Osher at RIT Offers Classes to Shake the Winter Doldrums

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Carolyn Vacanti, left, Lorraine Murphy, Phil Weisberg, Burt Freedman and Tania George participate in a class at Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at RIT.

Want to discuss Irish history, poetry or current events in science and technology?

If you’re age 50 or older and wish to take advantage of classes and other activities that spark intellectual stimulation in the arts, literature, sciences, history and government—then Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at RIT is the place for you.

A free open house showcasing winter classes will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 10-13, and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 14. New participants are invited to bring a brown bag lunch, stay the day and socialize with Osher at RIT members.

Classes run the gamut from Ancient China to Sports in America and Taxes and Tax Policy. This week’s featured guest for the popular Pfaudler Enrichment Series is Peter Lovenheim, author of In the Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time, who will discuss his book from noon to 1 p.m. Jan. 13.

Winter classes run from Jan. 10 through March 11 and are held at the Athenaeum Building in the Riparian Independent Living Complex at Rivers Run, 50 Fairwood Drive, Suite 100. Free parking is available and new members are always welcome. For information, call 585-292-8989 or go to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute website.

Note: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at RIT is a membership-led organization that stimulates minds and forges friendships among people ages 50 and older who live in greater Rochester. The organization was founded in 1987 as The Athenaeum, an affiliate of Rochester Institute of Technology. In 2006, it became an Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, joining a growing national network of more than 100 university-based centers.