energy, water, and environmental disputes.
Contact Name: Adriel Borshansky
aborshansky@law.harvard.edu
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Crisis in the Middle East: What Lies Ahead?
Tuesday, April 9
12:00pm
MIT, Building 66-168, 25 Ames Street, Cambridge
Join us for our third program in our series on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The discussion will cover the fallout from the US/UK invasion and occupation of Iraq, the handling of the Arab Spring protests, the new US-Saudi-Israel axis aimed at countering Iran, and military expenditures. This will be counterposed with recent survey findings on changing societal attitudes and how these might generate new socio-economic and political priorities.
Recently, Professor Moghadam has worked on gender dynamics of right-wing populist movements; on the interaction of social norms, institutions, and policies behind low female labor-force participation in the Middle East and North Africa; and on feminist activism as a factor in the divergent outcomes of the Arab Spring.
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Merchants of Truth
WHEN Tuesday, April 9, 12 – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Rubenstein 414, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Shorenstein Center, Harvard Kennedy School
SPEAKER(S) Jill Abramson
DETAILS Jill Abramson started as a reporter in the era of Watergate. She held senior editorial positions at the New York Times, where she was the first woman to serve as Washington bureau chief, managing editor, and executive editor. She spent nine years at the Wall Street Journal. She is also the co-author with Jane Mayer of Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas, a National Book Award finalist. A senior lecturer at Harvard University, she writes a column about U.S. politics for The Guardian.
LINK https://shorensteincenter.org/event/merchants-of-truth/
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On the Media: An examination of evolving trends across the media landscape with Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
WHEN Tuesday, April 9, 12 – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Building, Starr Auditorium, 2nd floor, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Kennedy School
Center for Public Leadership
SPEAKER(S) Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize winner; op-ed coluimnist The New York Times; CPL Hauser Visiting Leader
Sheryl WuDunn, Pulitzer Prize winner; co-founder, FullSky Partners; CPL Hauser Visiting Leader
Moderator: Kaeti Hinck, 2018-2019 Nieman Fellow and editor, The Washington Post
COST Free, RSVP required
TICKET WEB LINK https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TFLY2QT
CONTACT INFO hauser_leaders@hks.harvard.edu
617-496-2781
DETAILS Join us for a conversation with CPL Hauser Visiting Leaders and Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, who will examine evolving dynamics in media content creation and dissemination, and business model trends across the media landscape. Which is more influential — an op-ed or a tweet? What is the key to remaining relevant — pursuit of truth or dogma? And with some news organizations shrinking and struggling, what are some of the ways that journalism can increase its chances of thriving?
Moderator Kaeti Hinck, 2018-2019 Nieman Fellow, will join Kristof and WuDunn in discussing these questions, along with lessons leaders should take away regarding media training, messaging management, and resource allocation.
This event is free and open to the public.
LINK https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/event/media-examination-evolving-trends-across-media-landscape
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Fintech Opportunity + Regulation: Fireside Chat
Tuesday, April 9
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
MIT, Building E62-223, 100 Main Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://bernergensler.eventbrite.com
Richard Berner of New York University's Stern School of Management and Gary Gensler of MIT's Sloan School of Management discuss fintech regulation in a "fireside chat." Lunch will be provided with RSVP.
Richard Berner is Executive-in-Residence at the Center for Global Economy and Business at the NYU Stern School of Business, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Economics. He teaches a graduate course in Financial Stability and Risk Management. Berner served as the first Director of the Office of Financial Research (OFR) from 2013 until 2017, and was Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury from April 2011 to 2013. Berner was a Managing Director, Co-Head of Global Economics and Chief U.S. Economist at Morgan Stanley, and Executive Vice President and Chief Economist at Mellon Bank, and a member of Mellon's Senior Management Committee. Before joining Salomon Brothers, Morgan Guaranty Trust and Wharton Econometrics, Berner served on the research staff of the Federal Reserve in Washington. He is an Advisor to FinRegLab, a member of the Milken Fintech initiative, an Adviser to MacroPolicy Perspectives, and an Adviser to HData, Inc. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Economics from Harvard and his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Gary Gensler is Senior Lecturer & Professor of the Practice as of 7/1/19, MIT Sloan School of Management; Senior Advisor to the Director, MIT Media Lab; Co-Director, Fintech@CSAIL; and Chairman of the Maryland Financial Consumer Protection Commission. He formerly was Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, leading the Obama Administration’s reform of the $400 trillion swaps market. During the Clinton Administration, he was Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance, and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. He was CFO for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. Previously, Gensler was a partner at Goldman Sachs, including leading fixed income and currency trading in Asia and serving as co-head of Finance. He earned his MBA and BSE from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He is a recipient of the 2014 Tamar Frankel Fiduciary Prize.
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Tuesday Seminar Series: Non-Policy Politics: Richer Voters, Poorer Voters, and the Diversification of Electoral Strategies (book presentation)
WHEN Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2019, 12 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, CGIS South, Room S030, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
SPEAKER(S) María Victoria Murillo, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Columbia University
Moderated by Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government, Harvard University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO drclas@fas.harvard.edu
DETAILS This book focuses on the non-policy benefits that voters consider when deciding their vote. In addition to proposing policies, parties deliver non-policy benefits, such as competent economic management, constituency service, and patronage. This book provides a unified view of how politicians deliver broad portfolios of policy and non-policy benefits to their constituency. Non-policy resources also shape parties' ideological positions. The book shows which type of electoral offers parties target to either poorer or richer voters and their implications in terms of democratic responsiveness. The theory is tested using both qualitative and quantitative research to establish how linkages between parties and voters shape the delivery of non-policy benefits in Argentina and Chile in the 2000s.
LINK https://drclas.harvard.edu/event/non-policy-politics-richer-voters-poorer-voters-and-diversification-electoral?delta=0
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ChileMass Innovation Day: The Future of Clean Technologies and Advanced Manufacturing
Tuesday, April 9
12:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
MIT Wong Auditorium, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/56648752945
We are delighted to invite you to our first conference “ChileMass Innovation Day - The Future of Clean Technologies and Advanced Manufacturing.” This event will take place at MIT’s Wong Auditorium, on April 9th, 2019, and it is organized by the Chile Massachusetts Alliance (“ChileMass”), in collaboration with the Embassy of Chile to the United States, CORFO and the MIT Chile Club.
ChileMass is a Massachusetts-based non-profit organization that fosters collaboration between Chile and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. CORFO, is the Chilean agency for economic development, and its current priorities are social, economic and environmental sustainability, together with the circular economy.
The conference aims to promote collaborative opportunities that will address the challenges of climate change, renewable energies, and advanced manufacturing, particularly considering the Chilean advantages in natural resources. Likewise, the event will promote the public call for a new Chilean Clean Technologies Institute, located in the North of Chile, which has a budget of $200 MM USD. We are inviting companies and institutions from the US to consider a future in Chile.
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MAPC’s Peak Demand Management Program
Tuesday, April 9
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Webinar
RSVP at https://mapcevents.webex.com/mw3300/mywebex/default.do?nomenu=true&siteurl=mapcevents&service=6&rnd=0.9154429495147905&main_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmapcevents.webex.com%2Fec3300%2Feventcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%3Ddetail%26%26%26EMK%3D4832534b000000048ba01230161ad862f295e721d119981abaf6eaf1661ca1b7749edd83a455a351%26siteurl%3Dmapcevents%26confViewID%3D123648225328528436%26encryptTicket%3DSDJTSwAAAATuwM4SCwBItJy5YhjAeB-vMArP2JCAyGl9O3vPIfgwDA2%26
Both returning and new participants are welcome! The webinar will feature information about new National Grid and Eversource peak demand management programs approved under the new Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Council’s new Three-Year Energy Efficiency Plan. We’ll also review MAPC’s program, provide data about the scope and impact of last year’s program, and cover the basics of capacity charges. Several municipalities will share their experiences and best demand reduction practices, and one municipality will discuss its plans for integrating battery storage.
Daily notifications will start in June, but now is the time to start planning for process improvements and potential hardware upgrades. Register online now!
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Faith, War and Schism: Religion in Russia-Ukraine Relations
Tuesday, April 9
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Tufts, The Fletcher School, 160 Packard Avenue, Cabot Hall, Room 205, Medford
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/59141187885
The recent split between the Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox Churches has been called “the biggest Christian schism since 1054.” Its impact will reverberate far beyond the Orthodox Church, though. This panel will explore the historical, religious, and political context of the split, as well as its effect on the geopolitical landscape, Russia-Ukraine relations, and ecumenical dialogue.
The Fletcher Initiative on Religion, Law & Diplomacy and Russia and Eurasia Program are pleased to welcome George Weigel and George Soroka to discuss these topics with faculty adviser Dr. Prodromou.
Lunch will be served.
Link to our website: https://sites.tufts.edu/fletcherrld/event/panel-religion-law-diplomacy-in-ukraine/?instance_id=6
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Panel: Democracy, Civic Engagement, and the Rule of Law
WHEN Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2019, 12:30 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, CGIS Knafel Building, Bowie Vernon Room (K262), 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Program on U.S.-Japan Relations
SPEAKER(S) Yeonju Lee, Postdoctoral fellow, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations
Kanoko Kamata, Community Organizing Japan
Akiko Kojima, Ministry of Finance
Discussant: Daniel Aldrich
Professor of political science, public policy and urban affairs; director, masters program in security and resilience, Northeastern University
COST Free and Open to the Public
LINK https://programs.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/calendar/upcoming
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Thinking with Visualizations, Fast and Slow
Tuesday, April 9
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
MIT, Building 32-G449 (Kiva Room), 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Steve Franconeri , Northwestern University
Abstract:
Your visual system evolved and develops to process the scenes, faces, and objects of the natural world. You then adapt that system to process the artificial world of graphs, maps, and data visualizations. This adaptation can lead alternatively to fast and powerful – or deeply slow and inefficient – visual processing. I’ll use interactive visual tasks to demonstrate the powerful capacity limits that arise when we extract structure and meaning from these artificial displays, which I will argue must occur via a slow serial language-like representation. Understanding these constraints leads to guidelines for display design and instruction techniques, across information dashboards, slide presentations, or STEM Education.
Bio: Steven Franconeri is a Professor of Psychology at Northwestern (Weinberg College), with courtesy appointments in Leadership (Kellogg School of Business) and Design (McCormick School of Engineering), and he serves as Director of the Northwestern Cognitive Science Program. His research is on visual thinking, visual communication, decision making, and the psychology of data visualization. Franconeri directs the Visual Thinking Laboratory, where a team of researchers explore how leveraging the visual system - the largest single system in your brain - can help people think, remember, and communicate more efficiently. The laboratory’s basic research questions are inspired by real-world problems, providing perspective for new and existing theories, while producing results that translate directly to science, education, design, and business.
Refreshments will be served.
Contact: Amy Shea-Slattery, 617-253-6002, amyshea@csail.mit.edu
Relevant URL: hci.mit.edu/hci-seminar.html
Speaker URL: https://www.psychology.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/core/profiles/steven-franconeri.html
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Surmounting the Materials Roadblocks to Carbon Nanoelectronics, Water Separation, and Beyond
Tuesday, April 9
3:30pm to 4:30pm
MIT, Building 6-104, Chipman Room, 182 Memorial Drive (Rear), Cambridge
The Materials Science and Engineering Seminar Series presents Prof. Michael S. Arnold from the University of Wisconsin.
Three advances will be presented:
(A) Prof. Arnold's group has discovered how to manipulate the anisotropy of graphene CVD to synthesize narrow, long, smooth, and oriented graphene nanoribbons that are semiconducting. The nanoribbons have transport properties exceeding other synthesized nanoribbons and are grown directly on group-IV wafers, creating the possibility of hybrid carbon-silicon nanoelectronics.
(B) His group has advanced the self-assembly of electronics-grade, semiconducting carbon nanotubes into densely-packed aligned arrays and exploited the arrays to create FETs with on-state current densities exceeding Si and GaAs.[2]
(C) They have newly begun to study carbon-based separation membranes. Laminates of graphene oxide nanosheets have exhibited high water permeance and salt rejection. We have used experiments and modeling to show water transport pathways through such laminates are not as expected.[3]
[1] Nature Comm. (2015); ACS Nano (2017); Nano Lett. (2018); In Review (2019)
[2] Science Advances (2016); Langmuir (2017); Adv. Elect. Mater. (2018)
[3] ACS Nano (2018)
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UEA Lecture - The Inclusive Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Drive to the Zero-Carbon Economy
Tuesday, April 9
4:00pm to 5:30pm
MIT, Building 2-190, 182 Memorial Drive (Rear), Cambridge
Nicholas Stern (The London School of Economics and Political Science)
The world economy will likely double in around two decades. And the world’s infrastructure will likely double a little more rapidly than that. At the same time to deliver on the Paris agreement, emissions will have to be cut sharply by 40% or more in that period. And the world will have to achieve net zero emissions within 50 years (with still stronger ambition if the target is set to 1.5oC). It is clear therefore, that the next two decades are critical for the sustainability of lives and livelihoods on the planet. However, the rapid change that we require can be the engine of inclusive growth and poverty reduction over these coming decades. It can be a growth story full of discovery, innovation, investment and inclusion. And embody much more attractive ways to live and work. This lecture/seminar will describe the urgency and magnitude of the challenge, discuss some of the key policies and actions, and show how the great opportunities offered by this transition can be taken.
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Film Screening and Q&A: The Prosecutors
WHEN Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2019, 4:15 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Wexner 436, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Film, Humanities, Theater
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
SPEAKER(S) Leslie Thomas, Emmy Award-winning producer & director
Dara Kay Cohen, Ford Foundation Associate Professor of Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
Jocelyn Kelly, Founding director for Harvard Humanitarian Initiative’s (HHI) Women in War program
DETAILS "The Prosecutors" is the compelling story of Amani and Jasmin, two dedicated lawyers who fight to make sure that survivors of sexual violence in conflict get justice. The film was conceived out of a belief that the law is for everyone, especially those who have lived through unimaginable crimes during war — whether it be yesterday or 20 years ago.
Our story begins in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Amani and her colleagues are working daily to ensure that rape, sexual slavery, and other types of abuse are not simply considered "collateral damage" in a war that has taken the lives of over five million people. The film goes on to Bosnia, where Jasmin and other prosecutors are collaborating with a network of civil society partners to make sure that the tens of thousands of victims who experienced rape and other violations during the country's brutal war twenty years ago have a chance to see justice — no matter how long it takes.
LINK https://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/event/film-screening-and-qa-prosecutors?admin_panel=1
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Compromising and Coalition-Building: Blue Democrats in Red States
WHEN Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2019, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer, IOP Conference Room, Room 166, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Classes/Workshops, Lecture, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Institute of Politics
SPEAKER(S) Heidi Heitkamp, U.S. Senator for North Dakota (2013-2019) and IOP Spring 2019 Visiting Fellow
Mitch Landrieu, Mayor of New Orleans (2010-2018), Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (2004-2010), and IOP Spring 2019 Visiting Fellow
DETAILS Join Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Mayor Mitch Landrieu (New Orleans, 2010-2018) for cupcakes and conversation about working across the aisle, the decline of compromise, and new progressive trends in the Democratic party.
LINK https://iop.harvard.edu/calendar/events/sen-heidi-heitkamp-and-mayor-mitch-landrieu-compromising-and-coalition-building-blue
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HESEC Webinar: Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology in Sustainability
Tuesday, April 9
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
Webinar
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hesec-webinar-bitcoin-and-blockchain-technology-in-sustainability-tickets-59172574764
Please join us for a webinar with Mr. Ferdinando M. Ametrano, Executive Director at Digital Gold Institute. Learn how bitcoin and blockchain technology can play an important role in addressing sustainability issues globally. Please register with us for the webinar and join us few minutes before the webinar begins.
Webinar Link - https://zoom.us/j/6511268568
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The Rise of the New American Majority: Media Matters
WHEN Tuesday, April 9, 4:30 – 5:45 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer 150, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Classes/Workshops, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Institute of Politics
SPEAKER(S) Aisha Moodie-Mills, Democratic strategist, past president & CEO of the LGBTQ Victory Fund, and IOP Spring 2019 Resident Fellow
Joy-Ann Reid, Host of "AM Joy" and political analyst for MSNBC
DETAILS We sit down with MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid to discuss the power of political media and its portrayals of people of color, and ask: What is the responsibility of the press in this age of fake news and sensational campaigns?
LINK https://iop.harvard.edu/calendar/events/aisha-moodie-mills-and-joy-ann-reid-media-matters
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Strengthening Democracy by Modernizing Congress
Tuesday, April 9
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM EDT
Harvard, Wexner 332, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/59327263442
Join the Ash Center for a workshop led by Technology and Democracy Fellow Zach Graves, and grow your understanding of recent efforts to modernize and strengthen Congress. This workshop will include interactive, hands-on exercises. Come prepared to engage, not just to listen!
Congress is supposed to be the democratically accountable, and most powerful, of the three branches of the federal government. Yet, its approval rating is about half that of President Donald Trump’s. Clearly, something must be broken.
This workshop will look at some of the causes of congressional dysfunction, focusing on its struggles to adapt to the Information Age. As we’ll show, this problem is more than just embarrassing late night show vignettes about our representatives interacting with Mark Zuckerberg. Workshop participants will learn about issues such as efforts to revive the Office of Technology Assessment, the outlook for the new House Select Committee on Modernizing Congress, the importance of digital services infrastructure, and the history of congressional decline. We’ll also cover how you can meaningfully engage to promote a stronger and healthier democracy. Registration is free, but required. Refreshments will be provided.
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2019 Muddy River Symposium: Protecting Boston's Urban Ecosystems
Tuesday, April 9
4:30 PM – 7:30 PM EDT
Simmons University, Main College Building, Linda K. Paresky Center, 300 The Fenway, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-muddy-river-symposium-protecting-bostons-urban-ecosystems-tickets-55370042287
Keynote Speaker: Noah Wilson-Rich
Noah Wilson-Rich, Ph.D. is a biologist / MIT Research Affiliate / three-time TEDx speaker / beekeeper / uncle / and author of The Bee: A Natural History published by Princeton University Press. Noah is the co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of The Best Bees Company, a beekeeping service that installs and maintains honey beehives for residential gardens and commercial rooftops nationwide. Proceeds from The Best Bees Company go toward research to improve bee health at the 501(c)3 nonprofit Urban Beekeeping Laboratory.
Talk Title: Our Future with Bees
If you eat food, then you need bees. The world’s bees can create economic and ecological sustainability, if only we let them. As pollinators, bees bring us over 100 fruit and vegetable crops, and provide feed for our livestock industry. Yet, bees are dying at an alarming rate. Data from urban environments indicate that bees are doing better in cities. Why is this? Learn how to get involved in urban beekeeping, and how to save these vitally important creatures.
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Don't Just Sit There: An Out-of-The-Box Meditation Experience
Tuesday, April 9
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
Harvard Innovation Labs, 125 Western Avenue, Lobby, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dont-just-sit-there-an-out-of-the-box-meditation-experience-tickets-59594009286
Meditation teacher and author Biet Simkin joins our Meditation Advisor, Kassi Underwood, to bring you an out-of-the-box meditation event. This meditation duo will deliver a rock-and-roll meditation experience that's relatable and transformational. This event will leave you with a new interpretation of reality and the keys to your freedom.
You'll learn:
exact steps to relieve overwhelming emotions
how to experience a deep sense of connection
unique exercises for peace of mind
Open to everyone. Feel free to bring your friends!
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Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice in Boston
Tuesday, April 9
5:15PM
Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston
The Massachusetts Historical Society hosts "Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice in Boston" with Michael Brennan, University of Maine. Comment by Daniel Faber, Northeastern University.
Attendance is free, but you can subscribe online ($25) for the convenience of advance online access to the papers in FOUR series: this, our new Boston African American History Seminar, the Boston Area Early American History Seminar, and the Boston Seminar on Modern American Society and Culture.
Boston Seminar on Environmental History
https://www.masshist.org/2012/calendar/seminars/environmental-history
Contact Name: Alex Buckley
abuckley@masshist.org
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The Commonwealth of Breath: Climate and Consciousness in a More-than-Human World
WHEN Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2019, 5:30 – 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, 617.495.4476
DETAILS Bridging environmental studies with philosophy and anthropology, entwining natural history with theology and psychology, Dr. Abram will counterpose the theoretical abstraction of much climate discourse by discussing a range of indigenous, place-based understandings of our planet’s atmosphere and climate. By listening close to the diverse ways that air, weather, and climate are spoken of by diverse indigenous oral traditions, we may begin to discern the elemental atmosphere in a far more palpable manner, as a sensuous yet enigmatic dimension of reality intimately bound up with human activity, with spoken language, and even with sentience itself—that is, with the full-bodied sentience not only of humans but of other animals, of plants, and of the animate earth itself.
David Abram--cultural ecologist and geophilosopher--is the author of Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology, and of The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-than-Human World. Described as “daring” and “truly original” by Science, and as "revolutionary" by the Los Angeles Times, Dr. Abram’s work has helped catalyze the emergence of several new disciplines, including the burgeoning field of ecopsychology. A close student of the traditional ecological knowledge of diverse indigenous peoples, David was the first contemporary philosopher to advocate for a reappraisal of "animism" as a complexly nuanced and uniquely viable worldview. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, and recently held the international Arne Naess Chair in Global Justice and the Environment in Norway. Dr. Abram is creative director of the Alliance for Wild Ethics (AWE), an organization dedicated to cultural metamorphosis through a rejuvenation of place-based oral culture--the culture of face-to-face and face-to-place storytelling. He lives with his family in the foothills of the southern Rockies.
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The Bystander Moment: Transforming Rape Culture at Its Roots
WHEN Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2019, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, HGSE Campus, Longfellow Hall, 1st Floor, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Education, Film, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Graduate School of Education Office of Student Affairs and the Office for Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (OSAPR)
SPEAKER(S) Jackson Katz, Author, educator, and activist
CONTACT INFO Kevin Boehm
boehmke1@gse.harvard.edu
DETAILS "The Bystander Moment" tells the story of one of the most prominent and proven gender violence prevention model — the innovative bystander approach developed by pioneering activist and writer Jackson Katz and his colleagues. Following the film, there will be a discussion with Katz and time for questions and answers.
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The Pursuit: A Better World for All, Starting at the Margins
Tuesday, April 9
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM EDT
Harvard Business School, Spangler Auditorium, Batten Way, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-pursuit-harvard-university-tickets-58664947437
Join the Harvard Business School Free Enterprise Club for an exclusive prescreening of THE PURSUIT
About this Event
Please join the Harvard Business School Free Enterprise Club for an exclusive advance screening of the upcoming film THE PURSUIT on Tuesday April 9th, 2019 at 5:30pm. This prescreening will include an introduction and remarks by AEI President Arthur Brooks. Light meal and refreshments will be provided.
THE PURSUIT features Arthur Brooks as he crosses three continents in search of the secrets to a happier, more prosperous world, starting with those at the margins of society. You can view THE PURSUIT trailer and find out more about the film at The Pursuit Movie
THE PURSUIT premieres in cities across America the week of April 28th, however we are pleased to provide you with an advance showing on April 9th.
Questions? Reach out to Brian Linville, HBS Free Enterprise Club Co-President at blinville@mba2020.hbs.edu.
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Jump-Starting America: How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth and the American Dream
Tuesday, April 9
6:00 PM (Doors at 5:30)
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, CambridgeTickets
RSVP at http://www.harvard.com/event/jonathan_gruber_and_simon_johnson/
Cost: $6 - $29.75 (book included)
Harvard Book Store welcomes renowned economists and MIT professors JONATHAN GRUBER and SIMON JOHNSON for a discussion of their new book, Jump-Starting America: How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth and the American Dream.
About Jump-Starting America
The American economy glitters on the outside, but the reality is quite different. Job opportunities and economic growth are increasingly concentrated in a few crowded coastal enclaves. Corporations and investors are disproportionately developing technologies that benefit the wealthiest Americans in the most prosperous areas—and destroying middle-class jobs elsewhere. To turn this tide, we must look to a brilliant and all-but-forgotten American success story and embark on a plan that will create the industries of the future—and the jobs that go with them.
Beginning in 1940, massive public investment generated breakthroughs in science and technology that first helped win WWII and then created the most successful economy the world has ever seen. Private enterprise then built on these breakthroughs to create new industries—such as radar, jet engines, digital computers, mobile telecommunications, life-saving medicines, and the internet—that became the catalyst for broader economic growth that generated millions of good jobs. We lifted almost all boats, not just the yachts.
Jonathan Gruber and Simon Johnson tell the story of this first American growth engine and provide the blueprint for a second. It's a visionary, pragmatic, sure-to-be-controversial plan that will lead to job growth and a new American economy in places now left behind.
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Self-Domestication in Bonobos and Other Wild Animals
Tuesday, April 9
6:00pm
Harvard, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Richard Wrangham, Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Domesticated animals such as dogs, pigs, and horses often sport floppy ears, patches of white hair, and other features that are unknown in their wild ancestors. These traits—collectively referred to by scientists as a “domestication syndrome”—are the result of breeding less aggressive individuals. Drawing from his new book, The Goodness Paradox (2019, Pantheon Books), Richard Wrangham will show that our cousin apes, the bonobos, also exhibit a domestication syndrome, making them the first clear example of a “wild domesticate.” Self-domestication in the wild now seems likely to be a widespread phenomenon, responsible even for the evolution of our own species, Homo sapiens.
Free Public Lecture and Book Signing
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Visualizing Oceans: From the Coast to the Deep Sea
Tuesday, April 9
6:00pm to 8:00pm
Down the Road Beer Co. 199 Ashland Street, Everett
Join us to learn about underwater photography, robots exploring shipwrecks, 3D imaging, and demonstrations of innovative science visualization tools! Free pizza!
Featuring:
Andrew Martinez: Underwater photographer and author
Evan Kovacs: Founder and CEO of Marine Imaging Technologies
Visualizations for Science Communication: Francis Choi, Ashley Cryan, and Emily Duwan
https://scicafeneu.wordpress.com/
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You Say You Want a Revolution: SDS, PL, and Adventures in Building a Worker-Student Alliance
Tuesday, April 9
7:00pm
Porter Square Books, 25 White Street, Cambridge
“…a Jewel of a collection of US revolutionaries’ memoirs that captures and recreates the period like no other…” --Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
From Cuba to Harvard Yard and San Francisco State. Defying the travel ban, fighting the war and racism, student strikes, labor and community alliances.
COME CELEBRATE, question, and enjoy readings from this publication of memoirs with participants in struggles from the sixties and seventies, as part of the vital discussion about building strong movements today.
Today, Students for a Democratic Society is often portrayed as the drama of the good early 1960s SDS turning into Weatherman, the small faction whose story ended in bombed-out New York townhouse.The reality was quite different. SDS at its apex in 1968/69 numbered 100,000 students whose political views reflected a rainbow of ideologies exploring what a new American left could be with a willingness to risk everything to stop the war in Vietnam and achieve social justice. When SDS splintered in June 1969, a majority of the delegates supported the program of its Worker-Student Alliance caucus: building a strategic alliance between students and the working class to achieve the movement's goals.
The contributors in this book were mostly members of WSA, whose formation was initiated by the Maoist Progressive Labor Party. Here they recount and evaluate their participation in the struggles of the 1960s and early 1970s, from trips to revolutionary Cuba defying the US travel ban to student strikes, labor and community alliances, and campaigns against the war and racism across the country, from Columbia and Harvard, Texas and Iowa, to San Francisco State and UC Berkeley. These accounts are both optimistic, from those still inspired, and bitter, from those now critical of their involvement. The stories they tell speak across the years, as a new generation--from Black Lives Matter to Fight for $15 to the Parkland students--faces decisions about how to organize and build alliances to stop wars abroad, confront racial oppression at home, fight for immigrant rights, and end violence and neoliberal exploitation.
Readers include:
Emily Berg has been a teacher, artist, social worker and therapist since leaving PL in the early 70s; she also helped raise three wonderful children. She lives in Boston and would be happy to talk with old friends.
Ellen Israel is a nurse midwife and a public health specialist in sexual and reproductive health and rights. She worked as a clinician and women’s advocate first in the Boston Neighborhood Health Clinic system and then in private practice, followed by 30 years working with health systems to community health initiatives in developing countries (in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean), most recently as The Senior Advisor for Women’s Health and Rights at Pathfinder International. She is currently co-producing the Spanish Version of Dr. Willie Parker’s important work on abortion rights: “Life’s Work: a Moral Argument for Choice”. She is a mother and grandmother and lives in Boston.
Frank Kashner, not electable to union office due to his prior communist affiliation, stayed at GE as a machinist and shop steward until 1983, long enough to see progressives take over the local union leadership. After leaving General Electric and IUE Local 201, Frank pursued subsequent careers, and continued activism, in software engineering and social work. He is currently retired and recommends that you read “Democracy in Chains,” by Nancy MacLean, ASAP. Then contact him with your plan of action. fkashner@gmail.com
John Pennington has been a jack of all trades. After his activist experience at Harvard (as SDS regional traveler, Harvard strike, draft resistance), he has managed a youth program for low income kids, organized independent filmmakers, produced social documentary films, organized community cable TV public affairs programs, leased mainframe computers, sold mainframe computers, tested financial industry software, etc. He is currently the communications secretary of his NJ suburban Republican town’s Democratic Club.
Mary Summers is a senior fellow and lecturer in Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. She teaches academically based community service courses on the Politics of Food and Healthy Schools. She worked in health care for many years as a Physician Assistant (starting out in Boston’s neighborhood health centers) and in electoral politics as a speechwriter for Jesse Jackson, Harriett Woods, Dennis Kucinich, and John Daniels, the first African American mayor of New Haven. She has written and co-written articles for The Nation, Urban Affairs Quarterly, PS: Political Science and Politics, Agricultural History, Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning and several edited volumes.
Earl Silbar is one of two editors of You Say You Want a Revolution.Since being kicked out of Progressive Labor in the early 70s, Earl was an active member of an anti-fascist group, helped form an independent socialist collective in Chicago with whom he was active in labor solidarity and gay rights organizing as well as Central American and South African solidarity work and several study groups. He was also active in several workplace union organizing drives, including the successful one for adult education teachers in the city colleges of Chicago where he taught GED for 27 years, and he was elected to many union positions until his retirement. Since then, he has been active in a local anti-racism, peace and justice groups.
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Finding a Solution to Wasted Food: Parker Hughes, Brüzd Foods
Tuesday, April 9
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Harvard, CGIS Knafel -K050, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/finding-a-solution-to-wasted-food-parker-hughes-bruzd-foods-tickets-55299359874
Every year, about 60 million tons of produce end up in US landfills. Many fruits and veggies are tossed because they’re cosmetically imperfect: too small, too big, too oddly shaped, or too blemished for supermarkets to sell. Local startup, Brüzd Foods’ solution is to pick up these "ugly,” yet perfectly edible, fruits and vegetables from farms across MA and deliver them to homes throughout Boston every week. Learn more about how this business got off the ground, and how you, as a consumer, can continue to eat more sustainably.
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Dismantling Educational Inequity in Boston
Tuesday, April 9
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Temple Hillel B’Nai Torah, 120 Corey Street, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/59254650254
There are many inequities in the Boston Public School System. Many Boston residents are unaware of this. Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale will be hosting an event on April 9 to provide an opportunity to learn about these inequities. Progressive WRox/Roz has joined with NAACP-Boston, Lawyers for Civil Rights, JP Progressives, Downtown Progressives, Citizens for Public Schools, QUEST, and several other groups to form the Boston Coalition for Education Equity.
The Boston Coalition for Education Equity is concerned with persistent inequities that play out in numerous ways for Boston students, what policies other cities are using, and action steps to move forward. Coalition events are informative, provocative, important, heart-wrenching, and encouraging. Our forum will highlight three case studies:
BPS Budgeting Hunger Games
Testing Towards Destruction
Exam School Equity
For more information : email ProgressiveWRoxroz@gmail.com or visit www.facebook.com/ProgressiveWRoxRoz/
www.progressivemass.com/wroxroz
www.bosedequity.org
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Leslie James Pickering discusses government surveillance/repression and resistance strategies
Tuesday April 9
7:00pm-9:00pm
Cambridge Public Library (Central Square Branch), Lewis Room, 45 Pearl Street, Cambridge
Leslie James Pickering, former spokesman of the Earth Liberation Front and owner of Burning Books Buffalo, will discuss government surveillance and repression of activists and the possible strategies of effective resistance. Pickering will discuss his experiences as an activist and bookstore owner being surveilled by the FBI. He will discuss how he became aware of the surveillance, the tactics used by the FBI, and how he has used the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to obtain the FBI files on his
bookstore and the activists who organize there.
The event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Boston Democratic Socialists of America (BDSA), the BDSA Political Education Working Group, the Ecosocialism working group, and the Grassroots Infrastructure Charitable Foundation.
For information contact: Joe Brown (mailto:geekmissile@gmail.com)
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A Deep Dive into the Orange Line
Tuesday April 9
7:30 - 9:30pm
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-deep-dive-into-the-orange-line-tickets-58997870218
Cost: $15 – $18
Tuesday in the Parlor - A Deep Dive into the Orange Line with Jeremy Fox and Andrew Elder
Back at the Loring Greenough House by popular demand, Jeremy Fox and Andrew Elder, authors of Boston's Orange Line, will be back in the neighborhood where the elevated Orange Line had such an impact.
Join us for a lecture and Q&A about all things MBTA Orange Line.
Jeremy C. Fox is a writer, editor, and online producer for the Boston Globe and a previous staff writer for the Watertown Tab. His writing has appeared in the Bay State Banner, the Boston Phoenix, Film Threat, the Gay and Lesbian Review, the Jamaica Plain Gazette, Time Out, the Weekly Dig, and other publications.
Andrew Elder is Interim University Archivist and Curator of Special Collections in the Healey Library at UMass Boston and is co-chair of the Board of Directors for The History Project, a community-based archives that documents, preserves, and shares the history of Boston’s LGBTQ communities. He has an M.S. in Library and Information Science from Simmons College and a B.A. in English and Women's Studies from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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Wednesday, April 10
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Carbon Free Boston Deep Dive for Boston's Higher Education Community
Wednesday, April 10
8:30 AM – 10:30 AM EDT
BU, Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering Colloquium Room 101, 610 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/59132436710
Join the Boston Green Ribbon Commission’s Higher Education Working Group for a dive into the recently released Carbon Free Boston Report
The Carbon Free Boston report, commissioned by the Boston Green Ribbon Commission, identifies for the first time specific strategies for the City of Boston to meet its goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. The report was undertaken at the request of Mayor Walsh in order to provide an analytic foundation for carbon mitigation actions in the City. The Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy led the report's research and analysis.
This event will provide a close look at the analysis and findings of the Carbon Free Boston Report for members of Boston's Higher Education community. We will begin with a presentation on findings by the report's principal investigator, Cutler Cleveland, and a Q&A will follow.
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Earth/Sustainability/Green Month Information Table
Wednesday, April 10
11:00am to 1:00pm
Northeastern, What's Poppin, Huntington Avenue, Boston
Stop by our information table on April 10th at What's Poppin, a newly created space by the Marino Center and B. Good on Huntington Ave. Come by to see our updated carbon reduction graph for the University - we're making great progress!
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How Change Happens
Wednesday, April 10
12pm
Harvard, WCC Milstein West A/B, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Cass Sunstein
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Climate Courage is exposing Chase Bank's toxic assets!
Wednesday April 10
noon
Chase Bank, 425 Washington Street, Boston
Chase Bank is planning a major move into Greater Boston, with a plan to open 50 or more retail branches here. However, according to a recent report (ran.org/reportcard) released by the Sierra Club, Rainforest Action Network, and others, Chase is the #1 Worst Bank in the World for funding fossil fuel projects, and thus for enabling the climate crisis. Chase has invested 196 Billion Dollars into tar sands, arctic drilling, and fracking since the Paris Climate Agreement--more than any other bank. Since Trump took office, Chase has quadrupled its investments in tar sands oil and increased its financing of coal by over 2,000%.
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The Neuroscience of Hate
Wednesday, April 10
12:00 PM
Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East C (2036), 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eg53b0zd6869af8a&oseq=&c=&ch=
Description
Human beings are biologically predisposed to divide humanity into ingroups and outgroups, and this comes with a great social cost – the capacity for hate. While we may view ourselves and our communities as benevolent and egalitarian, we often view outsiders as inhuman, unworthy, or alien, allowing us to victimize them in conscious and unconscious ways. What are the psychological and neurobiologic roots of this urge to divide ourselves? How do legal structures enact and justify systemic disadvantage for outsiders?
Join us as we discuss structures in the brain and in the law that foster hate.
Lunch will be provided. This event is free and open to the public. RSVP now!
Panelists
Jon Hanson, Alan A. Stone Professor of Law; Faculty Director, The Systemic Justice Project; Director, Project on Law and Mind Sciences at Harvard Law School
Rebecca Saxe, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT, and associate member, McGovern Institute
Judith Edersheim, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; attending Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Restraining Great Powers: Soft Balancing From Empires to the Global Era
Wednesday, April 10
12:00pm to 1:30pm
MIT, Building E40-496, Pye Room, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge
T.V. Paul (McGill University)
SUMMARY This presentation is based on the book with the same title (Yale University Press, 2018) which examines a crucial element of state behavior -- the use of international institutions, informal alignments and economic instruments such as sanctions -- to constrain the power and threatening behavior of dominant actors. Much of International Relations scholarship fails to capture the use of these non-military instruments for constraining superior power. The soft balancing debate for over a decade has generated much literature and criticisms. However, it has been used exclusively in the context of responses by second-tier states toward U.S. power. This book expands and tests soft balancing arguments to historical eras (such as the Concert of Europe, and the League of Nations during the interwar period) and the emerging/resurging powers, China and Russia while responding to criticisms aired against the concept and strategy. It seeks to explore: under what conditions do states resort to soft balancing as opposed to hard balancing (relying on formal military alliances and intense arms buildups)? When do they combine both? What are the differences and similarities between the 20th and 21st century cases of soft balancing--one under multipolarity, the other under near-unipolarity? When do soft balancing efforts elicit hostile reactions and when do they produce positive results? Finally, what are the implications of soft balancing for the rise of new great powers and the international order, especially conflict and cooperation among them in the 21st century's globalized international system?
BIO T.V. Paul is James McGill Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He was President of International Studies Association (ISA) during 2016-17. Paul is the author or editor of 18 books and over 70 scholarly articles/book chapters in the fields of International Relations, International Security, and South Asia.
SSP Wednesday Seminar
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Faculty Book Forum Series: Professor Rashmi Dyal-Chand’s Collaborative Capitalism in American Cities: Reforming Urban Market Regulations
Wednesday, April 10
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Northeastern University School of Law, 250 Dockser, Boston
Join us for a lively discussion about Professor Rashmi Dyal-Chand's new book, Collaborative Capitalism in American Cities: Reforming Urban Market Regulations (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
In many American cities, the urban cores still suffer. Poverty and unemployment remain endemic, despite policy initiatives aimed at systemic solutions. In Collaborative Capitalism in American Cities: Reforming Urban Market Regulations, Professor Rashmi Dyal-Chand focuses on how businesses in some urban cores are succeeding despite the challenges.
Using examples of urban collaborative capitalism, Dyal-Chand extrapolates a set of lessons about sharing. "Sharing can allow American businesses to remain competitive while returning more wealth to their workers, and this more collaborative approach can help solve the problems of urban underdevelopment and poverty," says Dyal-Chand, who served as an associate general counsel of The Community Builders, Inc., a nonprofit affordable housing developer, prior to joining academia.
According to Joseph William Singer, Bussey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and author of No Freedom Without Regulation: The Hidden Lesson of the Subprime Crisis, the book is, "an eye-opening exploration of how cooperation might temper the harshness of economic competition and reverse our slide into inequality while restoring a measure of economic stability to the many who have lost it in recent years."
Comments by
Jason Jackson, Assistant Professor of Political Economy and Urban Planning, MIT
Light Refreshments will be served
Sponsored by the Faculty Colloquium
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Carbon Removal - A New American Agricultural Product: How Carbon Farming and Building Soil Health Will Fight Climate Change
Wednesday, April 10
1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern
RSVP at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yJ2UHDYqToywR1h_EQpLlw
Farm lands can absorb significant global carbon emissions if farmers adopt agricultural practices that remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it in the soil.
Thanks to the collaboration of E2 and a broad coalition of agriculture and environmental partners, along with the crucial support of Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, the 2018 Farm Bill enacted last December includes an important new provision to reward farmers for improving soil health while reducing atmospheric carbon.
The Soil Health Demonstration Trial program provides tools and funding to incentivize American farmers to adopt smart soil management practices, as well as establishes metrics that will quantify their carbon reduction impacts. This creates a potential new revenue stream for farmers to sell credits through carbon markets or participate in other climate mitigation programs - all while reducing operating costs and improving soil fertility and crop resilience.
Please join E2 and some of our Farm Bill coalition partners for this month’s national webinar on this new soil health pilot program and the value proposition to fight climate change by rewarding farmers for carbon performance.
Speakers:
Ron Wyden, Senior Senator from Oregon, Ranking Member, Senate Finance Committee
David Kolsrud, South Dakota Farmer, President, DAK Renewable Energy
Claire O’Connor, Director, Water & Agriculture, Water Division, Nature Program, NRDC
Paul Zorner, CEO, Locus Agricultural Solutions, Adjunct Professor of Horticulture, North Carolina State University
Moderated by Nicole Lederer, E2 Co-Founder and Chair
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Why is it so hard to do anything about climate change, especially in the US?
Wednesday, April 10
2:50pm to 4:30pm
Northeastern, Curry Student Center, 320, 346 Huntington Avenue, Boston
Climate change is widely recognized as one of the world's biggest challenges. This session will be equal parts presentation and interactive discussion centered around the difficulties in making meaningful progress in climate adaptation and mitigation. The presentation will consist of a high level review of the state of climate science and its implications, as well as a brief overview of my experience with climate in both research and the private sector. The first half of discussion sub-topics will surround systems that interface with climate change (in)action, including: politics, insurance, economics, social (in)justice, and media. The second half of the discussion will include sampling of major contemporary ideas, efforts, and movements to address climate change, including the Green New Deal, carbon tax, Paris, the Task Force for Climate Related Disclosure, and global protests. Everyone is encouraged to participate, regardless of level of topical knowledge -- the ideal outcome of this session is that everyone (including myself!) comes away with a better understanding of the problem as well as some new, practical ideas.
About the Speaker: Dr. Evan Kodra is the CEO of risQ and an alumnus of Northeastern's Sustainability and Data Sciences (SDS). risQ is Boston based, National Science Foundation-funded company focused on catalyzing systems-level climate change adaptation through the financial sector.
Seating is limited. First-come, first served.
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International Development and Documentary Film from the New Deal to the Cold War
WHEN Wednesday, Apr. 10, 2019, 3:45 – 5:45 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Robinson Hall, Lower Library, 1st Floor, 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Charles Warren Center - Workshop on "U.S. Power in the Global Arena"
SPEAKER(S) Molly Geidel, University of Manchester
DETAILS Charles Warren Center - Workshop on "U.S. Power in the Global Arena”
LINK https://warrencenter.fas.harvard.edu/event/molly-geidel-university-manchester?delta=0
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rescue
WHEN Wednesday, Apr. 10, 2019, 4 – 5 p.m.
WHERE Radcliffe, Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Poetry/Prose
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
SPEAKER(S) Evie Shockley
2018–2019 Fellow, Radcliffe Institute; Professor of English, Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Poet
COST Free
CONTACT INFO events@radcliffe.harvard.edu
DETAILS In this lecture, Shockley will talk about her new poem in which a group of people, after confronting a barely averted environmental apocalypse, must grapple with what it means to be human in a dramatically changed world.
LINK https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2019-evie-shockley-fellow-presentation
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EAPS Department Lecture Series: Topographic controls on marine-terminating glacier dynamic response in Greenland
Wednesday, April 10
4:00pm to 5:00pm
MIT, Building 54-915/923, 21 Ames Street, Cambridge
Ginny Catania (University of Texas, Austin)
The terminus region of marine-terminating outlet glaciers represents the regions where the ice sheet, ocean, and atmosphere all act together through a suite of processes to impact glacier behavior. Several mechanisms have been identified that can cause terminus retreat, however the long-term impact of retreat on inland glacier dynamics has not been well understood. In part, this is because not all glaciers behave the same after a terminus perturbation; some glaciers undergo significant retreat and thinning and others do not. We explore the role that fjord and glacier topography plays on the dynamic response of outlet glaciers to terminus perturbations by examining the topography both at the glacier terminus, and inland, where it can impact how thinning spreads into the ice sheet interior. We find that topography plays an important role in controlling the total sea-level rise from marine-terminating glaciers over the next century and we identify smaller glaciers that have a high potential to contribute to sea-level rise because their topography will allow thinning to spread far inland. Additionally, heterogeneous patterns of glacier geometry around the Greenland Ice Sheet are to a large degree responsible for the observed, modern heterogeneity in glacier dynamics.
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Warming and Welfare: Global Micro-Evidence
Wednesday, April 10
4:15PM TO 5:30PM
Harvard, Littauer-382, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
Marshall Burke, Stanford University, and Marshall Burke, Solomon Hsiang, University of California, Berkeley
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/44157
Contact Name: Casey Billings
casey_billings@hks.harvard.edu
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Mueller vs. Trump: The Role of the Investigative Journalist
WHEN Wednesday, April 10, 4:30 – 5:45 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer 163 (Faculty Dining Room), 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Classes/Workshops, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Institute of Politics
SPEAKER(S) Michael Zeldin, CNN Legal Analyst, former U.S. Department of Justice official, and IOP Spring 2019 Resident Fellow
Michael Isikoff, Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo! News
John King, Chief National Correspondent, CNN
DETAILS When there is an ongoing investigation of the president, what is the role of an investigative journalist? How does a journalist investigate the story? We’ll examine the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the underlying conduct. How do you protect your sources? When do you publish the story?
LINK https://iop.harvard.edu/calendar/events/michael-zeldin-michael-isikoff-and-john-king-mueller-vs-trump-role-investigative
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Panel: Is Identity Politics a Threat to Democracy?
WHEN Wednesday, Apr. 10, 2019, 4:30 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, CGIS South, S020 (Belfer Room), 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Populism/Challenges to Democracy
SPEAKER(S) Francis Fukuyama, Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI); Mosbacher Director of FSI's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), Stanford University
Ashley Jardina, Assistant professor of political science, Duke University
Michael Tesler, Associate professor of political science, UC Irvine
CONTACT INFO jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu
LINK https://populism.wcfia.harvard.edu/event/panel-identity-politics-threat-democracy
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Civic Arts Series: “Thumbs Type and Swipe” featuring DIS’s Lauren Boyle
Wednesday, April 10
5:00pm to 6:30pm
MIT, Building 4-270, 182 Memorial Drive (Rear), Cambridge
Introduction by Amy Rosenblum Martín, Independent Curator and Educator, Guggenheim
DIS (est. 2010) is a New York-based collective composed of Lauren Boyle, Solomon Chase, Marco Roso, and David Toro. Its cultural interventions are manifest across a range of media and platforms, from site-specific museum and gallery exhibitions to ongoing online projects.
In 2018 the collective transitioned platforms from an online magazine, dismagazine.com, to a video streaming edutainment platform, dis.art, narrowing in on the future of education and entertainment.
DIS Magazine (2010-2017); DISimages (2013), DISown (2014), Curators of the 9th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, The Present in Drag (2016); DIS.art (2018–); Exhibited and organized shows at the de Young Museum, San Francisco; La Casa Encendida, Madrid; Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg; Baltimore Museum of Art; and Project Native Informant, London. DIS has also been included in group exhibitions at MoMA PS1, Museum of Modern Art, and the New Museum all in New York; and Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; ICA Boston; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; and Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, among others.
The material presented by DIS today is the result of a change in attitude towards the present and aims to meet the demands of contemporary social, political, and economic complexity at eye level.
Introducer Amy Rosenblum Martín is a bilingual (English/Spanish) curator of contemporary art, committed to equity and community engagement. Formerly a staff curator at the Pérez Art Museum Miami (when it was MAM) and The Bronx Museum, she has also organized exhibitions, written and/or lectured independently for la Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, MoMA, The Metropolitan, MACBA in Barcelona, the Reina Sofía, and Kunsthaus Bregenz as well as the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum. Her 20 years of interdepartmental museum work include 10 years at the Guggenheim. Rosenblum Martín’s expertise is in Latin America, focusing on transhistorical connections among Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Caracas, Havana, Miami, and New York.
She has worked with Janine Antoni, Lothar Baumgarten, Guy Ben-Ner, Janet Cardiff, Eloísa Cartonera, Consuelo Castañeda, Lygia Clark, Willie Cole, Jeannette Ehlers, Teresita Fernández, Naomi Fisher, Marlon Griffith, Lucio Fontana, Dara Friedman, Luis Gispert, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Adler Guerrier, Ann Hamilton, Quisqueya Henríquez, Leslie Hewitt, Nadia Huggins, Deborah Jack, Seydou Keita, Gyula Kosice, Matthieu Laurette, Miguel Luciano, Gordon Matta-Clark, Ana Mendieta, Antoni Miralda, Marisa Morán Jahn, Glexis Novoa, Hélio Oiticica, Dennis Oppenheim, Nam June Paik, Manuel Piña, Miguel Angel Ríos, Bert Rodriguez, Marco Roso, Nancy Rubins, George Sánchez-Calderón, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Tomás Saraceno, Karin Schneider, Regina Silveira, Lorna Simpson, Valeska Soares, Javier Tellez, Joaquín Torres García, and Fred Wilson, among many other remarkable artists.
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The Ultrasocial World: International Cooperation Against All Odds
Wednesday, April 10
5:00pm to 6:30pm
Northeastern, Renaissance_Park, 909, 1135 Tremont Street, Boston
Mai’a K. Davis Cross is the Edward W. Brooke Professor of Political Science and Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at Northeastern University, will be speaking in the “Us vs. Them: Taming the Biology of Otherness” speaker series.
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Angela Stent: Putin's World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest
Wednesday, April 10
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
Tufts, Alumnae Lounge, 40 Talbot Avenue, Medford
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/angela-stent-putins-world-russia-against-the-west-and-with-the-rest-tickets-55496953883
The Russia and Eurasia Program at The Fletcher School is pleased to award its first annual U.S.-Russia Relations Book Prize to Professor Angela Stent of Georgetown University for her new book Putin's World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest (2019). The award recognizes an outstanding book on historical or contemporary foreign policy discourse pertaining to the past or present of U.S.-Russia relations. Please join us for a book talk by Stent on Russia's foreign policy and its role in contemporary world affairs. Refreshments will be provided. Attendance is by registration only on Eventbrite.
How did Russia manage to emerge resurgent on the world stage and play a weak hand so effectively? Is it because Putin is a brilliant strategist? Or has Russia stepped into a vacuum created by the West’s distraction with its own domestic problems and U.S. ambivalence about whether it still wants to be a superpower? From renowned foreign policy expert Angela Stent comes a must-read dissection of present-day Russian motives and actions on the world stage. Putin's World examines the country’s turbulent past, how it has influenced Putin, the Russians’ understanding of their position on the global stage and their future ambitions—and their conviction that the West has tried to deny them a seat at the table of great powers since the Soviet collapse.
Angela Stent is Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies and Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University. She is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-chairs its Hewett Forum on Post-Soviet Affairs. From 2004-2006, she served as National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council. From 1999 to 2001, she served in the Office of Policy Planning at the U.S. Department of State. Stent’s academic work focuses on the triangular political and economic relationship between the United States, Russia, and Europe. Her last book is The Limits of Partnership: U.S.-Russian relations in the Twenty-First Century (2014), for which she won the American Academy of Diplomacy’s Douglas Dillon prize for the best book on the practice of American Diplomacy.
She was a member of the senior advisory panel for NATO’s Supreme Allied Commanderin Europe for Admiral James Stavridis and General Philip Breedlove. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is a contributing editor to Survival and is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Cold War Studies, World Policy Journal, Internationale Politik, and Mirovaia Ekonomika i Mezhdunarodnie Otnosheniie. She has served on the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council for Russia and Central Asia. She is a Trustee of the Eurasia Foundation. Stent received her B.A. from Cambridge University, her M.Sc. with distinction from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University.
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Greenovate Boston Leaders Training - South End
Wednesday, April 10
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Blackstone Community Center, 50 W. Brookline Street, South End, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/58872596521
The Greenovate Boston Leaders Program aims to increase understanding of the climate impacts in Boston and the actions required to mitigate the impacts. We want to involve Bostonians as part of the collective action needed in advancing the citywide initiatives. Our program gives you the materials and support you need to lead conversations about climate change and climate action.
Register here - https://goo.gl/forms/YqzlPuFewK83l5Ur2
This program is a great opportunity to network with a wide variety of leaders, learn how to format community discussions around climate change, and to make a positive impact on Boston.
The Training dates are Saturday, April 6th, Monday, April 8th, and Wednesday, April 10th. Choose the date and location that works best for you to attend.
The max occupancy for each training is 30 people. Once we've reached 30 people, we will open up a wait list in the order of submissions. If you are no longer able to attend a training you've signed up for or want to switch trainings, email David.Corbie@boston.gov
Greenovate Boston will be hosting five in-language trainings (Spanish, Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Vietnamese, Chinese) in May. If you would prefer attending those trainings, please email David Corbie at David.Corbie@boston.gov.
Learn more about the Greenovate Leaders program - https://www.boston.gov/departments/environment/greenovate-boston-leaders-program
Questions? Email David.Corbie@boston.gov for more information.
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Chasing Ants (And Their Microbes) in the Rainforest
Wednesday, April 10
6:00PM
Harvard, Geological Lecture Hall (100), 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Livestreaming Information: This event will be livestreamed on the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Facebook page. A recording of this program will be available on the HMSC Lecture Videos page approximately three weeks after the lecture.
Corrie Moreau, Moser Professor of Arthropod Biosystematics and Biodiversity, Cornell University
Microbes play critical roles in the biology and health of human beings, but we are not the only species that benefits from intimate relationships with microbes. Ants, for instance, rely on the microbial communities living in their guts to process food and make strong armor. Corrie Moreau will discuss this unique aspect of ant biology and what it tells us about the diversity and dominance of ants in terrestrial ecosystems, the evolutionary history of social insects, and the broad-scale evolutionary patterns of life.
Corrie Moreau's research on the evolution and diversification of ants and their symbiotic bacteria leverages molecular and genomic tools to address the origin of species and how co-evolved systems benefit both partners. She also pursues questions on the role of biogeography and symbiosis in shaping macroevolutionary processes to better understand broad-scale evolutionary patterns of life. Moreau is also engaged with efforts to promote science communication and to increase diversity in the sciences. She holds a Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology from Harvard University and completed her undergraduate and master degrees in Biology at San Francisco State University. She was elected an AAAS Fellow in 2018, a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences USA in 2016, and highlighted as a Woman of Impact by the National Geographic Society in 2018.
