Monday, Aug. 23, 2021
Dear OLLI members and friends,
The cautious optimism many of us felt just a few months ago has hit a hurdle with the rise of the Delta variant and the recommendation of booster…
Friday, Jul. 30, 2021
Sara embracing both clouds and sky
By Sara OremSara Orem, Ph.D, is a longtime OLLI instructor, member and volunteer.
Last week I had a Holter monitor pasted to my chest after the…
Tuesday, Jul. 20, 2021
By Hugh Winig, M.D.Dr. Winig is a retired psychiatrist and longtime OLLI @Berkeley member and volunteer.
None of us will likely return to our lives as we knew them prior to the…
Thursday, Jul. 15, 2021
So you want to investigate your own past. How to begin?
First you should access and organize your own personal records. These are going to be extremely valuable assets in your…
Friday, Jul. 02, 2021
Photo by Jim Watkins
Thursday, Jun. 24, 2021
Photo by Maia Sawi
California “reopened” last week, and many of us are slowly easing back into public life cautiously optimistic about the months ahead. Masks? Restaurants?…
Friday, Jun. 04, 2021
Amy with her father Buck
OLLI @Berkeley is a community of lifelong learners, ages 50 and above, insatiably curious about the world. Our members are readers, writers, justice-…
Wednesday, Jun. 02, 2021
It should come as no surprise that when we asked faculty if they'd like to contribute to a possible summer reading list, our inbox runneth over. In most instances, the titles…
Monday, May. 17, 2021
On May 12, 2021, Bill Sokol, a Bay Area labor lawyer, OLLI faculty member and lecturer at San Francisco State University joined us to discuss the ambitious $1.9 trillion American…
Monday, May. 17, 2021
The Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UC Berkeley holds one of the largest collections of Native American human remains and sacred artifacts in the country, on a scale…
Monday, May. 17, 2021
Sarah Levin, Ph.D. is a Lecturer at UC Berkeley. Her research focuses on Jewish-Muslim relations in the Middle East and North Africa. Her current book project is Poetic Dueling,…