From a letter sent May 22nd:
UO Matters
The agendas for meetings this Wednesday – Friday are now posted here. With the UO administration currently proposing to cut the faculty’s real wages, this sticks out:
Here’s an update on the status of the SEIU negotiations. Anyone know anything about the UOPD?
That would be me. The president-elect will be elected by the Senate at the June 3rd meeting, and serves one year as Senate VP, and then becomes Senate President the following year. Randy Sullivan (Chemistry) was elected last year, and will be president for 2015-16. If I’m elected I’d have to…
MEMORANDUM Date: May 29, 2015 To: University of Oregon Faculty and Staff From: Adriene Lim, Dean of Libraries, Mark Watson, Associate Dean, Research Services Subject: Reductions in FY16 Library Collections Purchases We are writing to inform the university community that, due to continued inflation in library collections costs, we must…
Just kidding. She doesn’t. Her report is here. All fluff. Here’s what really happened: 4.9 US14/15-91: COIA Request for Member Senate Vote on Possible Presidential Commission; Senate Executive Committee NCAA FAR Tim Gleason has written at length in opposition to having the Senate consider this resolution without sending it…
Gordon Friedman has the story in the Emerald, here. Hoffman Construction, Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects and Catena Consulting are the firms named in the suit. Hoffman and ZGF have worked on many projects on campus including the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex and the Jaqua Center. It’s a very well written and well researched…
I’ve always said that the UO administration could kill this blog any time they wanted to, with a modicum of honesty, transparency, and competence. And frankly, after 6 years of fecund muckraking, I’m more than ready to call it quits. The sooner the better. But that day is not today.…
To be followed by a reception for Senate award winners Miriam Bolton, Johnny Earl, Michael Dreiling, and Carol Stabile. The next and final Senate meeting will be June 3rd. I might get in a little live-blogging below, or Watch Live, Senate Meeting Agenda – May 27, 2015 2014-2015, Agendas 3:00 pm 1. Call to…
5/27/2015 update: Dear campus community, The search committee and I invite you to meet Dr. Jennifer Hammat, candidate for the position of Assistant Vice President for Sexual Assault & Title IX Coordinator. Dr. Hammat will be visiting campus on June, 2nd. At 3:00 p.m. in room 16 of Pacific Hall,…
The NYT has the big story, here: FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Face Extradition to U.S. An investigation yielded charges against at least 10 current and former officials. The charges include wire fraud, racketeering and money laundering that involved bids for World Cups as well as marketing and broadcast…
Dear Colleagues, As we begin the final weeks of the academic year, I have exciting news to announce about our plans to attract outstanding faculty from across the country to the UO. We are moving forward with funding for two of the proposals identified last year in the Clusters of…
I’ve always thought “civil speech” meant honest and effective talk about how to resolve matters of importance to civil society, but for many people, including many university administrators, it seems to mean polite niceties that do not offend. Historian Joan Scott has a fascinating piece in The Nation on the rather ugly history of “civility”, and its current…
From what I can tell this money came from the general fund, i.e. mostly undergraduate tuition money from CAS students. The scholarships go to law school students with decent LSATs. More than a few get a full ride. For comparison, the UO Foundation spent roughly the same amount on academic…
Diane Dietz has the story here. The hope is that rates will be low, given the generally healthy UO student body. I wonder if the regular students will end up subsidizing the football team’s concussion coverage, along with the $2.2M in tutoring costs for the athlete-only Jock Box that the athletic department is…
5/24/2015 update: I don’t have anything new on this. Does anyone?
7/8/2013: The Lane County DA’s office has finally prodded UO into releasing the 269 page Canoe Group report on Portland. UO sent me a very low quality pdf, I’ve asked for something better and here it is, thanks! Full pdf here.
UO decided to completely redact the 2012 PWG report. If anyone has a copy of that pass it on and I’ll post it.