Research & Teaching

Gary Adamkiewicz

Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Exposure Disparities
Harvard School of Public Health

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Joseph Allen

Assistant Professor of Exposure Assessment Science
Harvard School of Public Health

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Satchit Balsari

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

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Lisa Berkman

Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and Epidemiology; Director, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
Harvard School of Public Health

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Aaron Bernstein

Instructor in Pediatrics (HMS); Interim Director, Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (Harvard C-CHANGE); Hospitalist, Division of General Pediatrics (Boston Children’s Hospital)
Harvard Medical School

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Donald Berwick

President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Lecturer, Department of Health Care Policy
Harvard Medical School

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David Bloom

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

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Barry Bloom

Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor; Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Professor of Public Health
Harvard School of Public Health

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Joseph Brain

Cecil K. and Philip Drinker Professor of Environmental Physiology; Director, Center for Children and Environmental Health
Harvard School of Public Health

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Caroline Buckee

Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health

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Marcia Castro

Associate Professor of Demography
Harvard School of Public Health

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David Christiani

Elkan Blout Professor of Environmental Genetics; Director, Harvard Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health; Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Harvard School of Public Health

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Jon Clardy

Hsien Wu and Daisy Yen Wu Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Program Co-Director
Harvard Medical School

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Brent Coull

Professor of Biostatistics, Associate Chair of the Department of Biostatistics
Harvard School of Public Health

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Martha J. Crawford

Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Harvard Business School

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Philip Demokritou

Associate Professor of Aerosol Physics
Harvard School of Public Health

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Douglas Dockery

John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Environmental Epidemiology; Chair, Department of Environmental Health; Director, Harvard-NIEHS Center for Environmental Health; Associate Professor of Medicine (Epidemiology)
Harvard Medical School
Harvard School of Public Health

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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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David A. Edwards

Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Idea Translation

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Christopher Golden

Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Planetary Health, Harvard School of Public Health; Program Director, WCS HEAL
Harvard School of Public Health

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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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Russ Hauser

Frederick Lee Hisaw Professor of Reproductive Physiology; Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Harvard School of Public Health

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Christopher Hug

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

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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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Frank N. Keutsch

Stonington Professor of Engineering and Atmospheric Science; Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
School of Engineering & Applied Sciences

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Howard Koh

Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership
Harvard School of Public Health

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Petros Koutrakis

Professor of Environmental Sciences; Director, Harvard University Clean Air Research Center (CLARC)
Harvard School of Public Health

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Michael Kremer

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

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Francine Laden

Professor of Environmental Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health

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Jennifer Leaning

Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights; Director of the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights; Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Harvard School of Public Health

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Marc Lipsitch

Professor of Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health

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Maitreyi Mazumdar

Assistant Professor, Neurology; Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health
Harvard Medical School
Harvard School of Public Health

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Megan Murray

Professor of Epidemiology; Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Harvard School of Public Health

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Samuel Myers

Principal Research Scientist, Planetary Health, Exposure, Epidemiology, and Risk Program, Department of Environmental Health (HSPH); Director, Planetary Health Alliance
Harvard Medical School
Harvard School of Public Health

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David Reich

Professor of Genetics

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Joel Schwartz

Professor of Environmental Epidemiology
Harvard Medical School
Harvard School of Public Health

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James Shine

Senior Lecturer on Aquatic Chemistry
Harvard School of Public Health

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Jonathan Slutzman

Instructor in Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Adjunct Faculty, Division of Wilderness Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

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Thomas Smith

Professor of Industrial Hygiene [Emeritus]
Harvard School of Public Health

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Frank Speizer

E.H. Kass Distinguished Professor of Medicine; Professor of Environmental Science
Harvard Medical School
Harvard School of Public Health

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John Spengler

Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation; Director and Program Director, Nature, Health and the Built Environment
Harvard School of Public Health

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Elsie Sunderland

Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Chemistry
Harvard School of Public Health

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Vishal S. Vaidya

Associate Professor of Medicine and Environmental Health
Harvard Medical School
Harvard School of Public Health

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Michael VanRooyen

Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health; Interim Chairman, Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine; Director, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Harvard Medical School
Harvard School of Public Health

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Marc Weisskopf

Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health

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Walter Willett

Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition; Chair, Department of Nutrition; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Harvard School of Public Health

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Richard Wilson

Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics [Emeritus]
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Dyann Wirth

Chair, Dept. of Immunology and Infectious Diseases Richard Pearson Strong Professor of Infectious Diseases
Harvard School of Public Health

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Food That’s Better for All of Us and the Planet

Summit looks at production, health, sustainability, and social justice
February 20, 2020

Confronting Climate Change Across Concentrations

Young scholars come together to learn about the complexities of climate change from leading experts.
January 24, 2020

Switching to Renewable Energy Could Save Thousands of Lives in Africa

SEAS researchers estimate future death toll from fossil fuel emission.
November 18, 2019

Toll of Climate Change on Workers

Harvard economist says rise in number of very hot days will cut productivity and hike health risks, especially for many in blue-collar jobs.
November 4, 2019

Climate Change is Sapping Nutrients from Our Food — and It Could Become a Global Crisis

PHA Director Sam Myers discusses the negative impacts of climate change on nutrition.
August 8, 2019

Climate Change Likely to Increase Human Exposure to Toxic Methylmercury

Environmental factors, such as rising sea temperatures, impact levels of mercury in fish
August 7, 2019

Introducing the 2019-2021 Environmental Fellows

HUCE welcomes new cohort of postdoctoral researchers
May 3, 2019

Tackling Climate Change through Study

Seven research projects, including four led by HUCE faculty associates, will share $1 million in grants
April 10, 2019

Five-Minute Warnings

Video project by HUCE channels wide range of climate change knowledge at Harvard
December 31, 2018

Mercury Matters 2018: A Science Brief for Journalists and Policymakers

A proposal to reopen one or more aspects of US Mercury standards is currently under consideration. Here’s what you need to know.
December 1, 2018

Environmental Health Capacity Building

In Africa and Middle East, HSPH researchers examine links between environment and health
November 8, 2018

Studying Environmental Issues in China

Harvard undergrads spent summer internships working in labs, touring country
September 26, 2018

As Carbon Dioxide Levels Climb, Millions at Risk of Nutritional Deficiencies

New research expands on the connection between climate change and human health
August 27, 2018

Op-Ed: Trump’s Biggest Climate Move Yet Is Bad for Everyone

HLS Professor Jody Freeman examines what's at stake with recent rollbacks
August 2, 2018

The “Global Chemical Experiment”

Elsie Sunderland maps invisible ocean pollutants
July 1, 2018

Fired-up McCarthy Takes Leadership Role at Harvard Chan School

Center for health and environment relaunched with former EPA administrator at the helm
June 1, 2018

Airborne Dust Threatens Human Health in Southwest

Increases in dust due to climate change could result in additional illness and deaths in U.S. Southwest by 2100
April 25, 2018

At Extension School, a Sustainable Program Grows

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

Harvard and Yale Students Unite for Planetary Health

They may be centuries-old rivals, but when it comes to protecting the health of people and the planet, the two are united.
November 28, 2017

Another Climate Change Concern: Forced Migration

Harvard faculty urge development of early warning systems and robust government responses to ease the effects of climate change
September 29, 2017

Fighting Words from Former EPA Leader

McCarthy urges scientists to raise their voices on climate change at Climate Week event
April 28, 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

Rethinking the American Diet

Radcliffe Fellow Gidon Eshel, a geophysicist, has spent the past decade studying the effects of our food choices on the planet
February 21, 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

Canada’s Big Dams Produce Clean Energy, and High Levels of Mercury

Ninety-percent of proposed Canadian hydroelectric projects may expose local indigenous communities to methylmercury, according to research led by HUCE faculty associate Elsie Sunderland
November 10, 2016

Southeast Asia Haze Caused Over 100,000 Deaths, Study Says

U.S. researchers from Harvard and Columbia calculate ‘excess deaths’ from smoke last year in Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia
September 19, 2016

Unsafe Levels of Toxic Chemicals Found in Drinking Water of 33 States

High levels of fluorinated compounds have been linked to cancer, hormone disruption
August 9, 2016

Turning the Brain Green

Neurosurgeon and HUCE faculty associate Ann-Christine Duhaime thinks a better understanding of the brain’s reward system might help encourage greener living
July 6, 2016

Looking Indoors to Health

Renovations to University housing interiors focus on long-term health of students and staff
June 15, 2016

Fishing Gaps Called Malnutrition Threat

HUCE faculty associate Christopher Golden and colleagues calculate that declining numbers of marine fish will spell more malnutrition in many developing nations
June 15, 2016

Scientific Discovery and Public Engagement

A profile on Environmental Science and Engineering Professor Elsie Sunderland
May 24, 2016

Targeting the Ills of Climate Change

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry helped launch a new Harvard climate change and global health initiative
May 6, 2016

Sea-Level Rise 'Could Last Twice as Long as Human History'

Research, co-authored by HUCE Director Dan Schrag, warns of the long timescale of climate change impacts unless urgent action is taken to cut emissions drastically
February 8, 2016

Sick Planet, Sick People

Harvard Chan School’s Sam Myers to lead new environment and health project
December 14, 2015

How Green Affects Work

Green office environments linked with higher cognitive function scores
October 28, 2015

Students Bring Fresh Perspective to Environmental Issues

HUCE funding supports undergrads from across disciplines
October 5, 2015

How Does Air Pollution Affect Health?

Douglas Dockery, chair of the Department of Environmental Health, explains how air pollution can reduce people’s life expectancy and why it’s a global problem
August 26, 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

Human-Wrought Environmental Changes Impacting Crops, Pollinators Could Harm Millions

Professor Samuel Myers authors study that quantifies potential effects of pollinator declines
July 16, 2015

Focus on Food

Twenty-two faculty deliver lightning lectures on research, realities involving what we eat
March 9, 2015

New Energy and Environment Secondary Attracts Students from Diverse Fields

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

A Key Urban Intersection

HSPH report co-authored by John Spengler pushes for more study of links between green space and health
January 21, 2015

BPA in Cans and Plastic Bottles Linked to Quick Rise in Blood Pressure

Dr. Karin B. Michels, an expert on BPA and HUCE faculty associate, offers comments on a new bisphenol A study
December 10, 2014

Coming Up for Air

Mexico City, Harvard alliance to study health changes after two decades of major environmental upgrades
October 29, 2014

Harvard Rolls Out Plan for the Future

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

A Wellspring of Hope

Harvard students help restore clean water to Dominican mountain town
October 8, 2014

Power Plant Standards Could Save Thousands of U.S. Lives Every Year

New study links strong carbon standards to substantial reductions in air pollution and widespread health benefits
October 2, 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

Are Failing Bees our Warning Sign?

