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{{Infobox university
| name = University of Oregon
| image_name = Uoseal.png
| image_size = 200px
| caption =
| latin_name = Universitas Oregonensis
| motto = ''Mens agitat molem'' ([[Latin]])
| mottoeng = Mind moves the mass
| established = 1876
| closed =
| type = [[Public university|Public]]<br>[[Flagship]]<ref>{{cite web|title=USA TODAY's 2006 College Tuition & Fees Survey|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/education/2006-08-30-tuition-survey_x.htm|publisher=USA Today|accessdate=3 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Trends In College Pricing 2014|url=https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/misc/trends/2014-trends-college-pricing-report-final.pdf|publisher=The College Board|accessdate=3 December 2014}}</ref><br>[[Research]]
| affiliation =
| endowment = $627 million (2014)<ref name="NACUBO 2014">{{cite web|title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Endowment Market Value and Change* in Endowment Market Value from FY2013 to FY2014|url=http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2014_Endowment_Market_Values.pdf|publisher=NACUBO|accessdate=29 January 2015}}</ref>
| president = [[Michael H. Schill]]
| superintendent =
| provost = Scott Coltrane
| faculty = 2,031<ref name="UOSnapshot">{{cite web |url=http://gcr.uoregon.edu/sites/gcr2.wc-sites.uoregon.edu/files/uploads/UO%20Snapshot%202014%20FINAL%2004-21-14.pdf |title=Snapshot 2014 |publisher=University of Oregon Public and Government Affairs |date=April 1, 2014 |accessdate=November 20, 2014}}</ref> (Fall 2013)
| staff =
| students = 24,181<ref name=UOFacts>{{cite web|title=UO Facts|url=http://admissions.uoregon.edu/profile.html|publisher=University of Oregon Admissions}}</ref> (Fall 2014)
| undergrad = 20,569<ref name=UOFacts/> (Fall 2014)
| postgrad = 3,612<ref name=UOFacts/> (Fall 2014)
| city = [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
| state = [[Oregon]]
| country = United States
| campus = Urban<br/>{{convert|295|acre|km2}}
| free_label = Newspaper
| free = ''[[Daily Emerald]]''
| sports = 19 varsity teams
| nickname = [[Oregon Ducks|Ducks]]
| mascot = [[The Oregon Duck]]
| athletics = [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] – [[Pacific-12 Conference|Pac-12]]
| affiliations = [[Association of American Colleges and Universities|AAC&U]]<br>[[Association of American Universities|AAU]]<br>[[Association of Pacific Rim Universities|APRU]]<br>[[Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities|APLU]]<br>[[Universities Research Association|URA]]
| colors = Green and Yellow <ref>{{cite web|title=Colors&ndash;Style Guide|url=https://brand.uoregon.edu/colors|publisher=University of Oregon|date=September 2, 2015|accessdate=September 2, 2015}}</ref> <br/>
{{color box|#154733}} {{color box|#FEE123}}
| website = {{URL|www.uoregon.edu}}
| logo = [[File:University of Oregon official signature 2015.png|250px]]
| footnotes =
}}
The '''University of Oregon''' (also referred to as '''UO''' or '''Oregon''') is a [[State university system|public]] [[flagship]] [[research university]] located in [[Eugene, Oregon]]. UO was founded in 1876.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uoregon.edu/our-history |title=University of Oregon: Our History |publisher=Uoregon.edu |date= |accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref> The institution's campus is 295 acres in size and is situated along the [[Willamette River]].<ref name="campus maps" /> Since July 2014, UO has been governed by the [[Board of Trustees of the University of Oregon]].<ref>{{cite web|title=About OUS|url=http://www.ous.edu/about-ous|website={{url|ous.edu|accessdate=June}} 17, 2014}}</ref> The university is classified as having [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education#Doctorate-granting Universities|very high research activity]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uonews.uoregon.edu//archive/news-release/2011/1/uo-improves-top-tier-us-research-institutions |title=UO improves into top tier of U.S. research institutions |date=January 25, 2011 |accessdate=January 26, 2011}}</ref> and has 19 research centers and institutes.<ref name="RIGE research">{{cite web|title=Centers & Institutes|url=http://research.uoregon.edu/about/centers-institutes|website=http://research.uoregon.edu|publisher=Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation|accessdate=30 January 2015}}</ref> UO was admitted to the [[Association of American Universities]] in 1969.<ref name=AAU>{{cite web|title=Member Institutions and Years of Admission|url=http://www.aau.edu/about/default.aspx?id=5476|publisher=Association of American Universities|accessdate=June 26, 2013}}</ref>

UO offers 272 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines.<ref name="UO Facts">{{cite web|title=UO Facts|url=http://admissions.uoregon.edu/profile.html|website={{url|admissions.uoregon.edu/|accessdate=July}} 4, 2014}}</ref> The university is organized into eight colleges: the [[Robert D. Clark Honors College]] (the oldest honors college in the United States), the [[University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts|School of Architecture and Allied Arts]], the [[University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences|College of Arts and Sciences]], the [[Charles H. Lundquist College of Business]], the [[University of Oregon College of Education|College of Education]], the [[University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication|School of Journalism and Communication]], the [[University of Oregon School of Law|School of Law]], and the School of Music and Dance. Additionally, the Graduate School oversees the university's graduate and certificate programs.<ref name="graduate school">{{cite web|title=About Us|url=https://gradschool.uoregon.edu/about-us|website=https://gradschool.uoregon.edu|publisher=University of Oregon|accessdate=30 January 2015}}</ref> Academically, UO is notable because it does not have programs in the fields of engineering or medicine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Majors, Minors, and Preparatory Programs|url=http://admissions.uoregon.edu/explore/majors|website=http://admissions.uoregon.edu|publisher=University of Oregon|accessdate=3 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=MEMBER INSTITUTIONS AND YEARS OF ADMISSION|url=https://www.aau.edu/about/article.aspx?id=5476|website=https://www.aau.edu|publisher=AAU|accessdate=3 January 2015}}</ref>

