Registration opens Monday, August 18.
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Denver (OLLI at DU) offers a wide range of courses, lectures, webinars, social events, and travel opportunities for adults 50+—no tests, no grades, just learning for the love of learning. With five locations across the Denver metro area and a variety of online and in-person programming, there’s something for everyone.
OLLI at DU is part of a national network of Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes endowed by The Bernard Osher Foundation. olli.du.edu | 303-871-3181
Office Hours: Monday–Thursday, 9 AM–1 PM
Membership Has Its Benefits
A $65 annual membership opens the door to a vibrant learning community and a host of benefits, including:
• 300+ online and in-person courses*
• Free Friday morning STEM webinars
• Fall Recess and Summer Shorts Webinar Series*
• Free weekly online fitness classes
• Member-only events and travel opportunities*
• A variety of Shared Interest Groups
• Discounts at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts
• Access to the DU Library
• Reciprocal membership with OLLI at CSU*
*Registration fees vary by course/activity.
COURSE PRICING
8 week courses: $70
7 week courses: $65
6 week courses: $60 5 week courses: $55
4 week courses: $50
Special Event and Webinar Series:
Special events and webinars are individually priced.
If financial hardship is preventing you from participating, please contact the office to inquire about tuition assistance.
In-Person Class Locations
Denver
First Universalist Church 4101 E. Hampden Denver, CO 80222
Golden
Jefferson Unitarian Church 14350 W. 32nd Ave. Golden, CO 80401
Broomfield
Broomfield Community Center 280 Spader Way Broomfield, CO 80020
DU Campus
University of Denver, 2197 S. University Blvd. Denver, CO 80208 (On-campus locations may vary)
Littleton
Columbine United Church 6375 S. Platte Canyon Rd. Littleton, CO 80123
Come for the courses, stay for the connections!
Typical Class Times:
AM Sessions: 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
PM Sessions: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Monday PM
Dates Title
9/22 –11/3 An Unfinished Love Story by Doris Kearns Goodwin: How Did the Sixties Shape Us and Our Culture?
9/15 –11/3 A Cosmic Perspective of Harari’s 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
9/15 –11/3 Classical Music and You: What to Know and How to Listen Like a Pro
10/27 –11/17 Exploring Colorado Through Maps
9/15 –10/13 Fixing the Framers’ Failure: The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments and America’s New Birth of Freedom
9/15 –11/10 Great Decisions 2025
9/15 –10/6 History and the Holocaust: How Did It Happen?
10/13 –11/3 How Healthy is Our Healthcare, Why Does It Cost So Much, and How We Can Fix It
9/15 –11/3 Matinee at the Bijou: More Billy Wilder and Friends
9/15 –11/3 Science Potpourri: A STEM and Health Speakers Series
9/15 –10/27 The Hebrew Bible: A Literary and Academic View (Part 1)
9/15 –11/10 The Scopes Trial
9/15 –10/6 Traditional Chinese Medicine and Artificial Intelligence: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Science
Patricia Paul
Terry Ortlieb
Alice Howard/ Barbara Lilly
Michael Levin
Myra Rich
Joseph Brady
Dates
9/16 –11/4 A Revolution in Our Tools for Understanding Space
9/16 –11/4 A Russian Phoenix? A Very Brief Survey of Russian History