Professor suspects that hive collapses are caused by pesticides, which also could hurt human health
August 19, 2014

Charting China's Course

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

Air Pollution's Invisible Toll

Two decades later, pivotal Harvard School of Public Health Six Cities Study key in fight for clean air
June 9, 2014

Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels Will Have an Impact on Food Nutrition

Research headed by Samuel Myers suggests the nutrition levels of foods will fall as the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rises
May 7, 2014

The Urban Ocean

Harvard teams probe how seas are mined for energy, food, advantage
April 23, 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

Toxic Chemicals Linked to Brain Disorders in Children

Harvard study finds six newly recognized chemicals to add to list
March 6, 2014

India's Particulate Problem

A New York Times Op-Ed by HUCE faculty associate Rohini Pande
February 12, 2014

Scientists and Aid Experts Plan for a Warmer Future

Public health expert Jennifer Leaning analyzes the results of this past May's Humanitarian Action Summit
August 16, 2013

Walter Willett’s Food Fight

Willett, a HUCE faculty associate and influential nutritionist, is waging a war against unhealthy eating and obesity
July 29, 2013

Harvard Researchers Warn of Legacy Mercury in the Environment

Without stringent emissions reductions, future increases in ocean mercury levels are likely to be greater than anticipated
July 9, 2013

Searching for Causes of Bee Colony Collapse

Chensheng Lu's study on the effects of pesticide exposure on honeybees were chronicled in a "Boston Globe Magazine" cover story
June 25, 2013

Exposure to High Pollution Levels During Pregnancy May Increase Risk of Having Child with Autism

Researchers—including faculty associate Marc Weisskopf—release new Harvard School of Public Health report
June 24, 2013

Healthy Menus for People and Planet

Harvard experts and food industry leaders probe intersection of diet and the environment
June 18, 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

Humanitarian Response to Climate Disasters

An interview with professors Jennifer Leaning and Michael VanRooyen
June 17, 2013

Beartooth Water Provides Insight to Climate Change

Harvard graduate student Daniel Green studies drinking water to understand the record of climate change preserved in fossilized teeth
June 12, 2013

Urgent Prep Work

Climate science, disaster relief converge at HUCE co-sponsored conference
May 19, 2013

New Investigators Named

HUCE faculty associates Cohen, Hoekstra appointed by Howard Hughes Medical Institute
May 17, 2013

New England Colleges Win Awards for Reducing Food Waste

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized Harvard for cutting food waste below previous years' levels
April 8, 2013

Progress, Puzzles in Halting Malaria

Faculty associate Jessica Cohen spoke about her malaria research in Zanzibar as part of the HSPH symposium “Defeating Malaria: From the Genes to the Globe”
April 2, 2013

HUCE Welcomes New Environmental Fellows

September 11, 2012

Increased Risk of Ozone Loss Over the United States in Summer

July 26, 2012

Where Wild Food Matters

In remote areas, bush meat still plays pivotal role in people’s diet, says study by HUCE Fellow Christopher Golden
November 21, 2011

Managing Malaria, Beating the Mosquito in the Amazon Jungle

Professor Marcia Castro has spent more than 10 years studying the thicket of factors that contribute to frontier malaria
November 15, 2011

Probing the Future of Energy, Across the Disciplines

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

HUCE Scholarships Support Summer Research

February 28, 2011

Public Health Consequences of Climate Change

February 24, 2011

HUCE Welcomes Incoming Environmental Fellows

September 17, 2010

HUCE Associates Awarded EPA Funding for Climate Research

April 8, 2010

From the Gene to the Globe

June 30, 2009

Spring/Summer 2009 Newsletter

June 15, 2009

Center Seed Grants Spur Innovative Environmental Research

April 1, 2008

LIFESCI 2. Evolutionary Human Physiology and Anatomy

Why is the human body the way that it is? This course explores human anatomy and physiology from an integrated framework, combining functional, comparative, and evolutionary perspectives on how organisms work.

GENED 1027. Human Evolution and Human Health

How and why did humans evolve to be the way we are, and what are the implications of our evolved anatomy and physiology for human health in a post-industrial world? Why do we get sick, and how can we use principles of evolution to improve health and wellbeing?

IID 201. Ecology, Epidemiology and Control of Important Parasitic Diseases

Provides an introduction to ecological and epidemiological concepts basic to the control of infectious agents. Considers important parasitic diseases of particular significance in the developing areas of the world.

EH 249. Built Environment, Nature, and Health

The built environment – our homes, schools, businesses, streets and sidewalks, and transportation options – and the natural environment – features such as vegetation, water, parks, and open spaces – directly and indirectly impact health and well-being.

ENVR E-159 Toxicology and Risk Assessment

"The dose makes the poison." Humans live in a world that contains a multitude of natural and human-made chemicals whose effects on human health are only beginning to be understood.

HO 703: Human Health and Global Environmental Change

Human activity is changing the atmosphere and altering terrestrial and marine ecosystems on a global scale for the first time in history.

ENVR E-112: Foundations of Sustainable Development

The broad goal of this course is to introduce students to the foundations of key sectoral and thematic knowledge for important challenges to sustainable development including food and nutritional security, social service delivery, energy policy, water resource management, urbanization, infrastruc

ENVR E-107: Natural Resource Materials: Origins and Issues

This course is a geologic and environmental treatment of the materials used in everyday life.

ID 539: Built Environment, Human Energy Expenditure, and Public Health

At the completion of this course, students will have an understanding of different built environments and human energy expenditure in those environments.

EH 550: Special Topics in Environmental Health

This course will provide an introduction to different techniques to analyze exposure to mixtures in environmental health.

ADV 9148. Miami Resilience: Health & Infrastructure

This advanced research seminar in Miami, Florida (USA) is thematically focused at the intersection of community resilience, infrastructure design, housing studies, building science and zoning.

EH 212. Food and the Global Environment

In this course, we will explore the development of our modern food production and distribution system and its effects on our environment and planet.  To explore the opportunities for and challenges to achieving a sustainable food system, we will critically review published studies and other asses

EH 252. High Performance Buildings for Health, Comfort, and Sustainability

It is well-known and oft-repeated in environmental health circles that we spend 90% of time indoors.

EH 520: Research Design in Environmental Health

The seminars consist of student presentation of plans for collection and analysis of data, with discussion by students and faculty. Preparatory work is done under tutorial arrangements with members of the faculty.

*Science of Living Systems 19. Nutrition and Global Health

This course will introduce students to nutrition and global health problems through exploration of demographic, epidemiological, biological, social, political, and economic determinants of nutritional status.

EH 520. Research Design in Environmental Health

The seminars consist of student presentation of plans for collection and analysis of data, with discussion by students and faculty. Preparatory work is done under tutorial arrangements with members of the faculty.

[ESE 169. Seminar on Global Pollution Issues: Case Study of Lead Biogeochemistry]

This course provides a cross-disciplinary overview of environmental science and how research contributes to public policy and human health risk assessment through a case study of a global pollution issue: lead biogeochemistry.

EH 232. Introduction to Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Overview of Occupational and Environmental Medicine including: the diagnosis and management of illnesses following exposure to specific workplace substances, environmental and community hazards, such as asbestos, lead, organic solvents, and vibration; methods of diagnosis of early organ system ef

ENVR E-165: Human Health and Global Environmental Change

Human activity is changing the atmosphere and altering terrestrial and marine ecosystems on a global scale. Evidence is mounting that these changes may already be having serious effects on human health, and there is growing concern that in coming decades the effects could be catastrophic.

MCB 121. The Microbes

This general microbiology course will focus on the genetics, cell biology, and physiology of microorganisms. The goal of this course is to give the students a broad overview of microbial physiology in the context of disease and environmental applications.

SES 5330: Healthy Places

The connection between health, well-being, and place is a complex one with many dimensions.

EH 298. Environmental Epigenetics

Epigenetics is a fast changing field, with increasing applicability in toxicology, epidemiology, population, and environmental studies. Epigenetic changes are reversible, responsive to environmental influences, and can have downstream effects as profound as those exerted by DNA mutations.

EH 297. Atmospheric Environment

This course offers a comprehensive overview of gaseous and particulate air pollutants. It will emphasize pollutant sources, physical and chemical properties, sampling and analysis, chemical transformation, atmospheric transport, fate, and potential for adverse health and environmental impacts.

ID 215. Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology

This course examines the application of epidemiologic methods to environmental and occupational health problems.

EH 257. Water Pollution

This course is designed to teach an understanding of the basic principles of water pollution and water pollution issues on local, regional and global scales. The course will begin with a discussion of the basic chemical, physical and biological properties of water and water contaminants.

EH 510. Fundamentals of Human Environmental Exposures Assessment

This course is designed to provide the tools and foundations necessary to understand the fate and transport of environmental contaminants in various environmental media and to estimate their impact on human exposure.

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. The course is organized into three blocks:

EH 236. Epidemiology of Environmental and Occupational Health Regulations

Provides students with the opportunity to review the epidemiologic basis for associating selected occupational and environmental exposures with health outcomes and to explore how this science might be used to develop and implement regulation of these exposures.

[*Earth and Planetary Sciences 239. The Consequences of Energy Systems]

This course provides an introduction to the physical and chemical impacts of energy choices on human society and natural ecosystems.

RDS 500. Risk Assessment

Introduces the framework of risk assessment, considers its relationship with cost-benefit, decision analysis and other tools for improving environmental decisions. The scientific foundations for risk assessment (epidemiology, toxicology, and exposure assessment) are discussed.

ID 271: Advanced Regression for Environmental Epidemiology

This course covers applied advanced regression analysis. Its focus is on relaxing classical assumptions in regression analysis to better match what epidemiological data really looks like.

EH 278. Human Health and Global Environmental Change

Human activity is changing the atmosphere and altering terrestrial marine ecosystems on a global scale. Evidence is mounting that these changes may already be having serious effects on human health, and there is growing concern that in coming decades the effects could be catastrophic.

