Research & Teaching

Philippe Aghion

Robert C. Waggoner Professor of Economics
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Sunil Amrith

Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies; Professor of History
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Stephen Ansolabehere

Professor of Government
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Ofer Bar-Yosef

George Grant Maccurdy and Janet G.B. Maccurdy Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology [Emeritus]
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Max H. Bazerman

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard Business School
Harvard Kennedy School

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Theodore Bestor

Reischauer Professor of Social Anthropology; Director, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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David Bloom

Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics and Demography
Harvard School of Public Health

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Peter K. Bol

Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Vice Provost for Advances in Learning
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Janet Browne

Aramont Professor of the History of Science [On Leave]
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Steven Caton

Khalid Bin Abdullah Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud Professor of Contemporary Arab Studies
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Joyce Chaplin

James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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William C. Clark

Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development
Harvard Kennedy School

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Richard N. Cooper

Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Melissa Dell

Assistant Professor of Economics
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Ann-Christine (Tina) Duhaime

Nicholas T. Zervas Professor of Neurosurgery; Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital 
Harvard Medical School

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Rowan Flad

John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology; Director of Undergraduate Studies; Head Tutor, Archaeology; Chair, Standing Committee on Archaeology
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Arunabh Ghosh

Assistant Professor of History
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Edward Glaeser

Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics
Harvard Kennedy School

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Tina Grotzer

Associate Professor of Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education

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James K. Hammitt

Professor of Economics and Decision Sciences; Director, Harvard Center for Risk Analysis
Harvard School of Public Health

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Rema Hanna

Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South-East Asia Studies
Harvard Kennedy School

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Michael J. Hiscox

Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs [Leave of Absence]
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Michael Hooper

Associate Professor of Urban Planning
Harvard Graduate School of Design

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B. Kelsey Jack

Assistant Professor of Economics

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Sheila Jasanoff

Pforzheimer Professor of Science & Technology Studies
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard Kennedy School

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Alison Frank Johnson

Professor of History; Director of Graduate Studies
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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David S. Jones

A. Bernard Ackerman Professor of the Culture of Medicine
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard Medical School

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Dale Jorgenson

Samuel W. Morris University Professor of Economics
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard Kennedy School

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Joseph Kalt

Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy [Emeritus]; Co-director, Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development 
Harvard Kennedy School

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Michael Kremer

Gates Professor of Developing Societies
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard Kennedy School

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Henry Lee

Senior Lecturer in Public Policy; Jassim M. Jaidah Family Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Program
Harvard Kennedy School

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Ian J. Miller

Professor of History
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Sendhil Mullainathan

Robert C. Waggoner Professor of Economics
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Nathan Nunn

​​​​Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics

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Naomi Oreskes

Professor, History of Science; Affiliated Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Ariel Pakes

Thomas Professor of Economics
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Rohini Pande

Mohammed Kamal Professor of Public Policy; Co-Director for Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD); Area Chair for International Development
Harvard Kennedy School

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Emma Rothschild

Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History; Director, Center for History and Economics
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Robert N. Stavins

A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy & Economic Development; Director of Graduate Studies, Doctoral Program in Public Policy and in Political Economy and Government; Director, Harvard Environmental Economics Program; Director, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard Kennedy School

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James Stock

Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard Kennedy School

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Ajantha Subramanian

Professor, Social Anthropology Program [Leave of Absence]
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Lawrence H. Summers

Charles W. Eliot University Professor
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard Kennedy School

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Dustin Tingley

Professor of Government; Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Government
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Christian Tryon

Assistant Professor of Anthropology [On Leave]

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Noreen Tuross

Landon T. Clay Professor of Scientific Archaeology
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Jason Ur

Professor of Anthropology [On Leave]
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Martin Weitzman

Professor of Economics
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard Kennedy School

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Richard Wrangham

Ruth B. Moore Prof. of Biological Anthropology
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Richard Zeckhauser

Frank Plumpton Ramsey Professor of Political Economy
Harvard Kennedy School

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At Extension School, a Sustainable Program Grows

Large cohort of students learning how to make a difference
April 20, 2018

Five-Minute Warnings

Video project by HUCE channels wide range of climate change knowledge at Harvard
April 24, 2017

Bringing Values, Not Just Facts, to Climate Fight

HUCE faculty associate Naomi Oreskes makes case for science to speak up
March 30, 2017

More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business

MBA students offer ideas on how companies can negate impacts from a changing environment
March 15, 2017

First 100 Days: Narratives of Normalization and Disruption

The Program on Science, Technology, and Society (STS) launches a new blog aimed at bringing scholarship into closer conversation with practice, and creating allowances for imagining different futures by critically reflecting on our present moment
February 3, 2017

Global Concerns on Climate Change

Harvard experts gather at event co-hosted by President Faust, HUCE, and the Harvard Global Institute to discuss urgency, complexity of growing problem
November 17, 2016

A Forgotten Field?

How Science, Technology, and Society is striving for a place in the academic fabric of Harvard
November 23, 2015

Professor Proposes Economic Solution to Climate Change

William D. Nordhaus, an economics professor at Yale, delivered a Science and Democracy lecture on a club model to combat climate change
November 5, 2015

Former HUCE Fellow Christopher Jones Awarded Edelstein Prize

Best book prize awarded from Society for the History of Technology
October 15, 2015

Students Bring Fresh Perspective to Environmental Issues

HUCE funding supports undergrads from across disciplines
October 5, 2015

Professor Stephen Ansolabehere Wins Donald K. Price Book Award

Award recognizes the best book on science, technology, and environmental politics published in the last year
August 20, 2015

Is College Divestment from the Fossil Fuel Industry Worthwhile?

A New York Times debate featuring Professor Naomi Oreskes and Robert Stavins
August 10, 2015

Climate Change: A Risk Assessment

New report, commissioned by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office and co-authored by HUCE, provides stark assessment of wide-ranging dangers posed by unchecked global warming
July 17, 2015

A Blessing to Slow Climate Change

Papal encyclical will focus governmental, scientific, moral attention on issue, Harvard analysts say
June 22, 2015

Naomi Oreskes, a Lightning Rod in a Changing Climate

HUCE faculty associate has been praised by climatologists for communicating climate science to the public
June 17, 2015

Green Momentum

Harvard is working to carry the principles behind Earth Day into daily life at the University, in classrooms, labs, and operations.
April 22, 2015

Measured Impact

Updated Harvard Sustainability Report chronicles path to healthier, more sustainable campus
April 15, 2015

Surveying the Public on Climate Change

At a recent HUCE event, Jon Krosnick, Stanford University professor, presented his global warming survey research
February 17, 2015

New Energy and Environment Secondary Attracts Students from Diverse Fields

New program has drawn 20 students from concentrations across Harvard
February 9, 2015

Playing Dumb on Climate Change

Naomi Oreskes comments on how we underestimate the risks of climate change
January 3, 2015

Spiritual and Sustainable

Divinity School conference focuses on climate-change efforts as moral choices
November 14, 2014

Panel Takes on Threats to Humanity

Science and Democracy lecture featuring Martin Rees discussed the sources of possible catastrophes, ranging from climate change to artificial intelligence
November 13, 2014

Harvard Rolls Out Plan for the Future

Roadmap for building healthier, more sustainable campus community
October 23, 2014

How Universities Can Tackle Climate Change

A Op-Ed by Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust and Stanford University President John L. Hennessy
September 24, 2014

Charting China's Course

Harvard faculty probe the nexus between environment, energy, and economic growth
June 9, 2014

Taking Stock of Sustainability Efforts

Universities should reassess goals, specialist says
June 9, 2014

Universities Must End Financial Ties to Climate Denying Fossil-Fuel Giants – Now

Faculty associate Naomi Oreskes comments on divestment
April 17, 2014

Fund to Tackle Climate Change

President Drew Faust issues challenge to help find environmental solutions
April 9, 2014

Advising on Climate Change

When government ponders helpful policies, Harvard faculty members are front and center
April 9, 2014

Harvard Takes Steps to Promote Environment

President Drew Faust unveiled several new initiatives to strengthen the university’s commitment to environmental sustainability and renewable energy
April 9, 2014

People Don’t Fear Climate Change Enough

An Op-Ed by Cass R. Sunstein, HUCE faculty associate and former administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
August 29, 2013

Could Climate Campaigners’ Focus on Current Events be Counterproductive?

