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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

UWAA Members can become OLLI-UW Members and register for a free course (up to $75 value)! Returning members can receive 20% off a normal-priced course

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The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Washington (OLLI‑UW) gives adults over the age of 50 the opportunity to learn for the joy of learning, without tests, grades, or papers.

November 2025 Courses

In-Person

• Icons of American Art: An Introduction
• Opera: Its Legendary Stars & Greatest Moments
• Shakespeare’s Richard III

Zoom

• Best Foot Forward: How Birds’ Feet Define Their Lives

January 2026

In-Person

• Arts of the Pacific Northwest – OLLI 1001
• Exploring Human Brains: How Do They Function (and Dysfunction)? – OLLI 0224
• Iconic Birds of Mercer Island – OLLI 1002 
• Museum Masterpieces in Europe, Part I – OLLI 0348
• Readers Theater – OLLI 0398

Online (Zoom)

• Color: From Biology to Culture – OLLI 1004
• Einstein Without Tears: His Theories Explained Without Math and in Everyday Language (National Osher Online) – OLLI 9004
• The History of American Television (National Osher Online) –  OLLI 9003
• The Noir Novel: Three American Classics (National Osher Online) – OLLI 9002
• Osher Integrative Health: Navigating Chronic Illness in a Complex Health Care System (National Osher Online) – OLLI 9005
• William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream – OLLI 1006

February 2026

In-Person or Hybrid

• Cold War in the Movies – OLLI 1012
• Germs in the News 2026 – OLLI 1010 
• Great Voices From Spain: A Cultural Journey through Language, Story & Songs – OLLI 1008
• Great Women Artists: 1500-Present – OLLI 0618
• How World War II Ended – OLLI 1009 
• Photography Out on Location – Fisherman’s Terminal Encore – OLLI 1007 (Hybrid)

Online (Zoom)

• Germs in the News 2026 – OLLI 1010
• Neoclassicism & Romanticism – OLLI 0361
• Seeing & Creating Landscape – OLLI 1011 

March 2026

In-Person

• The Social Ape – OLLI 1014
• Geology of National Parks, Part 2 – OLLI  0250

Online (Zoom)

• The Age of Artificial Intelligence – OLLI 0458
• Preston Sturges: Screwball Genius of Hollywood’s Golden Age – OLLI 1013
• Seeing & Creating Landscape – OLLI 1011

Field Trips

• 2/5/2026: UW Biology Greenhouse Tour

Lectures

Community Lectures 

• 12/4/2025: How Do Rumors & False Information Spread & Survive Online? (In-Person)
• 1/8/2026: Earthquakes Beneath Our Feet Lecture – OLLI 1017 (In-Person & Online)
• 1/28/2026: Honoring the Past & Building for the Future at HistoryLink Lecture – OLLI 1019 (Online)
• 2/6/2026: Human Language Origins Lecture – OLLI 1021 (In-Person & Online)
• 2/13/2026: From Whence the Cascades? – OLLI 1022 (In-Person)
• 3/6/2026: Cryptocurrency: What Is It? Lecture – OLLI 1024 (In-Person & Online)

 Member Zoom Lectures

• 1/16/2026: All the World’s Music: Different … But Equally Logical Lecture – OLLI 1018
• 2/4/2026: Music’s Intersections With Our Health & Wellness Lecture- OLLI 1020
• 2/18/2026: Seattle Symphony Pre-Performance Lecture With Erica Miner – OLLI 1023
• 3/25/2026: From Peaks to Patterns: Insights From the Burke Herbarium’s 50 Peaks Project Lecture – OLLI 1025

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