When you join OLLI, you join a community.
Our peer learning environment offers lively discussion during and after class and an opportunity to forge new friendships. Beyond OLLI's study groups is a wide range of extracurricular activities that also provide meaningful intellectual and social engagement. Guest lecture series, social outings, holiday parties and more enrich the OLLI experience.
Academic Enrichment
OLLI Noontime Lecture Series
Held at lunchtime or the end of the day on both campuses or virtually. Past guest lecturers have included acclaimed theater critic and Chicago Tribune Sunday Culture columnist Chris Jones, former US ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder, editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis, poet Ed Roberson, civic leader Andrea Zopp, polar explorer John Huston and Nobel prize-winning economist Roger Myerson.
Outside OLLI
Discover and experience Chicago's spectacular performance offerings first hand! Past events have included guest lectures, interactive workshops and attendance at dress rehearsals and performances at Northwestern’s Wirtz Theatre, Lyric Opera performances, field trips, and more!