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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 -
December 1 Tuesday1:00 PM → 2:30 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Stuart J. Spiegel, MS, former Vice-President and Senior Managing Scientist, O'Brien & GereLocations: Oasis Lecture HallThis is year 11 of this summary course. The Trump administration has established its environmental philosophy and policies, many of... read more -
December 1 Tuesday1:00 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.This is year 11 of this summary course. The Trump administration has established its environmental philosophy and policies, many of... 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