2025 - 2026 Lecture Series

October 14, 2025 An Insider's View of the Mercury Project (Space Travel)Speaker Sally Foster-Chang
November 10, 2025 Jurassic Park: Fact or FictionSpeaker: Don Lessam
December 8, 2025 When You Don't Know What is in the AirSpeaker: Bill Belanger
January 13, 2026 Zoo Animal Welfare ScienceSpeaker: Meredith Bashaw, Ph.D.

2024 - 2025 Lecture Series

October 14, 2024 Philadelphia Red-tailed Hawks on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway 2009-2019Speaker Pamela Dimler (Naturalist Photographer)
November 11, 2024 Identification of Microscopic FibersSpeaker: Robert Carlton, Ph.D. (Carlton Microscopy and Consulting)
December 9, 2024 Abolitionist and the Underground Railroad in the Delaware ValleySpeaker: Harold Finnigan, M.S.
January 13, 2025 From Cameras to Conservation: How Your Clicks Help Protect African WildlifeSpeaker: Meredith S. Palmer, Ph.D. (Princeton University)
February 10, 2025 Ancestry of T. Rex: A New Tyrannosaurus and its Implications for the Evolution of TyrannosaursSpeaker: Steven Jasinski, Ph.D. (Harrisburg U of Science and Technology)
March 10, 2025 A New Frontier of DNA/RNA Sequencing -- What are we learning?Speaker: E. Loren Buhle, Jr. Ph.D. (DNAnexus)
April 14, 2025 From Somersetshire to Darby: Uncovering Family History through Delware County Historical SocietySpeaker: Paul J. Hewes, Jr. M.S. (Delaware County Historical Society)
May 12, 2025 Making the World's Smallest RobotSpeaker: Mark Miskin, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania, GRASP Lab)

2023 - 2024 Lecture Series

October 16, 2023 The Effect of Human Lighting on Migratory BirdsSpeaker: Jeff Buler, Ph.D. (University of Delaware)
November 13, 2023 Coastal Ghost ForestsSpeaker: LeeAnn Haaf, Ph.D. (Partnership for the Delaware Estuary)
December 11, 2023 Stories of Uncovering Radioactive Mysteries in the DelawareSpeaker: William Belanger, Ph.D. (Nuclear Physicist - retired)
January 8, 2024 Tales of TessellationsSpeaker: Alissa Crans, Ph.D. (University)Loyola Marymount
February 12, 2024 Scam or Democracy’s Savior? A mathematician’s perspective on Ranked Choice VotingSpeaker: Adam Graham-Squirer, Ph.D. (Highpoint University)
March 11, 2024 Green Chemistry – The Promotion of Green and Sustainable Practices in ChemistrySpeaker: Loyd Bastin, Ph.D. (Widener University)
April 8, 2024 Minerals, Knowledge Production, and Colonial LegaciesSpeaker: Selby Hearth, Ph.D. & Carrie Robbins, Ph.D. (Bryn Mawr College)
May 13, 2024 From Dark Chocolate to Red Wine – The Fascinating World of FlavonoidsSpeaker: Anna Sigmon, Ph.D. (Penn State U. Brandywine)

2022 - 2023 Lecture Series

October 10, 2022 Changing oceans: Anthropogenic impacts on the early development of marine organismsSpeaker: Karen Chen, Ph.D. (Swarthmore College)
November 14, 2022 Mathematics and ArtSpeaker: Samantha Pezzimenti, Ph.D. (Penn State Brandywine)
December 12, 2022 The energetic impacts of disease: a case study of white-nose syndrome in southeastern batsSpeaker: Catherine Haase, Ph.D. (Austin Peay State University)
January 9, 2023 Space Weather and Solar Storms: Updates from the NOAA/NWS Space WeatherSpeaker: Shawn Dahl (Senior Space Weather Forecaster at the Space Westher Prediction Center, Boulder CO)
February 13, 2023  A climate and ocean record, from plankton to fossilsSpeaker: Claire Routledge, Ph.D. (University of of Kiel/Germany)
March 13, 2023 What tilts planets' orbits?Speaker: Eric Jenson, Ph.D. (Swarthmore College)
April 17, 2023 Zero-Waste Initiatives, from Transition Town Media>Speaker: Transition Town Media Committee
May 8, 2023 Why are there so few women in the history of science? One wrong and three right answersSpeaker: Roger Turner, Ph.D. (Science History Institute)

2021 - 2022 Lecture Series

October 18, 2021 COVID-19 and Updates for PennsylvaniaSpeaker: Denise Johnson, M.D. (Acting Physician General for the PA Dept of Health)
November 8, 2021 The Next Generation Space Telescope - The Next Astronomical RevolutionSpeaker: Tim Lawlor, Ph.D. (Dept of Physics, Penn State Brandywine)
December 7, 2021 2021 North Atlantic Hurrican SeasonSpeaker: Kim Wood, Ph.D. (Dept of Meterology at Mississippi State University)
March 15, 2022 Drawing Irrational Numbers: What is PiSpeaker: Melanie Fraser, (Dept of Mathematics, Southern New Hampshire University)
January 10, 2022 Mathematical Devices at the Smithsonian - An Insider's ViewSpeaker: Amy Schell-Gellasch, Ph.D. (Dept of Mathematics at Eastern Michigan University)
February 19, 2022 Geology of Costa RicaSpeaker: Mr. Russell Losco (Lecturer at West Chester University and Delaware County Community College)
April 11, 2022 Native Spring EphemeralsSpeaker: Claire Routledge, Ph.D. (University of of Kiel/Germany)
May 9, 2022 Legacy Collection Sites at the Mid-Atlantic RidgeSpeaker:Laura Guertin, Ph.D. (Penn State Brandywine)

2020 - 2021 Lecture Series

October 2020 Ahab's Rolling Sea: Tracing Our perceptions of the Ocean through Moby-DickSpeaker: Richer J King , Ph.D. (Sea Education Association)
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December 2020 Journey to the Moon: from Apollo to Artemis and why the Moon rocksSpeaker: Juliane Gross, Ph.D. (NASA Johnson Space Center, Rutgers University)
January 2021 The Artic Fire Regime - Current Status, Future Implications, and Your Role as a Citizen(-Scientist)Speaker: Jessica McCarty, Ph.D. (Miami University, Ohio)
March 2021 Eating Insections .. on Purpose: Moving Towards Sustainable FoodsSpeaker: Emily Moscato, Ph.D. (Saint Joseph's University (PA))
April 2021 The American Chestnut Tree, Conservation and RestorationSpeaker: Daniel O'Keefe, (PA Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation)
March 25, 2021 Overview of Project Drawdown EcochallengeSpeaker: Matt Scott
April 29, 2021 Project Drawdown: Electricity SectorSpeakers: Derek Hall (Penn State) and Alon Abramson (Phila Energy Authority)
May 27, 2021 Project Drawdown: Food, Agriculture and Land UseSpeaker: Alexandre Martinez (UC Irvine) and Siobhan Fathel (Penn State)
June 24, 2021 Project Drawdown: Industry SectorSpeakers: Jay Regan, (Civil and Env Eng, Penn State) and Ece Topuzlu (Biochemist, Eurofins Scientific)

Earlier Lectures

1931 Adventures in FloridaSpeaker: no sound
April 1991 Exploration of AntarticaSpeaker: John D and Marion Hallahan, M.D.