Evolution Matters Lecture Series. Series supported by a generous gift from Drs. Herman and Joan Suit. Presented by the Harvard Museum of Natural History in collaboration with the Microbial Sciences Initiative at Harvard University
Contact Name: hmnh@hmsc.harvard.edu
https://hmnh.harvard.edu/event/chasing-ants-and-their-microbes-rainforest
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Love Your Enemies
WHEN Wednesday, Apr. 10, 2019, 6 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School
SPEAKER(S) Arthur C. Brooks, President, American Enterprise Institute (AEI); Beth and Ravenel Curry Scholar in Free Enterprise, AEI
Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University professor and director, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University
CONTACT INFO IOP Forum Office, 617-495-1380
DETAILS President of AEI Arthur Brooks explores the culture of contempt pervading public life and offers insights on how to rebuild America’s moral consensus through warm-heartedness with Harvard University’s Danielle Allen.
LINK https://iop.harvard.edu/forum/love-your-enemies
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A Conversation with Former Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Margaret Marshall
Wednesday, April 10
6-7:30 p.m.
Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington Street, Boston
An Evening with Former Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Margaret Marshall, the first woman to serve in the position, one that she held from 1999 until she retired in 2010. During her tenure, she worked to ensure equal access to justice for all, including our most vulnerable populations.
Born and educated in South Africa, Marshall actively opposed the apartheid regime, and served as the President of the National Union of South African students, a leading anti-apartheid organization. In 1968, she came to the United States on an academic scholarship. Unable to return home because of her political activism, she graduated from Harvard University with a master’s degree in education and Yale Law School, and worked in private practice until the 1990s. From her early days in South Africa, Marshall has been a defender of human rights and equality for all individuals, as reflected in her judicial decisions.
Margery Eagan, co-host of WGBH’s midday program Boston Public Radio, will serve as the evening’s moderator.
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Human Emulation System: Going Beyond Animal Testing
WHEN Wednesday, Apr. 10, 2019, 6:30 – 8 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, SEAS, Cruft Laboratory, Room 309, 19 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Health Sciences, Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Master in Design Engineering (MDE) Program
SPEAKER(S) Geraldine A. Hamilton, President and chief scientific officer, Emulate, Inc.
COST Free
DETAILS The Human Emulation System is a technology platform designed to accurately recreate living human biology outside the body. It can emulate the functions of organs including lung, liver, brain, and intestine. This living system provides a home-away-from-home for cells, allowing them to behave like they do in the body.
Cells cultured under continuously perfused, engineered 3D microenvironments go beyond conventional 3D cell based models by recapitulating in vivo intercellular interactions, spatiotemporal gradients, vascular perfusion, and mechanical microenvironments. Integrating cells within Organ-on-Chips, enables the study of normal physiology and pathophysiology in an organ-specific context. The system recreates the flow of blood and motions similar to breathing or peristalsis, all critical factors in cell function. The system is comprised of Organ-Chips, easy-to-use instrumentation, and software.
Designed as an ethical platform, the system is accelerating the world’s transition from legacy animal testing methods to a human-centric approach to healthcare. It’s being used by researchers to study diseases, by pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs, and in cutting-edge hospital programs, where clinicians can emulate the biology of a specific patient, and then test which drugs might be best to treat that individual — personalized safety and efficacy testing. It sets a new standard for re-creating true-to-life human biology and is being used to advance product innovation, design, and safety across a range of applications including drug development, agriculture, cosmetics, food, and chemical-based consumer products.
LINK https://mde.harvard.edu/geraldine-hamilton-innovation-and-technology-across-scales-disciplines
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Losing Earth: A Recent History
Wednesday, April 10
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Harvard Book Store welcomes acclaimed writer, editor, and critic NATHANIEL RICH—author of Odds Against Tomorrow—for a discussion of his latest book, Losing Earth: A Recent History, an expansion of his groundbreaking New York Times Magazine long-form story.
About Losing Earth
By 1979, we knew nearly everything we understand today about climate change―including how to stop it. Over the next decade, a handful of scientists, politicians, and strategists, led by two unlikely heroes, risked their careers in a desperate, escalating campaign to convince the world to act before it was too late. Losing Earth is their story, and ours.
The New York Times Magazine devoted an entire issue to Nathaniel Rich’s groundbreaking chronicle of that decade, which became an instant journalistic phenomenon―the subject of news coverage, editorials, and conversations all over the world. In its emphasis on the lives of the people who grappled with the great existential threat of our age, it made vivid the moral dimensions of our shared plight.
Now expanded into book form, Losing Earth tells the human story of climate change in even richer, more intimate terms. It reveals, in previously unreported detail, the birth of climate denialism and the genesis of the fossil fuel industry’s coordinated effort to thwart climate policy through misinformation propaganda and political influence. The book carries the story into the present day, wrestling with the long shadow of our past failures and asking crucial questions about how we make sense of our past, our future, and ourselves. Like John Hersey’s Hiroshima and Jonathan Schell’s The Fate of the Earth, Losing Earth is the rarest of achievements: a riveting work of dramatic history that articulates a moral framework for understanding how we got here, and how we must go forward.
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Who does the Labor? Who are the Workers?
Wednesday April 10
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Webinar (Learn from the comfort of your home)
RSVP at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ESH5MqwQQVaCJ2h9JeB3mA%20
As you prepare for your Passover Seder, and consider ancient notions of slavery, join us to gain insight into contemporary realities of those doing agricultural work today as well as ways to acknowledge and tie that into your celebrations. For example, did you know that a large portion of the meat on US grocery store shelves is processed by migrant workers, many of whom are undocumented? Have you ever thought about factory farming as a human rights issue? As we explore the connections between agriculture and labor, we’ll think about how we can work towards a food system that is more just for all living beings during our season of liberation.
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Improved Medicare for All Forum
Wednesday, April 10
7-9pm Refreshments 6:45, Speakers 7-9 PM
Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Building C, Cannon Room (114)
A new "battle ready" bill (HR 1384) was introduced in February 2019 with over 100 congressional supporters, an historic moment in the struggle for universal health care. Doctors, nurses, healthcare workers, and patients are in a unique position to drive healthcare reform to prioritize patients over profits, and the time is now to build power to win. Speakers include:
Former Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine, Dr Angell is a national leader in health policy and medical ethics. She is a member of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
Adam Gaffney, MD, MPH
Pulmonary specialist at Cambridge Health Alliance/ Harvard Medical School, Dr Gaffney is President of PNHP, a prolific writer and blogger on health policy, and author of the book To Heal Humankind: The Right to Health in History
Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH
Distinguished Professor of Public Health and Health Policy in the CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College, Adjunct Clinical Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Lecturer in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Dr Woolhandler is co-founder of PNHP.
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All Economies Are Not Created Equal: Regionalization and Change
WHEN Monday, Apr. 8, 2019, 7:15 – 8:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer 200 (Starr Auditorum), 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Classes/Workshops, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Institute of Politics
SPEAKER(S) The Honorable Heidi Heitkamp, U.S. Senator for North Dakota (2013-2019) and IOP Spring 2019 Visiting Fellow
Gary Cohn, Director of the National Economic Council (2017-2018), former President & COO of Goldman Sachs, and IOP Spring 2019 Visiting Fellow
DETAILS In recent decades, the form and rate of progress have become increasingly regionalized. How do urban economies differ from their rural conterparts? What are the monetary, cultural, and electoral implications of economic divisions? Join Senator Heitkamp and Gary Cohn for a conversation on the real state of economic regionalization.
LINK https://iop.harvard.edu/calendar/events/sen-heidi-heitkamp-and-gary-cohn-all-economies-are-not-created-equal-regionalization
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Thursday, April 11 - Friday, April 12
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Controlling Death? The policies, practices, and ethics of choosing when we die
Thursday, April 11 - Friday, April 12
Harvard Medical School Campus, Boston
RSVP at https://www.events.harvard.edu/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=E6C5C1B3-5AAC-4BCF-B4DF-C030421225E1&&varPage=register
This two-day conference will explore ethical, legal, and clinical aspects of evolving practices of euthanasia and physician-assisted death. How ought we to think about the choices of determining the time and manner of death for our loved ones, our patients, and ourselves? How should the health and legal professions respond to these rapidly evolving practices and choices?
About the Conference: The Harvard Medical School Annual Bioethics Conference convenes leaders in the field to explore ethical questions and concerns in healthcare. Held each April, this conference facilitates conversations among experts, and supports members of ethics committees, health care professionals, bioethicists, administrators, attorneys and others who are interested in addressing ethical issues.
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Thursday, April 11
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Should Robots Be Our Friends? Ethical and social scientific implications of the growing emotional engagement of humans with AI agents and robots
Thursday, April 11
all day
BU Photonics Center, 8 St. Mary's Street, Boston
Artificial intelligence is increasingly prevalent in our work, social, and civic lives. From the ubiquitous voice-enabled personal assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri to autonomous vehicles and robotic elder care, AI permeates contemporary life; it is critical that researchers interrogate what it means to be human in a world of AI. To that end, Boston University presents an international symposium, inviting scholars, policy-makers, and analysts to collaboratively investigate artificial intelligence in relationship to society, specifically exploring issues such as labor, ethics, emotions, and identity.
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Sustainability Lunch Series: Constructing an Inclusive and Resilient Food System
Thursday, April 11
11:45am to 12:45pm
MIT, Building E62-276, 100 Main Street, Cambridge
Join a session led by Dr. Laté Lawson-Lartego - Oxfam America’s Food Systems Theme Director. Dr. Laté Lawson-Lartego has over 20 years of experience in both the private and nonprofit sectors. His theme’s vision is inclusive, resilient sustainable and healthy food systems for all. The theme straddles program, policy and campaign and comprises three sub-themes: Inclusive Value Chain, Women’s Economic Empowerment and Food and Climate Justice.
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New Rules for New Tech
WHEN Thursday, April 11, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Bell Hall , Belfer Building, 5th Floor, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Information Technology, Lecture, Social Sciences, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government at the Harvard Kennedy School.
SPEAKER(S) Tom Wheeler, M-RCBG senior research fellow and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman (2013-2017)
CONTACT INFO mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
DETAILS This seminar will be given by Tom Wheeler, M-RCBG senior research fellow and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman (2013-2017). Lunch will be served.
RSVPs are helpful: mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
LINK https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/news-events/event-calendar#nextevent
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White Nationalism’s Deep American Roots
WHEN Thursday, April 11, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Center for the Study of World Religions, Common Room, 42 Francis Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Religious Literacy Project at Harvard Divinity School and the Center for the Study of World Religions
SPEAKER(S) Catherine Brekus, HDS Professor
Adam Serwer, Staff writer at The Atlantic and 2019 Shorenstein fellow
CONTACT INFO agoldberg@hds.harvard.edu
DETAILS White nationalism, Christian nationalism, and White supremacy are often represented as “extremist” views perpetrated by radical fringes of US society. In this series, we seek to challenge that view by exploring “mainstream” manifestations of these perspectives and what those representations suggest about how we might understand our current social and political polarization.
All participants are asked to complete short readings and to come prepared to discuss them with others in attendance. Readings can be accessed here: https://rlp.hds.harvard.edu/programs/exploring-white-nationalism
LINK https://hds.harvard.edu/news/public-events-calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D131981635
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Participatory modeling for environmental planning
Thursday, April 11
12:00-1:00pm
Tufts, Multi-purpose Room, Curtis Hall, 474 Boston Avenue, Medford
Moira Zellner, Associate Professor, University of Illinois – Chicago.
This talk will discuss how the use of visualization tools in collaborative water planning efforts allow people who are planning for future water sustainability to see the hidden aspects of land- and water-use decisions on water supply and flooding, and how such visualization contributes to collective deliberation and innovation. Moira Zellner’s team developed a collaborative complex systems modeling approach, where stakeholders worked in small groups around different types of models—from highly abstracted models to geographically detailed models of land use, water use, and water dynamics—to recognize and assess the interactive impacts of different planning strategies. This talk focuses on the modeling and facilitation strategies that supported stakeholders' planning with an understanding of complexity.
Dr. Moira Zellner is an Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Policy at University of Illinois – Chicago. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Moira earned her undergraduate degree in ecology at the Centro de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Exactas and pursued graduate studies in urban and regional planning and in complex systems at the University of Michigan . Before coming to the United States, she worked as a consultant on environmental issues for local and international environmental engineering firms and for the undersecretary of environment in the city of Buenos Aires. Dr. Zellner’s current work includes greenway development and river
restoration projects in Miami Beach and in California, and transportation surveys. In her position at UIC, she has served as primary investigator and co-investigator for multi-disciplinary projects studying how specific policy, technological, and behavioral changes can effectively address a range of complex social and environmental problems, where interaction effects make responsibilities and burdens unclear. Her research also examines the value of complexity-based modeling for participatory policy exploration and social learning with stakeholders. Moira teaches a variety of workshops on complexity-based modeling of socio-ecological systems, for training of both scientists and decision-makers.
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Network Science Institute: The Evolution of Friendships and Homophily
Thursday, April 11
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Northeastern, 11th floor, 177 Huntington Ave, Boston
Speaker: Matthew O. Jackson, William D. Eberle Professor of Economics , Stanford University
Abstract: We examine friendship formation among university students over their four years of study. Students begin by making friendships widely with others of different ethnicities and gender. By sophomore year they increase the number of their friendships, dropping friendships with others of different ethnicities and gender on average, and adding friendships with those of the same ethnicity and gender. Over time, their friendships also increase with others who are similar along some personality dimensions. Students' levels of homophily predict their learning in different ways across gender.About the SpeakerMatthew O. Jackson is the William D. Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University and an external faculty member of the Santa Fe Institute and a senior fellow of CIFAR. He was at Northwestern University and Caltech before joining Stanford, and received his BA from Princeton University in 1984 and PhD from Stanford in 1988. Jackson's research interests include game theory, microeconomic theory, and the study of social and economic networks, on which he has published many articles and the books `The Human Network' and `Social and Economic Networks'. He also teaches an online course on networks and co-teaches two others on game theory. Jackson is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, a Game Theory Society Fellow, and an Economic Theory Fellow, and his other honors include the von Neumann Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Social Choice and Welfare Prize, the B.E.Press Arrow Prize for Senior Economists, and teaching awards. He has served as co-editor of Games and Economic Behavior, the Review of Economic Design, and Econometrica.
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The Job: Work and Its Future in a Time of Radical Change
Thursday, April 11
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
BU, The Pardee Center, 67 Bay State Road, Boston
RSVP at https://www.bu.edu/pardee/2019/03/19/upcoming-seminar-the-job-work-and-its-future-in-a-time-of-radical-change/
Join us for a Pardee Center seminar, "The Job: Work and Its Future in a Time of Radical Change," on Thursday, April 11. The panel will feature Ellen Ruppel Shell (Pardee Center Faculty Associate and Professor and Co-Director of the Graduate Program in Science Journalism), Patricia Cortes (Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy, and Law at the Questrom School of Business), and Michel Anteby (Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Questrom School of Business).
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Pathways to Happiness: Focusing on What Matters (A Two-Part Series)
Thursday, April 11
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
MIT, Building NE49-5000 (5th floor, L-Lab), 600 Technology Square, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pathways-to-happiness-focusing-on-what-matters-a-two-part-series-registration-54526681773
Presenter: Joan Klagsbrun, Ph.D.; Certifying Coordinator, Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapist and Focusing Trainer, The International Focusing Institute
Did you know that the average person requires five positive comments to cancel out just one negative? This type of negative thinking is not only common, but also serves as a roadblock to well-being. If you want to learn how to retrain your brain, join this interactive workshop.
Participants are not required to attend both sessions.
Part One: Pathways to Well-Being, Thursday, April 11, 2019 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
During this workshop, you will:
Review findings from research in positive psychology
Learn about the benefits of positive and mindful thinking for emotional and physical health
Define simple techniques to combat negativity bias and to enhance and deepen positivity
Part Two: Pathways to Joy, Thursday, April 25, 2019 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
During this workshop, you will:
Review the benefits and tenets of positive psychology
Explore and bring focus to experiences and aspects of your life that carry the most meaning and joy
Discuss approaches toward incorporating happiness and well-being practice into your regular routine
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The Annual Distinguished Lecture presented by David Cole, National Legal Director of ACLU
Thursday, April 11
12:45 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
BU, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Barristers Hall, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/55413381917
BU Law's Annual Distinguished Lecture Thursday, April 11th, 2019 will feature David Cole, the National Legal Director of the ACLU as he presents on the topic of "Preserving Liberty in the Trump Era: Lessons from the Legal Resistance.”
Shortly after President Trump was elected, the ACLU told President Trump, “We’ll see you in court.” It warned that if he tried to implement the unconstitutional and illegal initiatives he had promised on the campaign trail, the ACLU would resist. Since then, the ACLU has filed more than 200 Trump-related legal actions and has won injunctions against a host of Trump’s initiatives. It obtained the first injunction against the Muslim ban, successfully challenged the DHS “family separation” policy, freed a US citizen held as an “enemy combatant” without charges, and blocked an anti-abortion policy. But it hasn’t merely sued the president; it has also launched a grassroots arm, and engaged citizens directly in the defense of liberty.
Drawing on lessons from sources as diverse as the NRA and advocates for marriage equality, David Cole, the ACLU’s National Legal Director, will discuss how all of us can play a part in standing up in defense of liberty—and why that is, in the end, our best hope.
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The Business Case for Sustainable Development
WHEN Thursday, April 11, 1:15 – 2:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Taubman Building, Allison Dining Room (5th Floor), 15 Elliot Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Lecture, Social Sciences, Special Events, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government at the Harvard Kennedy School.
SPEAKER(S) Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever (2009-2018)
CONTACT INFO mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
DETAILS This seminar will be given by Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever (2009-2018). Lunch will be served. RSVPs are helpful: mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
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BU Rally for Divestment
Thursday, April 11
3 PM – 4 PM
BU, Marsh Plaza, 735 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
More information at https://www.facebook.com/events/794730717563079/
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Trade for Matching and Trade as Insurance: How Does Interprovincial Electricity Trade React to Renewable Energy Surge in China?
Thursday, April 11
3:30PM
Harvard, 100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Li Jianglong, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard-China Project; Professor, School of Economics and Finance, Xi'an Jiaotong University, will give a talk as part of the Harvard-China Project Seminar Series.
Abstract: Electricity markets in China were largely segmented with little electricity interconnection. However, the recent surge in renewable energy deployment may have created additional impulses to interprovincial electricity trade, aiming at providing insurance by reciprocal load smoothing and/or matching unevenly distributed electricity demand and supply. In previous literature, the network nature and non-random zero flows of electricity trade have been widely ignored, and the causality between renewable energy and electricity trade has not been well identified yet. By developing a two-stage estimation approach with spatial dependence, we show how renewable energy affects bilateral electricity trade among provinces, and thus changes the integration of electricity markets. We found that adjacent provinces may gain benefits from electricity trade by providing reliability and redundancy for each other, but local protectionism for self-supply could result in a decreased amount of electricity trade. It is a different story for long distance ultra-high-voltage transmission because faraway provinces cannot share back-up capacity. The incentives may come from the central government to match the over-supply and unmet-demand across geography, and from grids to seek the electricity price gaps among regions. We anticipate to provide insights on how electricity trade pattern is formed and influenced, as well as to better understand the gains and losses of electricity trade.
https://chinaproject.harvard.edu/event/li20190404
Contact Name: Tiffany Chan
tiffanychan@seas.harvard.edu
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CSAIL Alliances Lecture: Behavioral Planning and How to Escape the Hype Cycle of Autonomous Vehicles
Thursday, April 11
4:00pm to 5:00pm
MIT, Building E32 - D463, Ray and Maria Stata Center, Star Conference Room, Vassar Street, Cambridge
Join CSAIL Alliances for a talk featuring May Mobility's Edwin Olson.
The hype cycle for autonomous vehicles has reached the disillusionment phase. Why have robo-taxis not lived up to their promises? While many point to the many subtle/rare edge-cases that a self-driving vehicle might encounter (like policemen directing traffic or the moral brain teasers known as trolley problems), the reality is more mundane: self-driving cars perform poorly even in routine interactions with other road users. The problem is that other road users dynamically react to the actions of the self-driving car; those interactions must not only be understood but also actively manipulated.
In this talk, I'll describe a planning approach called Multi-Policy Decision Making (MPDM) that helps autonomous vehicles understand and exploit the coupled behavior of the agents on a roadway. I'll present results from controlled experiments using small robots as well as comment on lessons learned through the commercial deployment of MPDM in autonomous vehicles on public roads in downtown Detroit and Columbus. We believe this technology can help push self-driving vehicles past the disillusionment phase, starting with shuttles and eventually tackling robo-taxis.
About the Speaker
Edwin Olson is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at the University of Michigan, and co-founder/CEO of May Mobility, Inc., which develops self-driving shuttles. He earned his PhD from MIT in 2008 for work in robot mapping. He has worked on autonomous vehicles for over a decade, including work on the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge, vehicles for Ford and Toyota Research Institute, and now May Mobility. His academic research includes work on perception, planning, and mapping. He was awarded a DARPA Young Faculty Award, named one of Popular Science's "Brilliant 10", and was winner of the 2010 MAGIC robotics competition. He is perhaps best known for his work on AprilTags, SLAM using MaxMixtures and SGD, and Multi-Policy Decision Making.
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History Matters: David M. Powers's "Good & Comfortable Words"
Thursday, April 11
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
Congregational Library & Archives, 14 Beacon Street #206, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/58870150204
What did people on the Massachusetts frontier hear from their minister when they gathered for weekly worship each Sunday in the 1640s? What were the most important issues in the community of Springfield in its first decade? And what concerned their minister?
On Thursday, April 11, 2019, at 4 p.m., the Library will host author David M. Powers, who while doing research for his biography of William Pynchon, the founder of Springfield, was able to decode two sets of notes taken in 1640. John Pynchon, the founder’s teenaged son, invented his own system of “shortwriting” to record on the spot what he heard of the sermons by the community’s first minister, the Rev. George Moxon. Transcriptions of those notes, plus a later notebook by John, make up the core of David’s new book, Good and Comfortable Words: The Coded Sermon Notes of John Pynchon and the Frontier Preaching Ministry of George Moxon. Images of the notes themselves may be found on the Congregational Library and Archives “New England’s Hidden Histories” web pages.
David M. Powers is a native of Springfield, Massachusetts, and a graduate of Carleton College and Harvard University. He is the author of Damnable Heresy: William Pynchon, the Indians, and the First Book Banned (and Burned) in Boston. David speaks about and writes books and articles on seventeenth century Puritan history.
The event is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required
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HILT Education Innovation Showcase
Thursday, April 11
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
Harvard Innovation Labs, 125 Western Avenue, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hilt-education-innovation-showcase-tickets-57711159632
Please join us for an afternoon of education innovation sponsored by the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching (HILT). This University-wide event will spotlight HILT-funded prototypes, pilots, and small-scale innovations related to learning, teaching, and advancement in education. Come learn about these amazing projects created by Harvard faculty, staff, and students! We hope you'll adopt some models into your own teaching or learning, provide helpful feedback to our innovators, and be inspired to develop an education innovation of your own!
For more information about this event, please email: hilt_grants@harvard.edu
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UNICEF and the Humanitarian Response
WHEN Thursday, April 11, 4:30 – 5:45 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer 166 (IOP Conference Room), 79 John F. Kennedy StreetCambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Classes/Workshops, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Institute of Politics
SPEAKER(S) Cathy Russell, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues (2013-2018) and IOP Spring 2019 Resident Fellow
Samantha Vinograd, National Security Analyst at CNN and Co-Founder of Global Opportunity Advisors
DETAILS International organizations play a key role in supporting women and girls around the world. Samantha Vinograd will discuss challenges that non-profits face today and why she considers their work to be so important from a national security perspective. Ms. Vinograd will discuss her work with the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, which has included trying to leverage social media to expand the reach of non-profits messages, her efforts to build public private partnerships, and her field missions with UNICEF.
LINK https://iop.harvard.edu/calendar/events/amb-cathy-russell-and-samantha-vinograd-unicef-and-humanitarian-response
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Starr Forum: Night Watch: A discussion about nuclear warfare
Thursday, April 11
4:30pm to 6:00pm
MIT, Building E14-674, Media Lab, Multipurpose Room, 75 Amherst Street Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/starr-forum-night-watch-a-discussion-about-nuclear-warfare-tickets-54382036134
Speakers: Alexander Maggio, is a writer and producer on the CBS drama MADAM SECRETARY. He was part of the team that developed the story of "Night Watch" and figured out how to dramatize the danger of hair-trigger alert status. As an MFA graduate of UCLA, his thesis play, LOST CAUSE, was an Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition runner-up and an O’Neill Semifinalist. His theatrical work has been performed in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Houston, Aspen and Santa Cruz. Before becoming a playwright, Alex worked as an analyst for the Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington, DC, and as Teaching Fellow in History for Andover Phillips Academy. In his spare time, he’s a trivia junkie trying to relive his glory days on JEOPARDY!, where he was a three-day champion. B.A. Yale University.
Vipin Narang, MIT nuclear security expert, associate professor of political science and a member of MIT’s Security Studies Program, will discuss the threat of nuclear war today.
Co-sponsors: MIT Center for International Studies, Mass Peace Action
Free & open to the public | Refreshments served
Can't attend in person? Watch it on Facebook live or on-demand on YouTube.
For more information or accessibility accommodations please contact starrforum@mit.edu.
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2019 Green Streets Commuter Challenge Awards Celebration and Kick-Off Event
Thursday, April 11
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
Cambridge City Hall, 795 Mass Avenue, Sullivan Chamber, Second Floor, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-green-streets-commuter-challenge-awards-celebration-and-kick-off-event-tickets-57631220532
Celebrate Green Streets Initiative's 2018 Commuter Challenge winners and kick-off our 2019 Workplace Commuter Challenge!
Hosted by the Office of Cambridge Mayor Marc McGovern, a leader in proposing and supporting policies that improve the safety and mobility of all those who use our streets. Mayor McGovern and special guests will share some perspectives with the audience and present awards to representatives of Green Streets' 2018 Commuter Challenge workplaces.
Attendees will include new and veteran Challenge coordinators and participants from leading Boston area workplaces, Green Streets’ colleague organizations, business organizations, sponsors, donors,funders and other supporters as well as media and members of the public.
Confirmed Speakers:
Cambridge Mayor, Marc McGovern
Bill Kane, EVP, BioMed Realty
Beth Eisenhower, Architect, Miller Dyer Spears
Mark Boswell, Sr. Developer, Enel X
Light refreshments from Pemberton Farms and guest giveaways from Commuter Benefits Solutions, BlueBikes and Cambridge Community Development and others.
Also on the agenda: a short video produced by Takeda Pharmaceuticals about their experience with Green Streets' Commuter Challenge
Register for the 2019 Challenge here. For more info, visit www.gogreenstreets.org or email info@gogreenstreets.org.
PS. There's also an "after party" for Workplace Coordinators at a nearby restaurant. Email info@gogreenstreets.org for more info.
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Gutman Library Book Talk: The Alliance Way: The Making of a Bully-Free School
WHEN Thursday, Apr. 11, 2019, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Askwith Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Education
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Gutman Libary
SPEAKER(S) Tina Owen-Moore
TICKET WEB LINK Please RSVP: bit.ly/TheAllianceWay
CONTACT INFO Myanne Krivoshey
DETAILS Filled with real stories from an innovative school with a critical and compelling mission, The Alliance Way is an inspiring and practical resource for educators seeking answers on how to make schools engaging, accepting, and safe for all students.
LINK https://www.hepg.org/hep-home/books/the-alliance-way#
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The Longevity Revolution is here: Exploring Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Thursday, April 11
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Cambridge Innovation Center, 245 Main Street, 3rd Floor Mosaic Room, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.mitforumcambridge.org/event/the-longevity-revolution/
Cost: $25 Members; $25 Livestream Members; $45 Non-Members: $45 Livestream Non-Members; $10 Students; $10 Livestream Students; $5 Student Members; $5 Livestream Student Members
This event will be live streamed - select the live stream ticket option @ checkout if you would like to watch the event online.
If you registered for the live stream, you'll be emailed a link & password between 5:30PM & 6:00PM on the day of the event
The massive shift in the demographics of aging is generating unprecedented entrepreneurial opportunities. The world needs scalable, tech-enabled innovations that serve the evolving needs of the rapidly increasing older adult population.
This emerging phenomenon – The Longevity Economy- will drive change in every aspect of life from health care and social services to new hardware and software solutions that allow people to live truly connected, healthier fulfilling lives.
Today’s 50+ year-olds control almost 80% of US aggregate net worth and they are increasingly more tech-savvy. They are heavy users of the Internet and social networking, they spend more money online than either Gen X or Gen Y consumers and they are looking for innovations to help them age well, including access to affordable and quality:
lifelong engagement and aging in community
medical care
economic security
service-enriched housing
mobility
assistance with activities of daily living
age-friendly products that are designed without stigma
radical advances in brain health and chronic disease management
Companies that fully grasp the opportunities generated by the Longevity Economy will enjoy a 106 million-plus market (in the U.S.) that is expected to spend $20 billion in 2020 for elder focused products and services alone. Come learn how you can participate in the Longevity Economy from industry thought leaders and entrepreneurs who are blazing the trail.
The MIT Enterprise Forum is partnering with AGENCY - a co-working space for collective impact where innovators focused on aging and longevity can grow their companies.
Moderator
Jody Holtzman, Senior Managing Partner, Longevity Venture Partners
Speakers
Moulay Elalamy, Vice President, IT, Benchmark Senior Living
Codi Gharagouzloo, CEO, Imaginostics
Phil Lambert, Senior Vice President, Discovery and Labs, Life Biosciences
Kendra Seavey, Clinical Administration Director, care.coach
Host
Danielle D. Duplin, Cofounder and Global Launch Director, AGENCY
Event Schedule
Registration & Networking: 5:30 - 6:00 PM
Welcome and Panel Discussion: 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Networking hour after the event: 8:00 - 9:00 PM
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Robert Caro: Writing History
Thursday, April 11
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
JFK Library, Smith Hall, Columbia Point, Dorchester
RSVP at https://www.jfklibrary.org/events-and-awards/forums/04-11-Robert-Caro or by calling 617-514-1643
Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Robert Carodiscusses his new book, Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing, detailing his experiences researching and writing books on President Lyndon B. Johnson and Robert Moses.
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Boston Climate Action Network - Action Team Meeting
Thursday, April 11
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
First Baptist Church, 633 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-climate-action-network-action-team-meeting-tickets-54297380928
We're working towards fighting climate change through improved energy policy and education at the local level in Boston. The BCAN Action Team meeting is a great way to get directly involved in the effort to combat climate change in the era of Trump. We gather twice per month on the 2nd and 4th Thursday from 6:00-8pm at First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain.
Come meet the Communications Team, the Arts Team, and other dedicated climate campaigners to learn how you can help us plan outreach for the Community Choice Energy campaign.
Curious to learn more about Community Choice Energy? Check out our video!
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RPP Colloquium: "Indigenous Guardianship, Nature, and Peace: Holistic Being and Living"
Thursday, April 11
6 – 8:30pm
Harvard, Sperry Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP at https://harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cYk7nGwARPM8xQ9
Margarita Mora, Director of Partnerships, Nia Tero
Indira S. Raimberdy, Executive Director, Peace Building Center
Moderator
Professor Dan McKanan, Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Association Senior Lecturer in Divinity, Harvard Divinity School
About Margarita Mora: Margarita Mora has dedicated the past 16 years to devising and implementing strategies for supporting indigenous peoples and communities efforts to protect nature. She led Conservation International's Conservation Stewards Program, a pioneer in the conservation agreements model, and has been involved in setting fair deals in 19 countries around the globe. She is applying the lessons and experiences from this work to shape Nia Tero's approach to building partnerships with indigenous peoples worldwide. This involves supporting indigenous peoples self-determined vision to strengthen their culture, wisdom and nature. Margarita believes that if ecosystems that are vital for humanity's well-being are to thrive, the people who have sustained these places and are most knowledgeable about them must also thrive. She is a Conservation Fellow a the Mulago Foundation, a Director's Fellow at the MIT Media Lab, and Heinrich Böll Stiftung alumna.
Focus of Margarita's talk: Margarita will provide an overview of indigenous guardianship and the need to use holistic approaches that do not split indigenous peoples' identity and culture from the management and protection of their territories. She will share experiences where indigenous peoples' efforts to strengthen guardianship over their territories has also led to them strengthening their culture and practices and to reducing conflict.
About Indira Raimberdieva: Between 1998 and 2008 Indira worked on main stream consensus building, meditation and preventive community empowerment with inter-ethnic cross-border communities located in the Ferghana Valley (area between Kyrgystan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan). After many disappointments with main stream approaches to conflict, she started searching for solutions related to the human soul rather than infrastructure, laws and other external regulations. In 2008 Indira established the Peace Building Center, a non-governmental organization focused on in-depth exploration, revival and practical application of nomadic traditional cultures for conceptualization of spiritually-oriented models of development in post-Soviet society and peaceful culture based on conflict transformation.
Focus of Indira's talk: Indira will share a comparative analysis of indigenous culture and religious systems dominating Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia, and will talk about the importance of indigenous culture as a coherent system of values and life practices that can enhance peace potential at both individual and collective levels.
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Carceral Capitalism: A Book Reading and Discussion with Jackie Wang
Thursday, April 11
6:30pm
MIT, Building E15, Bartos Theater, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-reading-jackie-wang-tickets-58379156629
Artworks on view in Kapwani Kiwanga: Safe Passage raise issues of racialized surveillance and the power dynamics of being seen and unseen. Join Jackie Wang for a reading and discussion of her latest book, Carceral Capitalism, a collection of essays on the contemporary continuum of incarceration: the biopolitics of juvenile delinquency, predatory policing, the political economy of fees and fines, and algorithmic policing. Wang will examine contemporary incarceration techniques that have emerged since the 1990s continuing the lineage of surveillance in its relation to blackness in America.
Speaker Bio: Jackie Wang is a student of the dream state, black studies scholar, prison abolitionist, poet, performer, library rat, trauma monster and PhD student at Harvard University. She is the author of a number of punk zines including On Being Hard Femme, as well as a collection of dream poems titled Tiny Spelunker of the Oneiro-Womb.
Copies of Carceral Capitalism will be made for sale at the event by the MIT Press Bookstore.
This program is free and open to the general public but RSVPs are required. RSVP here.
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The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees
Thursday April 11
6:30 pm
Public Library of Brookline, 31 Pleasant Street, Brookline
Meredith May in conversation with Noah Wilson-Rich
This event will take place at the Coolidge Corner location of the Public Library of Brookline. Meredith will be in conversation with Noah Wilson-Rich.
An extraordinary story of a girl, her grandfather and one of nature’s most mysterious and beguiling creatures: the honeybee. Meredith May recalls the first time a honeybee crawled on her arm. She was five years old, her parents had recently split and suddenly she found herself in the care of her grandfather, an eccentric beekeeper who made honey in a rusty old military bus in the yard. In that moment she discovered that everything she needed to know about life and family was right before her eyes, in the secret world of bees.
Part memoir, part beekeeping odyssey, The Honey Bus is an unforgettable story about finding home in the most unusual of places, and how a tiny, little-understood insect could save a life.
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Rip Rapson with Maurice Cox and Toni Griffin
WHEN Thursday, Apr. 11, 2019, 6:30 – 8 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Graduate School of Design, Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard University Graduate School of Design
SPEAKER(S) Rip Rapson, Maurice Cox, Toni Griffin
TICKET WEB LINK https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/event/rip-rapson-with-maurice-cox-and-toni-griffin/
CONTACT INFO Anyone requiring accessibility accommodations should contact the events office at (617) 496-2414 or events@gsd.harvard.edu.
DETAILS Join us for a keynote conversation between Rip Rapson, president and CEO of The Kresge Foundation, urban planner Maurice Cox and Professor Toni L. Griffin as part of the Just City conference.
LINK https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/event/rip-rapson-with-maurice-cox-and-toni-griffin/
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NOVA's Addiction Screening & Panel Discussion
Thursday, April 11
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)
WGBH, 1 Guest Street, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/novas-addiction-screening-panel-discussion-tickets-59471615202
Please join us for a screening at WGBH of the film Addiction, a new documentary from its nationally acclaimed science series NOVA, about the deadliest drug epidemic in US history. In 2017 alone, approximately 70,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, fueled by easy access to drugs such as heroin, fentanyl, and even prescription medications like OxyContin. Now, science is revealing how addiction affects the brain and top experts are gathering evidence about how we should address our drug problem, from embracing evidence-based treatments, to rethinking public policies. With vivid case studies and insights into the latest scientific breakthroughs, NOVAunravels the complex and tragic puzzle of how addiction works, and how it can be beaten.
Panelists:
Dr. Michael Hamrock, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center Comprehensive Addiction Program
Dan Lynch, Caron Foundation
7pm Screening of NOVA's Addiction
8pm Panel Discussion
This event is presented by WGBH in collaboration with the Boston Police Department District 14 and with the Allston Brighton Substance Abuse Task Force.
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Between the Human Animal and the Animate Earth
WHEN Thursday, Apr. 11, 2019, 7 – 9 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Lecture Hall, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Level 0, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Religion
SPONSOR Center for the Study of World Religions, Critical Media Practice, the Film Study Center, the Sensory Ethnography Lab, and the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies
CONTACT CSWR, 617.495.4476
DETAILS A screening of the new documentary, Becoming Animal about the work of cultural ecologist David Abram (author of The Spell of the Sensuous), followed by an open conversation with David Abram and Lucien Castaing-Taylor (Director of Harvard’s Sensory Ethnography Lab).
Becoming Animal
Directed by Peter Mettler and Emma Davie
2018 Switzerland / UK
78 min, DCP, English
David Abram--cultural ecologist and geophilosopher--is the author of Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology, and of The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-than-Human World. Described as “daring” and “truly original” by Science, and as "revolutionary" by the Los Angeles Times, Dr. Abram’s work has helped catalyze the emergence of several new disciplines, including the burgeoning field of ecopsychology. A close student of the traditional ecological knowledge of diverse indigenous peoples, David was the first contemporary philosopher to advocate for a reappraisal of "animism" as a complexly nuanced and uniquely viable worldview. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, and recently held the international Arne Naess Chair in Global Justice and the Environment in Norway. Dr. Abram is creative director of the Alliance for Wild Ethics (AWE), an organization dedicated to cultural metamorphosis through a rejuvenation of place-based oral culture--the culture of face-to-face and face-to-place storytelling. He lives with his family in the foothills of the southern Rockies.
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The Opioid Crisis: Improving Lives and Preventing Addiction
Thursday, April 11
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM EDT
Suffolk, Sargent Hall, 4th Floor, Faculty Dining Room, 120 Tremont Street, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/59010941314
The 2nd Annual Quality Champions Panel Discussion
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement Student Chapter proudly presents “The Opioid Crisis: Improving Lives and Preventing Addiction.” Each year, the IHI Student Chapter promotes topics that are vital to our healthcare system and community. This year we will focus on the opioid crisis our nation is facing. Our panel of speakers will include Dr. Jennifer Michaels, Medical Director, Adult Outpatient Services at the Brien Center, Dr. Ken Duckworth, Medical Director at National Alliance on Mental Illness, and Peter Thompson, an advocate and founder of Braintree’s Community Partnership on Substance Use.
Our speakers will share their perspectives on the crisis, how the epidemic is affecting the community they serve, and current initiatives to fight the crisis.
Contact us with any questions at zszymkowicz@su.suffolk.edu. This event is open to the Suffolk University community, is free of charge, and refreshments will be served.
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"Bias" Documentary Film Screening & Discussion
WHEN Thursday, Apr. 11, 2019, 7:15 – 9:45 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Law School, Langdell Hall South, 1563 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Film
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School, The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, and the Boston Law Collaborative
SPEAKER(S) Robin Hauser, Filmmaker & Audrey Lee, Mediator & Executive Director, BLC Institute
COST Free
CONTACT INFO Polly Hamlen, Program on Negotiation
mhamlen@law.harvard.edu
(617) 496-9383
DETAILS The documentary feature "bias" follows filmmaker Robin Hauser on a journey to uncover her hidden biases and explore how unconscious bias defines relationships, workplaces, our justice system, and technology. The film includes interviews withMahzarin Banaji and Anthony Greenwald, and explores the results of the Implicit Assumption Test. A Q&A session with filmmaker Robin Hauser will follow the screening.
LINK https://www.pon.harvard.edu/events/pon-events-upcoming/
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A Vision Sharing Session for Renewable Energy in Massachusetts
Thursday, April 11
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.; Presentation begins at 7:30 p.m
First Parish in Cambridge, Unitarian Universalist; 3 Church Street, Harvard Square
with Andrew McLeod of McLeod Consulting
“Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then we shall find the way”
- Abraham Lincoln
Let “the thing” be a vision for renewable energy in Massachusetts. What are your dreams for this? What happens when we share our dreams with others? Can we find some common vision that inspires and unites us?
The purpose of this meeting is to hear from you about what could be achieved in the years and decades ahead. Andrew McLeod has conducted vision sharing sessions that lead organizations to greater clarity and a unifying path to move forward. This BASEA Forum is about stepping back for a wide view of a future that we want to see. More details to follow: sign up for Forum announcements at our website:
Boston Area Solar Energy Association at http://www.basea.org
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Noam Chomsky & Amy Goodman, Movie Premiere & Live Presentations
Thursday, April 11
7:30 PM
Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/562342094280788/
Noam Chomsky premieres "Internationalism or Extinction" and surveys the political moment in his first major talk in the Boston area in two years. Noam will be joined by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now.
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Friday April 12 - Saturday April 13
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Movement Lawyering: Lessons From and For Critical Race Theory
Friday April 12, 6PM - 11PM - Saturday April 13, 9AM - 9PM
Harvard Law School, Langdell North, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/movement-lawyering-lessons-from-and-for-critical-race-theory-tickets-58587450642
Derrick Bell originally founded CRT on the principle that it would be used to guide lawyers, scholars, activists, and communities to work together to build social movements to dismantle systems of oppression. In 1981, a group of Harvard Law students, led by Kimberlé Crenshaw, organized an “Alternative Course” on race and law at Harvard Law School to boycott a mini-course on race offered by HLS administration as a failed attempt to appease students demanding a discussion of race and law. The Alternative Course was in many ways the first institutionalized expression of CRT. Since then scholars, lawyers, and activists have utilized CRT principles to conceptualize how systems of oppression are designed to marginalize peoples at the intersection of race and their other identities, including gender, sexual orientation, immigration status, and class. Today, lawyers are still left grappling with how to dismantle these systems of subordination in partnership with communities, as well as the relevance of CRT in guiding that work. Today, 37 years later, Harvard Law students are carrying forward the critical tradition sparked by the 1981 student organizers by organizing the first CRT Conference at HLS. The conference seeks to re-ignite this conversation by exploring how CRT today contributes to the power building efforts of modern social movements led by communities and lawyers working to dismantle systems of subordination at the intersection of race and other marginalized identities.
Conference sessions include:
CRT: Origins, Developments, and Futures
The Alternative Course: Reclaiming Student Organizing, Power, and Action
Models of Effective Movement Lawyering for Racial Liberation
Addressing Intimate partner, gender, and sexual violence in Mixed-Status Communities Through Movement Lawyering
Scaling Movement Lawyering with(out) Critical Race Theory
Various workshops with scholars, activists, and movement lawyers.
PLEASE REGISTER ONLY FOR SESSIONS YOU ARE COMMITTED TO ATTENDING. We will prioritize space for people with tickets. However,we welcome everyone to attend!
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Friday, April 12 - Sunday, April 21
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Cambridge Science Festival
https://www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/schedule-2019/
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Building Sustainable Peace in Iraq: The Role of Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Peace Building
Friday, April 12
8:30 am to 5:00 pm
BU, 121 Bay State Road, Boston
One of the most costly and aggressive interventions in American history, the invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003 ushered in an era of state collapse, insecurity, ethno-religious violence, and new forms of authoritarianism culminating in the rise of ISIL in 2014. Current narratives of Iraq have eschewed tackling questions of transitional justice and post-conflict peace building. This workshop brings together leading experts on Iraq to explore how Iraqi state and society relations can benefit from peace-building paradigms as mechanisms for addressing stalled democratization.
Speakers include Shamiran Mako, Marsin Alshamary, Zahra Ali, Michael Youash, Ruba Al Hassani, Ibrahim Al Marashi, Toby Dodge, Hannibal Travis, and Alistair Edgar.
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2019 Forum on Future Cities: Urban Intelligence (UI)
Friday, April 12
9:00 AM to 7:00 PM (EDT)
The Broad Institute, 415 Main Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/54773882156
Cost: $0 - $81.20
The MIT Senseable City Lab cordially invites you to join us for the 2019 Forum on Future Cities: Urban Intelligence (UI). On Friday, April 12, 2019, thought leaders, industry heads, researchers, city officials and citizens at large will be invited to explore challenges, trends, and current issues impacting the fields of big data, digital technology, and the urban landscape.
As AI (Artificial Intelligence) becomes ubiquitous, it transforms many aspects of the environment we live in. In cities, AI is opening up a new era of an endlessly reconfigurable environment. Empowered by robust computers and elegant algorithms that can handle massive data sets, cities can make more informed decisions and create feedback loops between humans and the urban environment. It is what we call the raise of UI (Urban Intelligence).
The 2019 Forum on Future Cities will focus on four aspects of the UI transformation: autonomous vehicles, ubiquitous data collection, advaned data analytics, and novel ways of governing innovation. Thought leaders from government, academia, industry and civil society will explore such topics from different points of view, highlighting the scientific and technological challenges, the critical collective decisions we as a society will have to make, and the exciting possibilities ahead.
We are proud to be cohosting this event with the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Cities and Urbanization. The program will be followed by a reception.
We hope that you will join us this year and look forward to your participation in the events to come!
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Why Don't the Poor Adopt Technologies that Can Improve their Welfare?
Friday, April 12
12:00pm to 1:00pm
MIT, Building 48-316, Ralph M Parsons Laboratory, 15 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Prof. A. Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University
Abstract: Eighty percent of the world's population lives in developing countries. Living conditions are often dire: almost 2.5 billion people live on less than $2 per day, and over one billion people still defecate in the open. Some challenges for which seemingly simple solutions are readily available continue to cause great harm: indoor air pollution generated from traditional cook-stoves accounts for 22% of communicable child deaths globally (WHO 2005). A central puzzle in development is that effective, inexpensive technologies with the potential to address many of these problems exist, but are often not adopted or used. Prominent examples include health products (insecticide treated bednets, toilets, improved cookstoves), along with financial services (insurance, savings), agricultural technologies (improved seed varieties and fertilizer), and other rational response behaviors (e.g. rural-urban migration) that improve economic productivity. This talk will explore different aspects of these low-adoption problems and their implications for engineering design. It will draw on Mobarak's research in which he tests the predictions of economic models of technology adoption and behavior change by implementing large-scale field experiments in Asia and Africa that involve marketing new technologies.
Environmental Science Seminar Series
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Organic Nitrate Aerosols from Oxidation of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds
Friday, April 12
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Harvard, Pierce 100F, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Prof. Sally Ng, Georgia Tech
Secondary organic aerosols (SOA) contribute a substantial fraction of ambient fine particulate matter (PM) and have important implications on climate and health. Recent results from field studies have revealed the ubiquitous presence of organic nitrates in ambient organic aerosols at different locations around the world. Organic nitrates are a major component of reactive oxidized nitrogen and play an important role in the cycling of NOx, ozone, and aerosol formation. However, their formation mechanisms and fates are largely unexplored. The oxidation of monoterpenes in the presence of NOx is an important source of organic nitrates. This is a key mechanism in which human activities (NOx emissions) alter aerosol formation from biogenic emissions (emissions from trees) in the atmosphere. In this work, we investigate the formation and fates of organic nitrates generated from photochemical and nitrate radical oxidations of representative monoterpenes. Experiments are conducted in the Georgia Environmental Chamber facility (GTEC). A large suite of highly oxygenated gas- and particle-phase organic nitrates are formed rapidly. We investigate the properties and transformations of organic nitrates via hydrolysis, temperature perturbation, and further photochemical aging. Results from this study provide new insights into the chemical life cycles of organic nitrates, which will aid interpretation of ambient observations and provide fundamental inputs for atmospheric model developments to constrain organic nitrate chemistry and their impacts.
Speaker Bio: Dr. Nga Lee (Sally) Ng is an associate professor in the School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and the School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She earned her doctorate in Chemical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology and was a postdoctoral scientist at Aerodyne Research Inc. Dr. Ng’s research focuses on the understanding of the chemical mechanisms of aerosol formation and composition, as well as their health effects. Her group combines laboratory chamber studies and ambient field measurements to study aerosols using advanced mass spectrometry techniques. Dr. Ng serves as a co-editor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics and a member of the Editorial Board of Nature Scientific Reports, Journal of Aerosol Science, and ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. Dr. Ng is named among the world’s most highly cited researcher (top 1% of Geoscience). Dr. Ng’s research contribution has also been recognized by the Sheldon K. Friedlander Award and the Kenneth T. Whitby Award from the American Association for Aerosol Research, the EPA Early Career Award, the Health Effects Institute Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award, and the NSF CAREER Award.
Atmospheric & Environmental Chemistry Seminar
Contact: Kelvin Bates
Email: kelvin_bates@fas.harvard.edu
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The Strike of 1969, Protest at Harvard, and Organizing Today
WHEN Friday, April 12, 1 – 5 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Science Center, Science Hall E, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Social Sciences, Special Events, Support/Social
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
SPEAKER(S) Marshall Ganz, Harvard Kennedy School Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
Miles Rapoport, Ash Center Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy
COST Free
CONTACT INFO miles_rapoport@hks.harvard.edu
DETAILS This April marks the 50th Anniversary of the Harvard Strike of 1969. Not only was that spring a defining moment for the movement to end the War in Vietnam and for the University, it was a life-changing set of events for the people who participated. 50 years later, today’s activists and organizers are working at another pivotal moment, presenting an opportunity for the two groups to learn from each other.
Join Marshall Ganz, Harvard Kennedy School Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, and Miles Rapoport, Ash Center Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy, for an inter-generational discussion with student leaders and organizers at Harvard today about activism then and now.
Following the discussion, we encourage attendees to continue the conversation during a reception in the Archive Gallery from 5-7:30 p.m. in the Nathan Pusey Library. Pusey Library is located in Harvard Yard next to the Widener library.
This event is open to the public. RSVPs are not required, but seating is first come, first served. Questions? Email Miles Rapoport at miles_rapoport@hks.harvard.edu.
The full event agenda can be found on the Ash Center website.
LINK https://ash.harvard.edu/event/strike-1969-protest-harvard-and-organizing-today
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Nanomaterials and Devices for Spectrally-Selective Solar Energy Harvesting
Speaker: Susanna Thon, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Friday, April 12
1:45 PM to 2:45 PM
Tufts, Halligan Hall, Room 102, 161 College Avenue, Medford
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Creativity, Culture & Learning: A Conversation with Questlove
Friday, April 12
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Harvard, Science Center, Hall D, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/59491862763
The music artist and co-founder of The Roots, Questlove, comes to Harvard!
The music artist and co-founder of The Roots, Questlove, comes to campus to discuss his recent manifesto on creating, culture and learning — Creative Quest, a New York Times bestseller and nominated for a Grammy Award — and what it means to the future.
Questlove’s visit coincides with a growing presence of maker activity on campus and integration of humanities and the arts in the learning of engineering, design and science. Faculty from across Harvard University and leaders of making and learning off campus will discuss the growing role of creativity and culture in the learning of tomorrow. Questlove’s talk will be followed by a book signing.
Creativity, Culture & Learning will be moderated by David Edwards (SEAS)and is co-sponsored by the future SEAS maker center in Allston, DENIM (Design, Narration & Imaginative Making), and by The Cultural Agents Initiative via its Keyword seminar series (sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.)
Questlove is a 5-time GRAMMY Award Winning percussionist, producer, DJ, author, entrepreneur and designer. He is best known as the drummer and cofounder (with Black Thought) for the Grammy Award-winning band The Roots, appearing every night on the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.
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Building Your Toolkit for Social Change
Friday, April 12
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
Tufts, 574 Boston Avenue, 4th Floor Atrium, Medford
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/58658120016
Join us for Building Your Toolkit for Social Change, a series of social justice workshops from Tisch Scholars. We will focus on combating Islamophobia and also on fighting for racial and economic justice. These workshops will give participants the chance to understand the ways these systems of oppression operate in our lives, and the chance to collectively envision community based solutions. Coffee and tea will be provided as we gather, with food and conversation following the workshops.
Agenda:
1:45 Registration opens
2:00 Welcome and overview
2:20 Concurrent Workshops (see below for descriptions)
4:00 Come back together for food and conversation
Workshop A: Combating Xenophobia: Contextualizing Immigration Law
From barring enslaved and free black people from becoming citizens to the recent Muslim ban and ICE detainment centers, US immigration policy has often been fueled by racism and xenophobia. Join us for a workshop to learn about the racist history of immigration law, understand current immigration policy, and share action steps.
Workshop B: Racial and Economic Justice
This workshop will explore how race, ethnicity, and culture matter in society. How our personal class backgrounds and identities see to where we exist within circles of classism. Through a series of activities and discussions we will have a deeper understanding class and wealth as a system (beyond the personal/interpersonal) and the importance of moving towards systemic change.
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Science in the City 2019
Friday, April 12
2:00 PM to 6:00 PM (EDT)
795 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/58025135743
Join City of Cambridge departments as we take over City Hall and turn it into a Science Fair for the day! Play, learn, and create with us from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM on Friday, April 12th.
All participants in our scavenger hunts will get a prize! All you adults, participate and you'll be entered to win a special prize as well.
Lecture & Workshop Schedule
2:30PM: Sullivan Chambers
Cambridge Energy Alliance: Solar Energy: Solar is the most affordable electricity you can buy and it’s not just for homeowners! Learn more about all the ways to get solar: from installing at your building, leasing your roof to community solar projects, solar sharing with your neighbors or joining the Cambridge Community Electricity Program’s 100% Green Plus.
3PM: Sullivan Chambers
Climate Change Preparedness & Resiliency: The Port: Climate change means the future environment of Cambridge will shift to new averages and extremes for temperature, precipitation, and sea levels. Find out what the future might bring and what the City, residents, and the private sector are doing and can do.
3PM: Mayor's Lounge
Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities Film Showing: Unrest.
Jennifer Brea is about to marry the love of her life when she’s struck down by a fever that leaves her bedridden. When doctors tell her “it’s all in her head,” she turns her camera on herself and her community as she looks for answers and fights for a cure. http://bit.ly/2HZHq8O
3:30PM: Sullivan Chambers
Glocal Challenge Winners pitch their ideas
4:15PM: Sullivan Chambers
Cambridge Energy Alliance: Energy efficiency: The cheapest and most environmentally friendly energy is the energy you don’t waste! Learn more about how your home can be more comfortable and have lower utility bills. Tips and free energy efficiency programs for homeowners, business owners, renters, kids and everyone in between.
4:45PM: Sullivan Chambers
Cambridge Energy Alliance: Renewable thermal: Clean and green heating and cooling! Learn about why your next furnace or hot water heater should be an air-source heat pump or a solar hot water system. These technologies help you kick fossil fuels out of your home and can save you money too.
5PM: Mayor's Lounge
Commission for Persons with Disabilities Presentation on Service Animals
5:15PM: Sullivan Chambers
Studio HHH, the group that is bringing you this year's wind-powered art installation for the Cambridge Science Festival will answer your questions.
2PM to 6PM: Front Lawn
Urban Cycling Basics Workshops!
Finding the right kind of bike
Route planning
Safety equipment, including lights and a helmet
Locking properly
Transporting small loads or children by bike
Multi-modal commuting
Rules of the road and safety tips.