UO student-athletes compete as the [[Oregon Ducks|Ducks]] and are part of the [[Pacific-12 Conference]] in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)]]. With nineteen varsity teams, the Oregon Ducks are best known for their [[Oregon Ducks football|football]] team and [[track and field]] program. The strength of the track program, as well as its connection to [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]], has helped make Eugene become known as "Track Town, USA".<ref name=tracktown>{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-t25-oregonsevolution |title=Steady progress since mid-90s created No. 1 Oregon |publisher=Yahoo Sports |last=Peterson |first=Anne |date= 2010-10-20 |accessdate=2010-10-20}}</ref>

==History==

===Early years===
[[File:UO Villard Hall and Deady Hall.jpg|thumb|right|220px|[[Deady Hall|Deady]] and [[Villard Hall|Villard]] Halls, the first two buildings on campus]]
The [[Oregon State Legislature]] established the university on October 12, 1872, despite the new state's funding woes.<ref name="125AnnivEarly">{{cite web|url=http://anniversary.uoregon.edu/history/index.html |title=125th Anniversary: History of the University of Oregon; Early History |publisher=Anniversary.uoregon.edu |date= |accessdate=2011-09-03}}</ref> The residents of Eugene struggled to help finance the institution, holding numerous fundraising events such as strawberry festivals, church socials, and produce sales. In total they raised $27,500, enough to buy eighteen acres of land at a cost of $2500.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Walton|first=J.J.|title=A Brief History of the Establishment and Location of the University of Oregon at Eugene|journal=The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society|date=June 1, 1906|volume=7|page=150|url=https://archive.org/stream/jstor-20609687/20609687#page/n6/mode/1up|accessdate=April 15, 2013}}</ref> The doors officially opened in 1876, with [[Deady Hall]] its sole building. The first year of enrollment contained 155 students taught by five faculty members. The first graduating class was in 1878, graduating five students.<ref name="125AnnivEarly"/> In 1881, the university was nearly closed, it was $8,000 in debt before [[Henry Villard]] donated $7,000 toward to help pay for the debt.<ref name="125AnnivEarly"/> In 1913, and again in 1932, there were proposals to merge the university with what is now referred to as [[Oregon State University]]. Evidently, both proposals were defeated.<ref name="UO Facts"/>

===Maturity as a university===
During Prince Lucien Campbell's tenure as president from 1902 to 1925, the university experienced tremendous growth compared to its early years. The budget, enrollment, facilities, and faculty members all grew several times its amount prior to his presidency.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}} Numerous schools were also established during his tenure, including the School of Music in 1902, the School of Education in 1910, the [[University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts|School of Architecture]], the College of Business in 1914, the [[University of Oregon School of Law|School of Law]] in 1915, the School of Journalism in 1916, and the School of Health and Physical Education in 1920.
{{Historical populations
|title = Historical total enrollment
|align=left
|width = 10em
|shading = off
|percentages = off
| cols = 2
|1880 |185
|1900 |330
|1920 |1897
|1940 |3948
|1960 |8330
|1980 |17379
|1985 |16375
|1990 |18141
|1995 |17138
|2000 |17843
|2005 |20394
|2010 |23389

|footnote=Note: Medical School enrollment transferred to OHSU ''circa'' 1980.
<br /> Enrollment numbers include both undergraduate and graduate students.
|source = [http://ir.uoregon.edu/enrollment IR]
}}

However, the University of Oregon lost its School of Engineering to [[Oregon Agricultural College]], now known as [[Oregon State University]].<ref name="125AnnivBoom">{{cite web|url=http://anniversary.uoregon.edu/history/index.html |title=125th Anniversary: History of the University of Oregon; University Boom |publisher=Anniversary.uoregon.edu |date= |accessdate=2011-09-03}}</ref>

The Zorn-MacPherson Bill in 1932 proposed that the University of Oregon and [[Oregon State College]] (now "University"), to be merged into one university. The bill lost in a landslide vote of over 6 to 1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/mss/zorn_macpherson_des.html |title=Zorn-Macpherson Bill Collection, 1926–1932 |publisher=Osulibrary.oregonstate.edu |date= |accessdate=2011-09-03}}</ref> The University of Oregon Medical School was originally founded in 1887 in Portland and later merged with [[Willamette University]]'s program in 1913. However, in 1974 it officially became an independent institution known as [[Oregon Health Sciences University]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://media.www.dailyemerald.com/media/storage/paper859/news/2006/02/05/News/Uo.Considers.New.Medical.School-1965052.shtml |title= UO considers new medical school |accessdate=April 5, 2009 |last=Sylwester |first=Eva |date=February 5, 2006 |publisher=Oregon Daily Emerald}}</ref> In 1969, the UO was admitted into the [[Association of American Universities]].

