“FIRE is grateful to the Templeton Foundation for its generous investment in the fight to defeat censorship and preserve academic freedom on campus,” said FIRE President and CEO Greg Lukianoff. “The grant will give FIRE tremendous resources to engage a wider audience and better understand the current attitudes and arguments…
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Colleagues and Students, I have the immense pleasure of announcing that our dear friends Penny and Phil Knight have made an extraordinarily generous $500 million gift—the largest ever to a public flagship university—that will launch an initiative to rethink and reshape research at the University of Oregon. The Phil and…
For just $5M more we could have hired a Harbaugh. Cousin Jim is currently 6-0, and #5 in the national rankings. But instead our Board of Trustees bought local:
The empirical support for the link between big-time college football, drinking, and rape is documented by Lindo, Siminski, and Swensen (2016), College Party Culture and Sexual Assault: This paper considers the degree to which events that intensify partying increase sexual assault. Estimates are based on panel data from campus and local law-enforcement agencies and an…
Some useful information for students, and everyone, in the NYT here: Lessons in the Delicate Art of Confronting Offensive Speech … A body of psychological research shows that even mild pushback against offensive remarks can have an instant effect — as difficult as that can be, especially with a boss, a…
That would be the Oregon State University Board: Public Meetings Notice October 13, 2016 The Oregon State University Board of Trustees will hold a retreat on Wednesday, Oct. 19, to discuss the university’s student success goals, current cost structure, and revenue generating opportunities. The retreat is open to the public…
The Chronicle of Higher Ed has the story, here: In an apparent first, federal officials have found a college in violation of Title IX, the gender-equity law, for infringing on the rights of students accused of sexual violence. The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights had opened an investigation…
It takes our well paid army of PR flacks more than a week to get UO’s payroll numbers? Saul Hubbard’s story on PERS costs is here: … The Register-Guard requested budget figures from the cities of Eugene and Springfield, Lane County government, the Eugene 4J, Bethel and Springfield school districts, the Eugene…
Around the O has the report: … A recent estate pledge from Jim and his wife Mary — an estimated $5 million — is a step in the right direction. “This was a way to help out in return for what the school gave me,” said Rothwell, who worked 26 years…
Subject: deptcomp: Transform IT town hall meetings DATE CORRECTION Date: October 4, 2016 at 8:24:15 AM PDT To: Departmental Computing <[email protected]> In the message sent this morning, there is a day/date mismatch. The correct date for the December meeting is Friday, December 2. Here is a revised list of those…
Dear Campus Community, The fall academic term is off to a fantastic start. I am proud to have welcomed to the University of Oregon our most diverse class of students ever, dozens of exceptional new faculty and staff members, and many additional graduate students—in addition to welcoming back our existing…
Analysis from the State Legislative analysts, here.
The LCB has been without a permanent dean since Kees de Kluyver “retired” in spring 2015, to take a year’s leave at full pay, and give up his tenure. Nutter seems like a great hire, who will add some real diversity – as in diversity of thought – to UO’s…
Good idea – but a blog without comments? Chickens: From: CAS Dean <[email protected]> Subject: [Cas-allemps] Announcing a new internal communication vehicle, Thinking About CAS Date: October 6, 2016 at 8:03:00 AM PDT To: “‘[email protected]'” <[email protected]> In the spirit of open communication and fostering a lively exchange of ideas, the CAS…
The search committee is here: Paul Elstone, Sr. Associate Vice President, Development, [email protected] Jennifer Espinola, Dean of Students, School of Law, [email protected] Ibrahim Gassama, Professor, School of Law, [email protected] Tom Lininger, Professor, School of Law, [email protected] Mohsen Manesh, Associate Professor, School of Law, [email protected] Michelle McKinley, Professor, School of Law,…