Thursday, Apr. 06, 2023
By Sara Orem
Sara Orem, Ph.D, is a longtime OLLI instructor and member who also founded and facilitates OLLI @Berkeley's Vital Aging program.
Because I grew up in a fancy…
Friday, Mar. 10, 2023
By Hugh Winig, M.D.Dr. Winig is a retired psychiatrist and a longtime OLLI @Berkeley member and volunteer
When I moved to the Bay Area in 1975, I felt frustrated that the New…
Thursday, Mar. 02, 2023
From top right: Harlow in front of the Kremlin (2017), with friend in Moscow (1978), and on TransSiberian railroad (1972).
Harlow Robinson is an author, lecturer, and the…
Wednesday, Feb. 01, 2023
Courses about History have been perennial favorites at OLLI @Berkeley, and our member surveys tell us to keep offering them. Whether it’s local or national, just-past or the…
Wednesday, Feb. 01, 2023
Bill Smoot received his PhD in philosophy from Northwestern University, specializing in existentialism and ethics. A lifelong teacher, for the past decade he has taught at Mount…
Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023
By Louise Nayer
Nayer is the author of six books, including Narrow Escapes: A Memoir, out in March. She is teaching a memoir writing course with us this spring.
The Genesis of…
Thursday, Jan. 05, 2023
By Linda Wing, PhD
Dr. Wing spent more than 45 years working to transform public schools in order to enable students in the nation’s cities to learn and achieve at high levels…
Thursday, Jan. 05, 2023
Karina Palau (pictured here with her daughter) is a lecturer in and coordinator of reading and composition for UC Berkeley’s Department of Comparative Literature. She is…
Wednesday, Jan. 04, 2023
By Hugh Winig, M.D.Dr. Winig is a retired psychiatrist and a longtime OLLI @Berkeley member and volunteer
Writing a review of In Defense of a Liberal Education by Fareed…
Wednesday, Jan. 04, 2023
As we enter 2023, I can’t help but reflect on the past and future of lifelong learning. Perhaps you are, as well.
At the first Town Hall meeting we held in May, 2020, after our…