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Fall 2019 at | cmu.edu/osher w CONSIDER A GIFT TO OSHER To make a contribution to the Osher Annual Fund, please call the office at 412.268.7489, go through the Osher website with a credit card, or mail a check to the office. Thank you in advance for your generosity. BOARD OF DIRECTORS CURRICULUM COMMITTEE OFFICE STAFF Jim Reitz, President Gary Bates Lyn Decker, Executive Director Allan Hribar Vice-President Lester Berkowitz Chris Dashti, Administrator / Programs Jan Hawkins, Secretary John Brown Chelsea Prestia, Administrator / Publications Marcia Taylor, Treasurer Maureen Brown Olivia McCann, Administrator / General Office John Olmsted, Past President Flip Conti Rosalie Barsotti Circe Curley CATALOG EDITORS Gary Bates Jan Davis Chelsea Prestia, Editor Jane Cordisco Lyn Decker Chris Dashti Lee Fogarty Mary Duquin Olivia McCann Jeffrey Holst Anna Estop Helen-Faye Rosenblum Ann Isaac Lee Fogarty Rosalyn Treger Raja Sooriamurthi Byron Gottfried Jeffrey Swoger Marilyn Maiello Randy Weinberg Enid Miller CONTACT INFORMATION Mark Winer Judy Rubinstein Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Rochelle Steiner Carnegie Mellon University Mona Strassburger 4614 Wean Hall Amy Burkert, Vice Provost for Jeffrey Swoger 5000 Forbes Avenue Education and our University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3833 Liaison Randy Weinberg Richard Wilson Please include your return address on all mail sent to the Osher office. Phone: 412.268.7489 Email: [email protected] Website: cmu.edu/osher ON THE COVER The sloping halls in Baker/Porter Hall were built to accommodate large machinery as it originally housed the School of Applied Industries and had machine shops for students studying everything from plumbing and heating to “electrical practice.” Front Cover: Chelsea Prestia Additional catalog images courtesy of Olivia McCann, David Bachman, Amanda Cochrane and Duane Rieder, Pexels, and Wikimedia Commons OSHER at Carnegie Mellon | Fall 2019 What interests you? Find your courses by topic. ARTS & HUMANITIES LEARN BY DOING SCIENCE Art 5 Art 21 Architecture 42 Drama / Theatre 7 Crafts / Hobbies 22 Astronomy 42 Language 8 Culinary 24 Environment 43 Literature 9 Dance / Exercise 24 Life Science 44 Music 13 Finance / Insurance 28 Math 47 Games 30 Medical 47 BUSINESS & Language 31 Technology 50 COMMERCE Music & Drama 32 Business 17 Self-Improvement 32 SOCIAL SCIENCE Economics 17 Technology 36 Contemporary Topics / Law 20 Wellness 37 Sociology 51 Writing 39 History 58 Pittsburgh 62 General Info Politics / Government 64 Directors & Staff Front Cover Religion / Philosophy 66 One & Two Day Classes 4 Travel 67 Index by Study Leader Name 78-81 IMPORTANT! Campus Map 82-83 General Information It is in your best interest to register online. & Policies 84 Paper registrations will be delayed and processed one week after registration opens. Parking & Transportation 84 Bad Weather 84 Code of Conduct 85 Skip Dates 86 Session Dates Refund Policy 86 Session One: September 3 - October 25 Registration Info 86 List of Courses by Day: pgs. 68-72 Session Two: October 28 - December 20 List of Courses by Day: 73-77 The course descriptions and biographies have been edited with an eye to preserving the voice and spirit of our study leaders. 412.268.7489 3 e: [email protected] w: cmu.edu/osher ONE-& TWO-DAY COURSES Having trouble committing to a six-week course? Try one of our one-and two-day classes listed below. For full course description, Study Leader biography, dates, and times, please see the course listed on its assigned page. Start Date # of classes Class ID Class Name Page # 10/3 2 3037 Creative Process of CMU's School of Drama Plays 7 10/9 2 3101 Why Giselle Matters 7 10/14 1 3049 Bird Migration Around The World 46 10/14 1 2953 Intro To Medical Marijuana And Its Medicinal Value 49 10/15 1 2931 A Musical Retrospective Of Cole Porter 16 10/15 1 2955 City Of Asylum, Pittsburgh 63 10/15 2 2948 The Mattress Factory 5 10/15 2 3042 Library Of America: Champion Of Our Great Writers 12 10/15 2 3045 AARP Smart Driver 8-Hour Course 35 10/15 2 2934 What's Happening With Religion In America? 54 10/16 2 3053 Worst Trade Agreement? The Real NAFTA 19 10/17 1 3046 AARP Smart Driver 4-Hour Renewal Course 35 10/17 2 3023 How Museum Building Projects Can Succeed 56 10/18 1 2933 Tour Of ALCOSAN 63 10/18 2 2977 Thinking About The Economics Of Climate Change 43 10/18 2 3031 Introduction To Cryptocurrency/Bitcoin 18 10/21 1 3048 PowerPoint Tour of The Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium 62 10/21 1 3021 The Illustrated History of Squirrel Hill 62 10/21 1 3030 On Safari In Botswana 67 10/22 1 3071 Such Friends: Max Perkins and F. Scott Fitzgerald 12 10/22 1 3047 Falconry, The Sport Of Kings 46 10/22 1 2947 Regenerative Medicine 47 10/22 1 3022 Truth And Power: The Past And Future Of Education 53 10/22 1 2988 Jimmy Doolittle And The Raid To Avenge Pearl Harbor 61 10/22 1 3085 The Politics Of Coups D'etat 65 10/23 1 3091 Universal Basic Income: What's It All About? 