Author: Jessica Madding (Page 3 of 7)

When: November 11-13

Where: Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in Falls Village, CT.

How is what we eat and where it comes from a social justice issue? Learn all about organic farming and sustainability while getting your hands dirty and connecting to Jewish roots and spirituality over a long weekend at the Adamah organic farm at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in Falls Village, CT.

Hillel welcomes applications from all Jewish students interested in learning about organic farming.

Applications are due to Hillel by Friday, September 23, 2011. Registration is 65$.

Questions?  Please contact Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg at danya.ruttenberg@tufts.edu<mailto:danya.ruttenberg@tufts.edu>.

More info and the application can be found here:  http://tuftshillel.org/documents/ADAMAHFAQ22011.docx

When: October 4, 2011, 9:00 am-1:30 pm

Where: Tufts University, Gordon Institute, Suite 2400, 200 Boston Avenue, Medford MA 02155

Faculty, Students and Staff are Invited to Join Dean Linda M. Abriola & Associate Dean Eric L. Miller for the Wittich Energy Sustainability Research Symposium

A light breakfast and lunch will be served

To register, please email rsvpwittich@tufts.edu.

For more information, please visit http://casparinc.org.tempwebpage.com/wittich/wordpress/

AGENDA

9:00 – 9:20                  Opening Remarks, Dean Linda Abriola

9:20 – 9:30                  Peter Wittich

9:30 – 9:50                  Optimized Thermoelectric Module-Heat Sink Assemblies for Precision Temperature Control, Prof. Marc Hodes

9:50 – 10:10                Using the DOE Methodology to Determine Optimal Annealing Profiles for Organic BHJ Photovoltaics, Prof. Matthew Panzer

10:10 – 10:30              Wet Chemistry Based Low Cost Nanowire Photovoltaic Cells,Prof. Sameer Sonkusale and Prof. Thomas Vandervelde

10:30 – 10:50 Break

10:50 – 11:10              Pathway Engineering in Escherichia coli for Lipid Synthesis and Accumulation, Julie Paul, Joanna Rucker, Prof. Blaine Pfeifer and Prof. Kyongbum Lee

11:10 – 11:30              Atmospheric Materials Processing Enabled by Microplasma Arrays, Prof. Jeff Hopwood, Alan Hoskinson, Chen Wu, Naoto Miura, Michael Grunde and Mical Nobel

11:30 – 11:50              Reinventing the Wheel:  A Look Inside the THR 12, Chris Jackson, Will Salisbury, Simon Metcalf, Alex Chan, and Nathan Goldsberry

11:50 – 12:00              Closing Remarks, Eric Miller

12:00 – 1:30                Poster Session and Lunch

When: Tuesday, September 20, 5:30pm

Where: Cabot 7^th Floor

Enjoy food and drink while learning about the Center’s activities and opportunities, including:

·         Ongoing research and projects

·         Upcoming events

·         Tufts environmental programs and centers

·         Internship and job opportunities

Please see attached flyer. For more information, contact Miranda Fasulo:

617-627-2778 or miranda.fasulo@tufts.edu

When: Friday, September 28, 11:oo am – 1:00 pm

Where: Tufts Institute of the Environment/ The Office of Sustainability

210 Packard Avenue, Miller Hall-East Rear Door

On behalf of the Environmental Studies Program, I would like to invite you to the Tufts Environmental Brunch. Feel free to stop in to meet the Tufts Institute of the Environment and Office of Sustainability staff, our ENVS Director, Colin Orians and executive committee members, and environmentally focused students and faculty.

After a long Summer of construction, the TIE/Miller Hall renovation is nearly complete. The offices in Miller Hall now house the Environmental Studies Program Office, Office of Sustainability, Water: Systems, Science, and Society Program, Water Diplomacy IGERT, Dow Sustainability Challenge, and acts as the Medford host of the Masters of Conservation Medicine Program out of Grafton.