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Email:

jmorgenweck@learn.colostate.edu

Phone/Fax:

Phone: (970) 491-7753
Fax: (970) 491-7885

Mail:

Osher
Colorado State University
1040 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1040

In-person:

We are located in Spruce Hall (corner of College and Laurel streets) on the CSU campus. View a campus map.

Perk Series for Osher Members

The Perk Series is a bonus series of short lectures on a variety of topics and campus-based experiences. The Perk Series is offered twice a month during spring and fall sessions. These programs are open only to OLLI members and carry no charge in addition to your membership fee. For some sessions there are space limitations so an early RSVP is encouraged. For more information, call (970) 491-7753 or (970) 491-5288.

See below for details about each session or view the Fall 2009 Perk Series document.

A hidden benefit with our Osher membership was access to free guided tours – "behind the scenes" at CSU's new arts complex, a state-of-the-art academic village with classrooms, food services and housing, and the cancer center at the vet school – and lectures – financial planning for this recession and the pine beetle forest infestation. They were almost as much fun as the classes! We will be continuing our membership and look forward to more interesting topics!

– Rita Moon Reid and Larry Reid

Beginning in Fall 2009, there will be an Osher book club as an additional benefit of your Osher membership. See below for more information or view the Fall 2009 Book Club document (PDF).

Discovering Healthy Lifestyles: Presentation on Neuromuscular Aging and Tour of Clinical and Research Laboratories
Date: Monday, November 2, 2009 – 2:00 p.m. - 4 p.m.
RSVP: 970-988-5823 or email stacy.grant@colostate.edu
Location: Given upon registration

Hear a presentation on neuromuscular aging and take a tour of CSU's clinical and research labs, guided by.

  • Dr. Brian Tracy, Neuromuscular Function Laboratory
    Dr. Tracy's research interests focus on the effects of training interventions on the neuromuscular system of elderly adults, neural mechanisms that underlie changes in the strength and steadiness of muscle contractions with aging, and sarcopenia and frailty in older adults. His work, funded by the National Institute on Aging, is performed on young and elderly humans in both cross-sectional comparisons and longitudinal interventions.
  • Dr. Benjamin Miller, Skeletal Muscular Laboratory
    Studies both healthy skeletal muscle and the deterioration of skeletal muscle with age. The primary goal of our research is to determine the causes of age-related decreases in muscle size and strength (sarcopenia), and how to slow that progression or reverse it. We focus on non-pharmaceutical interventions of exercise and nutrition to obtain these goals.
  • Dr. Chris Bell, Integrative Biology Laboratory
    Dr. Bell's current research interests include the regulation of energy expenditure by the sympathetic nervous system, and how this is influenced by aging, habitual exercise, molecular and genetic properties of beta-adrenergic receptors, and oxidative stress.
  • Dr. Frank Dinenno, Human Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory (HCPL)
    Dr. Dinenno's research interests include: 1) the interactions between the sympathetic neural vasoconstrictor and the local metabolic vasodilator systems in the control of vascular tone in humans; (2) the effects of aging on vascular control during various stressors (e.g., exercise, hypoxia); and (3) the role of lifestyle and/or behavioral factors in attenuating (or possibly reversing) some of the detrimental changes that occur in the cardiovascular system as humans age.

Recent Research on Alzheimer's
Date: Monday, November 16, 2009 – 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
RSVP: 970-491-7753
Location: Colorado Welcome Center
Presenter: Professor Paul Bell, Department of Psychology

Forensic Entomology
Date: Monday, December 14, 2009 – 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
RSVP: 970-491-7753
Location: Colorado Welcome Center
Presenter: Professor Boris Kondratieff, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management

Osher Book Group – Arm Chair Traveler

As part of our Osher members' Perk Series (no fee beyond Osher membership fee), we have created a book group. We hope you will join us!

Shadow of the Silk Road by Colin Thubron

Discuss our second book, Shadow of the Silk Road, with local content expert, Loren Crabtree, and your fellow Osher Book Club members.

Date: Wednesday, November 18th
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Reader's Cove Bookstore
1001 East Harmony, Fort Collins
Call (970) 266-1618 for directions.
RSVP Today! (970) 491-7753

We ask that you read the books ahead of time and a discussion for each will be facilitated by Violette Gorell. For those who wish to purchase the books, we have placed an order at Reader's Cove. We hope that you will support our local businesses!

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