EH 263. Analytical Methods and Exposure Assessment

This course will examine methodological issues associated with the design and execution of studies designed to measure environmental exposure to chemical and biological contaminants.

April 18, 2020
Virtual Conference

Climate Action During COVID-19

Join the Student Climate Change Conference group in commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day as they discuss concrete actions towards combating climate change with keynote speakers Bill McKibben, climate activist and Founder of 350.org, and Pat Brown, CEO of Impossible Foods. 
Saturday, April 18, 2020 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
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March 10, 2020
Spangler Auditorium, HBS, Batten Way, Boston

CANCELED: A Screening of "Dark Waters": The Business and Societal Impacts of Drinking Water Contamination

HBS' Student Sustainability Associates and the Harvard Office for Sustainability invite you for a film screening and discussion aimed at making the Harvard community aware of the impacts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in our drinking water and how organizations can move away from the use of PFAS as a part of their operations. 
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 - 3:00pm
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February 26, 2020
Office of Career Services, 54 Dunster St., Cambridge

Future of Food: Career Pathways

The food industry is changing! Student-scientists, entrepreneurs, social scientists, and policymakers see that the alternative protein space is an arena where they can make a positive impact. The field spans many diverse disciplines, from tissue or chemical engineering to synthetic biology, from economics to data science. Attend this panel discussion to hear from alumni and others in this rapidly growing field and learn how you can make an impact! Harvard students and alumni only.
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
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February 25, 2020
Office of Career Services, 54 Dunster St., Cambridge

Environment & Climate Change: Career Pathways

A changing climate is dramatically affecting many sectors and organizations, and opportunities to work within this field are varied. Attend this discussion to hear from panelists working in diverse industries and job functions related to the environment in nonprofit, corporate, and government settings. Registration required. Harvard students and alumni only.
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
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February 13, 2020
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston

The Climate Crisis and Clinical Practice Symposium

Join C-Change for the first symposium to bring together the leading health institutions around Greater Boston to tackle the effects of the climate crisis on clinical practice.
Thursday, February 13, 2020 - 1:00pm to 5:00pm
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January 17, 2020
Pierce Hall (100F), 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

Atmospheric & Environmental Chemistry Seminar

Jhoon Kim, Yonsei University, will discuss "New Era of Air Quality Monitoring from Space: Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS)."
Friday, January 17, 2020 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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March 3, 2020
Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston

Wicked High Tides

Join the Museum of Science for an evening devoted to the social, economic, and environmental effects of sea level rise in Boston.
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 - 6:30pm to 9:00pm
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February 11, 2020
Room G2, Kresge Bldg, HSPH, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston

Harvard Center for Risk Analysis Seminar

"Air Pollution and Population Growth" with Neal Fann from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Tuesday, February 11, 2020 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
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December 6, 2019
Pierce Hall, 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

Atmospheric & Environmental Chemistry Seminar

Charbel Afif, Associate Professor, Saint Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon, will present "Air Pollution in the East Mediterranean and the Middle East: Current Status and Future Work."
Friday, December 6, 2019 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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December 6, 2019
Global Health and Health Policy Bldg, 4th floor, 14 Story St., Cambridge

Protecting Global Health Progress in the Era of Climate Change

How can global investments drive the response to climate change? Can investment management protect or hurt global health progress? Join us for a discussion about the value of global investment in fighting today's climate emergency with one of the world's leading voices on the issue, Dr. Howard Frumkin, Chair of the “Our Planet, Our Health” (OPOH) program at the Wellcome Trust.
Friday, December 6, 2019 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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December 3, 2019
Harvard i-lab, 125 Western Ave., Boston

IdeaJam: Preserving the Amazon Rainforest

Join the Harvard Innovation Labs for an IdeaJam centered on the preservation of the Amazon Rainforest.
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
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December 2, 2019
CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St., Cambridge

The Lived Nile: Environment, Disease, and Material Colonial Economy in Egypt

Jennifer L. Derr, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of California, Santa Cruz, will give a talk on "The Lived Nile: Environment, Disease, and Material Colonial Economy in Egypt'" as part of the CMES Modern Middle East Speaker Series.
Monday, December 2, 2019 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm
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November 13, 2019
BioLabs Lecture Hall (1080), 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge

BASELINE: A Conversation with John D. Sutter

HUCE, The Nieman Foundation, and C-CHANGE invite you for a discussion with journalist and filmmaker John D. Sutter about the BASELINE documentary series, an unprecedented look at the climate crisis, checking in with four locations every five years until 2050.
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 - 5:30pm
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November 5, 2019
Harvard-Yenching Institute Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge

China's Green Movement: Players, Style, and Strategy

With Liu Jingfang, Associate Professor, School of Journalism, Fudan University; HYI Visiting Scholar.
Tuesday, November 5, 2019 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
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November 14, 2019
Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, NRB 350, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston

Symposium on Climate Change

The 2019 Symposium of the Consortium for Space Genetics will be dedicated to Earth because, after all, Earth is in Space. Its focus will be climate change and the potential of genetic technologies to halt or reverse it, ameliorate the consequences of it, and prepare the living world for the extreme conditions that will arise because of it. Indeed, many of the leaders who have spearheaded humanity’s exploration of Space are now diverting their attention to Earth. Please join us. It will be an important melding of minds.
Thursday, November 14, 2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
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October 29, 2019
S250, CGIS South, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge

Downwind, Downhill, Downstream: Binational Security on the U.S.-Mexico Border

The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLS) invites you to a lecture by Ieva Jusionyte, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Social Studies, Harvard FAS, as part of the Tuesday Seminar Series. Moderated by Fernando Bizzarro, Department of Government; Graduate Student Associate, DRCLAS.
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 - 12:00pm
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November 14, 2019
LIVE WEBCAST ForumHSPH.org

Unprecedented Natural Disasters in a Time of Climate Change: A Governors Roundtable

This Forum event, co-hosted by T.H. Chan HSPH and Reuters, will convene a dynamic panel of former governors, who will share their unique insights into the challenges of leadership and natural disasters. What does it take to prepare, respond and rebuild? What roles do the public, local and state officials and emergency responders play? What is the intersection between economies and disasters? And what climate change considerations need to be understood?
Thursday, November 14, 2019 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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October 24, 2019
100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

Characteristics and Mixing State of Haze Pollution in China

A Harvard-China Project Research Seminar with Fengkui Duan, Associate Professor at the School of Environment, Tsinghua University, China.
Thursday, October 24, 2019 - 3:30pm to 4:45pm
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October 8, 2019
Askwith Lecture Hall, Longfellow Hall, Harvard GSE, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge

How Will the City of the Future Be Impacted by Water?

A discussion, hosted by the Harvard Business School Global Initiative, exploring how the future of cities is impacted by water in two main manifestations: too much water (notably flooding and sea rise) or not enough water (leading to drought, extreme heat, and increased fire risk). Panelists include John Macomber, Harvard Business School; James Matheson, Oasys Water and Harvard Business School; Joyce Coffee, Climate Resilience Consulting; John Fernandez, MIT and Urban Metabolism Group; Efosa Ojomo, Global Prosperity Lead and Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation; and Loreta Castro Reguera UNAM Mexico, Taller Capital, Mexico, and Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Tuesday, October 8, 2019 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
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February 21, 2020
Room 095, Building E51, 2 Amherst St., Cambridge

MIT Seminar on Environmental and Agricultural History

Andrew Robichaud, Boston University, will present "Animal City: Remaking Human and Animal Life in Nineteenth-Century America."
Friday, February 21, 2020 - 2:30pm to 4:30pm
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October 11, 2019
Room 095, Building E51, 2 Amherst St., Cambridge

MIT Seminar on Environmental and Agricultural History

Kate Brown, MIT, will present "The Great Chernobyl Acceleration."
Friday, October 11, 2019 - 2:30pm to 4:30pm
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October 3, 2019
Pierce 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

China Project Research Seminar

Siqi Zheng, the Samuel Tak Lee Associate Professor of Real Estate Development and Entrepreneurship in the MIT Department of Urban Planning, and the Faculty Director, MIT Future City Lab, will present "Social Costs of Air Pollution in China."
Thursday, October 3, 2019 - 3:30pm to 4:45pm
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November 14, 2019
Science Center 469, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

History of Science Seminar

Kate Brown, MIT, will present "Controversy over Chernobyl Health Consequences: A Case of Slow Science or Undone Science?"
Thursday, November 14, 2019 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
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September 20, 2019
UMass Club, 32nd Floor, 1 Beacon St., Boston

Changing Climate, Changing Health: Strategies for Addressing Public Health in the Age of Climate Change

As part of the EBC/UMass Boston Climate Adaptation Forum, keynote speaker Gina McCarthy, former EPA Administrator and Director of Harvard C-CHANGE, will discuss how climate change is impacting public health
Friday, September 20, 2019 - 7:15am to 11:45am
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November 14, 2019
BioLabs Lecture Hall 1080, 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge 

2019 Prather Lecture: Harmit Malik

Harmit Malik, Professor, University of Washington, will be discussing " Genetic Conflicts During Meiosis Shape Centromeres and Species."
Thursday, November 14, 2019 - 3:30pm
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November 13, 2019
Geo Museum Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

2019 Prather Lecture: Harmit Malik

Harmit Malik, Professor, University of Washington, will be discussing "Paleovirology: Ghosts and Gifts of Ancient Viruses."
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 - 6:00pm
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November 12, 2019
Geo Museum Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

2019 Prather Lecture: Harmit Malik

Harmit Malik, Professor, University of Washington, will be discussing "Rules of Engagement: Molecular Arms Races Between Host and Viral Genomes."
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 - 4:00pm
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September 5, 2019
Room 121, Gund Hall, GSD, 42-28 Quincy St., Cambridge

Walking Culture in China

A dissertation defense by Yingying Lu, a Harvard Graduate School of Design doctoral candidate and incoming researcher of the Harvard-China Project.
Thursday, September 5, 2019 - 3:00pm
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May 6, 2019
K262, Bowie-Vernon Room, CGIS Knafel, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge

The Social Cost of Automobiles and Environment Policies in Asia: A Comparative Study on China and Japan

