Blog

The OLLI Blog showcases the voices and perspectives of the OLLI @Berkeley community as well as news from and about OLLI. Have a submission? Please contact Nancy Murr to learn more.

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…
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…
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…
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…
By Sara OremSara Orem, Ph.D, is a longtime OLLI instructor, member and volunteer There’s Shelley briskly walking uphill on Solano to the Brazilian coffee shop. Ellen and Joe walk…
Bryan Méndez is an astronomer and education specialist dedicated to sharing the inspirational wonder and beauty of the universe. He teaches astronomy and physics at UC Berkeley;…
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…
By Hugh Winig, M.D.Dr. Winig is a retired psychiatrist and a longtime OLLI @Berkeley member and volunteer Some people pray to God believing literally that their message will be…
"Putin's goal is to suffocate the soverignity of Ukraine," said UC Berkeley political scientist George Breslauer in a conversation hosted by OLLI @Berkeley on February 28.…
We are thrilled to welcome back members (vaccinated, boosted, masked, tested) to in-person classes at Freight & Salvage after two (very long) years. The excitement of being…
Pam Gleason is a local history buff and tour guide whose Guidebook to Berkeley will be on bookshelves soon. She’s worked at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism since 2007…
By Hugh Winig, M.D.Dr. Winig is a retired psychiatrist and longtime OLLI @Berkeley member and volunteer Nearly everyone in America today is struggling with some aspect of…