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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.

August 2025 Courses & Field Trips

In-Person

• The Protean Coastline Waterfront Walking Tour (Field Trip)
• Sunset Photo Shoot on Alki, West Seattle (Field Trip)

September 2025 Courses & Field Trips

In-Person

• Expeditions & Exhibitions
• The Age of Artificial Intelligence
• William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew
• Gardening With the Seasons: Fall (Field Trip)
• Olympic Sculpture Park Tour (Field Trip)

Zoom

• The Rise & Fall of Patriarchy — A Sociological Account
• The Weimar Republic
• Themes in Philosophy 3
• Writing Your Personal Essay

October 2025 Courses & Field Trips

In-Person

• America in the 1790s
• Avian Engineers: How Birds Build Nests
• Great Women Artists: An Introduction
• History of Washington State
• Human Language: Uniqueness & Origins
• The Topical Constitution — Four Topics Related to Our Time
• The Ice Age Floods Story
• Writing a Memoir: Your Story of Becoming
• The City & the Sound: Seattle’s Waterfront Architecture Tour (Field Trip)

Zoom

• Legendary Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes: Tales from the Inland Seas (Osher Online — Register by October 1)
• The Life & Times of Nikola Tesla (Osher Online — Register by October 1)
• In Darwin’s Footsteps: A Journey to the Galapagos (Osher Online — Register by October 8)
• Inequality & Economic Policy (Osher Online — Register by October 8)
• Geology of National Parks 2
• Great Guides of the Beloved: Female Mystics & Spiritual Teachers
• Masters of the Baroque Period
• Rock Year by Year 1966-1969
• Screenwriting: Writing Great Scenes
• Southeast Asia Unveiled: Stories of a Changing Region

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

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