Professor Harutoshi Matsutani, Fellow, Harvard Asia Center; Professor of Economics, Aichi University, Japan, will give a talk as part of the Asia Center Fellows Seminar Series, co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy and Environment; Harvard-Yenching Institute; and the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies.
Monday, May 6, 2019 - 12:15pm to 2:00pm
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May 7, 2019 to May 8, 2019
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

Amazonia and Our Planetary Futures: A Conference on Climate Change

The Climate Change Initiative at David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies hosts this two-day conference bringing together experts and leaders from the US and Latin America to discuss the past, present, and future of Amazonia.
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 - 9:30am to Wednesday, May 8, 2019 - 1:00pm
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March 28, 2019
100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

Potential Changes in the Sensitivities of Inorganic Fine Particulate Matter to Precursor Emissions in China

Li Mingwei, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, will give a talk as part of the Harvard-China Project Seminar Series. 
Thursday, March 28, 2019 - 3:30pm to 4:45pm
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April 2, 2019
Room 1302, Bldg 1, HSPH, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston

Health and the Built Environment: Looking to the Future

Michael Brauer, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, School of Population and Public Health, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, will present as part of the HSPH NIEHS Center Colloquium Speaker Series.
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
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March 6, 2019
Snyder Auditorium, Kresge G1, HSPH, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston

Fireside Chat on Certainty Versus Uncertainty

From tobacco smoke to global warming, a handful of scientists obscured the truth on these issues to create doubt among the general public. Join "Merchants of Doubt" author, Naomi Oreskes, as she explores this deliberate attempt to confuse the public with former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. The two will discuss what Ms. Oreskes has learned since writing this groundbreaking book and how to determine what is certain versus uncertain.
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 - 1:00pm
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February 12, 2019
Lecture - Kresge 502, HSPH | Book reading 4:00pm - 9 Bow St., Cambridge

Climate Change, Social Inequity and the People's Health

The Planetary Health Alliance hosts a lecture and book reading with Sharon Friel, Director, School of Regulation and Global Governance; Professor of Health Equity, Australia National University.
Tuesday, February 12, 2019 - 1:00pm
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January 31, 2019
Bldg 1-1302, 665 Huntington Ave., Boston

Environment Matters: Neuro-Immune Interactions in Development and Implications for Lifelong Health

HSPH NIEHS Center for Environmental Health presents Staci Bilbo, Associate Professor of Pediatrics & Program in Neuroscience, who will give a talk as part of the Re-Envisioning the Environment Colloquium Speaker Series.
Thursday, January 31, 2019 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
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November 15, 2018
Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, 1350 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Yard, Cambridge

The Lead Summit at Harvard: Revolutionary Discoveries in Lead Pollution and Health Impacts

Amidst the news of continuing lead pollution crises, foremost researchers in this field will present new, groundbreaking and alarming data, renewing the call to eliminate lead pollution from our cities, homes and the environment. Hosted by the Initiative for the Science of the Human Past at Harvard.
Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm
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November 8, 2018
Room 1302, Building 1, HSPH, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston

HSPH NIEHS Center for Environmental Health Colloquium

“What’s Environment Got to Do with It? –Agency, Accountability & the People’s Health” with Nancy Krieger, Professor of Social Epidemiology, American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
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October 22, 2018
Harvard Science Center Plaza, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

#WarmingWarning Opening Event: Climate is Global, Change is Local

Climate change is happening, and warnings issued by international scientists has made the imperative for action clear. Harvard is working across its Schools to accelerate action on climate change. The opening event for the #WarmingWarning art exhibit now on view in Science Center Plaza will include presentations by many climate leaders on campus, who will describe their local work on climate and pathways for students to get involved.
Monday, October 22, 2018 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
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October 19, 2018
LIVE WEBCAST

Conflicts Over Science and Policy at the EPA: Where Are We Headed?

The Forum at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health presents a panel discussion with Wendy Jacobs, Director, Harvard Law School Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic; Gina McCarthy, Director, C-CHANGE, and 13th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; William Ruckelshaus Strategic Director, Madrona Venture Group, and First and Fifth Administrator of the EPA; and Tom Udall, U.S. Senator, New Mexico. Moderated by Carolyn Beeler, Environment Reporter, PRI’s The World.
Friday, October 19, 2018 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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October 11, 2018
Cahner's Theater, Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston

Gubernatorial Forum on Energy and the Environment

The Environmental League of Massachusetts along with other organizations from the environmental community will host a Gubernatorial Forum with Republican candidate Governor Charlie Baker and Democratic candidate Secretary Jay Gonzalez.
Thursday, October 11, 2018 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
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September 10, 2018
100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

Anatomy of Extreme Pollution Event in a Megacity, Delhi

The Harvard-China Project at SEAS hosts Dr. Gufran Beig, Project Director, System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India; Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences; World Meteorological Organization Norbert Gerbier-Mumm International Award, as part of the China Project Research Seminar Series.
Monday, September 10, 2018 - 3:30pm to 4:45pm
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September 24, 2018
Geo Lecture Hall (100), 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Conflict and the Global Threat of Pandemics

The Harvard Museum of Natural History and the Harvard Global Health Institute welcome Michele Barry, Professor of Medicine; Senior Associate Dean of Global Health, Director, Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford University, who will discuss how Ebola, polio, yellow fever, cholera, and Lassa fever have emerged during conflict in fragile states and what has been learned from the outbreaks to better predict and control other potential epidemics.
Monday, September 24, 2018 - 6:00pm
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September 11, 2018
Industrial Economics, Incorporated, 2067 Massachusetts Ave., 4th floor, Cambridge

Health Impacts of Air Quality Warnings

Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, Center for Health Decision Science, and Society for Risk Analysis - New England host a lecture by Jonathan Buonocore, Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, HSPH.
Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
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September 24, 2018
CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

"Not-so-big Data and Ebola Virus Disease" with Eugene T. Richardson (Harvard, HMS).
Monday, September 24, 2018 - 12:15pm to 2:00pm
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October 29, 2018
CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

"Nurturing Indonesia: Medicine and Decolonisation in the Dutch East Indies" with Hans Pols (Sydney, History and Philosophy of Science).
Monday, October 29, 2018 - 12:15pm to 2:00pm
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May 30, 2018
Sebastian's Cafe, Kresge Bldg, HSPH, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston

C-CHANGE Official Launch

On May 30, the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will host an event to officially launch its new center. We are excited to announce keynote speeches from John Kerry, former U.S. Secretary of State and Dr. John Holdren, former Science Advisor to President Obama and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. They will join Gina McCarthy, C-CHANGE Director and former U.S. EPA Administrator, Dean Michelle Williams and Co-Directors Dr. Aaron Bernstein and Dr. Joseph Allen in giving remarks on our mission, strategies to broaden support for climate action and our goals.
Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
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May 18, 2018
Kresge 110, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston

Program in Cardiovascular Epidemiology Friday Forum

"Environmental Pollutants in the Food System: Overlooked Cardio-Metabolic Disease Risk Factors" with Lindsay Jaacks, Assistant Professor of Global Health, HSPH.
Friday, May 18, 2018 - 4:00pm
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May 1, 2018
GHP Room 1208, 665 Huntington Ave., Boston

China Health Partnership Seminar: “Environmental Health in China”

The Dept. of Global Health and Population at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health welcomes Professor David Christiani.
Tuesday, May 1, 2018 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
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April 16, 2018
Sperry Room, Andover Hall, HDS, 45 Francis Ave., Cambridge

Film Screening: "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power"

A decade after "An Inconvenient Truth" brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the riveting follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution. Vice President Al Gore continues his fight, traveling around the world training an army of climate champions and influencing international climate policy.
Monday, April 16, 2018 - 11:30am to 1:30pm
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April 16, 2018
Allison Dining Room, 5th floor, Taubman Bldg, HKS, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Superbugs Attack! How the World Can Contain the Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance

Antimicrobial resistance has been estimated to cause 700,000 deaths annually and is spreading at an alarming rate predicted to cause 10 million deaths annually by 2050. The effective containment of antimicrobial resistance is hindered by many complex factors, including inappropriate medicines use, poor surveillance, limited treatment options, and a lack of good governance to address these issues. Steven Hoffman, Director of the Global Strategy Lab, a Professor of Global Health, Law, and Political Science at York University, the Scientific Director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Institute of Population & Public Health, and an Adjunct Professor of Global Health & Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health​, will address the global actions that must be taken to address this urgent threat to global health security.
Monday, April 16, 2018 - 11:45am to 1:00pm
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March 28, 2018
Room 502, Kresge Bldg, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston

Training Future Leaders in Global Health

The Dept. of Global Health and Population at HSPH presents "Training Future Leaders in Global Health" with Roger Glass, Director of the Fogarty International Center and Associate Director for International Research at National Institutes of Health, as part of Global Health Week 2018.
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
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March 20, 2018
Kresge 439, HSPH, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston

Global Health Student Research Seminar

Join the Harvard Global Health Institute for a ‘work-in-progress’ research seminar featuring two talented students from HSPH and GSD: "Protecting Human Health in a World Above Two Degrees: Smart Pathways toward Climate-Smart Health Systems in the Philippines" with Renzo Guinto, HSPH, and "From Junkyard to Peace Promotion Project: A Transdisciplinary Approach through Participatory Design" with Ignacio Cardona, GSD.
Tuesday, March 20, 2018 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
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March 21, 2018
Haller Hall (102), 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

Women for Planetary Health

Join the Planetary Health Alliance (PHA) for a discussion featuring women from around the world showcasing solutions at the intersection of global environmental change, human health, and social justice. Panelists include Kinari Webb, founder of Health In Harmony; Laura Stachel, founder of We Care Solar; and Fatima Ahmed, founder of Zenab for Women in Development. Professor Gina McCarthy, Director of the Harvard Center for Health and the Global Environment and former EPA Administrator; Tim Wirth, former US Senator and Vice-Chair of the United Nations Foundation; and Sam Myers, Director of the Planetary Health Alliance and Principal Research Scientist at HSPH, will moderate.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
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March 20, 2018
Harvard Global Health Institute, 42 Church St., Cambridge

