This Week at OLLI
Cyber Seniors is back! Stop by the lobby on Mondays between 2 and 4pm and again on Thursdays from 11AM and 1PM with all of your technology questions!
Monday
- 9:30AM Italian I
- 10:00AM Digital photography From Vision to Frame (Meets at the Welcome Center)
- 2:00PM Cyber Seniors
- 5:00PM The Card Game of Bridge
- 5:30PM The Vietnam War
Tuesday
- 9:30AM The Poetry of Mary Oliver
- 10AM Edson Gallaudet: RI Aviation Pioneer
- 11AM Intro to Horseback Riding
- 12:30PM What Exactly is Laughter?
- 1PM Ingrid Bergman
- 1:45 Golf
- 3:00PM Environmental Policy in New Zealand
- 5:30PM The Right to Vote
Wednesday
- 10AM The Golden Age of Mobile Photography
- 11:30AM Birth of Atlantic Ocean/CT Rift Valley
- 12:30Pm Activists and Heroines
- 1:00PM American Art Before 1900
- 1:00PM Walking Group
- 3:00PM Portrait of a Lady
- 3:00PM Intro to Zentangle
Thursday
- 9:30AM The Impact of Jews on Classical Music
- 11:00AM Cyber Seniors
- 11:30AM Let’s Talk Technology-Navigating OLLI Technology
- 11:30AM The Arab Israeli Conflict
- 1:00PM Mah Jonng
- 1PM Feel Good Movies
Friday
- 9:30AM The World of Odors from the Canine Perspective
- 10AM Photo Friday
- 1PM Writer’s Group (Meets via Zoom)
Class Spotlight
The Global Arctic: A Transforming Region
Six sessions beginning Tuesday, October 5, at 10AM
Instructors: Barbara Nicholson & Barbara Findley
Watch the Video Preview by clicking here.
Major geopolitical changes in the Arctic are making that area of great interest to several nations around the world. Melting ice has opened opportunities for newly navigable passages, exploration for resources, and developing tourism. The class will focus on current competition, the transformations of climate change, and strategies for global cooperation in the future. This course is an expansion of a recent Great Decisions meeting, “The Coldest War: Towards a Return to a Great Power Competition in the Arctic.” This class will enable participants to research in order to know and understand broadly the geography, history, native people, current stakeholders, overlapping claims, the role of the Arctic Council, the cost of security in the region and the benefits of development. Using the School of Oceanography as a resource will enable us to become familiar with the Arctic science study that URI is involved in. Note: A syllabus will be provided to those who register.
Spring Course Proposals are due October 5. Fill out a course proposal form by clicking here.