When was the last time UO made in into the national higher ed press for something other than a sports scandal, a b.s. branding campaign, or because their general counsel wanted to look at a faculty member’s emails with reporters? The UO Senate votes on the reform proposal this Wednesday.…
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Strategic Communication’s infrequently visited Around the O website has the announcement here: Provost Jayanth Banavar will host a spring term town hall from 11 a.m. to noon in Gerlinger Lounge on May 22. The event is the latest in a new series of such events, designed to create dialogue around…
Reporters Michael Tobin and Francisca “Frankie” Benitez in the Emerald here. The paragraph from the original, unsigned statement: As devastating as this sudden passing is, it is important to point out that this tragedy is connected to an unauthorized tradition among many college students. Students from many institutions have a…
In the RG here: …She feels “inspired” by the group of students from Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., who have taken a lead role in the national discussion on school shootings and gun violence, and she hopes their efforts may help them deal with the aftereffects of…
UO Trustee Connie Ballmer in the NYT, on why she donated $20M to encourage students to go to college
From a David Leonhardt piece here: “You hear people say, ‘Well, a four-year degree isn’t needed,’ ” Connie Ballmer, the philanthropist and wife of the former Microsoft C.E.O. Steve Ballmer, recently told me. “But then if you turn to them and say, ‘What do you want for your child?’ they wouldn’t dream…
With only 9 minutes in on this 24 hour altruism challenge, your $19M contribution to really old music could make the difference! Or if you’re not into the books v. music war, you could go here, click the “I want to view additional options” and donate to SAIL, which will spend your…
UO Daily Emerald reporter Kenny Jacoby’s work for the Daily Emerald and SI on various Duck sports scandals is documented here. In 2016, as reported in the Emerald, efforts by the Duck Athletic Department to limit student-athletes’ access to the press in potential violation of UO policies on academic freedom…
Page down for the 2017-18 plan. I’ll be interested in hearing Provost Banavar’s explanation of how Brad Shelton’s metrics drove the decision to give so many slots to the LCB and law school, at the Senate next Wednesday. More here, including the 2017-18 plan:
Harper has done work on a variety of topics on race and higher education, including athletics. Scholar page here, more on talk here. This talk was organized by the English Dept’s Avinnash Tiwari. Shaun Harper – UO African American Workshop and Lecture Series Monday, May 14 Public Lecture: Institutional Considerations on Expression,…
SENATE MEETING AGENDA – MAY 9, 2018 DRAFT Location: EMU 145 & 146 (Crater Lake Rooms) 3:00 – 5:00 P.M. 3:00 P.M. Call to Order Introductory Remarks; Senate President Chris Sinclair Update from Johnson Hall 3:20 P.M. Approval of Minutes, April 25, 2018 3:35 P.M. Business Vote: US17/18-17: Learning Goals for Methods…
I’m still not sure why the UO Foundation didn’t just hire the kids who burnt down Civic. Maybe former Chief Compliance Office Erika Funk – already mostly erased from their website – raised some objections. In any case the city has apparently already approved accepted the demo permit as ready to…
4PM today at the Alumni Center. The panelists will include former journalism dean and noted transparency opponent Tim Gleason – currently making ~$100K a year off the unpaid labor of UO’s student-athletes as UO’s NCAA “Faculty” Athletics Representative – and Prof Curtis Austin (History). Austin was the most interesting speaker…
Dear Campus Community, If you have not yet voted for your representatives on the University Senate or elected university committees, please take a few minutes to do so. Voting closes at noon on Friday, May 11. We know there is a lot going on, but this election is important to…
5/7/2018 update: Because the best response to speech you hate is more speech. The Daily Emerald has the story here. The website for the contest is here: The University of Oregon Libraries invites UO students to participate in a juried art exhibition that will showcase creative expressions of the culture…
I’m thinking this is not quite what Pres Schill had in mind when he spent ~$100K on lectures to promote free speech. The Daily Emerald’s Ryan Nguyen and Michael Tobin have the report here: The University of Oregon Phi Kappa Psi chapter has been temporarily suspended after a defamatory document printed with the fraternity’s name…