Step inside one of the region's newest hubs for eye care and vision research. Opened in 2023, the Vision Institute draws patients and researchers from around the world. On this tour, you will get a firsthand look at how the University of Pittsburgh's Department of Ophthalmology and UPMC bring clinical care and cutting-edge research together under one roof — from the latest diagnostic technology to the labs where tomorrow's treatments are being developed.

Date: Thursday, December 3 

Time: 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Cost: Free

Registration deadline: Friday, November 20

Location: The Vision Institute, 1622 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Travel is on your own.

This event is open to OLLI at Pitt members and their guests.

Monthly Musical Series with OLLI at Pitt and Opus: Impact

We are excited to announce a new collaboration between OLLI at Pitt and Opus: Impact, bringing a monthly music performance and lecture series to our members and the community this fall!

Opus: Impact is a Pittsburgh-based organization that champions local musicians and brings their music directly into neighborhoods across the city. This fall, OLLI is proud to work with them on this Monthly Musical series, pairing live performances with insightful commentary and giving community members a chance to explore different corners of the musical world in one of Pittsburgh's most storied cultural spaces.

This Month's Feature:

• December 4 —  Dr. James Gourlay explores composition for brass instruments

When: December 4, 1:00–2:30 p.m.
Where: The historic New Granada Theater, Community Engagement Center in the Hill District (2007 Centre Avenue; entrance at rear of building on Wylie Avenue)
Cost: Free for all OLLI members, last day to register is November 30th

How to Register:

• OLLI members: Register through your OLLI account
• Community members: Register through the Hill Community Engagement Center (Hill CEC)

Built in 1928, the New Granada Theater was once a vibrant hub of the Hill District's jazz scene, hosting legendary performers during Pittsburgh's golden age of jazz. This series offers OLLI members a chance to experience live music in a space rich with history alongside our Hill District neighbors.

Parking information:

The CEC address is 2007 Centre Avenue, but the entrance to the CEC is located at the rear of the building on Wylie Avenue. It is right across the street from Ebenezer Baptist Church (2001 Wylie Avenue).

Free parking is available along Wylie Avenue and Devilliers Street.

Join Dr. Batia Cohen for a conversation about Shura, a historical novel that chronicles the life of her husband's grandmother, Holocaust survivor Shura Pupko, and other WWII survivors. A secret discovered in adolescence sets the story in motion and shapes the course of Shura's life. During World War II, she leaps from a train bound for an extermination camp and finds refuge with the Bielski partisans. After the war, she rebuilds her life in Mexico, carrying the memories and relationships that define a life survived.

Dr. Cohen will discuss her research and interviews with survivors, and the ethical challenges of rendering testimony into narrative.

Dr. Batia Cohen, PhD, has a PhD degree in Mesoamerican studies from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and a bachelor’s degree in graphic design from the Universidad Metropolitana in Mexico City. She has over three decades of experience teaching art history and currently lectures in different venues, including the University of Miami and Nova Southeastern University. She is the author of the historical novel Shura.