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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-12-2023 to 06-12-2023Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Charles B. Jones, Ph.D., Ordinary Professor, Religion and Culture, The Catholic University of AmericaTerm: 2023-2Location: Online Class What does it mean to be human? The question may seem simple, but the major historical world religions have answered it in a surprising variety of ways. In the west, one's humanity is a simple biological fact, and a vision of individual autonomy leaves one free to find one's own place in the world. But in the east, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-12-2023 to 06-12-2023Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Charles B. Jones, Ph.D., Ordinary Professor, Religion and Culture, The Catholic University of AmericaTerm: 2023-2Location: Oasis at the Macys Home Store What does it mean to be human? The question may seem simple, but the major historical world religions have answered it in a surprising variety of ways. In the west, one's humanity is a simple biological fact, and a vision of individual autonomy leaves one free to find one's own place in the world. But in the east, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-12-2023 to 06-12-2023Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 3:00 PM → 4:00 PMInstructor: Roni E. Dinkes, Au.D., M.S.Term: 2023-2Location: Online Class Have you ever experienced misunderstanding or having difficulty hearing clearly what people are saying, feeling that you can hear, but do not understand, asking people to repeat themselves, finding it hard to keep up with conversation or ringing in your ears? Join Dr. Dinkes, to learn how chronic disease such as hypertension, arthritis, kidney disease,... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-13-2023 to 06-13-2023Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Dan Sherman, PhDTerm: 2023-2Location: Online Class A brilliant and charismatic physicist, J. Robert Oppenheimer became one of America's best-known scientists for his work leading to the creation of the atomic bomb at Los Alamos. Oppenheimer soon became a highly controversial figure, caught up in the politics of nuclear weapons policy in the 1940s and 50s. This talk will the discuss career and personality of... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-13-2023 to 06-13-2023Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Dan Sherman, PhDTerm: 2023-2Location: Oasis at the Macys Home Store A brilliant and charismatic physicist, J. Robert Oppenheimer became one of America's best-known scientists for his work leading to the creation of the atomic bomb at Los Alamos. Oppenheimer soon became a highly controversial figure, caught up in the politics of nuclear weapons policy in the 1940s and 50s. This talk will the discuss career and personality of... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-13-2023 to 06-13-2023Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Bernadette Sweeney, Elder Law AttorneyTerm: 2023-2Location: Online Class This class will present an overview of long-term care options in various settings: home care, adult day programs, assisted living, nursing facilities and hospice. Come and learn from an experienced elder law attorney about ways to help pay for different types of care, including Medicare, Medical Assistance (Medicaid), Veterans Administration benefits,... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-13-2023 to 06-13-2023Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Bernadette Sweeney, Elder Law AttorneyTerm: 2023-2Location: Oasis at the Macys Home Store This class will present an overview of long-term care options in various settings: home care, adult day programs, assisted living, nursing facilities and hospice. Come and learn from an experienced elder law attorney about ways to help pay for different types of care, including Medicare, Medical Assistance (Medicaid), Veterans Administration benefits,... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-13-2023 to 06-13-2023Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 3:00 PM → 4:30 PMInstructor: Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion LeaderTerm: 2023-2Location: Online Class Eartha Kitt – does the name conjure up the sultry voice behind “Santa Baby”, the lithe figure in the Catwoman suit, or something else? She spoke four languages, sang in seven, and succeeded on “stage and screen” as well as television. Kitt Shapiro traveled the world with her mother as a child and managed her mother’s career as an adult. ... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-14-2023 to 06-14-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Russell Wheeler, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Governance Studies Program, Brookings InstitutionTerm: 2023-2Location: Online Class Recent disclosures about activities of some judges, including Supreme Court justices, have led members of Congress, journalists, and academics to call for stricter regulation of judicial ethics and highlighted the long-standing challenge of regulating judicial ethics without impinging unduly on judges’ independence and private lives. In this class you'll... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-14-2023 to 06-14-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Russell Wheeler, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Governance Studies Program, Brookings InstitutionTerm: 2023-2Location: Oasis at the Macys Home Store Recent disclosures about activities of some judges, including Supreme Court justices, have led members of Congress, journalists, and academics to call for stricter regulation of judicial ethics and highlighted the long-standing challenge of regulating judicial ethics without impinging unduly on judges’ independence and private lives. In this class you'll... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-15-2023 to 06-15-2023Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Barbara Paulson, Travel SpecialistTerm: 2023-2Location: Online Class Hampton Court? Greenwich? Been there, done that, but still looking for what to do outside London for a day or two? Check out Queen Victoria’s private train cars at York's railroad museum, the Roman Baths Museum at (of course) Bath, Winston Churchill’s birthplace (Blenheim Palace in Oxford), Jane Austen’s grave at Winchester Cathedral, and paintings by... read more