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Welcome to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR)! The mission of OLLI at UNR is to provide persons 50 years and older with life-enriching educational programs, special and social events, outdoor activities, and opportunities to share knowledge within the community. OLLI at UNR is a diverse, member-driven community of active and inquisitive people committed to exploring new ideas and interests in a welcoming, test and grade-free environment. Join us at OLLI: its the biggest little secret in the Biggest Little City. > PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES > Lectures and Mini-Series

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  • AARP Smart Driver
  • Dates: 9/25/2023 - 9/25/2023
    Times: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Moana
    Room: Main
    Instructor: Ragnar Kuehnert

     Show Description

 

  • Arboretum Gardening Series: Nature and Nurture
  • Fee: $0.00
    Dates: 10/18/2023 - 10/18/2023
    Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Off-Site Location
    Room:
    Instructor: Luke Sorenson

     Show Description

    October 18: In October, the theme is "Roses", which will cover the best methods of rose care, different varieties of roses, and more! The 60 minute lesson will be followed by a mild 30 minute walk through the garden to view the Arboretum's spectacular Rose Garden. This class will meet in the Ranch House, near the south parking lot.

    Location link for class: https://goo.gl/maps/zQnWAcg8v3UgRMYv5

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED by Wednesday, October 11. Limit 25 members. Click Here for Registration Instructions.

 

  • Baseball in the United States
  • Dates: 9/28/2023 - 9/28/2023
    Times: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: Joseph Domitrovich

     Show Description

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Chair Yoga
  • Dates: 10/6/2023 - 10/20/2023
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 3
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: Diane Dunn

     Show Description

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Chautauqua: Sir Ernest Shackleton
  • Dates: 10/20/2023 - 10/20/2023
    Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: Doug Mishler

     Show Description

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Chemistry Is the Study of Matter - ALL Matter
  • Dates: 10/18/2023 - 10/18/2023
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: Max Shen

     Show Description

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Dietary Supplements: Friend or Foe?
  • Dates: 10/6/2023 - 10/6/2023
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Moana
    Room: Main
    Instructor: Leslie Baker

     Show Description

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Discover the Joys of Opera
  • Dates: 10/16/2023 - 12/8/2023
    Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: M F
    Sessions: 3
    Building: Moana
    Room: Main
    Instructor: Lynne Gray

     Show Description

    The operas we will cover this Fall are all exciting new operas from modern composers:

    • October 16: Jake Heggie's moving "Dead Man Walking"
    • November 17: Anthony Davis's extraordinary "X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X"
    • December 8: Daniel Catan's beautiful "Florencia En El Amazonas"

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Distinguished Speakers Series: An Update on Medical Education at UNR Med
  • Fee: $0.00
    Dates: 11/27/2023 - 11/27/2023
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Moana
    Room: Main
    Instructor: Dean Paul Hauptman

     Show Description

    This class will not be recorded.

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Distinguished Speakers Series: The Journey of Two Gerontologists Supporting the Well-Being of Elders
  • Fee: $0.00
    Dates: 10/23/2023 - 10/23/2023
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Moana
    Room: Main
    Instructor: Peter Reed , Jennifer Carson

     Show Description

     

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED by Monday, October 16. Click Here for Registration Instructions.

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Election of 1800: Most Important in U.S. History
  • Dates: 10/26/2023 - 10/26/2023
    Times: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: Joseph Domitrovich

     Show Description

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Gamache's World: Louise Penny's Mysteries
  • Dates: 1/11/2024 - 6/27/2024
    Times: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 8
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: Alice Yucht

     Show Description

    Part II:

    • January 11: the Power of the Arts: A Trick of the Light (2011) and The Beautiful Mystery (2012)  
    • February 1: Hidden secrets: How the Light Gets In (2013) and The Long Way Home (2014)
    • February 29: the Long Tail of History: The Nature of the Beast (2015) and A Great Reckoning (2016)
    • March 21: Conscience and Consequences: Glass Houses (2017)  and Kingdom of the Blind (2018)
    • April 11: Family Relationships: A Better Man (2019) and All the Devils Are Here (2020)
    • May 9: The Madness of Crowds (2021)
    • June 6: A World of Curiosities (2022)
    • June 27: New book ???… or a look back at the whole series.

