• December 1
    Monday
    1:30 PM → 3:30 PM Central Time
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Tom Henry
    Locations: Zoom - Syracuse
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    What did those nine people do this year? Many cases this term did not gather big headlines but were...
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  • December 3
    Wednesday
    12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Stuart J. Spiegel
    Locations: Zoom - Syracuse
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    With a change of administration, there is always a change in policy and implementation of environmental philosophy. The policy...
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  • February 11
    Wednesday
    9:30 AM → 10:20 AM Central Time
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Ted Pietrzak, Ph.D.
    Locations: Zoom - Syracuse Oasis
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    In these busy and disruptive times meditating periodically is known to quiet the body, focus the mind and promote...
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  • February 19
    Thursday
    12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Donald Bridy, PhD, Theoretical Physics
    Locations: Zoom - Syracuse Oasis
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    What would happen if critical infrastructure were disrupted, such as the electric grid, pipelines, transportation, communications, satellites, navigation? Worse...
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  • February 23
    Monday
    12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Donald Bridy, PhD, Theoretical Physics
    Locations: Zoom - Syracuse Oasis
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    How do we search for extraterrestrial life: sample- return missions, interstellar communications (radio/laser), biosignatures (atmospheric traces on exoplanets) and...
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  • February 25
    Wednesday
    12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Diana Biro and Eric Rogers
    Locations: Zoom - Syracuse Oasis
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    In September 2024, Diana and Eric spent 11 days exploring Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks with their friends...
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  • March 25
    Wednesday
    9:30 AM → 10:20 AM Central Time
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Ted Pietrzak, Ph.D.
    Locations: Zoom - Syracuse Oasis
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    In these busy and disruptive times meditating periodically is known to quiet the body, focus the mind and promote...
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  • March 31
    Tuesday
    1:30 PM → 3:30 PM Central Time
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Tom Henry
    Locations: Zoom - Syracuse Oasis
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    Join your friendly travelers Tom and Karl as we head to the East coast for the first time to...
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  • April 1
    Wednesday
    12:00 PM → 3:00 PM Central Time
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Lisa Alzo, MFA Nonfiction Writing, Author and Genealogist
    Locations: Zoom - Syracuse Oasis
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    Artificial Intelligence (AI), Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and the Metaverse. You may have heard these terms on the news, but...
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  • April 8
    Wednesday
    9:30 AM → 10:20 AM Central Time
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Ted Pietrzak, Ph.D.
    Locations: Zoom - Syracuse Oasis
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    In these busy and disruptive times meditating periodically is known to quiet the body, focus the mind and promote...
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  • April 9
    Thursday
    12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Stuart J. Spiegel, MS
    Locations: Zoom - Syracuse Oasis
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    Microplastics in the natural and human environment is one of the potential hazards discovered in recent years, particularly as...
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  • October 5
    Monday
    12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Donald Bridy, PhD, Theoretical Physics, former high school physics teacher, and former adjunct instructor of physics at Le Moyne College and Syracuse University
    Locations: Zoom - Syracuse Oasis
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir (the author of The Martian), became Amazon MGM’s top-grossing film. Join a fascinating...
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  • October 19
    Monday
    9:00 AM → 11:00 AM Central Time
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Sean O’Keefe, University Professor Emeritus, former Secretary of the Navy, former Administrator of NASA; and Robert Murrett, Deputy Director, Institute for Security Policy and Law, former career intelligence officer for the US Navy, Syracuse University
    Locations: Zoom - Syracuse Oasis
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    What does it take to safeguard our nation in the face of foreign and domestic threats in today’s complex...
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  • October 29
    Thursday
    12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Donald Bridy, PhD, Theoretical Physics, former high school physics teacher, and former adjunct instructor of physics at Le Moyne College and Syracuse University
    Locations: Zoom - Syracuse Oasis
    REGISTRATION CLOSED
    This course uses popular sci fi tropes made real as a vehicle for teaching science and strengthens the ability...
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  • November 16
    Monday
    12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Donald Bridy, PhD, Theoretical Physics, former high school physics teacher, and former adjunct instructor of physics at Le Moyne College and Syracuse University
    Locations: Zoom - Syracuse Oasis
    Lucian (100 BC) and Kepler (1608) described physical, not magical or supernatural, moon voyages. Kepler used best available science....
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  • November 17
    Tuesday
    1:30 PM → 3:30 PM Central Time
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Tom Henry, MS, retired social studies/history teacher and historian
    Locations: Zoom - Syracuse Oasis
    Join our friendly travelers Tom and Karl as they venture to Alberta to experience Calgary, Banff, and Waterton Lakes...
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  • December 1
    Tuesday
    12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Stuart J. Spiegel, MS, former Vice-President and Senior Managing Scientist, O'Brien & Gere
    Locations: Zoom - Syracuse Oasis
    This is year 11 of this summary course. The Trump administration has established its environmental philosophy and policies, many...
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  • December 7
    Monday
    1:30 PM → 3:30 PM Central Time
    Sessions: 1
    Instructor: Tom Henry, MS, retired social studies/history teacher and historian
    Locations: Zoom - Syracuse Oasis
    The 2026 Court session was one of the most critical in some time. Major cases involved Executive authority, voting...
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