HUCE Director Daniel Schrag featured in New York Times Dot Earth blog
August 21, 2013

Targeting Climate Change

EPA chief Gina McCarthy says issue is economic as well as environmental
July 31, 2013

Introducing the 2013-15 Environmental Fellows

HUCE welcomes new cohort of postdoctoral researchers, bids farewell to outgoing Fellows
June 17, 2013

Reflections on Rio

Sachi Oshima '13 recalls her experience at last summer's Rio+20 Earth Summit in Brazil
June 17, 2013

Social Movements and Climate Change

Activists and scholars debate the role of social movements in confronting climate issues
June 17, 2013

Earth Feels Impact of Middle Class

Future of Energy speaker Sir David King says problem isn’t just population, it’s lifestyle
April 22, 2013

Sheila Jasanoff

December 14, 2012

HUCE Welcomes New Environmental Fellows

September 11, 2012

Science, Technology, and Public Policy

July 24, 2012

Environmental Law

July 23, 2012

Profile: Richard Hornbeck

November 18, 2011

William Clark, Sustainability, and Why People Aren’t Like Microbes

October 26, 2011

Probing the Future of Energy, Across the Disciplines

A profile on the Graduate Consortium on Energy & Environment
May 13, 2011

Sustainability Science: Linking Research-Based Knowledge with Action

March 2, 2011

Harvard Professor Spearheads Global Sustainability Course

February 28, 2011

HUCE Scholarships Support Summer Research

February 28, 2011

HUCE Welcomes Incoming Environmental Fellows

September 17, 2010

Harvard Environmental Economics Program Awards Student Prizes for 2009-10

May 28, 2010

Spring/Summer 2009 Newsletter

June 15, 2009

Ziff Environmental Fellow Wins Prestigious Thesis Prize

December 1, 2008

HUCE Associates Named Top Young Innovators Under 35

September 1, 2008

Center Seed Grants Spur Innovative Environmental Research

April 1, 2008

*SES 5370: Environment, Economics, and Enterprise

How can one optimize the benefits of environmental or social sustainability while generating a higher return on investment in buildings? Where are the opportunities for real estate initiatives that are highly functional, healthy, aesthetically pleasing and financially rewarding?

GHHP 70: Global Response to Disasters and Refugee Crisis

Climate change, urbanization, and conflict mean that global disasters are on the rise.  How should the world respond when disasters force people from their homes?  How can we better help the world’s refugees?  This course examines the past, present, and future of the international humanitarian re

[History 1914. The History of Environmental Activism]

Why do some human beings step forward to defend the non-human?

HBS 6087: Immersive Field Course: Africa; Building Cities

This course will be of interest to students who would like to investigate business solutions to three of the major problems of our time: rapid and massive urbanization; increasing scarcity of clean water, clean air, clean power, and effective transport; and the apparent inability of federal gover

HBS 1524: Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems

Growing income inequality, poor or declining educational systems, unequal access to affordable health care and the fear of continuing economic distress are putting stress on political systems worldwide and challenging the credibility of business.

HBS 1487: Building Sustainable Cities and Infrastructure

The world faces challenges stemming from rapid urbanization, increasing pressure on the environment and on basic resources, and the growing difficulty governments face in managing the confluence of these trends.

*History of Science 285. Science, Power, and Politics

This seminar introduces students to the major contributions of the field of science and technology studies (STS) to the understanding of politics and policymaking in democratic societies.

Environmental Science and Public Policy 77. Technology, Environment, and Society

Our interactions with the natural world are increasingly mediated through changes in technology. Technologies create risks, generate solutions, reshape the environment, and alter our perception of the boundaries between nature and artifice.

*LAW-2326: Making Rights Real: The Ghana Project

The Making Rights Real clinic will build on a partnership between Professor White, Harvard law students, and a network of Ghanaian Human Rights / Development organizations which began in 2002.

*EDU T543. Applying Cognitive Science to Learning and Teaching

This course explores specific principles from cognitive science that have important implications for instructional approach and curriculum design.

Government 94YM. The Politics of Climate Change

This course examines the political challenges posed by global warming from both an empirical and a normative perspective.

ENVR E-153: Social Responsibility in Product Supply Chains

Environmental Science and Public Policy 11. Sustainable Development

Explores contemporary understandings and practical implications of the idea of sustainable development.

*IGA 513: Science, Power, and Politics

This seminar introduces students to the major contributions of the field of science and technology studies (STS) to the analysis of politics and policymaking in democratic societies.

HIS 4105: Studies of the Built North American Environment: 1580 to the Present

North America as an evolving visual environment is analyzed as a systems concatenation involving such constituent elements as farms, small towns, shopping malls, highways, suburbs, and as depicted in fiction, poetry, cartography, television, cinema, and advertising and cybernetic simulation.

[Engineering Sciences 103. Spatial Analysis of Environmental and Social Systems]

Introduces the fundamental statistical and mapping tools needed for analysis of environmental systems.

*Economics 3680hf. Research in Environmental Economics

Participants discuss recent research in environmental and natural resource economics and present their own work in progress. Students must complete both parts of this course (parts A&B) within the same academic year in order to receive credit.

Economics 1661. Fundamentals of Environmental Economics and Policy

Provides a survey, from the perspective of economics, of environmental and natural resource policy. Combines lectures on conceptual and methodological topics with examinations of public policy issues. 


[Science of Living Systems 12. Understanding Darwinism]

An interdisciplinary exploration of Darwin’s ideas and their impact on science and society. The course links the history of Darwin’s ideas with the key features of modern evolutionary biology.

ENVR E-151: Life Cycle and Supply Chain Sustainability Assessment

The field of industrial ecology includes advanced tools and methods to assist practitioners seeking to redesign and realign industrial systems and activities to be more ecologically and socially sound.

GHP 272: Foundations of Global Health and Population

This course is required for all incoming master of science students in GHP. It is intended as a broad survey of the main facts, issues, perspectives, methods, results, and conclusions in the areas of global population and health.

API 905Y: Seminar on Environmental Economics and Policy

This is an advanced research seminar on selected topics in environmental and resource economics. Emphasizes theoretical models, quantitative empirical analysis, and public policy applications. Includes presentations by invited outside speakers.

API 135: Fundamentals of Environmental Economics and Policy

Provides a survey, from the perspective of economics, of public policy issues associated with environmental protection and natural resources management.

[*History 79e. Commodities in International History]

Introduces students to international history through the study of commodities ranging from oil, coal, and cotton to potatoes, rum, coffee, and sugar.

*Government 94dn. Mapping Social and Environmental Space

This seminar will use mapping as a methodological technique to examine social and environmental issues. Students will be expected to use mapping software to examine spatial data for a location and topic of their choice for their final paper.

[Environmental Science and Public Policy 78. Environmental Politics]

An introduction to the history, organization, goals, and ideals of environmental protection in America.

*Economics 2690hf. Environmental Economics and Policy Seminar

Selected topics in environmental and resource economics. Emphasizes theoretical models, quantitative empirical analysis, and public policy applications. Includes invited outside speakers.​

April 2, 2018
109 Gund Hall, GSD, 42-48 Quincy St., Cambridge

Restoring Mill Creek: Landscape Literacy, Environmental Justice, and Urban Design

Anne Whiston Spirn, Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning at MIT, will speak as part of the Critical Conservation Colloquia 2018 that accompanies the course Power & Place: Culture & Conflict in the Built Environment.
Monday, April 2, 2018 -
12:30pm to 1:30pm
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April 6, 2018
Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering (CILSE), 1st floor, 610 Commonwealth Ave., Boston

A Complex Dilemma: The Intersections of Poverty, Gender, Ethnicity, and Race in Climate Vulnerability and Adaptation

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University is pleased to announce its annual Distinguished Lecture, "A Complex Dilemma: The Intersections of Poverty, Gender, Ethnicity, and Race in Climate Vulnerability and Adaptation" featuring Diana Liverman, Regents Professor of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona. Reception to follow.
Friday, April 6, 2018 -
3:00pm to 4:30pm
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March 20, 2018
Science Center Lecture Hall D, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

Science & Democracy: Michael Ignatieff

The Program on Science, Technology & Society at HKS presents "Open Society's New Enemies and the Assault on Truth" with Michael Ignatieff, President, Central European University, Budapest. Followed by a panel discussion featuring Rakesh Khurana, Danoff Dean of Harvard College; Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Harvard Business School; James T. Kloppenberg, Charles Warren Professor of American History, Harvard University; and Julie A. Reuben, Charles Warren Professor of the History of American Education.
Tuesday, March 20, 2018 -
5:00pm to 7:00pm
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February 20, 2018
HGHI, 42 Church St., Cambridge

Global Health Student Research Seminar

Join the Harvard Global Health Institute for a ‘work-in-progress’ research seminar featuring two talented students from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Kalé Kponee, HSPH, will present "Indoor Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds and Associated Health Risks in the Niger Delta of Nigeria," and Patrick Kearns, HSPH, will present "How Epidemiology Can Solve Multiple Sclerosis - and Why Solving Autoimmunity Should be a Priority in Global Health." Open to all Harvard University students from all disciplines and of all levels graduate and undergraduate study.
Tuesday, February 20, 2018 -
6:00pm to 7:30pm
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March 19, 2018
CGIS South S250, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

"DNA and Divination: On Yearning For Genetic Deliverance" with Patricia Williams, Columbia Law School.
Monday, March 19, 2018 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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March 28, 2018
Nye B-C, Taubman Bldg, 5th floor, HKS, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

HKS Environmental Economics and Policy Seminar

Cass Sunstein, Harvard Kennedy School; Sebastian Bobadilla-Suarez, Stephanie Lazzaro; and Tali Sharot, University College London, will discuss "How People Update Beliefs about Climate Change: Good News and Bad News." Jointly presented with HLS Behavioral Economics, Law, and Public Policy Seminar.
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 -
4:15pm to 5:30pm
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March 5, 2018
100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

"Governing the Future: Cancer Viruses and the Growth of American Biomedicine" with Robin Scheffler (MIT, HASTS).
Monday, March 5, 2018 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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February 26, 2018
Pierce 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

"Vaccine Criticism in France: Scientific Credibility and the Fragmentation of Social Movements" with Jeremy Ward (Université Paris-Sorbonne, Sociology).
Monday, February 26, 2018 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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February 12, 2018
CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