Climate Change and Global Health Seminar

Join the Harvard Global Health Institute for an exciting Climate Change and Global Health seminar with Professor Patrick Kinney, Beverly Brown Professor of Urban Health, Boston University's School of Public Health, who will speak on "Climate Change, Air Quality, and Human Health."
Tuesday, March 20, 2018 - 1:00pm
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March 23, 2018
Location TBA, Harvard University

Data Science and Our Environment

Francesca Dominici, Professor of Biostatistics, HSPH; Co-Director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI), will give a talk as part of the Institute for Applied Computational Science (IACS) Seminar Series.
Friday, March 23, 2018 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
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March 9, 2018
Live webcast

Extreme Hurricanes: The Challenges for Puerto Rico and Beyond

Six months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, a panel of experts will assess persistent public health challenges on the island and the outlook for long-term recovery. Power restoration, health care coordination, and medical services delivery on the island are just some of the pressing issues the panelists will explore.
Friday, March 9, 2018 - 12:00pm
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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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February 12, 2018
100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

China's Environmental Challenges 2018: Summer Undergraduate Research Assistantships in China

The Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy, and Environment, based at SEAS, will provide generous financial support for six Harvard undergraduates to spend the summer in China conducting research on China's energy and environmental future under the guidance of an English-speaking professor at a leading university, from June 15 to August 16, 2018. Join us for a Q&A session where Harvard-China Project staff and a participating Tsinghua University professor will be available to answer questions about the research assistantship program.
Monday, February 12, 2018 - 5:00pm
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March 26, 2018
Pierce 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

"Sex in the Age of Medical Jurisprudence: The Law and Science of Hermaphrodites in the 19th Century U.S." with Maayan Sudai, Harvard Law School.
Monday, March 26, 2018 - 12:15pm to 2:00pm
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January 30, 2018
HGHI, 42 Church St., Cambridge

The Bush, The Barn, and One Health Approaches to Pandemic Preparedness

Jonathan Quick, Senior Fellow Emeritus, Management Sciences for Health, will present as part of the Pandemic Seminar Series hosted by the Harvard Global Health Institute. The theme for this semester is "One Health Approaches to Disease Outbreaks."
Tuesday, January 30, 2018 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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January 31, 2018
Harvard Global Health Institute, 42 Church St., Cambridge

Climate Change and Global Health Seminar

Join the Harvard Global Health Institute for "The Nexus of Green Building, Public Health, and the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals" with Joseph Allen, Assistant Professor of Exposure Assessment Science, Department of Environmental Health, HSPH.
Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 1:00pm
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December 1, 2017
Museum Building Classroom 375 (Formerly Room 310), 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

MSI Chalk Talk

"Discovery of an Immunomodulator from a Gut Microbe Associated with Crohn's Disease" with Matthew Henke, Clardy Lab, HMS. Coffee and pastries will be served.
Friday, December 1, 2017 - 8:30am to 9:30am
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November 17, 2017
Museum Building Classroom 375 (Formerly Room 310), 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

MSI Chalk Talk

Join MSI with Aspen Reese, Harvard FAS - Carmody and Girguis Labs, who will give a talk and lead a discussion on "Gut Microbiome Effects on Ecology and Evolution." Coffee and pastries will be served.
Friday, November 17, 2017 - 8:30am to 9:30am
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November 28, 2017
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA

Film Screening: "Plastic China"

The Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy and Environment, SEAS; Environment in Asia Series, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; and Emergent Visions Film Screening Series, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, present the Boston-area premiere of Plastic China, followed by a Q&A via Skype with director WANG Jiuliang with the audience moderated by Professor ZHANG Ling of Boston College and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. The discussion will be interpreted by Canaan Morse, a Ph.D. candidate in Chinese Literature at Harvard. 
Tuesday, November 28, 2017 - 6:30pm to 8:45pm
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November 9, 2017
HUCE room 440, 4th floor, MCZ, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge

MSI Seminar

"How to Eat Something Bigger Than Your Head - Microbial Community Assembly at the Micron Scale" with Otto Cordero, assistant professor, MIT. Hosted by Colleen Cavanaugh, with reception following the seminar.
Thursday, November 9, 2017 - 4:00pm
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November 3, 2017
Geo Museum Room 375 (formerly Room 310), 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

MSI Chalk Talk

Gleb Pishchany, Microbiology and Immunobiology, HMS, will lead a discussion on the "Ecological Function of Antibiotics."
Friday, November 3, 2017 - 8:30am to 9:30am
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November 14, 2017
Haller Hall (102), Geo Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

Screening & Discussion: Tidewater

The Harvard University Center for the Environment invites you to a screening of Tidewater. The film explores the national security threats and economic opportunities associated with sea level rise. A panel discussion will follow featuring director and producer Roger Sorkin; Captain James Goudreau, Head of Climate and Energy, Novartis; and Peter Huybers, Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences and of Environmental Science and Engineering, and Co-Director, HUCE.
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 - 5:00pm
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October 26, 2017
Kresge Cafeteria, HSPH, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston

Global Health and the Future Role of the United States

Keynote speaker Michael Merson, Wolfgang Joklik Professor of Global Health, Vice President and Vice Provost for Global Strategy and Programs, Duke University, will present "Global Health and the Future Role of the United States." Reception to follow.
Thursday, October 26, 2017 - 4:30pm
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October 23, 2017
Kresge Building Room G1, 665 Huntington Ave., Boston

The Effect of Shifting Global Health & Climate Change Policies on Malaria Eradication

Worldwide Week at Harvard showcases the remarkable breadth of Harvard’s global engagement. During Worldwide Week, Harvard Schools, research centers, departments, and student organizations will host academic and cultural events with global or international themes. Hosted by Harvard's Defeating Malaria: From the Genes to the Globe Initiative, join us for a lecture and panel on "The Effect Of Shifting Global Health & Climate Change Policies On Malaria Eradication."
Monday, October 23, 2017 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm
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October 19, 2017
Geo Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

Wonders of the Microbial World

In this lecture, Scott Chimileski, Microbiologist and Photographer, Kolter Lab, HMS, and Roberto Kolter, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, HMS, will share their fascination with the wonders of the microbial world through vignettes and images from their new book, "Life at the Edge of Sight: A Photographic Exploration of the Microbial World" (Harvard University Press).
Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 6:00pm
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October 16, 2017
Agassiz Room (101a), MCZ, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge

MCZ Lunchtime Seminar

Sophie Ragnault, PhD student, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, will present "Anatomy, Evolution, and Function of Patellar Sesamoids." The MCZ Seminar Lunch Series is open to ALL faculty, staff, students, and post-docs. 
Monday, October 16, 2017 - 12:00pm
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October 11, 2017
Lower Common Room, Adams House, 26 Plympton St., Cambridge

Natural Disaster Recovery: Recupera Chile and Lessons Learned for the Region

The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies invites you to a discussion on natural disaster recovery with Recupera Chile, a Harvard initiative started in 2011 that seeks to improve living conditions, well-being, and productivity in coastal communities in Chile that were devastated in 2010 by the earthquake and tsunami.
Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 9:00am to 1:00pm
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October 16, 2017
TMEC 334, HMS, 260 Longwood Ave., Cambridge

Climate Change & Infectious Diseases Symposium

Climate change is having a significant impact on infectious diseases, producing unanticipated consequences for global health and posing a challenge to public health authorities. The Harvard Global Health Institute and the Planetary Health Alliance jointly host a symposium on climate change and infectious disease. Mercedes Pascual, Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago, will deliver the keynote address. Expert panels will address the effect on the range and lifecycle of key disease vectors, and the intersecting fields of ecology, public health, and climate modeling. 
Monday, October 16, 2017 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
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November 1, 2017
FXB G-13, 651 Huntington Ave., HSPH, Boston

Sustainability for Health Leadership Series: Captain Sara Newman

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, Captain Sara Newman, Director, Office of Public Health, National Park Service will discuss "Promoting Parks as a Resource for Health."
Wednesday, November 1, 2017 - 1:00pm to 1:50pm
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October 18, 2017
FXB G-13, 651 Huntington Ave., HSPH, Boston

Sustainability for Health Leadership Series: Liz York

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, Liz York, Associate Director of Quality and Sustainability at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will discuss "Lessons from Practice: Exploring the Relationship between Operational Efficiencies and Individual Health."
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 - 1:00pm to 1:50pm
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November 6, 2017 to November 7, 2017
Nov. 6: Amphitheater, Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 77 Ave. Louis Pasteur, Boston Nov. 7: HKS, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

The Agriculture, Nutrition, Health, and the Environment in Africa conference

A conference for leaders, scientists, and students to highlight the intersection of nutrition and health, agriculture, and the environment in Africa toward solving complex health and development challenges.
Monday, November 6, 2017 (All day) to Tuesday, November 7, 2017 (All day)
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September 8, 2017
Geo Museum 375 (formerly Room 310), 3rd floor, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

Chalk-Talk Breakfast

"Reflections on a Piece of Chalk" by Roberto Kolter, professor, HMS-MBIB.
Friday, September 8, 2017 - 8:30am to 9:30pm
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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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October 5, 2017
Haller Hall
 (102), Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

Department of Human Evolutionary Biology's Julia Booms Memorial Lecture

“This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution and Evolving the Future” by David Sloan Wilson, Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences and Anthropology, Binghamton University.
Thursday, October 5, 2017 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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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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September 28, 2017
Radcliffe Gymnasium at the Knafel Center, 10 Garden St., Cambridge

Climate Change, Migration and Health

On behalf of the Harvard Global Health Institute, we are delighted to extend an invitation to our upcoming symposium, “Climate Change, Migration and Health." Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH, Director of Harvard Global Health Institute will kick off the program at 9:00AM with opening remarks. The keynote will be delivered by Jennifer Leaning, MD, SMH, Director of FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, followed by two panels of experts. Continental breakfast and lunch provided.
Thursday, September 28, 2017 - 9:00am to 12:30pm
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September 14, 2017
Tsai Auditorium (S010), CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

FROM THE ASHES: Film Screening & Discussion

The Harvard University Center for the Environment and The Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School invite you to a special screening of "From the Ashes," a new documentary about the true cost of coal from director Michael Bonfiglio. Presented by National Geographic, the film is a compelling and often heartbreaking look about what’s at stake for our economy, health, and climate.
Thursday, September 14, 2017 - 5:00pm
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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 30, 2017
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

