Thursday, Jan. 04, 2024
After 40 years in the classroom, Peter Davis retired in 2017 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he served as Chair of the Theatre Studies and MA/PhD…
Wednesday, Jan. 03, 2024
Many people are either required to retire from their jobs at about age 65 or voluntarily elect to do so. If one is in good health at that age, the odds are reasonably good that they will still have approximately another three decades to live, which is far longer than any previous generation experienced.
Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023
Friendship is defined as “a person being attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.” Especially during one’s senior years, it is important to appreciate…
Friday, Dec. 01, 2023
Barry Schwartz taught psychology at Swarthmore College and at Berkeley Haas for 50 years. He works on the interaction between economics, psychology, and morality. His books…
Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023
It should come as a surprise to precisely no one that OLLI members love to read (and read and read and read.) Here are just some of the books they couldn't put down in 2023.…
Monday, Nov. 20, 2023
It is with deep sadness that I share the news of the passing of Mark Medress, one of OLLI @Berkeley's founding members and dearest champions.
Friday, Nov. 17, 2023
Our current American holiday is perhaps the most relevant of any other holiday during this period of national divisiveness and ethnic tensions. Although many of the Thanksgiving…
Thursday, Nov. 02, 2023
Robert Todd has built innovative teams and products at places like McKinsey & Co, LinkedIn and San Francisco State University. He is teaching "Being Humans in the Age of AI…
Wednesday, Nov. 01, 2023
Thank you for another year of dynamic learning inside and outside of the classroom!
As you will read in this Annual Report, we made changes and experimented with our program…
Monday, Oct. 30, 2023
The newly published book, Thriving with Anxiety: 9 Tools to Make Anxiety Work for You, by David Rosmarin, Ph.D., is one of the most counter-intuitive books on human psychology…
Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023
I was out of college, living at home in Katonah, New York, just outside New York City, looking for my first real job. Having double-majored in English and Philosophy, I decided…
Friday, Oct. 20, 2023
Two of my interests are walking to stay fit and learning about American history.