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How and when did the atmosphere of the Earth form? How do the layers of the atmosphere interact with solar radiation and each other, to produce the weather conditions we experience here on the surface? Global circulation, air masses, pressure systems, fronts, severe storms and other weather factors will be covered in this class as we survey the weather of planet Earth.
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Instructor: Stephen Lindberg Fee: $0.00
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Dates: 1/31/2023 - 2/28/2023 Days: Tu Times: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Sessions: 5
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This class will be held over Zoom
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This class will meet on Jan 31; Feb 7, 14, 21 and 28.
Members: To view ADD TO CART below a course, Registration must be open. You must be signed in to your account. Your membership must be active and paid up -OR- you have added a membership to your cart. If you are new to OLLI: you must create an account and be signed into it - AND- have a membership in your shopping cart in order to view "ADD TO CART" buttons below courses. How do you know if you are signed in? You will see "Welcome, YourFirstName" in the upper left side of the page, under the OLLI at Pitt logo.
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This course will address some general aspects of behavior (vision, movement), as well as two specific behaviors (feeding and drinking, along with related physiological actions involving the gastrointestinal tract, liver, adipose tissue, cardiovascular system, and kidneys). Diabetes, obesity, hypertension, and Parkinson’s disease also will be discussed. An accepted goal of science is to acquire facts. However, this course emphasizes that science is also a method of approach in which you start with an interesting phenomenon and gather facts that allow an understanding of it. Lectures will begin with familiar phenomenon, provide some background information, and then describe some of the key experimental observations that allowed the phenomenon to be understood, while discussing additional findings that clarified related phenomena.
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Instructor: Edward Stricker Fee: $0.00
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Dates: 2/2/2023 - 3/2/2023 Days: Th Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Sessions: 5
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This class will be held over Zoom
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This class will meet on Feb 2, 9, 16, 23 and March 2.
Members: To view ADD TO CART below a course, Registration must be open. You must be signed in to your account. Your membership must be active and paid up -OR- you have added a membership to your cart. If you are new to OLLI: you must create an account and be signed into it - AND- have a membership in your shopping cart in order to view "ADD TO CART" buttons below courses. How do you know if you are signed in? You will see "Welcome, YourFirstName" in the upper left side of the page, under the OLLI at Pitt logo.
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Over the last few years, we have heard of “chips” more than ever, and they are a significant part of recent news stories about product shortages, international trade and intellectual property disputes, government programs and technology in our future lives. What are chips? We will explore today’s world of semiconductor chips by examining what they are; how they work; how they are made; who makes them; how they differ; and what all the recent fuss is about. This course is aimed at a broad audience who is curious and wants to explore the importance of chips and their impact on our world, lives, politics, and finances.
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Instructor: William Stanchina Fee: $0.00
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Dates: 2/2/2023 - 3/2/2023 Days: Th Times: 12:30 PM - 2:20 PM Sessions: 5
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This class will be held In-Person
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This class will meet on Feb 2, 9, 16, 23 and March 2.
Members: To view ADD TO CART below a course, Registration must be open. You must be signed in to your account. Your membership must be active and paid up -OR- you have added a membership to your cart. If you are new to OLLI: you must create an account and be signed into it - AND- have a membership in your shopping cart in order to view "ADD TO CART" buttons below courses. How do you know if you are signed in? You will see "Welcome, YourFirstName" in the upper left side of the page, under the OLLI at Pitt logo.
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If you have been “playing around” with your iPad but have always wondered how to harness its full power, this course is for you. You will learn how to make the most of the iPad’s many features and understand exactly what makes this an incredibly useful piece of technology. This course will focus on all the various tips and tricks, and you will get smart in your use of the iPad--from arranging apps to diving into the control center, to helping the battery stay powered, to splitting the screen! You will learn about widgets, managing storage, navigating between app features and so much more. For this course, you will need an iPad running the current version of iPad OS 16.
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Instructor: Richard Fitzgibbon Fee: $0.00
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Dates: 3/14/2023 - 4/11/2023 Days: Tu Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Sessions: 5
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This class will be held over Zoom
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This class will meet on March 14, 21, 28; Apr 4 and 11.
Members: To view ADD TO CART below a course, Registration must be open. You must be signed in to your account. Your membership must be active and paid up -OR- you have added a membership to your cart. If you are new to OLLI: you must create an account and be signed into it - AND- have a membership in your shopping cart in order to view "ADD TO CART" buttons below courses. How do you know if you are signed in? You will see "Welcome, YourFirstName" in the upper left side of the page, under the OLLI at Pitt logo.