"How Much Poison is Too Much? Calculating Hazard in International Nutrition Programs and Commodity Trade" with Lucas Mueller (MIT HASTS).
Monday, October 30, 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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June 6, 2017
The Venture Cafe, Cambridge Innovation Center, 1 Broadway, 5th Floor, Cambridge

Clearing the Air: Carbon & Health

Speakers, including Jonathan Buonocore of the Harvard Center for Health & the Global Environment at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will explore the connections between health, climate change and fossil fuel burning.
Tuesday, June 6, 2017 - 6:00pm to 8:30pm
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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 19, 2017
Wasserstein Hall, WCC 1010, HLS, 1585 Mass Ave., Cambridge

Sustainable & Equitable Food Systems: Building on What Works

The Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic at HLS hosts a conversation exploring the limitations of the dominant food policy paradigm, particularly with regards to food security, resilience, biodiversity, and human health. Drawing on their research, the speakers will also present alternative models that engage family farmers and their communities as key participants in food policy decision making
Friday, May 19, 2017 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
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May 9, 2017
Cannon Room, HMS, 240 Longwood Ave., Boston

Climate Change and Global Health Seminar

The Harvard Global Health Institute welcomes Samuel Myers, MD, MPH, Director of Planetary Health, who will speak on "Planetary Health: A Broader Framing of the Climate/Health Discussion."
Tuesday, May 9, 2017 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
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May 10, 2017
100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

China Project Seminar

The Harvard-China Project at the Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences welcomes Sarath Guttikinda, Affiliate Associate Research Professor, Desert Research Institute; Founder/Director of UrbanEmissions.Info, who will give a talk on "Using Data to Feed Short- and Long-Term Policy Dialogues on Air Quality in India."
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 - 3:30pm to 4:45pm
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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 27, 2017
The Boston Foundation, 75 Arlington St., 10th floor, Boston

Climate Week: "The Health Benefits of Carbon Pricing in Massachusetts: A Presentation at The Boston Foundation"

Jonathan Buonocore, Center for Health & the Global Environment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Thursday, April 27, 2017 - 9:30am to 11:00am
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April 18, 2017
Harvard Global Health Institute, 42 Church St., Cambridge

Climate Change and Global Health Seminar

The Harvard Global Health Institute hosts Greg Wellenius, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Brown University, who will discuss "Climate Change and Health in New England: Connecting Research to Public Health Practice." Lunch is provided.
Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
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April 28, 2017 to April 29, 2017
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, HMS, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston

Planetary Health/GeoHealth Annual Meeting

The Planetary Health Alliance, along with the Rockefeller Foundation, Wellcome Trust, Ecological Society of America, American Geophysical Union, and The Lancet, invite you to the inaugural Planetary Health/GeoHealth Annual Meeting, a two-day event showcasing the extraordinary momentum that is taking place around the world in the field of planetary health while highlighting institutional developments, emerging investigators, research developments, and applications to policy-making and natural resource management.
Friday, April 28, 2017 (All day) to Saturday, April 29, 2017 (All day)
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April 24, 2017
The Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge

Climate Week: Film Screening & Discussion: BEHEMOTH

The Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy and Environment and the Environment in Asia Series, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies present a DocYard screening of the film 'Behemoth,' followed by a discussion with director Zhao Liang.
Monday, April 24, 2017 - 7:00pm
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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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March 29, 2017
Belfer 503, HKS, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Addressing Complexity: Smallholder Farmers Facing Climate Risks in Sub-Saharan Africa

This M-RCBG hosted study group will examine the risks and challenges from the perspective of interested stakeholders looking to promote the interests of smallholders.
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
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March 22, 2017
HGHI, 42 Church St., Cambridge

Climate Change and Global Health Seminar

The Global Health Institute hosts Professor of Environmental Epidemiology Joel Schwartz, who will give a lecture on the intersection of climate and health.
Wednesday, March 22, 2017 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
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March 26, 2017
The Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN), 14 Summer St., Natick

2017 Jean and Henry Stone Memorial Lecture

Noted author, environmental advocate, and Nobel Prize laureate Dr. Eric Chivian will deliver the 2017 Jean and Henry Stone Memorial Lecture on “Human Health and the Environment.”
Sunday, March 26, 2017 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
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March 7, 2017
Northwest Building B101, 52 Oxford St., Cambridge

Climate, Oceans, Human Health, and Cholera

The Planetary Health Alliance (PHA) hosts Dr. Rita Colwell, Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and former director of the National Science Foundation.
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 - 4:00pm
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February 28, 2017
Harvard Global Health Institute, 42 Church St., Cambridge

Climate Change & Global Health Seminar

The Harvard Global Health Institute presents "Hydroelectric Power and Indigenous Health in the North" with Elsie Sunderland, Department of Environmental Health, Chan School of Public Health.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 - 1:00pm
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February 16, 2017
Geological Museum Lecture Hall (100), 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us

Join New York Times best-selling author Ed Yong as he takes us on a tour through our microbial partners, the microscopic companions that sculpt our organs, protect us from diseases, guide our behavior, and bombard us with their genes.
Thursday, February 16, 2017 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
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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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February 8, 2017
HUCE Seminar Room 440, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge

Lunch Discussion with Dr. Richard Ostfeld

The Planetary Health Alliance (PHA) hosts speaker Dr. Richard Ostfeld, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, for a lunch discussion with students ahead of his February 9th T.H. Chan School of Public Health talk. Dr. Ostfeld is a disease ecologist whose research focuses on the interactions among organisms that influence the risk of human exposure to vector-borne diseases and the dynamics of terrestrial communities.
Wednesday, February 8, 2017 - 12:00pm
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January 26, 2017
Washington Room, Harvard Club, 374 Commonwealth Ave., Boston

Rethinking the American Diet: Optimally Unifying Environmental and Nutritional Sciences

Gidon Eshel, Hrdy Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Research Professor of Environmental Science and Physics, speaks as part of the Harvard University Technology Assessment in Health Care Monthly Seminar Series. Continental breakfast will be served.
Thursday, January 26, 2017 - 7:45am to 9:15am
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January 31, 2017
Harvard Global Health Institute, 42 Church St., Cambridge

Climate Change and Global Health Seminar

The Harvard Global Health Institute presents Harvard Law School's Food Law and Policy Clinic Director Emily Broad Leib who will present on "Food Waste Policy: Solutions for People, Planet, Profit."
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - 1:00pm
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March 2, 2017
100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

China Project Research Seminar

"Hidden Air: Urbanization, the Built Environment and Indoor Air Quality in China" with Gary Adamkiewicz, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Exposure Disparities, Department of Environment Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Thursday, March 2, 2017 - 3:30pm
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February 8, 2017
Science Center Hall C, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

China Project Special Event

Mario J. Molina, Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995, on "Air Quality in Megacities: From Mexico City to Beijing."
Wednesday, February 8, 2017 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
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February 9, 2017
HSPH, FXB G13, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston

CANCELED: Of Mice and Men: Emerging Infectious Disease in a Warmer, More Fragmented World

The Planetary Health Alliance (PHA) hosts Dr. Richard Ostfeld, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.
Thursday, February 9, 2017 - 12:00pm
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January 25, 2017
Haller Hall (102), Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

Film Screening & Discussion: AGE OF CONSEQUENCES

The Harvard University Center for the Environment invites you to a special screening of Age of Consequences, an investigation of climate change impacts on resource scarcity, migration, and conflict through the lens of national security and global stability. Q&A with Executive Producer Sophie Robinson to follow screening.
Wednesday, January 25, 2017 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
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January 8, 2017
Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway, Boston, MA 02130

The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health

From garden to gut, David R. Montgomery, PhD, University of Washington, Earth and Space Sciences, and Anne Bikle, MLA, Biologist and Environmental Planner, will present a new view of the tiniest creatures on Earth and how it is changing the way we see nature and ourselves. Hosted by the Arnold Arboretum.
Sunday, January 8, 2017 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
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December 13, 2016
Wasserstein Hall, 2019 Milstein West AB, 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge

Capturing the Carbon Dividend: Health Benefits of Climate Mitigation

Hosted by the Harvard Global Health Institute, this symposium will bring together a range of Harvard scholars, together with two experts from outside the University, to discuss how to improve health while meeting our commitment to minimizing our climate impact.
Tuesday, December 13, 2016 - 9:00am to 1:00pm
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December 7, 2016
100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

China Project Research Seminar

"Long-Term Trend and Spatial Pattern of PM2.5-Induced Premature Mortality in China" with Wang Haikun, Associate Professor, School of Environment, Nanjing University.
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 - 3:30pm
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December 7, 2016
Science Center 469, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

Nutritionism, ‘Big Food’ and the Corporate Capture of Nutrition

The Harvard History of Science Department’s Modern Sciences Working Group and the History of Medicine Working Group host a special lunch seminar featuring Dr. Gyorgy Scrinis, Senior Lecturer in Food Politics and Policy in the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
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November 17, 2016
HUCE Seminar Room 429, 26 Oxford St., 4th floor, Cambridge

Sustainability & Health Journal Club: What is Planetary Health?

