An announcement from the OA Council. In case you’re new, the OAs are the people who keep the University from collapsing into chaos: From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 4:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: oanews: OA Council COVID-19 updates & outreach Good afternoon, The…
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Dear University of Oregon faculty, I wanted to update you with the very latest information about some changes to the grading options for undergraduate courses for spring term 2020, given that the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted our university to a system of remote learning. These are unprecedented times for our…
3/25/2020 update: Dear Colleagues, In recognition of the extraordinary disruption in both professional and personal lives caused by COVID-19, all currently untenured faculty may request a one-year extension by simply communicating their preference to add an additional year to their tenure clocks. All requests will be honored. Faculty should forward…
Just kidding, I haven’t heard a peep from Weinhold lately, he’s busy running a bank on the side. In any case he already promised the endowment to the IAAF to get the Track & Field Championships. The academic side can sink or swim. Here’s Weinhold telling IAAF President Lamine Diack…
Obviously this and next fall will be devastating to UO. And obviously there will be huge amounts of cash flowing from the feds to the states, and UO will get a share of it. How big a share? Well that will depend on lobbying – and the Trustees ridiculous decision…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Pretty prescient, from the 2016 contract. IMG pays the Ducks a fee for the right to sell advertisements at games, license Puddles and the O for apparel, etc. Note that this language also lets them off the hook for just about anything else imaginable, including, as I read it, a…
This is the first one to make it through my spam filters. Please post any you get in the comments. Dear Professor Harbaugh, I’m reaching out to you about the on-going COVID-19 outbreak and the ways that McGraw-Hill can help. Recently, several schools have decided to suspend or are considering…
Pretty detailed, at https://www.uoregon.edu/sites/www2.uoregon.edu/files/uo-eop_part-111_annex-i-pandemic_060514_rev02-2020.pdf