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That’s what I saw walking across campus this morning – a group of 40 or so parents and prospective students outside the library, no distancing, about 25% of them wearing masks.
The full message is here. Ask Number One: Ask 1 – Flexibility for Illness and Quarantine We told the administrators that our first priority was for instructional faculty to have a process for moving their class to a remote modality if they have COVID, need to quarantine, or have children who cannot…
While prior research (e.g. Biasin et. al 2021) has found that UV light is effective in inactivating Covid-19 in controlled laboratory conditions, Knight Campus scientists are the first to attempt a large scale study of this effect “in the wild”. A large sample of test subjects were recruited using the…
Interesting how President Schill and Provost Phillips left this one up to Le Duc: Dear UO community, As COVID-19 cases rise throughout Oregon and the nation, we continue to work with local and state public health authorities and peer institutions in the state to establish policies and practices to keep…
OPB has the story here. Get your tickets at GoDucks.Com, and help UO spread that Delta variant! Act quickly, tickets are going almost as fast as local ICU beds.
Dear University of Oregon community members, It is our fervent belief that it is only through vaccinations that our nation and our university will find a way out of the pandemic. Although vaccines may not eliminate COVID-19 entirely from our campus, if we can achieve a high enough rate of…
The RegisterGuard has the good news here: South Eugene High will not field a football team this fall, the school announced Friday via email and a message posted to the ParentVUE website run by the Eugene 4J School District. A lack of student participation in football will prevent the Axe…
Mink Anti-Vaxxers, that is. The OAR is here: Rule 603-011-0680Mink Vaccine Surveillance(1) DEFINITIONS(2) As used in OAR 603-011-0680 (Mink Vaccine Surveillance) through 603-011-0685:(3) “Captive mink” means any animal of the species Neovision vision or any other animal belonging to species of the family Mustelidae held in captivity for the purpose…
In the Daily Emerald here. Some snippets: I think by allowing exemptions other than medical, the school has defeated the purpose of the vaccine mandate. If someone’s personal reason not to get vaccinated is that they don’t believe in COVID-19 then they are endangering the lives of other students on…
Our last raise was in Jan 2020. Since then the CPI has increased 6.4%. Average US wages have increased 6% (unadjusted). Meanwhile UO’s office of Institutional Research has stopped updating the comparison of UO faculty salaries to comparators. They also haven’t updated the listings of UO salaries since October –…
Just kidding, this is the usual rubber stamp for whatever Phil wants. I’m sleeping in but you can find a link to the charade here if you wade through the search info for a replacement for his Board Secretary Angela Wilhelms: https://trustees.uoregon.edu/
https://kpic.com/news/local/lcc-puts-up-150k-in-lottery-prizes-to-promote-vaccine-requirement-for-fall-term EUGENE, Ore. — Lane Community College says students and staff must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before arriving on campus September 27 for fall term. LCC stepped up the push this week by announcing that 300 fully vaccinated students will receive $500 prizes for their effort. The money is part of…
Contrast UO’s policy of letting students (and faculty/staff) opt-out by just checking a “philosophical exemption” box, with West Virginia’s Wesleyan market based approach. Not sure that $750 fully captures the external costs, but it’s a start: At This West Virginia Campus, There’s a $750 Fee for Unvaccinated Students By Oyin AdedoyinAUGUST…