9/16 –11/4 AI and the Truth: Experiencing How a Machine Can Help Bridge America’s Red–Blue Divide
9/16 –11/4 Blocks, Borders, and Bindings: Beginning Quilting
9/16 –10/21 Chaos and Collapse: Facing the Future of Civilization
9/16 –11/4 Controversial Presidential Elections
9/16 –11/4 Current Events
9/16 –10/21
Deliberative Democracy: Discussing Big Issues Using a Thoughtful Framework
9/16 –11/4 Four Asian Religions and Philosophies
10/14 –11/4 Handel’s Messiah: The Unique Story and Legacy of a Masterpiece
9/16 –10/7 Harnessing the Healing Power of Words: Writing for Wellbeing
9/16 –10/7 Imprisoned Without Trial: Japanese Incarceration in WWII
9/16 –10/7 Let’s Have a Food Fight! DU Campus Ann Pressler
9/16 –11/4 Making and Sharing Sound End–of–Life Choices
9/16 –10/21 On The Road to Facilitating an OLLI@DU Course {FREE Class}
9/16 –11/4
Resistance! Those Who Bravely Stood Against Hitler
9/16 –11/4 The Art of Storytelling
Tuesday AM
9/16 –10/28 The Art of Writing: Seven Different Author Journeys
Jack Maher
9/16 –10/28 The Woman Question: How Women Became Subordinate, and What Did That Mean to the Conscious Development of Women? DU Campus Mary Caravalho
9/16 –10/7 Unlocking the Brain’s Potential, Part 2: Improving Balance, Focus, and Memory with Neuroplasticity Online Steven (Dutch) Thomson
Tuesday PM Dates
9/16 –10/28 50 Years of Stunning Research on Near–Death Experiences (NDEs): What Awaits Us After Bodily Death
9/23 –10/14 A Beginner’s Primer on Jungian Psychology
9/16 –10/28 AI: Ready or Not, Here It Is (A Speaker Series)
9/23 –11/11 Capital, Inequality, and Ideology: An Intellectual History, Part III
9/16 –10/21 Composition and the Art of Chasing Light
10/14 –11/4 Current Events For Open–Minded Thinkers
9/16 –11/4 Current Events: Politics, Society, and Global Change
9/16 –10/7 Early Railroads of Colorado
9/16 –10/7 Exploring Our Distinctive Public Gardens
9/16 –10/14 Four National Crises and Their Solutions
Maria Arapakis
Campus Christine Chao, Ph.D.
Jan Friedlander/ Pat Smith
Campus Mark Payler
Tom Hughes
Dean Tebbe
Dave Erickson
Betty Page/ Anne Brinkman
Tuesday PM
Dates Title
9/16 –10/14
9/16 –11/4
9/16 –11/4
10/14 –11/4
9/16 –11/4
9/16 –11/4
Great Movies of the Last 5 Years
How Can We End Homelessness in America?
How to Use Google’s NotebookLM and Become an AI Expert
Minding Your Balance: Mind Body Activities to Improve Balance and Prevent Falls
Rethinking Liberalism: Exploring “Abundance” and the Future of Governance
Revisiting the Constitution
9/16 –11/4 The Evolution of Systemic Racism
9/16 –10/28 Those Wonderful Wind Instruments: Flutes, Clarinets, Oboes, and More
9/16 –10/21
9/16 –11/4
9/16 –11/4
9/16 –10/14
9/16 –10/28
9/16 –11/4
9/16 –11/4
Greg Petty/ Larry Matten
Campus Don Burnes
Susan Chandler
Marjie Clark
Leanne Puglielli
Hille Dais
Travel Journaling in Words and Pictures with Smartphone and Snapseed App Denver Sara Frances
Trump v. The United States and Other Constitutional Criminal Issues
Turning Points in American History: What Causes Them?
Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway, and Bloomsbury: Modernism in England between the World Wars
Wine Appreciation 101
World War I (Part 1) 1914–1916 (Hybrid – In Person)
World War I (Part 1) 1914–1916 (Hybrid – Online)
Rick Levinson
Folkestad
Campus Gloria Eastman
Torbica
Mac McHugh
Mac McHugh
9/17 –10/29
9/17 –11/5
10/08 –11/5 Can China Survive Its Challenges?
