Monday, Jun. 08, 2026
With summer here (almost), we asked OLLI faculty to recommend books they've recently read and loved. Feel free to steal their page-turning picks as we dive into beach-reading season.
Monday, Jun. 08, 2026
Christine Schoefer, a popular OLLI writing instructor, authored the following essay for KQED Perspectives. It is reprinted here with her permission. We're delighted to relay that Schoefer will be teaching with us again this fall.
Thursday, Jun. 04, 2026
Tom Lederer had his fair share of adventures before becoming an OLLI @Berkeley member around 2007 with a single Shakespeare class.
Born and raised in San Francisco, Tom started…
Wednesday, May. 27, 2026
Susan Hoffman, OLLI Director and Assistant Dean of Lifelong Learning, was recently interviewed by a Mercury News reporter exploring what it means to learn later in life. Following…
Tuesday, May. 19, 2026
The end of May and beginning of June are marked by war-related commemorations, notably Memorial Day, on the last Monday in May, and D-Day, the anniversary of the 1944 Allied landings in Normandy that led to the defeat of Nazi Germany during the Second World War.
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026
Gerard Koskovich is a San Francisco–based public historian, curator and book dealer who has published and presented internationally on LGBTQ+ history, archives and cultural heritage.
Monday, Apr. 06, 2026
Author of When Can We Go Back to America? Voices of Japanese American Incarceration during World War II, Susan H. Kamei is an educator and news commentator on the continuing relevance of this tragic history to contemporary issues today.
Friday, Apr. 03, 2026
If all goes according to plan, our summer brochure should start landing in mailboxes by the end of next week — and just in time!
Friday, Mar. 06, 2026
Niels-Ole Rasmussen is a director at Copenhagen Film, making documentaries and series for Danish & European broadcasters. Active in the international documentary filmmaking…
Friday, Feb. 06, 2026
Dr. Nurit Jugend is a composer, lecturer and educator, as well as the director and producer of the acclaimed documentary, They Played For Their Lives. She presents at seminars and events across the U.S. and abroad and teaches regularly for Stanford Continuing Studies.
Friday, Feb. 06, 2026
Join OLLI at UC Berkeley on March 15 for "Sing Out: A Singalong! Songs of Freedom Justice & Hope" — a high-octane celebration of the anthems that defined a generation’s fight…
Thursday, Feb. 05, 2026
Our spring brochure has arrived and we couldn't be more excited about what you'll find inside — dozens of courses designed to provide clarity and context, along with doses of beauty, joy and inspiration.