Osher Lifelong Learning center hosts meeting to kickoff winter program

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, an adult education program with a curriculum designed for those who are at least 50 years old and enjoy learning without tests or grades, will hold a New Member Information Meeting on Saturday, Jan. 7.

Refreshments will be served at 9:30 a.m. followed by a presentation at 10 a.m. on the UCSD Extension Campus in the Rubinger Center, Building “D” located at 9600 North Torrey Pines Road and Muir College Drive.

Free parking is available adjacent to the UCSD Extension Campus. Winter quarter classes begin Monday, Jan. 9.

Members may attend lectures and presentations, including a highly regarded Distinguished Lecture Series.

A highlight of the winter schedule is a series on the upcoming election led by five professors. In addition, professor and physician Dilip Jeste, director of the Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research and Aging will speak on “Making Sense of Science.” Music professor Carol Plantamura’s class will address “Opera: The Italian Connection.”

There will also be lectures on British art, The U.S. Constitution, current events, theater arts, medicine, science, Spanish painting and more.

For more information, call (858) 534-3409, e-mail olli@ucsd.edu or visit olli.ucsd.edu