All participants in the bike workshops get a free helmet!
Activities
Agenda for Children Literacy Initiative
Science and Literacy at Home Doing science activities together with your children can help build their literacy skills too! Come join us for two activities that you can do here and at home:
Building Towers: Can you use these household materials to build a tower to hold up a tennis ball? A baseball? A stack of books? How tall can you make your tower before it falls over?
Colorful Creations: Use your imagination and science skills to turn coffee filters, markers and water into a colorful creature!
Cambridge GIS
Create a Cambridge Map: Cambridge Geographic Information Systems (GIS) will provide the map layers and you use them to make a map of Cambridge. Learn how simple data can be combined to make a map showing neighborhoods, parks, water bodies, and more!
Cambridge Water Department:
Have a fresh pour of Fresh Pond! Did you know that Cambridge has a reservoir and waterworks system separate from Greater Boston? Find out what it takes to protect the reservoir and how we go from natural water to high-quality drinking water with the Cambridge Water Department.
Mystic River Watershed Association
Stormwater Pollution – An Urban Threat to People and Wildlife: Find out how stormwater washes pollutants into our rivers, streams, ponds and lakes, impacting water quality. Fresh, clean water is important to birds, fish, aquatic invertebrates, plants and people. Discover more about stormwater and help us count fish!
City of Cambridge Department of Public Works Stormwater Division
What happens to stormwater after it rains or snow melts? Come learn about watersheds, where stormwater goes and what rides along through the use of the EnviroScape interactive model. Enviroscape dramatically demonstrates water pollution -- and its prevention and how a watershed works. EnviroScape programs communicate to people of all ages that we share responsibilities in preventing water pollution.
Cambridge Traffic, Parking and Transportation
The Science of Traffic Signals: Join TP+T for a hands-on learning experience about how we use traffic signals to help you stay safe when moving around the city. We’ll show you the insides of a traffic signal, let you simulate signal timing for any intersection in Cambridge, and educate you about what you can do to help us reach our Vision Zero goals. Complete a Vision Zero word search and we’ll reward you with a (little) traffic signal of your own.
City of Cambridge Department of Public Works (Official) Recycling Division
Trash or Treasure? Discover all the things we can give a second life by recycling or composting in Cambridge. City of Cambridge Community Development Department (Official) Environmental and Transportation Planning Division
Glocal Challenge & Communicating Climate Change!
Come and listen to our youth entrepreneurs and interns pitch their ideas for how to communicate the realities of climate change in Cambridge. Give them your feedback, ideas, and innovations and help them towards implementation their projects this summer.
City of Cambridge Community Development Department (Official) Housing Division
Build a City Block! What does residential density look like? Want to see more affordable housing in Cambridge? Using an interactive game called Cambridge Streets, participants can design a city block to visualize different considerations and trade-offs when building different types of housing, creating open space and transportation options for all users.
Cambridge Public Library
Extended Reality with the Cambridge Public Library: Experience Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and a 3D "Photo Booth" -- all part of the CPL's new STEAM Initiative.
Cambridge Open Data
Embark on a data scavenger hunt! Data informs nearly everything we do in the City of Cambridge. Join us for a scavenger hunt through Cambridge's open data portal. Learn how to find data about the environment, traffic, housing, and all the other topics at the science fair!
Cambridge STEAM Initiative
Sink or Float? Why do some things sink and others float? What happens when we encourage young children to ask questions and explore their ideas? Join the Cambridge STEAM Initiative for a science exploration activity designed for Preschool through Kindergarten learners. Sink or Float is a fun and engaging learning activity developed by the Cambridge STEAM Initiative at DHSP as part of the STEAM@Home project.
Cambridge Energy Alliance
Ride the energy efficiency bike and see energy efficiency in action, spin the wheel of energy and answer trivia questions about climate change and energy, learn more about making your home more efficient and run on renewable energy!
Cambridge Arts
Explore the science behind Sidewalk Poetry in Cambridge with a hands on printmaking activity.
Commission for Persons with Disabilities
Learn more about the Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities
Public Safety
How would you like to meet Officers, firefighters, paramedics and dispatchers, participate in demonstrations, learn about the newest public safety equipment, try on gear, and receive free swag? As part of the Cambridge Science Festival, Cambridge Public Safety Agencies will once again be hosting the popular and FREE “The Science Behind Public Safety” event. Children, families and other participants will have an opportunity to meet and hear from representatives from the Cambridge Police, Fire, Emergency Communications, Animal Control, Pro EMS and State 911.
Studio HHH
Learn from the group that is bringing you this year's wind-powered art installation for the Cambridge Science Festival will answer your questions.
Learn more about the Cambridge Science Festival at www.cambridgesciencefestival.org!
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Germany's Hidden Crisis: Social Decline in the Heart of Europe
Friday, April 12
3:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
This event is free; no tickets are required.
Harvard Book Store welcomes OLIVER NACHTWEY—Associate Professor of Social Structure Analysis at the University of Basel in Switzerland—for a discussion of his latest book, Germany's Hidden Crisis: Social Decline in the Heart of Europe. He will be joined in conversation by historian and Wellesley College professor QUINN SLOBODIAN.
About Germany's Hidden Crisis
Upward social mobility represented a core promise of life under the “old” West German welfare state, in which millions of skilled workers upgraded their Volkswagens to Audis, bought their first homes, and sent their children to university. Not so in today’s Federal Republic, where the gears of the so-called “elevator society” have long since ground to a halt. In the absence of the social mobility of yesterday, widespread social exhaustion and anxiety have emerged across mainstream society. Oliver Nachtwey analyses the reasons for this social rupture in postwar German society and investigates the conflict potential emerging as a result. He concludes that although the country has managed to muddle through thus far, simmering tensions beneath the surface nevertheless threaten to undermine the German system’s stability in the years to come.
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Nicholas Agar: How to Be Human in the Digital Economy
Friday, April 12
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
MIT Press Bookstore, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Please join the MIT Press Bookstore in welcoming philosopher Nicholas Agar to discuss his book, How to Be Human in the Digital Economy.
In the digital economy, accountants, baristas, and cashiers can be automated out of employment; so can surgeons, airline pilots, and cab drivers. Machines will be able to do these jobs more efficiently, accurately, and inexpensively. But, Nicholas Agar warns in this provocative book, these developments could result in a radically disempowered humanity.
Agar explains that developments in artificial intelligence enable computers to take over not just routine tasks but also the kind of “mind work” that previously relied on human intellect, and that this threatens human agency. The solution, Agar argues, is a hybrid social-digital economy. The key value of the digital economy is efficiency. The key value of the social economy is humanness.
Nicholas Agar is Professor of Ethics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is the author of Humanity’s End: Why We Should Reject Radical Enhancement and Truly Human Enhancement: A Philosophical Defense of Limits, both published by the MIT Press.
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The Human Network: How Your Social Position Determines Your Power, Beliefs, and Behaviors
Friday, April 12
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
This event is free; no tickets are required.
Harvard Book Store welcomes Stanford economics professor MATTHEW O. JACKSON for a discussion of his new book, The Human Network: How Your Social Position Determines Your Power, Beliefs, and Behaviors.
About The Human Network
Inequality, social immobility, and political polarization are only a few crucial phenomena driven by the inevitability of social structures. Social structures determine who has power and influence, account for why people fail to assimilate basic facts, and enlarge our understanding of patterns of contagion—from the spread of disease to financial crises. Despite their primary role in shaping our lives, human networks are often overlooked when we try to account for our most important political and economic practices. Matthew O. Jackson brilliantly illuminates the complexity of the social networks in which we are—often unwittingly—positioned and aims to facilitate a deeper appreciation of why we are who we are.
Ranging across disciplines—psychology, behavioral economics, sociology, and business—and rich with historical analogies and anecdotes, The Human Network provides a galvanizing account of what can drive success or failure in life.
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Mars-Really?
Friday, April 12
7:30-9:00pm
First Parish in Cambridge, 1446 Mass. Avenue, Harvard Square, Cambridge
RSVP at http://bit.ly/2Y1ZPaS
Cost: $10
50 years after humans walked on the moon, we look to the next major destination: Mars. Doors open at 7pm.
How exactly will we get to Mars, and back? Can the red planet support life, including human visitors from Earth? Why Mars, and what’s next? Join John Durant, Cambridge Science Festival founder and MIT Museum Director, and Mars experts to prepare for an epic journey.
Co-Hosted by:
Maria Zuber, E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics, Vice President for Research, MIT
Speakers:
Jeffrey Hoffman, Professor of the Practice of Aerospace Engineering, MIT; NASA Astronaut 1978-1997
Christopher Maurer, Principal Architect and founder at redhouse studio architecture
Stephen Petranek, American writer and author of How We'll Live on Mars
Palmer Street Solar System Take Over
On your way to First Parish, stroll through the solar system and stencil the stars and moons on the street amidst giant inflatable planets. 5:30-7:30pm on Palmer St. in Harvard Square.
Reception to Follow
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Saturday, April 13
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Turning Points in Architecture, Design, and Research | Symposium
Saturday, April 13
9:00am to 6:00pm
MIT, Building E14: Media Lab, 6th Floor, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/turning-points-in-architecture-design-and-research-tickets-57138905003
Cost: $25
MIT President Rafael Reif described the "ubiquity of computing and the rise of AI" as a "turning point" that prompted the recent establishment of the new College of Computing at MIT. As MIT celebrates 150 years of architecture education and the School of Architecture and Planning plans its move to the MET Warehouse, we pause to reflect on the present and project futures for education, practice, and research at this critical juncture. Turning Points is an opportunity to reflect, individually and collectively, on the status and stakes of architecture, design, and research. As thinking of the future is always part of an architect's task, we come together to discuss crucial and necessary moments of change, past and present.
The symposium is open to the public on April 13, 2019. Please register here.
MIT Department of Architecture | Spring 2019 Lecture Series
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Grow a Meadow, Large or Small
Saturday, April 13
10:00AM
Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown
RSVP at https://connect.clickandpledge.com/w/Form/e435c942-ec37-4963-a706-b774bfce8d55
Cost: $88.00
Join Grow Native Massachusetts for this intensive seminar with Kathy Connolly, landscape designer and owner of Speaking of Landscapes!
A native meadow is an ecologically vibrant landscape, providing food and habitat to native pollinators and other wildlife. The deep, undisturbed roots of mature meadow plants capture and store carbon. Meadows rarely need visits from lawnmowers or leaf-blowers, thus reducing air pollution and neighborhood noise. But meadows are not simply lawns or perennial beds gone wild. Understanding why meadows are different is critical to success. Designer Kathy Connolly will lead this intensive seminar, covering everything from the definition of a meadow, to site selection and preparation, the relationship of grasses and flowering species, and useful maintenance protocols. Class enrollment includes Kathy’s extensive plant lists and design resources. This is a great course for anyone, from home gardeners to professional landscapers, looking to take a deep dive into the ins and outs of meadow-making.
Kathy Connolly is a landscape designer, writer, and teacher, who brings over 20 years of experience in creating and tending meadows. She works with a range of clients, from homeowners to state parks, to develop meadows and other naturalized plantings, and has taught workshops throughout New England. Kathy has a Master’s degree in landscape design from the Conway School.
Continuing education credits will be available. Learn more about all of our workshop programs at https://www.grownativemass.org/programs/workshops.
Call 781-790-8921
More information
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Latitude: A symposium by Design Research Forum
Saturday, April 13
10:00 AM – 5:30 PM EDT
Harvard, Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/58879028760
The symposium is a one day event dedicated to exploring the multiplicity of design research methods and the opportunities they yield for inquiry across fields. It comprises of three panels, each investigating distinct spheres of design research.
Panel 1: Methodologies of Science and Technology
Exploring the process of developing experimental, technical and analytical inquiries in design research using methodologies from the natural sciences, technology, and engineering.
Panel 2: Humanities and the Social Sciences
Presenting a selection of approaches for applying epistemological frameworks from the humanities and social sciences to issues related to various areas of design and media research.
Panel 3: Design Research in/as Practice
Discussing how design research can be woven into practice. Design research can take many forms especially when addressing issues, constraints and modes of application.
Agenda:
Registration
[10:00 - 10:30 a.m. in Gund Lobby]
Welcoming Remarks and Logistical Overview of the Day
10:35 - 11:00 a.m. in Piper
Opening Remarks: John May (MDes Director), Pamela Cabrera (MDes, EE ’19) & Aurora Jensen (MDes, EE ’19).
Panel 1: Methodologies of Science and Technology
11:00 - 12:30 p.m. in Piper
Panelists: Alma Steingart (FAS), Phuong Pham (HMS, HSPH) & Bertrand Schneider (HGSE)
Moderators: Belinda Tato (GSD) with Stella Rossikopoulou Pappa (MDes, Tech ’19)
[1.00 Hour Lunch Break | 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.]
Panel 2: Humanities and the Social Sciences
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. in Piper
Panelists: Johanna Oksala (Pratt) & Julie Klinger (BU)
Moderators: Sai Balakrishnan (GSD) with Ryan Bietz (MDes HPDM ‘19)
[15 Minute Break | 3:00 - 3:15 p.m.]
Panel 3: Design Research in/as Practice
3:15 - 4:45 p.m. in Piper
Panelists: Juan Pablo Corvalán, Manuel de Rivero (Supersudaca), Aimie Shao (MASS Design), & Sara Zewde (Studio Zewde, GSD alumna)
Moderators: Paul Nakazawa (GSD) with Samuel Maddox (MDes, ULE ’19)
Social Hour
4:45 - 6:00 p.m. in Piper
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Civic XR Dev Jam
Saturday, April 13
10:00 AM – 7:00 PM EDT
Brookline Interactive Group, 46 Tappan Street, 3rd Floor, Brookline
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/civic-xr-dev-jam-tickets-58121495959?fbclid=IwAR1Lv-111TJKmHLM5oMRD8buFFROrqKKSxdJkQDtH34UDWiIwTI3_cqxf0c
Cost: $0 – $8
BIG, the Public VR Lab and Boston VR are hosting a Civic XR Dev Jam and Community XR hackathon. The focus of this event is to create XR projects in the public interest, so come with your ideas for how you can use your powers of coding, producing, imagining, and creating for the public GOOD!
Volunteer mentors, hardware and coder experts, as well as 360 video production specialists, will be on hand to help you work as a team to create XR content for non-commercial civic engagement and public projects. Share your ideas with us, join a team, or just show up and create for humanity on a Saturday! Sign up to volunteer, mentor or participate here, and indicate the role you'd prefer.
If you're new to XR or come from traditional media, this is a great opportunity to learn about the industry, emerging media for storytelling, journalism, and public projects, and join us in building Community XR, a new field that supports community-based VR/AR making, access to equipment, tools, and training for the public. We'll start the day with a class and a hands-on workshop on both beginner and more advanced tracks.
Stay tuned for the class descriptions, and sign up to join us for a day of learning and sharing our VR/AR expertise!
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Tar Sands Songbook: A Documentary Performance about Music, Memory and Oil
Saturday, April 13
7pm
Harvard Epworth Church, 155 Massachusetts Avenue,Cambridge
A Benefit concert for the Better Future Project and Biodiversity for a Livable Climate by a musician and artist who grew up in Fort MacMurray, Alberta - long the land of oil and now the home of Tar Sands. She became a musician because she never wanted to see oil again. And now she's back . . .
Tanya Kalmanovitch is a Canadian violinist, ethnomusicologist and educator. Though she is based in Brooklyn, her layered artistic research practice has rewarded her with extended residencies in India, Ireland, Afghanistan, Turkey, and Siberia.
Ted Reichman is an accordionist, keyboard player, and composer, focusing on connections between improvisation and various forms of folk, popular music, and jazz.
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Sunday, April 14
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MIT Africa Innovate Conference | Made in Africa
Sunday, April 14
8:00 AM – 7:00 PM EDT
MIT Samberg Conference Center, 50 Memorial Drive, Floor 6 - 7, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/55944421270
Cost: $30 – $100
The MIT Sloan Africa Business Club is proud to announce the 9th annual MIT Africa Innovate Conference at the MIT Samberg Conference Center on April 14, 2019.
The annual Africa Innovate Conference is a unique and intimate forum that brings together leading entrepreneurs and change-agents from across the African continent. The conference attracts over 350 business leaders, entrepreneurs, influencers, students, professors, and alumni, all with strong interests in Africa.
Over the years, we have welcomed illustrious speakers such as her Excellency President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim of Mauritius; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, ex-Minister of Finance of Nigeria; Mostafa Terrab, CEO of OCP; Sara Menker, Founder and CEO of Gro Intelligence; Donald Kaberuka, ex-CEO of the African Development Bank; and Ismail Ahmed, Founder and CEO of WorldRemit.
The theme for this year is “Made In Africa”
Through a series of panels, workshops, and keynote addresses, we aim to celebrate endeavors, innovations, and breakthroughs with an impact on the continent and beyond. As one of the largest Africa-centric conferences held outside of Africa, our event will focus on unpacking the best practices and strategies required to accelerate the scaling of impactful enterprises and innovations on the continent across sectors. The conference will also include an Innovation Expo & Networking Reception.
PANELS:
Open MIC Africa Panel with TechCrunch Africa contributor Jake Bright
AgTech & Food Security | Growing Local, Exporting Global
Fintech | Financial Innovations for Inclusive Growth
Manufacturing | Made in Africa for the World
Energy & Natural Resources | Backbone for Empowering Sustainable Business Growth and Achieving Climate Action Goals
Human Capital | Building a World-Class Talent Pipeline
Entrepreneurship | Beyond the Startup, Building an Ecosystem for Scale
Our host for the 2019 Africa Innovate Conference will be Claude Grunitzky, Chairman of TRUE Africa and Co-Founder of TRACE. This edition’s guests include:
Moulay Hafid Elalamy, Minister of Industry and Trade of Morocco
Nick Hughes, M-PESA Pioneer and Co-Founder of M-KOPA
Thione Niang, Co-founder of AKON Lighting Africa
Olugbenga Agboola, CEO of Flutterwave
Okendo Lewis-Gayle, Founder and CEO of Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance
Jake Bright, TechCrunch Contributor
Abai Schulze, CEO of the Zaaf Collection
Chris Folayan, CEO of Mall for Africa
Lydie Hakizimana, Co-Founder and CEO of Happy Hearts Preschool
Joe Shields, CEO and Co-Founder of EthioChicken
Karan Kapoor, Founder and CEO of Snow International Trading Group
Matthias Papet, Founder and CEO of CoinAfrique
Efosa Ojomo, Co-author of The Prosperity Paradox
Saad Sheikh, Head of Investment and Portfolio Operations at TLG Capital
Benjamin Fernandes, Founder and CEO of Nala
Mossadeck Bally, Founder and CEO of Azalai Hotel
Christian Wessels, Founder and CEO of Sunray Ventures
With many more guests to come, visit our website: https://www.mitafrica.com/ for more info!
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Neuroscience of Exercise
Sunday, April 14, 2019
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
MIT 5th floor Conference room, 43 Vassar Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.meetup.com/Neuroscience-for-Society/events/259461648/
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Monday, April 15 - Friday, April 19
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Extinction Rebellion
http://www.xrcs.earth/
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Monday, April 15
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HESEC Webinar: Quantifying Carbon Emissions in Supply Chain
Monday, April 15
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM EDT
Webinar
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hesec-webinar-quantifying-carbon-emissions-in-supply-chain-tickets-59178849532
Please join us for a webinar with Ms. Pilar Bennett, she is the Supply Chain Project Officer at CDP. Learn how CDP helps companies in reducing their overall carbon emissions. A insight into carbon data and its importance in product supply chain. Please register with us for the webinar and join us few minutes before the webinar begins.
Webinar Link - https://zoom.us/j/6511268568
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Energy and the Maritime Environment
Monday, April 15
12pm
Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
Jesse Ausubel, Senior Research Associate and Director, Program for the Human Environment, The Rockefeller University
Lunch will be served. This event is free and open to the public.
HKS Energy Policy Seminar
https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/energyconsortium/seminars
Contact Name: Louis Lund
louisa_lund@hks.harvard.edu
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Celebrities, Attorneys, Deals: The Impact of Public Opinion
WHEN Monday, Apr. 15, 2019, 12 – 1:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Law School, Austin Hall North, Room 100, 1515 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Law, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Program on Negotiation, Recording Artists Project, and Committee on Sports & Entertainment Law at Harvard Law School
SPEAKER(S) John Branca, Attorney, Ziffren Brittenham LLP
Moderator: Brian Price, Clinical professor of law, Harvard Law School
COST Free and Open to the Public
CONTACT INFO dlong@law.harvard.edu
DETAILS Please join us for a conversation with John Branca, a world-renowned entertainment lawyer with more than 30 members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as clients, including the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac, and Michael Jackson.
Moderated by Harvard Law School professor Brian Price, Branca will discuss what is specific to being an entertainment lawyer; what are the challenges of representing celebrities; how do you negotiate deals when there is massive media coverage; and what are the extra challenges when you represent the estate of a deceased celebrity?
LINK https://www.pon.harvard.edu/events/celebrities_attorneys_deals/
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Discriminating Data
Monday, April 15
12:15PM
Harvard, CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Simon Fraser University, School of Communication
Please RSVP via the online form by Wednesday at 5PM the week before.
STS Circle at Harvard
http://sts.hks.harvard.edu/events/sts_circle/
sts@hks.harvard.edu
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Congo Stories: A Conversation with John Prendergast and Samantha Power
WHEN Monday, Apr. 15, 2019, 3 – 4:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Littauer Building-Malkin Penthouse, Fourth Floor, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Professor Samantha Power
SPEAKER(S) Samantha Power, Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School. From 2013 to 2017 Power served as the 28th U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
John Prendergast, New York Times best-selling author who has focused on peace in Africa for over thirty-five years. He is the Founding Director of the Enough Project, an initiative to end genocide and crimes against humanity, as well as the Co-Founder with George Clooney of The Sentry, an investigative initiative chasing the assets of African war criminals and their international collaborators
COST Free
CONTACT INFO Evelyn Hitt evelyn_hitt@hks.harvard.edu
DETAILS Join human rights and anti-corruption activist John Prendergast and former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power for a conversation about human rights in Congo and John’s new book, "Congo Stories: Battling Five Centuries of Exploitation and Greed.”
LINK https://www.belfercenter.org/event/congo-stories-conversation-john-prendergast-and-samantha-power
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Harnessing the Potential of Rehabilitative Technology to Enhance Mobility and Prevent Falls
WHEN Monday, Apr. 15, 2019, 4 – 5 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Maxwell Dworkin, G115 , Robert and Naida Lessin Forum, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Wyss Institute at Harvard University
SPEAKER(S) Jason Franz, Assistant professor, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University; director, UNC Applied Biomechanics Laboratory
DETAILS Please join the Wyss Institute and Dr. Jason Franz as he discusses his work to address critical and immediate need for innovation in our study of the biomechanics and neural control of movement, toward more effective translational efforts to preserve walking ability and mitigate falls risk due to aging and neurodegenerative disease.
Dr. Franz will discuss recent discoveries from two major lines of research in his Applied Biomechanics Laboratory to meet this need.
LINK https://wyss.harvard.edu/event/harnessing-the-potential-of-rehabilitative-technology-to-enhance-mobility-and-prevent-falls/
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Ending the Epidemics of AIDS, TB and Malaria: Pipedream or Achievable Goal?
WHEN Monday, April 15, 2019, 4:15 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Taubman G-50, 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Health Sciences, Lecture, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government at the Harvard Kennedy School
SPEAKER(S) Peter Sands, M-RCBG Research Fellow and executive director of the Global Fund
CONTACT INFO mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
DETAILS A former chief executive officer of Standard Chartered PLC, one of the world’s leading international banks, Sands has been a research fellow at Harvard University since 2015, dividing his time between the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard Kennedy School and the Harvard Global Health Institute, working on a range of research projects in financial markets and regulation, fintech and global health.
Refreshments will be served. RSVPs are helpful: mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
LINK https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/news-events/event-calendar#nextevent
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Towards Life 3.0 - Ethics and Technology in the 21st Century
WHEN Monday, Apr. 15, 2019, 5:30 – 6:45 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Wexner 102, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Science, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
SPEAKER(S) Bruce Schneier, Adjunct lecturer in Public Policy at HKS
DETAILS "Towards Life 3.0: Ethics and Technology in the 21st Century" is a new talk series organized and facilitated by Mathias Risse, director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Administration. Drawing inspiration from the title of Max Tegmark’s book, "Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence," the series draws upon a range of scholars, technology leaders, and public interest technologists to address the ethical aspects of the long-term impact of artificial intelligence on society and human life.
Held on select Monday evenings at 5:30–6:45 p.m. in Wexner 102, and occasionally on other weekdays, the series will also be shared on Facebook Live and on the Carr Center website. A light dinner will be served.
LINK https://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/event/towards-life-30-ethics-and-technology-21st-century-bruce-schneier-adjunct-lecturer-public
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Botany Blast: Season Shifts in Trees
WHEN Monday, Apr. 15, 2019, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
WHERE Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Classes/Workshops, Education, Environmental Sciences, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Arnold Arboretum
SPEAKER(S) Kristel Schoonderwoerd, Ph.D. Candidate, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, and Fellow of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
COST Free, but registration requested.
CONTACT INFO adulted@arnarb.harvard.edu
617-384-5277
DETAILS There are challenges to being a tree in a temperate climate, mainly the changing of seasons. But trees are equipped to shift with these environmental changes. Kristel Schoonderwoerd will explain how trees slow down for winter and subsequently reverse “gears” for springtime and the onset of the growing season.
Part of the Cambridge Science Festival, April 12-21, 2019.
LINK https://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?DayPlanner=1871&DayPlannerDate=4/15/2019
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Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
Monday, April 15
7:00 PM (Doors at 6:30)
First Parish Church, 1446 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.harvard.com/event/henry_louis_gates_jr2/
Cost: $6 - $32.00 (book included)
Harvard Book Store and the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University welcome preeminent scholar, literary critic, and filmmaker HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.—founding Director of the Hutchins Center—for a discussion of his latest book, Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow. He'll be joined in conversation by Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and Columbia University professor ERIC FONER.
About Stony the Road
The abolition of slavery in the aftermath of the Civil War is a familiar story, as is the civil rights revolution that transformed the nation after World War II. But the century in between remains a mystery: if emancipation sparked "a new birth of freedom" in Lincoln's America, why was it necessary to march in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s America? In this new book, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., one of our leading chroniclers of the African-American experience, seeks to answer that question in a history that moves from the Reconstruction Era to the "nadir" of the African-American experience under Jim Crow, through to World War I and the Harlem Renaissance.
Through his close reading of the visual culture of this tragic era, Gates reveals the many faces of Jim Crow and how, together, they reinforced a stark color line between white and black Americans. Bringing a lifetime of wisdom to bear as a scholar, filmmaker, and public intellectual, Gates uncovers the roots of structural racism in our own time, while showing how African Americans after slavery combatted it by articulating a vision of a "New Negro" to force the nation to recognize their humanity and unique contributions to America as it hurtled toward the modern age.
The story Gates tells begins with great hope, with the Emancipation Proclamation, Union victory, and the liberation of nearly 4 million enslaved African-Americans. Until 1877, the federal government, goaded by the activism of Frederick Douglass and many others, tried at various turns to sustain their new rights. But the terror unleashed by white paramilitary groups in the former Confederacy, combined with deteriorating economic conditions and a loss of Northern will, restored "home rule" to the South. The retreat from Reconstruction was followed by one of the most violent periods in our history, with thousands of black people murdered or lynched and many more afflicted by the degrading impositions of Jim Crow segregation.
An essential tour through one of America's fundamental historical tragedies, Stony the Road is also a story of heroic resistance, as figures such as W. E. B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells fought to create a counter-narrative, and culture, inside the lion's mouth. As sobering as this tale is, it also has within it the inspiration that comes with encountering the hopes our ancestors advanced against the longest odds.
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Tuesday, April 16
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Young, Gifted and Well: Mental and Emotional Wellness for Students of Color
Tuesday, April 16
9:00 AM – 4:30 PM EDT
Student Organization Center at Hilles, 59 Shepard Street, 3rd floor/Penthouse, Cambridge
An event to address mental health and emotional wellness for college students of color. Full and half-day options available.
Harvard University and The Steve Fund present a day-long convening with leading researchers, practitioners, administrators, faculty and students who seek to better understand mental and emotional health experiences of young people of color within Harvard University and how we can better support wellness through policy and practice. PLEASE BRING your mobile device for interactive modules.
The conference runs from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is FREE but seats are limited and pre-registration is required. Registration will close when all seats are filled. Full and half-day options available.
Registration and continental breakfast start at 8:30 a.m. Lunch available for full-day registrants.
**ALSO AVAILABLE ALL DAY**
#consciousharvard traveling board, sponsored by #consciousharvard project team: an interactive board for public spaces to create action-focused dialogue about diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging at Harvard. The #consciousharvard project team is composed of staff members from Global Support Services, Common Spaces, the Center for Workplace Development, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and is funded by the President's Administrative Innovation Fund 2018 (PAIF).
Self-Care Room, sponsored by Harvard University Health Services: featuring coloring sheets, drop-in meditation, mats and pillows for quiet respite, recommended Mindset apps and podcasts, stress balls, etc. Facilitated by Harvard's Center for Wellness, Office of Sexual Assault Prevention & Response, and University Disability Resources.
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MIT.nano: Step into the Nano Age
Tuesday, April 16
11:00am to 3:00pm
MIT, Building 12, 60 Vassar Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://mitnano.mit.edu/csf2019/
Cambridge Science Festival at MIT.nano
Explore MIT’s astonishing brand new nano-research facility through demonstrations and hands-on activities. Learn how the power of nano will help build a better world.
How big is a smell? What size is a color? From what we see to how we smell, from how insect wings shed water to how plants turn sunlight into energy, nature operates with molecules measured in nanometers.
Just how small is that? A nanometer is a billionth of a meter!
Visit MIT’s new nano-research facility to meet people who explore this fantastically small world. Experience demonstrations of groundbreaking research and innovative technologies, take part in hands-on activities for the whole family—and learn how the power of nano will help build a better world.
Presented as part of the 10-day Cambridge Science Festival. Visit http://www.CambridgeScienceFestival.org for festival calendar and more information.
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Predicting Crop Yields from Water Resources
Tuesday, April 16
12:00PM TO 1:00PM
Harvard Global Health Institute, 42 Church Street, Cambridge
Dr. Rigden's research focuses on the transfer of water and energy in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. Currently, she is investigating water stress in agricultural systems to better constrain estimates of crop yields in future climates. She is keen on using observational data from a variety of platforms including satellites, weather stations, and eddy covariance towers to model the interactions between the land and atmosphere.
In 2017, Dr. Rigden earned a Ph.D. in Earth Science from Boston University (BU). Her dissertation research focused on detecting and attributing multi-decadal trends in evapotranspiration over the continental United States. Much of her time at BU was spent developing a method to estimate evapotranspiration from data collected at common weather stations, which we call the “ETRHEQ method.”
Contact Name: globalhealth@harvard.edu
Climate Change, Health, & Tech Seminar
https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/seminar-predicting-crop-yields-water-resources
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Guilty by Association - The risk of crisis contagion
Tuesday, April 16
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Northeastern, 177 Huntington Avenue, 310, Boston
RSVP at http://attend.com/danlauferlecture
Dr. Dan Laufer from the School of Marketing and International Business, Victoria Business School, in New Zealand
Crisis contagion, or how a crisis spreads from one company to another, has received very little attention from researchers. This is surprising as the negative consequences of crisis contagion can be significant when customers make assumptions of guilt by association. My presentation focuses on this important issue and describes four risk factors—country of origin, industry, organizational type, and positioning strategy—that increase the likelihood of crisis contagion. Valuable guidance is also provided on whether a company should issue a denial or remain silent if it faces the risk of crisis contagion.
A light lunch will be served. Please RSVP below if you would like to attend!
http://attend.com/danlauferlecture
For those who are unable to attend in person, we will be offering a live-stream of the presentation, accessible through the following link: https://bluejeans.com/558146859
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MADMEC Kickoff: Materials Science Solutions for Sustainability
Tuesday, April 16
12:00pm to 2:00pm
MIT, Building 6-104 , Chipman Room, 182 Memorial Drive (Rear), Cambridge
MADMEC is a prototyping contest revolving around materials solutions to sustainability challenges. MADMEC teams have won the MassChallenge, the MIT 100K, the Clean Energy Prize, the Intel Make-it-Wearable Competition, and NSF-SBIR grants. At least six startups have roots in this competition.
Come to this event to meet past teams, see their prototypes, and learn how you can participate this year.
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The Future of Fukushima
Tuesday, April 16
12:30PM
Harvard, Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Naomi Hirose, Executive Vice Chairman (Fukushima Affairs), and President, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Holdings, Inc. (2012-17), will give a talk as part of the Program on US-Japan Relations' special series on The Future of East Asia. Co-sponsored by HUCE; The Environment and Natural Resources Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, HKS.
Moderated by Andrew Gordon, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard University; and Acting Director (2018-2019), Harvard-Yenching Institute.
Co-sponsored by HUCE and the Environment and Natural Resources Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, HKS.
https://programs.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/event/naomi-hirose-fukushima-affairs-title-tba
Contact Name: Kendal Kelly
kkelly@wcfia.harvard.edu
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Agroecology and Climate Change Resilience in Haiti: Farmer-led Solutions
Tuesday, April 16
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
The Boston Foundation, 75 Arlington Street, 3rd Floor, South Boston Room, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/58876863283
Join us to learn how we are supporting rural communities in Haiti to address climate change by scaling ecological farming.
Cantave Jean-Baptiste of Partenariat pour le Développement Local (PDL) in Haiti and Steve Brescia of Groundswell International will share strategies and lessons from rural Haiti.
Haiti is one of the world's most vulnerable countries to climate change. What is working to strengthen farmer organizations to build resilience and wellbeing through agroecology? How can we spread these successes?
Speakers:
Cantave Jean-Baptiste, Executive Director, PDL
Steve Brescia, Executive Director, Groundswell International
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Maker Break
Tuesday, April 16
2:00pm to 4:00pm
MIT, Building W34, Johnson Ice Rink, 120 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Maker Break is a celebration of making for MIT students where you can have fun and show your smart and creative sides. You can engage in friendly competition with fellow students, cheer on your friends and classmates, and explore making in ways that are new to you. There is something for everyone! It is designed to be fun and low stress.
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Constructing Clean Portfolios for Climate Solutions: A Renewable Energy Roundtable
Tuesday, April 16
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
Greentown Labs, 444 Somerville Avenue, Somerville
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/59726246812
Join the Clean Portfolio Project and Croatan Institute for a roundtable discussion exploring models to finance renewable energy across asset classes. The event is being hosted by Sunwealth, a Boston-area clean energy investment firm, at the country's largest cleantech startup incubator, Greentown Labs. The conversation is also open to a virtual audience via Zoom (please select your type of attendance – in-person or virtual – when booking your ticket).
The Clean Portfolio Project is developing total portfolio approaches to fossil-free investing in integrated climate solutions. Intentional investments in renewable energy and energy infrastructure, storage, and efficiency can help mitigate the impacts of climate change and build resilience in communities that most need it.
At this Clean Portfolio Project investor event, learn how investors working in various asset classes, such as fixed income, private debt, venture capital, and public equities, are making investments in solar, wind, energy efficiency, and related technologies and infrastructure, and how they can generate positive impacts on communities and the climate.
Speakers include:
Liz Levy, Trillium Asset Management
Jonathan Abe, Sunwealth
Joshua Humphreys, Croatan Institute
More speakers to be announced shortly.
Following the discussion, Ryan Dings, the Chief Operating Officer of Sunwealth, and Julia Travaglini, the Senior Director of Marketing at Greentown Labs, will offer a tour of the Greentown Labs incubator to in-person participants. This will be followed by a reception with refreshments (and depending on the Boston spring weather, this may take place on the roof deck).
This is the second investor event webinar in an on-going series of investor events produced by the Clean Portfolio Project and its partners. For more information, visit http://www.cleanportfolio.org
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xTalk, AT Exploratorium & ATIC Showcase: Assistive Technology for Opening Minds, Hands, and Hearts
Tuesday, April 16
3:00pm to 5:00pm
MIT, Building 4-163, 4-153, 4-149, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
xTalk: 3-4pm in 4-163 "Assistive Technology for Opening Minds, Hands, and Hearts"
AT Exploratorium & ATIC Showcase: 4-5pm in 4-153 and 4-149 (refreshments served)
Tues. April 16, join us for a panel discussion with MIT educators and students speaking on three activities that engage students in hands-on, real world problem-solving where students collaborate directly with people who have disabilities on engineering and design projects. This panel discussion will be immediately followed by a reception featuring an AT Exploratorium and ATIC showcase.
xTalk panel
Two instructors from MIT subjects (6.811/2.78/HST.420 and 3.008) will speak as well as a student leader of an annual student-run hackathon (ATHack), and a current MIT student who completed both subjects and participated in the hackathon.
Each of these activities are dedicated to teaching students to work directly with people who have disabilities to identify projects that are born from real world desires and involve rigorous accountability to co-designers with the expertise of lived-experience. ATHack (MIT News article) and 6.811/2.78/HST.420 Principles and Practices of Assistive Technology (MIT News article) take place in Cambridge with local residents and have an emphasis on mechanical and software innovations. 3.008 Humanistic Co-design of Assistive Technology in the Developing World (MIT News article) takes place in various cities throughout India, with help and support from MIT-India, and emphasizes human-material interactions and design. The work of all three activities is done with reverence for the legacy of Prof. Seth Teller.
Panel members
Dr. Julie Greenberg is Senior Lecturer and Director of Education for IMES/HST, where she teaches Biomedical Signal & Image Processing and Principles and Practice of Assistive Technology. She has been at MIT since 1987 in a variety of capacities including graduate student, researcher, academic advisor, instructor, and administrator.
Dr. Kyle Keane is Lecturer and Research Scientist in Materials Science and Engineering. He recently worked with MIT-India to run the inaugural offering of 3.008 Humanistic Co-design of Assistive Technologies in the Developing World. Dr. Keane supervises many UROPs working on various projects in computational materials science and human-material interactions.
Anna Musser designs and evaluates experiments to test the effectiveness of educational technologies and interventions at MIT. A former special education teacher, Anna also co-taught 3.008. Anna also contributes to psychological research at Harvard’s Langer Mindfulness Institute.
Jaya Narain is a PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering who co-founded ATHack (MIT's Assistive Hackathon) in 2014 when she was an undergraduate junior, and co-directed the hackathon since. Jaya's doctoral research in the Fluid Interfaces group in the Media Lab focuses on developing assistive technologies for communication.
Pramoda Karnati is a Junior in EECS/Biomedical Engineering, interested in the intersection of computer science and human-related problems. She has taken both PPAT and 3.008 and is passionate about building assistive technology at MIT.
Please note:
Taking place the day after this xTalk is the following related event of interest. We enthusiastically encourage attendees to come to:
Accessible Technology Demo Day @ MIT Museum, April 17, 1-4pm, part of the Cambridge Science Festival.
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Sankofa Lecture: Creating Access as Social Justice
Tuesday, April 16
4:00pm to 6:00pm
Lesley University, Marran Theater, 34 Mellen Street, Cambridge
Join us for the spring Sankofa lecture on Creating Access as Social Justice: Reflections, Conversation, and a Call for Action.
Sandy Ho is a disability community-organizer, activist, disability policy researcher, and Lesley alumna. She is the founder and co-organizer of the Disability & Intersectionality Summit. In 2015, she was recognized as a White House Champion of Change for her work in establishing a statewide mentoring program for transitional-age disabled women, and the Letters to Thrive project. Her areas of work include disability justice, racial justice, intersectionality, and disability studies. She is a disabled, queer, Asian-American woman who is currently a researcher associate at The Lurie Institute for Disability Policy. Her writing has been published by Bitch Media online.
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Letter from Birmingham Jail: 55th Anniversary, A Public Reading in Boston
Tuesday, April 16
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
City Hall Plaza, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/59366146743
The Letter from the Birmingham Jail: The 55th Anniversary, A Public Reading in Boston.
In the spring of 1964 our nation was embroiled in a struggle to save the soul of America. We were seeking the Beloved Community, the achievement of the vision that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had enunciated on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial a year earlier. In the middle of the anti-racism campaign in Birmingham, Alabama in 1964, Rev. King was arrested. He was also assailed by local clergy who rejected his presence in Birmingham, calling King an outside agitator whose activism in their city was unwise and untimely.
King’s response was the Letter from the Birmingham Jail, which instantly became one of our nation’s most important civic and theological statements on race and citizens.
We will be reading this document in the public square on its 55th anniversary of publication, April 16th, 2019 on the Boston City Hall Plaza at 4 PM. We would like for you to join us as a reader or as an observer. You are welcomed!
As more than 30 Boston-area non-profit organizations, businesses, activists, educators, youth, elderly, gay, straight, disabled and clergy convene, we wish to use this public reading as a way to become “maladjusted” to discrimination and racial inequality in Boston. We wish to create a more inclusive Boston that calls upon its full diversity and commitment to justice, truth and racial reconciliation.
THE MISSION OF THE MOUNTAINTOP PROJECT
The mission is to reflect the creative vision articulated by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the day before his assassination. The Mountaintop speech reflects a vision — which is decidedly different from his “I Have A Dream” speech. King’s vision creates a rich opportunity to advance the city of Boston, the nation and the world.
The Boston to the Mountain Top Project take the last words of Rev. Martin Luther King seriously. They provide a framework for investing in a more hospitable culture, more vibrant social engagement, more defining strategies about improving our common wealth. They achieve these efforts through:
Convening learning forums
Increasing Civic Literacy
Fostering Public Policy
Supporting Grassroots Organizing and Leadership Training
Engaging Youth
Join Us. Bring someone with you. You will be glad that you did. RSVP https://www.facebook.com/events/365733144015985/
BE A READER. FOR MORE INFO., GO TO WWW.BOSTONMOUNTAINTOP.ORG
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Shifting Ideas of Crime, and Where Resilience May Point to Solutions
Tuesday, April 16
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Northeastern, Renaissance_Park, 909, 1135 Tremont Street, Boston
From the protests over officer-involved shootings in Ferguson, Missouri, to the explosion of gang violence that has pushed people to migrate from Central America, it is clear that issues of crime–and how society thinks about the causes and remedies of crime–will continue to be important and contentious issues for the foreseeable future. Drawing upon several bodies of research both old and new, this talk will discuss different popular ideas of why particular places suffer from crime, how those ideas imply certain policy actions, and what we know about how responses both crime and responses to crime can affect communities.
This lecture is part of the Spring 2019 "Contemporary Issues in Security and Resilience Studies" Speaker Series.
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32nd Annual Stratton Lecture on Aging Successfully: Protecting Elders with Cognitive Impairment from Financial Vulnerability
Tuesday, April 16
4:30pm to 6:30pm
MIT, Building E51, Wong Auditorium, 2 Amherst Street, 70 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
A collaborative project of MIT’s Medical Department, Age Lab and Women’s League, the 2019 Catherine N. Stratton Aging Successfully Lecture brings together panelists from
the fields of Ethics and Neuroscience, Geriatric Medicine, Nursing Management, and
Elder Law who attend to the many issues facing older adults, and are especially sensitive to the needs of those with cognitive impairment.
Moderator
Stephanie J. Bird, PhD, Neuroscientist/Ethicist, Science and Ethics Policy Consultant, Founder and Editor of The Journal of Science and Engineering Ethics, and member of the C N Stratton Committee on Aging Successfully, will outline our topic, introduce each panelist, and moderate audience questions as time allows.
Panelists
Shoshana Streiter, MD, Geriatrician, Advanced Research Fellow at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, also member of the Stratton Committee, will begin our discussion by describing the differences between normal aging, mild cognitive impairment and dementia.
Cathleen A. Dwyer RN, BSN, Nurse Case Manager at MIT Medical, will present examples of her work that involves assisting and supporting the elderly who are aging successfully at home to create plans, including legal forms and documents, to continue aging successfully at home and thus avoid the threat of both physical and financial fraud.
John G. Dugan, Esq., a lawyer experienced in representing elders and other victims exposed to financial exploitation via mail, phone, the internet, or personal interaction, will provide advice, suggest means of protecting personal assets, and present ways to identify and prevent this form of abuse.
After the presentations and a short discussion among the panelists, Stephanie Bird will serve as moderator for audience questions to be answered by the panelists as time allows.
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Imitation, Invasion, Innovation: What Really Matters in Global History of Technology
Tuesday, April 16
5:00PM TO 7:00PM
Harvard, Tsai Auditorium (CGIS South S010), 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
The Program on Science, Technology & Society at HKS presents the latest installment of the Science & Democracy Lecture Series: "Imitation, Invasion, Innovation: What Really Matters in Global History of Technology"
DAVID EDGERTON
Hans Rausing Professor of the History of Science and Technology, King’s College London
PANEL
Warwick Anderson, Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Visiting Professor of Australian Studies, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University
Maya Jasanoff, Coolidge Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University
Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School
MODERATED BY Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Harvard Kennedy School
ABSTRACT
In the last twenty or thirty years innovation has been central to the discourse on the economy. This ‘innovation’ is disruptive, pervasive and fast, demanding new economic, political and social forms. On the other hand, the world has seen unprecedented rates of imitation, not least of old forms. In our imaginations innovation and imitation occupy different geographical, economic and moral spaces. Innovation is seen positively and futuristically, as a feature of a few selected, creative, entrepreneurial places; it marches with time. Imitation is seen in more hard-headed, economic ways; as a feature of developing countries, as a sign of imaginative inadequacy, and lack of authenticity; it moves with incomes not time. Breaking down these oppositions and taking imitation seriously is the key to understanding global technical change in the twentieth century.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Edgerton is the Hans Rausing Professor of the History of Science and Technology and Professor of Modern British History at King’s College London. A historian of science and technology and of twentieth-century Britain, he taught at the University of Manchester before becoming founding director of the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at Imperial College London (1993-2003). He was a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellow (2006-2009), and gave the 2009 Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Prize Lecture at the Royal Society of London. In 2013, he moved to King’s, where he chairs King’s Contemporary British History and is a co-director of the Sir Michael Howard Centre for the History of War. He has appeared in many radio and TV programs and regularly gives talks to official and public bodies on a wide range of topics. He was educated at St. John’s College Oxford and Imperial College London. His many books include: Science, Technology and the British Industrial ‘Decline’, 1870-1970 (1996); Warfare State: Britain, 1920-1970 (2005); The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900 (2006); Britain’s War Machine: Weapons, Resources and Experts in the Second World War (2011); and The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth Century History (2018).
Co-sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the Environment and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.
http://sts.hks.harvard.edu/events/lectures/david-edgerton/
sts@hks.harvard.edu
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Matthew Wisnioski: Does America Need More Innovators?
Tuesday, April 16
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
MIT Press Bookstore, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Please join the MIT Press Bookstore in welcoming historian Matthew Wisnioski to discuss his book, Does America Need More Innovators?
Does America Need More Innovators?–co-edited with Eric S. Hintz and Marie Stettler Kleine–is a critical exploration of today’s global imperative to innovate, by champions, critics, and reformers of innovation.
Corporate executives, politicians, and school board leaders agree—Americans must innovate. But critics have begun to question the unceasing promotion of innovation, pointing out its gadget-centric shallowness, the lack of diversity among innovators, and the unequal distribution of innovation’s burdens and rewards. This book offers an overdue critical exploration of today’s global imperative to innovate by bringing together innovation’s champions, critics, and reformers in conversation.
Matthew Wisnioski is Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech and the author of Engineers for Change: Competing Visions of Technology in 1960s America (MIT Press). Dr. Wisnioski studies the interplay between expertise and imagination in science, technology, and innovation.
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GBRSPC Presents a FREE screening of "Suicide: The Ripple Effect”
Tuesday, April 16
6-8:30p
The NonProfit Center, 89 South Street, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/59093235458
GBRSPC presents a FREE screening of "Suicide The Ripple Effect" followed by a panel discussion on
The GBRSPC welcomes you to join us for a FREE screening of "Suicide The Ripple Effect" as part of Massachusetts Department of Public Health Suicide Prevention Program's initiatives.
The Greater Boston Regional Suicide Prevention Coalition (GBRSPC) is one of 10 coalitions across the state whose mission is to prevent suicide through state-wide advocacy and collaboration.
“Suicide The Ripple Effect” is a movie and a mission to eradicate suicide. This film is part of a global mission to help reduce the number of suicides and suicide attempts around the world. Through sharing stories of survival and recovery we are creating significant awareness of this health crisis, while helping people find the support they need to stay alive, heal and #BeHereTomorrow! www.suicidetherippleeffect.com For the trailer visit: https://youtu.be/JtYHVW94aio
After the screening of "Suicide: The Ripple Effect" GBRSPC will facilitate a conversation between the audience and a panel of experts/persons with lived experience.
This event is free but registration is required as we have a limited capacity. There is a ticket limit of eight general admission tickets per order. If your group needs more tickets than that, please contact us at info@greaterbostonpreventssuicide.org.
There will be childcare available on-site and light food and beverages from Haley House.
Tuesday, April 16th | 6:30pm | Tickets: FREE | Nonprofit Center 89 South Street, Boston, MA 02111
The Nonprofit Center is a few minutes away from both the South Station, Downtown Crossing/Park Street T Stops.
For more information contact:
Email: info@greaterbostonpreventssuicide.org
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/GreaterBostonPreventsSuicide
Website: www.greaterbostonpreventssuicide.org
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Solid Seasons: The Friendship of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tuesday, April 16
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
This event is free; no tickets are required.
Harvard Book Store and Mass Humanities welcome award-winning author and editor JEFFREY S. CRAMER—curator of collections at the Walden Woods Project’s Thoreau Institute Library—for a discussion of his latest book, Solid Seasons: The Friendship of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
About Solid Seasons
Any biography that concentrates on either Henry David Thoreau or Ralph Waldo Emerson tends to diminish the other figure, but in Solid Seasons both men remain central and equal. Through several decades of writing, friendship remained a primary theme for them both.
Collecting extracts from the letters and journals of both men, as well as words written about them by their contemporaries, Jeffrey S. Cramer beautifully illustrates the full nature of their twenty-five-year dialogue. Biographers like to point at the crisis in their friendship, focusing particularly on Thoreau's disappointment in Emerson―rarely on Emerson's own disappointment in Thoreau―and leaving it there, a friendship ruptured. But the solid seasons remained, as is evident when, in 1878, Anne Burrows Gilchrist, the English writer and friend of Whitman, visited Emerson. She wrote that his memory was failing "as to recent names and topics but as is usual in such cases all the mental impressions that were made when he was in full vigour remain clear and strong." As they chatted, Emerson called to his wife, Lidian, in the next room, "What was the name of my best friend?"
"Henry Thoreau," she answered.
"Oh, yes," Emerson repeated. "Henry Thoreau."
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Dangerous Developments in Modern Weaponry: a forum on the military pursuit of global hegemony
Tuesday, April 16
7:00
MIT, Building 56- 114, Enter thru Building 66, 25 Ames Street, Cambridge
Speakers:
Subrata Ghoshroy, Research Affiliate at MIT
Nick Mottern, Knowdrones.com
Elaine Scarry, Harvard professor and author of Thermonuclear Monarchy
Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
Topics will include:
Continued expansion of the hugely profitable military budget
Cutting-edge Pentagon weapons technology, drones, AI/robotics
The trillion-dollar nuclear weapons modernization program
The US drive to dominate space
Resistance of tech workers to war research
This forum is sponsored by Eastern Massachusetts Anti-Drones Network (a task force of United for Justice with Peace); MIT Students Against War; Mass Peace Action; Coalition to Stop the Genocide in Yemen; Women’s
International League for Peace and Freedom, Boston branch; Greater Boston Chapter of Green-Rainbow Party; Boston Democratic Socialists of America; Smedley D. Butler Brigade, Veterans for Peace, Boston and Science for the People - Boston.
For questions or comments, contact ujpcoalition@gmail.com or 617-776-6524
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Film Screening: "Life Will Smile" by Steve Priovolos and Drey Kleanthous
Tuesday, April 16
7:30 – 9 p.m.
Harvard, , Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium, Harvard Yard, Cambridge
The unique story of the 275 Jews of Zakynthos
Co-organized by the Harvard Greek Film Society and the Consulate General of Greece in Boston
The screening will be followed by a reception in Boylston Hall's Ticknor Lounge 9:00-10:00 p.m and Q&A with the producer Steve Priovolos who will be present! We feel honored that Mr. Priovolos has agreed to travel to Boston for our event!
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Wednesday, April 17
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Tell the Truth! Ring the Alarm on Climate Emergency
Wednesday, April 17
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenkmWvgftAoTLDRXkhkATmH6l1afl5LR3RI0FKJxkjem6YZA/viewform
We are here to tell the truth, and act with the urgency that the truth demands.
On April 17th, Extinction Rebellion Boston begins its non-violent uprising against the long-standing criminal inaction on our planet's ecological breakdown. Our governments and the media have failed to tell the truth about the climate crisis and local environmental emergencies, and failed to communicate the need for drastic action in order to save life on our planet.
Because of these crimes against humanity, we will gather at the site of the Boston Massacre at noon and demand truth from media sites in downtown Boston. We will then take publicly disruptive, non-violent action to declare what we know to be true, and upend the repressive silence around the climate emergency.
Some of us will commit civil disobedience. The rest of us must bear witness to their courage, and stand with over 200 groups around the world participating in XR's week of action. If you cannot make it to the action in person, we will outline disruptive actions you can take from afar -- but we hope we will see you there!
We are the ones we've been waiting for. With love & rage,
XR Boston
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Boston Sustainability Breakfast (Longwood)
Wednesday, April 17
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM EDT
Clover Food Lab, 360 Longwood Avenue, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-sustainability-breakfast-longwood-tickets-59777642538
Net Impact Boston's sustainability breakfast has a new location this month!
Every month Net Impact Boston hosts an informal breakfast meetup of sustainability professionals for networking, discussion, and moral support. It's important to remind ourselves that we are not the only ones out there in the business world trying to do good!
This month we'll be at a new location in Longwood. Feel free to drop by Clover Food Lab (Longwood) between 7:30 and 8:30 AM. We'll be chatting about sustainability in the health care industry!
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Program on Misinformation
Wednesday, April 17
11:30 AM- 1:00 PM
Harvard, Wexner 434AB, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
Deen Freelon, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Associate Professor, School of Media and Journalism
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Edible Insects: How to Move Toward Food Sustainability: Edible Insects Festival @ Tufts: Workshop 1
Wednesday, April 17
11:30AM – 1:30PM
Tufts, Tisch Library, Room 304, 35 Professors Row, Medford
As part of the Edible Insects Festival @ Tufts, Workshop #1 will include a number of speakers discussing a sustainable future of food systems with edible insects.
Event Contact scarlet.bliss@tufts.edu
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What Will It Take to End Homelessness in Boston and Beyond? Insights from Policy, Research, and Advocacy
Wednesday, April 17
12pm-1:30pm
BU, 75 Bay State Road, Boston
RSVP at http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07eg1x18e9a4be45bc&llr=sgxoeyrab
Lunch provided
Homelessness is one of the most pressing problems facing Boston and other cities throughout the United States. There is an emerging consensus that ending homelessness is possible, but progress towards this goal is complicated by larger problems of housing affordability and the broader policy context. This seminar will integrate the perspectives of researchers, policymakers and advocates to examine solutions to the problem and discuss challenges to ending homelessness as we know it.
