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June 6 Tuesday1:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Len Sharp, MS, CAS, retired Earth Science teacher, Educational consultant for FEMA and National Center for Earthquake Engineering and Research. Presidential Awardee for Science TeachingLocations: HealthLink RoomThis class will review: the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ)-strong 8.5 quakes in 1811, the 7.6 1885 Charleston, South Carolina... read more -
April 7 Thursday10:00 AM → 12:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Susan Sharp, retired earth science teacher and adjunct astrobiology instructor, past director of Earth Science for the Science Teachers Association of NY, and Len Sharp, retired earth science teacher, presidential awardee of science teachingLocations: HealthLink RoomWe know that dinosaurs existed on every continent, but did you know they once existed in New York State? 200... read more -
February 2 – February 16 Thursdays1:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 3Instructor: Stuart J. Spiegel, retired Vice-President O'Brien & Gere (now Ramboll), Environmental Currents series creator and facilitatorLocations: This course will be taught online.Human and natural environments play an important part in the health and quality of life of Central New York residents,... read more -
August 2 Monday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Donald Bridy, Ph.D., theoretical physics, former adjunct professor, LeMoyne College & Syracuse University and worked for GE, Lockheed Martin, Bell Labs and MIT Lincoln LabsLocations: This course will be taught online.Venus has temperatures that melt lead and fry electronics in minutes to hours, pressures that would crush a nuclear submarine,... read more -
October 23 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Donald Bridy, Ph.D. Theoretical Physics, taught physics for SU, Lemoyne, worked for GE, Lockheed, Bell Labs, MIT Lincoln Labs.Locations: This course will be taught online.Can we design rovers for temperatures that melt lead and fry electronics, pressures that crush nuclear submarines, even sulfuric acid... read more -
October 1 – October 15 Tuesdays1:30 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 3Instructor: Donald Bridy, PhD, Theoretical Physics, former adjunct instructor of physics at Le Moyne College and Syracuse University, worked for GE, Lockheed, Bell Labs, and MIT Lincoln LabsLocations: This course will be taught online.This course covers lesser-known female scientists who made major contributions but were discriminated against, denied recognition or credit for their... read more -
June 11 Thursday1:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Len Sharp, retired Earth Science teacher and former Adjunct Professor of Education, LeMoyne CollegeLocations: HealthLink RoomJoin us to explore the most remote, permanently inhabited place on Earth–Easter Island. It was the island’s isolation that developed... read more -
February 19 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Donald Bridy, PhD, Theoretical Physics, former high school physics teacher, and former adjunct instructor of physics at Le Moyne College and Syracuse UniversityLocations: This course will be taught online.What would happen if critical infrastructure were disrupted, such as the electric grid, pipelines, transportation, communications, satellites, navigation? Worse case... read more -
January 29 Monday1:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Len Sharp, MS, CAS, retired Earth Science Teacher, Liverpool High School, Adjunct Professor of Education, LeMoyne College and recipient of National Science Teachers Association Distinguished Teacher AwardLocations: This course will be taught online.In the 1960s, Paul Erlich of Stanford University, wrote the book Population Explosion that shocked the world into thinking about... read more -
May 19 Tuesday1:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Laura HandLocations: HealthLink RoomMonarch butterflies are vital pollinators for wildflowers and plants, supporting ecosystem biodiversity and health. Join us for an informational session... read more