Fall Courses

*OLLI-RU 2026 Membership  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
2026
2026-01-13 — 2027-01-11
Saturday Morning
N/A
Online/Remote

*Test Course: Try Your Username and Play with the Registration System  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
123
1/11/2026 — 1/11/2027
Saturday Morning
N/A
Online/Remote

A Brief History of American Railroads and Their Impact on Toy Trains  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rm21-fa26
10/13/2026 — 11/3/2026
Tuesday Morning
Tucker
Online/Remote

A Reading of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rm27-fa26
9/8/2026 — 11/10/2026
Tuesday Morning
Smuga
Online/Remote

Acrylic Art  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
nbt61-fa26
9/11/2026 — 11/13/2026
Friday Morning
Mehra
New Brunswick

Acting and Improv for Everyone  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
nbt29-fa26
9/8/2026 — 11/10/2026
Tuesday Afternoon
Speidel
New Brunswick

Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: An Exemplary Sleuth  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rd1-fa26
9/17/2026 — 9/17/2026
Thursday Morning
Walter
Online/Remote

Art Through the Ages Part 2  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rt30-fa26
9/8/2026 — 11/10/2026
Tuesday Afternoon
Cohen
Online/Remote

Charles Dickens and His Novel Great Expectations  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rt37-fa26
9/9/2026 — 11/11/2026
Wednesday Morning
Walia
Online/Remote

Christmas Music Through the Ages  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rm62-fa26
11/6/2026 — 11/13/2026
Friday Morning
Howe
Online/Remote

Cognitive Biases - How We Make Errors of Judgment in Our Daily Lives  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rv36-fa26
10/13/2026 — 11/10/2026
Tuesday Afternoon
Mullen
Online/Remote

Constantine the Great: Was He the Greatest Roman Emperor?  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rm50-fa26
9/10/2026 — 9/17/2026
Thursday Morning
Griffin
Online/Remote

Contemporary Moral Issues I  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rt38-fa26
9/9/2026 — 11/11/2026
Wednesday Morning
Brown
Online/Remote

Creating Garden-Inspired Mosaics  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
nbd2-fa26
9/22/2026 — 9/22/2026
Tuesday Morning
Ludwig
New Brunswick

Dames to Die For: The Femme Fatales of Noir  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
nbm14-fa26
9/14/2026v — 11/9/2026
Monday Afternoon
Lasky-MacPherson
New Brunswick

Drawing Workshop  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rt22-fa26
9/8/2026 — 11/10/2026
Tuesday Morning
Cohen
Online/Remote

Energy Through the Ages: From Fire to Fusion  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
nbm43-fa26
2026-09-09 — 2026-09-30
Wednesday 
Berenbach
New Brunswick
Cancelled

Everything is Tuberculosis: A Deeper Dive into the Science, Medicine, and Places TB Shaped  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rv57-fa26
10/8/2026 — 11/5/2026
Thursday Afternoon
Menz
Online/Remote

Exploring Season Two of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
nbv58-fa26
9/10/2026 — 10/8/2026
Thursday Afternoon
Stanley
New Brunswick

Fall Poetry Workshop  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rm23-fa26
9/8/2026 — 10/27/2026
Tuesday Morning
Susman
Online/Remote

FamilySearch.org for Genealogists: A Free Genealogy Powerhouse  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rm15-fa26
9/14/2026 — 9/28/2026
Monday Afternoon
Zimowsk
Online/Remote

Films from Six Countries on Four Continents  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rt31-fa26
9/8/2026 — 11/10/2026
Tuesday Afternoon
Shaw
Online/Remote

Finding the Theme of your Memoir  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rv32-fa26
9/29/2026 — 10/27/2026
Tuesday Afternoon
Greenhut
Online/Remote

Five Short Stories: There's More Poe to Go  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
nbv44-fa26
9/9/2026 — 10/7/2026
Wednesday Afternoon
McVeigh-Berzok
New Brunswick

Five Short Stories: Horror in the Heartland by Shirley Jackson  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rv33-fa26
9/8/2026 — 10/6/2026
Tuesday Afternoon
McVeigh-Berzok
New Brunswick

Haunted Jukebox: A Crash Course in Halloween Music  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rm39-fa26
10/21/2026 — 10/28/2026
Wednesday Morning
Howe
Online/Remote

Intro to Memoir Writing  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rd3-fa26
9/30/2026 — 9/30/2026
Wednesday Morning
Greenhut
Online/Remote

Ireland's Cultural Revival  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rd5-fa26
10/12/2026 — 10/12/2026
Monday Afternoon
Brady
Online/Remote

Jazz Giants and Rising Stars  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rv34-fa26
10/13/2026 — 11/10/2026
Tuesday Afternoon
Josephson
Online/Remote

Join the Parade! Behind the Scenes of Flying a Giant Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
nbd8-fa26
11/6/2026 — 11/6/2026
Friday Morning
Drake
New Brunswick

Joseph Campbell’s Mythos II: The Shaping of the Eastern Tradition  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rv19-fa26
9/14/2026 — 10/19/2026
Monday Afternoon
Pearlman
Online/Remote

Laughter, Leaks and Left ventricles: The Curious Case of the Human Heart  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
nbv52-fa26
2026-09-17 — 2026-10-15
Thursday Morning
Bogner
New Brunswick

Learning the Art of Collage  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rt10-fa26
9/14/2026 — 11/16/2026
Monday Morning
Cohen
Online/Remote
Cancelled

Lincoln At Gettysburg  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
nbv40-fa26
9/9/2026 — 10/7/2026
Wednesday Morning
Ullman
New Brunswick

