Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Events: Feb. 19 - 25

Health and science-related events in the Boston area this week.

TUESDAY, FEB. 20
Scott Kraus and Rosalind Rolland of the New England Aquarium will talk about their new book, "The Urban Whale," which details threats to the right whale, and documents a quarter-century of research into the endangered creatures. At 6 p.m. at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street in Cambridge. Free. Call 617-495-3045.
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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 21
The next Soap Box event at the MIT Museum will feature Boston University Professor Richard Primack and graduate student Abe Miller-Rushing, who will talk about the 'citizen science' initiative -- public efforts to gather climate change data in Eastern Massachusetts. At 6 p.m. at the MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Avenue, in Cambridge. Call 617-253-4444.

The Cambridge Forum is sponsoring a talk by science journalist Seth Shulman about the Bush administration's mis-use of science. At 7:30 p.m. at First Parish Church, 3 Church Street in Cambridge. Call 617-495-2727.

Tom and Doris Smeltzer, whose daughter, Andrea, died of bulimia at age 19, tell their story, and offer advice to others affected by eating disorders. At 5:30 p.m. in Hogan Jenks Suites B/C at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester. Call 508-793-2419.

A 6 p.m. lecture will address the Uluburun Shipwreck, which was found off the coast of Turkey, and which contains one of the richest and largest known assemblages of Late Bronze Age items, including a seal bearing the name of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti. At Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, 685 Commonwealth Ave., Room 224. Call 617 358-1662.
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THURSDAY, FEB. 22
Bald eagles have made a near-miraculous recovery in Maine. Charlie Todd, a wildlife biologist with the state of Maine will talk about that comeback at 7 p.m. at the MERI Center for Marine Studies, 55 Main Street, in Blue Hill. Call 207-374-2135.

Dr. Barry Buckland, a creator of the new HPV vaccine, Gardasil, will talk about the vaccine and its socio-political ramifications. At 5 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, Room 001, at Brown University.
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ALL WEEK
Science over vacation Drop-in workshops and family programming for school vacation week at the MIT Museum, 265 Mass. Ave. in Cambridge. Call 617-253-4444.

The Veritas Forum at Harvard will present several lectures this week, including ones on Richard Dawkins' book, The God Delusion; Christianity and the positive psychology movement; and the role of faith in medicine. Various times and places.

Posted by Karen Weintraub at 12:11 AM

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