OLLI at Duke Offers Summer Science Series
The neurobiology of birdsong and a primer on gun violence will be among the topics covered during the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)'s Summer Symposia.
Organizers Tony Waraksa and Harriet Sander worked with Duke University Retiree Outreach (DURO) and The Forest at Duke to offer a six-lecture series for OLLI, a non-degree program of Duke Continuing Studies and Summer Session.
Gretchen Cooley, a member of OLLI and the Board at The Forest, said the partnership between OLLI and The Forest continues to benefits residents, OLLI members and the community. This summer series is open to the public (OLLI membership not required), and the class fee will be contributed to DURO, one of the nonprofits that The Forest at Duke supports.
The funds will help DURO members' volunteer projects at Lakewood Elementary School. The projects include assisting teachers, a backpack program that provides weekend food for the neediest of Lakewood's families and maintaining a vegetable garden.
"While we're learning, we have the satisfaction of knowing that we're contributing to a great nonprofit, whose members volunteer at Lakewood Elementary School," said Margaret Hodel, a long-time DURO and OLLI member.
OVERVIEW OF PROGRAM TOPICS
June 11: John Greeson, assistant director for Homeland Security and based at RDU, discusses changes being implemented at airport security checkpoints
June 25: Sanford School Professor Phil Cook, an expert on gun violence, discusses different solutions to the problem
July 9: Dr. Linda Gray, a Duke radiologist, discusses advances in X-ray and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
July 23: A Secret Service agent will discuss identity and credit card theft over the Internet
July 30: Andrew Prescott explores the overlap and the differences in traditional Western versus Eastern medicine
Aug. 6: Stephen Nowicki, dean of undergraduate education and a professor of biology at Duke, explains the complex communications in bird songs.
To register mail a check for $40 payable to Duke University with DURO in the memo line to David Stein, Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership, PO Box 90433, Durham, NC 27708-0433. (Include your name, address, and email address). Or to use a credit card, e-mail david.stein@duke.edu to receive on-line payment instructions.