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Hawai'i: Local View Versus Tourist View
  • Dates: 9/29/2023 - 9/29/2023
    Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: George Butterfield

     Show Description

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Hollywood Nepotism
  • Dates: 10/6/2023 - 10/6/2023
    Times: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: Jim Bernardi

     Show Description

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Imperiled Butterflies of Nevada and the West
  • Dates: 10/25/2023 - 10/25/2023
    Times: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: Kevin Burls

     Show Description

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Jumping in Puddles and Collecting Bugs – Introducing Children To Nature and Science
  • Dates: 10/25/2023 - 10/25/2023
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: Sean Hill (he/him/his)

     Show Description

    Discover how a local non-profit organization, Sierra Nevada Journeys, is working tirelessly with schools and parents in our region to help get kids outside and interacting with science and nature. Sierra Nevada Journeys provides programming for hundreds of children every year through field trips and nature camps. Perhaps most importantly, SNJ trains local teachers in new methods of science education through the power of the outdoors, thereby extending its proven methods to hundreds more elementary school students. Presentation led by Sean Hill, who started with SNJ 14 years ago as an educator and made a career of getting kids outside.

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Karin's Travel Bloopers and Misadventures
  • Dates: 9/28/2023 - 9/28/2023
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: Karin McCollum

     Show Description

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Learning to Live in Nevada: A Personal Narrative
  • Dates: 10/18/2023 - 10/18/2023
    Times: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: George Butterfield

     Show Description

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Medicare: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
  • Dates: 10/30/2023 - 10/30/2023
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: Michael Lollich

     Show Description

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Meditation One-Om-One (c)
  • Fee: $0.00
    Dates: 10/11/2023 - 11/1/2023
    Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 4
    Building: Moana
    Room: Small Classroom
    Instructor: Debbie Bartley

     Show Description

    Classes meet on Oct. 11, 18, 25, and Nov. 1 at 2 p.m. in person.

 

  • Movies with Robin Holabird
  • Dates: 10/26/2023 - 11/2/2023
    Times: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 2
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: Robin Holabird

     Show Description

    October 26: Glory - (around the world in 80 movies). An iconic statue in Boston inspires a movie that includes Denzel Wahington's Oscar winning performance.

    November 2: Diamonds Are Forever - Elvis, Marilyn, and the space aliens are icons on screen in Nevada.  James Bond (Sean Connery) saves the world in Las Vegas.

 

  • Negotiation: Reaching a Mutually Beneficial Settlement
  • Dates: 10/5/2023 - 10/5/2023
    Times: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: Nathan Holland (he/him/his)

     Show Description

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Playa Life: Journey To Inner Space
  • Dates: 10/4/2023 - 10/4/2023
    Times: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: Bob Goodman

     Show Description

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Poetry Workshop: The Art Of Letters
  • Dates: 9/29/2023 - 9/29/2023
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: Joanne Mallari

     Show Description

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • RTC Transit Services
  • Dates: 10/11/2023 - 10/11/2023
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: Susi Trinidad

     Show Description

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Senior Scam Prevention
  • Dates: 10/26/2023 - 10/26/2023
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: Nic Danna (he/him/his), Wes Duncan (he/him/his)

     Show Description

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • What is the Veterans Guest House?
  • Dates: 10/19/2023 - 10/19/2023
    Times: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: Sylvia Froslie

     Show Description

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Wildfire Smoke: Emission and Transport Research and Ashfall Citizen Science
  • Dates: 11/9/2023 - 11/9/2023
    Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: Sonia Nieminen , Rahele Barjeste Vaezi

     Show Description

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Arboretum Bird Walk
  • Dates: 9/6/2023 - 12/6/2023
    Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 4
    Building: Off-Site Location
    Room: Wilbur D. May Arboretum
    Instructor: Hannah Hill

     Show Description

    This four-session series meets as follows:

    • September 6 at 2 p.m.
    • October 4 at 2 p.m.
    • November 1 at 2 p.m.
    • December 6 at 2 p.m.

 

  • De-Mystifying Economics
  • Dates: 9/15/2023 - 11/20/2023
    Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: M W F
    Sessions: 3
    Building: Moana
    Room: Main
    Instructor: Lynne Gray , Jon Garman

     Show Description

    This semester's three-session series meets as follows:

    • Friday, September 15 at 2 p.m.
    • Wednesday, October 25 at 2 p.m.
    • Monday, November 20 at 2 p.m.

