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The Club holds monthly meetings in the Lecture Hall (Room 102) of the Fairchild Biochemistry Building, 7 Divinity Ave. at Harvard University at 6:45 PM on the first Friday of each month during the academic year. The Fairchild Biochemistry Building is part of the main campus near Harvard Square and is between Busch Hall and the Peabody Museum. It is close to the tallest building on campus, William James Hall, a white modern structure at the beginning of the street. The entrance to the building is at the south end next to Busch Hall (which is on the corner of Kirkland St. and Divinity Ave.) There is a handicap ramp leading to the entrance. For directions to the Harvard University campus go here. Our meetings are open to the public. For any questions concerning meetings contact the Corresponding Secretary or our general information contact. PLEASE NOTE: The Harvard Parking Services office advises that permits are required in all parking lots on Harvard property at all hours. Members parking in these lots without a permit risk being ticketed or towed. Members or visitors arriving before 5 PM will need to buy a permit for $10 in order to park in a Harvard parking lot assigned by that office (see our What's New page for purchase information). After 5 PM parking is free (arranged by NEBC) at Harvard's 52 Oxford St. underground garage, near the intersection of Everett St. and Oxford St., or along nearby Oxford St. where meters are in effect only until 6 PM. The current meeting schedule is (latest scheduled meetings listed first):
Printable 2007-2008 Program Schedule here. (pdf file) June 6-8, 2008 Preliminary Information, Speaker (June 7): Dr. Ernie Schuyler, Curator Emeritus from the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA Topic: "Plants of the New Jersey Pine Barrens" Trip leader: George Newman and others Topic: Away meeting to New Jersey Pine Barrens This Year's Past Meetings: June 1-3, 2007 (Summary) [Acrobat (pdf) document] Place: Western Massachusetts Speakers: Dr. Julie Richburg, Berkshire/Pioneer Valley Regional Ecologist, The Trustees of Reservations, Holyke, MA (and others) Topic: "A preview of Notchview Reservation: history, natural communities and special species"; field trips and workshop (Viola) September 15, 2007 workshop Leader: Arieh Tal Topic: "Goldenrods of New England" Place: College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA October 5, 2007 (Summary) [Acrobat (pdf) document] Speaker: Dr. Elena M. Kramer, Dept. of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Topic: "Where do new floral parts come from?" November 2, 2007 (Summary) [Acrobat (pdf) document] Speaker: Dr. Laurence J. Dorr, Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC Topic: "Hasina: Madagascar's Contribution to Horticulture" December 7, 2007 (Summary) [Acrobat (pdf) document] Speaker: Dr. Peter S. Ashton, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, UK, & Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Topic: "Why are the Asian tropics so different?" January 11, 2008 (Summary) [Acrobat (pdf) document] Speaker: NEBC Membership Topic: "Eighth Ethnobotanical Exploration and Eating Event" February 1, 2008 (Summary) [Acrobat (pdf) document] Speaker: Dr. Michaela Schmull, Farlow Herbarium, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Topic: "Substrate Influence on Speciation in Lichenized Fungi" March 7, 2008 (Summary) [Acrobat (pdf) document] Speaker: Dr. Noel H. Holmgren, Institute of Systematic Botany, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY Topic: "Intermountain Flora: Great Basin, Colorado Plateau, and Middle Rocky Mountains" April 4, 2008 (Summary) [Acrobat (pdf) document] Speaker: Dr. Dan H. Nicolson, Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC Topic: "My Beautiful Life" May 2, 2008 Speaker: Dr. Ihsan Al-Shehbaz, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO Topic: "Diversity, Systematics, and Phylogeny of the Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)" Place: Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA |
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http://www.rhodora.org/Meetings.html -- Revised: May 6, 2008 |
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