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The iPhone is a communication device, and it is a portable computer in your pocket. Are you using your expensive device to make your life easier, or is the frustration level rising? The aim of this course is to develop your confidence in using your iPhone to assist you in your daily life. This course will explore the apps that Apple provides, such as Mail, iMessage, Contacts, Photos & Camera, Notes, Weather, Maps, and others. For this course, you will need an iPhone running the most recent version of the operating system (iOS 16).
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Instructor: Richard Fitzgibbon Fee: $0.00
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Dates: 1/31/2023 - 2/28/2023 Days: Tu Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Sessions: 5
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This class will be held over Zoom
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This class will meet on Jan 31; Feb 7, 14, 21 and 28.
Members: To view ADD TO CART below a course, Registration must be open. You must be signed in to your account. Your membership must be active and paid up -OR- you have added a membership to your cart. If you are new to OLLI: you must create an account and be signed into it - AND- have a membership in your shopping cart in order to view "ADD TO CART" buttons below courses. How do you know if you are signed in? You will see "Welcome, YourFirstName" in the upper left side of the page, under the OLLI at Pitt logo.
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This course covers the major epidemics that have ravaged humanity and attempts to explain how those diseases have shaped who we are as a society. We will discuss the worst of the epidemic diseases as causative agents of change in history, religious traditions, social interactions and technology. The course will include a component that "looks forward” to the technologies that can help us, the interconnectedness that makes us more vulnerable and the politics of dealing with epidemics. We will also discuss bioterrorism threats.
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Instructor: Christine Milcarek Fee: $0.00
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Dates: 3/14/2023 - 4/11/2023 Days: Tu Times: 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM Sessions: 5
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This class will be held In-Person
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This class will meet on March 14, 21, 28; Apr 4 and 11.
Members: To view ADD TO CART below a course, Registration must be open. You must be signed in to your account. Your membership must be active and paid up -OR- you have added a membership to your cart. If you are new to OLLI: you must create an account and be signed into it - AND- have a membership in your shopping cart in order to view "ADD TO CART" buttons below courses. How do you know if you are signed in? You will see "Welcome, YourFirstName" in the upper left side of the page, under the OLLI at Pitt logo.
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The universe is unimaginably vast and wonderful. In this course, we focus on the solar system: Earth and the other planets that orbit our sun. This course is the first part of a two-part sequence. However, the parts can be taken independently and in either order. In Part I, we start with a discussion of the nighttime sky. Next, we relate the motion of the Earth around the sun to the passage of seasons on earth. Next, we introduce the terrestrial planets, followed by the Jovian (gas giant) planets and their moons. Finally, we will discuss the origins of the solar system, ending the course by introducing the ongoing search for life in the universe.
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Instructor: David Nero Fee: $0.00
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Dates: 2/1/2023 - 3/1/2023 Days: W Times: 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM Sessions: 5
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This class will be held In-Person
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This class will meet on Feb 1, 8, 15, 22 and March 1.
Members: To view ADD TO CART below a course, Registration must be open. You must be signed in to your account. Your membership must be active and paid up -OR- you have added a membership to your cart. If you are new to OLLI: you must create an account and be signed into it - AND- have a membership in your shopping cart in order to view "ADD TO CART" buttons below courses. How do you know if you are signed in? You will see "Welcome, YourFirstName" in the upper left side of the page, under the OLLI at Pitt logo.
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We exist in this universe, but the ongoing events in space are beyond our human scales of time and size. What are the natural rhythms of the cosmos and how can we put them in a coherent perspective? Einstein said, "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious." In this course we will investigate origins, such as simple hydrogen forming the basis of all structure; slow transitions, such as gas cloud to star to black hole; the scale and consequences of collisions and expansion; dynamic events such as quasars and supernovae; and "empty" space, which is full of the unknown and hazardous to humans.
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Instructor: Elizabeth Burnette Fee: $0.00
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Dates: 1/31/2023 - 2/28/2023 Days: Tu Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Sessions: 5
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This class will be held over Zoom
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This class will meet on Jan 31; Feb 7, 14, 21 and 28.
Members: To view ADD TO CART below a course, Registration must be open. You must be signed in to your account. Your membership must be active and paid up -OR- you have added a membership to your cart. If you are new to OLLI: you must create an account and be signed into it - AND- have a membership in your shopping cart in order to view "ADD TO CART" buttons below courses. How do you know if you are signed in? You will see "Welcome, YourFirstName" in the upper left side of the page, under the OLLI at Pitt logo.
