5/7/2011: OUS Chancellor George Pernsteiner, PhD, is raising objections to the new EMU – student rec plan. From Greg Bolt in the RG: … The UO plan calls for major renovations and expansions to the Erb Memorial Union, the central gathering place for students and student organizations, and the Student…
UO Matters
5/7/2011: Lauren Fox in the RG, on the ORI building: Details about numbers of parking spaces and the size of setbacks needed for an office building may determine whether a years-long dispute over the proposed Oregon Research Institute building ends amicably. The question building experts are evaluating is whether the…
5/6/2011: The economists say you learn what people want by watching what they do, not what they say. Here at UO the number of students is up 20% and tuition is up 30%, while the number of faculty is unchanged, we haven’t had a raise in 3 years, and the…
Email sent to faculty 5/4/2011. Note the lack of faculty. Colleagues: I am pleased to share with you the individuals listed below have agreed to serve on the search committee for the university’s CFO. We have chosen Issacson, Miller as the search firm to assist the UO in recruiting our…
5/4/2011: An Oregonian op-ed from former UO track star Steve Bence. If you’ve ever walked by that plaque on Hayward field and wondered what made a so-so champion runner into a genuine hero, you should read it all.
5/4/2011: Rachel Bachman of the Oregonian reports that on Wednesday the Pac-10 will announce a new TV deal that will boost UO’s take to $21 million. George Schroeder in the RG explains what it means for UO. President Lariviere and AD Rob Mullens are planning a joint news conference, at…
5/3/2011: In the Oregonian. This is the DAS Facilities Division. They only paid the consultant $90 an hour. The people in charge have been placed on leave by the new DAS Director, and are now under investigation. Meanwhile, UO is paying one of the Huron consultants $250 an hour. I…
Update: KEZI’s Susan Gager has a story on pay and the union effort, with a brief interview with Prof Dan Pope. 5/3/2011: Professors Sarah Douglas and Marie Vitulli have prepared a careful comparison of faculty pay at UO with that of our “comparator” institutions, and posted it on the UO…
5/3/2011: Joe Moseley is doing a nice job with the “Official Organ” of UO. And I appreciate the fact he’s not competing with my coffee cup sideline.
5/3/2011: From Todd Finklemeyer in the Capital Times: It appears, however, that the faculty senate’s show of support might be too little, too late.“We have learned through visits with key legislators on the Joint Finance Committee on both sides of the aisle that this proposal is not receiving support in…
5/3/2011: It’s a very balanced report, makes clear they understand classroom teaching is a small part of what many professors at a research university do or should do. Calls for Chancellor Pernsteiner to collect data, monitor the situation, implement some sensible policies (most of which most UO departments I know…
5/2/2011: Two press releases announce what seems to be an excellent resolution of the ORI / Riverfront Research situation. ORI will get a building south of the millrace Millrace Drive, in the area already under development. No further development in the RRP will happen without a plan and a public…
5/2/2011: The most recent draft (2009) of UO’s Academic plan is posted on Provost Bean’s website. There are pages and pages of yada-yada, but the meat is on page 9: Institution Size. We intend to increase the size of the incoming freshman class and to grow the campus to a…
BOSTON — The suicide of the former Chicago Bears star Dave Duerson became more alarming Monday morning, when Boston University researchers announced that Duerson’s brain had developed the same trauma-induced disease recently found in more than 20 deceased players. The diagnosis adds a new and perhaps pivotal chapter to football’s…
Free Minds, Free Markets, Free Booze
5/2/2011: The latest issue of the Oregon Commentator is out, large pdf here. Alex Tomchak Scott tells the story of the guy who rides across campus every morning, screaming about LTD. I didn’t read it all, but apparently Frances Dyke just appointed him Vice Provost for Sustainable Transportation. Ben Maras…