Panelists include Tom Byrne, BU Assistant Professor of Social Work; Laila Bernstein, Deputy Director for the Supportive Housing Division & Advisor to the Mayor for the Initiatives to End Chronic Homelessness City of Boston; and Joe Finn, President & Executive Director, Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance
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Climate Cafe
Wednesday, April 17
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
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Lesley University, 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, University Hall, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-cafe-tickets-53791009357
Teachers, students and families, are invited to participate in a hands-on exploration of climate change. We will uncover the science behind climate change by examining where our food comes from. This is an opportunity to ask questions, share ideas and concerns, and learn more about what you can do in your daily life that can help impact the effects of global climate change. Teachers will receive training, resources, and a lesson plan they can use with their students (can count for PDP’s). Participants will learn about current research, and engage in scientific dialogue and argumentation. FREE
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Managing Transboundary Public Goods
Wednesday, April 17
4:15PM TO 5:30PM
Harvard, Littauer-382, HKS, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
Torben Mideksa, Uppsala University
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/30064
Contact Name: Casey Billings
casey_billings@hks.harvard.edu
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Resilience, Resistance, and the Law: Innovative Strategies for Stopping Distriminatory Land Grabs
Wednesday, April 17
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
Northeastern, Alumni Center at Columbus Place, 716 Columbus Avenue, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/valerie-gordon-human-rights-lecture-featuring-alfred-brownell-tickets-59159452515
Valerie Gordon Human Rights Lecture Featuring Alfred Brownell
The annual Valerie Gordon Human Rights Lecture celebrates the memory of the late Valerie Gordon ’93, a fierce advocate for human rights in the US and internationally. The lecture brings outstanding lawyers, judges, scholars and advocates who work to advance human rights to deliver a keynote address at the law school. In conjunction with the lecture, the law school’s chapter of the Black Law Students Association sponsors a human rights essay contest for first year law students. The author of the winning essay is given “The Spirit of Valerie Gordon” award, presented at the lecture each spring.
Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Northeastern University School of Law’s Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE)
Alfred Lahai Brownell
Distinguished Scholar, Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy,
Northeastern University School of Law Beau Biden Chair, Institute of International Education’s Scholar Rescue Fund
Alfred Brownell has dedicated his life to protecting human rights and the environment. As the founder and lead campaigner at Green Advocates, Liberia, he worked for 20 years as a researcher, legal counsel and advocate for impoverished communities.
Reception to follow program
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Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
6:00 PM (Doors at 5:30)
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.harvard.com/event/bill_mckibben2/
Cost: $6.00 - $29.75 (book included)
Harvard Book Store welcomes celebrated environmentalist and author BILL McKIBBEN—founder of 350.org, the first planet-wide, grassroots climate change movement—for a discussion of his latest book, Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
About Falter
Bill McKibben’s groundbreaking book The End of Nature—issued in dozens of languages and long regarded as a classic—was the first book to alert us to global warming. But the danger is broader than that: even as climate change shrinks the space where our civilization can exist, new technologies like artificial intelligence and robotics threaten to bleach away the variety of human experience.
Falter tells the story of these converging trends and of the ideological fervor that keeps us from bringing them under control. And then, drawing on McKibben’s experience in building 350.org, the first truly global citizens movement to combat climate change, it offers some possible ways out of the trap. We’re at a bleak moment in human history—and we’ll either confront that bleakness or watch the civilization our forebearers built slip away.
Falter is a powerful and sobering call to arms, to save not only our planet but also our humanity.
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The Great Climate Race: Climate impacts are accelerating. Are solutions keeping pace?
Wednesday, April 17
6pm - 8pm
Hampshire House, 84 Beacon Street, Boston
RSVP by April 9 to Monika von Hillebrandt at rsvp@edf.org or 202-572-3373
Dr Steven Hamburg, Chief Scientist, EDF
Dr Nat Keohane, Senior Vice President of Climate, EDF
In the past year, several scientific reports have been released sounding the alarm about our rapidly and dangerously warming planet. Scientists say we must act far more aggressively to mitigate climate change.
Please join EDF and your fellow supporters to learn and to ask questions on how the latest climate science is guiding EDF and others to develop larger, bolder, and moe aggressive solutions to the environmental challenge of our time.
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NOVA Wonders Exhibition
Wednesday, April 17
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
WGBH Educational Foundation, 1 Guest Street, Boston
RSVP at http://novawonders.eventbrite.com
From the mysteries of astrophysics to the secrets of the human biome, explore exhibits, presentations, and activities from local STEM organizations based on the NOVA Wonders miniseries.
NOVA Wonders, a 6-part miniseries produced by the popular science documentary series on PBS, takes viewers on a journey to the frontiers of science, where researchers are tackling some of the biggest questions about life and the cosmos.
The NOVA Wonders Exhibition will feature exhibits, presentations, and activities from scientists and STEM organizations in the Greater Boston area that will highlight the themes of each of the six episodes in the miniseries.
Exhibits include:
The science of Fecal Microbiota Transplants with OpenBiome
Exploring dark matter & dark energy with What the Physics!? 's Dr. Greg Kestin
The secrets of chimp communication with Dr. Zairn Machanda
Greenland Melting immersive VR experience
NOVA Labs, apps, and interactives
And more!
Appetizers and drinks will be provided.
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The Future of Machine Learning & AI
Wednesday, 17 April
6:30 – 8:30 pm EDT
GA Boston, 125 Summer Street 13th Floor, Boston
RSVP at https://generalassemb.ly/education/the-future-of-machine-learning-ai/boston/72718
Machine learning and artificial intelligence are constantly evolving every day. New data is being processed and patterns identified, making machine learning and artificial intelligence more advanced than ever before.
For this event, we’re bringing together experts in machine learning and AI to talk about how new and exciting technologies will continue to impact our lives. Come learn about what advancements are being made in machine learning, the trajectory that artificial intelligence is taking, and how all of this will impact the future of technology.
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Making Civility Great Again
Wednesday, April 17
7:00pm
Porter Square Books, 25 White Street, Cambridge
Making Civility Great Again directly addresses the problems and issues that are the sources of divisiveness and chaos in America today. Equally important, it describes numerous ways to communicate with greater civility with others, especially those whose views are much different from yours.
In doing so, Making Civility Great Again shows you how to be more diplomatic, assertive, and empathetic with people you know well and people with whom you interact casually. This book gives you numerous examples and suggestions for dealing successfully with challenging communication situations whether you and your communication partners are exchanging views on personal matters, workplace issues, or political views. It also provides valuable tips for becoming a better listener; avoiding communication roadblocks; and managing your anger appropriately for more civil and productive discussions with people you encounter on a daily basis.
Making Civility Great Again will improve your civility as you communicate with others and, in the process, your example will inspire people to become more civil in their everyday activities. And, most of all, this book will ensure you contribute to making civility great again in the United States!
Kim Kerrigan has spent most of his adult life as an educator and corporate trainer throughout the United States and Mexico. He is also the editor of a personal memoir, Mom in Her Own Words, and is a popular workshop presenter and guest speaker. Mr. Kerrigan cofounded Corporate Classrooms and resides in the Boston area.
Steven Wells has had a diversified career: engineering executive, information technology entrepreneur, and marketing professional. He currently serves as marketing and content development director for Corporate Classrooms of which he is a cofounder. Mr. Wells lives in the Boston area.
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Cambridge Forum: Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South
Wednesday, April 17
7:00 PM
First Parish Church, 1446 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
This event is free; no tickets are required.
Cambridge Forum welcomes historian STEPHANIE E. JONES-ROGERS for a discussion of her new book, They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South.The book explores how slave-owning white women were sophisticated economic actors who directly engaged in and benefited from the South’s slave market.
About They Were Her Property
Bridging women’s history, the history of the South, and African American history, this book makes a bold argument about the role of white women in American slavery. In They Were Her Property, historian Stephanie E. Jones-Roger shows that women typically inherited more slaves than land, and that enslaved people were often their primary source of wealth. Not only did white women often refuse to cede ownership of their slaves to their husbands, they employed management techniques that were as effective and brutal as those used by slave-owning men. White women actively participated in the slave market, profited from it, and used it for economic and social empowerment. By examining the economically entangled lives of enslaved people and slave-owning women, Jones-Rogers presents a narrative that forces us to rethink the economics and social conventions of slaveholding America.
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Thursday, April 18
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ROBOTICA Autonomous Vehicle Summit
Thursday, April 18
9:00 AM – 7:00 PM EDT
Draper, Draper Auditorium, One Hampshire Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/robotica-autonomous-vehicle-summit-tickets-55430041747
Cost: $45 – $145
The future of personal, public and commercial transportation is being built right here in New England.
On April 18th, join us for ROBOTICA Autonomous Vehicle Summit, brought to you by AUVSI New England. Along with our partners from Boston Consulting Group, Draper, WPI and the Consulate General of Canada, we will once again bring together industry experts for a comprehensive review of the current market status and next-gen initiatives. Our panelists and moderators will engage you with a vision for future use planning models and next steps for thoughtful and well rounded autonomous vehicle policy.
Attendees will hear from self-driving vehicle & component manufacturers, technology researchers, policymakers and regulators from city & state offices, and international thought leaders on public, commercial and personal transportation.
Join us at Draper on April 18th for a full day summit on autonomous vehicles and intelligent transportation.
Additional details will be announced soon. Watch our event page at http://auvsinewengland.org/events-3/robotica-series-events/av-summit-2018.html for more details.
General admission and group tickets are on sale now.
Presented with the support of our annual corporate sponsors.
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BUMC 2019 Earth Day Festival
Thursday, April 18
11:00 am to 2:00 pm
BU Medical School, Talbot Green, 715 Albany Street, Boston
Join us in celebrating Earth Day 2019 this Spring! The 9th Annual Earth Day Festival is a dynamic event that brings together local businesses, nonprofits, BU departments, student organizations, and more to share interactive and fun activities outdoors to celebrate sustainability together.
Contact Email sustainability@BU.edu
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Working with industry to achieve results – Is it possible?
Thursday, April 18
12:00-1:00pm
Tufts, Multi-purpose Room, Curtis Hall, 474 Boston Avenue, Medford
Eva Birk, U.S. DOT's Federal Highway Administration, Environmental Program Manager
Are most polluters trying to “beat” regulations, or is the bigger issue that one needs a PhD to understand even our most basic environmental laws? This presentation will describe how agencies can form unique partnerships with a stakeholder group that often has the most intimate knowledge of what works and doesn’t work on the ground – regulated parties. Eva Birk will share experience working on improved Clean Water Act permitting with national stakeholders in Washington, D.C., as well as simplified Endangered Species Act consultation for Atlantic Salmon in Maine. She will offer tips and tricks for how to stay sane, have fun and advance your career while navigating historically fraught relationships between polluters, nonprofits and regulators.
Eva Birk manages U.S. DOT's Federal Highway Aid environmental program in Maine. She provides support on a wide range of regulatory issues for large infrastructure projects, working with stakeholders such as State DOTs, Tribal Governments, NOAA, USFWS, Army Corps and EPA. Prior to her work in Maine, Eva served as an ORISE Science and Education Fellow in US EPA’s Office of Water, and later represented the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) in Washington, D.C. on several environmental streamlining initiatives related to private development. Eva has a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Studies from Tufts University, and a Master’s Degree in City and Regional Planning from Cornell University.
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The Un Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities: A Commentary
Thursday, April 18
12pm
Harvard, WCC Milstein West A/B, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Ilias Bantekas
Michael Ashley Stein
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Tensions and Trade-Offs in Law, Organization, and the Design of “Ethically-Aligned” Artificial Intelligence
Thursday, April 18
5pm
Harvard, Littauer 140, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Justice of the Supreme Court of CA
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JPat Brown, B.C.D. Lipton, and Michael Morisy: Scientists Under Surveillance
Thursday, April 18
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
MIT Press Bookstore, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
MIT Press Bookstore and Cambridge Science Festival welcome editors JPat Brown, B.C.D. Lipton, and Michael Morisy for a discussion of their book, Scientists Under Surveillance: The FBI Files.
When the Cold War was at its hottest, the FBI cast a suspicious eye on scientists working in a wide range of disciplines. Scientists Under Surveillance gathers FBI files on some of the most famous scientists in America–including Neil Armstrong, Albert Einstein, Vera Rubin, and Richard Feynman–and reproduces them in their original typewritten, teletyped, hand-annotated form.
JPat Brown is Executive Editor of MuckRock.
B. C. D. Lipton is Senior Reporter at MuckRock.
Michael Morisy is cofounder of MuckRock.
For more information about the Cambridge Science Festival, visit cambridgesciencefestival.org.
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Reluctant Radical w/ Ken Ward Q&A
Thursday, April 18
6 PM – 9 PM
The Democracy Center, 45 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/314566012591086/
XR Boston hosts a screening of the Reluctant Radical, followed by a Q&A with Ken Ward, the activist featured in the film!
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If a crime is committed in order to prevent a greater crime, is it forgivable? Is it, in fact, necessary?
THE RELUCTANT RADICAL follows activist Ken Ward as he confronts his fears and puts himself in the direct path of the fossil fuel industry to combat climate change. Ken breaks the law as a last resort, to fulfill what he sees as his personal obligation to future generations. After twenty years leading environmental organizations, Ken became increasingly alarmed by both the scientific evidence of climate change and the repercussions for civilization as we know it. Ken pushed for a crisis level response from inside environmental organizations. Those efforts failed, and he now embraces direct action civil disobedience as the most effective political tool to deal with catastrophic circumstances.
The film follows Ken for a year and a half through a series of direct actions, culminating with his participation in the coordinated action that shut down all the U.S. tar sands oil pipelines on October 11, 2016. The film reveals both the personal costs and also the fulfillment that comes from following one’s moral calling- even if that means breaking the law. Ken Ward has no regrets, and his certainty leaves the audience to consider if he is out of touch with reality, or if it is the rest of society that is delusional for not acting when faced with the unsettling evidence that we are collectively destroying our world.
Director Lindsey Grayzel, co-producer Deia Schlosberg and cinematographer Carl Davis were three of four independent filmmakers to be arrested and charged with crimes for filming the activists on October 11, 2016. Their charges have been dropped, and they have joined forces to tell Ken’s story through this film.
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MIT Water Innovation Final Pitch Night
Thursday, April 18
6pm - 9pm
MIT, Media Lab, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-water-innovation-prize-pitch-competition-tickets-57932255937
Join us for the Final Pitch Event of the MIT Water Innovation Prize on Thursday April 18th from 6:00pm at the MIT Media Lab 6th Floor (E14, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge). Come hear our finalist startup teams who are solving global water issues pitch for $35K in grant funding!
Keynote Speakers for the event will be:
Tom Ferguson - Vice President of Programming at Imagine H2O
Dr. You Wu - Co-founder & CTO at WatchTower Robotics
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Papers to Policies: How Scientific Evidence Influences Government Action
Thursday, April 18
6:30pm
Aeronaut, 14 Tyler Street, Somerville
More information at http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/science-by-the-pint/
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Boston: Launching the Green New Deal Tour
Thursday, April 18
6:30 PM
Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Road, Boston
RSVP at https://www.universe.com/events/road-to-a-green-new-deal-boston-tour-launch-tickets-boston-Y6L20K
Cost: $5 - $50
Join us at the Tour Launch of the Road to a Green New Deal! At this Tour Stop, we'll explore what the pain of the climate crisis looks like for Boston and the nation, and what the promise of the Green New Deal will look like, too.
We'll hear from political champions, including Senator Markey and Representative Pressley, and community and movement leaders, including Reverend Mariama White Hammond and the students who led the Boston Youth Climate Strike.
We'll set the roadmap to 2021 and beyond, discovering what the GND means for each of us-- and what action we'll take to make it happen.
If you have questions about the event, or require financial assistance, email gndtour.boston@gmail.com
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Boston’s Twentieth Century Bicycling Renaissance: Cultural Change on Two Wheels w/ Lorenz Finison
Thursday, April 18
7:00pm
Trident Books Cafe, 338 Newbury Street, Boston
Boston’s Twentieth Century Bicycling Renaissance: Cultural Change on Two Wheels includes the history of racing, touring, commuting, bikeways, rails-to trails, bike messengers, bike-a-thons, BMX, bike building, bike shops, an amusing section on the ill-fated Tour de Trump, and many more. Author Lorenz Finison considers these topics through the lenses of race, class, gender, and LGBT issues in cycling and beyond. This book intertwines the history of cycling with a cultural history of Boston.
This is the second book in a trilogy. The first book: Boston’s Cycling Craze: 1880-1900, A Story of Race, Sport, and Society, achieved the Boston Globe’s best of New England nonfiction list in 2014.
About the author:
Lorenz Finison is a social psychologist, public health practitioner, and historian. He arrived in Boston as a teenager in 1954 and feels privileged to write about a city he’s loved despite its warts and troubles, and its very real racial conflicts. He researches issues of race, class, and gender and how these factors influence such things as Who can ride with whom? Who is included and who is excluded? Where? How dressed? At what speed? How safely for cyclists and other road users? Finison is a founding member of Cycling Through History, and of the Bicycling History Collections at UMass-Boston.
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Friday, April 19
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Inaugural Energy Conference (BU Energy Club)
Friday, April 19
9:00am – 4:00pm
BU, Questrom School of Business, 595 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Organizer: sustainabilitybucalendar@gmail.com
sustainabilitybucalendar@gmail.com
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EarthFest
Friday, April 19
11AM – 2PM
Tufts, Academic Quad, Medford
Students for Environmental Awareness and EcoReps invite you to the 3rd annual Earth Fest, a FREE event on the Academic Quad to celebrate sustainability in the community in honor of Earth Day.
The event will include live music, a vegetarian cookout provided by the GreEco Reps, a clothing exchange hosted by the Eco Reps, and tables hosted by student groups and local organizations.
Link https://www.facebook.com/events/555210001632400/
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April 19th Climate Strike
Friday, April 19
11 AM – 2 PM
Boston State House, 27 Beacon Street, Boston
More information at https://www.facebook.com/events/1042235505987607/
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Mind Fixers: Psychiatry's Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness
Friday, April 19
3:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
This event is free; no tickets are required.
Harvard Book Store welcomes ANNE HARRINGTON, the Franklin L. Ford Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University, for a discussion of her latest book, Mind Fixers: Psychiatry's Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness.
About Mind Fixers
In Mind Fixers, Anne Harrington, author of The Cure Within, explores psychiatry’s repeatedly frustrated struggle to understand mental disorder in biomedical terms. She shows how the stalling of early twentieth century efforts in this direction allowed Freudians and social scientists to insist, with some justification, that they had better ways of analyzing and fixing minds.
But when the Freudians overreached, they drove psychiatry into a state of crisis that a new “biological revolution” was meant to alleviate. Harrington shows how little that biological revolution had to do with breakthroughs in science, and why the field has fallen into a state of crisis in our own time.
Mind Fixers makes clear that psychiatry’s waxing and waning biological enthusiasms have been shaped not just by developments in the clinic and lab, but also by a surprising range of social factors, including immigration, warfare, grassroots activism, and assumptions about race and gender. Government programs designed to empty the state mental hospitals, acrid rivalries between different factions in the field, industry profit mongering, consumerism, and an uncritical media have all contributed to the story as well.
In focusing particularly on the search for the biological roots of schizophrenia, depression, and bipolar disorder, Harrington underscores the high human stakes for the millions of people who have sought medical answers for their mental suffering. This is not just a story about doctors and scientists, but about countless ordinary people and their loved ones.
A clear-eyed, evenhanded, and yet passionate tour de force, Mind Fixers recounts the past and present struggle to make mental illness a biological problem in order to lay the groundwork for creating a better future, both for those who suffer and for those whose job it is to care for them.
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Boston Innovation In Consumer Products: The Grommet's Jules Pieri
Friday, April 19
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
WBUR CitySpace, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
RSVP at https://www.wbur.org/events/457614/boston-innovation-in-consumer-products-the-grommets-jules-pieri
Cost: $10.00
Since 2008, The Grommet, a product discovery platform based in Somerville, has launched 3,000 innovative products from Makers, inventors and entrepreneurs, including companies that have become household names like FitBit, IdeaPaint, Lovepop, OtterBox, SimpliSafe, SodaStream, S’well and many others from around the world. As technology makes it easier than ever for entrepreneurs to develop and launch consumer products, Greater Boston has dozens of product companies rising up from our academia, science and tech communities—and new ideas are always bubbling up.
Reporter Callum Borchers will speak with Jules Pieri, The Grommet’s Co-founder & CEO and author of the new book, “How We Make Stuff Now,” along with several Boston-area companies (KettlePizza, Smart Girls Jewelry and Quell) to share their stories and insights about launching consumer products. Where did the idea come from? How did they develop them into a product? How did they turn them into a business? Why is Boston a great place to develop consumer products?
Copies of “How We Make Stuff Now” will be available to purchase. A book signing with Pieri will follow the event.
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Heading for Extinction and What to Do About It
Friday, April 19
7 PM – 9 PM
Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston Street, Boston
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/409882493163258/
The planet is in ecological crisis: we are in the midst of the sixth mass extinction event this planet has experienced. Scientists believe we may have entered a period of abrupt climate breakdown. This is an emergency.
In this public talk, speakers from the Extinction Rebellion Boston will share the latest climate science on where our planet is heading, discuss some of the current psychology around climate change, and offer solutions through the study of social movements.
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Saturday April 20
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Herb Gardening for Everyone
Saturday April 20
10am to 12pm
Pemberton Market, 2225 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Growing requirements, successful plant combinations, harvesting techniques, post-harvest storage, etc. FREE. Pemby’s offers sessions every Saturday through June, on growing everything from veg to native plants (May 4) to cannabis. pembertonmarketplace.com/events/
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Earth Day on the Greenway
Saturday, April 20
11:00am – 1:00pm
Dewey Square, Summer Street & Pearl Street, Boston
Family activities on the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway include face painting, music, games, and food trucks. WalkBoston's Bob Sloane will guide walkers through some of Boston's best-kept secret lanes and recount some of the city's classic stories at 11 a.m.
http://www.rosekennedygreenway.org
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Monday, April 22 - Friday, April 26
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Harvard Heat Week
https://www.huej.org/schedule.html
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Monday, April 22
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We Can’t Wait - Social Network for Climate Action
Monday, April 22
9am - 1pm
RSVP at https://togetherwearethesolution.confetti.events
On Earth Day, 22 April, we welcome you to our ´No-Fly´ Climate Conference 2019 and the exciting launch of our Social Network for Climate Action. This event marks the launch of a movement for a safe future, and we are actively involving everyone working to remedy the climate crisis.
During our Earth Day event, climate advocates will pitch their social media campaigns for the climate and the environment. We will discuss the art of effectively communicating the climate crisis, the leading role of the climate youth movement, and the connection between individual lifestyle choices and major systemic change.
Our aim is to show how important it is that everyone – young people, old people, parents, businesses, institutions, elected officials – is needed. Together we are the solution and without collaboration, we will fail. You are therefore invited to our conference in Norrsken House, Stockholm on
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MassForward: A vision for 2030 Agenda
Monday, April 22
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM EDT
Museum Of Science, Museum Of Science Driveway, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/massforward-a-vision-for-2030-agenda-tickets-57204644632
This event will be a day of conversations on how the Commonwealth of Massachusetts can continue to lead on emerging technology and its implementation in the workplace. There will be six breakout sessions with industry specific leaders followed by a conversation on public and private sector cooperation featuring Governor Charlie Baker and Dell Technologies Chairman and CEO Michael Dell.
More details on speakers and attendees to come!
Registration opening
10:00 am: Start Time
10:30 - 10:50 am: Opening by Host Executive and Dell Executive
First Round of Sessions
11:00 – 12:00 pm: Session 1A -Healthcare
11:00 – 12:00 pm: Session 1B - Workforce Readiness
Luncheon
12:10 - 1:15 pm: Discussion on STEM Science, technology, engineering and math
Second Round of Sessions
1:30 – 2:45 pm: Session 2A - Education
1:15 – 2:45 pm: Session 2B – Sustainability
Break/Reception/Networking
2:45 - 3:15 pm: Networking Break- with Water, Coffee and Snacks
Third Round of Sessions
3:30 - 4:45 pm: Session 3A - Manufacturing
3:30 - 4:45 pm: Session 3B – Transportation
Future of Work
5:00 - 6:00 pm: Future of Work conversation with Michael Dell and Governor Baker
Reception
6:05 pm: Post Summit Reception
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Earth Day Pop-Up
Monday, April 22
11:00 am to 2:00 pm
BU, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Join us as we celebrate Earth Day at our 9th annual Earth Day Festival! Join the challenge and find us all over campus on Monday April 22nd to learn how you can get involved with sustainability and the climate action efforts on and off campus! Make sure to stop by the GSU plaza for our annual Chowderfest and vote for your favorite dining hall! Buy fresh produce and local goods at the Farmers & Sustainability Market.
Contact Name Gabriela Boscio Santos
Phone 857-225-2972
Contact Email gboscio@bu.edu
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Materializing Time: The Techno-Scientific Transformation of Olive Agriculture in Israel/Palestine
Monday, April 22
12:15PM
Harvard, CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Natalia Gutkowski, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, will discuss
Please RSVP via the online form by Wednesday at 5PM the week before.
STS Circle at Harvard
http://sts.hks.harvard.edu/events/sts_circle/
sts@hks.harvard.edu
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We Don't Have Time Climate Conference and launch of our social network for climate action!
Tuesday, April 22
3:00 PM - 06:00 PM
RSVP at https://togetherwearethesolution.confetti.events
Confirmed keynote speakers: Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Ph.D. Per E Stoknes, Ph.D. Katharine Hayhoe, Artist Klaus Thymann, Youth activist Jamie Margolin, Author Kate Raworth and Dr. Sweta Chakraborty More speakers to be announced shortly.
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1deation 2019
Tuesday, April 22
6-9PM
MIT, Building 32-123, Ray and Maria Stata Center, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ideation-2019-tickets-57404982849
Ideation is an annual event that connects teams with early stage startup ideas to other skilled entrepreneurial students and professionals.
About this Event
Ideation brings together MIT and Harvard, along with the broader Boston science community. Last year’s event gave teams the opportunity to pitch in front of and network with an audience of ~300 people to form new collaborations and find new teammates.
At this event, pitching teams and general audience members hear from established biotech entrepreneurs, successful early stage teams out of Harvard and MIT, and startup funding organizations. Our partners and sponsors in the past have included The Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship, The Engine, MIT 100k, and Harvard Innovation Lab.
Some entrepreneurs, like yourself will also have the opportunity to present an idea in a 2 minute pitch following the featured speakers. Teams will receive feedback from a variety of judges involved in various stages of startup development, as well as the chance to recruit new team members in a networking session following the main event.
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Truth in Our Times: Inside the Fight for Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts
Monday, April 22
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge,
This event is free; no tickets are required.
Harvard Book Store welcomes Deputy General Counsel at the New York Times DAVID E. McCRAW for a discussion of his new book, Truth in Our Times: Inside the Fight for Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts. He'll be joined in conversation by Boston Globe Magazine staff writer NEIL SWIDEY—author of Trapped Under the Sea: One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles Into the Darkness.
About Truth in Our Times
In October 2016, when Donald Trump's lawyer demanded that the New York Times retract an article focused on two women that accused Trump of touching them inappropriately, David McCraw's scathing letter of refusal went viral and he became a hero of press freedom everywhere. But as you'll see in Truth in Our Times, for the top newsroom lawyer at the paper of record, it was just another day at the office.
McCraw has worked at the Times since 2002, leading the paper's fight for freedom of information, defending it against libel suits, and providing legal counsel to the reporters breaking the biggest stories of the year. In short: if you've read a controversial story in the paper since the Bush administration, it went across his desk first. From Chelsea Manning's leaks to Trump's tax returns, McCraw is at the center of the paper's decisions about what news is fit to print.
In Truth in Our Times, McCraw recounts the hard legal decisions behind the most impactful stories of the last decade with candor and style. The book is simultaneously a rare peek behind the curtain of the celebrated organization, a love letter to freedom of the press, and a decisive rebuttal of Trump's fake news slur through a series of hard cases. It is an absolute must-have for any dedicated reader of the New York Times.
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Tuesday, April 23
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Special film screening and Q&A: Lobster War: The Fight Over the World’s Richest Fishing Grounds
Tuesday, April 23
6–8:30 pm
Harvard Museum of Natural History, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Film Screening (unrated, 74 min.)
Free and Open to the Public
Lobster War is an award-winning documentary film about a conflict between the United States and Canada over waters that both countries have claimed since the end of the Revolutionary War. The disputed 277 square miles of sea known as the Gray Zone were traditionally fished by U.S. lobstermen. But as the Gulf of Maine has warmed faster than nearly any other body of water on the planet, the area’s previously modest lobster population has surged. As a result, Canadians have begun to assert their sovereignty, warring with the Americans to claim the bounty. Directed by David Abel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter at The Boston Globe, and Andy Laub, an award-winning documentarian. Abel and Laub are also producers of the acclaimed Discovery Channel documentary Sacred Cod. See more about the film at www.lobsterwar.com.
David Abel is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who covers fisheries and environmental issues for The Boston Globe. Abel’s work has also won an Edward R. Murrow Award, the Ernie Pyle Award from the Scripps Howard Foundation, and the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Feature Reporting. He co-directed and produced Sacred Cod, a film about the collapse of the iconic cod fishery in New England, which was broadcast by the Discovery Channel in spring 2017. He also directed and produced two films about the Boston Marathon bombings, which were broadcast to national and international audiences on BBC World News, Discovery Life, and Pivot. His last film, Gladesmen: The Last of the Sawgrass Cowboys, is now being screened at film festivals around the country. Abel is the film’s director, producer, and co-director of photography. See more about Abel at http://www.davidsabel.com
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Stepping Up: Business In The Era Of Climate Change Part 3 (Climate Politics And Business)
Tuesday, April 23
6:30 pm
WBUR CitySpace, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
RSVP at https://www.wbur.org/events/446262/stepping-up-climate-politics-and-business-part-3
Cost: $15.00
A five-part WBUR series in collaboration with Harvard Business School and Boston University Questrom School of Business
Business is the main source of the greenhouse gases that are causing the Earth’s climate to change. Business is also the main source of new products, services and business models that may save us from wholesale climate calamity. This 5-part series, featuring leading thinkers from business, environmental advocacy groups and area universities, will explore what businesses are doing, can do and should do to confront climate change.
Part 3: Climate Politics and Business
In the United States, business has controlled the policy agenda for addressing climate change at the federal level, and the result has been obfuscation and delay. Today more and more business leaders are voicing support of some form of carbon tax or other mechanism to put a price on carbon. What is driving industry action and where will it lead? What is the role for business leaders in climate policy?
Panelists:
William Eacho, Partnership for Responsible Growth
Mindy Lubber, CEO, Ceres
Auden Schendler, Vice President of Sustainability at Aspen Skiing Company
Moderator, WBUR Environmental Reporter Bruce Gellerman
Click the links below to purchase tickets to other events in this series.
Part 1: Open for Business?, March 5
Part 2: Food, Diet, and Climate, April 2
Part 4: The Road Map of the Future: Transportation, May 7
Part 5: Energy Transitions, June 4
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Downriver: Into the Future of Water in the West
Tuesday April 23
7:00 pm
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline
Fights over the Green River’s water–and future–are longstanding, intractable, and only getting worse as the West gets hotter and drier with each passing year. As a former raft guide and an environmental reporter, Heather Hansman knew these fights were happening, but she felt driven to see them from a different perspective—from the river itself. So she set out on a journey, in a one-person inflatable pack raft, to paddle the river from source to confluence and see what the experience might teach her.
Heather Hansman is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in Outside, California Sunday, Smithsonian, and many others. After a decade of raft guiding across the United States, she lives in Seattle.
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Seeing Trees: A History of Street Trees in New York City and Berlin
Tuesday, April 23
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Harvard Coop, 1400 Mass Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meet-faculty-author-sonja-dumpelmann-tickets-58384721273
A fascinating and beautifully illustrated volume that explains what street trees tell us about humanity’s changing relationship with nature and the city
Today, cities around the globe are planting street trees to mitigate the effects of climate change. However, as landscape historian Sonja Dümpelmann explains, the planting of street trees in cities to serve specific functions is not a new phenomenon. In her eye-opening work, Dümpelmann shows how New York City and Berlin began systematically planting trees to improve the urban climate during the nineteenth century, presenting the history of the practice within its larger social, cultural, and political contexts.
About the Author:
Sonja Dümpelmann is associate professor of landscape architecture at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and author or editor/co-editor of several books, including the 2015 John Brinkerhoff Jackson Book Prize–winner Flights of Imagination: Aviation, Landscape, Design.
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Transcending the Group Selection Controversy in Evolution
Tuesday, April 23,
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
MIT, Building 26-100, 60 Vassar Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/transcending-the-group-selection-controversy-in-evolution-tickets-57732578697
Cost: $5 – $20
Group selection, or more generally Multilevel selection, is one of the most long standing controversies in evolutionary thought. For some it is an essential extension of Darwin's theory, required to explain how adaptations can evolve--or fail to evolve--at any level of a multi-tier hierarchy of units, such as from genes to ecosystems in biological systems or small groups to global governance in human social systems. For others, it is a theory that was rejected over half a century ago and need not be revived. Reaching closure on the group selection controversy would be a milestone for experts and the general public alike.
That is the goal of this forum featuring Bret Weinstein and David Sloan Wilson, organized by the New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) and hosted by MIT Lecture Series Committee (LSC).
$20 for general public, $5 for MIT Students with valid Student ID
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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. 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.
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Free solar electricity analysis for MA residents
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHhwM202dDYxdUZJVGFscnY1VGZ3aXc6MQ
Solar map of Cambridge, MA
http://www.mapdwell.com/en/cambridge
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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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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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Boston Maker Spaces - 41 (up from 27 in 2016) and counting: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zGHnt9r2pQx8.kfw9evrHsKjA&hl=en
Solidarity Network Economy: https://ussolidarityeconomy.wordpress.com
Bostonsmart.com's Guide to Boston: http://www.bostonsmarts.com/BostonGuide/
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Links to events at over 50 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://calendar.mit.edu
Harvard Events: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/harvard-events/events-calendar/
Harvard Environment: http://environment.harvard.edu/events/calendar/
Sustainability at Harvard: http://green.harvard.edu/events
Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/
Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/
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
If you have an event you would like to see here, the submission deadline is 11 AM on Sundays, as Energy (and Other) Events is sent out Sunday afternoons.
Boston area that catch the editor's eye.
Hubevents http://hubevents.blogspot.com is the web version.
If you wish to subscribe or unsubscribe to Energy (and Other) Events email gmoke@world.std.com
What I Do and Why I Do It: The Story of Energy (and Other) EventsGeo
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Monday, April 8
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11:445am How to Manage Your Message in a Crisis: A Communications Workshop
12pm Program on Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate [PAOC] Colloquium: Liebig's Law and dendroclimatology: Finding hidden climate signals in tree rings using ecological theory
12pm Tropical Convection and Climate: Some Recent Work on Anvil Clouds
12:15pm Jen Easterly: Challenges across the Cybersecurity Landscape: Applying Lessons from the West Wing to Wall Street
12:30pm BKC Meet the Author Series: Urs Gasser in conversation with Jason Farman
12:30pm The Role of International Carbon Markets in the Paris Agreement
12:45pm The Partisan Republic: Democracy, Exclusion, and the Fall of the Founders’ Constitution
1pm Kazakhstan’s Power Transition: What is Going On?
1pm Responding to the Refugee Crisis in the Middle East and North Africa
4pm Decolonizing Feminism: Transnational Solidarity for Gender and Racial Equality
4:30pm This Is What Democracy Looks Like: The Women
5pm ISE 2019 Spring Symposium Series: Robots, drones, and the internet of things: super cool technologies the utility of the future is using right now
5pm Media War: Insurgency and justice claims through new technologies
5pm Ensuring Responsibility in the Age of AI and Big Data
5pm Citizen Laboratories
5:30pm Applying Gandhian Principles for Energy Sustainability and Mitigating Climate Change
5:30pm Towards Life 3.0 - Ethics and Technology in the 21st Century
5:30pm John Beyrle: U.S.-Russian Relations: Nearing the Breaking Point?
5:30pm Greenovate Boston Leaders Training - Allston
6pm The American Presidency in the 21st Century: What Would Dick Neustadt Say?
6pm Emerald Necklace Conservancy 2019 Annual Meeting: Parks & Health
7pm Guilty But Not Responsible? The UN, Haiti and Cholera
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Tuesday, April 9
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9ak Heat Pump & VRF Workshop
12pm Nanomaterials and Light for Sustainability and Societal Impact
12pm From Litigation to Cooperation: Thriving in Cross-Boundary Natural Resource Management Negotiations
12pm Crisis in the Middle East: What Lies Ahead?
12pm Merchants of Truth
12pm On the Media: An examination of evolving trends across the media landscape with Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
12pm Fintech Opportunity + Regulation: Fireside Chat
12pm Tuesday Seminar Series: Non-Policy Politics: Richer Voters, Poorer Voters, and the Diversification of Electoral Strategies (book presentation)
12pm ChileMass Innovation Day: The Future of Clean Technologies and Advanced Manufacturing
12:30pm MAPC’s Peak Demand Management Program
12:30pm Faith, War and Schism: Religion in Russia-Ukraine Relations
12:30pm Panel: Democracy, Civic Engagement, and the Rule of Law
1pm Thinking with Visualizations, Fast and Slow
3:30pm Surmounting the Materials Roadblocks to Carbon Nanoelectronics, Water Separation, and Beyond
4pm UEA Lecture - The Inclusive Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Drive to the Zero-Carbon Economy
4:15pm Film Screening and Q&A: The Prosecutors
4:30pm Compromising and Coalition-Building: Blue Democrats in Red States
4:30pm The Rise of the New American Majority: Media Matters
4:30pm Strengthening Democracy by Modernizing Congress
4:30pm 2019 Muddy River Symposium: Protecting Boston's Urban Ecosystems
5pm Don't Just Sit There: An Out-of-The-Box Meditation Experience
5:15pm Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice in Boston
5:30pm The Commonwealth of Breath: Climate and Consciousness in a More-than-Human World
5:30pm The Bystander Moment: Transforming Rape Culture at Its Roots
5:30pm The Pursuit: A Better World for All, Starting at the Margins
6pm Jump-Starting America: How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth and the American Dream
6pm Self-Domestication in Bonobos and Other Wild Animals
6pm Visualizing Oceans: From the Coast to the Deep Sea
7pm You Say You Want a Revolution: SDS, PL, and Adventures in Building a Worker-Student Alliance
7pm Finding a Solution to Wasted Food: Parker Hughes, Brüzd Foods
7pm Dismantling Educational Inequity in Boston
7pm Leslie James Pickering discusses government surveillance/repression and resistance strategies
7:30pm A Deep Dive into the Orange Line
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Wednesday, April 10
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8:30am Carbon Free Boston Deep Dive for Boston's Higher Education Community
11am Earth/Sustainability/Green Month Information Table
12pm How Change Happens
12pm Climate Courage is exposing Chase Bank's toxic assets!
12pm The Neuroscience of Hate
12pm Restraining Great Powers: Soft Balancing From Empires to the Global Era
12pm Faculty Book Forum Series: Professor Rashmi Dyal-Chand’s Collaborative Capitalism in American Cities: Reforming Urban Market Regulations
1:30pm Carbon Removal - A New American Agricultural Product: How Carbon Farming and Building Soil Health Will Fight Climate Change
2:50pm Why is it so hard to do anything about climate change, especially in the US?
3:45pm International Development and Documentary Film from the New Deal to the Cold War
4pm rescue
4pm EAPS Department Lecture Series: Topographic controls on marine-terminating glacier dynamic response in Greenland
4:15pm Warming and Welfare: Global Micro-Evidence
4:30pm Mueller vs. Trump: The Role of the Investigative Journalist
4:30pm Panel: Is Identity Politics a Threat to Democracy?
5pm Civic Arts Series: “Thumbs Type and Swipe” featuring DIS’s Lauren Boyle
5pm The Ultrasocial World: International Cooperation Against All Odds
5:30pm Angela Stent: Putin's World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest
5:30pm Greenovate Boston Leaders Training - South End
6pm Chasing Ants (And Their Microbes) in the Rainforest
6pm Love Your Enemies
6pm A Conversation with Former Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Margaret Marshall
6:30pm Human Emulation System: Going Beyond Animal Testing
7pm Losing Earth: A Recent History
7pm Who does the Labor? Who are the Workers?
7pm Improved Medicare for All Forum
7:15pm All Economies Are Not Created Equal: Regionalization and Change
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Thursday, April 11 - Friday, April 12
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Controlling Death? The policies, practices, and ethics of choosing when we die
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Thursday, April 11
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Should Robots Be Our Friends? Ethical and social scientific implications of the growing emotional engagement of humans with AI agents and robots
11:45am Sustainability Lunch Series: Constructing an Inclusive and Resilient Food System
11:45am New Rules for New Tech
11:45am White Nationalism’s Deep American Roots
12pm Participatory modeling for environmental planning
12pm Network Science Institute: The Evolution of Friendships and Homophily
12pm The Job: Work and Its Future in a Time of Radical Change
12pm Pathways to Happiness: Focusing on What Matters (A Two-Part Series)
12:45pm The Annual Distinguished Lecture presented by David Cole, National Legal Director of ACLU
1:15pm The Business Case for Sustainable Development
3pm BU Rally for Divestment
3:30pm Trade for Matching and Trade as Insurance: How Does Interprovincial Electricity Trade React to Renewable Energy Surge in China?
4pm CSAIL Alliances Lecture: Behavioral Planning and How to Escape the Hype Cycle of Autonomous Vehicles
4pm History Matters: David M. Powers's "Good & Comfortable Words”
4pm HILT Education Innovation Showcase
4:30pm UNICEF and the Humanitarian Response
4:30pm Starr Forum: Night Watch: A discussion about nuclear warfare
4:30pm 2019 Green Streets Commuter Challenge Awards Celebration and Kick-Off Event
5:30pm Gutman Library Book Talk: The Alliance Way: The Making of a Bully-Free School
5:30pm The Longevity Revolution is here: Exploring Entrepreneurial Opportunities
6pm Robert Caro: Writing History
6pm Boston Climate Action Network - Action Team Meeting
6pm RPP Colloquium: "Indigenous Guardianship, Nature, and Peace: Holistic Being and Living”
6:30pm Carceral Capitalism: A Book Reading and Discussion with Jackie Wang
6:30pm The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees
6:30pm Rip Rapson with Maurice Cox and Toni Griffin
7pm NOVA's Addiction Screening & Panel Discussion
7pm Between the Human Animal and the Animate Earth
7pm The Opioid Crisis: Improving Lives and Preventing Addiction
7:15pm "Bias" Documentary Film Screening & Discussion
7pm A Vision Sharing Session for Renewable Energy in Massachusetts
7:30pm Noam Chomsky & Amy Goodman, Movie Premiere & Live Presentations
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Friday April 12 - Saturday April 13
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Movement Lawyering: Lessons From and For Critical Race Theory
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Friday, April 12 - Sunday, April 21
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Cambridge Science Festival
https://www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/schedule-2019/
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Friday, April 12
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8:30am Building Sustainable Peace in Iraq: The Role of Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Peace Building
9am 2019 Forum on Future Cities: Urban Intelligence (UI)
12pm Why Don't the Poor Adopt Technologies that Can Improve their Welfare?
12pm Organic Nitrate Aerosols from Oxidation of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds
1pm The Strike of 1969, Protest at Harvard, and Organizing Today
1:45pm Nanomaterials and Devices for Spectrally-Selective Solar Energy Harvesting
2pm Creativity, Culture & Learning: A Conversation with Questlove
2pm Building Your Toolkit for Social Change
2pm Science in the City 2019
3pm Germany's Hidden Crisis: Social Decline in the Heart of Europe
6pm Nicholas Agar: How to Be Human in the Digital Economy
7pm The Human Network: How Your Social Position Determines Your Power, Beliefs, and Behaviors
7:30pm Mars-Really?
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Saturday, April 13
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9am Turning Points in Architecture, Design, and Research | Symposium
10am Grow a Meadow, Large or Small
10am Latitude: A symposium by Design Research Forum
10am Civic XR Dev Jam
7pm Tar Sands Songbook: A Documentary Performance about Music, Memory and Oil
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Sunday, April 14
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8am MIT Africa Innovate Conference | Made in Africa
5pm Neuroscience of Exercise
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Monday, April 15 - Friday, April 19
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Extinction Rebellion
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Monday, April 15
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12pm HESEC Webinar: Quantifying Carbon Emissions in Supply Chain
12pm Energy and the Maritime Environment
12pm Celebrities, Attorneys, Deals: The Impact of Public Opinion
12:15pm Discriminating Data
3pm Congo Stories: A Conversation with John Prendergast and Samantha Power
4pm Harnessing the Potential of Rehabilitative Technology to Enhance Mobility and Prevent Falls
4:15pm Ending the Epidemics of AIDS, TB and Malaria: Pipedream or Achievable Goal?
5:30pm Towards Life 3.0 - Ethics and Technology in the 21st Century
6:30pm Botany Blast: Season Shifts in Trees
7pm Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
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Tuesday, April 16
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9am Young, Gifted and Well: Mental and Emotional Wellness for Students of Color
11am MIT.nano: Step into the Nano Age
12pm Predicting Crop Yields from Water Resources
12pm Guilty by Association - The risk of crisis contagion
12pm MADMEC Kickoff: Materials Science Solutions for Sustainability
12:30pm The Future of Fukushima
2pm Agroecology and Climate Change Resilience in Haiti: Farmer-led Solutions
2pm Constructing Clean Portfolios for Climate Solutions: A Renewable Energy Roundtable
3pm xTalk, AT Exploratorium & ATIC Showcase: Assistive Technology for Opening Minds, Hands, and Hearts
4pm Sankofa Lecture: Creating Access as Social Justice
4pm Letter from Birmingham Jail: 55th Anniversary, A Public Reading in Boston
4:30pm Shifting Ideas of Crime, and Where Resilience May Point to Solutions
4:30pm 32nd Annual Stratton Lecture on Aging Successfully: Protecting Elders with Cognitive Impairment from Financial Vulnerability
5pm Imitation, Invasion, Innovation: What Really Matters in Global History of Technology
6pm Matthew Wisnioski: Does America Need More Innovators?
6pm GBRSPC Presents a FREE screening of "Suicide: The Ripple Effect”
7pm Solid Seasons: The Friendship of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson
7pm Dangerous Developments in Modern Weaponry: a forum on the military pursuit of global hegemony
7:30pm Film Screening: "Life Will Smile" by Steve Priovolos and Drey Kleanthous
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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
Geotherapy Not Geoengineering, Please
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/4/3/1847608/-Geotherapy-Not-Geoengineering-Please
From School Strike to Teach-in to Global Hackathon for Climate Friday After Friday
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/4/1/1847047/-From-School-Strike-to-Teach-in-to-Global-Hackathon-for-Climate-Friday-After-Friday
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Monday, April 8
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How to Manage Your Message in a Crisis: A Communications Workshop
WHEN Monday, April 8, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Building, Hauser Conference Room, Lobby, Room 4, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Classes/Workshops
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Kennedy School Communications Program
SPEAKER(S) John Guilfoil, Adjunct professor of journalism, Northeastern University; principal, John Guilfoil, Public Relations, LLC
COST Free
CONTACT INFO alison_kommer@hks.harvard.edu
DETAILS Learn how to turn a crisis into an opportunity for your organization to show leadership, grace, and competency in the face of the unexpected. Also learn time-tested strategies for crisis management that could make the difference between coming out on top and permanent harm.
LINK www.hkscommprog.org
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Program on Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate [PAOC] Colloquium: Liebig's Law and dendroclimatology: Finding hidden climate signals in tree rings using ecological theory
Monday, April 8
12:00pm to 1:00pm
MIT, Building 54-915, 21 Ames Street, Cambridge
Zan Stine (SFSU)
A basic principle of ecology, known as Liebig's Law of the Minimum, posits that at any given time the growth factor that is least abundant, relative to physiological requirements, controls plant growth. Tree-ring based reconstructions of temperature and precipitation invoke Liebig's law to justify using tree growth as a proxy for climate and when choosing which trees to sample, but historically reconstruction techniques have not accounted for the influence of Liebig's law on differential growth between sampled trees within a given site. Such an influence implies that site-wide limitations associated with regional climate variability would be most strongly expressed in tree rings experiencing high relative growth in a given year. We demonstrate that local Liebig's law stresses are globally identifiable across ring width and density data sets produced by over 300 different researchers. Furthermore, the local signature of Liebig's law is found at both temperature- and moisture-limited sites. Such local operation of Liebig's Law implies that standard methods for compositing tree-ring records into climate reconstructions introduces a temperature-dependent bias at temperature-limited sites and a moisture-dependent bias at moisture-limited sites. Reconstruction of Arctic-wide temperature using a reconstruction method that takes advantage of the law of the minimum increases the squared cross-correlation with instrumental records from 0.14 to 0.42. The greatest increases in reconstructive skill occur at the lowest frequencies and result in recovery of recent trends in Arctic warming, eliminating the so-called "divergence problem" in tree-ring density reconstructions of arctic temperature. More comprehensive models of tree-growth may offer still greater improvement in reconstructive skill.
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Tropical Convection and Climate: Some Recent Work on Anvil Clouds
Monday, April 8
12:00PM
Harvard, Haller Hall (102), Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Dennis L. Hartmann, University of Washington.
Abstract: Clouds associated with tropical convection over the warm tropical ocean have a substantial effect on the absorption of solar radiation and the emission of terrestrial radiation to space, but their net effect on the energy balance of Earth is remarkably small. Observations show that this balance of shortwave and longwave cloud radiative effects results from the particular distribution of optical depth of the ice clouds that extend over a very large area compared to the actual area of precipitation. Using a simplified modeling framework we explore the physical processes that are likely needed to predict how such clouds will change in a warmed Earth. We find that the interactions among radiation, cloud physics and turbulent motions within the extended ice cloud are likely extremely important for determining the distribution of albedo observed. The lifecycle of tropical convective clouds from active convection to decaying anvil ice clouds is critical to the radiative neutrality of the cloud systems. While global climate models can produce some of the cancellation observed, the observed pdf of convective cloud albedo is not produced. If time allows we will review some recent analyses of the Fixed Anvil Temperature hypothesis and discuss recent insights using climate models in global radiative convective mode.
EPS Colloquium
https://eps.harvard.edu/event/department-colloquium-series-78
Contact Name: Marissa Reilly
mreilly@eps.harvard.edu
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Jen Easterly: Challenges across the Cybersecurity Landscape: Applying Lessons from the West Wing to Wall Street
Monday, April 8
12:15pm - 1:30pm
Harvard, 1 Brattle Square - Suite 470, Cambridge
The Cyber Security Project will host a lunch seminar with Jen Easterly, Managing Director and Global Head of the Cybersecurity Fusion Center, Morgan Stanley, on "Challenges across the Cybersecurity Landscape: Applying Lessons from the West Wing to Wall Street."
Lunch provided on a first come, first served basis. All sessions are off the record.
More information at https://www.belfercenter.org/event/jen-easterly-challenges-across-cybersecurity-landscape-applying-lessons-west-wing-wall-street
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BKC Meet the Author Series: Urs Gasser in conversation with Jason Farman
WHEN Monday, Apr. 8, 2019, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein West A, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Ethics, Humanities, Information Technology, Law, Social Sciences, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Berkman Klein Center
SPEAKER(S) Jason Farmer
Urs Gasser, Berkman Klein Center Executive Director
COST Free - RSVP Required
TICKET WEB LINK https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/2019-04-08/bkc-meet-author-series-urs-gasser-conversation-jason-farman
DETAILS Join us for a featured author series hosted by Urs Gasser and Jason Farman for an in-depth conversation about big topics and issues from his book, "Delayed Response: The Art of Waiting from the Ancient to the Instant World.”
LINK https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/2019-04-08/bkc-meet-author-series-urs-gasser-conversation-jason-farman
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The Role of International Carbon Markets in the Paris Agreement
Monday, April 8
12:30PM TO 1:45PM
Tufts, Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies Conference Room, 160 Packard Avenue, Medford
Randall Spalding-Fecher, Senior Advisor, Carbon Limits
Tufts University CIERP Research Seminar
Contact Name: Sara Rosales
sara.rosales@tufts.edu
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The Partisan Republic: Democracy, Exclusion, and the Fall of the Founders’ Constitution
Monday, April 8
12:45 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
BU School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Barristers Hall, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-partisan-republic-democracy-exclusion-and-the-fall-of-the-founders-constitution-1780s-1830s-tickets-57127786748
This symposium celebrates the publication of “The Partisan Republic: Democracy, Exclusion, and the Fall of the Founders’ Constitution, 1780s-1830s” coauthored by Gerry Leonard and Saul Cornell (Fordham University).
The Partisan Republic is the first book to unite a top down and bottom up account of constitutional change in the Founding era. The book focuses on the decline of the Founding generation’s elitist vision of the Constitution and the rise of a more ‘democratic’ vision premised on the exclusion of women and non-whites. It incorporates recent scholarship on topics ranging from judicial review to popular constitutionalism to place judicial initiatives like Marbury vs Madison in a broader, socio-legal context. The book recognizes the role of constitutional outsiders as agents in shaping the law, making figures such as the Whiskey Rebels, Judith Sargent Murray, and James Forten part of a cast of characters that has traditionally been limited to white, male elites such as James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Marshall. Finally, it shows how the ‘democratic’ political party came to supplant the Supreme Court as the nation’s pre-eminent constitutional institution.
To celebrate the publication of this timely and significant book, we have invited distinguished scholars to comment on it.
Moderator:
Kris Collins, Boston University School of Law
Commentators:
William Forbath, University of Texas School of Law
Bruce Mann, Harvard Law School
Cynthia Nicoletti, University of Virginia School of Law
All – including not only professors, law students, graduate students, and undergraduates, but also alumni and the general public – are welcome to attend the symposium. If you have academic questions about the program, please contact Professor James Fleming, jfleming@bu.edu.
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Kazakhstan’s Power Transition: What is Going On?
WHEN Monday, April 8, 1 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, CGIS South Building, Room S354, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
SPEAKER(S) George A. Krol, U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Belarus (Retired)
Martha Brill Olcott, Visiting Professor, James Madison College, Michigan State University
Nargis Kassenova, Senior Fellow, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center; associate professor, KIMEP University
COST Free and open to the Public
CONTACT INFO Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-495-4037
Fax: 617-495-8319
http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu
DETAILS On March 19, on the eve of Nauryz celebrations, Kazakhstan's long-serving president Nursultan Nazarbayev resigned a year before the end of his term. Despite decade-long preparations for his retirement, the move came as a surprise. Nazarbayev, who holds the title of "Leader of the Nation," clearly is not leaving politics; he retains major powers, as noted in his resignation speech. What is going on in Kazakhstan? Panelists will discuss features of Kazakhstan's political system and speculate on the prospects for its development.
