Thursday, Jun. 30, 2022
Sarita Nyasha Cannon teaches courses on 20th-Century American Literatures in the English Department at San Francisco State University. She has presented her scholarship at…
Wednesday, Jun. 29, 2022
By Hugh Winig, M.D.Dr. Winig is a retired psychiatrist and a longtime OLLI @Berkeley member and volunteer
An earlier post of mine, "My Crazy Uncle," expressed my thoughts as a…
Friday, Jun. 24, 2022
Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ sent the following email this morning to all UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and students. We wanted to share her message with the greater OLLI…
Thursday, Jun. 02, 2022
The season of summer reading has arrived! We asked faculty to recommend a favorite book or two, and they were happy to oblige.
TAMIM ANSARY
Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar
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Thursday, Jun. 02, 2022
Karen Davis is senior film programmer for the Mill Valley Film Festival and professor emerita at California State University Monterey Bay. She has taught courses in film studies…
Monday, May. 23, 2022
By Sara OremSara Orem, Ph.D, is a longtime OLLI instructor, member and volunteer.
The guiding principle of the philosophy of Appreciative Inquiry (an early creation within…
Monday, May. 23, 2022
By Hugh Winig, M.D.Dr. Winig is a retired psychiatrist and a longtime OLLI @Berkeley member and volunteer
America is now at the 1 million mark of its citizenry who have died due…
Wednesday, May. 11, 2022
Pamela Rose is a San Francisco jazz and blues vocalist who has thrilled audiences locally and internationally with her swinging, soulful style. With seven recordings under her…
Thursday, May. 05, 2022
Sara's daughter Paige
By Sara OremSara Orem, Ph.D, is a longtime OLLI instructor, member and volunteer.
Driving North to Black River Falls, a small midwestern town half-way…
Thursday, May. 05, 2022
By Hugh Winig, M.D.Dr. Winig is a retired psychiatrist and a longtime OLLI @Berkeley member and volunteer
The “United” States of America, “the home of the free and the land of…
Wednesday, Apr. 13, 2022
By Hugh Winig, M.D.Dr. Winig is a retired psychiatrist and a longtime OLLI @Berkeley member and volunteer
There are many words that help describe the characteristics one might…
Thursday, Mar. 31, 2022
Deborah Gold, M.D. practiced in the field of infectious disease for 31 years in a teaching hospital and treated diseases including tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and infections…