In the last installment of CYA’s Virtual Lecture Series for the year 2020, Dionysis P. Simopoulos, astrophysicist, Director Emeritus of the Eugenides Planetarium in Athens, and vocal advocate for science education in Greece, examined the secrets of our universe.

Recently, CYA President Alex Phylactopoulos was interviewed in the Greek Business File, the only English-language magazine dedicated to the Greek economy and business community. The interview, entitled “CYA: Creating Spiritual Friends of Greece,” was included in the November-December issue of the publication, and highlights the transformative ability of study abroad to open a window to another culture for its students.

On November 19, 2020, Dr. Raphael Moissis, Chairman Emeritus of the CYA Board of Trustees and Chairman Emeritus of the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Studies (IOBE), participated in CYA’s Virtual Lecture Series. In his presentation, “Energy & Climate Change: Rhetoric & Reality,” Dr. Moissis examined the often stark differences between the rhetoric of Europe’s stated policy regarding energy and climate change and the scientific and economic reality of one of today’s most pressing issues.

On Thursday, October 29, CYA Professor and field archaeologist, Hüseyin Çınar Öztürk, outlined developments in the field of archaeology from the middle of the twentieth century to today in an engaging virtual lecture. Sam Holzman, Former CYA Trustee and CYA alumnus, served as discussant for the virtual lecture. Holzman serves as the Digital Archaeology Associate at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

CYA Trustee and alumnus, Nicholas Hatsopoulos, Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Chicago, presented the second illuminating discussion in the fall season of CYA’s Virtual Lecture Series.

After a series of fascinating virtual lectures over the summer, CYA has renewed its Virtual Lecture Series for the fall season. The first riveting lecture featured CYA Trustee Emeritus, Professor John McK. Camp II, Director of the Athenian Agora Excavations at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. CYA professor of archaeology John Karavas facilitated the discussion.