[[File:Oregon ducks football 1916.jpg|thumb|right|220px|University of Oregon 1917 football team]]
With financial support from the state dwindling from 40% to 13% of the university budget,<ref name="OQTransformers">{{cite journal |last=Apalategui |first=Eric |date=Spring 2009 |title=Transformers |journal=Oregon Quarterly |volume=88 |pages=26–33}}</ref> in January 2001, University President [[Dave Frohnmayer]] began Campaign Oregon with the goal of raising $600 million by December 2008, the most ambitious philanthropic fundraising campaign in the history of the state of Oregon at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050124005678&newsLang=en |title= $600 Million Fund-Raising Effort Reaches Halfway Mark; UO Announces Recent Large Gifts to 'Campaign Oregon: Transforming Lives' |accessdate=April 5, 2009 |last=Sylwester |first=Eva |date=January 24, 2005 |publisher=Business Wire}}</ref> With total contributions exceeding $100 million from benefactors such as [[Phil Knight]] and [[Lorry I. Lokey]], the campaign goal was exceeded by over $253 million.<ref name="OQTransformers"/><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8SA63TO1.html |title= Businessman donates nearly $75 million to UO |accessdate=April 5, 2009 |date=October 16, 2007 |publisher=KGW News Channel 8 Portland}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

===Push for independence and growth===
The University [[List of University of Oregon buildings|occupies over 80 buildings]].<ref name="UO campus profile">{{cite web|title=Campus Profile|url=http://admissions.uoregon.edu/profile.html|publisher=UO|accessdate=May 13, 2013}}</ref> There are currently several ongoing campus construction projects such as a $95 million expansion and renovation of the [[Erb Memorial Union]] scheduled to open in September 2016 as well as a $16.75 million successor to the Science Library complex.<ref>{{cite web|title=EMU Renovation Project|url=http://newemu.uoregon.edu|publisher=UO Division of Student Life|accessdate=14 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Boost in science majors leads to latest new academic facility at UO|url=http://uonews.uoregon.edu/archive/news-release/2014/6/boost-science-majors-leads-latest-new-academic-facility-uo|publisher=UO Media Relations|accessdate=14 December 2014}}</ref> These projects, among others, were commissioned in part to support current student enrollment as well as possible future increases.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Schauffler|first1=Mia|title=EMU renovation reflects changing student body|url=http://dailyemerald.com/2013/11/18/emu-renovation-reflects-changing-student-body/|publisher=Daily Emerald|accessdate=14 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Bulfinch|first1=Shepley|title=Vision Statement|url=http://uplan.uoregon.edu/projects/Project%20Sums%20for%20Web/PriceScienceCommons/UOlibraryForTheSciencesReport1.pdf|publisher=University of Oregon Science Library|accessdate=14 December 2014}}</ref>

[[File:Dalai Lama Visit (Eugene, Oregon)-2.jpg|thumb|left|[[Matthew Knight Arena]] hosting the [[14th Dalai Lama]] in 2013]]
In reaction to a growing movement to establish an independent university board, the Oregon Legislature in 2013 passed SB 270, requiring local governing boards for the state's three largest institutions.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://gov.oregonlive.com/bill/2013/SB270/|newspaper=The Oregonian |title=Senate Bill 270 Establishes governing boards for University of Oregon and Portland State University |year=2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Independent board|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2012/01/university_of_oregon_interim_p.html|accessdate=February 18, 2012 | work=The Oregonian|date=January 20, 2012}}</ref> Effective July 1, 2014, the University of Oregon became an independent public body governed by the [[The Board of Trustees of the University of Oregon|Board of Trustees of the University of Oregon]]. Proponents of local governing boards believe an independent board will give the university more autonomy, and free it from relying on inadequate state funding.<ref>{{cite web|title=Help or get out of the way|url=http://special.registerguard.com/web/opinion/25976885-47/lariviere-state-university-oregon-endowment.html.csp|publisher=The Register Guard|accessdate=March 5, 2012}}</ref>

On August 6, 2014, Michael Gottfredson resigned as president.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://president.uoregon.edu/content/transition-message-michael-gottfredson |title=Transition message from Michael Gottfredson &#124; Office of the President |publisher=President.uoregon.edu |date= |accessdate=2014-08-17}}</ref> In the summer of 2014, former UO president [[Robert M. Berdahl|Robert Berdahl]] told the president of the university's board of trustees that he believes that UO risks losing its membership in the [[Association of American Universities]]. To remedy this growing concern, UO began preparing several new initiatives which include a cluster-hire and a capital campaign.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dietz|first1=Diane|title=UO counts on wealthy|url=http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/31723929-75/university-donors-board-lillis-president.html.csp#|accessdate=June 16, 2014|work=The Register-Guard|date=June 16, 2014}}</ref>

[[Michael H. Schill]] is the current president of the university.<ref>{{cite web|title=Michael Schill of the University of Chicago to be new UO president|url=https://around.uoregon.edu/content/michael-schill-university-chicago-new-uo-president|publisher=AroundtheO|accessdate=15 April 2015}}</ref> In June 2015, UO's endowment surpassed the $700 million mark.<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Oregon Foundation|url=http://www.uofoundation.org/s/1540/foundation/start.aspx|website=University of Oregon Foundation|publisher=University of Oregon Foundation|accessdate=16 October 2015}}</ref>

In the Spring of 2015, it was announced that Eugene will host the [[2021 World Championships in Athletics]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Goe|first1=Ken|title=IAAF awards the 2021 World Outdoor Track & Field Championships to Eugene|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2015/04/iaaf_awards_the_2021_world_out.html|accessdate=16 April 2015|publisher=The Oregonian}}</ref> University facilities, such as [[Hayward Field]], are expected to be used during the games.

