Just kidding, sports is what they care about: Hello, The UO Board of Trustees (BOT) will hold an emergency meeting today, August 4, 2023 at 2:30 pm PT. This meeting will be held remotely via videoconference with a livestream link available for members of the public and the media. The topic of…
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Just kidding, his first act will be to give a huge raise to the football coach. James Crepea has the story in the Oregonian, here: Lanning signed a six-year, $29.1 million in December 2022. He earned $4.6 million in salary last season, plus $100,000 for winning nine regular season games…
I blame UO’s left wing faculty for indoctrinating these Duck student-athletes with the belief that they have the right to any part of the money that AD Mullens and his coaches have earned with their own toil and sweat (and some very successful lobbying by the NCAA hiring cartel, to…
Once we had regular coverage from the Oregonian and the Register Guard, but those newsrooms have been gutted and GC Kevin Reed uses fees and delays to make it difficult for any reporters left to get the public records that might reveal what’s really going on at Oregon’s flagship university.…
7/12/2023 Dear Mr. Harbaugh, Records responsive to your request for “…all briefing materials prepared by the OtP or President’s Office and provided to Incoming President Scholz as part of his presidential transition.” can be accessed via this link. Please note that access will expire in five business days on 07/19/2023. Please note that some…
You thought they hired him to run a university? From The Daily Northwestern, thanks to a reader for the link: Content warning: This article contains mention of hazing, sexual assault and suicidal ideation. A former Northwestern University football player told The Daily some of the hazing conduct investigated by the…
Free tickets to the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships! TrackTown USA is offering University of Oregon faculty, staff, and students 2 free tickets to the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships on Saturday, July 8th at Hayward Field. Additional tickets can be purchased for $10 ($40 face value). Come seethe best athletes in the…
Dear University of Oregon community members, I am thrilled to have arrived on campus and to begin serving as your president. It is such an honor to lead this outstanding university and work alongside all of you to advance our mission and impact. In the video that accompanies this message…
One of these was written for our Interim Pres and Provost by UO’s overpaid PR flacks, the other was generated in 10 seconds by ChatGPT with the prompt “Write a public statement from a university president saying that the university will maintain its commitment to diversity despite today’s SCOTUS decision…
Shocking decision here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/20-1199_hgdj.pdf
Irvin seems like a good choice. This was the job Woodruff-Borden was hired to do in 2019, before she somehow ended up as Interim Provost. Needless to say it’s very unlikely that she actually made this selection! Note that, in contrast to previous admin searches under her and Phillips, she…
Dear colleagues, With graduation only a few days away, I want to take this moment to express my gratitude to you for a successful academic year. This year started with the welcoming of UO’s largest freshman class and will culminate with CAS graduating 2,441 undergraduate and 280 graduate students. Thank…
Dear colleagues, Before we close out the spring term, I want to update you on how the college is addressing findings from the CAS Climate Survey. As a reminder, in Spring 2022 the university partnered with Gallup to conduct a workplace climate survey designed to identify structural, cultural, and institutional…
Dear University of Oregon community members, As the 2022–23 academic year comes to a close, we have much to celebrate. Foremost, we celebrate the accomplishments of our graduating students. Your education has been marked by extraordinary resilience. Completing your degree, creating impact in our community, and graduating from the University…