Institute for Learning in Retirement

03/03/2026

SPRING 2026 KICKOFF - YOU ARE INVITED!

Introducing ILR Courses for Spring Term 2026
Sunday, March 8, 2026, 2:30 in the Oak Room at Oak Hammock
To attend in person, please RSVP at 352-548-1009 or Email us at: [email protected].

This event will also be available via Zoom

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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88481986267
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03/02/2026

ILR asks the big questions in our Spring Semester: Big Questions in Science, Whose History, Women in History, Invasive Species, Art @ Harns, Foreign Policy & Current Events Discussions, Cognition and Aging, Opera, German & Chamber Players.

Membership in the Institute for Learning in Retirement is open to everyone of retirement age. Register and join ILR today!

12/27/2025

Breaking news! In the Winter semester, ILR has courses to entertain, educate and challenge assumptions: Jazz; Antisemitism in housing; USA@250 years; Ancient cultures; Meteorology; Pain; Short stories; Law & the Movies; Assorted topics; Current events discussion; Chamber players; German. See the bulletin and register at

ILR programs and courses cover a wide variety of subjects, including science, technology, literature, the performing arts, history, philosophy and current events.

12/09/2025

On October 15, 2025, we had a class titled, "Radical right populism, fascism, or…?"

This talk compares the first Trump and Bolsonaro’s governments with Trump’s second administration. It argues that Bolsonaro and Trump’s first term in office fit into almost all definitions of populism.

Speaker: Carlos de la Torre, PhDThis talk compares the first Trump and Bolsonaro’s governments with Trump’s second administration. It argues that Bolsonaro a...

12/09/2025

A picture of the Oak Hammock Chamber Players for the Holiday concert.

12/05/2025

On October 6, 2025, at 1 pm, we held an Economics class titled "Why Consumer Sentiment Matters Now More Than Ever."

Dr. McCarty will describe the origin and history of the survey-based Consumer Sentiment Index (CSI) and how it predicts (or not) changes in the economy.

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Speaker: Chris McCarty, Director, Bureau of Economic and Business Research & Professor of Anthropology, UFFacilitator: Lynne Holt Dr. McCarty will descri...

12/04/2025

On November 3, 2025, we have an awesome class about Florida's Fabulous Frogs. In this class, our speaker talked about all of the different types of frogs that you can find around Florida.

This video contains some of the sounds of the frogs mentioned.

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Speaker: Steve Johnson, Professor, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UFFacilitator: Ellen SiegelDr. Johnson will discuss the natural histo...

11/26/2025

On October 13, 2025, ILR had a class titled, "Who will control AI?"

This is a very interesting and important topic to consider.

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Speaker: Mark Jamison, Director and Gunter Professor, Public Utility Research Center and Warrington School of Business, UFFacilitators: Dr. Ken Rand and...