This week: May 2, 2025 - Lasse V. Syversen - Classification Talk
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May 2: Lasse V. Syversen - Classification Talk
May 9: TBA - TBA
May 16: Darin Choulfun - Quantum Physics
May 23: Kristen Portalea  - Teacher of the Year 2025

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Paul Arveson – A Closer Look with the James Webb Space Telescope

August 26th

North Bethesda Rotary’s own Paul Arveson will talk to us about the new images from the James Webb Space Telescope.  He will go into detail to explain what we are seeing in these few images and what is new in them.  

Paul is currently a Director at Solar Household Energy, a nonprofit focused on providing solar cookers for low-income people in sunny countries.   He served as a research physicist at the Carderock Navy lab in Bethesda for 36 years.  He has a BS in physics and an MS in computer systems management.  

Walter Weiss – Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Montgomery County

August 15th

Walter Weiss will discuss the global warming crisis and the leading role Montgomery County is playing in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, with special attention to the important contributions that community groups here are playing.

Walter is a member of the River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation, where he is co-chair of the Environmental Task Force and organizes the vegetable garden.  In 2017 he helped found the Montgomery County Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions, to bring together congregations committed to work against climate change.  He lives in Bethesda, and is a retired doctor and medical researcher.

John Young – Solar Solutions

August 12th

John Young is a MD/DC/VA REALTOR in the Top 3% of agents worldwide and has been featured in the Washington Post, on WTOP radio and as a Top Agent in Washingtonian Magazine for eight consecutive years. He also sits on the Board of Directors for the Residential Real Estate Council—the largest REALTOR affiliate organization under the National Association of Realtors. 
He is also the parent of a non-verbal autistic daughter and is committed to helping other special needs families and clients with disabilities.

 SPECIALIZATION
Families targeting top school districts in Montgomery and Fairfax counties, clients with special needs/disabilities, sellers needing help to prepare their home for sale, first-time homebuyers, federal employees, military families/VA loans.