{{Clear}}

==Academics==
{{Infobox US university ranking
| USNWR_NU = 103
| USNWR_Public = 50
| USNWR_Law = 100
| USNWR_Ed = 13
| ARWU_W = 301–400
| ARWU_N = 103–125
| QS_W = 501–550
| Wamo_NU = 125
| Forbes = 232
}}

{|class="infobox" style="width: 22em;"
|-
! colspan="2" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: center;" |
<big>USNWR graduate school rankings</big>
|-
| [[Business]] <ref name=USNWR>{{cite web|title=University of Oregon: Overall Rankings |url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/university-of-oregon-209551/overall-rankings|publisher=''U.S. News & World Report'' |accessdate=October 1, 2015}}</ref>
| 79
|-
| [[Education]]<ref name=USNWR/>
| 12
|-
| [[University of Oregon School of Law|Law]]<ref name=USNWR/>
| 82
|}

{|class="infobox" style="width: 22em;"
|-
! colspan="2" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: center;" |
<big>USNWR departmental rankings</big><ref name=USNWR/>
|-
| Biological Sciences
| 55
|-
| Chemistry
| 60
|-
| Clinical Psychology
| 26
|-
| Computer Science
| 63
|-
| Earth Sciences
| 34
|-
| Economics
| 56
|-
| English
| 52
|-
| Fine Arts
| 62
|-
| History
| 56
|-
| Mathematics
| 56
|-
| Physics
| 54
|-
| Political Science
| 68
|-
| Psychology
| 30
|-
| Public Affairs
| 73
|-
| Sociology
| 59
|-
| Speech-Language Pathology
| 45
|}

===Colleges and schools===
The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College. As of Fall 2014, UO offers 272 degree programs.<ref name="UO Facts"/>

====School of Architecture and Allied Arts====
{{Main|University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts}}

The [[University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts|School of Architecture and Allied Arts]] (called "triple-A" or "AAA") was founded by [[Ellis F. Lawrence]] in 1914.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aaa.uoregon.edu/info/ |title=About the University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts |publisher=Aaa.uoregon.edu |date= |accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref> The school offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in architecture, art, including digital arts, arts and administration, art history, interior architecture, landscape architecture, and planning, public policy and management, and product design, a graduate degree in historic preservation. The school also offers an architectural program, digital arts program, and product design program in [[Portland, Oregon]].

The school offers the only accredited degree in architecture, landscape architecture, and interior architecture in Oregon. The [[National Architectural Accrediting Board]] accredits both the undergraduate bachelor of architecture five-year degree and the master of architecture. Other nationally accredited degrees include the planning and public administration, landscape architecture, and interior architecture programs. The undergraduate architecture program is consistently ranked among the highest in the country, and is currently ranked as the #1 public program for "Sustainable Design Practice and Principles" by ''DesignIntelligence'' magazine.

====College of Arts and Sciences====
{{Main|University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences}}

The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) covers a large array of departments in the arts and sciences. The creative writing graduate program is nationally recognized as being among the best in the nation—fewer than two percent are admitted out of 700+ applicants each year.<ref>{{cite book |author=Tom Kealey, |title=The Creative Writing MFA Handbook: A Guide for Prospective Graduate Students |publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group |location= |year= |pages= |isbn=0-8264-1817-1 |oclc= |doi=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pages.uoregon.edu/crwrweb/ |title=Creative Writing at the University of Oregon |publisher=Pages.uoregon.edu |date= |accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref>

====Charles H. Lundquist College of Business====<!-- This section is linked from [[Lillis Business Complex]] -->
{{Main|Charles H. Lundquist College of Business}}
The Charles H. Lundquist College of Business was founded in 1884 and offers courses in fields such as accounting, decision sciences, entrepreneurship, finance, management, and marketing. It is also home to the University of Oregon Investment Group and the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center, one of the first programs to offer an M.B.A. in sports business<ref>{{cite news | last = Wylie | first = Ian | url = http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b6350122-1451-11df-8847-00144feab49a.html | title = Smaller schools learn to play to their strengths | work = Financial Times UK | date = February 8, 2010 | accessdate = 2010-02-08 }}</ref> and is noted as having the best sports business and marketing programs in the nation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.warsawcenter.com/about/index.htm |title=Warsaw Sports Marketing Center:: About Us |publisher=Warsawcenter.com |date= |accessdate=2011-09-03}}</ref>

====College of Education====
{{Main|University of Oregon College of Education}}
[[File:Hedco Building.jpg|left|thumb|The HEDCO Education Building]]

The College of Education was established in 1910 as the School of Education.

