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Talks – Fall

Osher Talks are single-session programs that offer insights on a diverse array of topics in the arts, humanities, sciences and current issues.

Register for Institute programs online or call 414-227-3200. You must be a member to register for any Osher Talks program.

Life enhanced through learning

Courses

9/11 My Personal Account

Sept 17, 2024 Live Online

Advanced Care Planning and Directives

Oct 24, 2024 In-person With Livestream

Art, Visual Illusions and the Brain

Nov 20, 2024 In-person With Livestream

artWorks: The Grohmann Museum

Sept 11, 2024 In-person

Beyond Poms and Sparkle: MKE Dancing Grannies

Sept 5, 2024 In-person With Livestream

Biking the Israel Environment

Body Art: The Sociology of Tattoos

Bond, James Bond

City Update with Mayor Cavalier Johnson

Complexities of Campus Community Policing

Dances Through the Decades

Deafness Does Not Define Me

Defeating SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)

Oct 9, 2024 In-person With Livestream

Digital Photo Organization for Macs

Sept 16, 2024 In-person With Livestream

Digital Photo Organization for PCs

Sept 23, 2024 In-person With Livestream

EAA at 70: Milwaukee and Beyond

Economic Issues in the 2024 Election

Oct 8, 2024 In-person With Livestream

Election 2024 Insights

Oct 15, 2024 In-person With Livestream

English Ain’t Easy

Examining the Wisconsin Idea

Fair Housing: Creating Inclusive Communities

Fair Maps? Algorithms May Be the Answer

Oct 16, 2024 In-person With Livestream

Frederick Pabst – An Immigrant’s Story

Frederick Pabst: Mariner

Sept 17, 2024 In-person With Livestream

From NYC to the World Stage

Oct 29, 2024 Live Online

Getting Evicted: Saga of Anchor Properties

Great Lakes of the World: Research Complexities

Growing Plants in Space without Gravity

Guitars for Vets

Hip Replacements: Changes Over 50 Years

History of Bay View

Holy Food: How Cults Influence American Food

Nov 5, 2024 In-person With Livestream

How Poland Welcomed Ukranian Refugees

Oct 2, 2024 In-person With Livestream

Humor and Healing

Nov 14, 2024 In-person

In Flanders Fields: Poems of WW I

Nov 11, 2024 In-person With Livestream

Invasive Species in Wisconsin

Nov 21, 2024 In-person With Livestream

Sept 20, 2024 In-person

Is Social Security Going Broke?

Oct 16, 2024 In-person With Livestream

John and Yoko: Starting Over

Dec 5, 2024 In-person With Livestream

John Lennon: Plastic Ono Band

Oct 28, 2024 In-person With Livestream

LA Against the Mountains

Let’s Vacation: The Sociology of Tourism

Lizzie Kander and the Settlement Cookbook

Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery

Sept 11, 2024 In-person With Livestream

Milwaukee’s Role in the 2024 Presidential Election

MKE Police Chief Jeffrey Norman: A Conversation

Oct 31, 2024 In-person With Livestream

My Cousin Augie and the MKE Mafia

Sept 12, 2024 In-person With Livestream

Older Adults as Change Makers

Our Amazing Brains and Aging

Oct 21, 2024 Live Online

Oct 23, 2024 In-person With Livestream

Personal Communication in the Public Arena

Sept 5, 2024 In-person With Livestream

Planned Parenthood Navigates the Everchanging Landscape

Nov 19, 2024 In-person With Livestream

Polling and the 2024 Elections

Sept 4, 2024 In-person With Livestream

Previewing the Supreme Court 2023

Rarely Heard Holiday Songs Part II

Recruiting Educators for MPS

Responding to China’s Growing Presence

Resulting Changes from Internet and Social Media

Rock N’ Roll Dance Fitness Fun

Oct 24, 2024 In-person

Safe and Healthy Streets: Active Transportation

Dec 11, 2024 In-person With Livestream

Sheldon Wasserman: Pregnancies, Politics and Parks

Swimmable, Fishable Waters

Ten Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s

Sept 10, 2024 In-person With Livestream

Ten Water Challenges Facing Wisconsin

The Barry Sisters: Consummate Yiddish Swingsters

The Cassini Mission

Sept 10, 2024 In-person With Livestream

The Future of Public Service

The History of Mime

Oct 17, 2024 In-person With Livestream

The Intersection of Photography and Psychiatry

Dec 5, 2024 In-person With Livestream

The Native History of Milwaukee

Nov 13, 2024 In-person With Livestream

The Third Branch: Essential for Democracy

Transatlantic Slave Trade Impact on Africa

Traveler’s Observations of Pacific Sea Life

U.S. Navy on Guam 1899-1910

Ukraine’s Ancient Artifacts: Golden Treasures

Oct 22, 2024 Live Online

Unearthing Sicily: An Archeological Gem

Nov 20, 2024 In-person With Livestream

Sept 13, 2024 In-person With Livestream

What’s Next in the Economy

Wheelchair Commandoes and Legislative Lions

Oct 17, 2024 In-person With Livestream

Where Are All the Aliens?

Wild Swans: 3 Generations of Women

Oct 24, 2024 In-person With Livestream

Writing Their Way Home: Veteran Stories