Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

January Explorations — Free Online Mini-Courses

Community invited to sample free online classes

Save the date! January 13-23, 2026

Current, past and prospective OLLI members are invited to learn more about classes and activities at the University of Delaware’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) program by attending virtual mini-courses in January.

“January Explorations” is a free sampler of online short classes – one to two sessions each – taking place Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. All sessions take place online via the Zoom free videoconferencing platform, with first-come, first-served attendance. There is no cost to participate in January Explorations, however registration is required.

This year’s subject list will be available in late November. Last January, sessions included:

  • Paul Robeson: Renaissance Man
  • Time After Time: Music Across the Years
  • West Side Story’s Story
  • Good News About the Environment
  • Anne Macy Sullivan: Teacher or Innovator
  • Bottoms Up! The History of Whiskey
  • Find Out About Feldenkrais
  • Ted Talks: Discussion and Trivia
  • Delaware and Climate Change
  • Writing Your Own Obituary
  • How the Brain Ages
  • Suffering, Dying, and Medical Ethics
  • The Impact of atTAcK Addiction in Delaware
  • MALS Presents!
  • Desegregation of Schools: Myth or Reality
  • Hospice and Palliative Support: Not the Same Service
  • Why Alternative Medicine Can Work
  • Demystifying Artificial Intelligence
  • Favorite Video Clips: “The Chosen”
  • Diamond Challenge Virtual Judging
  • Democracy in Germany: One Man Two Votes
  • Exploring Horizons: The Wilmington OLLI Campus
  • But is it Art?
  • Frontiers for Healthy Aging
  • Versailles: Garden of the Sun King
  • From Sea to Sea in 1903
  • The Greatest Auto Race on Earth
  • It’s Time to Travel with UD OLLI!
  • The Wilmington Campus and its Trees
  • Unsung Women of Soul and R&B

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