"The Stylized Facts of Inequality" with Daniel Hirschman (Brown, Sociology).
Monday, February 12, 2018 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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February 5, 2018
100F Pierce, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

"The Machine and the Market: US Economic Governance in the Age of the Computer: 1960-1975" with Devin Kennedy (Harvard, History of Science).
Monday, February 5, 2018 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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January 29, 2018
Pierce 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

"Democracy by the Numbers: The Twentieth-Century Fight over US Congressional Reapportionment" with Alma Steingart (Harvard, Society of Fellows).
Monday, January 29, 2018 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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October 25, 2017
FXB G-13, 651 Huntington Ave., HSPH, Boston

Sustainability for Health Leadership Series: Ory Zik

Hosted by the Center for Health and the Global Environment, this speaker series will introduce attendees to pressing issues and opportunities faced by cutting-edge business leaders that navigate the intersection of industry, government, public health, and sustainability. In this talk, Ory Zik, Co-founder & Executive Director, Greenometry will discuss "Why You Don’t Know Your Carbon Footprint?"
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 -
1:00pm to 1:50pm
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September 27, 2017
S250, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

VASI: Amazonian Vision for an Integrated Sustainability: Building Long-Term Opportunities for Collaborative, Community-Based Research

The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) invites you for a discussion with Edgardo Gomez Pisco, VASI's Local Facilitator, and Nancy M. Dammann, VASI's International Facilitator. Moderated by Ned Strong, Executive Director, DRCLAS.
Wednesday, September 27, 2017 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
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October 12, 2017
Sanders Theater, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge

Foodbetter Harvard 2017

Foodbetter Harvard invites you to ask questions about the food system and how to improve it: how to grow better, eat better, shop better, conserve better . . . how to Foodbetter. Join a Lightning Round of 5-7 minute Foodbetter Ideas shared by a cross-section of the community, as well as a discussion about how industry leaders are reinventing the food system and their communities from their Boston-area restaurants.
Thursday, October 12, 2017 -
3:30pm to 6:00pm
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September 30, 2017
Yenching Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave, Cambridge

Medical Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Environment Conference

The Harvard community is invited to attend the conference “Medical Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Environment” (29-30 September 2017). Scholars will be considering ways the medical humanities can respond to the challenges of environmental change and uncertainty in order to engage more fully the ecology of health, disease, and nature. 
Saturday, September 30, 2017 -
9:00am to 2:30pm
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September 29, 2017
Belfer Case Study Room, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

Medical Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Environment Conference

The Harvard community is invited to attend the conference “Medical Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Environment” (29-30 September 2017). Scholars will be considering ways the medical humanities can respond to the challenges of environmental change and uncertainty in order to engage more fully the ecology of health, disease, and nature.
Friday, September 29, 2017 -
12:00pm to 5:00pm
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November 27, 2017
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

"Grapes from Zion: Biblical Prophesy and Quality Wine in the West Bank" with Ian McGonigle (Harvard, Anthropology).
Monday, November 27, 2017 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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November 13, 2017
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

"Splitting Up Diagnoses: A Sociological Study of Cancer Classification" with Moran Levy (Columbia, Sociology).
Monday, November 13, 2017 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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October 23, 2017
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

"Remapping Knowledge Exchange: Scientific Agriculture in Sonora, Mexico and Punjab, India" with Gabriela Soto Laveaga (Harvard, History of Science).
Monday, October 23, 2017 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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October 16, 2017
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

"Making American Biomedicine: Science, Health, and the 'Paradox of NIH'" with Buhm Soon Park (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology).
Monday, October 16, 2017 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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October 2, 2017
100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

"Social Intelligence, Not Artificial Intelligence" with Alex Pentland (MIT Media Lab).
Monday, October 2, 2017 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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September 11, 2017
100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Egle Rindzeviciute, Sociology, Kingston University, will present "Nuclear Cultural Heritage in Russia: Politics, Community, Materiality."
Monday, September 11, 2017 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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June 10, 2017
Maxwell Dworkin Bldg, 33 Oxford St., Cambridge

DayCon 2017: Planet Earth

Harvard's Science in the News invites you to a free, day-long science conference consisting of talks and interactive demonstrations given by graduate student scientists. This year’s topics include: Climate change, public health, GMOs, heat waves, agriculture, ocean heat content, honeybees, and more!
Saturday, June 10, 2017 -
10:00am to 4:30pm
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May 3, 2017
Tsai Auditorium S010, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

The Environment Forum at the Mahindra Center

Tiya Miles, University of Michigan, will present “'I've Known Rivers': Slave Resistance and Environmental Consciousness."
Wednesday, May 3, 2017 - 6:00pm
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May 3, 2017
Sackler Auditorium, 485 Broadway, Cambridge

Native American Women: Finding the Voice to Safeguard Mother Earth

Winona LaDuke, award-winning activist and six-time author situated at the intersection of Indigenous rights and environmental justice, will speak on Climate Change, Indigenous Resistance, and Forging a New Democracy: Thoughts for the Present Moment in the 2017 Massey Lectures in American Studies.
Wednesday, May 3, 2017 - 4:30pm
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May 2, 2017
Sackler Auditorium, 485 Broadway, Cambridge

The Next Energy Economy: Grassroots Strategies to Mitigate Global Climate Change and How We Move Ahead

Winona LaDuke, award-winning activist and six-time author situated at the intersection of Indigenous rights and environmental justice, will speak on Climate Change, Indigenous Resistance, and Forging a New Democracy: Thoughts for the Present Moment in the 2017 Massey Lectures in American Studies.
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - 5:30pm
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May 1, 2017
Sackler Auditorium, 485 Broadway, Cambridge

Creating a Multi-Cultural Democracy: Religion, Culture & Identity in America

Winona LaDuke, award-winning activist and six-time author situated at the intersection of Indigenous rights and environmental justice, will speak on Climate Change, Indigenous Resistance, and Forging a New Democracy: Thoughts for the Present Moment in the 2017 Massey Lectures in American Studies.
Monday, May 1, 2017 - 5:30pm
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April 24, 2017
Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Bldg, HKS, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Climate Week: "Valuing Climate Damages: Updating Estimation of the Social Cost of Carbon Dioxide" with Richard Newell

Richard Newell, President and CEO, Resources for the Future
Monday, April 24, 2017 - 12:00pm
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February 10, 2017
Room 1550, William James Hall, 33 Kirkland St., Cambridge

Friday Morning Seminar in Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health

Christopher Dole, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Amherst College, will present "Optimism in the Anthropocene: Loss and Endurance in Post-Disaster Turkey."
Friday, February 10, 2017 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
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February 24, 2017
Tsai Auditorium (S010), CGIS South Bldg, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

Global Food+ 2017

The Weatherhead Center for International Studies hosts an afternoon of “speed talk” presentations by two dozen top scholars in the Boston area highlighting current research findings at the important nexus between food, agriculture, health, society, and the environment.
Friday, February 24, 2017 -
12:30pm to 4:30pm
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March 20, 2017
K262, Bowie-Vernon Room, CGIS, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

"The Social Rate of Discount and the Political Economy of the Future in the 1960s" with William Deringer (MIT, HASTS).
Monday, March 20, 2017 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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November 30, 2016
Williams Room, Spangler Bldg, HBS, Soldiers Field, Boston

The Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations and Human Behavior Teach us About the Future of Urban Life

Renowned real estate developer Jonathan Rose will lead an informal conversation about his new book at the Harvard Business School.
Wednesday, November 30, 2016 -
6:30pm to 8:30pm
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November 17, 2016
HUCE Seminar Room 440, 26 Oxford St., 4th Floor, Cambridge

HUCE Special Seminar: Stephan Lewandowsky

HUCE welcomes Stephan Lewandowsky, Professor of Cognitive Psychology, School of Experimental Psychology and Cabot Institute, University of Bristol, who will discuss "Constraints on the Social Discount Rate Derived from Ethical Ambiguities and Uncertainty about Future Climate Change.”
Thursday, November 17, 2016 -
12:00pm to 1:00pm
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November 14, 2016
Starr Auditorium, HKS, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Toxic Beauty: Environmental Justice and Workers' Rights

The Belfer Center's Environment and Natural Resource Project invites you for a conversation about promoting environmental justice and workers' rights, especially in underserved communities and with workers in often invisible positions. Panelists include Julia Liou, Planning and Development Director, Asian Health Services; Matthew Tejada, Director of the Office of Environmental Justice, US Environmental Protection Agency; Natalicia Tracy, Executive Director, Brazilian Worker Center & Brazilian Policy Center; and Trip van Noppen, President, EarthJustice.
Monday, November 14, 2016 -
5:45pm to 7:00pm
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November 10, 2016
Room 210, Emerson Hall, 25 Quincy St.,Cambridge

History and Economics Seminar

The Joint Center for History and Economics hosts Dipesh Chakrabarty, University of Chicago, for a talk on "The Human Condition in the Anthropocene." Co-sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the Environment and the Mahindra Humanities Center.
Thursday, November 10, 2016 - 4:15pm
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October 27, 2016
Belfer Case Study Room (CGIS-S020), 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

History & Economics Seminar

The Center for History and Economics welcomes Glenda Sluga, University of Sydney, who will discuss "Climate and Capital: Barbara Ward, Margaret Mead, and the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment."
Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 4:15pm
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October 20, 2016
Workshop: HUCE Seminar Room 440, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge Panel: Room 275, Taubman Bldg, 79 JFK St., HKS, Cambridge

