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October 31 Thursday1:30 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: 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.The current Science-Fiction blockbuster “The Three-Body Problem” provides a testbed for the scientific plausibility of a wide range of futuristic... read more -
December 3 – December 10 Fridays1:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 2Instructor: Stuart J. Spiegel, former vice president O'Brien & GereLocations: This course will be taught online.Join us for the 6th year of this course, a review of environmental issues of importance during 2021. The agenda... read more -
April 9 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Stuart J. Spiegel, MS, former Vice-President and Senior Managing Scientist, O'Brien & GereLocations: This course will be taught online.Microplastics in the natural and human environment is one of the potential hazards discovered in recent years, particularly as they... read more -
March 15 Wednesday1:30 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Duncan Brown, Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics, Vice President for Research, Syracuse UniversityLocations: This course will be taught online.Our knowledge of the universe continues to expand in leaps and bounds. The James Webb Space Telescope is beaming the... read more -
February 27 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Susan Sharp, MS, retired Earth Science and Astrobiology teacher, adjunct instructor of Astrobiology, SUNY ESF, Woodrow Wilson Fellow at Princeton UniversityLocations: This course will be taught online.Sea glass is a naturally recycled beautiful and sometimes rare artifact found in nature, with each piece having its own... read more -
February 8 Wednesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Donald Bridy, PhD Theoretical Physics, former adjunct instructor of physics at SU and Le Moyne College, researcher of black hole physics, worked for GE, Lockheed Martin, Bell Labs and MIT Lincoln LabsLocations: HealthLink RoomFrank Drake, a prominent radio astronomer and SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) pioneer, passed away in 2022. He developed a... read more -
June 24 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Molly Williamson, Foreign Service Officer (Ret.) and Scholar, Middle East InstituteLocations: Washington Metro Online CourseOur planet consumed 100 million barrels of oil a day until the Coronavirus hit. The pandemic amplified the debate about... read more -
November 14 Thursday1:30 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: 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.The current Science-Fiction blockbuster “Dune” provides a testbed for scientific plausibility of a wide range of futuristic concepts. Can giant... read more -
November 30 – December 7 Thursdays1:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 2Instructor: Stuart J. Spiegel, MS, former Vice-President and Senior Managing Scientist, O'Brien & GereLocations: Oasis Lecture HallJoin us for the 8th year of this course, a review of environmental issues of importance during 2023. Among the... read more -
November 30 – December 7 Thursdays1:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 2Instructor: Stuart J. Spiegel, MS, former Vice-President and Senior Managing Scientist, O'Brien & GereLocations: This course will be taught online.Join us for the 8th year of this course, a review of environmental issues of importance during 2023. Among the... read more