9/17 –10/22
9/17 –11/5
9/17 –11/5
9/24 –10/29
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9/24 –10/29
9/17 –11/5
–10/8
9/17 –11/5
9/17 –10/22
9/17 –11/5
9/17 –11/5
9/17 –10/22
9/17 –11/5
Wednesday AM Dates
9/24 –10/22 Ten Voyages of Discovery and Survival
Peter Van Arsdale
9/17 –10/15 The Soul in Kabbalah: ‘Hearing’ its Persistent Calling Broomfield Doug Sparks
9/17 –11/5 Water Crises and Climate Issues: So Much for Protective Environmental Regulations
Wednesday PM
9/17 –11/5
Alexis de Tocqueville’s Enduring Classic: Democracy in America
9/17 –11/5 American Mah Jongg for those people who have NEVER played
9/17 –11/5 Archaeology of Ancient Cities: Why, When, and How Urbanization Began
9/17 –10/22 Ballet, Then and Now
9/17 –11/5
Charting the Unknown: Exploring the History of Maps and Navigation
9/17 –10/8 Color Theory Foundation: Learn It, Mix It, Use It
9/17 –11/5 Condition Critical: How U.S. Health Care Got So Sick— and Why It’s So Hard to Fix
9/17 –10/22 Current Economic Issues: Facts and Fallacies
9/17 –11/5 Documentary Films
9/17 –10/8 From Bonds to Bitcoin: A Historical Adventure in Finance
9/24 –10/29
9/17 –11/5
Introducing You to You: The Peace Education Program
Journeys: Learning Through Travel
James Kunkel/ Timothy Steele
David Lippman
Elaine Levy
Anne Marshall Christner
Jeffrey Engel
Stuart Gentry
Bill Shaw
Leonard Sahling
Richard Reinish
Eric Walters
Monica Casco/Rich Foster
Wednesday PM
Dates Title
10/15 –11/5
Line and Wash with Watercolor: A Beginner’s Journey
9/17 –10/22 Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter
9/17 –11/5 Oil Well Drilling, Fracking, and Blowouts
9/17 –11/5 Planning the Defense: Step Up Your Game 1
9/17 –11/12 The Blues: Roots and Branches, Part 1 (Revisited)
9/17 –11/5 Unleash Your Inner Futurist: How Science Fiction Films Predict Tomorrow
10/01 –10/29 Using Emotional Understanding to Improve Communication — Based on Brené Brown’s Atlas of the Heart
9/17 –10/29 Vichyites, Nazis, and Gaullists: The Story of France in World War II
9/17 –10/8 Will the Sun Explode?
9/17 –11/5 Year Zero: The Global History of 1945 and Beyond
Thursday AM
Dates Title
9/18 –11/6 I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger: A Novel of Hardship and Redemption
9/18 –11/6 Amazing Stories!! The Fantastic Humanity of Ray Bradbury
9/18 –11/6
From the U.S. Constitutional Convention to the War of 1812: The Making of a Nation
9/18 –11/6 Modern Art: From Impressionism to Expressionism — Claude Monet to Jackson Pollock
Carol Anthony
Janeen Galligan
Glenn Gravlee, MD
Gracie Batt/ Don Batt
Thursday AM
Dates
9/18 –10/23
9/18 –11/6
9/18 –10/23
9/18 –10/9
9/18 –11/6
Movie Music: Top Composers and Their Film Scores
Robert Magnani
Mysterious Places: Dis–Placed! Online Linda Lange
Table for Two? Or Table for 8.1 Billion? Feeding Your Family... and the World
The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s–Eye View of the World
The Greatest Stories Never Told
Thursday PM
9/18 –10/23 Go As A River—A Colorado Novel by Shelley Read
9/18 –11/6
9/18 –11/6
Elegance and Evil: The World of Ripley
The Black Model and the Development of Modern Art: Posing Modernity (Art Exhibition from the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, 2018)
Friday AM
9/19 –11/7
Larry Canepa
Sue Bramley
Natalie Conklin
Bob Steele/ Carol Steele
Dixie Vice/ John Lungerhausen
Sally Walling
Trails and Tours
Did you know? More than 2,000 members have already discovered the joy of learning, connection, and community through OLLI at DU! With 300+ in-person and online courses, 150+ facilitators, and 15+ free member-exclusive webinars, there’s always something new to explore. Plus, members enjoy travel adventures, social events, special programs, and shared interest groups—countless ways to stay engaged and inspired.