Nudging Toward A Cleaner Future: Behavioral Insights into Energy and Environment

Discover the cutting edge of research in behavioral science as applied to energy, environment, and climate solutions at a hands-on workshop and panel discussion.
Thursday, October 20, 2016 -
12:00pm to 5:15pm
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October 19, 2016
Science Center Hall B, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

Pre-Release Screening & Discussion: Before the Flood

HUCE and National Geographic invite you to a special pre-release screening and discussion of the documentary film, Before the Flood. From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Fisher Stevens and Academy Award-winning actor, environmental activist and U.N. Messenger of Peace Leonardo DiCaprio, Before the Flood presents a riveting account of the dramatic changes now occurring around the world due to climate change, as well as the actions we as individuals and as a society can take to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet.
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 5:30pm
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October 18, 2016
Emerson Hall, Room 105, 25 Quincy St., Cambridge

Science & Democracy Lecture

"Looking Up: How Coalitions of Bottom-up Organizations are Driving Action for Sustainable Development" with Rachel Kyte, CEO of Sustainable Energy for All, and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General.
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 -
5:00pm to 7:00pm
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September 27, 2016
Northwest Building, Lecture Hall B103, 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Race, Representation, and Museums Lecture Series

Joseph L. Graves, Jr., Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Biological Sciences, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, North Carolina A&T State University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, presents, "Smashing Agassiz’s Boulder."
Tuesday, September 27, 2016 - 6:00pm
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November 28, 2016
100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

"The Promise and Peril of Human Rights Technology" with Jay D. Aronson (Carnegie Mellon).
Monday, November 28, 2016 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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October 24, 2016
100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Scott Frickel, Brown University, will present "'Three Scientists Walk into a Barricade…' Expert mobilization in Two Boston-area Social Movements."
Monday, October 24, 2016 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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October 17, 2016
100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Rachel Douglas-Jones (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark) presents "Governance by Committee: Stem Cell Research Oversight and Deliberation in the USA."
Monday, October 17, 2016 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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September 26, 2016
100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Phil Brown (Northeastern University) will discuss "Post-Belmont Research Ethics: Reporting Personal Exposure Data to Participants."
Monday, September 26, 2016 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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December 5, 2016
Rotunda Room, Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, HMS, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston

Sustainability for Health Leadership Series

The Center for Health and the Global Environment hosts "The Well Tempered City: Climate Change, Health, Poverty and Our Urban Future" with Steve Curwood, Host, NPR’s Living on Earth; Jack Spengler, Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment; Jonathan Rose, Author, The Well Tempered City; and the Student winner of Courtyard Design Contest.
Monday, December 5, 2016 -
6:00pm to 9:00pm
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September 14, 2016
Tsai Auditorium S010, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

The Environment Forum at the Mahindra Center

Terry Tempest Williams will discuss her book "The Hour of Land: Our National Parks As Breathing Spaces," which honors the centennial of the National Park Service.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - 6:00pm
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May 6, 2016
Harvard Forest Seminar Room, 324 North Main St., Petersham

Harvard Forest Seminar

Ezra Markowitz, University of Massachusetts, will discuss "Leveraging psychological insights to promote conservation."
Friday, May 6, 2016 - 11:00am
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March 29, 2016
Starr Auditorium, Belfer Hall, HKS, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Confronting Climate Change: A conversation with leaders at the forefront of climate change action and environmental advocacy

The Harvard Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership and the Belfer Center’s Environment and Natural Resources Program host a panel of women who are at the forefront of climate change action and advocacy in the various communities they serve and represent.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 -
6:00pm to 8:00pm
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April 13, 2016
CGIS-S020, Belfer Case Study Room , 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

Global Commons

The Energy History Project hosts Surabhi Ranganathan, Kings College, University of Cambridge, who will discuss "Global Commons."
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 - 4:15pm
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March 4, 2016
Harvard Forest Seminar Room, 324 N. Main Street, Petersham

Harvard Forest Seminars

Rodger Krussman, Trust for Public Land, Julie Renaud Evans, Northern Forest Center, and Marcy Lyman, Community Forest Collaborative, will discuss "Community Forests: An old idea with new relevance."
Friday, March 4, 2016 - 11:00am
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February 25, 2016
100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

Oceans & Health Seminar

Jay T. Cullen, University of Victoria, will discuss "Experiences in science and risk communication with the public about the Fukushima Dai-ichi disaster."
Thursday, February 25, 2016 -
12:00pm to 1:00pm
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February 9, 2016
Geo Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

The Public Choices You Make: From Engagement to Advocacy

Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Oregon State University, Dept. of State's First U.S. Science Envoy for the Ocean will discuss "The Public Choices You Make: From Engagement to Advocacy."
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 - 4:00pm
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March 3, 2016
Hunnewell Building, 125 Arbor Way, Boston

Civic Ecology: Healing and Growing in Community

Marianne E. Krasny, Cornell University, will share narratives of the emerging grassroots environmental stewardship, arguing that humans’ innate love of nature and attachment to place compels them to restore nature and places that are threatened, destroyed, or lost.
Thursday, March 3, 2016 -
7:00pm to 8:30pm
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April 25, 2016
HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Trevor Pinch (Cornell S&TS) presents "Stanley Milgram and the Sonic Imaginary."
Monday, April 25, 2016 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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April 18, 2016
HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Arunabh Ghosh (Harvard, WCFIA) presents "No ‘Mean’ Solution: The Reformulation of Statistical Science in the Early People’s Republic of China."
Monday, April 18, 2016 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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April 4, 2016
HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Alden Young (Drexel University) presents "Sudanese Economics: Between an Environmental and a Political Imagination."
Monday, April 4, 2016 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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March 28, 2016
HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Yael Berda (Hebrew University) presents "The File and the Checkpoint: Managing Citizenship in Israel and India after Independence."
Monday, March 28, 2016 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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March 21, 2016
HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Aziza Ahmed (Northeastern Law School) presents "Risk, Feminism, and AIDS."
Monday, March 21, 2016 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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March 7, 2016
HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Shreeharsh Kelkar (MIT) presents "Platformizing Higher Education: Computer Science and the Making of MOOC Infrastructures."
Monday, March 7, 2016 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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February 29, 2016
HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Behnam Taebi (Harvard, HKS Belfer Center) presents "Responsible Innovation and Public Values in the Dutch Shale Gas Controversy."
Monday, February 29, 2016 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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February 1, 2016
NEW LOCATION: Malkin Penthouse, 4th Floor, Littauer Building, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Jill Lepore (Harvard, History) will present "The Past as Proof."
Monday, February 1, 2016 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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February 4, 2016
Hauser Hall, Room 101, 1575 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge

HLS Water Law Study Group

The Water Law Study Group at HLS brings together faculty, students, practitioners and scholars interested in the complex issues of water sharing, governance, institutions, rights and law.
Thursday, February 4, 2016 -
3:00pm to 4:00pm
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February 4, 2016
100 F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

China Project Seminar

John Chung-En Liu, Kennedy School, will present, “Climate Nationalism: Understanding Public Opinion on Climate Change in China.”
Thursday, February 4, 2016 -
3:30pm to 4:30pm
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January 29, 2016
Kang Room S050, Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, CGIS South Bldg., 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

Natural and Unnatural Disasters: 3/11, Asbestos, and the Unmaking of Japan's Modern World

The Reischauer Institute Japan Forum and Weatherhead Center Program on U.S.-Japan Relations presents Brett L. Walker, Visiting Professor of Japanese Studies, Harvard University & Professor of History, Montana State University who will discuss, “Natural and Unnatural Disasters: 3/11, Asbestos, and the Unmaking of Japan's Modern World."
Friday, January 29, 2016 -
4:00pm to 5:30pm
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March 25, 2016 to March 26, 2016

Harvard’s Just Food? Forum on Land Use, Rights and Ecology

A conference exploring land and the food system: how land affects what we eat, who we are, and the environment we live in.
Friday, March 25, 2016 - 3:00pm to Saturday, March 26, 2016 - 4:30pm
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March 30, 2016
Room L-382, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

Cuicui Chen and HUCE faculty associate Richard Zeckhauser, Ramsey Professor of Political Economy, Kennedy School, will discuss “Collective Action in an Asymmetric World.”
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 -
4:15pm to 5:30pm
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March 2, 2016
Room L-382, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

Anna Aizer, Brown University, and Janet Currie, Princeton University, will discuss “Children's Lead Levels and Black White Test Score Gaps."
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 -
4:15pm to 5:30pm
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February 24, 2016
Room L-382, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

Stephen Holland, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Erin Mansur, Dartmouth, Nicholas Muller, Middlebury College, and Andrew Yates, University of North Carolina, will discuss “Are There Environmental Benefits from Driving Electric Vehicles? The Importance of Local Factors."
Wednesday, February 24, 2016 -
4:15pm to 5:30pm
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December 12, 2015
Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common, Boston

Jobs, Justice and Climate: Rally to Defend New England’s Future

A rally on Boston Common
Saturday, December 12, 2015 -
1:00pm to 3:00pm
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November 4, 2015
Science Center A, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Science and Democracy Lecture Series

