Dragon-Slaying Takes Time: The Complex Process of Ending Gerrymandering After the Passage of Proposition 2
Kevin Deegan-Krause
In 2018 Michigan made history with its 61% vote for an Independent Redistricting Commission to end the gerrymandering that caused...
The Love, Lure, and Lore of the Clothesline
Do You Remember?
The first session of this course for those 50 and over will help to revive memories of simpler times when laundry was always hung to dry...
Group Facilitation Training
Priceless for Those Interested in leading an OLLI Course!
Do you want to brush up on your facilitation skills so that you can feel comfortable leading one of OLLI’s many fine courses? Topics to be...
Gene Therapy: Medicine’s Ultimate Frontier
Learn about Gene Therapy
This course will discuss the development of a gene-therapy strategy that enables the human body to fight malignant brain cancer and,...
How Polio Helped FDR Win the Presidency
James Tobin
According to the conventional wisdom that has grown up around the public image of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the post-Watergate era, he became...
Race, the Party System, and Elite Incentives in American Elections
Vincent Hutchings
Professor Hutchings will examine how race has become such a pivotal issue in American politics. He will also explore how politicians in...
The 2020 Democratic Nomination: Who Gets to Choose, the Parties or the Voters?
An "Evenings With OLLI" Event
The Democrats have begun winnowing their original field of 20+ candidates down to the one who will eventually be their nominee for the 2020...
Reading Women’s Lives
Women's Literature
This study group will read one memoir/month written by women. Several will focus on aging and old age, some on grief and loss, some on...
