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Tag: Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

  • Monday, February 8, 6:00 pm – From Doom and Gloom to Hope: Innovations in Ocean Science and Policy

    Monday, February 8, 6:00 pm – From Doom and Gloom to Hope: Innovations in Ocean Science and Policy

    The Honorable Jane Lubchenco, U.S. Science Envoy, University Distinguished Professor and Advisor in Marine Studies, Oregon State University, will speak as part of the Prather Lecture Series at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, on Monday, February 8, beginning at 6 pm.

    Jane Lubchenco was the first woman to be appointed Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Drawing on her experience at the helm of NOAA from 2009 to 2013, Lubchenco will discuss how this government agency advances and utilizes scientific research on weather, climate, and oceans to guide its services and improve environmental stewardship in the United States. She will also highlight new scientific advances that are transforming attitudes, behaviors, and policies that affect ocean health and the future of humanity, and discuss her role as the Department of State’s first U.S. Science Envoy for the Ocean. Presented in collaboration with the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University. Free parking is available at the 52 Oxford Street Garage. Free and open to the public.

    Lubchenko

  • Friday, March 5, 6:30 pm – Summoning The Wind & Invading New Territories: The Strategies of Stationary Organisms

    Dr. Anne Pringle, Assistant Professor, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, will speak on Friday, March 5 at the New England Botanical Club’s monthly meeting in the Lecture Hall, Room 102, of the Fairchild Biochemistry Building, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, beginning at 6:30 pm. Her topic is “Summoning the Wind & Invading New Territories: The Strategies of Stationary Organisms.”  The Fairchild Biochemistry Building is part of the main campus near Harvard Square and is between Busch Hall and the Peabody Museum.  For specific directions log on to www.rhodora.org/Meetings.html.  The New England Botanical Club, which originated in 1895, is a non-profit organization that promotes the study of plants of North America, especially the flora of New England and adjacent areas.  The Club publishes the journal Rhodora, holds monthly meetings during the academic year, maintains an herbarium of more than 253,000 sheets, has a small library, and annually grants a graduate student research award.  An office for the Club is maintained at the Harvard University Herbaria, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, and you may reach the office at 617-308-3656 for membership information, or log on to www.rhodora.org.  Regular member dues are $50 annually, and a family rate, including a copy of Rhodora, is $60.  Student membership costs $25.