10/13/2011: The administrative cleanup continues. From new VP for Research Kim Espy: Professors Stormshak and Phillips join the Office of Research, Innovation and Graduate Education Patrick Phillips, Professor and Department Head of Biology, joins the RIGE team as Associate Vice President for Research. Patrick, a member of the Institute for…
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10/9/2011: Moira Kiltie of the VP for Research and Faculty Development office announces UO’s 2012 Summer research award program: The purpose of the SRA program is to stimulate research by providingfaculty with sustained time for scholarly and academic endeavor.Proposals may be submitted by faculty who meet the eligibility criteria.Up to…
8/1/2011: This job posting from UO’s new VP for Research, Kim Espy, creates some hope that UO’s research priorities are going to move away from Provost Bean’s oversold “5 big ideas” towards something more like, uh, research. Not that we have anything against trying to base our AAU status on…
6/14/2011: From the UO press office today: University of Oregon research on human physiology — particularly blood flow’s role in helping to maintain the stability of internal organs — is getting a boost from a $400,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense for the purchase of state-of-the-art monitoring equipment.…
6/8/2011: Rich Linton and Frances Dyke have now posted the phase II Huron report, here – a 143 page powerpoint. It doesn’t make them look like very good managers. President Lariviere has fired Linton from his VP for Research job, and has hired a search firm and posted an ad…
5/23/2011: According to all the data, what UO needs most to keep our AAU status is more GTF/GRA positions. But instead we are going to spend the money on another administrator. I love the responsibilities part. “Develop a strategic communications plan.” What the fuck does this have to do with…
6/9/2011: Over the last decade UO’s research ranking dropped by 4, to #128. From the Chronicle of Higher Ed report issued yesterday, based on “federally financed research funding”. One possible reason for the fall is our minuscule “institutionally financed research expenditure” In theory, these funds can act as seed money…
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…
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…
4/26/2010: Read it all. Full text here. This is an astoundingly revealing letter to the UO research community, from VP for Research Rich Linton and VP for Finance and Administration Frances Dyke. Both senior administrators are now leaving their jobs. Linton was fired did not have his contract renewed by…
reports Frances Dyke is searching around for a scapegoat to stick the ORSA collapse / Huron boondoggle on. Uh, that’s your name on the contracts, Ms Dyke.
4/14/2011: Last week I asked Liz Denecke for a copy of the Huron consulting report – which the contract amendment says was to be complete by 3/15. Turns out Dyke and Huron mutually agreed to put it off until the end of June. OK, I’ve now asked for copies of…
4/13/2011: This just in from Bean. Excellent news, she was the search committee’s top choice. And this was a real national search with real faculty on the hiring committee. Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce the hiring of Kimberly A. Espy as the University of Oregon’s new Vice President…
4/12/2011: From what I hear Huron and Moira Kiltie have fixed the ORSA situation and it is now running smoothly. But this was – is – sure expensive, and Linton is still not telling us how it got this bad. $1,789,000 should at least buy a story. But nope –…
4/11/2011: VP for Research Rich Linton has now issued an explanation of who is running ORSA (Moira Kiltie has just been promoted) and who all the Huron consultants are. Rich is not providing a word on the cost – but here are the contracts and $1.5 million in invoices. Another…