William Nordhaus, Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University, "Climate Clubs: The Central Role of the Social Sciences in Climate Change Policy"
Wednesday, November 4, 2015 - 5:00pm
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September 25, 2015
Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge

Talks by the Global American Studies Postdoctoral Fellows

The Program in Global American Studies, Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, presents talks from postdoctoral fellows Megan Black, Samantha Iyers, Justin Leroy, and Stuart Schrader.
Friday, September 25, 2015 -
4:00pm to 6:00pm
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November 23, 2015
Pierce 100F, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Stu Marvel, Emory University, will discuss “The 'Nature' of Queer Families: Tracking the Socio-Technics of the Fertility Clinic.”
Monday, November 23, 2015 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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November 9, 2015
Pierce 100F, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Joseph Rouse, Hedding Professor of Moral Science, Wesleyan University, will discuss “What is a Scientific Conception of the World?”
Monday, November 9, 2015 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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October 19, 2015
Pierce 100F, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Myles Jackson, Gallatin Research Excellence Professor of the History of Science; Professor of History, Faculty of Arts and Science, NYU, will discuss “The Genealogy of a Gene: Patents, HIV/AIDS and Race.”
Monday, October 19, 2015 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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October 5, 2015
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston

HUBweek: Four Global Health Threats, Four Global Health Opportunities

Join faculty from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for a wide-ranging discussion examining four major global health threats that are challenging the lives and health of people in the US and globally.
Monday, October 5, 2015 -
9:00am to 1:30pm
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April 30, 2015
CGIS South Building, Room S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program Seminar

"Sustainability of the Amazon: Tradeoffs Between Environmental Change, Hydropower and River Alterations" with Mauricio E. Arias, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Sustainability Science, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Department, Harvard University
Thursday, April 30, 2015 - 12:00pm
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April 24, 2015
Weil Town Hall, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge

STS Special Seminar

François Gemmene, Sciences Po/Princeton, on "Anthropocene and Its Victims: How We Name Those Displaced by Environmental Changes"
Friday, April 24, 2015 -
4:00pm to 6:00pm
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April 28, 2015
Harvard University Center for the Environment, 24 Oxford Street 3rd Floor, Cambridge

Science and Its Publics: Conversations on Accountability

A workshop organized by the Program on Science, Technology and Society at the Harvard Kennedy School
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 -
2:00pm to 5:30pm
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April 25, 2015
MAC Quad, 39 Holyoke Street, Cambridge

EAC Earth Day Festival

Interested in how Harvard thinks green? Come check out the Environmental Action Committee's annual EARTH DAY FESTIVAL for locally sourced (free!) food, raffles, great bands, informational booths, and sustainable Harvard swag!
Saturday, April 25, 2015 -
12:00pm to 4:00pm
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April 21, 2015
IOP, L166, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge

Divestment as a Tool for Political Change

A conversation between Divest Harvard campus organizers and the former President of the United Nations Foundation, Senator Tim Wirth
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 4:00pm
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April 15, 2015
Various Locations

Killer Whales at SeaWorld: What is the Controversy?

A lunch discussion, film screening, and panel discussion sponsored by the Harvard Animal Studies Project
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 -
12:00pm to 6:00pm
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April 17, 2015
Harvard Hall Room 104, 12 Harvard Yard, Cambridge

April Heat Week: Forum on Divestment

Explore the social, political and existential dimensions of our movement
Friday, April 17, 2015 -
2:00pm to 4:00pm
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April 22, 2015
Harvard Law School, 1563-1585 Massachusetts Ave, HLS WCC Plaza, Cambridge

HLS Earth Day Celebration

Join the Office for Sustainability, HLS Green Team staff, and Green Living Reps for a celebration of Earth Day
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 -
11:30am to 1:30pm
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April 14, 2015
CGIS South, Belfer Case Study Room, 1730 Cambridge Street

Environments, Genes, Archaeology and the End of Prehistory: Discussion of Broodbank’s Making of the Middle Sea

Join Prof. Cyprian Broodbank and noted Brown and Harvard specialists of archaeology, genetics, anthropology and history for a fascinating discussion of the emerging new vision of the origins of the ancient world, and its modern successors.
Tuesday, April 14, 2015 -
5:00pm to 7:00pm
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April 8, 2015
Boston College's Chestnut Hill Campus, McGuinn 121, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill

"Religion and the Roots of Climate Change Denial"

With climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe, a professor at Texas Tech University and a prominent advocate for action on climate in the Evangelical community. A brief response from Boston College theologian Stephen Pope.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 5:30pm
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April 10, 2015
Harvard Medical School, Armenise Amphitheater, 210 Longwood Avenue, Boston

Climate Week: "Humanitarian Implications of Climate Change"

Hosted by the Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Friday, April 10, 2015 -
3:00pm to 4:30pm
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April 2, 2015
Phillips Brooks House Association, Parlor Room

SustainabiliTEA

With William C. Clark, Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science
Thursday, April 2, 2015 - 4:00pm
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April 8, 2015
Boston College, McGuinn Hall 121, Chestnut Hill

Religion and the Roots of Climate Change Denial

Katharine Hayhoe, associate professor in the department of Political Science at Texas Tech University and director of the university’s Climate Science Center
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 -
5:30pm to 7:00pm
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April 9, 2015
William James Hall, Room 105, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge

Climate Week: "The Role of Health and Climate in Campus Sustainability" with Arlene Blum and Heather Henriksen

Scientist and public health advocate Arlene Blum will join Office for Sustainability Director Heather Henriksen to speak with students and staff about the centerpiece of Harvard’s sustainability efforts — a science-based goal to curb emissions 30% by 2016 — as well as an emerging area of focus for Harvard, the health and well-being of the campus community.
Thursday, April 9, 2015 - 3:00pm
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April 6, 2015
Harvard Divinity School, Sperry Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge

Climate Week: "Changing the Religious Climate: The Role of Faith Groups in Climate Change Awareness and Action" with Laurel Kearns

Laurel Kearns, Associate Professor of Sociology and Religion and Environmental Studies, Drew Theological School.
Monday, April 6, 2015 - 7:30pm
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April 6, 2015
Longfellow Hall, Room 429, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge

Climate Week: "Educating for Climate Change in K-12: Discussion and Sharing of Resources" with Tina Grotzer

Tina Grotzer, Associate Professor of Education, Harvard University
Monday, April 6, 2015 - 12:00pm
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April 1, 2015
Science Center SC469, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Vesalius Correcting Vesalius

Vivian Nutton, Emeritus Professor of the History of Medicine at University College London and a Fellow of the British Academy and the Academia Europaea
Wednesday, April 1, 2015 - 4:00pm
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March 25, 2015
Science Center C, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Science and Democracy Lecture

Back to the Future: Will we create enough new technology to sustain our society?" with Peter Thiel, Palantir Technologies; Thiel Foundation; Founders Fund; PayPal co-founder
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 -
5:00pm to 7:00pm
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March 26, 2015
Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge

Faith in Nature: Noah’s Flood and the Development of Geology

In this Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study lecture, geologist David Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, explores the interface of science and religion through flood stories from cultures around the world
Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 4:15pm
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March 2, 2015
Wasserstein Building (WCC), Room 2012, Harvard Law School, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

Film Screening - Power to the Pedals: Wenzday Jane and the Culture of Change

A film by Bob Nesson. Sponsored by the Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic and the Transactional Law Clinics of Harvard Law School
Monday, March 2, 2015 -
6:00pm to 8:00pm
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February 25, 2015
54 Dunster St, Cambridge, MA 02138 (OCS Conference Room)

Explore Careers in Energy and Environment

Considering a career related to environmental causes, energy, or sustainability? Get a jump-start on the job and internship search by coming to this session focused on ideas and strategies that will put you on the right track.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - 4:00pm
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February 27, 2015
Harvard Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street 1st Floor, Cambridge

Harvard Food+ Research Symposium

The Symposium will feature 20 Harvard faculty members from 8 schools and a dozen departments giving 7 minute "speed presentations" on their current Food+ research
Friday, February 27, 2015 -
12:30pm to 4:30pm
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February 10, 2015
HKS Malkin Penthouse, Littauer 4th Floor, ​79 ​John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge

HKS Seminar on Media, Energy & Environment

Coral Davenport, New York Times Energy​/​Environment Correspondent, Washington ​DC​, on "Controversy! Covering Climate & Energy from the Nation's Capital"
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 -
4:00pm to 5:30pm
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April 27, 2015
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Antoine Picon (Harvard, GSD), "Cities, Technologies and Political Imaginaries"
Monday, April 27, 2015 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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April 20, 2015
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Rajesh Veeraraghavan (UC Berkeley/Harvard Berkman Center), "The Politics of Openness: Technology, Corruption and Participation in Indian Public Employment"
Monday, April 20, 2015 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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April 13, 2015
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Emily Harrison (Harvard, History of Science), "Infant Science and Health Adventuring: Global Intervention around Infant Mortality"
Monday, April 13, 2015 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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April 6, 2015
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambrige

STS Circle at Harvard

Anna M. Agathangelou (York University, Political Science), "Emerging Legal and Forensic BioConstitutional Order(s) in Post-Conflict Cyprus"
Monday, April 6, 2015 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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March 30, 2015
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Margo Boenig-Liptsin (Harvard, STS/History of Science), "A New Literacy for the Information Age: Children, Computers, and Citizenship"
Monday, March 30, 2015 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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March 23, 2015
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Dan Navon (Harvard, Robert Wood Johnson Fellow), "Mobilizing Mutations: New Kinds of People at the Intersection of Genetics and Patient Advocacy"
Monday, March 23, 2015 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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March 9, 2015
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Geert Somsen (Columbia/Maastricht, History), "'Science and World Order': Uses of Science in Plans for International Government, 1899-1950"
Monday, March 9, 2015 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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March 2, 2015
K262, the Bowie-Vernon Room, Knafel Building, CGIS, 1737 Cambridge Street

STS Circle at Harvard

Steve Caton (Harvard, Anthropology), "Experts in Cruelty: Interrogation in Abu Ghraib and After"
Monday, March 2, 2015 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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February 23, 2015
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street

STS Circle at Harvard

Michael Bennett (Northeastern Law School), "The Ascent of Science Fictional Futurity in Anglo-American Legal Thought"
Monday, February 23, 2015 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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February 9, 2015
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Arunabh Ghosh (Harvard, Weatherhead Center), "No 'Mean' Solution: The Reformulation of Statistical Science in the Early People's Republic of China"
Monday, February 9, 2015 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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February 4, 2015
Office of Career Services, Conference Room, 54 Dunster St, Cambridge

Science Pathways Beyond the Bench

Come to this panel discussion to explore pathways into scientific careers beyond bench research. You'll hear from scientists who are using their scientific background in business, technology, and other fields.
Wednesday, February 4, 2015 -
4:00pm to 5:00pm
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February 2, 2015
K262, the Bowie-Vernon Room, Knafel Building, CGIS, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Tom Özden-Schilling, MIT, HASTS on "Expertise in Exile: Indigenous GIS and the Precariousness of Professionalization"
Monday, February 2, 2015 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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January 21, 2015
MIT Kirsch Auditorium 32-123, Ray and Maria Stata Center, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge

MIT Conversation on Climate Change

"One Man's Journey to Climate Activism: A Talk with Dr. Larry Linden"
Wednesday, January 21, 2015 -
3:30pm to 5:00pm
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February 5, 2015
Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, 5 Harvard Yard, Cambridge

Special Seminar with Jon Krosnick

Jon Krosnick, Professor of Communication, Political Science, and Psychology, Stanford University, on “American Public Opinion on Climate Change: Motivated Cognition?” Dustin Tingley, the Paul Sack Associate Professor of Political Economy in the Dept. of Government, will moderate the discussion.
Thursday, February 5, 2015 - 5:00pm
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March 29, 2015

Harvard's Just Food? Forum on Justice in the Food System

A conference exploring the intersections between social, economic and environmental justice and the food system. A collaboration of the Harvard Food Law Society and Food Literacy Project as part of Food Better.
Sunday, March 29, 2015 (All day)
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March 30, 2015

Harvard's Just Food? Forum on Justice in the Food System

A conference exploring the intersections between social, economic and environmental justice and the food system. A collaboration of the Harvard Food Law Society and Food Literacy Project as part of Food Better.
Monday, March 30, 2015 (All day)
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March 28, 2015

Harvard's Just Food? Forum on Justice in the Food System

A conference exploring the intersections between social, economic and environmental justice and the food system. A collaboration of the Harvard Food Law Society and Food Literacy Project as part of Food Better.
Saturday, March 28, 2015 (All day)
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January 24, 2015
Science Center, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Public Interested 2015 Wintersession Conference

Want to spend an afternoon with peers and alumni committed to the public interest sector? Want to learn more about opportunities in public service, from politics to public interest law, education to environmentalism, and global health to government services? Don't miss this amazing opportunity to meet over 100 inspiring alumni working in public interest fields and to explore postgraduate public service opportunities!
Saturday, January 24, 2015 -
12:30pm to 5:00pm
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December 18, 2014
Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Cambridge

O.P.C Post-Performance Discussion with Professor Dan McKanan

In exploration and celebration of the issues explored in O.P.C., the A.R.T. welcomes you to a series of free events, including skillshares, post-show discussions, and an interactive lobby experience featuring artists from our community. Open to those that have purchased a ticket to any O.P.C performance.
Thursday, December 18, 2014 - 7:30pm
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December 11, 2014
Science Center 469, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge

History of Technology Special Lecture

"The Short Life and Violent Death of the Space Shuttle Dream" with Matthew Hersch, Senior Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania
Thursday, December 11, 2014 - 12:00pm
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December 9, 2014
Science Center 469, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge

History of Technology Special Lecture

"Energy Technologies in Mind and Matter" with Christopher Jones, Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - 2:00pm
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December 3, 2014
Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge

O.P.C - Opening Night

A new Harvard A.R.T. comedy from Eve Ensler, the author of The Vagina Monologues, O.P.C. is an exploration of consumption and politics that asks, “How are we to survive as a species if we insist on destroying the world we love?”
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 7:30pm
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November 20, 2014
Austin 111 (HLS), 1515 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

Climate Change on Trial: The Lobster Boat Blockade

Sponsored by the Harvard Environmental Law Society and the National Lawyers Guild
Thursday, November 20, 2014 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
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November 19, 2014
Land Hall (Belfer Bldg, 4th Flr), 79 JFK Street, Cambridge

Environmental Film Screening & Discussion of "Extreme Realities: The Link Between Severe Weather, Climate Change, and Our National Security"

This film examines the link between severe weather events and resulting civil unrest and the implications on our national security. Introductory remarks by Harvard professor Dr. James J. McCarthy and discussants LT Katie Burkhart, US Navy Reserve & CAPT Michael A. Mullen, US Coast Guard
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 -
6:00pm to 7:30pm
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November 14, 2014
CGIS S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

New Directions in Energy History

Panel presentations and a roundtable discussion presented by the Joint Center for History and Economics
Friday, November 14, 2014 -
1:00pm to 5:30pm
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November 19, 2014
51 Brattle St., 2nd floor, Cambridge

Green Exchange: Sustainable Innovation

Join HEEC to discuss Sustainable innovations with SEM students and meet cleantech startups from the Boston Area
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 6:00pm
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November 14, 2014
Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge

Lost and Found: A Science Symposium about Navigation

The 2014 science symposium will focus on the important and challenging topic of navigation and way-finding. By bringing together experts in human cognitive neuroscience and neural computation, animal life science, anthropology and culture, space science, current and future technology, and emergency management, the Radcliffe Institute will conduct a broad, cross-disciplinary investigation about what it means to find our way.
Friday, November 14, 2014 - 9:00am
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November 6, 2014
Harvard Global Health Institute, 104 Mt. Auburn St., 3rd floor, Cambridge

Sustainable Development and Global Health: An overdue partnership?

An Informal Conversation with William Clark, Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development, Harvard Kennedy School
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 12:00pm
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November 7, 2014
Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge

Spiritual and Sustainable: Religion Responds to Climate Change

"Spiritual and Sustainable: Religion Responds to Climate Change" is an interfaith conference focused on addressing the issues and challenges of maintaining a sustainable planet. Focusing on ways to engage, this conference will respond to the overlapping moral issues of climate change, sustainability, social justice, and mindfulness through the lenses of many of the world's religious traditions.
Friday, November 7, 2014 -
12:00pm to 5:00pm
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October 26, 2014
Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, 5 Harvard Yard, Cambridge

Faculty Forum on Divestment

167 Harvard faculty have signed an Open Letter calling on the Corporation to divest its endowment from fossil fuels. Join us to learn more, connect with colleagues, and grow our movement. Featuring discussants James Anderson, Weld Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry; James Engell, Gurney Professor of English and Professor of Comparative Literature; Stephen Marglin, Barker Professor of Economics; Naomi Oreskes, Professor of the History of Science, Affiliated Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Director of Graduate Studies
Sunday, October 26, 2014 -
4:00pm to 6:00pm
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October 22, 2014
34 Concord Ave, Cambridge, MA

Understanding Our Environment

"Global Environmental Threats: How a Medical Model May Help Us Understand Them"
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - 3:15pm
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November 6, 2014
Jefferson Hall, Room 250, Harvard University, 17 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Science and Democracy Lecture

"Catastrophic Risks: The Downsides of Advancing Technology" with Martin Rees, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University; Astronomer Royal; President, Royal Society (2005-2010). With Panelists: Sven Beckert, Laird Bell Professor of History; George Daley, Children’s Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School; Jennifer Hochschild, Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government; Daniel Schrag, Director, Harvard University Center for the Environment. Moderated by: Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies
Thursday, November 6, 2014 -
5:00pm to 7:00pm
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October 17, 2014
Building II, Room 426, Harvard School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Avenue, Boston

Environmental Statistics Seminar

Evan Peet, Research Fellow, Department of Global Health and Population, "Environment and Human Capital: The Effects of Early-Life Pollution Exposure in the Philippines"
Friday, October 17, 2014 - 12:30pm
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October 16, 2014
Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge

Energy, Peace, and Conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean

A panel discussion with: Sir Michael Leigh, Senior Advisor, German Marshall Fund; Dr. Marina Ottaway, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center, Middle East Program; Dr. Brenda Shaffer, Visiting Researcher, Georgetown University, Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES)
Thursday, October 16, 2014 -
4:15pm to 6:00pm
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October 6, 2014
MIT, E51-115 Wong Auditorium, 70 Memorial Drive, Cambridge