====Robert D. Clark Honors College====
{{Main|Robert D. Clark Honors College}}

The Clark Honors College is a small college intended to complement the existing majors already in place at the university by joining select students and faculty for a low student to teacher ratio (25:1 maximum).<ref>[http://honors.uoregon.edu/ourcollege/overview/ Overview: Our College: Clark Honors College]{{dead link|date=September 2011}}</ref>

====School of Journalism and Communication====
{{Main|University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication}}

The School of Journalism and Communication is one of the oldest journalism schools in the United States.<ref name= Journalism>{{cite web| url=http://journalism.uoregon.edu/about/ |title= UO School of Journalism ~ About the SOJC}}</ref> It began as a department in 1912, and became a professional school 1916. It has the accreditation of the Accrediting Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.<ref name=ACEJMC>{{cite web|url=http://www2.ku.edu/~acejmc/STUDENT/PROGLIST.SHTML#OR|title= Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications ~ List of Accredited Programs}}</ref> It currently runs ''Flux'' magazine, a student-produced publication.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fluxstories.com/awards/ |title=Flux Magazine Award List &#124; FLUX |publisher=Fluxstories.com |date= |accessdate=2011-09-03}}</ref> Eight of the nine [[Pulitzer Prize]] winners from the University of Oregon graduated from the School of Journalism and Communication.<ref name=pulitzer>{{cite web| url=http://giving.uoregon.edu/z/jml_gb.php |title= Campaign Oregon ~School of Journalism: Great Beginnings}}</ref> It also awards the annual [[Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism]]. Allen Hall, the re-modeled home of the SOJC, was officially re-opened on March 3, 2013.

=====Oregon Documentary Project=====
Within the [[University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication]], The Oregon Documentary Project produces student films through the Electronic Media department. Since 1996, Associate professor Dr. Daniel Miller has overseen the production of more than 70 student documentaries, many of which have won [[Northwest Emmy Awards]]. The films come out of a ten-week Advanced Documentary Production class and tell stories of life, culture and history in the state of [[Oregon]].<ref>[http://around.uoregon.edu/content/j-school-students-rise-top-documentary-films Lacter, Austin. "J-School Students Rise to the Top." ''Around the O''. 5 August, 2013.]</ref>

====School of Law====
{{Main|University of Oregon School of Law}}

The [[University of Oregon School of Law|School of Law]] was formed in 1884 in Portland and relocated to Eugene in early 1915.<ref name="UO history">[http://uoregon.edu/our-history History – University of Oregon]</ref> It was admitted into the [[Association of American Law Schools]] in 1919 and received accreditation from the [[American Bar Association]] in 1923.<ref>[http://www.law.uoregon.edu/prospective/history.php "Oregon Law: Student life"]. University of Oregon.</ref>

====School of Music and Dance====
The School of Music and Dance was initially just the Department of Music in 1886, and developed into the School of Music in 1900. It was admitted to the [[National Association of Schools of Music]] in 1928. The school offers over 20 ensembles in vocal and instrumental music, giving approximately 200 public performances a year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.uoregon.edu/About/general.htm |title=University of Oregon School of Music and Dance: About Us |publisher=Music.uoregon.edu |date= |accessdate=2011-09-03}}</ref> Renamed in 2006, the [[MarAbel B. Frohnmayer Music Building]] is the physical home of the school, named after former University of Oregon [[David B. Frohnmayer|President Frohnmayer]]'s mother, a 1932 alumna of the School.<ref>[http://music.uoregon.edu/Giving/building/brochure.pdf#page=15 University of Oregon School of Music and Dance]{{dead link|date=September 2011}}</ref> Beall Concert Hall, the primary performance hall within the school, was designed by Ellis F. Lawrence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.uoregon.edu/About/BeallHall.htm |title=Beall Concert Hall |publisher=University of Oregon School of Music and Dance}}</ref> UO is a member of the [[National Association of Schools of Music]].

=====Oregon Bach Festival=====
The UO is the home of the [[Oregon Bach Festival]], a donor-supported program of the University and the only major music festival affiliated with an American university. Founded in 1970 by German conductor [[Helmuth Rilling]] and UO professor (and past president of the [[American Choral Directors Association]]) Royce Saltzman, the festival has grown into an international program that draws hundreds of musicians and over 40,000 attendees annually. The festival's focus is choral and orchestral music, and it hosts a professional choir and orchestra each year to perform major works by [[Bach]] and other composers; it also sponsors a master class in conducting that draws participants from around the world.

The festival has presented such artists as [[Frederica von Stade]], [[Bobby McFerrin]], [[Garrison Keillor]], and [[Thomas Quasthoff]], who made his American debut in Eugene in 1995. The festival actively commissions and premieres new choral-orchestra works, including pieces by [[Arvo Pärt]], [[Osvaldo Golijov]], and [[Tan Dun]]. A Bach Festival recording of the world-premiere performance of [[Krzyztof Penderecki]]'s ''Credo'' won the 2001 [[Grammy Award]] for best choral performance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://old.thedailystar.com/news/stories/2001/02/22/grammy.html |title=The Daily Star – Online Edition |publisher=Old.thedailystar.com |date=February 22, 2001 |accessdate=2011-09-03}}</ref>

===Undergraduate program===
{{Infobox
| title = University of Oregon tuition<ref>{{cite web|title=Cost of Attendance|url=http://registrar.uoregon.edu/costs/tuition-fees|website=http://registrar.uoregon.edu|accessdate=12 January 2015}}</ref>
| header1 = Tuition and fees
| label2 = Resident undergraduate | data2 = $9,918
| label3 = Non-resident undergraduate | data3 = $30,888
| label4 = Item 3 | data4 =
| header5 = Estimated annual cost
| label6 = Resident undergraduate | data6 = $24,405
| label7 = Non-resident undergraduate | data7 = $45,375
}}

As of Fall 2014, Pre-Business Administration was the most popular undergraduate major at UO (11.6% of all majors), followed by Psychology (6.0%), Human Physiology (5.4%), Business Administration (4.8%) and Biology (4.4%).<ref>{{cite web|title=Enrollment Reports Fall Term 2014 |url=http://registrar.uoregon.edu/statistics/enrollment-reports |publisher=University of Oregon Office of the Registrar |accessdate=October 19, 2014}}</ref>