LINK https://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events/kazakhstans-power-transition-what-going
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Responding to the Refugee Crisis in the Middle East and North Africa
WHEN Monday, Apr. 8, 2019, 1 – 2:15 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Taubman Building, WAPPP Cason Seminar Room (102), 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School
SPEAKER(S) Amin Awad, Director, Middle East and North Africa Bureau, UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)
DETAILS A seminar with Amin Awad, Director, Middle East and North Africa Bureau, UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees).
Moderated by Kristin Fabbe, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Business, Government, and International Economy Unit and Hellman Faculty Fellow, Harvard Business School.
LINK https://www.belfercenter.org/event/responding-refugee-crisis-middle-east-and-north-africa
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Decolonizing Feminism: Transnational Solidarity for Gender and Racial Equality
WHEN Monday, April 8, 4 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Divinity School, Andover Chapel, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Conferences, Health Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Harvard FXB Center for Health & Human Rights and Central European University, Romani Studies Program, in partnership with Black Lives Matter – Boston, the Black Student Union, and the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Harvard Kennedy School.
COST Free and Open to the Public
DETAILS On April 8, the Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights and the Romani Studies Program of the Central European University will organize a panel discussion entitled "Decolonizing Feminism." Transnational Solidarity for Gender and Racial Equality, which will center the issue of global solidarities among women of color. Patricia Hill Collins, a celebrated social theorist and the author of “Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment” will participate in a conversation with African-American, Dalit, Palestinian, and Romani feminist scholars and activists. Seating is limited. The event will be livestreamed on the Center’s Facebook page: facebook.com/FXBCenter
LINK http://fxb.harvard.edu
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This Is What Democracy Looks Like: The Women
WHEN Monday, April 8, 4:30 – 5:45 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer 150, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Classes/Workshops, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Institute of Politics
SPEAKER(S) The Honorable Andrew Gillum, Mayor of Tallahassee, FL (2014-2018), 2018 Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate, and IOP Spring 2019 Resident Fellow
Angela Rye, Principal and CEO of IMPACT Strategies, CNN commentator, NPR political analyst, and Executive Director and General Counsel to the Congressional Black Caucus (2011-2013)
Stefanie Brown James, Co-Founder and Senior Advisor of The Collective; CEO and Founding Partner of Vestige Strategies; National African American Vote Director for the Obama for America Campaign
DETAILS The remarkable victories by female candidates last year came just two years after the defeat of the first female nominee for president. What happened to cause such a shift? In 2018, a record 117 women were elected to Congress– including the first Muslim women and the first Native American women elected to Congress. This follows a year in which more women ran for office for the first time. How will policymaking be different following these gains? How an we ensure they last?
LINK https://iop.harvard.edu/calendar/events/mayor-andrew-gillum-angela-rye-and-stefanie-brown-james-women
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ISE 2019 Spring Symposium Series: Robots, drones, and the internet of things: super cool technologies the utility of the future is using right now
Monday, April 8
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
BU, Rajen Kilachand Center, Conference Room 106C, 610 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Joined by a panel of subject matter experts, this symposium will discuss with attendees the state of electricity markets in the US, what is working, and what is not working. Electricity markets are now an important institutional factor in the production and delivery of electricity. As such, when technologies change and consumer patterns of use change, electricity markets must adapt in at least two ways: (1) how grids operate to ensure system reliability and (2) what types of electricity commodity products are needed to competitively value power supplies and grid-related services.
Ms. Wall is the owner of Franklin Beach Consulting and former Executive Director, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. She has worked as an investment banker, solar facilities developer, and serial entrepreneur in several market spaces.
Dr. Ashmore is the Executive Director of the Institute for Sustainable Energy, Boston University.
Contact Name Peishan Wang pswang@bu.edu
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Media War: Insurgency and justice claims through new technologies
WHEN Monday, Apr. 8, 2019, 5 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, CGIS South Building, Room S250, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Ethics, Humanities, Information Technology, Law, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; Seminar on Cultural Politics; co-chairs Prof. P. Roilos and Prof. D. Yatromanolakis
SPEAKER(S) Ronald Niezen, William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies, Canada Program
Katharine A. Pearson , Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy, department of anthropology and faculty of law, McGill University
DETAILS How, in morally complex conditions of warfare, are some states able to control the media and shape the perceptions and judgments of publics in ways that systematically, and at times egregiously, violate international justice standards? To answer this question this talk will draw from media representation of violence and rights claims in the 2012-2013 civil war in Mali and its aftermath, which offers an illustration of the ways that new media technologies can influence justice claims and political relations across national boundaries. The knowledge and resources made available by Bellingcat, an organization dedicated to the use of open source intelligence (OSINT), provide a glimpse into media ecosystems in contexts of violent conflict, where field investigation is impossible. These online tools reveal the ideologies and infrastructures of groups in conflict. They also bring out the public representations of conflicts, including the structures of disinformation and the thematic preferences of major media outlets that have overwhelmed the voices of moderate human rights advocates — those whose quests for international recognition, autonomy, and, more immediately, attention to conditions of forced displacement and mass killing often go unheard.
LINK http://wcfia.harvard.edu
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Ensuring Responsibility in the Age of AI and Big Data: Open Networking Reception + Panel Discussion
Monday, April 8
5:00-6:00 pm Networking Reception
6:00-7:15 pm Panel Discussion
MIT Wiesner Building (MIT Building E15) at 20 Ames Street, Cambridge
You're Invited!
Join MIT Technology Review and BBVA in celebration of the release of the 2019 OpenMind book, Towards a New Enlightenment? A Transcendent Decade.
Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau, CEO and publisher of MIT Technology Review, will lead a lively discussion around where the great scientific and technological advances of the last decade are leading us, exploring their impact on how humankind will live in the future. This conversation will look at how Artificial Intelligence is being leveraged in this hyper-connected world and the potential impacts that it could lend to improve data transparency and accountability- across-industries.
This conversation will address questions such as:
What are the social, political, economic, and personal challenges that confront humanity by our use of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data?
How can we apply knowledge from past transformative artifactual entities and events to help inform how both individuals and nations navigate the challenges posed by the increased accessibility of knowledge?
In what ways do digital records, pattern recognition, and the use of algorithms impact anonymity and privacy?
What kind of innovations are needed in the role of design and architectures in AI, to ensure governance and to address bias?
Speakers include:
Carlos Torres Vila, Group Executive Chairman, BBVA
Alex “Sandy” Pentland, Director, MIT Connection Science and Human Dynamics Lab
Joanna Bryson, Associate Professor in the Department of Computing at the University of Bath
Carlos Torres Vila, Group Executive Chairman, BBVA, Panelist
Carlos Torres Vila is the BBVA Group Executive Chairman. He was born in Salamanca, Spain in 1966. He graduated with a BS in Electrical Engineering and a BS in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he later also earned a MS at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Carlos also graduated in Law from UNED (Spain). Carlos worked at McKinsey & Company for 12 years and became a firm partner in 1997. He joined Endesa in 2002 as Corporate Director of Strategy and an Executive Committee member, and later became company CFO in 2007. In September 2008 Carlos joined BBVA as Head of Strategy and Corporate Development and was a member of the bank's Management Committee. In March 2014 he was appointed Head of Digital Banking, until May 2015 when he became Chief Executive Officer of the bank. He was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors in December 2018.
Alex “Sandy” Pentland, Director, MIT Connection Science and Human Dynamics Lab, Panelist & OpenMind Contributing Author
Professor Alex “Sandy” Pentland directs the MIT Connection Science and Human Dynamics labs and previously helped create and direct the MIT Media Lab and the Media Lab Asia in India. He is one of the globally most-cited computational scientists, with Forbes declaring him one of the “seven most powerful data scientists in the world” and he is a founding member of advisory boards for Google, AT&T, Nissan, and the UN Secretary General, a serial entrepreneur who has cofounded more than a dozen companies. He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering and leader within the World Economic Forum. His most recent books are Social Physics and Honest Signals.
Joanna Bryson, Associate Professor in the Department of Computing at the University of Bath, Panelist & OpenMind Contributing Author
Joanna J. Bryson is a trans-disciplinary researcher on the structure and dynamics of human- and animal-like intelligence. Her research, covering topics from artificial intelligence, through autonomy and robot ethics, and on to human cooperation, has appeared in venues ranging from a reddit to Science. She holds degrees in Psychology from Chicago and Edinburgh, and in Artificial Intelligence from Edinburgh and MIT. She has additional professional research experience from Princeton, Oxford, Harvard, and LEGO, and technical experience in Chicago’s financial industry, and international management consultancy. Bryson is presently a Reader (associate professor) at the University of Bath.
Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau, CEO and Publisher, MIT Technology Review, Moderator
Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau is the CEO and publisher of MIT Technology Review, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s media company. MIT Technology Review’s analysis, features, interviews, and events explain the impact of new technologies on business and society. Elizabeth is leading the growth, expansion, and modernization of MIT Technology Review’s media platforms and products, including U.S. and international websites, newsletters, events, and an award-winning print magazine. Elizabeth also serves as chair of the global entrepreneurial network MIT Enterprise Forum.
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Citizen Laboratories
Monday, April 8
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
The Engagement Lab, 160 Boylston Street, 3rd floor, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/55932626993
Marcos Garcia, Medialab-Prado, will be speaking about Citizen Labs and the potential for knowledge share and collaboration.
Citizen Labs have the potential to become a powerful tool for our cities, as they explore ways to identify different types of knowledge and skills and facilitate meaningful interactions between them. There is opportunity for knowledge share when residents gather in a place to experiment together and share ideas, and at the same time there is value in learning how to make something together.
Medialab Prado is a citizen laboratory from Madrid City Hall that some have described as “the internet in the physical space”: a meeting place for collaborative experimentation where anyone can get involved and contribute to projects that benefit the common good such as open source prosthesis, experimental games for an urban facade, collaborative translation of books, a home scale biodigestor, or a draft of a national law on participation. While all of these projects are being prototyped by people with different backgrounds, new communities of learning and practice are prototyped at the same time.
The Boston and Cambridge area constitute an environment of great experimentation and reflection on how digital networks are transforming our lives, and the institutions we have inherited. Many innovative thinkers in this space have been a great source of inspiration to the work that has been done at Medialab Prado (Madrid) for more than a decade. This presentation is an opportunity to share the experience of Medialab Prado with them and anyone interested.
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Applying Gandhian Principles for Energy Sustainability and Mitigating Climate Change
Monday, April 8
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
MIT, Building E19-319, 400 Main Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Prof Chetan Singh Solanki (IIT Bombay)
Abstract: Today’s world is at the crossroads of a contradictory energy scenario wherein, on the one hand, energy access has to be provided to billions while, on the other hand, increasing demand and usage of energy is causing catastrophic climate change. As per IPCC report 2018, the world is already hotter by nearly 1°C and that “limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require “rapid and far-reaching” transition in energy. In the context, Solar Urja through Localization for Sustainability (SoULS) initiative of IIT Bombay provides appropriate solutions for energy sustainability. The advancement in solar technology together with cost reduction, makes it possible to localize solar energy generation and consumption where local communities take care of assembly, supply, repairs and even manufacturing of solar products. An idea in line with Gandhian philosophy of "self-reliance" and "swaraj". In this regard, the idea of Energy Swaraj can be conceptualized, wherein communities consume and generate their own energy needs.
Bio: Dr. Chetan Singh Solanki is currently professor in Department of Energy Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), India. He is an expert crystalline Si technology, Si-nanostructures (including quantum dots), thin film Si solar cells, PV concentrator systems and carbon nanotubes. He received his Ph.D. degree from the specialist silicon laboratory, IMEC (Inter-university Micro-electronics Center, Ketholik University, Leuven, Belgium).
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Towards Life 3.0 - Ethics and Technology in the 21st Century
WHEN Monday, Apr. 8, 2019, 5:30 – 6:45 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Wexner 102, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Science, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
SPEAKER(S) Steven Livingston, Senior fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and professor of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University
DETAILS "Towards Life 3.0: Ethics and Technology in the 21st Century" is a new talk series organized and facilitated by Mathias Risse, director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Administration. Drawing inspiration from the title of Max Tegmark’s book, "Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence," the series draws upon a range of scholars, technology leaders, and public interest technologists to address the ethical aspects of the long-term impact of artificial intelligence on society and human life.
Held on select Monday evenings at 5:30–6:45 p.m. in Wexner 102, and occasionally on other weekdays, the series will also be shared on Facebook Live and on the Carr Center website. A light dinner will be served.
LINK https://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/event/towards-life-30-ethics-and-technology-21st-century-steven-livingston-senior-fellow-carr
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John Beyrle: U.S.-Russian Relations: Nearing the Breaking Point?
Monday, April 8
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM EDT
Tufts, Cheryl A. Chase Center, 200 Packard Avenue, Medford
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/john-beyrle-us-russian-relations-nearing-the-breaking-point-tickets-57360891972
Please join the Russia and Eurasia Program at The Fletcher School for a dinner conversation with former U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Beyrleabout the current state of U.S.-Russian relations and their future. Dinner will be provided. Attendance is by registration only on Eventbrite. Please only register if you know you can attend, as spaces are limited.
John Beyrle was elected Chairman of the U.S. Russia Foundation in October 2018. Prior to this role, he served as an American diplomat for three decades in a career focused on the Soviet Union and Russia, and Central and Eastern Europe. He was twice appointed ambassador: to Bulgaria (2005-2008), and to Russia (2008-2012). During the latter assignment, Beyrle helped foster improved U.S.-Russian relations, highlighted by the signing of the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty.
Beyrle’s diplomatic service included two earlier tours at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, including as Deputy Chief of Mission. He served as counselor for political and economic affairs at the U.S. Embassy in the Czech Republic, and a member of the U.S. delegation to the CFE arms control negotiations in Vienna. His Washington assignments included special adviser to Secretary of State Colin Powell for the New Independent States, and director responsible for Russian policy on the staff of the National Security Council under President Clinton.
Beyrle received the Presidential Distinguished Service Award from President Obama, and the Presidential Meritorious Service Award during the administration of George W. Bush. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton personally presented him with the Distinguished Service Award, the State Department’s highest honor. He retired from the Foreign Service in 2012 as a Career Minister, a diplomatic rank equivalent to a three-star general. Beyrle received a B.A. with honors from Grand Valley State University (1975) and an M.S. as a Distinguished Graduate of the National War College (1996), where he later taught as a visiting professor of national security studies. He speaks Bulgarian, Czech, French, German and Russian.
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Greenovate Boston Leaders Training - Allston
Monday, April 8
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Jackson Mann Community Center, 500 Cambridge Street, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/58872597524 or https://goo.gl/forms/YqzlPuFewK83l5Ur2
The Greenovate Boston Leaders Program aims to increase understanding of the climate impacts in Boston and the actions required to mitigate the impacts. We want to involve Bostonians as part of the collective action needed in advancing the citywide initiatives. Our program gives you the materials and support you need to lead conversations about climate change and climate action.
This program is a great opportunity to network with a wide variety of leaders, learn how to format community discussions around climate change, and to make a positive impact on Boston.
The Training dates are Saturday, April 6th, Monday, April 8th, and Wednesday, April 10th. Choose the date and location that works best for you to attend.
The max occupancy for each training is 30 people. Once we've reached 30 people, we will open up a wait list in the order of submissions. If you are no longer able to attend a training you've signed up for or want to switch trainings, email David.Corbie@boston.gov
Greenovate Boston will be hosting five in-language trainings (Spanish, Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Vietnamese, Chinese) in May. If you would prefer attending those trainings, please email David Corbie at David.Corbie@boston.gov.
Learn more about the Greenovate Leaders program - https://www.boston.gov/departments/environment/greenovate-boston-leaders-program
Questions? Email David.Corbie@boston.gov for more information.
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The American Presidency in the 21st Century: What Would Dick Neustadt Say?
WHEN Monday, April 8, 6 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School
SPEAKER(S) Moderator: Graham Allison, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School; dean, Harvard Kennedy School (1977-1989)
Harvey Fineberg, President, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; president of the Institute of Medicine (2002-2014); provost, Harvard University (1997-2001)
Al Gore, 45th vice president of the United States (1993-2001)
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Author, "Leadership In Turbulent Times;" presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Roger Porter, IBM professor of business and government, Harvard Kennedy School; assistant to the president for Economic and Domestic Policy (1989 -1993)
TICKET WEB LINK https://iop.harvard.edu/lottery/american-presidency-21st-century-what-would-dick-neustadt-say
CONTACT INFO IOP Forum Office, 617-495-1380
DETAILS Al Gore, author and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, president of the Moore Foundation Harvey Fineberg, and Harvard Kennedy School’s Roger Porter and Graham Allison ponder what Richard Neustadt would surmise about the state of the American presidency.This forum will require a ticket for entry. Enter the lottery at the link above before Tuesday, April 2 at midnight.
LINK https://iop.harvard.edu/lottery/american-presidency-21st-century-what-would-dick-neustadt-say
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Emerald Necklace Conservancy 2019 Annual Meeting: Parks & Health
Monday, April 8
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Simmons University, Linda K. Paresky Conference Center Simmons University, 300 Fenway, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/58378546805
Join us at our 2019 Annual Meeting as we explore the intersections of parks and health with several engaging speakers. Also, hear from President Karen Mauney-Brodek as we recap the success of our 20th Anniversary year and share our plans for 2019 and beyond.
Presentations will be followed by a Q&A with our speakers and a reception.
Speakers include:
Sarah Jensen Carr
Assistant Professor of Architecture, Urbanism, and Landscape at Northeastern University
Carr’s teaching and research focuses on the connections between landscape, human health, urban ecology and design. She will share her research on Frederick Law Olmsted’s professional background in public health and how it influenced his work.
Angela Cleveland, AICP
Director of Client Services, Kim Lundgren Associates
President of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Planning Association
Angela will discuss her work on a Health Impact Assessment of the social, environmental and economic benefits of planting street trees.
Wendy Heiger-Bernays, PhD
Clinical Professor of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health
Peter James, ScD
Assistant Professor, Division of Chronic Disease Research across the Lifecourse (CoRAL), Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
Nora Moreno Cargie
Vice President, Corporate Citizenship, Tufts Health Plan
President, Tufts Health Plan Foundation
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Guilty But Not Responsible? The UN, Haiti and Cholera
Monday, April 8
7:00pm to 8:00pm
Northeastern University School of Law, 240 Dockser, 416 Huntington Avenue, Boston
Join the Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) for an eminent panel on the UN's response to the cholera epedemic in Haiti from political, cultural, medical and legal perspectives.
Panelists
Dr. Patrick Sylvain
Haitan American poet, social and literary critic, lecturer in African and African American Studies at Brandeis University and faculty member at Brown University.
Dr. Ricardo Seitenfus
Brazilian diplomat and Professor of International Relations, Law and International Organizations.
Dr. Louise Ivers
Executive Director of the MGH Center for Global Health and Professor at Harvard Medical School. Led medical response to cholera in Haiti for Partners in Health in 2010.
Author Dr. Ricardo Seitenfus will discuss his new book The United Nations and Cholera in Haiti: Guilty but not Responsible?
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Heat Pump & VRF Workshop
Tuesday, April 9
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT
100 Cambridge Street, 2nd Floor, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/58792162942
Join us for a repeat of our popular in-depth introduction to energy-efficient heat pump and variable refrigerant flow (VRF) technology. This training will explain how these systems work, how they compare to other heating and cooling equipment, how you can identify appropriate applications, and how to access incentives toward installation costs from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and others. Case studies as well as next steps for including VRF in your projects will be included.
Who Should Attend
Architects (2 AIA LU/HSW continuing education credits available)
Building owners and managers
Energy professionals
HVAC contractors
Trainers
JS Rancourt, DXS New England (Daikin distributor)
Greg Hosselbarth, Mitsubishi Electric Cooling & Heating
Schedule
9:00 am - 9:30 am: Check-in, coffee and light refreshments
9:30 am - 12:30 pm: Training
Introduction to Heat Pumps and VRF
VRF Heat Pump System Equipment Options
Ventilation Solutions and Peripheral Technologies
Q&A
15-minute break
Financial Incentive Programs for VRF
How to Include VRF in Your Projects
Case Studies
Q&A
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Nanomaterials and Light for Sustainability and Societal Impact
Tuesday, April 9
12:00pm to 1:00pm
MIT, Building 5-234,
2019 Lord Lecture - Naomi J. Halas (Rice University)
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From Litigation to Cooperation: Thriving in Cross-Boundary Natural Resource Management Negotiations
Tuesday, April 9
12:00PM TO 1:00PM
Harvard, Austin Hall North, 1515 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Join HLS Negotiators and HLS Environmental Law Society for a talk by Dr. Bruno Verdini (MIT). Dr. Verdini is the author of Winning Together: The Natural Resource Negotiation Playbook, professor of the innovative MIT course on “The Art and Science of Negotiation”, and executive director of the MIT-Harvard Mexico Negotiation Program. He was an official speaker at COP22 (Marrakech) and COP23 (Bonn) and prior to coming to MIT served as Deputy Director for International Affairs at Mexico’s Ministry of Energy. Dr. Verdini will share insights from his work on high-stakes energy, water, and environmental disputes.
Contact Name: Adriel Borshansky
aborshansky@law.harvard.edu
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Crisis in the Middle East: What Lies Ahead?
Tuesday, April 9
12:00pm
MIT, Building 66-168, 25 Ames Street, Cambridge
Join us for our third program in our series on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The discussion will cover the fallout from the US/UK invasion and occupation of Iraq, the handling of the Arab Spring protests, the new US-Saudi-Israel axis aimed at countering Iran, and military expenditures. This will be counterposed with recent survey findings on changing societal attitudes and how these might generate new socio-economic and political priorities.
Recently, Professor Moghadam has worked on gender dynamics of right-wing populist movements; on the interaction of social norms, institutions, and policies behind low female labor-force participation in the Middle East and North Africa; and on feminist activism as a factor in the divergent outcomes of the Arab Spring.
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Merchants of Truth
WHEN Tuesday, April 9, 12 – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Rubenstein 414, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Shorenstein Center, Harvard Kennedy School
SPEAKER(S) Jill Abramson
DETAILS Jill Abramson started as a reporter in the era of Watergate. She held senior editorial positions at the New York Times, where she was the first woman to serve as Washington bureau chief, managing editor, and executive editor. She spent nine years at the Wall Street Journal. She is also the co-author with Jane Mayer of Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas, a National Book Award finalist. A senior lecturer at Harvard University, she writes a column about U.S. politics for The Guardian.
LINK https://shorensteincenter.org/event/merchants-of-truth/
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On the Media: An examination of evolving trends across the media landscape with Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
WHEN Tuesday, April 9, 12 – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Building, Starr Auditorium, 2nd floor, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Kennedy School
Center for Public Leadership
SPEAKER(S) Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize winner; op-ed coluimnist The New York Times; CPL Hauser Visiting Leader
Sheryl WuDunn, Pulitzer Prize winner; co-founder, FullSky Partners; CPL Hauser Visiting Leader
Moderator: Kaeti Hinck, 2018-2019 Nieman Fellow and editor, The Washington Post
COST Free, RSVP required
TICKET WEB LINK https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TFLY2QT
CONTACT INFO hauser_leaders@hks.harvard.edu
617-496-2781
DETAILS Join us for a conversation with CPL Hauser Visiting Leaders and Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, who will examine evolving dynamics in media content creation and dissemination, and business model trends across the media landscape. Which is more influential — an op-ed or a tweet? What is the key to remaining relevant — pursuit of truth or dogma? And with some news organizations shrinking and struggling, what are some of the ways that journalism can increase its chances of thriving?
Moderator Kaeti Hinck, 2018-2019 Nieman Fellow, will join Kristof and WuDunn in discussing these questions, along with lessons leaders should take away regarding media training, messaging management, and resource allocation.
This event is free and open to the public.
LINK https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/event/media-examination-evolving-trends-across-media-landscape
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Fintech Opportunity + Regulation: Fireside Chat
Tuesday, April 9
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
MIT, Building E62-223, 100 Main Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://bernergensler.eventbrite.com
Richard Berner of New York University's Stern School of Management and Gary Gensler of MIT's Sloan School of Management discuss fintech regulation in a "fireside chat." Lunch will be provided with RSVP.
Richard Berner is Executive-in-Residence at the Center for Global Economy and Business at the NYU Stern School of Business, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Economics. He teaches a graduate course in Financial Stability and Risk Management. Berner served as the first Director of the Office of Financial Research (OFR) from 2013 until 2017, and was Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury from April 2011 to 2013. Berner was a Managing Director, Co-Head of Global Economics and Chief U.S. Economist at Morgan Stanley, and Executive Vice President and Chief Economist at Mellon Bank, and a member of Mellon's Senior Management Committee. Before joining Salomon Brothers, Morgan Guaranty Trust and Wharton Econometrics, Berner served on the research staff of the Federal Reserve in Washington. He is an Advisor to FinRegLab, a member of the Milken Fintech initiative, an Adviser to MacroPolicy Perspectives, and an Adviser to HData, Inc. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Economics from Harvard and his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Gary Gensler is Senior Lecturer & Professor of the Practice as of 7/1/19, MIT Sloan School of Management; Senior Advisor to the Director, MIT Media Lab; Co-Director, Fintech@CSAIL; and Chairman of the Maryland Financial Consumer Protection Commission. He formerly was Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, leading the Obama Administration’s reform of the $400 trillion swaps market. During the Clinton Administration, he was Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance, and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. He was CFO for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. Previously, Gensler was a partner at Goldman Sachs, including leading fixed income and currency trading in Asia and serving as co-head of Finance. He earned his MBA and BSE from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He is a recipient of the 2014 Tamar Frankel Fiduciary Prize.
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Tuesday Seminar Series: Non-Policy Politics: Richer Voters, Poorer Voters, and the Diversification of Electoral Strategies (book presentation)
WHEN Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2019, 12 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, CGIS South, Room S030, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
SPEAKER(S) María Victoria Murillo, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Columbia University
Moderated by Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government, Harvard University
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO drclas@fas.harvard.edu
DETAILS This book focuses on the non-policy benefits that voters consider when deciding their vote. In addition to proposing policies, parties deliver non-policy benefits, such as competent economic management, constituency service, and patronage. This book provides a unified view of how politicians deliver broad portfolios of policy and non-policy benefits to their constituency. Non-policy resources also shape parties' ideological positions. The book shows which type of electoral offers parties target to either poorer or richer voters and their implications in terms of democratic responsiveness. The theory is tested using both qualitative and quantitative research to establish how linkages between parties and voters shape the delivery of non-policy benefits in Argentina and Chile in the 2000s.
LINK https://drclas.harvard.edu/event/non-policy-politics-richer-voters-poorer-voters-and-diversification-electoral?delta=0
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ChileMass Innovation Day: The Future of Clean Technologies and Advanced Manufacturing
Tuesday, April 9
12:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
MIT Wong Auditorium, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/56648752945
We are delighted to invite you to our first conference “ChileMass Innovation Day - The Future of Clean Technologies and Advanced Manufacturing.” This event will take place at MIT’s Wong Auditorium, on April 9th, 2019, and it is organized by the Chile Massachusetts Alliance (“ChileMass”), in collaboration with the Embassy of Chile to the United States, CORFO and the MIT Chile Club.
ChileMass is a Massachusetts-based non-profit organization that fosters collaboration between Chile and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. CORFO, is the Chilean agency for economic development, and its current priorities are social, economic and environmental sustainability, together with the circular economy.
The conference aims to promote collaborative opportunities that will address the challenges of climate change, renewable energies, and advanced manufacturing, particularly considering the Chilean advantages in natural resources. Likewise, the event will promote the public call for a new Chilean Clean Technologies Institute, located in the North of Chile, which has a budget of $200 MM USD. We are inviting companies and institutions from the US to consider a future in Chile.
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MAPC’s Peak Demand Management Program
Tuesday, April 9
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Webinar
RSVP at https://mapcevents.webex.com/mw3300/mywebex/default.do?nomenu=true&siteurl=mapcevents&service=6&rnd=0.9154429495147905&main_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmapcevents.webex.com%2Fec3300%2Feventcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%3Ddetail%26%26%26EMK%3D4832534b000000048ba01230161ad862f295e721d119981abaf6eaf1661ca1b7749edd83a455a351%26siteurl%3Dmapcevents%26confViewID%3D123648225328528436%26encryptTicket%3DSDJTSwAAAATuwM4SCwBItJy5YhjAeB-vMArP2JCAyGl9O3vPIfgwDA2%26
Both returning and new participants are welcome! The webinar will feature information about new National Grid and Eversource peak demand management programs approved under the new Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Council’s new Three-Year Energy Efficiency Plan. We’ll also review MAPC’s program, provide data about the scope and impact of last year’s program, and cover the basics of capacity charges. Several municipalities will share their experiences and best demand reduction practices, and one municipality will discuss its plans for integrating battery storage.
Daily notifications will start in June, but now is the time to start planning for process improvements and potential hardware upgrades. Register online now!
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Faith, War and Schism: Religion in Russia-Ukraine Relations
Tuesday, April 9
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Tufts, The Fletcher School, 160 Packard Avenue, Cabot Hall, Room 205, Medford
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/59141187885
The recent split between the Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox Churches has been called “the biggest Christian schism since 1054.” Its impact will reverberate far beyond the Orthodox Church, though. This panel will explore the historical, religious, and political context of the split, as well as its effect on the geopolitical landscape, Russia-Ukraine relations, and ecumenical dialogue.
The Fletcher Initiative on Religion, Law & Diplomacy and Russia and Eurasia Program are pleased to welcome George Weigel and George Soroka to discuss these topics with faculty adviser Dr. Prodromou.
Lunch will be served.
Link to our website: https://sites.tufts.edu/fletcherrld/event/panel-religion-law-diplomacy-in-ukraine/?instance_id=6
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Panel: Democracy, Civic Engagement, and the Rule of Law
WHEN Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2019, 12:30 – 2 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, CGIS Knafel Building, Bowie Vernon Room (K262), 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Program on U.S.-Japan Relations
SPEAKER(S) Yeonju Lee, Postdoctoral fellow, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations
Kanoko Kamata, Community Organizing Japan
Akiko Kojima, Ministry of Finance
Discussant: Daniel Aldrich
Professor of political science, public policy and urban affairs; director, masters program in security and resilience, Northeastern University
COST Free and Open to the Public
LINK https://programs.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/calendar/upcoming
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Thinking with Visualizations, Fast and Slow
Tuesday, April 9
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
MIT, Building 32-G449 (Kiva Room), 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Steve Franconeri , Northwestern University
Abstract:
Your visual system evolved and develops to process the scenes, faces, and objects of the natural world. You then adapt that system to process the artificial world of graphs, maps, and data visualizations. This adaptation can lead alternatively to fast and powerful – or deeply slow and inefficient – visual processing. I’ll use interactive visual tasks to demonstrate the powerful capacity limits that arise when we extract structure and meaning from these artificial displays, which I will argue must occur via a slow serial language-like representation. Understanding these constraints leads to guidelines for display design and instruction techniques, across information dashboards, slide presentations, or STEM Education.
Bio: Steven Franconeri is a Professor of Psychology at Northwestern (Weinberg College), with courtesy appointments in Leadership (Kellogg School of Business) and Design (McCormick School of Engineering), and he serves as Director of the Northwestern Cognitive Science Program. His research is on visual thinking, visual communication, decision making, and the psychology of data visualization. Franconeri directs the Visual Thinking Laboratory, where a team of researchers explore how leveraging the visual system - the largest single system in your brain - can help people think, remember, and communicate more efficiently. The laboratory’s basic research questions are inspired by real-world problems, providing perspective for new and existing theories, while producing results that translate directly to science, education, design, and business.
Refreshments will be served.
Contact: Amy Shea-Slattery, 617-253-6002, amyshea@csail.mit.edu
Relevant URL: hci.mit.edu/hci-seminar.html
Speaker URL: https://www.psychology.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/core/profiles/steven-franconeri.html
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Surmounting the Materials Roadblocks to Carbon Nanoelectronics, Water Separation, and Beyond
Tuesday, April 9
3:30pm to 4:30pm
MIT, Building 6-104, Chipman Room, 182 Memorial Drive (Rear), Cambridge
The Materials Science and Engineering Seminar Series presents Prof. Michael S. Arnold from the University of Wisconsin.
Three advances will be presented:
(A) Prof. Arnold's group has discovered how to manipulate the anisotropy of graphene CVD to synthesize narrow, long, smooth, and oriented graphene nanoribbons that are semiconducting. The nanoribbons have transport properties exceeding other synthesized nanoribbons and are grown directly on group-IV wafers, creating the possibility of hybrid carbon-silicon nanoelectronics.
(B) His group has advanced the self-assembly of electronics-grade, semiconducting carbon nanotubes into densely-packed aligned arrays and exploited the arrays to create FETs with on-state current densities exceeding Si and GaAs.[2]
(C) They have newly begun to study carbon-based separation membranes. Laminates of graphene oxide nanosheets have exhibited high water permeance and salt rejection. We have used experiments and modeling to show water transport pathways through such laminates are not as expected.[3]
[1] Nature Comm. (2015); ACS Nano (2017); Nano Lett. (2018); In Review (2019)
[2] Science Advances (2016); Langmuir (2017); Adv. Elect. Mater. (2018)
[3] ACS Nano (2018)
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UEA Lecture - The Inclusive Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Drive to the Zero-Carbon Economy
Tuesday, April 9
4:00pm to 5:30pm
MIT, Building 2-190, 182 Memorial Drive (Rear), Cambridge
Nicholas Stern (The London School of Economics and Political Science)
The world economy will likely double in around two decades. And the world’s infrastructure will likely double a little more rapidly than that. At the same time to deliver on the Paris agreement, emissions will have to be cut sharply by 40% or more in that period. And the world will have to achieve net zero emissions within 50 years (with still stronger ambition if the target is set to 1.5oC). It is clear therefore, that the next two decades are critical for the sustainability of lives and livelihoods on the planet. However, the rapid change that we require can be the engine of inclusive growth and poverty reduction over these coming decades. It can be a growth story full of discovery, innovation, investment and inclusion. And embody much more attractive ways to live and work. This lecture/seminar will describe the urgency and magnitude of the challenge, discuss some of the key policies and actions, and show how the great opportunities offered by this transition can be taken.
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Film Screening and Q&A: The Prosecutors
WHEN Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2019, 4:15 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Wexner 436, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Film, Humanities, Theater
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
SPEAKER(S) Leslie Thomas, Emmy Award-winning producer & director
Dara Kay Cohen, Ford Foundation Associate Professor of Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
Jocelyn Kelly, Founding director for Harvard Humanitarian Initiative’s (HHI) Women in War program
DETAILS "The Prosecutors" is the compelling story of Amani and Jasmin, two dedicated lawyers who fight to make sure that survivors of sexual violence in conflict get justice. The film was conceived out of a belief that the law is for everyone, especially those who have lived through unimaginable crimes during war — whether it be yesterday or 20 years ago.
Our story begins in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Amani and her colleagues are working daily to ensure that rape, sexual slavery, and other types of abuse are not simply considered "collateral damage" in a war that has taken the lives of over five million people. The film goes on to Bosnia, where Jasmin and other prosecutors are collaborating with a network of civil society partners to make sure that the tens of thousands of victims who experienced rape and other violations during the country's brutal war twenty years ago have a chance to see justice — no matter how long it takes.
LINK https://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/event/film-screening-and-qa-prosecutors?admin_panel=1
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Compromising and Coalition-Building: Blue Democrats in Red States
WHEN Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2019, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer, IOP Conference Room, Room 166, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Classes/Workshops, Lecture, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Institute of Politics
SPEAKER(S) Heidi Heitkamp, U.S. Senator for North Dakota (2013-2019) and IOP Spring 2019 Visiting Fellow
Mitch Landrieu, Mayor of New Orleans (2010-2018), Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (2004-2010), and IOP Spring 2019 Visiting Fellow
DETAILS Join Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Mayor Mitch Landrieu (New Orleans, 2010-2018) for cupcakes and conversation about working across the aisle, the decline of compromise, and new progressive trends in the Democratic party.
LINK https://iop.harvard.edu/calendar/events/sen-heidi-heitkamp-and-mayor-mitch-landrieu-compromising-and-coalition-building-blue
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HESEC Webinar: Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology in Sustainability
Tuesday, April 9
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
Webinar
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hesec-webinar-bitcoin-and-blockchain-technology-in-sustainability-tickets-59172574764
Please join us for a webinar with Mr. Ferdinando M. Ametrano, Executive Director at Digital Gold Institute. Learn how bitcoin and blockchain technology can play an important role in addressing sustainability issues globally. Please register with us for the webinar and join us few minutes before the webinar begins.
Webinar Link - https://zoom.us/j/6511268568
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The Rise of the New American Majority: Media Matters
WHEN Tuesday, April 9, 4:30 – 5:45 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer 150, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Classes/Workshops, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Institute of Politics
SPEAKER(S) Aisha Moodie-Mills, Democratic strategist, past president & CEO of the LGBTQ Victory Fund, and IOP Spring 2019 Resident Fellow
Joy-Ann Reid, Host of "AM Joy" and political analyst for MSNBC
DETAILS We sit down with MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid to discuss the power of political media and its portrayals of people of color, and ask: What is the responsibility of the press in this age of fake news and sensational campaigns?
LINK https://iop.harvard.edu/calendar/events/aisha-moodie-mills-and-joy-ann-reid-media-matters
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Strengthening Democracy by Modernizing Congress
Tuesday, April 9
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM EDT
Harvard, Wexner 332, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/59327263442
Join the Ash Center for a workshop led by Technology and Democracy Fellow Zach Graves, and grow your understanding of recent efforts to modernize and strengthen Congress. This workshop will include interactive, hands-on exercises. Come prepared to engage, not just to listen!
Congress is supposed to be the democratically accountable, and most powerful, of the three branches of the federal government. Yet, its approval rating is about half that of President Donald Trump’s. Clearly, something must be broken.
This workshop will look at some of the causes of congressional dysfunction, focusing on its struggles to adapt to the Information Age. As we’ll show, this problem is more than just embarrassing late night show vignettes about our representatives interacting with Mark Zuckerberg. Workshop participants will learn about issues such as efforts to revive the Office of Technology Assessment, the outlook for the new House Select Committee on Modernizing Congress, the importance of digital services infrastructure, and the history of congressional decline. We’ll also cover how you can meaningfully engage to promote a stronger and healthier democracy. Registration is free, but required. Refreshments will be provided.
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2019 Muddy River Symposium: Protecting Boston's Urban Ecosystems
Tuesday, April 9
4:30 PM – 7:30 PM EDT
Simmons University, Main College Building, Linda K. Paresky Center, 300 The Fenway, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-muddy-river-symposium-protecting-bostons-urban-ecosystems-tickets-55370042287
Keynote Speaker: Noah Wilson-Rich
Noah Wilson-Rich, Ph.D. is a biologist / MIT Research Affiliate / three-time TEDx speaker / beekeeper / uncle / and author of The Bee: A Natural History published by Princeton University Press. Noah is the co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of The Best Bees Company, a beekeeping service that installs and maintains honey beehives for residential gardens and commercial rooftops nationwide. Proceeds from The Best Bees Company go toward research to improve bee health at the 501(c)3 nonprofit Urban Beekeeping Laboratory.
Talk Title: Our Future with Bees
If you eat food, then you need bees. The world’s bees can create economic and ecological sustainability, if only we let them. As pollinators, bees bring us over 100 fruit and vegetable crops, and provide feed for our livestock industry. Yet, bees are dying at an alarming rate. Data from urban environments indicate that bees are doing better in cities. Why is this? Learn how to get involved in urban beekeeping, and how to save these vitally important creatures.
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Don't Just Sit There: An Out-of-The-Box Meditation Experience
Tuesday, April 9
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
Harvard Innovation Labs, 125 Western Avenue, Lobby, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dont-just-sit-there-an-out-of-the-box-meditation-experience-tickets-59594009286
Meditation teacher and author Biet Simkin joins our Meditation Advisor, Kassi Underwood, to bring you an out-of-the-box meditation event. This meditation duo will deliver a rock-and-roll meditation experience that's relatable and transformational. This event will leave you with a new interpretation of reality and the keys to your freedom.
You'll learn:
exact steps to relieve overwhelming emotions
how to experience a deep sense of connection
unique exercises for peace of mind
Open to everyone. Feel free to bring your friends!
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Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice in Boston
Tuesday, April 9
5:15PM
Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston
The Massachusetts Historical Society hosts "Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice in Boston" with Michael Brennan, University of Maine. Comment by Daniel Faber, Northeastern University.
Attendance is free, but you can subscribe online ($25) for the convenience of advance online access to the papers in FOUR series: this, our new Boston African American History Seminar, the Boston Area Early American History Seminar, and the Boston Seminar on Modern American Society and Culture.
Boston Seminar on Environmental History
https://www.masshist.org/2012/calendar/seminars/environmental-history
Contact Name: Alex Buckley
abuckley@masshist.org
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The Commonwealth of Breath: Climate and Consciousness in a More-than-Human World
WHEN Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2019, 5:30 – 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, 617.495.4476
DETAILS Bridging environmental studies with philosophy and anthropology, entwining natural history with theology and psychology, Dr. Abram will counterpose the theoretical abstraction of much climate discourse by discussing a range of indigenous, place-based understandings of our planet’s atmosphere and climate. By listening close to the diverse ways that air, weather, and climate are spoken of by diverse indigenous oral traditions, we may begin to discern the elemental atmosphere in a far more palpable manner, as a sensuous yet enigmatic dimension of reality intimately bound up with human activity, with spoken language, and even with sentience itself—that is, with the full-bodied sentience not only of humans but of other animals, of plants, and of the animate earth itself.
David Abram--cultural ecologist and geophilosopher--is the author of Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology, and of The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-than-Human World. Described as “daring” and “truly original” by Science, and as "revolutionary" by the Los Angeles Times, Dr. Abram’s work has helped catalyze the emergence of several new disciplines, including the burgeoning field of ecopsychology. A close student of the traditional ecological knowledge of diverse indigenous peoples, David was the first contemporary philosopher to advocate for a reappraisal of "animism" as a complexly nuanced and uniquely viable worldview. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, and recently held the international Arne Naess Chair in Global Justice and the Environment in Norway. Dr. Abram is creative director of the Alliance for Wild Ethics (AWE), an organization dedicated to cultural metamorphosis through a rejuvenation of place-based oral culture--the culture of face-to-face and face-to-place storytelling. He lives with his family in the foothills of the southern Rockies.
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The Bystander Moment: Transforming Rape Culture at Its Roots
WHEN Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2019, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, HGSE Campus, Longfellow Hall, 1st Floor, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Education, Film, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Graduate School of Education Office of Student Affairs and the Office for Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (OSAPR)
SPEAKER(S) Jackson Katz, Author, educator, and activist
CONTACT INFO Kevin Boehm
boehmke1@gse.harvard.edu
DETAILS "The Bystander Moment" tells the story of one of the most prominent and proven gender violence prevention model — the innovative bystander approach developed by pioneering activist and writer Jackson Katz and his colleagues. Following the film, there will be a discussion with Katz and time for questions and answers.
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The Pursuit: A Better World for All, Starting at the Margins
Tuesday, April 9
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM EDT
Harvard Business School, Spangler Auditorium, Batten Way, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-pursuit-harvard-university-tickets-58664947437
Join the Harvard Business School Free Enterprise Club for an exclusive prescreening of THE PURSUIT
About this Event
Please join the Harvard Business School Free Enterprise Club for an exclusive advance screening of the upcoming film THE PURSUIT on Tuesday April 9th, 2019 at 5:30pm. This prescreening will include an introduction and remarks by AEI President Arthur Brooks. Light meal and refreshments will be provided.
THE PURSUIT features Arthur Brooks as he crosses three continents in search of the secrets to a happier, more prosperous world, starting with those at the margins of society. You can view THE PURSUIT trailer and find out more about the film at The Pursuit Movie
THE PURSUIT premieres in cities across America the week of April 28th, however we are pleased to provide you with an advance showing on April 9th.
Questions? Reach out to Brian Linville, HBS Free Enterprise Club Co-President at blinville@mba2020.hbs.edu.
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Jump-Starting America: How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth and the American Dream
Tuesday, April 9
6:00 PM (Doors at 5:30)
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, CambridgeTickets
RSVP at http://www.harvard.com/event/jonathan_gruber_and_simon_johnson/
Cost: $6 - $29.75 (book included)
Harvard Book Store welcomes renowned economists and MIT professors JONATHAN GRUBER and SIMON JOHNSON for a discussion of their new book, Jump-Starting America: How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth and the American Dream.
About Jump-Starting America
The American economy glitters on the outside, but the reality is quite different. Job opportunities and economic growth are increasingly concentrated in a few crowded coastal enclaves. Corporations and investors are disproportionately developing technologies that benefit the wealthiest Americans in the most prosperous areas—and destroying middle-class jobs elsewhere. To turn this tide, we must look to a brilliant and all-but-forgotten American success story and embark on a plan that will create the industries of the future—and the jobs that go with them.
Beginning in 1940, massive public investment generated breakthroughs in science and technology that first helped win WWII and then created the most successful economy the world has ever seen. Private enterprise then built on these breakthroughs to create new industries—such as radar, jet engines, digital computers, mobile telecommunications, life-saving medicines, and the internet—that became the catalyst for broader economic growth that generated millions of good jobs. We lifted almost all boats, not just the yachts.
Jonathan Gruber and Simon Johnson tell the story of this first American growth engine and provide the blueprint for a second. It's a visionary, pragmatic, sure-to-be-controversial plan that will lead to job growth and a new American economy in places now left behind.
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Self-Domestication in Bonobos and Other Wild Animals
Tuesday, April 9
6:00pm
Harvard, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Richard Wrangham, Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Domesticated animals such as dogs, pigs, and horses often sport floppy ears, patches of white hair, and other features that are unknown in their wild ancestors. These traits—collectively referred to by scientists as a “domestication syndrome”—are the result of breeding less aggressive individuals. Drawing from his new book, The Goodness Paradox (2019, Pantheon Books), Richard Wrangham will show that our cousin apes, the bonobos, also exhibit a domestication syndrome, making them the first clear example of a “wild domesticate.” Self-domestication in the wild now seems likely to be a widespread phenomenon, responsible even for the evolution of our own species, Homo sapiens.
Free Public Lecture and Book Signing
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Visualizing Oceans: From the Coast to the Deep Sea
Tuesday, April 9
6:00pm to 8:00pm
Down the Road Beer Co. 199 Ashland Street, Everett
Join us to learn about underwater photography, robots exploring shipwrecks, 3D imaging, and demonstrations of innovative science visualization tools! Free pizza!
Featuring:
Andrew Martinez: Underwater photographer and author
Evan Kovacs: Founder and CEO of Marine Imaging Technologies
Visualizations for Science Communication: Francis Choi, Ashley Cryan, and Emily Duwan
https://scicafeneu.wordpress.com/
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You Say You Want a Revolution: SDS, PL, and Adventures in Building a Worker-Student Alliance
Tuesday, April 9
7:00pm
Porter Square Books, 25 White Street, Cambridge
“…a Jewel of a collection of US revolutionaries’ memoirs that captures and recreates the period like no other…” --Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
From Cuba to Harvard Yard and San Francisco State. Defying the travel ban, fighting the war and racism, student strikes, labor and community alliances.
COME CELEBRATE, question, and enjoy readings from this publication of memoirs with participants in struggles from the sixties and seventies, as part of the vital discussion about building strong movements today.
Today, Students for a Democratic Society is often portrayed as the drama of the good early 1960s SDS turning into Weatherman, the small faction whose story ended in bombed-out New York townhouse.The reality was quite different. SDS at its apex in 1968/69 numbered 100,000 students whose political views reflected a rainbow of ideologies exploring what a new American left could be with a willingness to risk everything to stop the war in Vietnam and achieve social justice. When SDS splintered in June 1969, a majority of the delegates supported the program of its Worker-Student Alliance caucus: building a strategic alliance between students and the working class to achieve the movement's goals.
The contributors in this book were mostly members of WSA, whose formation was initiated by the Maoist Progressive Labor Party. Here they recount and evaluate their participation in the struggles of the 1960s and early 1970s, from trips to revolutionary Cuba defying the US travel ban to student strikes, labor and community alliances, and campaigns against the war and racism across the country, from Columbia and Harvard, Texas and Iowa, to San Francisco State and UC Berkeley. These accounts are both optimistic, from those still inspired, and bitter, from those now critical of their involvement. The stories they tell speak across the years, as a new generation--from Black Lives Matter to Fight for $15 to the Parkland students--faces decisions about how to organize and build alliances to stop wars abroad, confront racial oppression at home, fight for immigrant rights, and end violence and neoliberal exploitation.
Readers include:
Emily Berg has been a teacher, artist, social worker and therapist since leaving PL in the early 70s; she also helped raise three wonderful children. She lives in Boston and would be happy to talk with old friends.
Ellen Israel is a nurse midwife and a public health specialist in sexual and reproductive health and rights. She worked as a clinician and women’s advocate first in the Boston Neighborhood Health Clinic system and then in private practice, followed by 30 years working with health systems to community health initiatives in developing countries (in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean), most recently as The Senior Advisor for Women’s Health and Rights at Pathfinder International. She is currently co-producing the Spanish Version of Dr. Willie Parker’s important work on abortion rights: “Life’s Work: a Moral Argument for Choice”. She is a mother and grandmother and lives in Boston.
Frank Kashner, not electable to union office due to his prior communist affiliation, stayed at GE as a machinist and shop steward until 1983, long enough to see progressives take over the local union leadership. After leaving General Electric and IUE Local 201, Frank pursued subsequent careers, and continued activism, in software engineering and social work. He is currently retired and recommends that you read “Democracy in Chains,” by Nancy MacLean, ASAP. Then contact him with your plan of action. fkashner@gmail.com
John Pennington has been a jack of all trades. After his activist experience at Harvard (as SDS regional traveler, Harvard strike, draft resistance), he has managed a youth program for low income kids, organized independent filmmakers, produced social documentary films, organized community cable TV public affairs programs, leased mainframe computers, sold mainframe computers, tested financial industry software, etc. He is currently the communications secretary of his NJ suburban Republican town’s Democratic Club.
Mary Summers is a senior fellow and lecturer in Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. She teaches academically based community service courses on the Politics of Food and Healthy Schools. She worked in health care for many years as a Physician Assistant (starting out in Boston’s neighborhood health centers) and in electoral politics as a speechwriter for Jesse Jackson, Harriett Woods, Dennis Kucinich, and John Daniels, the first African American mayor of New Haven. She has written and co-written articles for The Nation, Urban Affairs Quarterly, PS: Political Science and Politics, Agricultural History, Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning and several edited volumes.
Earl Silbar is one of two editors of You Say You Want a Revolution.Since being kicked out of Progressive Labor in the early 70s, Earl was an active member of an anti-fascist group, helped form an independent socialist collective in Chicago with whom he was active in labor solidarity and gay rights organizing as well as Central American and South African solidarity work and several study groups. He was also active in several workplace union organizing drives, including the successful one for adult education teachers in the city colleges of Chicago where he taught GED for 27 years, and he was elected to many union positions until his retirement. Since then, he has been active in a local anti-racism, peace and justice groups.
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Finding a Solution to Wasted Food: Parker Hughes, Brüzd Foods
Tuesday, April 9
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Harvard, CGIS Knafel -K050, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/finding-a-solution-to-wasted-food-parker-hughes-bruzd-foods-tickets-55299359874
Every year, about 60 million tons of produce end up in US landfills. Many fruits and veggies are tossed because they’re cosmetically imperfect: too small, too big, too oddly shaped, or too blemished for supermarkets to sell. Local startup, Brüzd Foods’ solution is to pick up these "ugly,” yet perfectly edible, fruits and vegetables from farms across MA and deliver them to homes throughout Boston every week. Learn more about how this business got off the ground, and how you, as a consumer, can continue to eat more sustainably.
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Dismantling Educational Inequity in Boston
Tuesday, April 9
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Temple Hillel B’Nai Torah, 120 Corey Street, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/59254650254
There are many inequities in the Boston Public School System. Many Boston residents are unaware of this. Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale will be hosting an event on April 9 to provide an opportunity to learn about these inequities. Progressive WRox/Roz has joined with NAACP-Boston, Lawyers for Civil Rights, JP Progressives, Downtown Progressives, Citizens for Public Schools, QUEST, and several other groups to form the Boston Coalition for Education Equity.
The Boston Coalition for Education Equity is concerned with persistent inequities that play out in numerous ways for Boston students, what policies other cities are using, and action steps to move forward. Coalition events are informative, provocative, important, heart-wrenching, and encouraging. Our forum will highlight three case studies:
BPS Budgeting Hunger Games
Testing Towards Destruction
Exam School Equity
For more information : email ProgressiveWRoxroz@gmail.com or visit www.facebook.com/ProgressiveWRoxRoz/
www.progressivemass.com/wroxroz
www.bosedequity.org
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Leslie James Pickering discusses government surveillance/repression and resistance strategies
Tuesday April 9
7:00pm-9:00pm
Cambridge Public Library (Central Square Branch), Lewis Room, 45 Pearl Street, Cambridge
Leslie James Pickering, former spokesman of the Earth Liberation Front and owner of Burning Books Buffalo, will discuss government surveillance and repression of activists and the possible strategies of effective resistance. Pickering will discuss his experiences as an activist and bookstore owner being surveilled by the FBI. He will discuss how he became aware of the surveillance, the tactics used by the FBI, and how he has used the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to obtain the FBI files on his
bookstore and the activists who organize there.
The event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Boston Democratic Socialists of America (BDSA), the BDSA Political Education Working Group, the Ecosocialism working group, and the Grassroots Infrastructure Charitable Foundation.
For information contact: Joe Brown (mailto:geekmissile@gmail.com)
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A Deep Dive into the Orange Line
Tuesday April 9
7:30 - 9:30pm
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-deep-dive-into-the-orange-line-tickets-58997870218
Cost: $15 – $18
Tuesday in the Parlor - A Deep Dive into the Orange Line with Jeremy Fox and Andrew Elder
Back at the Loring Greenough House by popular demand, Jeremy Fox and Andrew Elder, authors of Boston's Orange Line, will be back in the neighborhood where the elevated Orange Line had such an impact.
Join us for a lecture and Q&A about all things MBTA Orange Line.
Jeremy C. Fox is a writer, editor, and online producer for the Boston Globe and a previous staff writer for the Watertown Tab. His writing has appeared in the Bay State Banner, the Boston Phoenix, Film Threat, the Gay and Lesbian Review, the Jamaica Plain Gazette, Time Out, the Weekly Dig, and other publications.
Andrew Elder is Interim University Archivist and Curator of Special Collections in the Healey Library at UMass Boston and is co-chair of the Board of Directors for The History Project, a community-based archives that documents, preserves, and shares the history of Boston’s LGBTQ communities. He has an M.S. in Library and Information Science from Simmons College and a B.A. in English and Women's Studies from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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Wednesday, April 10
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Carbon Free Boston Deep Dive for Boston's Higher Education Community
Wednesday, April 10
8:30 AM – 10:30 AM EDT
BU, Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering Colloquium Room 101, 610 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/59132436710
Join the Boston Green Ribbon Commission’s Higher Education Working Group for a dive into the recently released Carbon Free Boston Report
The Carbon Free Boston report, commissioned by the Boston Green Ribbon Commission, identifies for the first time specific strategies for the City of Boston to meet its goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. The report was undertaken at the request of Mayor Walsh in order to provide an analytic foundation for carbon mitigation actions in the City. The Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy led the report's research and analysis.
