UO Matters

Just kidding, whoever sets the agenda seems content to leave that up to our administrative overlords: Academic Year2021-2022DateJanuary 12, 2022 January 12, 2022 Senate Meeting Agenda Call to Order Land Acknowledgment; Stephanie Prentiss Intro Remarks; Senate President Spike Gildea ASUO updates; Maxwell Ely Approval of the Minutes December 1, 2021…

at convincing campus that 1984 should be next year’s choice for the Common Reading book:

Thanks to an anonymous reader for forwarding. Please let me know if your department is considering similar action: Statement from Faculty of Department of Anthropology January 7, 2022 As a department we want to support our students in the best and fullest way possible. There are many different situations in…

Looks like Matthew Knight Arena is going with Tool, in an Omicron superspreader event of the sort that leads to school closures. Not really a fan, but judging by WTP they are way more popular than Dana Altman’s Ducks:

That would be Provost Kimberly Espy of UTSA: As always, we are committed to putting the health and safety of our entire campus community first. To uphold that commitment, we will begin the spring semester virtually with most scheduled classes meeting online for three weeks, from January 18 through February 6.

Really: And thanks to an anon reader for finding where that “very low” comes from: a spreadsheet that looks at delta cases, and despite the “this Dashboard is updated every Monday” claim hasn’t been updated since September:

Stay tuned for the official announcement as soon as it’s vetted by UO’s strategic communicators. Now comes the announcement: Dear University of Oregon community, We are grateful to have you here and engaged in a winter term that is more challenging than some. We especially appreciate everyone’s flexibility around the…

Last week the Provost told us the students wanted to be taught in person and we had adequate omicron protocols in place, so we started the term in person instead of online as so many of our peers did. But now it seems 25%-50% of our students are not showing…

You will get the Omicron but you will probably survive. Also: What You Need to KnowWelcome to Winter Term: Today the UO returns to in-person instruction and operations for winter term. Delays or Disruptions: We recognize some students may experience delays related to travel or COVID-19 as they return for winter term. The…

(Now updated w/ OSU’s letter at bottom.) Dear University of Oregon community, Thank you for your ongoing efforts to protect yourselves and others against COVID-19 as we prepare to return to campus for winter term 2022. Along with other public universities in Oregon, including Oregon State University and Portland State…

From Forbes: Harvard announced that it would conduct most of its classes and work remotely for the first three weeks of January. Also this week, Stanford University, Columbia University, Duke University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern University, Temple University, the University of Washington and all the campuses in the University of California system have announced they will begin their spring semesters remotely. ……

Dear University of Oregon community,Thank you for your ongoing efforts to protect yourselves and others against COVID-19 as we all came back together for fall term.The university is closely monitoring the worldwide increase in COVID-19 cases and the emergence of the Omicron variant. Public health experts continue to stress that…