The current UO student body is composed of students from all 50 of the United States, the [[District of Columbia]], two U.S. territories, and 89 countries around the world.
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====Admissions====
{| style="float:right; font-size:85%; margin:10px" "text-align:center; margin:auto;" class="wikitable"
|+''Fall Freshman Statistics''<ref name=CDS>{{cite web|url=http://ir.uoregon.edu/sites/ir.uoregon.edu/files/CDS20142015ForWEB.pdf |title=Common Data Set 2014-2015, Part C |publisher=University of Oregon}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ir.uoregon.edu/sites/ir.uoregon.edu/files/CDS_2013-2014%20for%20WEB.pdf |title=Common Data Set 2013-2014, Part C |publisher=University of Oregon}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ir.uoregon.edu/sites/ir.uoregon.edu/files/CDS_2012-2013_For%20WEB.pdf |title=Common Data Set 2012-2013, Part C |publisher=University of Oregon}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ir.uoregon.edu/sites/ir.uoregon.edu/files/CDS_2011-2012_%20for%20WEB.pdf |title=Common Data Set 2011-2012, Part C |publisher=University of Oregon}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ir.uoregon.edu/sites/ir.uoregon.edu/files/CDS2010_2011_For%20WEB.pdf |title=Common Data Set 2010-2011, Part C |publisher=University of Oregon}}</ref>

|-
! !! 2014 !! 2013 !! 2012 !! 2011 !! 2010
|-
! Applicants
| 21,359 || 21,938 || 21,263 || 23,012 || 18,515
|-
! Admits
| 15,997 || 16,206 ||15,770 || 16,790 || 14,588
|-
! % Admitted
| 74.9 || 73.9 || 74.2 || 73.0 || 78.8
|-
! Enrolled
| 3,961 || 3,966 || 4,031 || 4,167 || 3,978
|-
! Avg GPA
| 3.58 || 3.60 || 3.57 || 3.59 || 3.52
|-
! SAT Range*
| 990-1230 || 990-1240 || 991-1224 || 993-1223 || 991-1218
|-
! ACT Range
| 22-27 || 22-28 || NA || NA || NA
|-
|<small>* SAT out of 1600</small>
|}

The University of Oregon's admissions process is "selective" according to ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/university-of-oregon-3223 |title=University of Oregon|publisher=''U.S. News & World Report'' |accessdate=2015-01-11}}</ref> For students entering Fall 2014, 15,997 freshmen were accepted out of 21,359 applicants, a 74.9% acceptance rate, and 3,961 enrolled.<ref name=CDS/>

Among freshman students who enrolled in Fall 2014, [[SAT]] scores for the middle 50% ranged from 490-610 for critical reading, 500-620 for math, and 490-600 for writing.<ref name=CDS/> [[ACT (examination)|ACT]] composite scores for the middle 50% ranged from 22–27.<ref name=CDS/> The average high school [[GPA]] for incoming freshmen was 3.58.<ref name=CDS/> Of the 40% of entering freshmen who submitted high school class rank, 23% were in the top tenth of their graduating class, 66% in the top quarter, and 93% in the top half.<ref name=CDS/>

===Graduate School===
According to the 2010 [[United States National Research Council rankings|NRC rankings]], which is a reputational based survey, doctoral programs in Biology, Geography, Physics and Psychology all rank very highly when compared to fellow AAU institutions.<ref name="University data (Office of Institutional Research)" /> The highest ranked college is the College of Education. According to some measures, it ranks as high as 6th in the nation among public universities.<ref name="rankings for college of education">{{cite web|title=College of Education Still Among Nation's Best|url=https://education.uoregon.edu/about-college/national-rankings|website=https://education.uoregon.edu|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>

==Organization and administration==

===University governance===
The internal governance of the university is conducted in accordance with ''The Constitution of the University of Oregon''. The UO Constitution provides a collaborative process that ensures a strong voice for the faculty, acting through the University Senate. The representation of students, civil servants, and administrative employees in the senate ensures that this predominantly faculty body operates in the best interests of the entire university community.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}

[[Board of Trustees of the University of Oregon|UO Board of Trustees]] assumed control in 2014. The Trustees have the broad authority to supervise and manage the University and may exercise all the powers, rights, duties and privileges expressly granted by law or that are implied by law or are incident to the Board's powers, rights, duties and privileges.<ref>{{cite web|author=Board of Trustees|url=http://trustees.uoregon.edu/|publisher=University of Oregon |title=The Board of Trustees of the University of Oregon}}</ref>