19 10/23 1 3008 The Biology Of Aging 50 10/23 1 3083 Welcoming Refugees: From Global To Local 57 10/23 1 2941 Pittsburgh Botanic Garden - From Black To Green 64 10/24 1 2978 Verbal Self Defense For Women 36 10/24 1 3057 Where Are The Boundaries? 54 10/24 1 3056 Insights Into The World Of Elite Tennis Athletes 54 10/25 1 2950 Create Trendy Jewelry 23 10/25 1 3084 How Does It Matter Who The President Is? 57 11/18 1 3005 The Art Of The City 8 You must be registered to attend these courses. OSHER | Fall 2019 4 w: cmu.edu/osher ARTS&HUMANITIES Art | Drama/Theatre | Language | Literature | Music CINEMA/FILM Lady Justice Goes To The Movies Study Leader: Lloyd Stires, Diane Berman • 6 Classes: Sep. 3 – Oct. 15* Class ID: 3087 • Tuesday, 3:15 PM - 6:15 PM • Wean Hall, 4708 *Note: Class will not meet on Oct. 8 The courtroom drama has been a staple of American cin- ema for decades and has resulted in many excellent films. However, filmmakers have also been known to take liber- ties with law and procedure in order to enhance the drama of courtroom scenes. We will watch and discuss six films from the 1950s and 1960s that raise both social and legal questions, and that illustrate trial tactics still being used ART today. Two study leaders with different professional back- grounds—social psychology and the law—will lead a dis- cussion of issues and themes presented by each film. Please note that this is a film discussion class. It is hoped The Mattress Factory that, after the movie is shown, you will be able to remain for the duration of the class. Study Leader: Mattress Factory Materials Fee: $10* Lloyd Stires (Ph.D., Duke University) is a retired professor of psychology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he • 2 Classes: Oct. 15 and Oct. 22 Class ID: 2948 taught social psychology, environmental psychology, and mass media and behavior. He was a jazz and blues disc jockey on • Tuesday, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM WIUP-FM. He blogs about social science and current events. • The Mattress Factory, 500 Sampsonia Way Diane Berman (Phi Beta Kappa, Chatham College; University of Pittsburgh Law School) retired after 42 years as a Deputy Dis- The Mattress Factory was founded in 1977 by artists to trict Attorney in Allegheny County. During that time, she pros- support artists working in residence to create site-specific ecuted numerous murder and major felony trials, and also served installations. The museum supports established and as the Legal Advisor to the Allegheny County’s Investigative emerging artists through a residency program that has Grand Juries for 20 years. She has taught both attorneys and law become the pilot program for artist residences in institu- enforcement in various specialized areas of criminal law, includ- tions worldwide. Get an exclusive look at our history, our ing grand jury law, electronic surveillance, complex narcotics exhibitions, and our programs. The first class will be a investigations, and institutional sexual assault. guided tour of the exhibits, and the second class will be a presentation of the history and programming of the Mat- tress Factory. The Mattress Factory is a museum of contemporary installation art. *Materials fees are not refundable; information on page 86. 412.268.7489 5 e: [email protected] ARTS & HUMANITIES | Cinema/Film Cinema Arts: Biography And Memoir: The Foreign Documentary I On Film And Written Study Leader: Charles Glassmire Study Leader: Stephen Stept • 5 Classes: Nov. 1 – Dec. 6* Class ID: 2982 • 3 Classes: Sep. 9 – Sep. 23 Class ID: 2935 • Friday, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM • Monday, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM • Wean Hall, 4708 • Wean Hall, 4708 *Note: Class will not meet on Nov. 29 In three sessions we will discuss biography and memoir This course will exhibit some of the classic and/or seldom through film and personal writing. Session one will be a seen documentary films made in foreign lands by creative film screening of my own documentary biographical film filmmakers who stimulated the evolution of the cinema as work (90 minutes) followed by class discussion. Session an art form. The format will be a one-to two-hour film two will be a screening of a second film that I produced screening, followed by a class discussion of the film. This (also 90 minutes), followed by class discussion. Session course will suggest that the documentary form, while rep- three will be a discussion of memoir writing.