The Growth Imperative: Plotting a Sustainable Energy Future for India

Jairam Ramesh, Former Indian Minister for Rural Development, Visiting Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School
Monday, October 6, 2014 - 5:30pm
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October 2, 2014
Perkins Room, Rubenstein Building, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge

China, India, and the Global Struggle for Oil in Sudan and South Sudan

A South Asia Institute Book Talk with Luke Patey, Senior Researcher at the Dan­ish Insti­tute for Inter­na­tional Studies; Discussants: Rohit Chandra, PhD candidate, Harvard Kennedy School; Ahmad Al-Mahi, MPA candidate, Harvard Kennedy School
Thursday, October 2, 2014 -
4:00pm to 5:30pm
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October 2, 2014
Perkins Room, Rubenstein Building, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge

China, India, and the Global Struggle for Oil in Sudan and South Sudan

A South Asia Institute Book Talk with Luke Patey, Senior Researcher at the Dan­ish Insti­tute for Inter­na­tional Studies; Discussants: Rohit Chandra, PhD candidate, Harvard Kennedy School; Ahmad Al-Mahi, MPA candidate, Harvard Kennedy School
Thursday, October 2, 2014 -
4:00pm to 5:30pm
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October 16, 2014
Boston University, Life Science & Engineering Building, Room B-01, 24 Cummington Street

Boston University Seminar Series on Climate Change

"Shooting Science" with Graham Chedd, Producer, Visiting Professor, The Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, Stony Brook University
Thursday, October 16, 2014 -
5:00pm to 6:00pm
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October 9, 2014
Boston University, Life Science & Engineering Building, Room B-01, 24 Cummington Street, Boston

Boston University Seminar Series on Climate Change

"Heroes, Villains, and Nerds: How Science is Portrayed in the Media, and How Portrayals Have Changed" with James Shanahan, Associate Dean, College of Communication, Boston University
Thursday, October 9, 2014 -
5:00pm to 6:00pm
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September 30, 2014
BU Photonics Center, Floor 9, 8 St. Mary's Street, Boston

Oil and the International History of the 20th Century

A Mellon Sawyer Series Lecture by David Painter
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - 7:00pm
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September 18, 2014
John Harvard’s, 33 Dunster Street, Cambridge

Harvard Council of Student Sustainability Leaders (CSSL) Happy Hour and Information Session

Are you interested in environmental sustainability? Are you looking to meet other members of Harvard community who share your interest? Do you want to get more involved with cross-school sustainability groups? Join us to learn more about CSSL.
Thursday, September 18, 2014 -
6:00pm to 7:00pm
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October 15, 2014
Tozzer Library Room 203, 21 Divinity Ave, Cambridge

Archaeology Seminar

Dr. Fiona Marshall (Washington University), "Nutrient hotspots and the role of ancient herders in the creation of African savannas"
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 -
12:00pm to 1:00pm
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December 1, 2014
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Zara Mirmalek (Harvard, STS Fellow) on "Democracy and the Deep-Sea: Telepresence and Public Participation in Remote Environments"
Monday, December 1, 2014 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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November 24, 2014
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Canay Özden-Schilling (MIT, HASTS) on "Economics Inside the Grid: Smart Grids, Power Systems Engineering, and Emergent Markets"
Monday, November 24, 2014 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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November 17, 2014
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street

STS Circle at Harvard

Heather Paxson (MIT, Anthropology) on "Regulating Microbial Ecologies: Policy and Practice in Artisanal Cheesemaking"
Monday, November 17, 2014 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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November 10, 2014
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street

STS Circle at Harvard

Naor Ben-Yehoyada (Harvard, Center for Middle Eastern Studies) on "'I can feel the mafia but I can’t see it': An Anthropology of Forensic Knowledge"
Monday, November 10, 2014 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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November 6, 2014
TBD

STS Circle at Harvard

Martin Rees (Lord Rees of Ludlow)
Thursday, November 6, 2014 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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November 3, 2014
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Richard Rottenburg (University of Halle, Anthropology) on "Emerging “Global Health” Institutions in Africa: Technologies and Significations"
Monday, November 3, 2014 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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October 27, 2014
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Zoe Nyssa (Harvard, HUCE/STS Fellow) on "Ecologies of Paradox: A Typology of Scientific Surprise in the Anthropocene"
Monday, October 27, 2014 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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October 20, 2014
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street

STS Circle at Harvard

Venkatesh Narayanamurti (Harvard, SEAS) on "Bridging the Basic-Applied Dichotomy and the Cycle of Discovery and Invention"
Monday, October 20, 2014 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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October 6, 2014
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street

STS Circle at Harvard

Scott Podolsky, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, on "Antimicrobials and Public Health: From Serotherapy to Antibiotics (and Back)"
Monday, October 6, 2014 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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September 29, 2014
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street

STS Circle at Harvard

Benjamin Morris (MIT, Catalyst Collaborative) on "Science/Fiction: Dramatic Arts as a Medium for Translating Science"
Monday, September 29, 2014 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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September 22, 2014
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Angie Boyce (Harvard, Robert Wood Johnson Fellow) on "Chicken, Egg, or Cook? Foodborne Salmonellosis and Distributed Responsibility"
Monday, September 22, 2014 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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September 15, 2014
**New Location** Pound Hall 200, Harvard Law School, 1563 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

David Lazer (Northeastern, Political Science) on "Computational Social Science: The Use of 'Big Data' to Study Human Behavior"
Monday, September 15, 2014 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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September 8, 2014
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Aaron Mauck, Harvard, History of Science on "Social Molecules: Biomarkers and the New Data Imaginary in Social Science Research"
Monday, September 8, 2014 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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November 8, 2014
Haller Hall, enter at 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Eight Extraordinary Years of Scientific Travel: Alfred Russel Wallace’s Malay Archipelago

Andrew Berry, Lecturer on Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University presents this Harvard Museum of Natural History event
Saturday, November 8, 2014 - 2:00pm
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November 18, 2013
Robinson Hall, Basement Conference Room, 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge

Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History Lecture

Moon-Ho Jung, University of Washington, "Securing the Islands of the Sea: Race, Radicalism, and the U.S. Empire Across the Pacific"
Monday, November 18, 2013 -
4:00pm to 6:00pm
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November 25, 2013
Robinson Hall, Lower Library, 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge

Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History Lecture

Ed Baptist (Cornell University), “Towards a Theory of Slave Labor”
Monday, November 25, 2013 -
4:00pm to 6:00pm
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November 18, 2013
Robinson Hall, Basement Conference Room, 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge

Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History Lecture

Moon-Ho Jung (University of Washington)
Monday, November 18, 2013 -
4:00pm to 6:00pm
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November 13, 2013
CGIS-South, Room S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History Lecture

Jennifer Burns (Stanford University), “On the Long History of Neoliberalism”
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 -
4:00pm to 6:00pm
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November 11, 2013
Robinson Hall, Lower Library, 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge

Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History Lecture

Shaun Nichols (Harvard University), “Making Class Work: Migrant Labor, mobile Capital, and the Creating of an Industrial Regime in Massachusetts”
Monday, November 11, 2013 -
4:00pm to 6:00pm
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November 7, 2013
Robinson Hall, Basement Conference Room, 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge

Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History Lecture

Neil Maher (N. J. Institute of Technology and Rutgers/Newark), Excerpt of “Ground Control: How the Space Race Scrubbed the Revolution” (in progress)
Thursday, November 7, 2013 -
4:00pm to 6:00pm
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November 4, 2013
CGIS North/Knafel, Room K-354, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History Lecture

Paul Kramer (Vanderbilt University)
Monday, November 4, 2013 -
4:00pm to 6:00pm
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October 28, 2013
Robinson Hall, Lower Library, 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge

Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History Lecture

Suresh Naidu (Columbia University), “The Economics of Unfree Labor in the Nineteenth Century”
Monday, October 28, 2013 -
4:00pm to 6:00pm
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October 17, 2013
Robinson Hall, Basement Conference Room, 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge

Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History Lecture

Sarah Luria (College of the Holy Cross), Excerpt of “Block Stories: A Field Guide to Where You Live” (in progress)
Thursday, October 17, 2013 -
4:00pm to 6:00pm
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October 16, 2013
CGIS-South, Room S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History Lecture

Davide Rodogno (Graduate Institute, Geneva), “Beyond Relief in the Near East: The Near East Relief Humanitarian Practices and Visions during the 1920s”
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 -
4:00pm to 6:00pm
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October 4, 2013
Robinson Hall, Lower Library, 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge

Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History Lecture

Albert Camarillo (Stanford University), “American Ethnic Studies: Reflections on a Generation of History”
Friday, October 4, 2013 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
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October 3, 2013
Robinson Hall, Basement Conference Room, 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge

Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History Lecture

“Where Do We Begin? Problems and Prospects in Pre-Columbian North American Environmental History.” Presented by the Workshop on The Environment and the American Past
Thursday, October 3, 2013 -
4:00pm to 6:00pm
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October 2, 2013
CGIS-South, Room S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History Lecture

Jessica Gienow-Hecht (University of Cologne), "‘Saving Women and Children’: Gender and the Rhetoric of Humanitarian Intervention”
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 -
4:00pm to 6:00pm
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September 18, 2013
CGIS-South, Room S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History Lecture