On April 14, 2015 [[Michael H. Schill]] was named president, with an official start date of July 1, 2015.<ref>http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/32980014-75/uo-trustees-holding-emergency-meeting-today-on-selection-of-new-president.html.csp#.VS1rlUBHfFc.twitter</ref> Currently, former provost Scott Coltrane is serving as interim president,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hammond|first1=Betsy|title=New University of Oregon interim president, Scott Coltrane, 'respected by the faculty'|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2014/08/new_university_of_oregon_inter.html|accessdate=August 8, 2014|agency=Oregon Live|date=August 7, 2014}}</ref> following the August 6, 2014, resignation of Michael Gottfredson. This resignation occurred with less than 24 hours notice amidst a number of controversies, including allegations of mishandling of sexual violence,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kingkade|first1=Tyler|title=University of Oregon Allowed 3 Basketball Players Accused of Gang Rape To Play March Madness|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/09/university-of-oregon-rape_n_5297928.html|accessdate=August 8, 2014|agency=Huffington Post|date=May 9, 2014}}</ref> a decline of $100 million in university donations,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dietz|first1=Diane|title=UO president resigns|url=http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/31976362-75/uo-president-quits-effective-thursday.html.csp|accessdate=August 8, 2014|agency=The Register-Guard|date=August 7, 2014}}</ref> and the alienation of faculty members around unionization and academic freedom.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Flaherty|first1=Coleen|title=Requiring Civility|url=http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/09/12/oregon-professors-object-contract-language-divorcing-academic-freedom-free-speech|accessdate=August 8, 2014|agency=Inside Higher Ed|date=September 12, 2013}}</ref> Including one interim president, Gottfredson was the university's fourth president in six years, a situation that has led [[Chronicle of Higher Education]] to label the position a "revolving door."<ref name=revolving_door_presidency>{{cite web |url=http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/148319/ |title=Why the U. of Oregon's Presidency Is Such a Difficult Job |author=Eric Kelderman |date=August 8, 2014 |accessdate=August 8, 2014}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|'''Position'''||'''Salary'''||'''Non-salary compensation'''
|-
|President||$440,004<ref name="UO Salary reports">{{cite web|title=Salary Reports|url=http://ir.uoregon.edu/salary|website=http://ir.uoregon.edu/salary|publisher=University of Oregon|accessdate=12 January 2015}}</ref>||$14,400 ("Car Allowance Stipend")
|-
|Senior VP and Provost||$360,000<ref name="UO Salary reports" />||$9,300 ("Vehicle Allowance Stipend")
|-
|Senior Administrator||$217,069<ref name="University data (Office of Institutional Research)">{{cite web|title=Office of Institutional Research|url=http://ir.uoregon.edu/|website=http://ir.uoregon.edu/|publisher=University of Oregon|accessdate=12 January 2015}}</ref>|| (varies by office-holder)
|-
|Officers of Administration||$68,105<ref name="University data (Office of Institutional Research)" />||N/A
|-
|Classified Staff||$33,957<ref name="University data (Office of Institutional Research)" />||N/A
|}

Campus security is enforced by the [http://police.uoregon.edu/ University of Oregon Police Department]. The department was previously known as the Department of Public Safety. Formerly a campus security force, the department transitioned to its new role in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Campuzano|first1=Eder|title=Sun’s out, guns out: UOPD will begin carrying firearms this summer|url=http://dailyemerald.com/2013/06/24/suns-out-guns-out-uopd-will-begin-carrying-firearms-this-summer/|accessdate=14 January 2015|publisher=Emerald Media Group|date=2013-06-24}}</ref>

===Budget and research activity===
UO's FY14 operating revenue total $905 million.<ref>{{cite web|title=2014–15 Budget Report Summary|url=http://www.ous.edu/sites/ous.edu/files/2014-15_brs_final.pdf|website={{url|ous.edu/|publisher=Oregon}} University System|accessdate=August 13, 2014}}</ref> As of January 2013, the estimated economic impact of the University of Oregon is $2.6 billion annually.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Duy|first1=Timothy|title=The Economic Impact of the University of Oregon|url=http://gcr.uoregon.edu/sites/gcr2.wc-sites.uoregon.edu/files/uploads/2011-12%20economic%20impact%20report%20final%20-%20des%20designed.pdf|publisher=University of Oregon}}</ref> Despite a large increase in undergraduate enrollment, state appropriations total less than what they were 10 years prior. The university also receives less state support than many of its peers. According to FY13-14 data from the AAU, UO ranks dead last in total state funding and receives approximately $47.8 million from the state.<ref>{{cite web|title=State appropriations and tuition per in-state student FTE for the 2013–2014 fiscal year|url=http://www.colorado.edu/pba/peer/1314/apptable.htm|website={{url|colorado.edu|accessdate=November}} 22, 2014}}</ref>

UO has comparatively small research spending totals for an AAU level university.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Carey|first1=Keith|title=BUILDING A NEW AAU The Case for Redefining Higher Education Excellence|date=June 2014|publisher=New America|url=http://www.newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/policydocs/NewAAU-20140602.pdf|accessdate=June 8, 2014}}</ref> In FY 14, UO received "$110.3 million in grants, contracts and other competitive awards."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Taylor|first1=Lewis|title=UO made steady gains in research and innovation in FY 2014|url=http://uonews.uoregon.edu/archive/news-release/2014/9/uo-made-steady-gains-research-and-innovation-fy-2014|accessdate=September 20, 2014|publisher=UO News}}</ref>

Currently the Provost's Office is looking into ways of strengthening UO's AAU and national position. UO is looking into a new hiring initiative that will focus resources into 10 areas of study, ranging from materials sciences to neuroscience. The hope is that this new initiative will strengthen UO's leadership in these areas.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Harbaigh|first1=Bill|title=Clusters of Excellence|url=http://www.uomatters.com/2014/06/clusters-of-excellence.html|website=uomatters.com|accessdate=June 8, 2014}}</ref> However, it is currently unknown whether or not this new initiative will meet all of its targets. The neuroscience cluster has been forced to regroup after the [[University of Chicago]] poached two of its leading researchers.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dietz|first1=Diane|title=Two key researchers leaving|url=http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/32439967-75/two-top-uo-neuroscientists-heading-to-university-of-chicago.html.csp|accessdate=3 January 2015|publisher=The Register-Guard}}</ref>

