UO – meaning mostly CAS – has been subsidizing our money pit of a law school since Michael Moffitt’s “business school case-study dream” turned out to be a scam. Today UO’s Trustees let them raise tuition – but instead of paying back their debt they’re going to use it to…
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Dear students, faculty, staff and community members, The coronavirus outbreak has created unprecedented challenges for the University of Oregon, our state, and the nation. As we work to respond to this quickly-changing situation, our first priority is the health and safety of our students, faculty, and staff. As part of…
When we hope it will be safe. In any case we’re preparing. Reporter Makenzie Elliott has the story on SAIL in the Emerald here. The intro: … The SAIL website is here. If your department doesn’t yet run a camp, there’s info there on starting one. The staff is *very*…
Mighty generous of President Schill, spending other people’s money. Altman’s multi-million dollar contract is here. It seems GC Kevin Reed forgot to include a Force Majeure clause. You can’t make this shit up: Meanwhile, But then when have Duck coaches ever sacrificed anything? From this year’s State Employees Charitable Fund…
3/16/2020: N0 liveblog since meeting is closed to visitors, live-streaming is failing. I showed up at Ford Alumni this morning and was told the Board has banned all visitors from the room – no advance notice and no mention on the Board’s website. The last time I got kicked out…
3/15/2020: Interviewed by Andrew Theen for the Oregonian on 3/13:
3/13/2020:
The March 10th email to UO from Prof’s Graboyes, Burlando, and Redaelli (below the break) was prescient, and they’ve been quoted in the WSJ etc. Here is their update from Belluno in northern Italy. They note:
In the Italian town of Vo, which was an early hotspot for coronavirus 95% of the city’s residents were tested. Among the 3% who were positive for the disease, the vast majority had no symptoms. Had those people continued going around town, attending to their normal work and personal life activities, each positive person would have caused between 2-3 new people to become infected.
Hence the social distancing – the government has even postponed the Giro D’Italia. Click here for video from 1940 of Coppi v. Bartali. Fausto wins! UO’s coronavirus resource page is here.
New Letter:
March 12, 2020
We are three University of Oregon professors currently based in Northern Italy where the COVID-19 outbreak is raging. We are writing to alert residents of our home state to the public health emergency that is unfolding here in Italy and to raise the alarm about the limited window of time Oregonians have to prepare. We have 4 suggestions for how Oregonians should be preparing and responding–primarily through practicing rigorous social distancing and widespread closures of schools and activities–and call on all citizens to demand more widespread testing of suspected coronavirus cases.
Pretty cool map from Campus Planning and Facilities, online here: https://map.uoregon.edu/hand-wash
Just kidding, they’re going to authorize $12M for the biggest big screen in big time college football, apparently paid for by tax-deductible Duck donations solicited by AD Rob Mullens, while VP for academic development Mike Andreassen was asleep at the wheel. Not what the legislature had in mind when they…
Posted with permission: Dear Senate President Skowron, Provost Philips and the Academic Council, My name is Brian Sun. I am a student senator on the University Senate. I hope everyone is staying healthy at this crazy time. We had lots of meaningful conversation regarding the continuity…
Trustee Connie Ballmer is quitting 3 years early. The normal replacement procedure is for President Schill and Gov Brown to cut a secret deal on a new Trustee for the “Independent” Board that sets his salary and bonuses at a basketball game, with followup by Chuck Lillis’s Board Secretary Angela…
Provost Phillips is talking about this to the Senate now. Very knowledgeable and sensible. Answering many many questions, earning every penny of his full-priced provost pay. Emphasizes UO is not closing, but practicing “social distancing”. I expect UO’s response plan below will reassure a lot of people who have already…
A generally reliable source passes on this snippet from an email apparently sent to all UO Law students: I regret to inform you that Oregon Law, in consultation with the Oregon Supreme Court, has changed its plan for tomorrow’s scheduled oral arguments. In light of the large number of attendees…