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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... read more -
October 5 Monday1:00 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.Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir (the author of The Martian), became Amazon MGM’s top-grossing film. Join a fascinating... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... read more -
October 29 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.This course uses popular sci fi tropes made real as a vehicle for teaching science and strengthens the ability... 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... 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... read more