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.

Dr. Nurit Jugend is a composer, lecturer and educator, as well as the director and producer of the acclaimed documentary, They Played For Their Lives. She presents at seminars and events across the U.S. and abroad and teaches regularly for Stanford Continuing Studies.
Join OLLI at UC Berkeley on March 15 for "Sing Out: A Singalong! Songs of Freedom Justice & Hope" — a high-octane celebration of the anthems that defined a generation’s fight…
Our spring brochure has arrived and we couldn't be more excited about what you'll find inside — dozens of courses designed to provide clarity and context, along with doses of beauty, joy and inspiration. 
Steve Harris taught modern European and world history at San Francisco State University for many years and is the co-founder of the History for the 21st Century project. He is teaching "A History of Globalization" with us this spring.
UC Berkeley has officially been named an Age-Friendly University (AFU), joining a global network of colleges and
Maggie Morgan, a professor emeritus at UC Davis, is a costume designer for stage and screen with experience working on films such as Apollo 13, Casino, and Men in Black. She is teaching Costume Design in Movies with us this spring.
We are deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of Lucille Poskanzer, one of OLLI @Berkeley’s leading lights and fiercest champions. Lucille wasn’t just a founding member…
Steven Savage is the Executive Director of Blue Bear School of Music and holds a Ph.D. in musicology. An active record producer and recording engineer, he has worked on seven Grammy-nominated recordings.
When longtime member Bob Brewer first retired — “for the second or third time” he laughs — he found himself wondering what came next. His daughters were grown, and life had slowed…
Ice skating at Rockefeller Center in the 1950s It’s that time of year — the holiday season — which for me recall memories of rituals and traditions from my childhood in New York…
Marjorie Medress's long connection to OLLI began when she and her late husband, Mark, walked into the first OLLI classrooms two decades ago. "OLLI was a big part of Mark’s life…
Kathleen Moran is a founder and faculty member of UC Berkeley's American Studies Program and has taught courses in History, English, Film, Geography, Architecture and Art History.