Posts published by “uomatters”

Ignoring the deans, of course. The search will be run by Isaacson Miller, the same incompetents who brought Rahmat Shoureshi to PSU. The committee in full, from OSU’s search website: Julie Manning, member of the Board of Trustees, committee chair. Patty Bedient, member of the Board of Trustees. Julia Brim-Edwards, member…

They’re going to have to stop calling it the dismal science. Today’s release is at https://www.oregon.gov/das/OEA/Pages/forecastecorev.aspx Given this on top of all the other good news about UO’s out-of-state enrollment, CARES funds, and cost savings from the hiring freeze etc., it will be fun listening to Pres Schill at today’s…

Not sure why or to where. No longer on the Org Chart. Had been expected to replace Brad Shelton.

Carmichael rescued a dysfunctional UOPD – remember the Bowl of Dicks? – and increased police spending by millions in the process: Around the 0 has a press release here. His interim replacement will be Jason Wade, who I’ve heard good things about.

But will Uncle Phil and Tim Boyle set up another PAC to bully the legislature from doing it anyway? Daily Emerald reporter Will Cozine has the interview here: When asked about recent calls from activist groups — like Democratize UO — to democratize the board, Lillis said the university’s growth…

whilst OSU is up and PSU and TRU’s are way down. Last year VPFA Moffitt was predicting that the 2020 freshman bust would keep down overall enrollment for years, when the administration was pushing for the wage freeze and potential PPR cuts. Actually it only took one year to recover.…

Dear CAS faculty, staff, and GEs, As you know, the faculty and students in the College of Arts and Sciences engage in important and innovative research, often supported by external grants. We want to share this report on external funding members of our college have secured (and the research projects they support)…

One less quirky restaurant from Eugene’s hippy past, one more expensive student housing complex, and one more complication to Johnson Hall’s story that we can’t afford market pay for faculty and staff. Gina Scalpone has the story in the Eugene Weekly here.

I’m giving credit to our students, who have taken to vaccinations and masking with visible enthusiasm. Data from the UO dashboard, here. Just one case last week: And estimated Lane County infections are way down too – in part because most of those who haven’t got their jab have already…

A little ionizing radiation and fat-shaming from our track and field coach, here: I wonder if this use of the DEXA scanner was approved by the usual university committees and the state’s office of Radiation Protection Services?

JH has finally posted the 19-20 comparisons of UO faculty pay to other AAU publics, after sitting on it since at least June. I don’t know when the 20-21 data, which is based on fall 2020 pay will be posted. (While these tables include instructor pay it’s based only 7…

Emerald Story here: UO Matters, a news and opinion blog, published an email that indicated UO President Michael Schill was pitching candidates to Oregon Gov. Kate Brown at a women’s basketball game. The veracity of this email is not confirmed, but supports Schranck’s claim. This email comes from Governor Kate Brown’s public…

Many AAU university leaders with dubious histories of support for academic freedom are now trying to get in on this bandwagon – UO President Michael Schill comes to mind. Of course I support their First Amendment right to claim whatever BS they think will help promote their careers. But Holden…

It sounds so simple in the email. The reality was far uglier: Click qualtrix link in email Find phone so you can use duo Take photos of front and back of vax card Discover your phone has not synced photos to your laptop for 2 months Google “iphoto sync problem”…