This event will provide a close look at the analysis and findings of the Carbon Free Boston Report for members of Boston's Higher Education community. We will begin with a presentation on findings by the report's principal investigator, Cutler Cleveland, and a Q&A will follow.
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Earth/Sustainability/Green Month Information Table
Wednesday, April 10
11:00am to 1:00pm
Northeastern, What's Poppin, Huntington Avenue, Boston
Stop by our information table on April 10th at What's Poppin, a newly created space by the Marino Center and B. Good on Huntington Ave. Come by to see our updated carbon reduction graph for the University - we're making great progress!
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How Change Happens
Wednesday, April 10
12pm
Harvard, WCC Milstein West A/B, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Cass Sunstein
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Climate Courage is exposing Chase Bank's toxic assets!
Wednesday April 10
noon
Chase Bank, 425 Washington Street, Boston
Chase Bank is planning a major move into Greater Boston, with a plan to open 50 or more retail branches here. However, according to a recent report (ran.org/reportcard) released by the Sierra Club, Rainforest Action Network, and others, Chase is the #1 Worst Bank in the World for funding fossil fuel projects, and thus for enabling the climate crisis. Chase has invested 196 Billion Dollars into tar sands, arctic drilling, and fracking since the Paris Climate Agreement--more than any other bank. Since Trump took office, Chase has quadrupled its investments in tar sands oil and increased its financing of coal by over 2,000%.
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The Neuroscience of Hate
Wednesday, April 10
12:00 PM
Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East C (2036), 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eg53b0zd6869af8a&oseq=&c=&ch=
Description
Human beings are biologically predisposed to divide humanity into ingroups and outgroups, and this comes with a great social cost – the capacity for hate. While we may view ourselves and our communities as benevolent and egalitarian, we often view outsiders as inhuman, unworthy, or alien, allowing us to victimize them in conscious and unconscious ways. What are the psychological and neurobiologic roots of this urge to divide ourselves? How do legal structures enact and justify systemic disadvantage for outsiders?
Join us as we discuss structures in the brain and in the law that foster hate.
Lunch will be provided. This event is free and open to the public. RSVP now!
Panelists
Jon Hanson, Alan A. Stone Professor of Law; Faculty Director, The Systemic Justice Project; Director, Project on Law and Mind Sciences at Harvard Law School
Rebecca Saxe, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT, and associate member, McGovern Institute
Judith Edersheim, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; attending Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Restraining Great Powers: Soft Balancing From Empires to the Global Era
Wednesday, April 10
12:00pm to 1:30pm
MIT, Building E40-496, Pye Room, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge
T.V. Paul (McGill University)
SUMMARY This presentation is based on the book with the same title (Yale University Press, 2018) which examines a crucial element of state behavior -- the use of international institutions, informal alignments and economic instruments such as sanctions -- to constrain the power and threatening behavior of dominant actors. Much of International Relations scholarship fails to capture the use of these non-military instruments for constraining superior power. The soft balancing debate for over a decade has generated much literature and criticisms. However, it has been used exclusively in the context of responses by second-tier states toward U.S. power. This book expands and tests soft balancing arguments to historical eras (such as the Concert of Europe, and the League of Nations during the interwar period) and the emerging/resurging powers, China and Russia while responding to criticisms aired against the concept and strategy. It seeks to explore: under what conditions do states resort to soft balancing as opposed to hard balancing (relying on formal military alliances and intense arms buildups)? When do they combine both? What are the differences and similarities between the 20th and 21st century cases of soft balancing--one under multipolarity, the other under near-unipolarity? When do soft balancing efforts elicit hostile reactions and when do they produce positive results? Finally, what are the implications of soft balancing for the rise of new great powers and the international order, especially conflict and cooperation among them in the 21st century's globalized international system?
BIO T.V. Paul is James McGill Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He was President of International Studies Association (ISA) during 2016-17. Paul is the author or editor of 18 books and over 70 scholarly articles/book chapters in the fields of International Relations, International Security, and South Asia.
SSP Wednesday Seminar
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Faculty Book Forum Series: Professor Rashmi Dyal-Chand’s Collaborative Capitalism in American Cities: Reforming Urban Market Regulations
Wednesday, April 10
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Northeastern University School of Law, 250 Dockser, Boston
Join us for a lively discussion about Professor Rashmi Dyal-Chand's new book, Collaborative Capitalism in American Cities: Reforming Urban Market Regulations (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
In many American cities, the urban cores still suffer. Poverty and unemployment remain endemic, despite policy initiatives aimed at systemic solutions. In Collaborative Capitalism in American Cities: Reforming Urban Market Regulations, Professor Rashmi Dyal-Chand focuses on how businesses in some urban cores are succeeding despite the challenges.
Using examples of urban collaborative capitalism, Dyal-Chand extrapolates a set of lessons about sharing. "Sharing can allow American businesses to remain competitive while returning more wealth to their workers, and this more collaborative approach can help solve the problems of urban underdevelopment and poverty," says Dyal-Chand, who served as an associate general counsel of The Community Builders, Inc., a nonprofit affordable housing developer, prior to joining academia.
According to Joseph William Singer, Bussey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and author of No Freedom Without Regulation: The Hidden Lesson of the Subprime Crisis, the book is, "an eye-opening exploration of how cooperation might temper the harshness of economic competition and reverse our slide into inequality while restoring a measure of economic stability to the many who have lost it in recent years."
Comments by
Jason Jackson, Assistant Professor of Political Economy and Urban Planning, MIT
Light Refreshments will be served
Sponsored by the Faculty Colloquium
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Carbon Removal - A New American Agricultural Product: How Carbon Farming and Building Soil Health Will Fight Climate Change
Wednesday, April 10
1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern
RSVP at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yJ2UHDYqToywR1h_EQpLlw
Farm lands can absorb significant global carbon emissions if farmers adopt agricultural practices that remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it in the soil.
Thanks to the collaboration of E2 and a broad coalition of agriculture and environmental partners, along with the crucial support of Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, the 2018 Farm Bill enacted last December includes an important new provision to reward farmers for improving soil health while reducing atmospheric carbon.
The Soil Health Demonstration Trial program provides tools and funding to incentivize American farmers to adopt smart soil management practices, as well as establishes metrics that will quantify their carbon reduction impacts. This creates a potential new revenue stream for farmers to sell credits through carbon markets or participate in other climate mitigation programs - all while reducing operating costs and improving soil fertility and crop resilience.
Please join E2 and some of our Farm Bill coalition partners for this month’s national webinar on this new soil health pilot program and the value proposition to fight climate change by rewarding farmers for carbon performance.
Speakers:
Ron Wyden, Senior Senator from Oregon, Ranking Member, Senate Finance Committee
David Kolsrud, South Dakota Farmer, President, DAK Renewable Energy
Claire O’Connor, Director, Water & Agriculture, Water Division, Nature Program, NRDC
Paul Zorner, CEO, Locus Agricultural Solutions, Adjunct Professor of Horticulture, North Carolina State University
Moderated by Nicole Lederer, E2 Co-Founder and Chair
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Why is it so hard to do anything about climate change, especially in the US?
Wednesday, April 10
2:50pm to 4:30pm
Northeastern, Curry Student Center, 320, 346 Huntington Avenue, Boston
Climate change is widely recognized as one of the world's biggest challenges. This session will be equal parts presentation and interactive discussion centered around the difficulties in making meaningful progress in climate adaptation and mitigation. The presentation will consist of a high level review of the state of climate science and its implications, as well as a brief overview of my experience with climate in both research and the private sector. The first half of discussion sub-topics will surround systems that interface with climate change (in)action, including: politics, insurance, economics, social (in)justice, and media. The second half of the discussion will include sampling of major contemporary ideas, efforts, and movements to address climate change, including the Green New Deal, carbon tax, Paris, the Task Force for Climate Related Disclosure, and global protests. Everyone is encouraged to participate, regardless of level of topical knowledge -- the ideal outcome of this session is that everyone (including myself!) comes away with a better understanding of the problem as well as some new, practical ideas.
About the Speaker: Dr. Evan Kodra is the CEO of risQ and an alumnus of Northeastern's Sustainability and Data Sciences (SDS). risQ is Boston based, National Science Foundation-funded company focused on catalyzing systems-level climate change adaptation through the financial sector.
Seating is limited. First-come, first served.
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International Development and Documentary Film from the New Deal to the Cold War
WHEN Wednesday, Apr. 10, 2019, 3:45 – 5:45 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Robinson Hall, Lower Library, 1st Floor, 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Charles Warren Center - Workshop on "U.S. Power in the Global Arena"
SPEAKER(S) Molly Geidel, University of Manchester
DETAILS Charles Warren Center - Workshop on "U.S. Power in the Global Arena”
LINK https://warrencenter.fas.harvard.edu/event/molly-geidel-university-manchester?delta=0
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rescue
WHEN Wednesday, Apr. 10, 2019, 4 – 5 p.m.
WHERE Radcliffe, Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Poetry/Prose
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
SPEAKER(S) Evie Shockley
2018–2019 Fellow, Radcliffe Institute; Professor of English, Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Poet
COST Free
CONTACT INFO events@radcliffe.harvard.edu
DETAILS In this lecture, Shockley will talk about her new poem in which a group of people, after confronting a barely averted environmental apocalypse, must grapple with what it means to be human in a dramatically changed world.
LINK https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2019-evie-shockley-fellow-presentation
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EAPS Department Lecture Series: Topographic controls on marine-terminating glacier dynamic response in Greenland
Wednesday, April 10
4:00pm to 5:00pm
MIT, Building 54-915/923, 21 Ames Street, Cambridge
Ginny Catania (University of Texas, Austin)
The terminus region of marine-terminating outlet glaciers represents the regions where the ice sheet, ocean, and atmosphere all act together through a suite of processes to impact glacier behavior. Several mechanisms have been identified that can cause terminus retreat, however the long-term impact of retreat on inland glacier dynamics has not been well understood. In part, this is because not all glaciers behave the same after a terminus perturbation; some glaciers undergo significant retreat and thinning and others do not. We explore the role that fjord and glacier topography plays on the dynamic response of outlet glaciers to terminus perturbations by examining the topography both at the glacier terminus, and inland, where it can impact how thinning spreads into the ice sheet interior. We find that topography plays an important role in controlling the total sea-level rise from marine-terminating glaciers over the next century and we identify smaller glaciers that have a high potential to contribute to sea-level rise because their topography will allow thinning to spread far inland. Additionally, heterogeneous patterns of glacier geometry around the Greenland Ice Sheet are to a large degree responsible for the observed, modern heterogeneity in glacier dynamics.
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Warming and Welfare: Global Micro-Evidence
Wednesday, April 10
4:15PM TO 5:30PM
Harvard, Littauer-382, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
Marshall Burke, Stanford University, and Marshall Burke, Solomon Hsiang, University of California, Berkeley
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/44157
Contact Name: Casey Billings
casey_billings@hks.harvard.edu
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Mueller vs. Trump: The Role of the Investigative Journalist
WHEN Wednesday, April 10, 4:30 – 5:45 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer 163 (Faculty Dining Room), 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Classes/Workshops, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Institute of Politics
SPEAKER(S) Michael Zeldin, CNN Legal Analyst, former U.S. Department of Justice official, and IOP Spring 2019 Resident Fellow
Michael Isikoff, Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo! News
John King, Chief National Correspondent, CNN
DETAILS When there is an ongoing investigation of the president, what is the role of an investigative journalist? How does a journalist investigate the story? We’ll examine the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the underlying conduct. How do you protect your sources? When do you publish the story?
LINK https://iop.harvard.edu/calendar/events/michael-zeldin-michael-isikoff-and-john-king-mueller-vs-trump-role-investigative
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Panel: Is Identity Politics a Threat to Democracy?
WHEN Wednesday, Apr. 10, 2019, 4:30 – 6 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, CGIS South, S020 (Belfer Room), 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Populism/Challenges to Democracy
SPEAKER(S) Francis Fukuyama, Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI); Mosbacher Director of FSI's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), Stanford University
Ashley Jardina, Assistant professor of political science, Duke University
Michael Tesler, Associate professor of political science, UC Irvine
CONTACT INFO jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu
LINK https://populism.wcfia.harvard.edu/event/panel-identity-politics-threat-democracy
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Civic Arts Series: “Thumbs Type and Swipe” featuring DIS’s Lauren Boyle
Wednesday, April 10
5:00pm to 6:30pm
MIT, Building 4-270, 182 Memorial Drive (Rear), Cambridge
Introduction by Amy Rosenblum Martín, Independent Curator and Educator, Guggenheim
DIS (est. 2010) is a New York-based collective composed of Lauren Boyle, Solomon Chase, Marco Roso, and David Toro. Its cultural interventions are manifest across a range of media and platforms, from site-specific museum and gallery exhibitions to ongoing online projects.
In 2018 the collective transitioned platforms from an online magazine, dismagazine.com, to a video streaming edutainment platform, dis.art, narrowing in on the future of education and entertainment.
DIS Magazine (2010-2017); DISimages (2013), DISown (2014), Curators of the 9th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, The Present in Drag (2016); DIS.art (2018–); Exhibited and organized shows at the de Young Museum, San Francisco; La Casa Encendida, Madrid; Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg; Baltimore Museum of Art; and Project Native Informant, London. DIS has also been included in group exhibitions at MoMA PS1, Museum of Modern Art, and the New Museum all in New York; and Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; ICA Boston; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; and Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, among others.
The material presented by DIS today is the result of a change in attitude towards the present and aims to meet the demands of contemporary social, political, and economic complexity at eye level.
Introducer Amy Rosenblum Martín is a bilingual (English/Spanish) curator of contemporary art, committed to equity and community engagement. Formerly a staff curator at the Pérez Art Museum Miami (when it was MAM) and The Bronx Museum, she has also organized exhibitions, written and/or lectured independently for la Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, MoMA, The Metropolitan, MACBA in Barcelona, the Reina Sofía, and Kunsthaus Bregenz as well as the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum. Her 20 years of interdepartmental museum work include 10 years at the Guggenheim. Rosenblum Martín’s expertise is in Latin America, focusing on transhistorical connections among Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Caracas, Havana, Miami, and New York.
She has worked with Janine Antoni, Lothar Baumgarten, Guy Ben-Ner, Janet Cardiff, Eloísa Cartonera, Consuelo Castañeda, Lygia Clark, Willie Cole, Jeannette Ehlers, Teresita Fernández, Naomi Fisher, Marlon Griffith, Lucio Fontana, Dara Friedman, Luis Gispert, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Adler Guerrier, Ann Hamilton, Quisqueya Henríquez, Leslie Hewitt, Nadia Huggins, Deborah Jack, Seydou Keita, Gyula Kosice, Matthieu Laurette, Miguel Luciano, Gordon Matta-Clark, Ana Mendieta, Antoni Miralda, Marisa Morán Jahn, Glexis Novoa, Hélio Oiticica, Dennis Oppenheim, Nam June Paik, Manuel Piña, Miguel Angel Ríos, Bert Rodriguez, Marco Roso, Nancy Rubins, George Sánchez-Calderón, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Tomás Saraceno, Karin Schneider, Regina Silveira, Lorna Simpson, Valeska Soares, Javier Tellez, Joaquín Torres García, and Fred Wilson, among many other remarkable artists.
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The Ultrasocial World: International Cooperation Against All Odds
Wednesday, April 10
5:00pm to 6:30pm
Northeastern, Renaissance_Park, 909, 1135 Tremont Street, Boston
Mai’a K. Davis Cross is the Edward W. Brooke Professor of Political Science and Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at Northeastern University, will be speaking in the “Us vs. Them: Taming the Biology of Otherness” speaker series.
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Angela Stent: Putin's World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest
Wednesday, April 10
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
Tufts, Alumnae Lounge, 40 Talbot Avenue, Medford
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/angela-stent-putins-world-russia-against-the-west-and-with-the-rest-tickets-55496953883
The Russia and Eurasia Program at The Fletcher School is pleased to award its first annual U.S.-Russia Relations Book Prize to Professor Angela Stent of Georgetown University for her new book Putin's World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest (2019). The award recognizes an outstanding book on historical or contemporary foreign policy discourse pertaining to the past or present of U.S.-Russia relations. Please join us for a book talk by Stent on Russia's foreign policy and its role in contemporary world affairs. Refreshments will be provided. Attendance is by registration only on Eventbrite.
How did Russia manage to emerge resurgent on the world stage and play a weak hand so effectively? Is it because Putin is a brilliant strategist? Or has Russia stepped into a vacuum created by the West’s distraction with its own domestic problems and U.S. ambivalence about whether it still wants to be a superpower? From renowned foreign policy expert Angela Stent comes a must-read dissection of present-day Russian motives and actions on the world stage. Putin's World examines the country’s turbulent past, how it has influenced Putin, the Russians’ understanding of their position on the global stage and their future ambitions—and their conviction that the West has tried to deny them a seat at the table of great powers since the Soviet collapse.
Angela Stent is Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies and Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University. She is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-chairs its Hewett Forum on Post-Soviet Affairs. From 2004-2006, she served as National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council. From 1999 to 2001, she served in the Office of Policy Planning at the U.S. Department of State. Stent’s academic work focuses on the triangular political and economic relationship between the United States, Russia, and Europe. Her last book is The Limits of Partnership: U.S.-Russian relations in the Twenty-First Century (2014), for which she won the American Academy of Diplomacy’s Douglas Dillon prize for the best book on the practice of American Diplomacy.
She was a member of the senior advisory panel for NATO’s Supreme Allied Commanderin Europe for Admiral James Stavridis and General Philip Breedlove. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is a contributing editor to Survival and is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Cold War Studies, World Policy Journal, Internationale Politik, and Mirovaia Ekonomika i Mezhdunarodnie Otnosheniie. She has served on the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council for Russia and Central Asia. She is a Trustee of the Eurasia Foundation. Stent received her B.A. from Cambridge University, her M.Sc. with distinction from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University.
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Greenovate Boston Leaders Training - South End
Wednesday, April 10
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Blackstone Community Center, 50 W. Brookline Street, South End, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/58872596521
The Greenovate Boston Leaders Program aims to increase understanding of the climate impacts in Boston and the actions required to mitigate the impacts. We want to involve Bostonians as part of the collective action needed in advancing the citywide initiatives. Our program gives you the materials and support you need to lead conversations about climate change and climate action.
Register here - https://goo.gl/forms/YqzlPuFewK83l5Ur2
This program is a great opportunity to network with a wide variety of leaders, learn how to format community discussions around climate change, and to make a positive impact on Boston.
The Training dates are Saturday, April 6th, Monday, April 8th, and Wednesday, April 10th. Choose the date and location that works best for you to attend.
The max occupancy for each training is 30 people. Once we've reached 30 people, we will open up a wait list in the order of submissions. If you are no longer able to attend a training you've signed up for or want to switch trainings, email David.Corbie@boston.gov
Greenovate Boston will be hosting five in-language trainings (Spanish, Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Vietnamese, Chinese) in May. If you would prefer attending those trainings, please email David Corbie at David.Corbie@boston.gov.
Learn more about the Greenovate Leaders program - https://www.boston.gov/departments/environment/greenovate-boston-leaders-program
Questions? Email David.Corbie@boston.gov for more information.
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Chasing Ants (And Their Microbes) in the Rainforest
Wednesday, April 10
6:00PM
Harvard, Geological Lecture Hall (100), 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Livestreaming Information: This event will be livestreamed on the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Facebook page. A recording of this program will be available on the HMSC Lecture Videos page approximately three weeks after the lecture.
Corrie Moreau, Moser Professor of Arthropod Biosystematics and Biodiversity, Cornell University
Microbes play critical roles in the biology and health of human beings, but we are not the only species that benefits from intimate relationships with microbes. Ants, for instance, rely on the microbial communities living in their guts to process food and make strong armor. Corrie Moreau will discuss this unique aspect of ant biology and what it tells us about the diversity and dominance of ants in terrestrial ecosystems, the evolutionary history of social insects, and the broad-scale evolutionary patterns of life.
Corrie Moreau's research on the evolution and diversification of ants and their symbiotic bacteria leverages molecular and genomic tools to address the origin of species and how co-evolved systems benefit both partners. She also pursues questions on the role of biogeography and symbiosis in shaping macroevolutionary processes to better understand broad-scale evolutionary patterns of life. Moreau is also engaged with efforts to promote science communication and to increase diversity in the sciences. She holds a Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology from Harvard University and completed her undergraduate and master degrees in Biology at San Francisco State University. She was elected an AAAS Fellow in 2018, a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences USA in 2016, and highlighted as a Woman of Impact by the National Geographic Society in 2018.
Evolution Matters Lecture Series. Series supported by a generous gift from Drs. Herman and Joan Suit. Presented by the Harvard Museum of Natural History in collaboration with the Microbial Sciences Initiative at Harvard University
Contact Name: hmnh@hmsc.harvard.edu
https://hmnh.harvard.edu/event/chasing-ants-and-their-microbes-rainforest
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Love Your Enemies
WHEN Wednesday, Apr. 10, 2019, 6 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School
SPEAKER(S) Arthur C. Brooks, President, American Enterprise Institute (AEI); Beth and Ravenel Curry Scholar in Free Enterprise, AEI
Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University professor and director, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University
CONTACT INFO IOP Forum Office, 617-495-1380
DETAILS President of AEI Arthur Brooks explores the culture of contempt pervading public life and offers insights on how to rebuild America’s moral consensus through warm-heartedness with Harvard University’s Danielle Allen.
LINK https://iop.harvard.edu/forum/love-your-enemies
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A Conversation with Former Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Margaret Marshall
Wednesday, April 10
6-7:30 p.m.
Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington Street, Boston
An Evening with Former Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Margaret Marshall, the first woman to serve in the position, one that she held from 1999 until she retired in 2010. During her tenure, she worked to ensure equal access to justice for all, including our most vulnerable populations.
Born and educated in South Africa, Marshall actively opposed the apartheid regime, and served as the President of the National Union of South African students, a leading anti-apartheid organization. In 1968, she came to the United States on an academic scholarship. Unable to return home because of her political activism, she graduated from Harvard University with a master’s degree in education and Yale Law School, and worked in private practice until the 1990s. From her early days in South Africa, Marshall has been a defender of human rights and equality for all individuals, as reflected in her judicial decisions.
Margery Eagan, co-host of WGBH’s midday program Boston Public Radio, will serve as the evening’s moderator.
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Human Emulation System: Going Beyond Animal Testing
WHEN Wednesday, Apr. 10, 2019, 6:30 – 8 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, SEAS, Cruft Laboratory, Room 309, 19 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Health Sciences, Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Master in Design Engineering (MDE) Program
SPEAKER(S) Geraldine A. Hamilton, President and chief scientific officer, Emulate, Inc.
COST Free
DETAILS The Human Emulation System is a technology platform designed to accurately recreate living human biology outside the body. It can emulate the functions of organs including lung, liver, brain, and intestine. This living system provides a home-away-from-home for cells, allowing them to behave like they do in the body.
Cells cultured under continuously perfused, engineered 3D microenvironments go beyond conventional 3D cell based models by recapitulating in vivo intercellular interactions, spatiotemporal gradients, vascular perfusion, and mechanical microenvironments. Integrating cells within Organ-on-Chips, enables the study of normal physiology and pathophysiology in an organ-specific context. The system recreates the flow of blood and motions similar to breathing or peristalsis, all critical factors in cell function. The system is comprised of Organ-Chips, easy-to-use instrumentation, and software.
Designed as an ethical platform, the system is accelerating the world’s transition from legacy animal testing methods to a human-centric approach to healthcare. It’s being used by researchers to study diseases, by pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs, and in cutting-edge hospital programs, where clinicians can emulate the biology of a specific patient, and then test which drugs might be best to treat that individual — personalized safety and efficacy testing. It sets a new standard for re-creating true-to-life human biology and is being used to advance product innovation, design, and safety across a range of applications including drug development, agriculture, cosmetics, food, and chemical-based consumer products.
LINK https://mde.harvard.edu/geraldine-hamilton-innovation-and-technology-across-scales-disciplines
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Losing Earth: A Recent History
Wednesday, April 10
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Harvard Book Store welcomes acclaimed writer, editor, and critic NATHANIEL RICH—author of Odds Against Tomorrow—for a discussion of his latest book, Losing Earth: A Recent History, an expansion of his groundbreaking New York Times Magazine long-form story.
About Losing Earth
By 1979, we knew nearly everything we understand today about climate change―including how to stop it. Over the next decade, a handful of scientists, politicians, and strategists, led by two unlikely heroes, risked their careers in a desperate, escalating campaign to convince the world to act before it was too late. Losing Earth is their story, and ours.
The New York Times Magazine devoted an entire issue to Nathaniel Rich’s groundbreaking chronicle of that decade, which became an instant journalistic phenomenon―the subject of news coverage, editorials, and conversations all over the world. In its emphasis on the lives of the people who grappled with the great existential threat of our age, it made vivid the moral dimensions of our shared plight.
Now expanded into book form, Losing Earth tells the human story of climate change in even richer, more intimate terms. It reveals, in previously unreported detail, the birth of climate denialism and the genesis of the fossil fuel industry’s coordinated effort to thwart climate policy through misinformation propaganda and political influence. The book carries the story into the present day, wrestling with the long shadow of our past failures and asking crucial questions about how we make sense of our past, our future, and ourselves. Like John Hersey’s Hiroshima and Jonathan Schell’s The Fate of the Earth, Losing Earth is the rarest of achievements: a riveting work of dramatic history that articulates a moral framework for understanding how we got here, and how we must go forward.
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Who does the Labor? Who are the Workers?
Wednesday April 10
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Webinar (Learn from the comfort of your home)
RSVP at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ESH5MqwQQVaCJ2h9JeB3mA%20
As you prepare for your Passover Seder, and consider ancient notions of slavery, join us to gain insight into contemporary realities of those doing agricultural work today as well as ways to acknowledge and tie that into your celebrations. For example, did you know that a large portion of the meat on US grocery store shelves is processed by migrant workers, many of whom are undocumented? Have you ever thought about factory farming as a human rights issue? As we explore the connections between agriculture and labor, we’ll think about how we can work towards a food system that is more just for all living beings during our season of liberation.
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Improved Medicare for All Forum
Wednesday, April 10
7-9pm Refreshments 6:45, Speakers 7-9 PM
Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Building C, Cannon Room (114)
A new "battle ready" bill (HR 1384) was introduced in February 2019 with over 100 congressional supporters, an historic moment in the struggle for universal health care. Doctors, nurses, healthcare workers, and patients are in a unique position to drive healthcare reform to prioritize patients over profits, and the time is now to build power to win. Speakers include:
Former Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine, Dr Angell is a national leader in health policy and medical ethics. She is a member of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
Adam Gaffney, MD, MPH
Pulmonary specialist at Cambridge Health Alliance/ Harvard Medical School, Dr Gaffney is President of PNHP, a prolific writer and blogger on health policy, and author of the book To Heal Humankind: The Right to Health in History
Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH
Distinguished Professor of Public Health and Health Policy in the CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College, Adjunct Clinical Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Lecturer in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Dr Woolhandler is co-founder of PNHP.
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All Economies Are Not Created Equal: Regionalization and Change
WHEN Monday, Apr. 8, 2019, 7:15 – 8:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer 200 (Starr Auditorum), 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Classes/Workshops, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Institute of Politics
SPEAKER(S) The Honorable Heidi Heitkamp, U.S. Senator for North Dakota (2013-2019) and IOP Spring 2019 Visiting Fellow
Gary Cohn, Director of the National Economic Council (2017-2018), former President & COO of Goldman Sachs, and IOP Spring 2019 Visiting Fellow
DETAILS In recent decades, the form and rate of progress have become increasingly regionalized. How do urban economies differ from their rural conterparts? What are the monetary, cultural, and electoral implications of economic divisions? Join Senator Heitkamp and Gary Cohn for a conversation on the real state of economic regionalization.
LINK https://iop.harvard.edu/calendar/events/sen-heidi-heitkamp-and-gary-cohn-all-economies-are-not-created-equal-regionalization
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Thursday, April 11 - Friday, April 12
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Controlling Death? The policies, practices, and ethics of choosing when we die
Thursday, April 11 - Friday, April 12
Harvard Medical School Campus, Boston
RSVP at https://www.events.harvard.edu/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=E6C5C1B3-5AAC-4BCF-B4DF-C030421225E1&&varPage=register
This two-day conference will explore ethical, legal, and clinical aspects of evolving practices of euthanasia and physician-assisted death. How ought we to think about the choices of determining the time and manner of death for our loved ones, our patients, and ourselves? How should the health and legal professions respond to these rapidly evolving practices and choices?
About the Conference: The Harvard Medical School Annual Bioethics Conference convenes leaders in the field to explore ethical questions and concerns in healthcare. Held each April, this conference facilitates conversations among experts, and supports members of ethics committees, health care professionals, bioethicists, administrators, attorneys and others who are interested in addressing ethical issues.
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Thursday, April 11
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Should Robots Be Our Friends? Ethical and social scientific implications of the growing emotional engagement of humans with AI agents and robots
Thursday, April 11
all day
BU Photonics Center, 8 St. Mary's Street, Boston
Artificial intelligence is increasingly prevalent in our work, social, and civic lives. From the ubiquitous voice-enabled personal assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri to autonomous vehicles and robotic elder care, AI permeates contemporary life; it is critical that researchers interrogate what it means to be human in a world of AI. To that end, Boston University presents an international symposium, inviting scholars, policy-makers, and analysts to collaboratively investigate artificial intelligence in relationship to society, specifically exploring issues such as labor, ethics, emotions, and identity.
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Sustainability Lunch Series: Constructing an Inclusive and Resilient Food System
Thursday, April 11
11:45am to 12:45pm
MIT, Building E62-276, 100 Main Street, Cambridge
Join a session led by Dr. Laté Lawson-Lartego - Oxfam America’s Food Systems Theme Director. Dr. Laté Lawson-Lartego has over 20 years of experience in both the private and nonprofit sectors. His theme’s vision is inclusive, resilient sustainable and healthy food systems for all. The theme straddles program, policy and campaign and comprises three sub-themes: Inclusive Value Chain, Women’s Economic Empowerment and Food and Climate Justice.
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New Rules for New Tech
WHEN Thursday, April 11, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Bell Hall , Belfer Building, 5th Floor, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Information Technology, Lecture, Social Sciences, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government at the Harvard Kennedy School.
SPEAKER(S) Tom Wheeler, M-RCBG senior research fellow and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman (2013-2017)
CONTACT INFO mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
DETAILS This seminar will be given by Tom Wheeler, M-RCBG senior research fellow and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman (2013-2017). Lunch will be served.
RSVPs are helpful: mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
LINK https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/news-events/event-calendar#nextevent
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White Nationalism’s Deep American Roots
WHEN Thursday, April 11, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Center for the Study of World Religions, Common Room, 42 Francis Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Religious Literacy Project at Harvard Divinity School and the Center for the Study of World Religions
SPEAKER(S) Catherine Brekus, HDS Professor
Adam Serwer, Staff writer at The Atlantic and 2019 Shorenstein fellow
CONTACT INFO agoldberg@hds.harvard.edu
DETAILS White nationalism, Christian nationalism, and White supremacy are often represented as “extremist” views perpetrated by radical fringes of US society. In this series, we seek to challenge that view by exploring “mainstream” manifestations of these perspectives and what those representations suggest about how we might understand our current social and political polarization.
All participants are asked to complete short readings and to come prepared to discuss them with others in attendance. Readings can be accessed here: https://rlp.hds.harvard.edu/programs/exploring-white-nationalism
LINK https://hds.harvard.edu/news/public-events-calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D131981635
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Participatory modeling for environmental planning
Thursday, April 11
12:00-1:00pm
Tufts, Multi-purpose Room, Curtis Hall, 474 Boston Avenue, Medford
Moira Zellner, Associate Professor, University of Illinois – Chicago.
This talk will discuss how the use of visualization tools in collaborative water planning efforts allow people who are planning for future water sustainability to see the hidden aspects of land- and water-use decisions on water supply and flooding, and how such visualization contributes to collective deliberation and innovation. Moira Zellner’s team developed a collaborative complex systems modeling approach, where stakeholders worked in small groups around different types of models—from highly abstracted models to geographically detailed models of land use, water use, and water dynamics—to recognize and assess the interactive impacts of different planning strategies. This talk focuses on the modeling and facilitation strategies that supported stakeholders' planning with an understanding of complexity.
Dr. Moira Zellner is an Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Policy at University of Illinois – Chicago. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Moira earned her undergraduate degree in ecology at the Centro de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Exactas and pursued graduate studies in urban and regional planning and in complex systems at the University of Michigan . Before coming to the United States, she worked as a consultant on environmental issues for local and international environmental engineering firms and for the undersecretary of environment in the city of Buenos Aires. Dr. Zellner’s current work includes greenway development and river
restoration projects in Miami Beach and in California, and transportation surveys. In her position at UIC, she has served as primary investigator and co-investigator for multi-disciplinary projects studying how specific policy, technological, and behavioral changes can effectively address a range of complex social and environmental problems, where interaction effects make responsibilities and burdens unclear. Her research also examines the value of complexity-based modeling for participatory policy exploration and social learning with stakeholders. Moira teaches a variety of workshops on complexity-based modeling of socio-ecological systems, for training of both scientists and decision-makers.
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Network Science Institute: The Evolution of Friendships and Homophily
Thursday, April 11
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Northeastern, 11th floor, 177 Huntington Ave, Boston
Speaker: Matthew O. Jackson, William D. Eberle Professor of Economics , Stanford University
Abstract: We examine friendship formation among university students over their four years of study. Students begin by making friendships widely with others of different ethnicities and gender. By sophomore year they increase the number of their friendships, dropping friendships with others of different ethnicities and gender on average, and adding friendships with those of the same ethnicity and gender. Over time, their friendships also increase with others who are similar along some personality dimensions. Students' levels of homophily predict their learning in different ways across gender.About the SpeakerMatthew O. Jackson is the William D. Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University and an external faculty member of the Santa Fe Institute and a senior fellow of CIFAR. He was at Northwestern University and Caltech before joining Stanford, and received his BA from Princeton University in 1984 and PhD from Stanford in 1988. Jackson's research interests include game theory, microeconomic theory, and the study of social and economic networks, on which he has published many articles and the books `The Human Network' and `Social and Economic Networks'. He also teaches an online course on networks and co-teaches two others on game theory. Jackson is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, a Game Theory Society Fellow, and an Economic Theory Fellow, and his other honors include the von Neumann Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Social Choice and Welfare Prize, the B.E.Press Arrow Prize for Senior Economists, and teaching awards. He has served as co-editor of Games and Economic Behavior, the Review of Economic Design, and Econometrica.
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The Job: Work and Its Future in a Time of Radical Change
Thursday, April 11
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
BU, The Pardee Center, 67 Bay State Road, Boston
RSVP at https://www.bu.edu/pardee/2019/03/19/upcoming-seminar-the-job-work-and-its-future-in-a-time-of-radical-change/
Join us for a Pardee Center seminar, "The Job: Work and Its Future in a Time of Radical Change," on Thursday, April 11. The panel will feature Ellen Ruppel Shell (Pardee Center Faculty Associate and Professor and Co-Director of the Graduate Program in Science Journalism), Patricia Cortes (Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy, and Law at the Questrom School of Business), and Michel Anteby (Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Questrom School of Business).
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Pathways to Happiness: Focusing on What Matters (A Two-Part Series)
Thursday, April 11
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
MIT, Building NE49-5000 (5th floor, L-Lab), 600 Technology Square, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pathways-to-happiness-focusing-on-what-matters-a-two-part-series-registration-54526681773
Presenter: Joan Klagsbrun, Ph.D.; Certifying Coordinator, Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapist and Focusing Trainer, The International Focusing Institute
Did you know that the average person requires five positive comments to cancel out just one negative? This type of negative thinking is not only common, but also serves as a roadblock to well-being. If you want to learn how to retrain your brain, join this interactive workshop.
Participants are not required to attend both sessions.
Part One: Pathways to Well-Being, Thursday, April 11, 2019 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
During this workshop, you will:
Review findings from research in positive psychology
Learn about the benefits of positive and mindful thinking for emotional and physical health
Define simple techniques to combat negativity bias and to enhance and deepen positivity
Part Two: Pathways to Joy, Thursday, April 25, 2019 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
During this workshop, you will:
Review the benefits and tenets of positive psychology
Explore and bring focus to experiences and aspects of your life that carry the most meaning and joy
Discuss approaches toward incorporating happiness and well-being practice into your regular routine
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The Annual Distinguished Lecture presented by David Cole, National Legal Director of ACLU
Thursday, April 11
12:45 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
BU, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Barristers Hall, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/55413381917
BU Law's Annual Distinguished Lecture Thursday, April 11th, 2019 will feature David Cole, the National Legal Director of the ACLU as he presents on the topic of "Preserving Liberty in the Trump Era: Lessons from the Legal Resistance.”
Shortly after President Trump was elected, the ACLU told President Trump, “We’ll see you in court.” It warned that if he tried to implement the unconstitutional and illegal initiatives he had promised on the campaign trail, the ACLU would resist. Since then, the ACLU has filed more than 200 Trump-related legal actions and has won injunctions against a host of Trump’s initiatives. It obtained the first injunction against the Muslim ban, successfully challenged the DHS “family separation” policy, freed a US citizen held as an “enemy combatant” without charges, and blocked an anti-abortion policy. But it hasn’t merely sued the president; it has also launched a grassroots arm, and engaged citizens directly in the defense of liberty.
Drawing on lessons from sources as diverse as the NRA and advocates for marriage equality, David Cole, the ACLU’s National Legal Director, will discuss how all of us can play a part in standing up in defense of liberty—and why that is, in the end, our best hope.
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The Business Case for Sustainable Development
WHEN Thursday, April 11, 1:15 – 2:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Taubman Building, Allison Dining Room (5th Floor), 15 Elliot Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Lecture, Social Sciences, Special Events, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government at the Harvard Kennedy School.
SPEAKER(S) Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever (2009-2018)
CONTACT INFO mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
DETAILS This seminar will be given by Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever (2009-2018). Lunch will be served. RSVPs are helpful: mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
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BU Rally for Divestment
Thursday, April 11
3 PM – 4 PM
BU, Marsh Plaza, 735 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
More information at https://www.facebook.com/events/794730717563079/
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Trade for Matching and Trade as Insurance: How Does Interprovincial Electricity Trade React to Renewable Energy Surge in China?
Thursday, April 11
3:30PM
Harvard, 100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Li Jianglong, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard-China Project; Professor, School of Economics and Finance, Xi'an Jiaotong University, will give a talk as part of the Harvard-China Project Seminar Series.
Abstract: Electricity markets in China were largely segmented with little electricity interconnection. However, the recent surge in renewable energy deployment may have created additional impulses to interprovincial electricity trade, aiming at providing insurance by reciprocal load smoothing and/or matching unevenly distributed electricity demand and supply. In previous literature, the network nature and non-random zero flows of electricity trade have been widely ignored, and the causality between renewable energy and electricity trade has not been well identified yet. By developing a two-stage estimation approach with spatial dependence, we show how renewable energy affects bilateral electricity trade among provinces, and thus changes the integration of electricity markets. We found that adjacent provinces may gain benefits from electricity trade by providing reliability and redundancy for each other, but local protectionism for self-supply could result in a decreased amount of electricity trade. It is a different story for long distance ultra-high-voltage transmission because faraway provinces cannot share back-up capacity. The incentives may come from the central government to match the over-supply and unmet-demand across geography, and from grids to seek the electricity price gaps among regions. We anticipate to provide insights on how electricity trade pattern is formed and influenced, as well as to better understand the gains and losses of electricity trade.
https://chinaproject.harvard.edu/event/li20190404
Contact Name: Tiffany Chan
tiffanychan@seas.harvard.edu
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CSAIL Alliances Lecture: Behavioral Planning and How to Escape the Hype Cycle of Autonomous Vehicles
Thursday, April 11
4:00pm to 5:00pm
MIT, Building E32 - D463, Ray and Maria Stata Center, Star Conference Room, Vassar Street, Cambridge
Join CSAIL Alliances for a talk featuring May Mobility's Edwin Olson.
The hype cycle for autonomous vehicles has reached the disillusionment phase. Why have robo-taxis not lived up to their promises? While many point to the many subtle/rare edge-cases that a self-driving vehicle might encounter (like policemen directing traffic or the moral brain teasers known as trolley problems), the reality is more mundane: self-driving cars perform poorly even in routine interactions with other road users. The problem is that other road users dynamically react to the actions of the self-driving car; those interactions must not only be understood but also actively manipulated.
In this talk, I'll describe a planning approach called Multi-Policy Decision Making (MPDM) that helps autonomous vehicles understand and exploit the coupled behavior of the agents on a roadway. I'll present results from controlled experiments using small robots as well as comment on lessons learned through the commercial deployment of MPDM in autonomous vehicles on public roads in downtown Detroit and Columbus. We believe this technology can help push self-driving vehicles past the disillusionment phase, starting with shuttles and eventually tackling robo-taxis.
About the Speaker
Edwin Olson is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at the University of Michigan, and co-founder/CEO of May Mobility, Inc., which develops self-driving shuttles. He earned his PhD from MIT in 2008 for work in robot mapping. He has worked on autonomous vehicles for over a decade, including work on the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge, vehicles for Ford and Toyota Research Institute, and now May Mobility. His academic research includes work on perception, planning, and mapping. He was awarded a DARPA Young Faculty Award, named one of Popular Science's "Brilliant 10", and was winner of the 2010 MAGIC robotics competition. He is perhaps best known for his work on AprilTags, SLAM using MaxMixtures and SGD, and Multi-Policy Decision Making.
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History Matters: David M. Powers's "Good & Comfortable Words"
Thursday, April 11
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
Congregational Library & Archives, 14 Beacon Street #206, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/58870150204
What did people on the Massachusetts frontier hear from their minister when they gathered for weekly worship each Sunday in the 1640s? What were the most important issues in the community of Springfield in its first decade? And what concerned their minister?
On Thursday, April 11, 2019, at 4 p.m., the Library will host author David M. Powers, who while doing research for his biography of William Pynchon, the founder of Springfield, was able to decode two sets of notes taken in 1640. John Pynchon, the founder’s teenaged son, invented his own system of “shortwriting” to record on the spot what he heard of the sermons by the community’s first minister, the Rev. George Moxon. Transcriptions of those notes, plus a later notebook by John, make up the core of David’s new book, Good and Comfortable Words: The Coded Sermon Notes of John Pynchon and the Frontier Preaching Ministry of George Moxon. Images of the notes themselves may be found on the Congregational Library and Archives “New England’s Hidden Histories” web pages.
David M. Powers is a native of Springfield, Massachusetts, and a graduate of Carleton College and Harvard University. He is the author of Damnable Heresy: William Pynchon, the Indians, and the First Book Banned (and Burned) in Boston. David speaks about and writes books and articles on seventeenth century Puritan history.
The event is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required
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HILT Education Innovation Showcase
Thursday, April 11
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
Harvard Innovation Labs, 125 Western Avenue, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hilt-education-innovation-showcase-tickets-57711159632
Please join us for an afternoon of education innovation sponsored by the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching (HILT). This University-wide event will spotlight HILT-funded prototypes, pilots, and small-scale innovations related to learning, teaching, and advancement in education. Come learn about these amazing projects created by Harvard faculty, staff, and students! We hope you'll adopt some models into your own teaching or learning, provide helpful feedback to our innovators, and be inspired to develop an education innovation of your own!
For more information about this event, please email: hilt_grants@harvard.edu
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UNICEF and the Humanitarian Response
WHEN Thursday, April 11, 4:30 – 5:45 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer 166 (IOP Conference Room), 79 John F. Kennedy StreetCambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Classes/Workshops, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Institute of Politics
SPEAKER(S) Cathy Russell, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues (2013-2018) and IOP Spring 2019 Resident Fellow
Samantha Vinograd, National Security Analyst at CNN and Co-Founder of Global Opportunity Advisors
DETAILS International organizations play a key role in supporting women and girls around the world. Samantha Vinograd will discuss challenges that non-profits face today and why she considers their work to be so important from a national security perspective. Ms. Vinograd will discuss her work with the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, which has included trying to leverage social media to expand the reach of non-profits messages, her efforts to build public private partnerships, and her field missions with UNICEF.
LINK https://iop.harvard.edu/calendar/events/amb-cathy-russell-and-samantha-vinograd-unicef-and-humanitarian-response
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Starr Forum: Night Watch: A discussion about nuclear warfare
Thursday, April 11
4:30pm to 6:00pm
MIT, Building E14-674, Media Lab, Multipurpose Room, 75 Amherst Street Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/starr-forum-night-watch-a-discussion-about-nuclear-warfare-tickets-54382036134
Speakers: Alexander Maggio, is a writer and producer on the CBS drama MADAM SECRETARY. He was part of the team that developed the story of "Night Watch" and figured out how to dramatize the danger of hair-trigger alert status. As an MFA graduate of UCLA, his thesis play, LOST CAUSE, was an Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition runner-up and an O’Neill Semifinalist. His theatrical work has been performed in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Houston, Aspen and Santa Cruz. Before becoming a playwright, Alex worked as an analyst for the Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington, DC, and as Teaching Fellow in History for Andover Phillips Academy. In his spare time, he’s a trivia junkie trying to relive his glory days on JEOPARDY!, where he was a three-day champion. B.A. Yale University.
Vipin Narang, MIT nuclear security expert, associate professor of political science and a member of MIT’s Security Studies Program, will discuss the threat of nuclear war today.
Co-sponsors: MIT Center for International Studies, Mass Peace Action
Free & open to the public | Refreshments served
Can't attend in person? Watch it on Facebook live or on-demand on YouTube.
For more information or accessibility accommodations please contact starrforum@mit.edu.
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2019 Green Streets Commuter Challenge Awards Celebration and Kick-Off Event
Thursday, April 11
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
Cambridge City Hall, 795 Mass Avenue, Sullivan Chamber, Second Floor, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-green-streets-commuter-challenge-awards-celebration-and-kick-off-event-tickets-57631220532
Celebrate Green Streets Initiative's 2018 Commuter Challenge winners and kick-off our 2019 Workplace Commuter Challenge!
Hosted by the Office of Cambridge Mayor Marc McGovern, a leader in proposing and supporting policies that improve the safety and mobility of all those who use our streets. Mayor McGovern and special guests will share some perspectives with the audience and present awards to representatives of Green Streets' 2018 Commuter Challenge workplaces.
Attendees will include new and veteran Challenge coordinators and participants from leading Boston area workplaces, Green Streets’ colleague organizations, business organizations, sponsors, donors,funders and other supporters as well as media and members of the public.
Confirmed Speakers:
Cambridge Mayor, Marc McGovern
Bill Kane, EVP, BioMed Realty
Beth Eisenhower, Architect, Miller Dyer Spears
Mark Boswell, Sr. Developer, Enel X
Light refreshments from Pemberton Farms and guest giveaways from Commuter Benefits Solutions, BlueBikes and Cambridge Community Development and others.
Also on the agenda: a short video produced by Takeda Pharmaceuticals about their experience with Green Streets' Commuter Challenge
Register for the 2019 Challenge here. For more info, visit www.gogreenstreets.org or email info@gogreenstreets.org.
PS. There's also an "after party" for Workplace Coordinators at a nearby restaurant. Email info@gogreenstreets.org for more info.
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Gutman Library Book Talk: The Alliance Way: The Making of a Bully-Free School
WHEN Thursday, Apr. 11, 2019, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Askwith Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Education
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Gutman Libary
SPEAKER(S) Tina Owen-Moore
TICKET WEB LINK Please RSVP: bit.ly/TheAllianceWay
CONTACT INFO Myanne Krivoshey
DETAILS Filled with real stories from an innovative school with a critical and compelling mission, The Alliance Way is an inspiring and practical resource for educators seeking answers on how to make schools engaging, accepting, and safe for all students.
LINK https://www.hepg.org/hep-home/books/the-alliance-way#
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The Longevity Revolution is here: Exploring Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Thursday, April 11
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Cambridge Innovation Center, 245 Main Street, 3rd Floor Mosaic Room, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.mitforumcambridge.org/event/the-longevity-revolution/
Cost: $25 Members; $25 Livestream Members; $45 Non-Members: $45 Livestream Non-Members; $10 Students; $10 Livestream Students; $5 Student Members; $5 Livestream Student Members
This event will be live streamed - select the live stream ticket option @ checkout if you would like to watch the event online.
If you registered for the live stream, you'll be emailed a link & password between 5:30PM & 6:00PM on the day of the event
The massive shift in the demographics of aging is generating unprecedented entrepreneurial opportunities. The world needs scalable, tech-enabled innovations that serve the evolving needs of the rapidly increasing older adult population.
This emerging phenomenon – The Longevity Economy- will drive change in every aspect of life from health care and social services to new hardware and software solutions that allow people to live truly connected, healthier fulfilling lives.
Today’s 50+ year-olds control almost 80% of US aggregate net worth and they are increasingly more tech-savvy. They are heavy users of the Internet and social networking, they spend more money online than either Gen X or Gen Y consumers and they are looking for innovations to help them age well, including access to affordable and quality:
lifelong engagement and aging in community
medical care
economic security
service-enriched housing
mobility
assistance with activities of daily living
age-friendly products that are designed without stigma
radical advances in brain health and chronic disease management
Companies that fully grasp the opportunities generated by the Longevity Economy will enjoy a 106 million-plus market (in the U.S.) that is expected to spend $20 billion in 2020 for elder focused products and services alone. Come learn how you can participate in the Longevity Economy from industry thought leaders and entrepreneurs who are blazing the trail.
The MIT Enterprise Forum is partnering with AGENCY - a co-working space for collective impact where innovators focused on aging and longevity can grow their companies.
Moderator
Jody Holtzman, Senior Managing Partner, Longevity Venture Partners
Speakers
Moulay Elalamy, Vice President, IT, Benchmark Senior Living
Codi Gharagouzloo, CEO, Imaginostics
Phil Lambert, Senior Vice President, Discovery and Labs, Life Biosciences
Kendra Seavey, Clinical Administration Director, care.coach
Host
Danielle D. Duplin, Cofounder and Global Launch Director, AGENCY
Event Schedule
Registration & Networking: 5:30 - 6:00 PM
Welcome and Panel Discussion: 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Networking hour after the event: 8:00 - 9:00 PM
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Robert Caro: Writing History
Thursday, April 11
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
JFK Library, Smith Hall, Columbia Point, Dorchester
RSVP at https://www.jfklibrary.org/events-and-awards/forums/04-11-Robert-Caro or by calling 617-514-1643
Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Robert Carodiscusses his new book, Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing, detailing his experiences researching and writing books on President Lyndon B. Johnson and Robert Moses.
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Boston Climate Action Network - Action Team Meeting
Thursday, April 11
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
First Baptist Church, 633 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-climate-action-network-action-team-meeting-tickets-54297380928
We're working towards fighting climate change through improved energy policy and education at the local level in Boston. The BCAN Action Team meeting is a great way to get directly involved in the effort to combat climate change in the era of Trump. We gather twice per month on the 2nd and 4th Thursday from 6:00-8pm at First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain.
Come meet the Communications Team, the Arts Team, and other dedicated climate campaigners to learn how you can help us plan outreach for the Community Choice Energy campaign.
Curious to learn more about Community Choice Energy? Check out our video!
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RPP Colloquium: "Indigenous Guardianship, Nature, and Peace: Holistic Being and Living"
Thursday, April 11
6 – 8:30pm
Harvard, Sperry Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP at https://harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cYk7nGwARPM8xQ9
Margarita Mora, Director of Partnerships, Nia Tero
Indira S. Raimberdy, Executive Director, Peace Building Center
Moderator
Professor Dan McKanan, Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Association Senior Lecturer in Divinity, Harvard Divinity School
About Margarita Mora: Margarita Mora has dedicated the past 16 years to devising and implementing strategies for supporting indigenous peoples and communities efforts to protect nature. She led Conservation International's Conservation Stewards Program, a pioneer in the conservation agreements model, and has been involved in setting fair deals in 19 countries around the globe. She is applying the lessons and experiences from this work to shape Nia Tero's approach to building partnerships with indigenous peoples worldwide. This involves supporting indigenous peoples self-determined vision to strengthen their culture, wisdom and nature. Margarita believes that if ecosystems that are vital for humanity's well-being are to thrive, the people who have sustained these places and are most knowledgeable about them must also thrive. She is a Conservation Fellow a the Mulago Foundation, a Director's Fellow at the MIT Media Lab, and Heinrich Böll Stiftung alumna.
Focus of Margarita's talk: Margarita will provide an overview of indigenous guardianship and the need to use holistic approaches that do not split indigenous peoples' identity and culture from the management and protection of their territories. She will share experiences where indigenous peoples' efforts to strengthen guardianship over their territories has also led to them strengthening their culture and practices and to reducing conflict.
About Indira Raimberdieva: Between 1998 and 2008 Indira worked on main stream consensus building, meditation and preventive community empowerment with inter-ethnic cross-border communities located in the Ferghana Valley (area between Kyrgystan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan). After many disappointments with main stream approaches to conflict, she started searching for solutions related to the human soul rather than infrastructure, laws and other external regulations. In 2008 Indira established the Peace Building Center, a non-governmental organization focused on in-depth exploration, revival and practical application of nomadic traditional cultures for conceptualization of spiritually-oriented models of development in post-Soviet society and peaceful culture based on conflict transformation.
Focus of Indira's talk: Indira will share a comparative analysis of indigenous culture and religious systems dominating Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia, and will talk about the importance of indigenous culture as a coherent system of values and life practices that can enhance peace potential at both individual and collective levels.
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Carceral Capitalism: A Book Reading and Discussion with Jackie Wang
Thursday, April 11
6:30pm
MIT, Building E15, Bartos Theater, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-reading-jackie-wang-tickets-58379156629
Artworks on view in Kapwani Kiwanga: Safe Passage raise issues of racialized surveillance and the power dynamics of being seen and unseen. Join Jackie Wang for a reading and discussion of her latest book, Carceral Capitalism, a collection of essays on the contemporary continuum of incarceration: the biopolitics of juvenile delinquency, predatory policing, the political economy of fees and fines, and algorithmic policing. Wang will examine contemporary incarceration techniques that have emerged since the 1990s continuing the lineage of surveillance in its relation to blackness in America.
Speaker Bio: Jackie Wang is a student of the dream state, black studies scholar, prison abolitionist, poet, performer, library rat, trauma monster and PhD student at Harvard University. She is the author of a number of punk zines including On Being Hard Femme, as well as a collection of dream poems titled Tiny Spelunker of the Oneiro-Womb.
Copies of Carceral Capitalism will be made for sale at the event by the MIT Press Bookstore.
This program is free and open to the general public but RSVPs are required. RSVP here.
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The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees
Thursday April 11
6:30 pm
Public Library of Brookline, 31 Pleasant Street, Brookline
Meredith May in conversation with Noah Wilson-Rich
This event will take place at the Coolidge Corner location of the Public Library of Brookline. Meredith will be in conversation with Noah Wilson-Rich.
An extraordinary story of a girl, her grandfather and one of nature’s most mysterious and beguiling creatures: the honeybee. Meredith May recalls the first time a honeybee crawled on her arm. She was five years old, her parents had recently split and suddenly she found herself in the care of her grandfather, an eccentric beekeeper who made honey in a rusty old military bus in the yard. In that moment she discovered that everything she needed to know about life and family was right before her eyes, in the secret world of bees.
