Past Bulletins and Speakers – 2025

   

 December   How to Live on Mars (and not die)   Dr. Nicholas Castle, research scientist at the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, AZ
 November   The Lafayette Escadrille and Its Connections to Harvard   Paul E. Mawn, Capt., US Naval Reserve (Retired)
 October   SCUBA DIVING IN HONDURAS  Jesse Haines, Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at UMass Lowell    
 September The Pine Hawk Site:
7000 Years of Pre-History on the Assabet River
Douglas Halley, Retired from the Town of Acton    
 August   ELDER FRAUD TRAINING
  Heidi Borella, Avidia Bank
 July   NO MEETING
 
 June   German Elections 2025: A Summary   Jim Pope is a retired academician
 May   End of Life Options and Dying Well  Harold A. Wilkinson, M.D., Ph.D.,

MAY SPEAKER SLIDES: End of Life Options and Dying Well

MAY 2025 SPEAKER: End of Life Handouts

MAY SPEAKER MATERIAL: End of Life Options Act 2025 endorsement

 

April  The Path to Commercial Fusion Energy   Ryan Taylor, the Lead Systems Engineer for ARC molten salt R&D at Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), and Jessica Strunkin, Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS)
 March  SpaceX — Birth of Commercial Spaceflight   David S. Ball, volunteer with the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory (JPL) as a Solar System Ambassador. 
 February
  Massachusetts Aging Services Network 101  Kelly Magee Wright, Executive Director of
 Minuteman Senior Services, 
January   Founding of the Vokes Theatre   Professor John Barrett