Serhii Plokhii (Harvard) and Mary Sarotte (USC), "The Collapse of Communism in Europe: New Perspectives"
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 -
4:00pm to 6:00pm
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December 4, 2013
Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge

Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

Erich Muehlegger, Harvard University, and Evan Herrnstadt, University of Michigan. “Weather, Salience of Climate Change, and Congressional Voting”
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 -
4:10pm to 5:30pm
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November 13, 2013
Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge

Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

Robert Barro, Harvard University. “Environmental Protection, Rare Disasters, and Discount Rates”
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 -
4:10pm to 5:30pm
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November 6, 2013
Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge

Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

Joseph Aldy and Marie Abele Bind, Harvard University. “Life Saving Information: Mortality Risk Reduction from Air Quality Index Forecasts”
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 -
4:10pm to 5:30pm
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October 23, 2013
Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge

Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

Hunt Allcott, New York University, and Dmitry Taubinsky, Harvard University. “The Lightbulb Paradox: Using Behavioral Economics for Policy Evaluation”
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 -
4:10pm to 5:30pm
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October 16, 2013
Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge

Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

Richard Hornbeck, Harvard University, and Daniel Keniston, Yale University. “Creative Destruction from the Great Boston Fire of 1872: Barriers to Urban Growth Illuminated”
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 -
4:10pm to 5:30pm
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October 2, 2013
Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge

Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

Antonio Bento, Cornell University, Daniel Kaffine, University of Colorado, Kevin Roth, University of California, Irvine, and Matthew Aragoza Watkins, University of California, Berkeley. “The Effects of Regulation in the Presence of Multiple Unpriced Externalities.”
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 -
4:10pm to 5:30pm
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September 25, 2013
Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge

Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

Richard Sweeney, Harvard University. “The Impact of Environmental Regulation on U.S. Oil Refineries.”
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 -
4:10pm to 5:30pm
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Science & Democracy: Carlos Moedas

Wednesday, April 19 - "Good Science for Good Politics: Scientific Advice and Policy-making in the European Union"

Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation and former Secretary of State to Portugal

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Science and Democracy: William D. Nordhaus

Wednesday, November 4 — "Climate Clubs: The Central Role of the Social Sciences in Climate Change Policy"
William D. Nordhaus, Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University

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Climate Week: "Humanitarian Implications of Climate Change"

Friday, April 10 – "Humanitarian Implications of Climate Change"
Vincenzo Bolletino, Research Associate, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative; Gregg Greenough, Director of Research, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative; and Ronak Patel, Director, Urbanization and Crises Program, Harvard Humanitarian Inititative

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Climate Week: "The Role of Health and Climate in Campus Sustainability" with Arlene Blum and Heather Henriksen

Thursday, April 9 – "The Role of Health and Climate in Campus Sustainability"
Arlene Blum, Scientist and Public Health Advocate, and Heather Henriksen, Director, Office for Sustainability

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Climate Week: "Changing the Religious Climate: The Role of Faith Groups in Climate Change Awareness and Action" with Laurel Kearns

Monday, April 6 – "Changing the Religious Climate: The Role of Faith Groups in Climate Change Awareness and Action"
Laurel Kearns, Associate Professor of Sociology and Religion and Environmental Studies, Drew Theological School

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Climate Week: "Educating for Climate Change in K-12: Discussion and Sharing of Resources" with Tina Grotzer

Monday, April 6 — "Educating for Climate Change in K-12: Discussion and Sharing of Resources"
Tina Grotzer, Associate Professor of Education, Harvard University

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Science and Democracy: Peter Thiel

Monday March 23 – "Back to the Future: Will we create enough new technology to sustain our society?"
Peter Thiel, Palantir Technologies; Thiel Foundation; Founders Fund; PayPal co-founder

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HUCE Special Seminar: Jon Krosnick

Thursday, February 5 – “American Public Opinion on Climate Change: Motivated Cognition?”
Jon Krosnick, Professor of Communication, Political Science, and Psychology, Stanford University

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The President's Effort to Combat Climate Change without Congress: What is EPA Proposing to Do and Is It Legal?

October 8, 2014 – "The President's Effort to Combat Climate Change without Congress: What is EPA Proposing to Do and Is It Legal?"

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China 2035: Michael Spence

Tuesday, March 11 – "Challenges to the Sustainability of China's Evolving Growth Model"
Michael Spence, former Dean of FAS; Nobel Laureate in Economics; currently Professor of Economics at New York University

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Climate Change and Social Action

February 11, 2013 – "Climate Change and Social Action"
An HUCE panel discussion

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The EPA @ 40 - Panel 4

December 3, 2010 – "Confronting Climate"
The EPA @ 40: Protecting the Environment and Our Communities

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The EPA @ 40 - Panel 3

December 3, 2010 – "From Science to Policy"
The EPA @ 40: Protecting the Environment and Our Communities

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The EPA @ 40 - Panel 2

December 3, 2010 – "Global Problems, Local Solutions"
The EPA @ 40: Protecting the Environment and Our Communities

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The EPA @ 40 - Keynote Address

December 3, 2010 – Keynote Address
Lisa P. Jackson, EPA Administrator

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The EPA @ 40 - Panel 1

December 3, 2010 – "A Legacy of Environmental Protection"
The EPA @ 40: Protecting the Environment and Our Communities

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Green Conversations: Jon A. Krosnick

April 6, 2011 – What Americans and Massachusetts Residents Think About Climate Change – Attitude Formation and Change in Response to a Raging Scientific Controversy

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Future of Energy: Sunil Sinha

October 25, 2010 – "The Innovation Equation at Tata"
Sunil Sinha, CEO, Tata Quality Management Services, Tata Group

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Future of Energy: Kristina Johnson

March 13, 2010 – "Building a Green Energy Economy through Accelerated Innovation"
Kristina Johnson, Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy

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Green Conversations: Peter Lehner

November 2, 2009 – "Climate Change: Getting from Science to Law"
Peter Lehner, Executive Director, Natural Resources Defense Council

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Green Conversations: Paul Ehrlich

March 18, 2009 – "The Population Bomb: Where We Stand Now"
Paul Ehrlich, Professor of Population Studies, Stanford University

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Green Conversations: Carol Dumaine

November 3, 2008 – "Strategic Intelligence in an Age of Nonlinear Risks and Opportunities: The Challenge of Energy and Environmental Security"
Carol Dumaine, Deputy Director for Energy and Environmental Security, Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, U.S. Department of Energy

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Green Conversations: Lester Brown

February 22, 2008 – "Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization"
Lester Brown, President and Founder, The Earth Policy Institute

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Center for History and Economics

The objective of the Center is to encourage fundamental research in history, economics, and related disciplines. It also encourages the participation of historians and economists in addressing issues of public importance. In conjunction with its counterpart Centre at King's College, Cambridge, the Harvard Center undertakes research projects and organizes workshops, seminars, and exchanges of faculty and graduate students.

Taubman Center for State and Local Government

The Center focuses on several broad policy areas, most notably: public management, innovation, finance, and labor-management relations; urban development, transportation, land use, and environmental protection; education; civic engagement and social capital; and the impacts of information technologies on both government and governance.

Program on Science, Technology, and Society

Through integrated, cross-disciplinary initiatives in research, teaching, training, and public outreach the Program seeks to develop foundational, policy-relevant insights into the nature of science and technology, and the ways in which they both influence and are influenced by society, politics, and culture. 

Harvard Office for Sustainability

The Office for Sustainability at Harvard connects people across the University with information, tools, and inspiration for the challenge at hand: making Harvard sustainable for the long term.

Environmental Law and Policy Clinic

The Environmental Law and Policy Clinic is offering students even more opportunities to do a wide variety of hands-on, environmental legal and policy work. Under the leadership of Director and Clinical Professor Wendy Jacobs, the Clinic has expanded to offer local, national and international projects covering a broad range of environmental issues.

Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government

The mission of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government is to advance the state of knowledge and policy analysis concerning some of society’s most challenging problems at the interface of the public and private sectors.

Sustainability Science Program

Harvard's Sustainability Science Program harnesses the University's strengths to promote the design of institutions, policies, and practices that support sustainable development. The Program addresses the challenge of sustainable development by:

  • advancing scientific understanding of human-environment systems;
  • improving linkages between research and policy communities; and
  • building capacity for linking knowledge with action to promote sustainability.

Center for International Development

The Center for International Development (CID) works to generate shared and sustainable prosperity in developing economies. The CID actively creates, applies and integrates knowledge from across Harvard University to advance understanding of development challenges and solutions.

Harvard Graduate School of Design Executive Education

In the Harvard Graduate School of Design Executive Education programs, industry and academia’s foremost leaders join with accomplished design and real estate professionals from around the world. In this setting, we address complex challenges and discuss innovative solutions. In our dynamic learning environment, participants emerge with practical insights and valuable lessons that can be put into action right away.

Harvard Environmental Economics Program

The Harvard Environmental Economics Program develops innovative answers to today's complex environmental issues, by providing a venue to bring together faculty and graduate students from across the University engaged in research, teaching, and outreach in environmental and natural resource economics and related public policy.

China Project

The China Project is a research program focused on China’s atmospheric environment, collaborating across the schools of Harvard University and with Chinese universities. It conducts interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed studies on air pollution and greenhouse gases in China, from the root causes in the demand for and supply of energy powering its economy, to the chemistry and transport of pollutants in the atmosphere, to their impacts on human health and the economy.

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