Looking for Miss Crabtree  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
nbd6-fa26
10/22/2026 — 10/22/2026
Thursday Morning
Buck
New Brunswick

Masterworks of World Cinema  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
nbt35-fa26
9/8/2026 — 11/10/2026
Tuesday Afternoon
Dadachanji
New Brunswick

Medications in the Age of AI: Safer Use, Smarter Decisions?  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rm20-fa26
9/28/2026 — 10/5/2026
Monday Afternoon
Lisi
Online/Remote
Cancelled

Monsters and the Supernatural in Literature  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
nbt41-fa26
9/9/2026 — 11/18/2026
Wednesday Morning
Schroepfer
New Brunswick

Naval Battles that impacted World History  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rv46-fa26
9/9/2026 — 10/7/2026
Wednesday Afternoon
Tucker
Online/Remote

Nelson and Napoleon: The Admiral Who Broke Napoleon’s Dream of World Domination  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
hyd7-fa26
11/5/2026 — 11/5/2026
Thursday Morning
Herber
New Brunswick

New York City History PART 1 1621-1776  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rm26-fa26
9/8/2026 — 10/6/2026
Tuesday Morning
Tucker
Online/Remote

New York City History Part 2. 1783 to 1900  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rv47-fa26
10/14/2026 — 11/11/2026
Wednesday Afternoon
Tucker
Online/Remote

Oil Pastel & Colored Pencil Art  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
nbt42-fa26
9/9/2026 — 11/18/2026
Wednesday Morning
Mehra
New Brunswick

OLLI-RU Players  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
nbt28-fa26
9/8/2026 — 11/10/2026
Tuesday Morning
Speidel
New Brunswick

Painting Studio  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rt16-fa26
9/14/2026 — 11/16/2026
Monday Afternoon
Cohen
Online/Remote

Power and Persuasion: Leaders Who Shaped History  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
nbm27-fa26
9/8/2026 — 9/29/2026
Tuesday Morning
Smith
New Brunswick
Cancelled

Revolutionary New York City  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
TD1-FA26
10/09/2026 — 10/9/2026
Friday 

Sharp Pens, Strong Voices: Six Singer-Songwriters  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rm48-fa26
9/9/2026 — 10/14/2026
Wednesday Afternoon
Howe
Online/Remote

Short Films: Selected Gems  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
nbm59-fa26
9/10/2026 — 11/12/2026
Thursday Afternoon
Hegde
New Brunswick

Spooky Stories by Irish Writers  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rm17-fa26
10/26/2026 — 11/9/2026
Monday Afternoon
Brady
Online/Remote
Cancelled

Stars and History of the Movie Musical Part 3  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rv53-fa26
9/10/2026 — 10/8/2026
Thursday Morning
Caponegro
Online/Remote

The Amazing World of Quantum Mechanics and Computing  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
nbt12-fa26
9/14/2026 — 11/16/2026
Monday Afternoon
Schnetzer
New Brunswick

The Art and History of Meaningful Conversations and Irresistible Storytelling  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
nbm56-fa26
9/10/2026 — 9/17/2026
Thursday Afternoon
DeCicco
New Brunswick

The Art of Forest Bathing (Shinrin-yoku)  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
nbd4-fa26
10/2/2026 — 10/2/2026
Friday Morning
Shah
New Brunswick

The Courts, the Law and the Administration Part 3  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rv13-fa26
10/12/2026 — 11/9/2026
Monday Afternoon
Ruprecht
Online/Remote

The Craft of Story Writing  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rm9-fa26
9/14/2026 — 11/9/2026
Monday Morning
Reich
Online/Remote

The Explosives Industry in New Jersey: From Powder Towns to WW I  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
nbv63-fa26
9/18/2026 — 10/16/2026
Friday Morning
Dragon
New Brunswick

The Fifties: An Underground History  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rm24-fa26
9/8/2026 — 10/20/2026
Tuesday Morning
Smith
New Brunswick

The Fractured Family: Estrangement in Literary Short Fiction  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rv45-fa26
10/14/2026 — 11/11/2026
Wednesday Afternoon
McGuigan
Online/Remote

The Great Movie Detectives of the 1930s and 1940s  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
nbt51-fa26
9/10/2026 — 11/12/2026
Thursday Morning
Wichinsky
New Brunswick

The Ins and Outs of Congress  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
nbm25-fa26
2026-09-08 — 2026-09-15
Tuesday Morning
Baker
New Brunswick

The Truth About Film Noir  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rm65-fa26
2026-09-18 — 2026-10-30
Friday Morning
Bauer Cohen
Online/Remote

The United States in the 19th Century: From Fledgling Republic to Economic Colossus  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
hyt11-fa26
9/14/2026 — 11/23/2026
Monday Morning
Malberg
Hybrid

Understanding the U.S. Constitution  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rt54-fa28
9/10/2026 — 11/12/2026
Thursday Morning
Ruprecht
Online/Remote

Using the Card Catalog on Ancestry.com®  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rm18-fa26
10/5/2026 — 10/19/2026
Monday Afternoon
Zimowsk
Online/Remote

Watercolor Art  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
nbt55-fa26
9/10/2026 — 11/12/2026
Thursday Morning
Mehra
New Brunswick

World War I  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
hyv49-fa26
10/14/2026 — 11/18/2026
Wednesday Afternoon
Yacik
Hybrid

Yoga Sūtras of Patanjali - Semester 2  

Course Code
Date(s)
Time(s)
Instructor(s)
Location(s)
Action
rt60-fa26
9/10/2026 — 11/12/2026
Thursday Afternoon
Dadachanji
Online/Remote