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Distinguished Speakers Series: President Sandoval
  • Fee: $0.00
    Item Number: FA23LE11551
    Dates: 9/27/2023 - 9/27/2023
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: Brian Sandoval (he/him/his)
    Registration is closed.
     Show Description

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED by Wednesday, September 20. Click Here for Registration Instructions
 

  • Gamache's World: Louise Penny's Mysteries
  • Dates: 9/21/2023 - 11/30/2023
    Times: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 4
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: Alice Yucht

     Show Description

    Part 1: Fall 2023:

    • September 21: Intro to Louise Penny and Quebec: Still Life (2005)
    • Octobert 12: Beliefs and Cares: A Fatal Grace (2006) and The Cruelest Month (2007)
    • November 2: Fractured Families: A Rule Against Murder (2008) and The Brutal Telling (2009)
    • November 30: History and Prejudices: Bury Your Dead (2010)

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Great Decisions
  • Dates: 8/31/2023 - 12/21/2023
    Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 9
    Building: Moana
    Room: Small Classroom
    Instructor: Anne Stilwill

     Show Description

    • August 31: Energy Security
    • September 7: War crimes: what are they? How can they be prosecuted?
    • October 5: China and America: back to the future?
    • November 2: Economic warfare and U.S. policy.
    • November 9: Political trends in Latin America.
    • November 30: Famine: a renewed threat in the 21st century?
    • December 7: Iran at a crossroads.
    • December 14: Climate change, environmental degradation, and migration.

 

  • Introduction to the British Gothic
  • Dates: 9/8/2023 - 11/17/2023
    Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 3
    Building: Moana
    Room: Main
    Instructor: Joseph Sanpietro

     Show Description

    • September 8: From 1760-1840, a new genre of literature permeated British culture. This style that focused on the dark side of Romanticism is known as the Gothic. Supernatural events, the night of atmosphere and architecture, and the inverse of what was good and pure was explored.
    • October 6: The Castle of Otranto  by Horace Walpole (1764): Based on a nightmare that Walpole had, this work (known as the first gothic novel), set the stage for all the genres would do. This work examines the ideas of identity and the darker side of humanity. Its Romantic elements set a juxtaposition to Walpole's learned knowledge of medieval concepts and eighteenth-century definitions of the term. We will explore the evolution of style and the story that has spawned a genre.
    • November 17: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1816): This is perhaps the most well-known novel in British gothic. Shelley's tale of suffering and redemption (?) follows fears that exist to this day with the morality of science and ethics of a creator's role. The setting, tone, and imagery all create a mixture of Romanticism and Gothic that has spawned art, movies, television, retellings, and even revision. We will explore all of this to see what Shelley created and how it has endured.

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Italian 1 for Beginners
  • Fee: $0.00
    Item Number: FA23LE10451
    Dates: 9/11/2023 - 12/18/2023
    Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 15
    Building: Moana
    Room: Small Classroom
    Instructor: Costantina Cunningham
    Registration is closed.
     Show Description

     

    REGISTRATION REQUIRED by Monday, September 4. Limit 30 members. Click Here for Registration Instructions.

 

  • More Forgotten Films
  • Dates: 9/6/2023 - 10/11/2023
    Times: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 6
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: Larry Coffman

     Show Description

    • September 6: Little Annie Rooney (1925)
    • September 13: Hoppity Goes To Town (1941)
    • September 20: Lifeboat (1944)
    • September 27: The Naked Truth (1957)
    • October 4: Frontera (2014)
    • October 11: Going In Style (1979)

 

  • OLLI Shorts
  • Dates: 9/22/2023 - 11/15/2023
    Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 2
    Building: Moana
    Room: Lecture Hall
    Instructor: Ramon Seelbach

     Show Description

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • OLLI Travelers
  • Dates: 7/5/2023 - 12/6/2023
    Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 6
    Building: Moana
    Room: Main
    Instructor: Judi Whiting

     Show Description

    • October 4:  Rafting the Zambezi and an African safari with Joe Livak.

    This is a HYBRID class.  Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.

 

  • Writing Poetry
  • Dates: 9/7/2023 - 12/21/2023
    Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 8
    Building: Moana
    Room: Large Conference Room
    Instructor: Joan Brick

     Show Description

    Meet 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 2 p.m. from Sept. 7 to Dec. 21, 2023.

 

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