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March 31 Thursday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Donald Bridy, PhD Theoretical Physics, former adjunct instructor of physics at SU and Le Moyne College, worked for GE, Lockheed Martin, Bell Labs and MIT Lincoln LabsLocations: This course will be taught online.Not just auroras. Disruption of critical infrastructure: electric grid, pipelines, transportation, communications, satellites, navigation. Worst US case: Stoppage of food/fuel/pharmaceutical... read more -
April 11 – May 2 Thursdays10:00 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 2Instructor: Joseph McMullen, MS, PWS, Environmental Consultant/BotanistLocations: HealthLink RoomEach spring there is a beautiful display of wildflowers in our forests and other habitats in Central New York. If... 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: Oasis Lecture HallOur knowledge of the universe continues to expand in leaps and bounds. The James Webb Space Telescope is beaming the... read more -
November 1 Wednesday1:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Len Sharp, MS, CAS, retired Earth Science teacher, Presidential Awardee for Science Teaching, recipient of grant funding to explore Peru, Machu Picchu and Lines of NazcaLocations: This course will be taught online.The Nazca Lines are a group of ancient and gigantic etched drawings on the Nazcan desert floor and surrounding landscapes,... read more -
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