Attend this Harvard-China Project Research Seminar with Sheng Liu, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Southwest Jiaotong University; Visiting Scholar, Harvard-China Project (SEAS) and Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD).
A Harvard-China Project Research Seminar with Sheng Liu, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Southwest Jiaotong University; Visiting Scholar, Harvard-China Project
Speaker Bio: Dr. Sheng Liu is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture, Southwest Jiaotong University who works on climate-responding architecture design and low-carbon city design. His research interests include sustainable architecture design, building performance simulation and optimization, climate change and building adaptation, urban microclimate and indoor thermal comfort. He received his Ph.D. in Architecture from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2021. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Architecture, the University of Hong Kong. He had worked as an architect in mainland China before starting academic research. Dr. Liu has published more than 20 leading peer-reviewed scientific journal publications for the past five years such as in Building and Environment, Sustainable Cities and Society, Energy and Buildings, including two ESI highly citied papers. He is also the recipient of Postgraduate Research Output Award of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2021 and 2023 Green Building Award of HKGBC. For more information, visit his website.
Sponsored by Harvard-China Project, Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
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As part of the Food Literacy Project Speaker Series, hear from Harvard's waste experts on the basics of recycling, composting, and reusing on campus! You'll hear what belongs in each waste stream, and how recycling and compost are processed after they leave campus. Learn about waste stewardship efforts at Harvard, and how to get involved with waste reduction projects. This event is open to all Harvard ID holders. Registration is encouraged, as seating is limited. Sign up in advance!
The last five years have illuminated our growing global interconnectedness: from the pandemic to volatile food prices and shortages to global tech outages. As we enter the second quarter of the twenty-first century, the twin threats of climate change and conflict are now converging with urgent global consequences for all: destruction of food systems and livelihoods; mass displacement and migration; and fierce competition over depleting natural resources. This convergence has unraveled decades of progress and strained our global systems to their breaking point. It is no coincidence that the world’s most worrisome hotspots are mired in conflict alongside the worst real-time impacts of climate change. Our hotter and more hostile world requires a bold new agenda for a shared humanity. Neither conflict nor climate change can be ignored or addressed by individual nations acting alone and in self-interest. Neither can we address climate change or conflict separately, as if they are somehow disconnected global challenges with divergent impacts and solutions. We must come together and partner with those most impacted by conflict and on the frontlines of climate change to forge innovative, cross-sector solutions born from communities themselves to build a better world where everyone can thrive.
Join us for a free, fun night at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture! Come with a date, come with friends, or make new friends while strolling through the galleries. Visit the exhibition Sea Monsters: Wonders of Nature and Imagination and explore the allure of serpents, krakens, and other mysterious creatures of the deep sea. Let your imagination run wild and create a felt sea “monster” with Alex Makes Art. Suggested ages 10 and up. Guided by visual artist Kat Owens, participate in the creation of a community art piece, and reflect on the impact of plastics on marine animals. Meet scientists from Harvard’s Bellono Lab to learn about the behavior and unique characteristics of octopuses. Learn about unique, unusual—and even spooky—marine specimens in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Purchase drinks at the cash bar (valid government ID required to consume alcoholic beverages). Embark on a scavenger hunt to find sea monsters in the museum! Free and open to the public.
Join docent Paul Eldrenkamp for a visit to five groups of trees that each played a particularly significant role in shaping five very different civilizations: Eastern White Pine, Cedar of Lebanon, Western Red Cedar, Oaks, and the five sacred trees of the Kiso Forest in Japan.
Join the Salata Institute and Harvard Business School Business and Environment Initiative for a book talk featuring businessman and philanthropist André Hoffmann and journalist Peter Vanham. André Hoffmann is Vice-Chairman of Roche, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical and healthcare companies. Roche was founded by the Hoffmann family in 1896. Peter Vanham is Editorial Director, Leadership at Fortune.
Hoffmann and Vanham’s book, The New Nature of Business: The Path to Prosperity and Sustainability, explores how companies can balance business needs with impacts on nature, shareholders with stakeholders, and short-term vs. long-term profits. Hear from the authors and participate in audience Q&A.
Join the Harvard Chan School of Public Health Careers in Climate, Sustainability, and Environmental Health Week 2024 for coffee and morning pastries while connecting with your peers, alumni, employers, and others at the school who have experience in climate change, sustainability, and environmental health. This is a fantastic opportunity to network informally and gain valuable insights, experiences, and advice on navigating a career in these vital fields.
The annual Climate Symposium, hosted at Harvard Business School, is organized by students from the Food & Agriculture, Energy & Environment, and Sustainability Clubs.
As one of the largest student-run conferences on campus, Climate Symposium 2024 will offer a dynamic, interactive, and globally relevant experience.
The theme for 2024, "Confronting Reality, Celebrating Innovation," reflects our dual focus: addressing the stark realities of our climate crisis while spotlighting the innovative technologies and policies driving sustainable progress. This year, we aim to elevate the dialogue by expanding the symposium’s scope, making it the most extensive, interactive, and internationally diverse event to date.
Hosted by Harvard FAS Mignone Center for Career Success (undergraduate, MA/MS/ALM, and PhD) in collaboration with the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, the Harvard School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Harvard Business School, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Law School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Join us at the 2024 Climate Symposium, a fully student-run conference hosted by the Energy & Environment ⚡, Food & Agriculture 🌽, and Sustainability Clubs 🌱 of Harvard Business School. 🎟️ Get your ticket now: https://tinyurl.com/bdfjnmwd This year's theme, "Confronting Reality, Celebrating Innovation," focuses on the urgent climate crisis and highlights groundbreaking technologies and policies fostering sustainable progress. For 2024, we’re expanding the symposium to make it the most comprehensive, interactive, and globally diverse event yet. 📅 Friday, November 1: Exclusive Networking Reception at The Engine 📅 Saturday, November 2: Full Day of Programming at Klarman Hall, Harvard Business School
The talk presents the contextual study of historic water architecture, its hiatus, and the effort to revive the system to achieve water sufficiency exemplified by the case study of Birkha Bawari, a 21st-century subterranean building fashioned like a step-well, built in the water-stressed city of Jodhpur. The success of this contemporary iteration demonstrates the economic and architectural viability of reclaiming the indigenous water portfolio to mitigate the water crisis.