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What are minerals and how are they formed? What are the physical and chemical properties that are used to identify the various minerals found on the Earth? How do minerals combine to create the enormous variety of rocks that make up the Earth? This course will examine the properties of minerals and mineral identification, and it will examine how minerals make up the three types of rocks found within the Earth’s crust: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.
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Instructor: Stephen Lindberg Fee: $0.00
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Dates: 3/14/2023 - 4/11/2023 Days: Tu Times: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Sessions: 5
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This class will be held over Zoom
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This class will meet on March 14, 21, 28; Apr 4 and 11.
Members: To view ADD TO CART below a course, Registration must be open. You must be signed in to your account. Your membership must be active and paid up -OR- you have added a membership to your cart. If you are new to OLLI: you must create an account and be signed into it - AND- have a membership in your shopping cart in order to view "ADD TO CART" buttons below courses. How do you know if you are signed in? You will see "Welcome, YourFirstName" in the upper left side of the page, under the OLLI at Pitt logo.
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This course examines the life and work of several lesser known but highly influential science and technology innovators of the 20th century. The list includes Claude Shannon, first to suggest that information could be measured and compressed; George Dantzig, whose work spawned the discipline of decision science; Grace Hopper, the Navy Rear Admiral inventor of the COBOL computer language; and Douglas Engelbart, whose 1968 “Mother of All Demos” inspired the Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows decades later. What were the sources of their creativity? What were the most important contemporary influences on their work and what inspired them? How have their contributions shaped the world we live in today?
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Instructor: Richard Wilson Fee: $0.00
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Dates: 3/15/2023 - 4/12/2023 Days: W Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Sessions: 5
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This class will be held over Zoom
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This class will meet on March 15, 22, 29; Apr 5 and 12.
Members: To view ADD TO CART below a course, Registration must be open. You must be signed in to your account. Your membership must be active and paid up -OR- you have added a membership to your cart. If you are new to OLLI: you must create an account and be signed into it - AND- have a membership in your shopping cart in order to view "ADD TO CART" buttons below courses. How do you know if you are signed in? You will see "Welcome, YourFirstName" in the upper left side of the page, under the OLLI at Pitt logo.
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Viruses are everywhere. We have been hearing about SARS-CoV-2, monkeypox, and influenza daily for the past two years. We will explore the different types of viruses, how they mutate, and why our bodies react to them so violently. By taking this course, you will come away with an understanding of why you need an annual influenza shot, why so many have succumbed to or been infected by SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19), and what happens physiologically in our bodies when we get sick with a virus.
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Instructor: Jill Henning Fee: $0.00
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Dates: 3/16/2023 - 4/13/2023 Days: Th Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Sessions: 5
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This class will be held over Zoom
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This class will meet on March 16, 23, 30; Apr 6 and 13.
Members: To view ADD TO CART below a course, Registration must be open. You must be signed in to your account. Your membership must be active and paid up -OR- you have added a membership to your cart. If you are new to OLLI: you must create an account and be signed into it - AND- have a membership in your shopping cart in order to view "ADD TO CART" buttons below courses. How do you know if you are signed in? You will see "Welcome, YourFirstName" in the upper left side of the page, under the OLLI at Pitt logo.
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Called the Enchanted Islands by some, the Galapagos Archipelago, located six hundred miles west of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean, is one of the world's true natural laboratories. This nearly pristine environment, made most famous by Charles Darwin in his explorations aboard the HMS Beagle, is host to a wide variety of species not found elsewhere and is a site where the forces of evolution can readily be seen at work. This course will explore both the natural and human history of the Galapagos Islands, with an emphasis on their unique geography, biodiversity, and their ongoing role in the development of modern evolutionary science.
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Instructor: Adam Davis Fee: $0.00
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Dates: 3/17/2023 - 4/14/2023 Days: F Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Sessions: 5
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This class will be held over Zoom
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This class will meet on March 17, 24, 31; Apr 7 and 14.
Members: To view ADD TO CART below a course, Registration must be open. You must be signed in to your account. Your membership must be active and paid up -OR- you have added a membership to your cart. If you are new to OLLI: you must create an account and be signed into it - AND- have a membership in your shopping cart in order to view "ADD TO CART" buttons below courses. How do you know if you are signed in? You will see "Welcome, YourFirstName" in the upper left side of the page, under the OLLI at Pitt logo.
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