Join the Sustainability & Health Student Forum at the Harvard Chan School as it holds its inaugural Journal Club session that will explore the emerging field of “Planetary Health” – the health of human civilization and the state of the natural systems on which it depends with Professor Sam Myers, Director of the Planetary Health Alliance.
Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
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November 15, 2016
Starr Auditorium, Belfer Bldg, HKS, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Film Screening: "Containment"

Imagine a society 10,000 years from now. Can we protect them from the deadliest, most long-lasting radioactive substances ever produced? The Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School invite you to a film screening of "Containment" followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers, Harvard Professors Peter Galison and Robb Moss.
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 4:15pm to 6:45pm
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November 15, 2016
HGHI, 42 Church St., Cambridge

Climate Change and Global Health Seminar

The Harvard Global Health Institute hosts Jonathan Buonocore, Program Leader, Climate, Energy, and Health, who will give a talk on "Health Cobenefits of Clean Energy."
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 1:00pm
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November 15, 2016
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

Yes, Humans Really are Causing Earthquakes

The Harvard Museum of Natural History presents Justin Rubinstein, Research Geophysicist and Deputy Chief of the Induced Seismicity Project, Menlo Park Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, for a discussion entitled "Yes, Humans Really are Causing Earthquakes."
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 6:00pm
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November 30, 2016
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

Sustainable Tourism on a Finite Planet

The Harvard Museum of Natural History presents Megan Epler Wood, Director, International Sustainable Tourism Initiative, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, who will discuss "Sustainable Tourism on a Finite Planet."
Wednesday, November 30, 2016 - 6:00pm
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November 30, 2016
Milstein East, Wasserstein Hall, HLS, 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge

Transforming Our Food System

The Union of Concerned Scientists and the Food Law and Policy Clinic of Harvard Law School cordially invite you to a panel discussion about a national food policy. Learn about the ways a national food strategy could make sure every American has access to healthy, affordable food that is fair to workers, good for the environment, and improves farmers' livelihoods.
Wednesday, November 30, 2016 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm
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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 4, 2016
Room 310, 3rd Floor, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

MSI Chalktalk

Michael Starnbach (HMS-MBIB) will lead a discussion exploring the question "What is Chronic Infection?"
Friday, November 4, 2016 - 8:30am to 9:30am
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December 7, 2016
Sheerr Room, Fay House, 10 Garden St., Cambridge

Rethinking the American Diet: Optimally Unifying Environmental and Nutritional Sciences

Gidon Eshel, Hrdy Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, will give a talk as part of the 2016–2017 Fellows' Presentation Series.
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 - 4:00pm
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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
Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, GSD, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge

CGBC Annual Lecture: Richard Rogers

The Center for Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC) hosts its 2nd Annual Lecture featuring Richard Rogers, a founding partner of Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners.
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 - 6:30pm
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October 7, 2016
Seminar Room 310, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge

MSI Chalktalk

Ann Hochschild (HMS-MBIB) will discuss "Do bacteria have prions?"
Friday, October 7, 2016 - 8:30am to 9:30am
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September 10, 2016
Starr Auditorium, Belfer 200, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge

Emerging Technologies and Global Development Conference

The aim of this conference is to map emerging technologies that could address global grand challenges, review their disruptive characteristics, identify potential sources of social concern, and outline business models and public policies on how to address the social concerns.
Saturday, September 10, 2016 - 8:30am to 5:30pm
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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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September 28, 2016
Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge

Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

"Heat Exposure and Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from NYC Public Schools" with Jisung Park, Harvard University.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 4:15pm to 5:30pm
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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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November 9, 2016
FXB G13, HSPH, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston

Sustainability for Health Leadership Series

The Center for Health and the Global Environment hosts "Local Sustainability: Climate and Health at Harvard and in Boston" with Aaron Bernstein, Assistant Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment; Heather Henriksen, Director, Harvard University Office of Sustainability; and Austin Blackmon, Chief of the Environment Energy and Open Spaces, City of Boston.
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:20pm
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October 26, 2016
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, FXB G13, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston

Sustainability for Health Leadership Series

The Center for Health and the Global Environment hosts "Sustainable Urbanization: the Future of Aviation, Buildings and Food" with Aaron Bernstein, Assistant Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment and John Mandyck, Chief Sustainability Officer, United Technologies.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:20pm
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September 22, 2016
Massachusetts Room, Harvard Club of Boston, 374 Commonwealth Ave., Boston

Sustainability for Health Leadership Series

"The Future of Sustainability for Health at the Chan School of Public Health Green Think: How Profit Can Save the Planet" with Joseph Allen, HSPH; Michelle Williams, Dean, HPSH; and Rick Fedrizzi, CEO and Founder, U.S. Green Building Council.
Thursday, September 22, 2016 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
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May 19, 2016
Room G2, Kresge Bldg, HSPH, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston

Harvard Center for Risk Analysis Seminar

"Late Lessons from Early Warnings about Hazards to Health and Environments" with David Gee, Institute of Environment, Health, and Societies, Brunel University, London.
Thursday, May 19, 2016 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm
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March 29, 2016
BioLabs Lecture Hall (1080), 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge

Special Disease Ecology Seminar

The Planetary Health Alliance (PHA) hosts Felicia Keesing, Bard College, who will discuss "The Ecology of Infectious Diseases: A study of tick-borne pathogens."
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
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April 12, 2016
FXB G12, HSPH, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston

Center for Health and the Global Environment's Directors Lecture

John D. Spengler and Aaron Bernstein, both of T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will discuss "The Center for Health and the Global Environment: Re-Envisioning Health and Sustainability."
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm
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April 7, 2016
FXB G12, HSPH, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston

Center for Health and the Global Environment's Directors Lecture

Johnathan Buonocore, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will discuss "Planetary-Scale Primary Prevention for the 21st Century: Health and Climate Benefits of Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Carbon Mitigation."
Thursday, April 7, 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm
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March 10, 2016
FXB G-12, HSPH, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston

Center for Health and the Global Environment's Directors Lecture Series

Dr. Joseph Allen and Dr. Memo Cedeno, both of HSPH, will discuss "Merging Building Science with Health Science."
Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm
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February 25, 2016
100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

China Project Seminar

Zhang Yuqiang, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will discuss "Co-benefits of Global Greenhouse Gas Mitigation for US Air Quality and Health through Dynamical Downscaling, and its Application to China."
Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 3:30pm to 4:45pm
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February 26, 2016
100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

Atmospheric Sciences Seminar

"Urban air pollution: It's getting better all the time?" with William H. Brune, Pennsylvania State University.
Friday, February 26, 2016 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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February 18, 2016
Room S250, CGIS South Bldg, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

Workshop on the Sustainability of the World's Food and Farming Systems

William A. Masters, Professor, Tufts University, will discuss "The Big Picture for Global Hunger: Recent Transitions in Agriculture, Public Policy, and Nutrition."
Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
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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 12, 2016
100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

Atmospheric Sciences Seminar

Jay Turner, Washington University in St. Louis, will discuss "Air Quality in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: Impact Assessment of a Residential Heating Stove Replacement Program and Long-Term Prospects for Improving Health Outcomes."
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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January 29, 2016
100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

Atmospheric Sciences Seminar

Jason Surratt, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will discuss "Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Isoprene Oxidation: Implications for Air Quality, Climate, and Public Health."
Friday, January 29, 2016 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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April 11, 2016
HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Cara Kiernan Fallon (Harvard, History of Science) presents "Healthy Forever? Aging, Mobility, and the Transformation of Later Life."
Monday, April 11, 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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February 22, 2016
HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Lisa Haushofer (Harvard, History of Science/Chemical Heritage Foundation) presents "Pepsin Era - Artificially Digested Foods and the Eating Body."
Monday, February 22, 2016 - 12:15pm to 2:00pm
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February 19, 2016
HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor, Cambridge

MSI Chalktalk

Max Essex, HSPH-IID, will discuss "HIV/AIDS in Africa: Viral genetic linkage to monitor treatment as prevention."
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 8:30am to 9:30am
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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 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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December 3, 2015
Northwest Labs B103, 52 Oxford St., Cambridge

Our Campus, Our World Series

“What We Talk About When We Talk About Food”
Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
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December 12, 2015
Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge

The Changing Brain: An Insider’s Look

A Harvard Museum of Natural History Family Program, presented in collaboration with the Affective Neuroscience & Development Lab at Harvard.
Saturday, December 12, 2015 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
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November 14, 2015
Room B-1, William James Hall, 33 Kirkland St., Cambridge

Cuba Facing Forward: Balancing Transition with Development in the Caribbean’s Most-Watched Nation

The thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations is creating space for dramatic change and improvement in Cuba’s economy, society, and built environment.
Saturday, November 14, 2015 - 9:00am to 6:00pm
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October 27, 2015
CGIS Knafel, Bowie-Vernon Room K262, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge

Southeast Asia Explores Sustainable Development: Coping with Socioeconomic Difficulties, Big Power Rivalry, and Climate Change

A conference presented by the Harvard University Asia Center and the Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 9:00am to 5:30pm
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October 23, 2015
Pierce Hall, 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

Atmospheric Sciences Seminar

Denise Mauzerall, Professor of Environmental Engineering and International Affairs, Princeton, will discuss “Climate, Air Quality, and Health Implications of China’s Energy and Agricultural Future.”
Friday, October 23, 2015 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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October 19, 2015
Gutman Conference Center, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge

A Synergistic Approach to Ecological Literacy and Technological Fluency

Tech to Reconnect presents a discussion with Dr. Gabriel Miller, Director of Research and Development, San Diego Zoo Global.
Monday, October 19, 2015 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
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October 19, 2015
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, FXB G12, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston

Center for Health and the Global Environment Special Lecture

John Mandyck, Chief Sustainability Officer of United Technologies, will speak about his new book, "Food Foolish"
Monday, October 19, 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm
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October 19, 2015
Bartos Theater, Wiesner Building, MIT, 20 Ames St., Cambridge

MIT Arthur Miller Lecture on Science and Ethics

Allison Macfarlane, George Washington University; former Chair, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, will discuss “After Fukushima: Making Nuclear Energy Safer.”
Monday, October 19, 2015 - 4:00pm
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September 30, 2015
Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge

Super Subs, Not Superbugs

Screening of Michael Graziano’s Documentary, “Resistance”
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 - 5:00pm
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September 21, 2015
Grafton Street Pub & Grill, 1230 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge

Discussion and Lunch with Dr. Arlene Blum

Please join world-renowned scientist and public health advocate Dr. Arlene Blum and the Harvard Office for Sustainability for a lunch discussion on the chemicals in your everyday personal care and household products.
Monday, September 21, 2015 - 11:30am to 12:30pm
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October 5, 2015
S010 Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

Asia Center/Korea Institute Special Event

Han Seung-Soo, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General on Disaster Risk Reduction and Water; former Prime Minister of South Korea, will lead a discussion on global sustainability.
Monday, October 5, 2015 - 4:15pm
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October 2, 2015
HUCE Seminar Room 310, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge

MSI Chalktalk

Cammie Lesser, HMS-Medicine, will discuss “Bacterial Protein Delivery Systems: From Agents of Pathogenesis to Vectors for Novel Therapeutics.”
Friday, October 2, 2015 - 8:30am to 9:30am
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November 30, 2015
Pierce 100F, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

