Announcements
UO names John Weber as new JSMA executive director
July 1, 2019 – The founding director of the Institute of Arts and Sciences at UC-Santa Cruz will take over on Oct. 1, 2019.
Mark Watson named interim dean of UO Libraries
June 10, 2019 – With Addriene Lim stepping down as dean of Libraries in July, Mark Watson will step in as interim dean until a new permanent head of Libraries is named.
2019 Faculty Promotions
June 10, 2019 – The list of tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty members who received promotion and tenure during the 2018-19 academic year.
Dean Adriene Lim of the UO Libraries will step down in July
May 28, 2019 – This message about the departure of Adriene Lim, dean of Libraries and Philip H. Knight Chair, was sent by Provost Banavar to faculty and staff in the UO Libraries.
2019 Institutional Hiring Plan Released
May 21, 2019 – The provost releases the 2019 Institutional Hiring Plan (IHP) to authorize tenure-track faculty searches. The IHP represents a focus on the university’s most strategic and important goals around research and teaching.
Spring term 2019 academic policies: course planning, grading, and exams
May 21, 2019
Dear Colleagues,
This message is to remind you of a number of academic policies that may affect your course planning, grading, and exam schedules for spring 2019. This message covers the following topics:
Update on GTFF Bargaining
April 22, 2019 – This message was sent to all UO faculty members by the provost to update them on GTFF bargaining.
Apply now for the UO Summer Teaching Institute
The Office of the Provost, Teaching Engagement Program, and the UO Libraries invite you to participate in the second-ever UO Summer Teaching Institute, a banner event that will convene faculty for an intensive, four-day focus on teaching June 18-21, 2019.
Provost to host town hall meeting on UO budget issues
April 15, 2019 – Jayanth Banavar will meet with the campus community on April 22 to discuss the university's fiscal outlook.
Spring 2019 Journal Club Meetings
The Science Teaching Journal Club invites you to participate in our ninth year of weekly gatherings. Our meetings feature lively, structured discussions of books, articles from the science teaching research literature, and periodic small-scale teaching experiments. We encourage participants from all ranks and disciplines to join the whole series or stop by for a specific conversation. This group provides a wonderful space to learn about, discuss and develop new ideas about teaching.