OLLI @Berkeley

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UC Berkeley. Courses, speaker events, intergenerational dialogues, research opportunities & more for the 50+ crowd.

[OLLI @Berkeley @olliberkeley]

On this day of giving thanks, we want to express our gratitude to our amazing OLLI community. We learn from you as much as you learn from us! Wishing you a day of togetherness, remembrance, compassion, and love. Pie, too.

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Huge thanks to Dr. Deborah Gold for once again spending a brisk, information-packed hour today answering member questions about the "tripledemic." We are so grateful to her for sharing her expertise with our community. 🙏

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Tomorrow!➡️ "Elections 2022: Referendum or Reckoning?" @UCBerkeley's Arlie Hochschild, David Hollinger and Darren Zook discuss at an OLLI Town Hall. Friday, Oct. 21, 10:30 AM. All are welcome! RSVP to join https://t.co/n91alIePAj

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🎉 Winter registration is open! Dive into exciting new courses in history, film, music, literature and more. Online and in person. Learn more, always, at https://t.co/auMm8xT23p

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➡️Friday, 10:30 AM. Delve into the history, contributions, erasure, and resistance of Asian Americans with author and @UCBerkeley professor @CCenizaChoy. RSVP to join. Free & open to all.

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🙏Great thanks to Dr. Michael Baker for joining us today to discuss his recent trip to Ukraine to teach Advanced Trauma Life Support to Ukrainian medical responders. A fascinating first-hand account of what's happening on the ground. Thank you, Dr. Baker, for your service!

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🎉Day 2 of our fall term is underway and hitting all the right notes! After 2 1/2 years of Zooming with his OLLI fans, Pete Elman is back teaching @The_Freight (and streaming live, too.) Still time to sign up courses at https://t.co/hmZvtCoyno.

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Classes start next week! Dive into Buddhism, film, music, art, politics, literature and more in courses taught by Cal faculty and other scholars. If you love to learn — and ask and marvel and challenge and engage — sign up now! ➡️ https://t.co/hmZvtCoyno

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Stop by and say hi at the Solano Stroll. We’re in front of 1737 Solano. Brochures and totes are going fast. Info and good cheer unlimited!

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🙏Thank you to everyone who joined us at yesterday's first-ever OLLIpops @The_Freight & especially to Gibor Basri, Yoni Mayeri, Pierluigi Serraino, Michael Moran, Pamela Rose and Mimi Fox for wowing and inspiring the crowd. Classes start Sept. 19.

➡️https://t.co/hmZvtCoyno

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Congratulations, @spectermatt! Well deserved! Yet another reason for OLLI members to be excited about your upcoming course.

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IR Book of the Week!

"The Atlantic Realists" by @spectermatt. Traces out the imperialistic origins of realist thought. Useful for thinking about whether the "true" realism is more "defensive" or "offensive".

https://t.co/usmsJDwg34

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Great thanks to all the OLLI instructors who Zoomed in yesterday for our faculty orientation. The questions were flying and so were the insights. Laughs, too. Hope you can join them — and us! — starting Sept. 19. Learn more (always) at https://t.co/hmZvtCFBpo.

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🎉 Next Wednesday: Join us at Freight & Salvage for OLLIpops! — 10-minute bites of great learning, OLLI-style. Get a taste of what we're all about, and bring family and friends along with you. Free & open to all! Show starts at 2:30 PM. More at https://t.co/AFuX9hWy3H

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How and why does fascism survive, returning Zombie-like to our politics? Find out in an outstanding new OLLI course, "Fascism in History", taught by Cal's Matthew Specter (@spectermatt). Thursdays starting 9.22. Livestreamed + recorded. More at https://t.co/64vwkcjjuk

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#BerkeleyTalks 🎧 @berkeleyIB prof Robert Full discusses how nature & its creatures—crabs, centipedes, cockroaches—inspire innovative design in all sorts of things, from bomb-detecting robots to prosthetics @olliberkeley #podcast https://t.co/L6rzzB9vXi

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A great listen!

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#BerkeleyTalks 🎧 @berkeleyIB prof Robert Full discusses how nature & its creatures—crabs, centipedes, cockroaches—inspire innovative design in all sorts of things, from bomb-detecting robots to prosthetics @olliberkeley #podcast https://t.co/L6rzzB9vXi

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What to learn how cockroaches, crabs, centipedes, geckos and other creatures inspire innovative design in all sorts of things, from bomb-detecting to prosthetics?
Take a listen to this stellar OLLI talk by professor Robert Full https://t.co/L0YMxWq7ub

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If you've ever asked yourself, "am I missing something?", learn how to decode cultural and generational disconnects in an age of globalization and polarization with Joe Lurie, director emeritus of @UCBerkeley's famed I-House. Weekly classes start 09.21. https://t.co/bFeUdGDrFu

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🎉 Fall course registration is now open! Sign up today for deep dives into history, film, writing, theater, literature, politics and so (so!) much more. Learn more (always) at https://t.co/b7IcSDVRIq and invite family and friends to do the same!

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Want a sneak peek of our fall courses? Check them out at https://t.co/L4f35yojZp! Registration opens Monday, July 25, between 9–9:30 AM. Mark your calendar and help spread the word!