Part memoir, part beekeeping odyssey, The Honey Bus is an unforgettable story about finding home in the most unusual of places, and how a tiny, little-understood insect could save a life.
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Rip Rapson with Maurice Cox and Toni Griffin
WHEN Thursday, Apr. 11, 2019, 6:30 – 8 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Graduate School of Design, Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard University Graduate School of Design
SPEAKER(S) Rip Rapson, Maurice Cox, Toni Griffin
TICKET WEB LINK https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/event/rip-rapson-with-maurice-cox-and-toni-griffin/
CONTACT INFO Anyone requiring accessibility accommodations should contact the events office at (617) 496-2414 or events@gsd.harvard.edu.
DETAILS Join us for a keynote conversation between Rip Rapson, president and CEO of The Kresge Foundation, urban planner Maurice Cox and Professor Toni L. Griffin as part of the Just City conference.
LINK https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/event/rip-rapson-with-maurice-cox-and-toni-griffin/
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NOVA's Addiction Screening & Panel Discussion
Thursday, April 11
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)
WGBH, 1 Guest Street, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/novas-addiction-screening-panel-discussion-tickets-59471615202
Please join us for a screening at WGBH of the film Addiction, a new documentary from its nationally acclaimed science series NOVA, about the deadliest drug epidemic in US history. In 2017 alone, approximately 70,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, fueled by easy access to drugs such as heroin, fentanyl, and even prescription medications like OxyContin. Now, science is revealing how addiction affects the brain and top experts are gathering evidence about how we should address our drug problem, from embracing evidence-based treatments, to rethinking public policies. With vivid case studies and insights into the latest scientific breakthroughs, NOVAunravels the complex and tragic puzzle of how addiction works, and how it can be beaten.
Panelists:
Dr. Michael Hamrock, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center Comprehensive Addiction Program
Dan Lynch, Caron Foundation
7pm Screening of NOVA's Addiction
8pm Panel Discussion
This event is presented by WGBH in collaboration with the Boston Police Department District 14 and with the Allston Brighton Substance Abuse Task Force.
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Between the Human Animal and the Animate Earth
WHEN Thursday, Apr. 11, 2019, 7 – 9 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Lecture Hall, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Level 0, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Religion
SPONSOR Center for the Study of World Religions, Critical Media Practice, the Film Study Center, the Sensory Ethnography Lab, and the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies
CONTACT CSWR, 617.495.4476
DETAILS A screening of the new documentary, Becoming Animal about the work of cultural ecologist David Abram (author of The Spell of the Sensuous), followed by an open conversation with David Abram and Lucien Castaing-Taylor (Director of Harvard’s Sensory Ethnography Lab).
Becoming Animal
Directed by Peter Mettler and Emma Davie
2018 Switzerland / UK
78 min, DCP, English
David Abram--cultural ecologist and geophilosopher--is the author of Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology, and of The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-than-Human World. Described as “daring” and “truly original” by Science, and as "revolutionary" by the Los Angeles Times, Dr. Abram’s work has helped catalyze the emergence of several new disciplines, including the burgeoning field of ecopsychology. A close student of the traditional ecological knowledge of diverse indigenous peoples, David was the first contemporary philosopher to advocate for a reappraisal of "animism" as a complexly nuanced and uniquely viable worldview. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, and recently held the international Arne Naess Chair in Global Justice and the Environment in Norway. Dr. Abram is creative director of the Alliance for Wild Ethics (AWE), an organization dedicated to cultural metamorphosis through a rejuvenation of place-based oral culture--the culture of face-to-face and face-to-place storytelling. He lives with his family in the foothills of the southern Rockies.
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The Opioid Crisis: Improving Lives and Preventing Addiction
Thursday, April 11
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM EDT
Suffolk, Sargent Hall, 4th Floor, Faculty Dining Room, 120 Tremont Street, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/59010941314
The 2nd Annual Quality Champions Panel Discussion
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement Student Chapter proudly presents “The Opioid Crisis: Improving Lives and Preventing Addiction.” Each year, the IHI Student Chapter promotes topics that are vital to our healthcare system and community. This year we will focus on the opioid crisis our nation is facing. Our panel of speakers will include Dr. Jennifer Michaels, Medical Director, Adult Outpatient Services at the Brien Center, Dr. Ken Duckworth, Medical Director at National Alliance on Mental Illness, and Peter Thompson, an advocate and founder of Braintree’s Community Partnership on Substance Use.
Our speakers will share their perspectives on the crisis, how the epidemic is affecting the community they serve, and current initiatives to fight the crisis.
Contact us with any questions at zszymkowicz@su.suffolk.edu. This event is open to the Suffolk University community, is free of charge, and refreshments will be served.
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"Bias" Documentary Film Screening & Discussion
WHEN Thursday, Apr. 11, 2019, 7:15 – 9:45 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Law School, Langdell Hall South, 1563 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Film
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School, The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, and the Boston Law Collaborative
SPEAKER(S) Robin Hauser, Filmmaker & Audrey Lee, Mediator & Executive Director, BLC Institute
COST Free
CONTACT INFO Polly Hamlen, Program on Negotiation
mhamlen@law.harvard.edu
(617) 496-9383
DETAILS The documentary feature "bias" follows filmmaker Robin Hauser on a journey to uncover her hidden biases and explore how unconscious bias defines relationships, workplaces, our justice system, and technology. The film includes interviews withMahzarin Banaji and Anthony Greenwald, and explores the results of the Implicit Assumption Test. A Q&A session with filmmaker Robin Hauser will follow the screening.
LINK https://www.pon.harvard.edu/events/pon-events-upcoming/
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A Vision Sharing Session for Renewable Energy in Massachusetts
Thursday, April 11
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.; Presentation begins at 7:30 p.m
First Parish in Cambridge, Unitarian Universalist; 3 Church Street, Harvard Square
with Andrew McLeod of McLeod Consulting
“Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then we shall find the way”
- Abraham Lincoln
Let “the thing” be a vision for renewable energy in Massachusetts. What are your dreams for this? What happens when we share our dreams with others? Can we find some common vision that inspires and unites us?
The purpose of this meeting is to hear from you about what could be achieved in the years and decades ahead. Andrew McLeod has conducted vision sharing sessions that lead organizations to greater clarity and a unifying path to move forward. This BASEA Forum is about stepping back for a wide view of a future that we want to see. More details to follow: sign up for Forum announcements at our website:
Boston Area Solar Energy Association at http://www.basea.org
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Noam Chomsky & Amy Goodman, Movie Premiere & Live Presentations
Thursday, April 11
7:30 PM
Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/562342094280788/
Noam Chomsky premieres "Internationalism or Extinction" and surveys the political moment in his first major talk in the Boston area in two years. Noam will be joined by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now.
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Friday April 12 - Saturday April 13
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Movement Lawyering: Lessons From and For Critical Race Theory
Friday April 12, 6PM - 11PM - Saturday April 13, 9AM - 9PM
Harvard Law School, Langdell North, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/movement-lawyering-lessons-from-and-for-critical-race-theory-tickets-58587450642
Derrick Bell originally founded CRT on the principle that it would be used to guide lawyers, scholars, activists, and communities to work together to build social movements to dismantle systems of oppression. In 1981, a group of Harvard Law students, led by Kimberlé Crenshaw, organized an “Alternative Course” on race and law at Harvard Law School to boycott a mini-course on race offered by HLS administration as a failed attempt to appease students demanding a discussion of race and law. The Alternative Course was in many ways the first institutionalized expression of CRT. Since then scholars, lawyers, and activists have utilized CRT principles to conceptualize how systems of oppression are designed to marginalize peoples at the intersection of race and their other identities, including gender, sexual orientation, immigration status, and class. Today, lawyers are still left grappling with how to dismantle these systems of subordination in partnership with communities, as well as the relevance of CRT in guiding that work. Today, 37 years later, Harvard Law students are carrying forward the critical tradition sparked by the 1981 student organizers by organizing the first CRT Conference at HLS. The conference seeks to re-ignite this conversation by exploring how CRT today contributes to the power building efforts of modern social movements led by communities and lawyers working to dismantle systems of subordination at the intersection of race and other marginalized identities.
Conference sessions include:
CRT: Origins, Developments, and Futures
The Alternative Course: Reclaiming Student Organizing, Power, and Action
Models of Effective Movement Lawyering for Racial Liberation
Addressing Intimate partner, gender, and sexual violence in Mixed-Status Communities Through Movement Lawyering
Scaling Movement Lawyering with(out) Critical Race Theory
Various workshops with scholars, activists, and movement lawyers.
PLEASE REGISTER ONLY FOR SESSIONS YOU ARE COMMITTED TO ATTENDING. We will prioritize space for people with tickets. However,we welcome everyone to attend!
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Friday, April 12 - Sunday, April 21
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Cambridge Science Festival
https://www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/schedule-2019/
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Friday, April 12
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Building Sustainable Peace in Iraq: The Role of Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Peace Building
Friday, April 12
8:30 am to 5:00 pm
BU, 121 Bay State Road, Boston
One of the most costly and aggressive interventions in American history, the invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003 ushered in an era of state collapse, insecurity, ethno-religious violence, and new forms of authoritarianism culminating in the rise of ISIL in 2014. Current narratives of Iraq have eschewed tackling questions of transitional justice and post-conflict peace building. This workshop brings together leading experts on Iraq to explore how Iraqi state and society relations can benefit from peace-building paradigms as mechanisms for addressing stalled democratization.
Speakers include Shamiran Mako, Marsin Alshamary, Zahra Ali, Michael Youash, Ruba Al Hassani, Ibrahim Al Marashi, Toby Dodge, Hannibal Travis, and Alistair Edgar.
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2019 Forum on Future Cities: Urban Intelligence (UI)
Friday, April 12
9:00 AM to 7:00 PM (EDT)
The Broad Institute, 415 Main Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/54773882156
Cost: $0 - $81.20
The MIT Senseable City Lab cordially invites you to join us for the 2019 Forum on Future Cities: Urban Intelligence (UI). On Friday, April 12, 2019, thought leaders, industry heads, researchers, city officials and citizens at large will be invited to explore challenges, trends, and current issues impacting the fields of big data, digital technology, and the urban landscape.
As AI (Artificial Intelligence) becomes ubiquitous, it transforms many aspects of the environment we live in. In cities, AI is opening up a new era of an endlessly reconfigurable environment. Empowered by robust computers and elegant algorithms that can handle massive data sets, cities can make more informed decisions and create feedback loops between humans and the urban environment. It is what we call the raise of UI (Urban Intelligence).
The 2019 Forum on Future Cities will focus on four aspects of the UI transformation: autonomous vehicles, ubiquitous data collection, advaned data analytics, and novel ways of governing innovation. Thought leaders from government, academia, industry and civil society will explore such topics from different points of view, highlighting the scientific and technological challenges, the critical collective decisions we as a society will have to make, and the exciting possibilities ahead.
We are proud to be cohosting this event with the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Cities and Urbanization. The program will be followed by a reception.
We hope that you will join us this year and look forward to your participation in the events to come!
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Why Don't the Poor Adopt Technologies that Can Improve their Welfare?
Friday, April 12
12:00pm to 1:00pm
MIT, Building 48-316, Ralph M Parsons Laboratory, 15 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Prof. A. Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University
Abstract: Eighty percent of the world's population lives in developing countries. Living conditions are often dire: almost 2.5 billion people live on less than $2 per day, and over one billion people still defecate in the open. Some challenges for which seemingly simple solutions are readily available continue to cause great harm: indoor air pollution generated from traditional cook-stoves accounts for 22% of communicable child deaths globally (WHO 2005). A central puzzle in development is that effective, inexpensive technologies with the potential to address many of these problems exist, but are often not adopted or used. Prominent examples include health products (insecticide treated bednets, toilets, improved cookstoves), along with financial services (insurance, savings), agricultural technologies (improved seed varieties and fertilizer), and other rational response behaviors (e.g. rural-urban migration) that improve economic productivity. This talk will explore different aspects of these low-adoption problems and their implications for engineering design. It will draw on Mobarak's research in which he tests the predictions of economic models of technology adoption and behavior change by implementing large-scale field experiments in Asia and Africa that involve marketing new technologies.
Environmental Science Seminar Series
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Organic Nitrate Aerosols from Oxidation of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds
Friday, April 12
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Harvard, Pierce 100F, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Prof. Sally Ng, Georgia Tech
Secondary organic aerosols (SOA) contribute a substantial fraction of ambient fine particulate matter (PM) and have important implications on climate and health. Recent results from field studies have revealed the ubiquitous presence of organic nitrates in ambient organic aerosols at different locations around the world. Organic nitrates are a major component of reactive oxidized nitrogen and play an important role in the cycling of NOx, ozone, and aerosol formation. However, their formation mechanisms and fates are largely unexplored. The oxidation of monoterpenes in the presence of NOx is an important source of organic nitrates. This is a key mechanism in which human activities (NOx emissions) alter aerosol formation from biogenic emissions (emissions from trees) in the atmosphere. In this work, we investigate the formation and fates of organic nitrates generated from photochemical and nitrate radical oxidations of representative monoterpenes. Experiments are conducted in the Georgia Environmental Chamber facility (GTEC). A large suite of highly oxygenated gas- and particle-phase organic nitrates are formed rapidly. We investigate the properties and transformations of organic nitrates via hydrolysis, temperature perturbation, and further photochemical aging. Results from this study provide new insights into the chemical life cycles of organic nitrates, which will aid interpretation of ambient observations and provide fundamental inputs for atmospheric model developments to constrain organic nitrate chemistry and their impacts.
Speaker Bio: Dr. Nga Lee (Sally) Ng is an associate professor in the School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and the School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She earned her doctorate in Chemical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology and was a postdoctoral scientist at Aerodyne Research Inc. Dr. Ng’s research focuses on the understanding of the chemical mechanisms of aerosol formation and composition, as well as their health effects. Her group combines laboratory chamber studies and ambient field measurements to study aerosols using advanced mass spectrometry techniques. Dr. Ng serves as a co-editor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics and a member of the Editorial Board of Nature Scientific Reports, Journal of Aerosol Science, and ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. Dr. Ng is named among the world’s most highly cited researcher (top 1% of Geoscience). Dr. Ng’s research contribution has also been recognized by the Sheldon K. Friedlander Award and the Kenneth T. Whitby Award from the American Association for Aerosol Research, the EPA Early Career Award, the Health Effects Institute Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award, and the NSF CAREER Award.
Atmospheric & Environmental Chemistry Seminar
Contact: Kelvin Bates
Email: kelvin_bates@fas.harvard.edu
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The Strike of 1969, Protest at Harvard, and Organizing Today
WHEN Friday, April 12, 1 – 5 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Science Center, Science Hall E, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Social Sciences, Special Events, Support/Social
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
SPEAKER(S) Marshall Ganz, Harvard Kennedy School Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
Miles Rapoport, Ash Center Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy
COST Free
CONTACT INFO miles_rapoport@hks.harvard.edu
DETAILS This April marks the 50th Anniversary of the Harvard Strike of 1969. Not only was that spring a defining moment for the movement to end the War in Vietnam and for the University, it was a life-changing set of events for the people who participated. 50 years later, today’s activists and organizers are working at another pivotal moment, presenting an opportunity for the two groups to learn from each other.
Join Marshall Ganz, Harvard Kennedy School Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, and Miles Rapoport, Ash Center Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy, for an inter-generational discussion with student leaders and organizers at Harvard today about activism then and now.
Following the discussion, we encourage attendees to continue the conversation during a reception in the Archive Gallery from 5-7:30 p.m. in the Nathan Pusey Library. Pusey Library is located in Harvard Yard next to the Widener library.
This event is open to the public. RSVPs are not required, but seating is first come, first served. Questions? Email Miles Rapoport at miles_rapoport@hks.harvard.edu.
The full event agenda can be found on the Ash Center website.
LINK https://ash.harvard.edu/event/strike-1969-protest-harvard-and-organizing-today
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Nanomaterials and Devices for Spectrally-Selective Solar Energy Harvesting
Speaker: Susanna Thon, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Friday, April 12
1:45 PM to 2:45 PM
Tufts, Halligan Hall, Room 102, 161 College Avenue, Medford
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Creativity, Culture & Learning: A Conversation with Questlove
Friday, April 12
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Harvard, Science Center, Hall D, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/59491862763
The music artist and co-founder of The Roots, Questlove, comes to Harvard!
The music artist and co-founder of The Roots, Questlove, comes to campus to discuss his recent manifesto on creating, culture and learning — Creative Quest, a New York Times bestseller and nominated for a Grammy Award — and what it means to the future.
Questlove’s visit coincides with a growing presence of maker activity on campus and integration of humanities and the arts in the learning of engineering, design and science. Faculty from across Harvard University and leaders of making and learning off campus will discuss the growing role of creativity and culture in the learning of tomorrow. Questlove’s talk will be followed by a book signing.
Creativity, Culture & Learning will be moderated by David Edwards (SEAS)and is co-sponsored by the future SEAS maker center in Allston, DENIM (Design, Narration & Imaginative Making), and by The Cultural Agents Initiative via its Keyword seminar series (sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.)
Questlove is a 5-time GRAMMY Award Winning percussionist, producer, DJ, author, entrepreneur and designer. He is best known as the drummer and cofounder (with Black Thought) for the Grammy Award-winning band The Roots, appearing every night on the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.
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Building Your Toolkit for Social Change
Friday, April 12
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
Tufts, 574 Boston Avenue, 4th Floor Atrium, Medford
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/58658120016
Join us for Building Your Toolkit for Social Change, a series of social justice workshops from Tisch Scholars. We will focus on combating Islamophobia and also on fighting for racial and economic justice. These workshops will give participants the chance to understand the ways these systems of oppression operate in our lives, and the chance to collectively envision community based solutions. Coffee and tea will be provided as we gather, with food and conversation following the workshops.
Agenda:
1:45 Registration opens
2:00 Welcome and overview
2:20 Concurrent Workshops (see below for descriptions)
4:00 Come back together for food and conversation
Workshop A: Combating Xenophobia: Contextualizing Immigration Law
From barring enslaved and free black people from becoming citizens to the recent Muslim ban and ICE detainment centers, US immigration policy has often been fueled by racism and xenophobia. Join us for a workshop to learn about the racist history of immigration law, understand current immigration policy, and share action steps.
Workshop B: Racial and Economic Justice
This workshop will explore how race, ethnicity, and culture matter in society. How our personal class backgrounds and identities see to where we exist within circles of classism. Through a series of activities and discussions we will have a deeper understanding class and wealth as a system (beyond the personal/interpersonal) and the importance of moving towards systemic change.
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Science in the City 2019
Friday, April 12
2:00 PM to 6:00 PM (EDT)
795 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/58025135743
Join City of Cambridge departments as we take over City Hall and turn it into a Science Fair for the day! Play, learn, and create with us from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM on Friday, April 12th.
All participants in our scavenger hunts will get a prize! All you adults, participate and you'll be entered to win a special prize as well.
Lecture & Workshop Schedule
2:30PM: Sullivan Chambers
Cambridge Energy Alliance: Solar Energy: Solar is the most affordable electricity you can buy and it’s not just for homeowners! Learn more about all the ways to get solar: from installing at your building, leasing your roof to community solar projects, solar sharing with your neighbors or joining the Cambridge Community Electricity Program’s 100% Green Plus.
3PM: Sullivan Chambers
Climate Change Preparedness & Resiliency: The Port: Climate change means the future environment of Cambridge will shift to new averages and extremes for temperature, precipitation, and sea levels. Find out what the future might bring and what the City, residents, and the private sector are doing and can do.
3PM: Mayor's Lounge
Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities Film Showing: Unrest.
Jennifer Brea is about to marry the love of her life when she’s struck down by a fever that leaves her bedridden. When doctors tell her “it’s all in her head,” she turns her camera on herself and her community as she looks for answers and fights for a cure. http://bit.ly/2HZHq8O
3:30PM: Sullivan Chambers
Glocal Challenge Winners pitch their ideas
4:15PM: Sullivan Chambers
Cambridge Energy Alliance: Energy efficiency: The cheapest and most environmentally friendly energy is the energy you don’t waste! Learn more about how your home can be more comfortable and have lower utility bills. Tips and free energy efficiency programs for homeowners, business owners, renters, kids and everyone in between.
4:45PM: Sullivan Chambers
Cambridge Energy Alliance: Renewable thermal: Clean and green heating and cooling! Learn about why your next furnace or hot water heater should be an air-source heat pump or a solar hot water system. These technologies help you kick fossil fuels out of your home and can save you money too.
5PM: Mayor's Lounge
Commission for Persons with Disabilities Presentation on Service Animals
5:15PM: Sullivan Chambers
Studio HHH, the group that is bringing you this year's wind-powered art installation for the Cambridge Science Festival will answer your questions.
2PM to 6PM: Front Lawn
Urban Cycling Basics Workshops!
Finding the right kind of bike
Route planning
Safety equipment, including lights and a helmet
Locking properly
Transporting small loads or children by bike
Multi-modal commuting
Rules of the road and safety tips.
All participants in the bike workshops get a free helmet!
Activities
Agenda for Children Literacy Initiative
Science and Literacy at Home Doing science activities together with your children can help build their literacy skills too! Come join us for two activities that you can do here and at home:
Building Towers: Can you use these household materials to build a tower to hold up a tennis ball? A baseball? A stack of books? How tall can you make your tower before it falls over?
Colorful Creations: Use your imagination and science skills to turn coffee filters, markers and water into a colorful creature!
Cambridge GIS
Create a Cambridge Map: Cambridge Geographic Information Systems (GIS) will provide the map layers and you use them to make a map of Cambridge. Learn how simple data can be combined to make a map showing neighborhoods, parks, water bodies, and more!
Cambridge Water Department:
Have a fresh pour of Fresh Pond! Did you know that Cambridge has a reservoir and waterworks system separate from Greater Boston? Find out what it takes to protect the reservoir and how we go from natural water to high-quality drinking water with the Cambridge Water Department.
Mystic River Watershed Association
Stormwater Pollution – An Urban Threat to People and Wildlife: Find out how stormwater washes pollutants into our rivers, streams, ponds and lakes, impacting water quality. Fresh, clean water is important to birds, fish, aquatic invertebrates, plants and people. Discover more about stormwater and help us count fish!
City of Cambridge Department of Public Works Stormwater Division
What happens to stormwater after it rains or snow melts? Come learn about watersheds, where stormwater goes and what rides along through the use of the EnviroScape interactive model. Enviroscape dramatically demonstrates water pollution -- and its prevention and how a watershed works. EnviroScape programs communicate to people of all ages that we share responsibilities in preventing water pollution.
Cambridge Traffic, Parking and Transportation
The Science of Traffic Signals: Join TP+T for a hands-on learning experience about how we use traffic signals to help you stay safe when moving around the city. We’ll show you the insides of a traffic signal, let you simulate signal timing for any intersection in Cambridge, and educate you about what you can do to help us reach our Vision Zero goals. Complete a Vision Zero word search and we’ll reward you with a (little) traffic signal of your own.
City of Cambridge Department of Public Works (Official) Recycling Division
Trash or Treasure? Discover all the things we can give a second life by recycling or composting in Cambridge. City of Cambridge Community Development Department (Official) Environmental and Transportation Planning Division
Glocal Challenge & Communicating Climate Change!
Come and listen to our youth entrepreneurs and interns pitch their ideas for how to communicate the realities of climate change in Cambridge. Give them your feedback, ideas, and innovations and help them towards implementation their projects this summer.
City of Cambridge Community Development Department (Official) Housing Division
Build a City Block! What does residential density look like? Want to see more affordable housing in Cambridge? Using an interactive game called Cambridge Streets, participants can design a city block to visualize different considerations and trade-offs when building different types of housing, creating open space and transportation options for all users.
Cambridge Public Library
Extended Reality with the Cambridge Public Library: Experience Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and a 3D "Photo Booth" -- all part of the CPL's new STEAM Initiative.
Cambridge Open Data
Embark on a data scavenger hunt! Data informs nearly everything we do in the City of Cambridge. Join us for a scavenger hunt through Cambridge's open data portal. Learn how to find data about the environment, traffic, housing, and all the other topics at the science fair!
Cambridge STEAM Initiative
Sink or Float? Why do some things sink and others float? What happens when we encourage young children to ask questions and explore their ideas? Join the Cambridge STEAM Initiative for a science exploration activity designed for Preschool through Kindergarten learners. Sink or Float is a fun and engaging learning activity developed by the Cambridge STEAM Initiative at DHSP as part of the STEAM@Home project.
Cambridge Energy Alliance
Ride the energy efficiency bike and see energy efficiency in action, spin the wheel of energy and answer trivia questions about climate change and energy, learn more about making your home more efficient and run on renewable energy!
Cambridge Arts
Explore the science behind Sidewalk Poetry in Cambridge with a hands on printmaking activity.
Commission for Persons with Disabilities
Learn more about the Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities
Public Safety
How would you like to meet Officers, firefighters, paramedics and dispatchers, participate in demonstrations, learn about the newest public safety equipment, try on gear, and receive free swag? As part of the Cambridge Science Festival, Cambridge Public Safety Agencies will once again be hosting the popular and FREE “The Science Behind Public Safety” event. Children, families and other participants will have an opportunity to meet and hear from representatives from the Cambridge Police, Fire, Emergency Communications, Animal Control, Pro EMS and State 911.
Studio HHH
Learn from the group that is bringing you this year's wind-powered art installation for the Cambridge Science Festival will answer your questions.
Learn more about the Cambridge Science Festival at www.cambridgesciencefestival.org!
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Germany's Hidden Crisis: Social Decline in the Heart of Europe
Friday, April 12
3:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
This event is free; no tickets are required.
Harvard Book Store welcomes OLIVER NACHTWEY—Associate Professor of Social Structure Analysis at the University of Basel in Switzerland—for a discussion of his latest book, Germany's Hidden Crisis: Social Decline in the Heart of Europe. He will be joined in conversation by historian and Wellesley College professor QUINN SLOBODIAN.
About Germany's Hidden Crisis
Upward social mobility represented a core promise of life under the “old” West German welfare state, in which millions of skilled workers upgraded their Volkswagens to Audis, bought their first homes, and sent their children to university. Not so in today’s Federal Republic, where the gears of the so-called “elevator society” have long since ground to a halt. In the absence of the social mobility of yesterday, widespread social exhaustion and anxiety have emerged across mainstream society. Oliver Nachtwey analyses the reasons for this social rupture in postwar German society and investigates the conflict potential emerging as a result. He concludes that although the country has managed to muddle through thus far, simmering tensions beneath the surface nevertheless threaten to undermine the German system’s stability in the years to come.
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Nicholas Agar: How to Be Human in the Digital Economy
Friday, April 12
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
MIT Press Bookstore, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Please join the MIT Press Bookstore in welcoming philosopher Nicholas Agar to discuss his book, How to Be Human in the Digital Economy.
In the digital economy, accountants, baristas, and cashiers can be automated out of employment; so can surgeons, airline pilots, and cab drivers. Machines will be able to do these jobs more efficiently, accurately, and inexpensively. But, Nicholas Agar warns in this provocative book, these developments could result in a radically disempowered humanity.
Agar explains that developments in artificial intelligence enable computers to take over not just routine tasks but also the kind of “mind work” that previously relied on human intellect, and that this threatens human agency. The solution, Agar argues, is a hybrid social-digital economy. The key value of the digital economy is efficiency. The key value of the social economy is humanness.
Nicholas Agar is Professor of Ethics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is the author of Humanity’s End: Why We Should Reject Radical Enhancement and Truly Human Enhancement: A Philosophical Defense of Limits, both published by the MIT Press.
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The Human Network: How Your Social Position Determines Your Power, Beliefs, and Behaviors
Friday, April 12
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
This event is free; no tickets are required.
Harvard Book Store welcomes Stanford economics professor MATTHEW O. JACKSON for a discussion of his new book, The Human Network: How Your Social Position Determines Your Power, Beliefs, and Behaviors.
About The Human Network
Inequality, social immobility, and political polarization are only a few crucial phenomena driven by the inevitability of social structures. Social structures determine who has power and influence, account for why people fail to assimilate basic facts, and enlarge our understanding of patterns of contagion—from the spread of disease to financial crises. Despite their primary role in shaping our lives, human networks are often overlooked when we try to account for our most important political and economic practices. Matthew O. Jackson brilliantly illuminates the complexity of the social networks in which we are—often unwittingly—positioned and aims to facilitate a deeper appreciation of why we are who we are.
Ranging across disciplines—psychology, behavioral economics, sociology, and business—and rich with historical analogies and anecdotes, The Human Network provides a galvanizing account of what can drive success or failure in life.
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Mars-Really?
Friday, April 12
7:30-9:00pm
First Parish in Cambridge, 1446 Mass. Avenue, Harvard Square, Cambridge
RSVP at http://bit.ly/2Y1ZPaS
Cost: $10
50 years after humans walked on the moon, we look to the next major destination: Mars. Doors open at 7pm.
How exactly will we get to Mars, and back? Can the red planet support life, including human visitors from Earth? Why Mars, and what’s next? Join John Durant, Cambridge Science Festival founder and MIT Museum Director, and Mars experts to prepare for an epic journey.
Co-Hosted by:
Maria Zuber, E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics, Vice President for Research, MIT
Speakers:
Jeffrey Hoffman, Professor of the Practice of Aerospace Engineering, MIT; NASA Astronaut 1978-1997
Christopher Maurer, Principal Architect and founder at redhouse studio architecture
Stephen Petranek, American writer and author of How We'll Live on Mars
Palmer Street Solar System Take Over
On your way to First Parish, stroll through the solar system and stencil the stars and moons on the street amidst giant inflatable planets. 5:30-7:30pm on Palmer St. in Harvard Square.
Reception to Follow
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Saturday, April 13
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Turning Points in Architecture, Design, and Research | Symposium
Saturday, April 13
9:00am to 6:00pm
MIT, Building E14: Media Lab, 6th Floor, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/turning-points-in-architecture-design-and-research-tickets-57138905003
Cost: $25
MIT President Rafael Reif described the "ubiquity of computing and the rise of AI" as a "turning point" that prompted the recent establishment of the new College of Computing at MIT. As MIT celebrates 150 years of architecture education and the School of Architecture and Planning plans its move to the MET Warehouse, we pause to reflect on the present and project futures for education, practice, and research at this critical juncture. Turning Points is an opportunity to reflect, individually and collectively, on the status and stakes of architecture, design, and research. As thinking of the future is always part of an architect's task, we come together to discuss crucial and necessary moments of change, past and present.
The symposium is open to the public on April 13, 2019. Please register here.
MIT Department of Architecture | Spring 2019 Lecture Series
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Grow a Meadow, Large or Small
Saturday, April 13
10:00AM
Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown
RSVP at https://connect.clickandpledge.com/w/Form/e435c942-ec37-4963-a706-b774bfce8d55
Cost: $88.00
Join Grow Native Massachusetts for this intensive seminar with Kathy Connolly, landscape designer and owner of Speaking of Landscapes!
A native meadow is an ecologically vibrant landscape, providing food and habitat to native pollinators and other wildlife. The deep, undisturbed roots of mature meadow plants capture and store carbon. Meadows rarely need visits from lawnmowers or leaf-blowers, thus reducing air pollution and neighborhood noise. But meadows are not simply lawns or perennial beds gone wild. Understanding why meadows are different is critical to success. Designer Kathy Connolly will lead this intensive seminar, covering everything from the definition of a meadow, to site selection and preparation, the relationship of grasses and flowering species, and useful maintenance protocols. Class enrollment includes Kathy’s extensive plant lists and design resources. This is a great course for anyone, from home gardeners to professional landscapers, looking to take a deep dive into the ins and outs of meadow-making.
Kathy Connolly is a landscape designer, writer, and teacher, who brings over 20 years of experience in creating and tending meadows. She works with a range of clients, from homeowners to state parks, to develop meadows and other naturalized plantings, and has taught workshops throughout New England. Kathy has a Master’s degree in landscape design from the Conway School.
Continuing education credits will be available. Learn more about all of our workshop programs at https://www.grownativemass.org/programs/workshops.
Call 781-790-8921
More information
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Latitude: A symposium by Design Research Forum
Saturday, April 13
10:00 AM – 5:30 PM EDT
Harvard, Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/58879028760
The symposium is a one day event dedicated to exploring the multiplicity of design research methods and the opportunities they yield for inquiry across fields. It comprises of three panels, each investigating distinct spheres of design research.
Panel 1: Methodologies of Science and Technology
Exploring the process of developing experimental, technical and analytical inquiries in design research using methodologies from the natural sciences, technology, and engineering.
Panel 2: Humanities and the Social Sciences
Presenting a selection of approaches for applying epistemological frameworks from the humanities and social sciences to issues related to various areas of design and media research.
Panel 3: Design Research in/as Practice
Discussing how design research can be woven into practice. Design research can take many forms especially when addressing issues, constraints and modes of application.
Agenda:
Registration
[10:00 - 10:30 a.m. in Gund Lobby]
Welcoming Remarks and Logistical Overview of the Day
10:35 - 11:00 a.m. in Piper
Opening Remarks: John May (MDes Director), Pamela Cabrera (MDes, EE ’19) & Aurora Jensen (MDes, EE ’19).
Panel 1: Methodologies of Science and Technology
11:00 - 12:30 p.m. in Piper
Panelists: Alma Steingart (FAS), Phuong Pham (HMS, HSPH) & Bertrand Schneider (HGSE)
Moderators: Belinda Tato (GSD) with Stella Rossikopoulou Pappa (MDes, Tech ’19)
[1.00 Hour Lunch Break | 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.]
Panel 2: Humanities and the Social Sciences
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. in Piper
Panelists: Johanna Oksala (Pratt) & Julie Klinger (BU)
Moderators: Sai Balakrishnan (GSD) with Ryan Bietz (MDes HPDM ‘19)
[15 Minute Break | 3:00 - 3:15 p.m.]
Panel 3: Design Research in/as Practice
3:15 - 4:45 p.m. in Piper
Panelists: Juan Pablo Corvalán, Manuel de Rivero (Supersudaca), Aimie Shao (MASS Design), & Sara Zewde (Studio Zewde, GSD alumna)
Moderators: Paul Nakazawa (GSD) with Samuel Maddox (MDes, ULE ’19)
Social Hour
4:45 - 6:00 p.m. in Piper
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Civic XR Dev Jam
Saturday, April 13
10:00 AM – 7:00 PM EDT
Brookline Interactive Group, 46 Tappan Street, 3rd Floor, Brookline
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/civic-xr-dev-jam-tickets-58121495959?fbclid=IwAR1Lv-111TJKmHLM5oMRD8buFFROrqKKSxdJkQDtH34UDWiIwTI3_cqxf0c
Cost: $0 – $8
BIG, the Public VR Lab and Boston VR are hosting a Civic XR Dev Jam and Community XR hackathon. The focus of this event is to create XR projects in the public interest, so come with your ideas for how you can use your powers of coding, producing, imagining, and creating for the public GOOD!
Volunteer mentors, hardware and coder experts, as well as 360 video production specialists, will be on hand to help you work as a team to create XR content for non-commercial civic engagement and public projects. Share your ideas with us, join a team, or just show up and create for humanity on a Saturday! Sign up to volunteer, mentor or participate here, and indicate the role you'd prefer.
If you're new to XR or come from traditional media, this is a great opportunity to learn about the industry, emerging media for storytelling, journalism, and public projects, and join us in building Community XR, a new field that supports community-based VR/AR making, access to equipment, tools, and training for the public. We'll start the day with a class and a hands-on workshop on both beginner and more advanced tracks.
Stay tuned for the class descriptions, and sign up to join us for a day of learning and sharing our VR/AR expertise!
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Tar Sands Songbook: A Documentary Performance about Music, Memory and Oil
Saturday, April 13
7pm
Harvard Epworth Church, 155 Massachusetts Avenue,Cambridge
A Benefit concert for the Better Future Project and Biodiversity for a Livable Climate by a musician and artist who grew up in Fort MacMurray, Alberta - long the land of oil and now the home of Tar Sands. She became a musician because she never wanted to see oil again. And now she's back . . .
Tanya Kalmanovitch is a Canadian violinist, ethnomusicologist and educator. Though she is based in Brooklyn, her layered artistic research practice has rewarded her with extended residencies in India, Ireland, Afghanistan, Turkey, and Siberia.
Ted Reichman is an accordionist, keyboard player, and composer, focusing on connections between improvisation and various forms of folk, popular music, and jazz.
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Sunday, April 14
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MIT Africa Innovate Conference | Made in Africa
Sunday, April 14
8:00 AM – 7:00 PM EDT
MIT Samberg Conference Center, 50 Memorial Drive, Floor 6 - 7, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/55944421270
Cost: $30 – $100
The MIT Sloan Africa Business Club is proud to announce the 9th annual MIT Africa Innovate Conference at the MIT Samberg Conference Center on April 14, 2019.
The annual Africa Innovate Conference is a unique and intimate forum that brings together leading entrepreneurs and change-agents from across the African continent. The conference attracts over 350 business leaders, entrepreneurs, influencers, students, professors, and alumni, all with strong interests in Africa.
Over the years, we have welcomed illustrious speakers such as her Excellency President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim of Mauritius; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, ex-Minister of Finance of Nigeria; Mostafa Terrab, CEO of OCP; Sara Menker, Founder and CEO of Gro Intelligence; Donald Kaberuka, ex-CEO of the African Development Bank; and Ismail Ahmed, Founder and CEO of WorldRemit.
The theme for this year is “Made In Africa”
Through a series of panels, workshops, and keynote addresses, we aim to celebrate endeavors, innovations, and breakthroughs with an impact on the continent and beyond. As one of the largest Africa-centric conferences held outside of Africa, our event will focus on unpacking the best practices and strategies required to accelerate the scaling of impactful enterprises and innovations on the continent across sectors. The conference will also include an Innovation Expo & Networking Reception.
PANELS:
Open MIC Africa Panel with TechCrunch Africa contributor Jake Bright
AgTech & Food Security | Growing Local, Exporting Global
Fintech | Financial Innovations for Inclusive Growth
Manufacturing | Made in Africa for the World
Energy & Natural Resources | Backbone for Empowering Sustainable Business Growth and Achieving Climate Action Goals
Human Capital | Building a World-Class Talent Pipeline
Entrepreneurship | Beyond the Startup, Building an Ecosystem for Scale
Our host for the 2019 Africa Innovate Conference will be Claude Grunitzky, Chairman of TRUE Africa and Co-Founder of TRACE. This edition’s guests include:
Moulay Hafid Elalamy, Minister of Industry and Trade of Morocco
Nick Hughes, M-PESA Pioneer and Co-Founder of M-KOPA
Thione Niang, Co-founder of AKON Lighting Africa
Olugbenga Agboola, CEO of Flutterwave
Okendo Lewis-Gayle, Founder and CEO of Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance
Jake Bright, TechCrunch Contributor
Abai Schulze, CEO of the Zaaf Collection
Chris Folayan, CEO of Mall for Africa
Lydie Hakizimana, Co-Founder and CEO of Happy Hearts Preschool
Joe Shields, CEO and Co-Founder of EthioChicken
Karan Kapoor, Founder and CEO of Snow International Trading Group
Matthias Papet, Founder and CEO of CoinAfrique
Efosa Ojomo, Co-author of The Prosperity Paradox
Saad Sheikh, Head of Investment and Portfolio Operations at TLG Capital
Benjamin Fernandes, Founder and CEO of Nala
Mossadeck Bally, Founder and CEO of Azalai Hotel
Christian Wessels, Founder and CEO of Sunray Ventures
With many more guests to come, visit our website: https://www.mitafrica.com/ for more info!
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Neuroscience of Exercise
Sunday, April 14, 2019
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
MIT 5th floor Conference room, 43 Vassar Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.meetup.com/Neuroscience-for-Society/events/259461648/
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Monday, April 15 - Friday, April 19
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Extinction Rebellion
http://www.xrcs.earth/
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Monday, April 15
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HESEC Webinar: Quantifying Carbon Emissions in Supply Chain
Monday, April 15
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM EDT
Webinar
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hesec-webinar-quantifying-carbon-emissions-in-supply-chain-tickets-59178849532
Please join us for a webinar with Ms. Pilar Bennett, she is the Supply Chain Project Officer at CDP. Learn how CDP helps companies in reducing their overall carbon emissions. A insight into carbon data and its importance in product supply chain. Please register with us for the webinar and join us few minutes before the webinar begins.
Webinar Link - https://zoom.us/j/6511268568
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Energy and the Maritime Environment
Monday, April 15
12pm
Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
Jesse Ausubel, Senior Research Associate and Director, Program for the Human Environment, The Rockefeller University
Lunch will be served. This event is free and open to the public.
HKS Energy Policy Seminar
https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/energyconsortium/seminars
Contact Name: Louis Lund
louisa_lund@hks.harvard.edu
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Celebrities, Attorneys, Deals: The Impact of Public Opinion
WHEN Monday, Apr. 15, 2019, 12 – 1:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Law School, Austin Hall North, Room 100, 1515 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Law, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Program on Negotiation, Recording Artists Project, and Committee on Sports & Entertainment Law at Harvard Law School
SPEAKER(S) John Branca, Attorney, Ziffren Brittenham LLP
Moderator: Brian Price, Clinical professor of law, Harvard Law School
COST Free and Open to the Public
CONTACT INFO dlong@law.harvard.edu
DETAILS Please join us for a conversation with John Branca, a world-renowned entertainment lawyer with more than 30 members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as clients, including the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac, and Michael Jackson.
Moderated by Harvard Law School professor Brian Price, Branca will discuss what is specific to being an entertainment lawyer; what are the challenges of representing celebrities; how do you negotiate deals when there is massive media coverage; and what are the extra challenges when you represent the estate of a deceased celebrity?
LINK https://www.pon.harvard.edu/events/celebrities_attorneys_deals/
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Discriminating Data
Monday, April 15
12:15PM
Harvard, CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Simon Fraser University, School of Communication
Please RSVP via the online form by Wednesday at 5PM the week before.
STS Circle at Harvard
http://sts.hks.harvard.edu/events/sts_circle/
sts@hks.harvard.edu
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Congo Stories: A Conversation with John Prendergast and Samantha Power
WHEN Monday, Apr. 15, 2019, 3 – 4:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Littauer Building-Malkin Penthouse, Fourth Floor, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Professor Samantha Power
SPEAKER(S) Samantha Power, Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School. From 2013 to 2017 Power served as the 28th U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
John Prendergast, New York Times best-selling author who has focused on peace in Africa for over thirty-five years. He is the Founding Director of the Enough Project, an initiative to end genocide and crimes against humanity, as well as the Co-Founder with George Clooney of The Sentry, an investigative initiative chasing the assets of African war criminals and their international collaborators
COST Free
CONTACT INFO Evelyn Hitt evelyn_hitt@hks.harvard.edu
DETAILS Join human rights and anti-corruption activist John Prendergast and former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power for a conversation about human rights in Congo and John’s new book, "Congo Stories: Battling Five Centuries of Exploitation and Greed.”
LINK https://www.belfercenter.org/event/congo-stories-conversation-john-prendergast-and-samantha-power
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Harnessing the Potential of Rehabilitative Technology to Enhance Mobility and Prevent Falls
WHEN Monday, Apr. 15, 2019, 4 – 5 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, Maxwell Dworkin, G115 , Robert and Naida Lessin Forum, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Wyss Institute at Harvard University
SPEAKER(S) Jason Franz, Assistant professor, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University; director, UNC Applied Biomechanics Laboratory
DETAILS Please join the Wyss Institute and Dr. Jason Franz as he discusses his work to address critical and immediate need for innovation in our study of the biomechanics and neural control of movement, toward more effective translational efforts to preserve walking ability and mitigate falls risk due to aging and neurodegenerative disease.
Dr. Franz will discuss recent discoveries from two major lines of research in his Applied Biomechanics Laboratory to meet this need.
LINK https://wyss.harvard.edu/event/harnessing-the-potential-of-rehabilitative-technology-to-enhance-mobility-and-prevent-falls/
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Ending the Epidemics of AIDS, TB and Malaria: Pipedream or Achievable Goal?
WHEN Monday, April 15, 2019, 4:15 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Taubman G-50, 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Health Sciences, Lecture, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government at the Harvard Kennedy School
SPEAKER(S) Peter Sands, M-RCBG Research Fellow and executive director of the Global Fund
CONTACT INFO mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
DETAILS A former chief executive officer of Standard Chartered PLC, one of the world’s leading international banks, Sands has been a research fellow at Harvard University since 2015, dividing his time between the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard Kennedy School and the Harvard Global Health Institute, working on a range of research projects in financial markets and regulation, fintech and global health.
Refreshments will be served. RSVPs are helpful: mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
LINK https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/news-events/event-calendar#nextevent
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Towards Life 3.0 - Ethics and Technology in the 21st Century
WHEN Monday, Apr. 15, 2019, 5:30 – 6:45 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Kennedy School, Wexner 102, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Science, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
SPEAKER(S) Bruce Schneier, Adjunct lecturer in Public Policy at HKS
DETAILS "Towards Life 3.0: Ethics and Technology in the 21st Century" is a new talk series organized and facilitated by Mathias Risse, director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Administration. Drawing inspiration from the title of Max Tegmark’s book, "Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence," the series draws upon a range of scholars, technology leaders, and public interest technologists to address the ethical aspects of the long-term impact of artificial intelligence on society and human life.
Held on select Monday evenings at 5:30–6:45 p.m. in Wexner 102, and occasionally on other weekdays, the series will also be shared on Facebook Live and on the Carr Center website. A light dinner will be served.
LINK https://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/event/towards-life-30-ethics-and-technology-21st-century-bruce-schneier-adjunct-lecturer-public
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Botany Blast: Season Shifts in Trees
WHEN Monday, Apr. 15, 2019, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
WHERE Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Classes/Workshops, Education, Environmental Sciences, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Arnold Arboretum
SPEAKER(S) Kristel Schoonderwoerd, Ph.D. Candidate, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, and Fellow of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
COST Free, but registration requested.
CONTACT INFO adulted@arnarb.harvard.edu
617-384-5277
DETAILS There are challenges to being a tree in a temperate climate, mainly the changing of seasons. But trees are equipped to shift with these environmental changes. Kristel Schoonderwoerd will explain how trees slow down for winter and subsequently reverse “gears” for springtime and the onset of the growing season.
Part of the Cambridge Science Festival, April 12-21, 2019.
LINK https://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?DayPlanner=1871&DayPlannerDate=4/15/2019
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Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
Monday, April 15
7:00 PM (Doors at 6:30)
First Parish Church, 1446 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.harvard.com/event/henry_louis_gates_jr2/
Cost: $6 - $32.00 (book included)
Harvard Book Store and the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University welcome preeminent scholar, literary critic, and filmmaker HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.—founding Director of the Hutchins Center—for a discussion of his latest book, Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow. He'll be joined in conversation by Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and Columbia University professor ERIC FONER.
About Stony the Road
The abolition of slavery in the aftermath of the Civil War is a familiar story, as is the civil rights revolution that transformed the nation after World War II. But the century in between remains a mystery: if emancipation sparked "a new birth of freedom" in Lincoln's America, why was it necessary to march in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s America? In this new book, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., one of our leading chroniclers of the African-American experience, seeks to answer that question in a history that moves from the Reconstruction Era to the "nadir" of the African-American experience under Jim Crow, through to World War I and the Harlem Renaissance.
Through his close reading of the visual culture of this tragic era, Gates reveals the many faces of Jim Crow and how, together, they reinforced a stark color line between white and black Americans. Bringing a lifetime of wisdom to bear as a scholar, filmmaker, and public intellectual, Gates uncovers the roots of structural racism in our own time, while showing how African Americans after slavery combatted it by articulating a vision of a "New Negro" to force the nation to recognize their humanity and unique contributions to America as it hurtled toward the modern age.
The story Gates tells begins with great hope, with the Emancipation Proclamation, Union victory, and the liberation of nearly 4 million enslaved African-Americans. Until 1877, the federal government, goaded by the activism of Frederick Douglass and many others, tried at various turns to sustain their new rights. But the terror unleashed by white paramilitary groups in the former Confederacy, combined with deteriorating economic conditions and a loss of Northern will, restored "home rule" to the South. The retreat from Reconstruction was followed by one of the most violent periods in our history, with thousands of black people murdered or lynched and many more afflicted by the degrading impositions of Jim Crow segregation.
An essential tour through one of America's fundamental historical tragedies, Stony the Road is also a story of heroic resistance, as figures such as W. E. B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells fought to create a counter-narrative, and culture, inside the lion's mouth. As sobering as this tale is, it also has within it the inspiration that comes with encountering the hopes our ancestors advanced against the longest odds.
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Tuesday, April 16
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Young, Gifted and Well: Mental and Emotional Wellness for Students of Color
Tuesday, April 16
9:00 AM – 4:30 PM EDT
Student Organization Center at Hilles, 59 Shepard Street, 3rd floor/Penthouse, Cambridge
An event to address mental health and emotional wellness for college students of color. Full and half-day options available.
Harvard University and The Steve Fund present a day-long convening with leading researchers, practitioners, administrators, faculty and students who seek to better understand mental and emotional health experiences of young people of color within Harvard University and how we can better support wellness through policy and practice. PLEASE BRING your mobile device for interactive modules.
The conference runs from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is FREE but seats are limited and pre-registration is required. Registration will close when all seats are filled. Full and half-day options available.
Registration and continental breakfast start at 8:30 a.m. Lunch available for full-day registrants.
**ALSO AVAILABLE ALL DAY**
#consciousharvard traveling board, sponsored by #consciousharvard project team: an interactive board for public spaces to create action-focused dialogue about diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging at Harvard. The #consciousharvard project team is composed of staff members from Global Support Services, Common Spaces, the Center for Workplace Development, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and is funded by the President's Administrative Innovation Fund 2018 (PAIF).
Self-Care Room, sponsored by Harvard University Health Services: featuring coloring sheets, drop-in meditation, mats and pillows for quiet respite, recommended Mindset apps and podcasts, stress balls, etc. Facilitated by Harvard's Center for Wellness, Office of Sexual Assault Prevention & Response, and University Disability Resources.
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MIT.nano: Step into the Nano Age
Tuesday, April 16
11:00am to 3:00pm
MIT, Building 12, 60 Vassar Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://mitnano.mit.edu/csf2019/
Cambridge Science Festival at MIT.nano
Explore MIT’s astonishing brand new nano-research facility through demonstrations and hands-on activities. Learn how the power of nano will help build a better world.
How big is a smell? What size is a color? From what we see to how we smell, from how insect wings shed water to how plants turn sunlight into energy, nature operates with molecules measured in nanometers.
Just how small is that? A nanometer is a billionth of a meter!
Visit MIT’s new nano-research facility to meet people who explore this fantastically small world. Experience demonstrations of groundbreaking research and innovative technologies, take part in hands-on activities for the whole family—and learn how the power of nano will help build a better world.
Presented as part of the 10-day Cambridge Science Festival. Visit http://www.CambridgeScienceFestival.org for festival calendar and more information.
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Predicting Crop Yields from Water Resources
Tuesday, April 16
12:00PM TO 1:00PM
Harvard Global Health Institute, 42 Church Street, Cambridge
Dr. Rigden's research focuses on the transfer of water and energy in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. Currently, she is investigating water stress in agricultural systems to better constrain estimates of crop yields in future climates. She is keen on using observational data from a variety of platforms including satellites, weather stations, and eddy covariance towers to model the interactions between the land and atmosphere.
In 2017, Dr. Rigden earned a Ph.D. in Earth Science from Boston University (BU). Her dissertation research focused on detecting and attributing multi-decadal trends in evapotranspiration over the continental United States. Much of her time at BU was spent developing a method to estimate evapotranspiration from data collected at common weather stations, which we call the “ETRHEQ method.”
Contact Name: globalhealth@harvard.edu
Climate Change, Health, & Tech Seminar
https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/seminar-predicting-crop-yields-water-resources
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Guilty by Association - The risk of crisis contagion
Tuesday, April 16
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Northeastern, 177 Huntington Avenue, 310, Boston
RSVP at http://attend.com/danlauferlecture
Dr. Dan Laufer from the School of Marketing and International Business, Victoria Business School, in New Zealand
Crisis contagion, or how a crisis spreads from one company to another, has received very little attention from researchers. This is surprising as the negative consequences of crisis contagion can be significant when customers make assumptions of guilt by association. My presentation focuses on this important issue and describes four risk factors—country of origin, industry, organizational type, and positioning strategy—that increase the likelihood of crisis contagion. Valuable guidance is also provided on whether a company should issue a denial or remain silent if it faces the risk of crisis contagion.
A light lunch will be served. Please RSVP below if you would like to attend!
http://attend.com/danlauferlecture
For those who are unable to attend in person, we will be offering a live-stream of the presentation, accessible through the following link: https://bluejeans.com/558146859
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MADMEC Kickoff: Materials Science Solutions for Sustainability
Tuesday, April 16
12:00pm to 2:00pm
MIT, Building 6-104 , Chipman Room, 182 Memorial Drive (Rear), Cambridge
MADMEC is a prototyping contest revolving around materials solutions to sustainability challenges. MADMEC teams have won the MassChallenge, the MIT 100K, the Clean Energy Prize, the Intel Make-it-Wearable Competition, and NSF-SBIR grants. At least six startups have roots in this competition.
Come to this event to meet past teams, see their prototypes, and learn how you can participate this year.
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The Future of Fukushima
Tuesday, April 16
12:30PM
Harvard, Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Naomi Hirose, Executive Vice Chairman (Fukushima Affairs), and President, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Holdings, Inc. (2012-17), will give a talk as part of the Program on US-Japan Relations' special series on The Future of East Asia. Co-sponsored by HUCE; The Environment and Natural Resources Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, HKS.
Moderated by Andrew Gordon, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard University; and Acting Director (2018-2019), Harvard-Yenching Institute.
Co-sponsored by HUCE and the Environment and Natural Resources Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, HKS.
https://programs.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/event/naomi-hirose-fukushima-affairs-title-tba
Contact Name: Kendal Kelly
kkelly@wcfia.harvard.edu
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Agroecology and Climate Change Resilience in Haiti: Farmer-led Solutions
Tuesday, April 16
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
The Boston Foundation, 75 Arlington Street, 3rd Floor, South Boston Room, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/58876863283
Join us to learn how we are supporting rural communities in Haiti to address climate change by scaling ecological farming.
Cantave Jean-Baptiste of Partenariat pour le Développement Local (PDL) in Haiti and Steve Brescia of Groundswell International will share strategies and lessons from rural Haiti.
Haiti is one of the world's most vulnerable countries to climate change. What is working to strengthen farmer organizations to build resilience and wellbeing through agroecology? How can we spread these successes?
Speakers:
Cantave Jean-Baptiste, Executive Director, PDL
Steve Brescia, Executive Director, Groundswell International
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Maker Break
Tuesday, April 16
2:00pm to 4:00pm
MIT, Building W34, Johnson Ice Rink, 120 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Maker Break is a celebration of making for MIT students where you can have fun and show your smart and creative sides. You can engage in friendly competition with fellow students, cheer on your friends and classmates, and explore making in ways that are new to you. There is something for everyone! It is designed to be fun and low stress.
