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…
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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.
NYT report and obituary here.
“Around the O” has the story, here. More on SAIL here.
That’s the latest rumor about the School of Journalism and Communications, from the faculty club breakfast buffet. Some stuff about a “caste system” among faculty, and a historical “lack of focus or vision” from administrators. More on SOJC dissension here. I’m sure these issues will be thoroughly addressed by a new branding…
Steve Berkowitz has the story in USA Today, here. $3.5M for Larry Scott – not bad for running what the IRS still considers to be a non-profit organization: The conference reported just over $374 million in total revenue for a fiscal year ending June 30, 2014 — a figure that includes…
Senate Meeting Agenda – May 20, 2015 2014-2015 Agendas 115 Lawrence, 3:00-5:00 p.m. 3:00 pm 1. Call to Order 3:00 pm 2. Approval of Minutes 3:05 pm 3. State of the University 3:15 pm 4. New Business 4.1 US14/15-86: Motion to Amend Policy on Faculty-Student Engagement in UO Courses; Alison Schmitke (Undergrad Degree Program Dir,…
Wow. This is required watching for anyone interested in the corruption of big-time college sports. Thanks to a reader for the link. Meanwhile the Knight Commission is panicking over the NLRB ruling and the new Jenkins lawsuit. Jake New has the story in InsideHigherEd.com. If universities have to start playing…
5/19/2015 update: Ed Russo has the story in the RG, here: In a shock to Eugene’s civic leaders, the University of Oregon Foundation has dropped out as master developer for the Eugene Water & Electric Board riverfront property. A foundation board on Monday unanimously instructed foundation staff to stop pursuing acquisition…
on what the NY Times calls “Oregon’s Jock Box”. RG photographer Chris Pietsch catches him in the act, here. Does this mean that the big donation is coming soon? Will it just be for Hayward field and other 2021 Track Championship construction, or will new President Michael Schill insist that Knight…
I’m trying to compile a list of UO’s academic and athletic donors – work in progress, these are mostly guesses, please post corrections in the comments. ACADEMICS: Lorry Lokey: See below for a long list. Total = $140M. Phil Knight: ~$10M towards $27M Knight Library renovation,~$15M towards $36M Knight Law School, ~$30M…
5/16/2015 update: Two new stories to add to the three printed Saturday in the Register Guard about UO’s branding efforts. These are all online now, new ones in print Sunday. I’ve posted extracts with a few comments for all five stories below. Follow the links to the stories, and please…
That would be Bob Keefer of Eugene Art Talk, here. His amputated foot post is here. Shop online here.
Interesting article in InsideHigherEd, here.