John P. McCaskey, Department of History, Columbia University, will discuss “Universal Laws and the Case of Cholera”
Monday, November 30, 2015 - 12:15pm to 2:00pm
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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 16, 2015
Pierce 100F, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Saptarishi Bandopadhyay, Harvard Law School, will discuss “What We Talk About when We Talk About Disasters: Early Modern Precedents for 21st-Century Disaster Management.”
Monday, November 16, 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 2, 2015
100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

Atmospheric Sciences Seminar

Melissa Weitz, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Climate Change Division, EPA, will discuss “EPA Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data.”
Friday, October 2, 2015 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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September 18, 2015
Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, 1st Floor, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge

Corporate Sustainability and Human Rights: Policy Challenges

Dante Pesce, CEO at VINCULAR Center for Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development, will discuss “Corporate Sustainability and Human Rights: Policy Challenges.”
Friday, September 18, 2015 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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November 30, 2015
Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

HKS Energy Policy Seminar Series

Jonathan Buonocore, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard School of Public Health, will discuss "Health and Climate Benefits of Different Energy-efficiency and Renewable Energy Choices."
Monday, November 30, 2015 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
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October 22, 2015
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Connecting the Dots in Toms River and Beyond

The Harvard Museum of Natural History presents a talk and book signing with Dan Fagin, Associate Professor of Journalism and Director of the Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program, Carter Institute of Journalism, New York University.
Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 6:00pm
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November 5, 2015
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge

How Nature Can Save Us

In collaboration with the Harvard College Conservation Society, The Harvard Museum of Natural History presents a talk with M. Sanjayan, Executive Vice President and Senior Scientist, Conservation International.
Thursday, November 5, 2015 - 6:00pm
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October 5, 2015
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge

How Does the Environment Affect Our Health?

John D. Spengler, Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment and Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation, Harvard School of Public Health; Joseph Allen, Program Leader, Healthy Buildings, Center for Health and the Global Environment and Assistant Professor of Exposure Assessment Science, Harvard School of Public Health; and Julia Africa, Program Leader, Nature, Health, & the Built Environment, Harvard School of Public Health, will lead a discussion on “How Does the Environment Affect Our Health?"
Monday, October 5, 2015 - 6:00pm
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September 25, 2015
HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St. 3rd floor, Cambridge

MSI Chalktalk

Melissa Martin, HMS-Ophthalmology, will discuss "Identification of Genes that Determine Sensitivity to Antibiotics in Staphylococcus Aureus."
Friday, September 25, 2015 - 8:30am to 9:30am
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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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October 1, 2015
Science Center Plaza, Harvard University, Cambridge

Green Transportation Celebration

Join CommuterChoice for our 2nd annual Green Transportation Celebration. Transportation stakeholders and student groups will feature the many options for making your travel safer, healthier, and more efficient.
Thursday, October 1, 2015 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
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September 10, 2015
Knafel Gymnasium, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, 18 Mason Street, Cambridge

Global Health Institute (HGHI) Anniversary Symposium

"The Role of Universities in Addressing the Most Pressing Global Health Challenges."
Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 8:30am to 4:00pm
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September 9, 2015
Harvard Medical School, NRB 457, 4th Floor (77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston)

Seminar in Molecular and Genomic Medicine

Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, Duke University School of Medicine, will discuss "Novel Genomic Paradigms for Early Detection of Acute and Chronic Disease."
Wednesday, September 9, 2015 - 4:00pm
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October 7, 2015
Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge

HUBweek Event - Coping with Climate Change: How Will Boston Adapt?

Join a panel of thought leaders from Boston and beyond to examine how Boston will manage the impending impacts of climate change.
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
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September 8, 2015
K262, the Bowie-Vernon Room, Knafel Building, CGIS, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Andreas Mitzschke, Maastricht University, will present on "Competing, Conflicting, and Contested Futures: Temporal Imaginaries in the GM Crops Controversy".
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 12:15pm to 2:00pm
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May 1, 2015
G-11, Francois-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Building, 651 Huntington Ave., Boston

“Tobacco Control and Environment Improvement in China”

Xia Wan, Associate Professor, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences; School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College
Friday, May 1, 2015 - 11:00am
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April 10, 2015
Haller Hall, Geological Museum (Rm 102), 24 Oxford St, Cambridge

MSI Chalktalk Breakfast

“Evolution of multidrug resistant Enterococcus faecalis during an extended hospital outbreak” with Daria Van Tyne (HMS- Ophthalmology)
Friday, April 10, 2015 - 8:30am
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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 9, 2015
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Kresge Building, Room 502, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston

Climate Week: "Climate Change and Human Health: Impacts and Opportunities" with Joel Schwartz and Sam Myers

Joel Schwartz, Professor of Environmental Epidemiology and Sam Myers, Senior Research Scientist, Dept. of Environmental Health
Thursday, April 9, 2015 - 12:30pm
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April 1, 2015
Kresge G1 (Snyder Auditorium), Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston

Department of Nutrition’s 11th Annual Stare-Hegsted Lecture

Dr. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute of Columbia University, will speak on Food in the Age of Sustainable Development.
Wednesday, April 1, 2015 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
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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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April 3, 2015
Tufts University, Behrakis Auditorium, Jaharis Family Center for Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences, 150 Harrison Avenue, Boston

Water: Systems, Science & Society Symposium

The event will bring together water experts from across the country to discuss issues and solutions to today’s water challenges. This year, the event includes special guest and co-host, the ClearWater Initiative, an organization actively working to expand clean water access in Uganda.
Friday, April 3, 2015 (All day)
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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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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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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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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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January 15, 2015
Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

China Project Seminar

“Urban Water Supply-Demand Management Under Uncertainty: A Portfolio-Based Approach Applied to Melbourne, Australia and Kunming, China”
Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 3:30pm
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November 12, 2014
L-382 (3rd Floor Littauer Building), 79 JFK Street, Cambridge

Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

"Dams, Water Quality, and Infant Mortality: Evidence from South Africa" with Elizabeth Walker, Harvard University
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 4:10pm to 5:30pm
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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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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 3, 2014
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

Food Better Harvard Launch Symposium and Reception

Get an overview of the food system and then delve into its four primary categories: production, marketing and distribution, nutrition, and waste. Hear from Harvard-affiliated speakers about how they are working to Food Better or innovate within the topic areas.
Friday, October 3, 2014 - 3:00pm to 5:30pm
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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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March 31, 2014
HSPH, Kresge, Room 502, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston

HSPH Nutrition Seminar Series

“Do pollinators matter for human nutrition?” with Alicia Ellis
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm
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June 19, 2014
George Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge

GSD Executive Education Course: Urban Agriculture and the Form of the City

Urban agriculture is rapidly joining the fabric of cities as an economically viable contributor to sustainable buildings, sites and neighborhoods. This course includes detailed case studies and technical information for planning and design professionals to help craft imaginative and sustainable dimensions to their projects.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
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September 10, 2013
Science Center, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Bee Day at Harvard

Participate in a day of events and activities highlighting the importance of honey bees and beekeeping to biodiversity, the food supply, and human health.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 1:00pm to 9:00pm
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Surviving the Century with Martin Rees

October 1 - "The Trump Administration's Rollback of U.S. Climate Policy"

Martin Rees, Former President, The Royal Society; Emeritus Professor of Cosmology & Astrophysics, University of Cambridge; Fellow, Trinity College. With discussants Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies, HKS, and Daniel Schrag, Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology; Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, SEAS; Director, HUCE.

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Climate Week: "Climate Change and Human Health: Impacts and Opportunities" with Joel Schwartz and Sam Myers

Thursday, April 9 – "Climate Change and Human Health: Impacts and Opportunities"
Joel Schwartz, Professor of Environmental Epidemiology and Sam Myers, Senior Research Scientist, Dept. of Environmental Health

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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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China 2035: Kevin Rudd

Wednesday, April 30 – "Imagining China's Future: Politics, the Economy, and Climate Change"
Kevin Rudd, Former Prime Minister of Australia

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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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HUCE Special Lecture: Lester Brown

November 1, 2013 – "Peak Water: What Happens When The Wells Go Dry?"
Lester Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute

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HUCE Special Lecture: Ken Burns

November 14, 2012 – "The Dust Bowl"
Ken Burns, Academy Award-winning documentarian

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Science & Advocacy: The Legacy of Silent Spring

February 27, 2012 – "Science & Advocacy: The Legacy of Silent Spring"
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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HUCE Special Lecture: Peter Brabeck

October 28, 2010 – "Global Water & Food Security: A New Role for the Private Sector"
Peter Brabeck, Nestlé Chairman

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Biodiversity: Mercedes Pascual

April 12, 2010 – "Population Dynamics in Epidemic Malaria: Climate Forcing and Parasite Evolution"
Mercedes Pascual, Rosemary Grant Collegiate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan

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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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Harvard NIEHS Center for Environmental Health

The Harvard NIEHS Center for Environmental Health serves as the primary focus for environmental health-related research and training activities in the Harvard School of Public Health, in the Harvard Longwood Medical Area, and more broadly as an integrating umbrella for environmental health research in the Boston health sciences research community.

Harvard Global Health Institute

Harvard Global Health Institute is a university-wide initiative whose mission is to educate and train the next generation of global health leaders, and create and disseminate new knowledge to address the major challenges in global health.

Harvard Education and Research Center

The objective of the Education and Research Center is to give occupational safety and health professionals the opportunity to develop public health perspectives, a sensitivity about political climates, and the skills and knowledge needed to identify and prevent occupational impairments, disease, and injuries through control or elimination of harmful occupational exposures.

Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies

The Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies (HCPDS) is at the cusp of the rapidly evolving field of population health. Capitalizing on the profundity of expertise across the University, the HCPDS brings together faculty, students, and researchers from a wide array of disciplines including epidemiology, economics, demography, sociology, statistics, and population genetics.

Center for Risk Analysis

The Harvard Center for Risk Analysis (HCRA) is a multidisciplinary group of faculty, research staff, students, and visiting scholars who work together to improve decisions about environmental health. We conduct state-of-the-art research, educate the next generation of leaders in risk analysis and related disciplines, and encourage public discourse about risk topics.

Center for Climate Health and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE)

Our mission is to increase public awareness of the health impacts of climate change and use science to make it personal, actionable, and urgent. 

We do this by leveraging Harvard’s ability to deliver cutting-edge research and inform policies, technologies, and products that reduce air pollution and other causes of climate change.

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.

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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