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Constructing Clean Portfolios for Climate Solutions: A Renewable Energy Roundtable
Tuesday, April 16
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
Greentown Labs, 444 Somerville Avenue, Somerville
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/59726246812
Join the Clean Portfolio Project and Croatan Institute for a roundtable discussion exploring models to finance renewable energy across asset classes. The event is being hosted by Sunwealth, a Boston-area clean energy investment firm, at the country's largest cleantech startup incubator, Greentown Labs. The conversation is also open to a virtual audience via Zoom (please select your type of attendance – in-person or virtual – when booking your ticket).
The Clean Portfolio Project is developing total portfolio approaches to fossil-free investing in integrated climate solutions. Intentional investments in renewable energy and energy infrastructure, storage, and efficiency can help mitigate the impacts of climate change and build resilience in communities that most need it.
At this Clean Portfolio Project investor event, learn how investors working in various asset classes, such as fixed income, private debt, venture capital, and public equities, are making investments in solar, wind, energy efficiency, and related technologies and infrastructure, and how they can generate positive impacts on communities and the climate.
Speakers include:
Liz Levy, Trillium Asset Management
Jonathan Abe, Sunwealth
Joshua Humphreys, Croatan Institute
More speakers to be announced shortly.
Following the discussion, Ryan Dings, the Chief Operating Officer of Sunwealth, and Julia Travaglini, the Senior Director of Marketing at Greentown Labs, will offer a tour of the Greentown Labs incubator to in-person participants. This will be followed by a reception with refreshments (and depending on the Boston spring weather, this may take place on the roof deck).
This is the second investor event webinar in an on-going series of investor events produced by the Clean Portfolio Project and its partners. For more information, visit http://www.cleanportfolio.org
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xTalk, AT Exploratorium & ATIC Showcase: Assistive Technology for Opening Minds, Hands, and Hearts
Tuesday, April 16
3:00pm to 5:00pm
MIT, Building 4-163, 4-153, 4-149, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
xTalk: 3-4pm in 4-163 "Assistive Technology for Opening Minds, Hands, and Hearts"
AT Exploratorium & ATIC Showcase: 4-5pm in 4-153 and 4-149 (refreshments served)
Tues. April 16, join us for a panel discussion with MIT educators and students speaking on three activities that engage students in hands-on, real world problem-solving where students collaborate directly with people who have disabilities on engineering and design projects. This panel discussion will be immediately followed by a reception featuring an AT Exploratorium and ATIC showcase.
xTalk panel
Two instructors from MIT subjects (6.811/2.78/HST.420 and 3.008) will speak as well as a student leader of an annual student-run hackathon (ATHack), and a current MIT student who completed both subjects and participated in the hackathon.
Each of these activities are dedicated to teaching students to work directly with people who have disabilities to identify projects that are born from real world desires and involve rigorous accountability to co-designers with the expertise of lived-experience. ATHack (MIT News article) and 6.811/2.78/HST.420 Principles and Practices of Assistive Technology (MIT News article) take place in Cambridge with local residents and have an emphasis on mechanical and software innovations. 3.008 Humanistic Co-design of Assistive Technology in the Developing World (MIT News article) takes place in various cities throughout India, with help and support from MIT-India, and emphasizes human-material interactions and design. The work of all three activities is done with reverence for the legacy of Prof. Seth Teller.
Panel members
Dr. Julie Greenberg is Senior Lecturer and Director of Education for IMES/HST, where she teaches Biomedical Signal & Image Processing and Principles and Practice of Assistive Technology. She has been at MIT since 1987 in a variety of capacities including graduate student, researcher, academic advisor, instructor, and administrator.
Dr. Kyle Keane is Lecturer and Research Scientist in Materials Science and Engineering. He recently worked with MIT-India to run the inaugural offering of 3.008 Humanistic Co-design of Assistive Technologies in the Developing World. Dr. Keane supervises many UROPs working on various projects in computational materials science and human-material interactions.
Anna Musser designs and evaluates experiments to test the effectiveness of educational technologies and interventions at MIT. A former special education teacher, Anna also co-taught 3.008. Anna also contributes to psychological research at Harvard’s Langer Mindfulness Institute.
Jaya Narain is a PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering who co-founded ATHack (MIT's Assistive Hackathon) in 2014 when she was an undergraduate junior, and co-directed the hackathon since. Jaya's doctoral research in the Fluid Interfaces group in the Media Lab focuses on developing assistive technologies for communication.
Pramoda Karnati is a Junior in EECS/Biomedical Engineering, interested in the intersection of computer science and human-related problems. She has taken both PPAT and 3.008 and is passionate about building assistive technology at MIT.
Please note:
Taking place the day after this xTalk is the following related event of interest. We enthusiastically encourage attendees to come to:
Accessible Technology Demo Day @ MIT Museum, April 17, 1-4pm, part of the Cambridge Science Festival.
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Sankofa Lecture: Creating Access as Social Justice
Tuesday, April 16
4:00pm to 6:00pm
Lesley University, Marran Theater, 34 Mellen Street, Cambridge
Join us for the spring Sankofa lecture on Creating Access as Social Justice: Reflections, Conversation, and a Call for Action.
Sandy Ho is a disability community-organizer, activist, disability policy researcher, and Lesley alumna. She is the founder and co-organizer of the Disability & Intersectionality Summit. In 2015, she was recognized as a White House Champion of Change for her work in establishing a statewide mentoring program for transitional-age disabled women, and the Letters to Thrive project. Her areas of work include disability justice, racial justice, intersectionality, and disability studies. She is a disabled, queer, Asian-American woman who is currently a researcher associate at The Lurie Institute for Disability Policy. Her writing has been published by Bitch Media online.
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Letter from Birmingham Jail: 55th Anniversary, A Public Reading in Boston
Tuesday, April 16
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
City Hall Plaza, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/59366146743
The Letter from the Birmingham Jail: The 55th Anniversary, A Public Reading in Boston.
In the spring of 1964 our nation was embroiled in a struggle to save the soul of America. We were seeking the Beloved Community, the achievement of the vision that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had enunciated on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial a year earlier. In the middle of the anti-racism campaign in Birmingham, Alabama in 1964, Rev. King was arrested. He was also assailed by local clergy who rejected his presence in Birmingham, calling King an outside agitator whose activism in their city was unwise and untimely.
King’s response was the Letter from the Birmingham Jail, which instantly became one of our nation’s most important civic and theological statements on race and citizens.
We will be reading this document in the public square on its 55th anniversary of publication, April 16th, 2019 on the Boston City Hall Plaza at 4 PM. We would like for you to join us as a reader or as an observer. You are welcomed!
As more than 30 Boston-area non-profit organizations, businesses, activists, educators, youth, elderly, gay, straight, disabled and clergy convene, we wish to use this public reading as a way to become “maladjusted” to discrimination and racial inequality in Boston. We wish to create a more inclusive Boston that calls upon its full diversity and commitment to justice, truth and racial reconciliation.
THE MISSION OF THE MOUNTAINTOP PROJECT
The mission is to reflect the creative vision articulated by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the day before his assassination. The Mountaintop speech reflects a vision — which is decidedly different from his “I Have A Dream” speech. King’s vision creates a rich opportunity to advance the city of Boston, the nation and the world.
The Boston to the Mountain Top Project take the last words of Rev. Martin Luther King seriously. They provide a framework for investing in a more hospitable culture, more vibrant social engagement, more defining strategies about improving our common wealth. They achieve these efforts through:
Convening learning forums
Increasing Civic Literacy
Fostering Public Policy
Supporting Grassroots Organizing and Leadership Training
Engaging Youth
Join Us. Bring someone with you. You will be glad that you did. RSVP https://www.facebook.com/events/365733144015985/
BE A READER. FOR MORE INFO., GO TO WWW.BOSTONMOUNTAINTOP.ORG
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Shifting Ideas of Crime, and Where Resilience May Point to Solutions
Tuesday, April 16
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Northeastern, Renaissance_Park, 909, 1135 Tremont Street, Boston
From the protests over officer-involved shootings in Ferguson, Missouri, to the explosion of gang violence that has pushed people to migrate from Central America, it is clear that issues of crime–and how society thinks about the causes and remedies of crime–will continue to be important and contentious issues for the foreseeable future. Drawing upon several bodies of research both old and new, this talk will discuss different popular ideas of why particular places suffer from crime, how those ideas imply certain policy actions, and what we know about how responses both crime and responses to crime can affect communities.
This lecture is part of the Spring 2019 "Contemporary Issues in Security and Resilience Studies" Speaker Series.
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32nd Annual Stratton Lecture on Aging Successfully: Protecting Elders with Cognitive Impairment from Financial Vulnerability
Tuesday, April 16
4:30pm to 6:30pm
MIT, Building E51, Wong Auditorium, 2 Amherst Street, 70 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
A collaborative project of MIT’s Medical Department, Age Lab and Women’s League, the 2019 Catherine N. Stratton Aging Successfully Lecture brings together panelists from
the fields of Ethics and Neuroscience, Geriatric Medicine, Nursing Management, and
Elder Law who attend to the many issues facing older adults, and are especially sensitive to the needs of those with cognitive impairment.
Moderator
Stephanie J. Bird, PhD, Neuroscientist/Ethicist, Science and Ethics Policy Consultant, Founder and Editor of The Journal of Science and Engineering Ethics, and member of the C N Stratton Committee on Aging Successfully, will outline our topic, introduce each panelist, and moderate audience questions as time allows.
Panelists
Shoshana Streiter, MD, Geriatrician, Advanced Research Fellow at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, also member of the Stratton Committee, will begin our discussion by describing the differences between normal aging, mild cognitive impairment and dementia.
Cathleen A. Dwyer RN, BSN, Nurse Case Manager at MIT Medical, will present examples of her work that involves assisting and supporting the elderly who are aging successfully at home to create plans, including legal forms and documents, to continue aging successfully at home and thus avoid the threat of both physical and financial fraud.
John G. Dugan, Esq., a lawyer experienced in representing elders and other victims exposed to financial exploitation via mail, phone, the internet, or personal interaction, will provide advice, suggest means of protecting personal assets, and present ways to identify and prevent this form of abuse.
After the presentations and a short discussion among the panelists, Stephanie Bird will serve as moderator for audience questions to be answered by the panelists as time allows.
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Imitation, Invasion, Innovation: What Really Matters in Global History of Technology
Tuesday, April 16
5:00PM TO 7:00PM
Harvard, Tsai Auditorium (CGIS South S010), 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
The Program on Science, Technology & Society at HKS presents the latest installment of the Science & Democracy Lecture Series: "Imitation, Invasion, Innovation: What Really Matters in Global History of Technology"
DAVID EDGERTON
Hans Rausing Professor of the History of Science and Technology, King’s College London
PANEL
Warwick Anderson, Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Visiting Professor of Australian Studies, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University
Maya Jasanoff, Coolidge Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University
Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School
MODERATED BY Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Harvard Kennedy School
ABSTRACT
In the last twenty or thirty years innovation has been central to the discourse on the economy. This ‘innovation’ is disruptive, pervasive and fast, demanding new economic, political and social forms. On the other hand, the world has seen unprecedented rates of imitation, not least of old forms. In our imaginations innovation and imitation occupy different geographical, economic and moral spaces. Innovation is seen positively and futuristically, as a feature of a few selected, creative, entrepreneurial places; it marches with time. Imitation is seen in more hard-headed, economic ways; as a feature of developing countries, as a sign of imaginative inadequacy, and lack of authenticity; it moves with incomes not time. Breaking down these oppositions and taking imitation seriously is the key to understanding global technical change in the twentieth century.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Edgerton is the Hans Rausing Professor of the History of Science and Technology and Professor of Modern British History at King’s College London. A historian of science and technology and of twentieth-century Britain, he taught at the University of Manchester before becoming founding director of the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at Imperial College London (1993-2003). He was a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellow (2006-2009), and gave the 2009 Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Prize Lecture at the Royal Society of London. In 2013, he moved to King’s, where he chairs King’s Contemporary British History and is a co-director of the Sir Michael Howard Centre for the History of War. He has appeared in many radio and TV programs and regularly gives talks to official and public bodies on a wide range of topics. He was educated at St. John’s College Oxford and Imperial College London. His many books include: Science, Technology and the British Industrial ‘Decline’, 1870-1970 (1996); Warfare State: Britain, 1920-1970 (2005); The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900 (2006); Britain’s War Machine: Weapons, Resources and Experts in the Second World War (2011); and The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth Century History (2018).
Co-sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the Environment and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.
http://sts.hks.harvard.edu/events/lectures/david-edgerton/
sts@hks.harvard.edu
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Matthew Wisnioski: Does America Need More Innovators?
Tuesday, April 16
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
MIT Press Bookstore, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Please join the MIT Press Bookstore in welcoming historian Matthew Wisnioski to discuss his book, Does America Need More Innovators?
Does America Need More Innovators?–co-edited with Eric S. Hintz and Marie Stettler Kleine–is a critical exploration of today’s global imperative to innovate, by champions, critics, and reformers of innovation.
Corporate executives, politicians, and school board leaders agree—Americans must innovate. But critics have begun to question the unceasing promotion of innovation, pointing out its gadget-centric shallowness, the lack of diversity among innovators, and the unequal distribution of innovation’s burdens and rewards. This book offers an overdue critical exploration of today’s global imperative to innovate by bringing together innovation’s champions, critics, and reformers in conversation.
Matthew Wisnioski is Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech and the author of Engineers for Change: Competing Visions of Technology in 1960s America (MIT Press). Dr. Wisnioski studies the interplay between expertise and imagination in science, technology, and innovation.
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GBRSPC Presents a FREE screening of "Suicide: The Ripple Effect”
Tuesday, April 16
6-8:30p
The NonProfit Center, 89 South Street, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/59093235458
GBRSPC presents a FREE screening of "Suicide The Ripple Effect" followed by a panel discussion on
The GBRSPC welcomes you to join us for a FREE screening of "Suicide The Ripple Effect" as part of Massachusetts Department of Public Health Suicide Prevention Program's initiatives.
The Greater Boston Regional Suicide Prevention Coalition (GBRSPC) is one of 10 coalitions across the state whose mission is to prevent suicide through state-wide advocacy and collaboration.
“Suicide The Ripple Effect” is a movie and a mission to eradicate suicide. This film is part of a global mission to help reduce the number of suicides and suicide attempts around the world. Through sharing stories of survival and recovery we are creating significant awareness of this health crisis, while helping people find the support they need to stay alive, heal and #BeHereTomorrow! www.suicidetherippleeffect.com For the trailer visit: https://youtu.be/JtYHVW94aio
After the screening of "Suicide: The Ripple Effect" GBRSPC will facilitate a conversation between the audience and a panel of experts/persons with lived experience.
This event is free but registration is required as we have a limited capacity. There is a ticket limit of eight general admission tickets per order. If your group needs more tickets than that, please contact us at info@greaterbostonpreventssuicide.org.
There will be childcare available on-site and light food and beverages from Haley House.
Tuesday, April 16th | 6:30pm | Tickets: FREE | Nonprofit Center 89 South Street, Boston, MA 02111
The Nonprofit Center is a few minutes away from both the South Station, Downtown Crossing/Park Street T Stops.
For more information contact:
Email: info@greaterbostonpreventssuicide.org
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/GreaterBostonPreventsSuicide
Website: www.greaterbostonpreventssuicide.org
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Solid Seasons: The Friendship of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tuesday, April 16
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
This event is free; no tickets are required.
Harvard Book Store and Mass Humanities welcome award-winning author and editor JEFFREY S. CRAMER—curator of collections at the Walden Woods Project’s Thoreau Institute Library—for a discussion of his latest book, Solid Seasons: The Friendship of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
About Solid Seasons
Any biography that concentrates on either Henry David Thoreau or Ralph Waldo Emerson tends to diminish the other figure, but in Solid Seasons both men remain central and equal. Through several decades of writing, friendship remained a primary theme for them both.
Collecting extracts from the letters and journals of both men, as well as words written about them by their contemporaries, Jeffrey S. Cramer beautifully illustrates the full nature of their twenty-five-year dialogue. Biographers like to point at the crisis in their friendship, focusing particularly on Thoreau's disappointment in Emerson―rarely on Emerson's own disappointment in Thoreau―and leaving it there, a friendship ruptured. But the solid seasons remained, as is evident when, in 1878, Anne Burrows Gilchrist, the English writer and friend of Whitman, visited Emerson. She wrote that his memory was failing "as to recent names and topics but as is usual in such cases all the mental impressions that were made when he was in full vigour remain clear and strong." As they chatted, Emerson called to his wife, Lidian, in the next room, "What was the name of my best friend?"
"Henry Thoreau," she answered.
"Oh, yes," Emerson repeated. "Henry Thoreau."
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Dangerous Developments in Modern Weaponry: a forum on the military pursuit of global hegemony
Tuesday, April 16
7:00
MIT, Building 56- 114, Enter thru Building 66, 25 Ames Street, Cambridge
Speakers:
Subrata Ghoshroy, Research Affiliate at MIT
Nick Mottern, Knowdrones.com
Elaine Scarry, Harvard professor and author of Thermonuclear Monarchy
Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
Topics will include:
Continued expansion of the hugely profitable military budget
Cutting-edge Pentagon weapons technology, drones, AI/robotics
The trillion-dollar nuclear weapons modernization program
The US drive to dominate space
Resistance of tech workers to war research
This forum is sponsored by Eastern Massachusetts Anti-Drones Network (a task force of United for Justice with Peace); MIT Students Against War; Mass Peace Action; Coalition to Stop the Genocide in Yemen; Women’s
International League for Peace and Freedom, Boston branch; Greater Boston Chapter of Green-Rainbow Party; Boston Democratic Socialists of America; Smedley D. Butler Brigade, Veterans for Peace, Boston and Science for the People - Boston.
For questions or comments, contact ujpcoalition@gmail.com or 617-776-6524
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Film Screening: "Life Will Smile" by Steve Priovolos and Drey Kleanthous
Tuesday, April 16
7:30 – 9 p.m.
Harvard, , Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium, Harvard Yard, Cambridge
The unique story of the 275 Jews of Zakynthos
Co-organized by the Harvard Greek Film Society and the Consulate General of Greece in Boston
The screening will be followed by a reception in Boylston Hall's Ticknor Lounge 9:00-10:00 p.m and Q&A with the producer Steve Priovolos who will be present! We feel honored that Mr. Priovolos has agreed to travel to Boston for our event!
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Wednesday, April 17
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Tell the Truth! Ring the Alarm on Climate Emergency
Wednesday, April 17
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenkmWvgftAoTLDRXkhkATmH6l1afl5LR3RI0FKJxkjem6YZA/viewform
We are here to tell the truth, and act with the urgency that the truth demands.
On April 17th, Extinction Rebellion Boston begins its non-violent uprising against the long-standing criminal inaction on our planet's ecological breakdown. Our governments and the media have failed to tell the truth about the climate crisis and local environmental emergencies, and failed to communicate the need for drastic action in order to save life on our planet.
Because of these crimes against humanity, we will gather at the site of the Boston Massacre at noon and demand truth from media sites in downtown Boston. We will then take publicly disruptive, non-violent action to declare what we know to be true, and upend the repressive silence around the climate emergency.
Some of us will commit civil disobedience. The rest of us must bear witness to their courage, and stand with over 200 groups around the world participating in XR's week of action. If you cannot make it to the action in person, we will outline disruptive actions you can take from afar -- but we hope we will see you there!
We are the ones we've been waiting for. With love & rage,
XR Boston
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Boston Sustainability Breakfast (Longwood)
Wednesday, April 17
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM EDT
Clover Food Lab, 360 Longwood Avenue, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-sustainability-breakfast-longwood-tickets-59777642538
Net Impact Boston's sustainability breakfast has a new location this month!
Every month Net Impact Boston hosts an informal breakfast meetup of sustainability professionals for networking, discussion, and moral support. It's important to remind ourselves that we are not the only ones out there in the business world trying to do good!
This month we'll be at a new location in Longwood. Feel free to drop by Clover Food Lab (Longwood) between 7:30 and 8:30 AM. We'll be chatting about sustainability in the health care industry!
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Program on Misinformation
Wednesday, April 17
11:30 AM- 1:00 PM
Harvard, Wexner 434AB, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
Deen Freelon, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Associate Professor, School of Media and Journalism
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Edible Insects: How to Move Toward Food Sustainability: Edible Insects Festival @ Tufts: Workshop 1
Wednesday, April 17
11:30AM – 1:30PM
Tufts, Tisch Library, Room 304, 35 Professors Row, Medford
As part of the Edible Insects Festival @ Tufts, Workshop #1 will include a number of speakers discussing a sustainable future of food systems with edible insects.
Event Contact scarlet.bliss@tufts.edu
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What Will It Take to End Homelessness in Boston and Beyond? Insights from Policy, Research, and Advocacy
Wednesday, April 17
12pm-1:30pm
BU, 75 Bay State Road, Boston
RSVP at http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07eg1x18e9a4be45bc&llr=sgxoeyrab
Lunch provided
Homelessness is one of the most pressing problems facing Boston and other cities throughout the United States. There is an emerging consensus that ending homelessness is possible, but progress towards this goal is complicated by larger problems of housing affordability and the broader policy context. This seminar will integrate the perspectives of researchers, policymakers and advocates to examine solutions to the problem and discuss challenges to ending homelessness as we know it.
Panelists include Tom Byrne, BU Assistant Professor of Social Work; Laila Bernstein, Deputy Director for the Supportive Housing Division & Advisor to the Mayor for the Initiatives to End Chronic Homelessness City of Boston; and Joe Finn, President & Executive Director, Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance
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Climate Cafe
Wednesday, April 17
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
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Lesley University, 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, University Hall, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-cafe-tickets-53791009357
Teachers, students and families, are invited to participate in a hands-on exploration of climate change. We will uncover the science behind climate change by examining where our food comes from. This is an opportunity to ask questions, share ideas and concerns, and learn more about what you can do in your daily life that can help impact the effects of global climate change. Teachers will receive training, resources, and a lesson plan they can use with their students (can count for PDP’s). Participants will learn about current research, and engage in scientific dialogue and argumentation. FREE
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Managing Transboundary Public Goods
Wednesday, April 17
4:15PM TO 5:30PM
Harvard, Littauer-382, HKS, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
Torben Mideksa, Uppsala University
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/30064
Contact Name: Casey Billings
casey_billings@hks.harvard.edu
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Resilience, Resistance, and the Law: Innovative Strategies for Stopping Distriminatory Land Grabs
Wednesday, April 17
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
Northeastern, Alumni Center at Columbus Place, 716 Columbus Avenue, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/valerie-gordon-human-rights-lecture-featuring-alfred-brownell-tickets-59159452515
Valerie Gordon Human Rights Lecture Featuring Alfred Brownell
The annual Valerie Gordon Human Rights Lecture celebrates the memory of the late Valerie Gordon ’93, a fierce advocate for human rights in the US and internationally. The lecture brings outstanding lawyers, judges, scholars and advocates who work to advance human rights to deliver a keynote address at the law school. In conjunction with the lecture, the law school’s chapter of the Black Law Students Association sponsors a human rights essay contest for first year law students. The author of the winning essay is given “The Spirit of Valerie Gordon” award, presented at the lecture each spring.
Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Northeastern University School of Law’s Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE)
Alfred Lahai Brownell
Distinguished Scholar, Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy,
Northeastern University School of Law Beau Biden Chair, Institute of International Education’s Scholar Rescue Fund
Alfred Brownell has dedicated his life to protecting human rights and the environment. As the founder and lead campaigner at Green Advocates, Liberia, he worked for 20 years as a researcher, legal counsel and advocate for impoverished communities.
Reception to follow program
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Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
6:00 PM (Doors at 5:30)
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.harvard.com/event/bill_mckibben2/
Cost: $6.00 - $29.75 (book included)
Harvard Book Store welcomes celebrated environmentalist and author BILL McKIBBEN—founder of 350.org, the first planet-wide, grassroots climate change movement—for a discussion of his latest book, Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
About Falter
Bill McKibben’s groundbreaking book The End of Nature—issued in dozens of languages and long regarded as a classic—was the first book to alert us to global warming. But the danger is broader than that: even as climate change shrinks the space where our civilization can exist, new technologies like artificial intelligence and robotics threaten to bleach away the variety of human experience.
Falter tells the story of these converging trends and of the ideological fervor that keeps us from bringing them under control. And then, drawing on McKibben’s experience in building 350.org, the first truly global citizens movement to combat climate change, it offers some possible ways out of the trap. We’re at a bleak moment in human history—and we’ll either confront that bleakness or watch the civilization our forebearers built slip away.
Falter is a powerful and sobering call to arms, to save not only our planet but also our humanity.
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The Great Climate Race: Climate impacts are accelerating. Are solutions keeping pace?
Wednesday, April 17
6pm - 8pm
Hampshire House, 84 Beacon Street, Boston
RSVP by April 9 to Monika von Hillebrandt at rsvp@edf.org or 202-572-3373
Dr Steven Hamburg, Chief Scientist, EDF
Dr Nat Keohane, Senior Vice President of Climate, EDF
In the past year, several scientific reports have been released sounding the alarm about our rapidly and dangerously warming planet. Scientists say we must act far more aggressively to mitigate climate change.
Please join EDF and your fellow supporters to learn and to ask questions on how the latest climate science is guiding EDF and others to develop larger, bolder, and moe aggressive solutions to the environmental challenge of our time.
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NOVA Wonders Exhibition
Wednesday, April 17
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
WGBH Educational Foundation, 1 Guest Street, Boston
RSVP at http://novawonders.eventbrite.com
From the mysteries of astrophysics to the secrets of the human biome, explore exhibits, presentations, and activities from local STEM organizations based on the NOVA Wonders miniseries.
NOVA Wonders, a 6-part miniseries produced by the popular science documentary series on PBS, takes viewers on a journey to the frontiers of science, where researchers are tackling some of the biggest questions about life and the cosmos.
The NOVA Wonders Exhibition will feature exhibits, presentations, and activities from scientists and STEM organizations in the Greater Boston area that will highlight the themes of each of the six episodes in the miniseries.
Exhibits include:
The science of Fecal Microbiota Transplants with OpenBiome
Exploring dark matter & dark energy with What the Physics!? 's Dr. Greg Kestin
The secrets of chimp communication with Dr. Zairn Machanda
Greenland Melting immersive VR experience
NOVA Labs, apps, and interactives
And more!
Appetizers and drinks will be provided.
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The Future of Machine Learning & AI
Wednesday, 17 April
6:30 – 8:30 pm EDT
GA Boston, 125 Summer Street 13th Floor, Boston
RSVP at https://generalassemb.ly/education/the-future-of-machine-learning-ai/boston/72718
Machine learning and artificial intelligence are constantly evolving every day. New data is being processed and patterns identified, making machine learning and artificial intelligence more advanced than ever before.
For this event, we’re bringing together experts in machine learning and AI to talk about how new and exciting technologies will continue to impact our lives. Come learn about what advancements are being made in machine learning, the trajectory that artificial intelligence is taking, and how all of this will impact the future of technology.
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Making Civility Great Again
Wednesday, April 17
7:00pm
Porter Square Books, 25 White Street, Cambridge
Making Civility Great Again directly addresses the problems and issues that are the sources of divisiveness and chaos in America today. Equally important, it describes numerous ways to communicate with greater civility with others, especially those whose views are much different from yours.
In doing so, Making Civility Great Again shows you how to be more diplomatic, assertive, and empathetic with people you know well and people with whom you interact casually. This book gives you numerous examples and suggestions for dealing successfully with challenging communication situations whether you and your communication partners are exchanging views on personal matters, workplace issues, or political views. It also provides valuable tips for becoming a better listener; avoiding communication roadblocks; and managing your anger appropriately for more civil and productive discussions with people you encounter on a daily basis.
Making Civility Great Again will improve your civility as you communicate with others and, in the process, your example will inspire people to become more civil in their everyday activities. And, most of all, this book will ensure you contribute to making civility great again in the United States!
Kim Kerrigan has spent most of his adult life as an educator and corporate trainer throughout the United States and Mexico. He is also the editor of a personal memoir, Mom in Her Own Words, and is a popular workshop presenter and guest speaker. Mr. Kerrigan cofounded Corporate Classrooms and resides in the Boston area.
Steven Wells has had a diversified career: engineering executive, information technology entrepreneur, and marketing professional. He currently serves as marketing and content development director for Corporate Classrooms of which he is a cofounder. Mr. Wells lives in the Boston area.
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Cambridge Forum: Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South
Wednesday, April 17
7:00 PM
First Parish Church, 1446 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
This event is free; no tickets are required.
Cambridge Forum welcomes historian STEPHANIE E. JONES-ROGERS for a discussion of her new book, They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South.The book explores how slave-owning white women were sophisticated economic actors who directly engaged in and benefited from the South’s slave market.
About They Were Her Property
Bridging women’s history, the history of the South, and African American history, this book makes a bold argument about the role of white women in American slavery. In They Were Her Property, historian Stephanie E. Jones-Roger shows that women typically inherited more slaves than land, and that enslaved people were often their primary source of wealth. Not only did white women often refuse to cede ownership of their slaves to their husbands, they employed management techniques that were as effective and brutal as those used by slave-owning men. White women actively participated in the slave market, profited from it, and used it for economic and social empowerment. By examining the economically entangled lives of enslaved people and slave-owning women, Jones-Rogers presents a narrative that forces us to rethink the economics and social conventions of slaveholding America.
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Thursday, April 18
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ROBOTICA Autonomous Vehicle Summit
Thursday, April 18
9:00 AM – 7:00 PM EDT
Draper, Draper Auditorium, One Hampshire Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/robotica-autonomous-vehicle-summit-tickets-55430041747
Cost: $45 – $145
The future of personal, public and commercial transportation is being built right here in New England.
On April 18th, join us for ROBOTICA Autonomous Vehicle Summit, brought to you by AUVSI New England. Along with our partners from Boston Consulting Group, Draper, WPI and the Consulate General of Canada, we will once again bring together industry experts for a comprehensive review of the current market status and next-gen initiatives. Our panelists and moderators will engage you with a vision for future use planning models and next steps for thoughtful and well rounded autonomous vehicle policy.
Attendees will hear from self-driving vehicle & component manufacturers, technology researchers, policymakers and regulators from city & state offices, and international thought leaders on public, commercial and personal transportation.
Join us at Draper on April 18th for a full day summit on autonomous vehicles and intelligent transportation.
Additional details will be announced soon. Watch our event page at http://auvsinewengland.org/events-3/robotica-series-events/av-summit-2018.html for more details.
General admission and group tickets are on sale now.
Presented with the support of our annual corporate sponsors.
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BUMC 2019 Earth Day Festival
Thursday, April 18
11:00 am to 2:00 pm
BU Medical School, Talbot Green, 715 Albany Street, Boston
Join us in celebrating Earth Day 2019 this Spring! The 9th Annual Earth Day Festival is a dynamic event that brings together local businesses, nonprofits, BU departments, student organizations, and more to share interactive and fun activities outdoors to celebrate sustainability together.
Contact Email sustainability@BU.edu
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Working with industry to achieve results – Is it possible?
Thursday, April 18
12:00-1:00pm
Tufts, Multi-purpose Room, Curtis Hall, 474 Boston Avenue, Medford
Eva Birk, U.S. DOT's Federal Highway Administration, Environmental Program Manager
Are most polluters trying to “beat” regulations, or is the bigger issue that one needs a PhD to understand even our most basic environmental laws? This presentation will describe how agencies can form unique partnerships with a stakeholder group that often has the most intimate knowledge of what works and doesn’t work on the ground – regulated parties. Eva Birk will share experience working on improved Clean Water Act permitting with national stakeholders in Washington, D.C., as well as simplified Endangered Species Act consultation for Atlantic Salmon in Maine. She will offer tips and tricks for how to stay sane, have fun and advance your career while navigating historically fraught relationships between polluters, nonprofits and regulators.
Eva Birk manages U.S. DOT's Federal Highway Aid environmental program in Maine. She provides support on a wide range of regulatory issues for large infrastructure projects, working with stakeholders such as State DOTs, Tribal Governments, NOAA, USFWS, Army Corps and EPA. Prior to her work in Maine, Eva served as an ORISE Science and Education Fellow in US EPA’s Office of Water, and later represented the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) in Washington, D.C. on several environmental streamlining initiatives related to private development. Eva has a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Studies from Tufts University, and a Master’s Degree in City and Regional Planning from Cornell University.
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The Un Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities: A Commentary
Thursday, April 18
12pm
Harvard, WCC Milstein West A/B, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Ilias Bantekas
Michael Ashley Stein
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Tensions and Trade-Offs in Law, Organization, and the Design of “Ethically-Aligned” Artificial Intelligence
Thursday, April 18
5pm
Harvard, Littauer 140, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Justice of the Supreme Court of CA
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JPat Brown, B.C.D. Lipton, and Michael Morisy: Scientists Under Surveillance
Thursday, April 18
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
MIT Press Bookstore, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
MIT Press Bookstore and Cambridge Science Festival welcome editors JPat Brown, B.C.D. Lipton, and Michael Morisy for a discussion of their book, Scientists Under Surveillance: The FBI Files.
When the Cold War was at its hottest, the FBI cast a suspicious eye on scientists working in a wide range of disciplines. Scientists Under Surveillance gathers FBI files on some of the most famous scientists in America–including Neil Armstrong, Albert Einstein, Vera Rubin, and Richard Feynman–and reproduces them in their original typewritten, teletyped, hand-annotated form.
JPat Brown is Executive Editor of MuckRock.
B. C. D. Lipton is Senior Reporter at MuckRock.
Michael Morisy is cofounder of MuckRock.
For more information about the Cambridge Science Festival, visit cambridgesciencefestival.org.
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Reluctant Radical w/ Ken Ward Q&A
Thursday, April 18
6 PM – 9 PM
The Democracy Center, 45 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/314566012591086/
XR Boston hosts a screening of the Reluctant Radical, followed by a Q&A with Ken Ward, the activist featured in the film!
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If a crime is committed in order to prevent a greater crime, is it forgivable? Is it, in fact, necessary?
THE RELUCTANT RADICAL follows activist Ken Ward as he confronts his fears and puts himself in the direct path of the fossil fuel industry to combat climate change. Ken breaks the law as a last resort, to fulfill what he sees as his personal obligation to future generations. After twenty years leading environmental organizations, Ken became increasingly alarmed by both the scientific evidence of climate change and the repercussions for civilization as we know it. Ken pushed for a crisis level response from inside environmental organizations. Those efforts failed, and he now embraces direct action civil disobedience as the most effective political tool to deal with catastrophic circumstances.
The film follows Ken for a year and a half through a series of direct actions, culminating with his participation in the coordinated action that shut down all the U.S. tar sands oil pipelines on October 11, 2016. The film reveals both the personal costs and also the fulfillment that comes from following one’s moral calling- even if that means breaking the law. Ken Ward has no regrets, and his certainty leaves the audience to consider if he is out of touch with reality, or if it is the rest of society that is delusional for not acting when faced with the unsettling evidence that we are collectively destroying our world.
Director Lindsey Grayzel, co-producer Deia Schlosberg and cinematographer Carl Davis were three of four independent filmmakers to be arrested and charged with crimes for filming the activists on October 11, 2016. Their charges have been dropped, and they have joined forces to tell Ken’s story through this film.
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MIT Water Innovation Final Pitch Night
Thursday, April 18
6pm - 9pm
MIT, Media Lab, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-water-innovation-prize-pitch-competition-tickets-57932255937
Join us for the Final Pitch Event of the MIT Water Innovation Prize on Thursday April 18th from 6:00pm at the MIT Media Lab 6th Floor (E14, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge). Come hear our finalist startup teams who are solving global water issues pitch for $35K in grant funding!
Keynote Speakers for the event will be:
Tom Ferguson - Vice President of Programming at Imagine H2O
Dr. You Wu - Co-founder & CTO at WatchTower Robotics
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Papers to Policies: How Scientific Evidence Influences Government Action
Thursday, April 18
6:30pm
Aeronaut, 14 Tyler Street, Somerville
More information at http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/science-by-the-pint/
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Boston: Launching the Green New Deal Tour
Thursday, April 18
6:30 PM
Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Road, Boston
RSVP at https://www.universe.com/events/road-to-a-green-new-deal-boston-tour-launch-tickets-boston-Y6L20K
Cost: $5 - $50
Join us at the Tour Launch of the Road to a Green New Deal! At this Tour Stop, we'll explore what the pain of the climate crisis looks like for Boston and the nation, and what the promise of the Green New Deal will look like, too.
We'll hear from political champions, including Senator Markey and Representative Pressley, and community and movement leaders, including Reverend Mariama White Hammond and the students who led the Boston Youth Climate Strike.
We'll set the roadmap to 2021 and beyond, discovering what the GND means for each of us-- and what action we'll take to make it happen.
If you have questions about the event, or require financial assistance, email gndtour.boston@gmail.com
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Boston’s Twentieth Century Bicycling Renaissance: Cultural Change on Two Wheels w/ Lorenz Finison
Thursday, April 18
7:00pm
Trident Books Cafe, 338 Newbury Street, Boston
Boston’s Twentieth Century Bicycling Renaissance: Cultural Change on Two Wheels includes the history of racing, touring, commuting, bikeways, rails-to trails, bike messengers, bike-a-thons, BMX, bike building, bike shops, an amusing section on the ill-fated Tour de Trump, and many more. Author Lorenz Finison considers these topics through the lenses of race, class, gender, and LGBT issues in cycling and beyond. This book intertwines the history of cycling with a cultural history of Boston.
This is the second book in a trilogy. The first book: Boston’s Cycling Craze: 1880-1900, A Story of Race, Sport, and Society, achieved the Boston Globe’s best of New England nonfiction list in 2014.
About the author:
Lorenz Finison is a social psychologist, public health practitioner, and historian. He arrived in Boston as a teenager in 1954 and feels privileged to write about a city he’s loved despite its warts and troubles, and its very real racial conflicts. He researches issues of race, class, and gender and how these factors influence such things as Who can ride with whom? Who is included and who is excluded? Where? How dressed? At what speed? How safely for cyclists and other road users? Finison is a founding member of Cycling Through History, and of the Bicycling History Collections at UMass-Boston.
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Friday, April 19
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Inaugural Energy Conference (BU Energy Club)
Friday, April 19
9:00am – 4:00pm
BU, Questrom School of Business, 595 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Organizer: sustainabilitybucalendar@gmail.com
sustainabilitybucalendar@gmail.com
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EarthFest
Friday, April 19
11AM – 2PM
Tufts, Academic Quad, Medford
Students for Environmental Awareness and EcoReps invite you to the 3rd annual Earth Fest, a FREE event on the Academic Quad to celebrate sustainability in the community in honor of Earth Day.
The event will include live music, a vegetarian cookout provided by the GreEco Reps, a clothing exchange hosted by the Eco Reps, and tables hosted by student groups and local organizations.
Link https://www.facebook.com/events/555210001632400/
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April 19th Climate Strike
Friday, April 19
11 AM – 2 PM
Boston State House, 27 Beacon Street, Boston
More information at https://www.facebook.com/events/1042235505987607/
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Mind Fixers: Psychiatry's Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness
Friday, April 19
3:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
This event is free; no tickets are required.
Harvard Book Store welcomes ANNE HARRINGTON, the Franklin L. Ford Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University, for a discussion of her latest book, Mind Fixers: Psychiatry's Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness.
About Mind Fixers
In Mind Fixers, Anne Harrington, author of The Cure Within, explores psychiatry’s repeatedly frustrated struggle to understand mental disorder in biomedical terms. She shows how the stalling of early twentieth century efforts in this direction allowed Freudians and social scientists to insist, with some justification, that they had better ways of analyzing and fixing minds.
But when the Freudians overreached, they drove psychiatry into a state of crisis that a new “biological revolution” was meant to alleviate. Harrington shows how little that biological revolution had to do with breakthroughs in science, and why the field has fallen into a state of crisis in our own time.
Mind Fixers makes clear that psychiatry’s waxing and waning biological enthusiasms have been shaped not just by developments in the clinic and lab, but also by a surprising range of social factors, including immigration, warfare, grassroots activism, and assumptions about race and gender. Government programs designed to empty the state mental hospitals, acrid rivalries between different factions in the field, industry profit mongering, consumerism, and an uncritical media have all contributed to the story as well.
In focusing particularly on the search for the biological roots of schizophrenia, depression, and bipolar disorder, Harrington underscores the high human stakes for the millions of people who have sought medical answers for their mental suffering. This is not just a story about doctors and scientists, but about countless ordinary people and their loved ones.
A clear-eyed, evenhanded, and yet passionate tour de force, Mind Fixers recounts the past and present struggle to make mental illness a biological problem in order to lay the groundwork for creating a better future, both for those who suffer and for those whose job it is to care for them.
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Boston Innovation In Consumer Products: The Grommet's Jules Pieri
Friday, April 19
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
WBUR CitySpace, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
RSVP at https://www.wbur.org/events/457614/boston-innovation-in-consumer-products-the-grommets-jules-pieri
Cost: $10.00
Since 2008, The Grommet, a product discovery platform based in Somerville, has launched 3,000 innovative products from Makers, inventors and entrepreneurs, including companies that have become household names like FitBit, IdeaPaint, Lovepop, OtterBox, SimpliSafe, SodaStream, S’well and many others from around the world. As technology makes it easier than ever for entrepreneurs to develop and launch consumer products, Greater Boston has dozens of product companies rising up from our academia, science and tech communities—and new ideas are always bubbling up.
Reporter Callum Borchers will speak with Jules Pieri, The Grommet’s Co-founder & CEO and author of the new book, “How We Make Stuff Now,” along with several Boston-area companies (KettlePizza, Smart Girls Jewelry and Quell) to share their stories and insights about launching consumer products. Where did the idea come from? How did they develop them into a product? How did they turn them into a business? Why is Boston a great place to develop consumer products?
Copies of “How We Make Stuff Now” will be available to purchase. A book signing with Pieri will follow the event.
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Heading for Extinction and What to Do About It
Friday, April 19
7 PM – 9 PM
Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston Street, Boston
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/409882493163258/
The planet is in ecological crisis: we are in the midst of the sixth mass extinction event this planet has experienced. Scientists believe we may have entered a period of abrupt climate breakdown. This is an emergency.
In this public talk, speakers from the Extinction Rebellion Boston will share the latest climate science on where our planet is heading, discuss some of the current psychology around climate change, and offer solutions through the study of social movements.
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Saturday April 20
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Herb Gardening for Everyone
Saturday April 20
10am to 12pm
Pemberton Market, 2225 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Growing requirements, successful plant combinations, harvesting techniques, post-harvest storage, etc. FREE. Pemby’s offers sessions every Saturday through June, on growing everything from veg to native plants (May 4) to cannabis. pembertonmarketplace.com/events/
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Earth Day on the Greenway
Saturday, April 20
11:00am – 1:00pm
Dewey Square, Summer Street & Pearl Street, Boston
Family activities on the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway include face painting, music, games, and food trucks. WalkBoston's Bob Sloane will guide walkers through some of Boston's best-kept secret lanes and recount some of the city's classic stories at 11 a.m.
http://www.rosekennedygreenway.org
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Monday, April 22 - Friday, April 26
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Harvard Heat Week
https://www.huej.org/schedule.html
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Monday, April 22
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We Can’t Wait - Social Network for Climate Action
Monday, April 22
9am - 1pm
RSVP at https://togetherwearethesolution.confetti.events
On Earth Day, 22 April, we welcome you to our ´No-Fly´ Climate Conference 2019 and the exciting launch of our Social Network for Climate Action. This event marks the launch of a movement for a safe future, and we are actively involving everyone working to remedy the climate crisis.
During our Earth Day event, climate advocates will pitch their social media campaigns for the climate and the environment. We will discuss the art of effectively communicating the climate crisis, the leading role of the climate youth movement, and the connection between individual lifestyle choices and major systemic change.
Our aim is to show how important it is that everyone – young people, old people, parents, businesses, institutions, elected officials – is needed. Together we are the solution and without collaboration, we will fail. You are therefore invited to our conference in Norrsken House, Stockholm on
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MassForward: A vision for 2030 Agenda
Monday, April 22
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM EDT
Museum Of Science, Museum Of Science Driveway, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/massforward-a-vision-for-2030-agenda-tickets-57204644632
This event will be a day of conversations on how the Commonwealth of Massachusetts can continue to lead on emerging technology and its implementation in the workplace. There will be six breakout sessions with industry specific leaders followed by a conversation on public and private sector cooperation featuring Governor Charlie Baker and Dell Technologies Chairman and CEO Michael Dell.
More details on speakers and attendees to come!
Registration opening
10:00 am: Start Time
10:30 - 10:50 am: Opening by Host Executive and Dell Executive
First Round of Sessions
11:00 – 12:00 pm: Session 1A -Healthcare
11:00 – 12:00 pm: Session 1B - Workforce Readiness
Luncheon
12:10 - 1:15 pm: Discussion on STEM Science, technology, engineering and math
Second Round of Sessions
1:30 – 2:45 pm: Session 2A - Education
1:15 – 2:45 pm: Session 2B – Sustainability
Break/Reception/Networking
2:45 - 3:15 pm: Networking Break- with Water, Coffee and Snacks
Third Round of Sessions
3:30 - 4:45 pm: Session 3A - Manufacturing
3:30 - 4:45 pm: Session 3B – Transportation
Future of Work
5:00 - 6:00 pm: Future of Work conversation with Michael Dell and Governor Baker
Reception
6:05 pm: Post Summit Reception
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Earth Day Pop-Up
Monday, April 22
11:00 am to 2:00 pm
BU, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Join us as we celebrate Earth Day at our 9th annual Earth Day Festival! Join the challenge and find us all over campus on Monday April 22nd to learn how you can get involved with sustainability and the climate action efforts on and off campus! Make sure to stop by the GSU plaza for our annual Chowderfest and vote for your favorite dining hall! Buy fresh produce and local goods at the Farmers & Sustainability Market.
Contact Name Gabriela Boscio Santos
Phone 857-225-2972
Contact Email gboscio@bu.edu
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Materializing Time: The Techno-Scientific Transformation of Olive Agriculture in Israel/Palestine
Monday, April 22
12:15PM
Harvard, CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Natalia Gutkowski, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, will discuss
Please RSVP via the online form by Wednesday at 5PM the week before.
STS Circle at Harvard
http://sts.hks.harvard.edu/events/sts_circle/
sts@hks.harvard.edu
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We Don't Have Time Climate Conference and launch of our social network for climate action!
Tuesday, April 22
3:00 PM - 06:00 PM
RSVP at https://togetherwearethesolution.confetti.events
Confirmed keynote speakers: Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Ph.D. Per E Stoknes, Ph.D. Katharine Hayhoe, Artist Klaus Thymann, Youth activist Jamie Margolin, Author Kate Raworth and Dr. Sweta Chakraborty More speakers to be announced shortly.
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1deation 2019
Tuesday, April 22
6-9PM
MIT, Building 32-123, Ray and Maria Stata Center, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ideation-2019-tickets-57404982849
Ideation is an annual event that connects teams with early stage startup ideas to other skilled entrepreneurial students and professionals.
About this Event
Ideation brings together MIT and Harvard, along with the broader Boston science community. Last year’s event gave teams the opportunity to pitch in front of and network with an audience of ~300 people to form new collaborations and find new teammates.
At this event, pitching teams and general audience members hear from established biotech entrepreneurs, successful early stage teams out of Harvard and MIT, and startup funding organizations. Our partners and sponsors in the past have included The Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship, The Engine, MIT 100k, and Harvard Innovation Lab.
Some entrepreneurs, like yourself will also have the opportunity to present an idea in a 2 minute pitch following the featured speakers. Teams will receive feedback from a variety of judges involved in various stages of startup development, as well as the chance to recruit new team members in a networking session following the main event.
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Truth in Our Times: Inside the Fight for Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts
Monday, April 22
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge,
This event is free; no tickets are required.
Harvard Book Store welcomes Deputy General Counsel at the New York Times DAVID E. McCRAW for a discussion of his new book, Truth in Our Times: Inside the Fight for Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts. He'll be joined in conversation by Boston Globe Magazine staff writer NEIL SWIDEY—author of Trapped Under the Sea: One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles Into the Darkness.
About Truth in Our Times
In October 2016, when Donald Trump's lawyer demanded that the New York Times retract an article focused on two women that accused Trump of touching them inappropriately, David McCraw's scathing letter of refusal went viral and he became a hero of press freedom everywhere. But as you'll see in Truth in Our Times, for the top newsroom lawyer at the paper of record, it was just another day at the office.
McCraw has worked at the Times since 2002, leading the paper's fight for freedom of information, defending it against libel suits, and providing legal counsel to the reporters breaking the biggest stories of the year. In short: if you've read a controversial story in the paper since the Bush administration, it went across his desk first. From Chelsea Manning's leaks to Trump's tax returns, McCraw is at the center of the paper's decisions about what news is fit to print.
In Truth in Our Times, McCraw recounts the hard legal decisions behind the most impactful stories of the last decade with candor and style. The book is simultaneously a rare peek behind the curtain of the celebrated organization, a love letter to freedom of the press, and a decisive rebuttal of Trump's fake news slur through a series of hard cases. It is an absolute must-have for any dedicated reader of the New York Times.
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Tuesday, April 23
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Special film screening and Q&A: Lobster War: The Fight Over the World’s Richest Fishing Grounds
Tuesday, April 23
6–8:30 pm
Harvard Museum of Natural History, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Film Screening (unrated, 74 min.)
Free and Open to the Public
Lobster War is an award-winning documentary film about a conflict between the United States and Canada over waters that both countries have claimed since the end of the Revolutionary War. The disputed 277 square miles of sea known as the Gray Zone were traditionally fished by U.S. lobstermen. But as the Gulf of Maine has warmed faster than nearly any other body of water on the planet, the area’s previously modest lobster population has surged. As a result, Canadians have begun to assert their sovereignty, warring with the Americans to claim the bounty. Directed by David Abel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter at The Boston Globe, and Andy Laub, an award-winning documentarian. Abel and Laub are also producers of the acclaimed Discovery Channel documentary Sacred Cod. See more about the film at www.lobsterwar.com.
David Abel is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who covers fisheries and environmental issues for The Boston Globe. Abel’s work has also won an Edward R. Murrow Award, the Ernie Pyle Award from the Scripps Howard Foundation, and the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Feature Reporting. He co-directed and produced Sacred Cod, a film about the collapse of the iconic cod fishery in New England, which was broadcast by the Discovery Channel in spring 2017. He also directed and produced two films about the Boston Marathon bombings, which were broadcast to national and international audiences on BBC World News, Discovery Life, and Pivot. His last film, Gladesmen: The Last of the Sawgrass Cowboys, is now being screened at film festivals around the country. Abel is the film’s director, producer, and co-director of photography. See more about Abel at http://www.davidsabel.com
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Stepping Up: Business In The Era Of Climate Change Part 3 (Climate Politics And Business)
Tuesday, April 23
6:30 pm
WBUR CitySpace, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
RSVP at https://www.wbur.org/events/446262/stepping-up-climate-politics-and-business-part-3
Cost: $15.00
A five-part WBUR series in collaboration with Harvard Business School and Boston University Questrom School of Business
Business is the main source of the greenhouse gases that are causing the Earth’s climate to change. Business is also the main source of new products, services and business models that may save us from wholesale climate calamity. This 5-part series, featuring leading thinkers from business, environmental advocacy groups and area universities, will explore what businesses are doing, can do and should do to confront climate change.
Part 3: Climate Politics and Business
In the United States, business has controlled the policy agenda for addressing climate change at the federal level, and the result has been obfuscation and delay. Today more and more business leaders are voicing support of some form of carbon tax or other mechanism to put a price on carbon. What is driving industry action and where will it lead? What is the role for business leaders in climate policy?
Panelists:
William Eacho, Partnership for Responsible Growth
Mindy Lubber, CEO, Ceres
Auden Schendler, Vice President of Sustainability at Aspen Skiing Company
Moderator, WBUR Environmental Reporter Bruce Gellerman
Click the links below to purchase tickets to other events in this series.
Part 1: Open for Business?, March 5
Part 2: Food, Diet, and Climate, April 2
Part 4: The Road Map of the Future: Transportation, May 7
Part 5: Energy Transitions, June 4
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Downriver: Into the Future of Water in the West
Tuesday April 23
7:00 pm
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline
Fights over the Green River’s water–and future–are longstanding, intractable, and only getting worse as the West gets hotter and drier with each passing year. As a former raft guide and an environmental reporter, Heather Hansman knew these fights were happening, but she felt driven to see them from a different perspective—from the river itself. So she set out on a journey, in a one-person inflatable pack raft, to paddle the river from source to confluence and see what the experience might teach her.
Heather Hansman is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in Outside, California Sunday, Smithsonian, and many others. After a decade of raft guiding across the United States, she lives in Seattle.
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Seeing Trees: A History of Street Trees in New York City and Berlin
Tuesday, April 23
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Harvard Coop, 1400 Mass Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meet-faculty-author-sonja-dumpelmann-tickets-58384721273
A fascinating and beautifully illustrated volume that explains what street trees tell us about humanity’s changing relationship with nature and the city
Today, cities around the globe are planting street trees to mitigate the effects of climate change. However, as landscape historian Sonja Dümpelmann explains, the planting of street trees in cities to serve specific functions is not a new phenomenon. In her eye-opening work, Dümpelmann shows how New York City and Berlin began systematically planting trees to improve the urban climate during the nineteenth century, presenting the history of the practice within its larger social, cultural, and political contexts.
About the Author:
Sonja Dümpelmann is associate professor of landscape architecture at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and author or editor/co-editor of several books, including the 2015 John Brinkerhoff Jackson Book Prize–winner Flights of Imagination: Aviation, Landscape, Design.
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Transcending the Group Selection Controversy in Evolution
Tuesday, April 23,
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
MIT, Building 26-100, 60 Vassar Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/transcending-the-group-selection-controversy-in-evolution-tickets-57732578697
Cost: $5 – $20
Group selection, or more generally Multilevel selection, is one of the most long standing controversies in evolutionary thought. For some it is an essential extension of Darwin's theory, required to explain how adaptations can evolve--or fail to evolve--at any level of a multi-tier hierarchy of units, such as from genes to ecosystems in biological systems or small groups to global governance in human social systems. For others, it is a theory that was rejected over half a century ago and need not be revived. Reaching closure on the group selection controversy would be a milestone for experts and the general public alike.
That is the goal of this forum featuring Bret Weinstein and David Sloan Wilson, organized by the New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) and hosted by MIT Lecture Series Committee (LSC).
$20 for general public, $5 for MIT Students with valid Student ID
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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. 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://somervilleyogurtmakingcoop.wordpress.com
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Free solar electricity analysis for MA residents
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHhwM202dDYxdUZJVGFscnY1VGZ3aXc6MQ
Solar map of Cambridge, MA
http://www.mapdwell.com/en/cambridge
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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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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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Boston Maker Spaces - 41 (up from 27 in 2016) and counting: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zGHnt9r2pQx8.kfw9evrHsKjA&hl=en
Solidarity Network Economy: https://ussolidarityeconomy.wordpress.com
Bostonsmart.com's Guide to Boston: http://www.bostonsmarts.com/BostonGuide/
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Links to events at over 50 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://calendar.mit.edu
Harvard Events: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/harvard-events/events-calendar/
Harvard Environment: http://environment.harvard.edu/events/calendar/
Sustainability at Harvard: http://green.harvard.edu/events
Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/
Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/
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
If you have an event you would like to see here, the submission deadline is 11 AM on Sundays, as Energy (and Other) Events is sent out Sunday afternoons.
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