==Campus==
{{Main|University of Oregon campus}}

[[File:Lillis Complex (University of Oregon).jpg|thumb|Lillis Complex (University of Oregon)]] The campus is spread over {{convert|295|acre|ha}} and holds [[List of University of Oregon buildings|eighty buildings]]. Additionally, the campus is an arboretum consisting of 500 species of trees.<ref name=TreeAtlas>{{cite book |author=Office of University Planning |title=University of Oregon Atlas of Trees |year=1996 |publisher=University of Oregon Books |isbn=0-87114-293-7}}</ref> In total there over 3000 trees on campus.<ref name="campus maps">{{cite web|title=http://admissions.uoregon.edu/visit/maps|url=http://admissions.uoregon.edu/visit/maps|website=http://admissions.uoregon.edu|publisher=University of Oregon|accessdate=7 February 2015}}</ref> It is adjacent to the [[West University, Eugene, Oregon|West University]] neighborhood and [[Eugene Pioneer Cemetery|Pioneer Cemetery]]. Eugene is located near many prominent geographic features such as the [[Willamette River]], [[Cascade Range|Cascade Mountains]] and the Pacific Ocean. Also within a two-hour drive is the [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] metropolitan area.

Currently, the campus is occupied by approximately 80 buildings. However, there are several ongoing construction projects, as well as plans to build new facilities in the near future and beyond.<ref name="campus planning and construction">{{cite web|title=CAMPUS PLANNING AND REAL ESTATE|url=http://uplan.uoregon.edu/projects/projects.html|website=http://uplan.uoregon.edu|publisher=Campus Planning and Real Estate|accessdate=12 February 2015}}</ref> The campus is the home of the [[Oregon Bach Festival]].

Based on Ellis F. Lawrence's vision, many of the university's buildings are planned around several major quadrangles, many of which abut the 13th Avenue pedestrian mall.<ref>[http://www.uoregon.edu/~uplan/CampusPlan/CampusPlan1991/1991_LRDPIntro.pdf] (PDF) {{dead link|date=October 2010}}</ref> The university is known for being the site of a pioneering participatory planning experiment known as the [[The Oregon Experiment|Oregon Experiment]], which is also the subject of a book of the same name that evolved into the well known book ''[[A Pattern Language]]'' by [[Christopher Alexander]]. The two major principles of the project are that buildings should be designed, in part, by the people who will ultimately use them with the help of an "architect facilitator", and that construction should occur over many small projects as opposed to a few large ones.

Although academic buildings are spread throughout the campus, the majority are located along East 13th Avenue, with heavy pedestrian traffic at the intersection with Kincaid Street.<ref>{{cite web | first = Trevor | last = Davis | title = Could Hilyard be safer? | publisher = Oregon Daily Emerald | date = April 26, 2007 | url = http://www.dailyemerald.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=656e547a-4144-439d-a0c8-cba8ddcbcef7 | accessdate = 2008-02-25 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080301190600/http://www.dailyemerald.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=656e547a-4144-439d-a0c8-cba8ddcbcef7 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = March 1, 2008}}</ref> Student recreation and union centers are located toward the center of the campus, with residence halls on the east side of campus. Sports facilities are grouped in the southern-central part of campus with the [[Autzen Stadium]] and [[PK Park]] complexes across the Willamette River. The university also owns and operates several satellite facilities, including a large facility in the White Stag Block of downtown Portland.

The campus has been [[Smoking bans in the united states|smoke and tobacco free]] since 2012.<ref name="campus maps" />

===Old campus and memorial quad===
[[File:Knight Library.jpg|left|thumb|Outside the front of the [[Knight Library]]]]

The oldest section of campus is located in the northwest area of the current campus. The university's first building, [[Deady Hall]], opened on October 16, 1876, when the University had an enrollment of 177 students. It was originally known as "the building" before being named after Judge Matthew Deady in 1893. The second building on campus is known as [[Villard Hall]] and is home to the Theater Arts and Comparative Literature Departments. Completed in 1886, the hall was named after railroad magnate [[Henry Villard]], who provided financial aid to the university in 1881. Before its naming, it was known as "the new building." Both Deady and Villard Halls were designated [[National Historic Landmark]]s in 1977.<ref name=Deady>{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1260&ResourceType=Building| title=National Historic Landmarks Program/ Deady & Villard Halls | accessdate= 2007-11-27}}</ref>

Just south of Old Campus is the Memorial Quad, which runs north and south along Kincaid Street, capped at both ends by the main campus library, [[Knight Library]], on the south side, and the [[Lillis Business Complex]] on the north. It is flanked on the west by the tallest building on campus, Prince Lucien Campbell Hall, also known as "PLC,", Condon Hall on the west, housing the Geography department, and the [[Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art]] on the east, which was remodeled and reopened on January 23, 2005. Also adjacent to Memorial Quad is Chapman Hall, which houses the [[Robert D. Clark Honors College]].
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===Central campus===
[[File:JohnsonHallUO.JPG|left|thumb|Johnson Hall]]
The center of campus houses a mixture of academic buildings, an administration building, and student recreation buildings. Just to the east of Memorial Quad, facing 13th Avenue is [[Johnson Hall (Eugene, Oregon)|Johnson Hall]] where offices for higher administration and trustee offices are found, including the offices of the University President. Directly across 13th Avenue, facing Johnson Hall is "[[The Pioneer (Eugene, Oregon)|The Pioneer]]" a statue of a bearded, buckskin-clad pioneer cast in bronze by sculptor [[Alexander Phimister Proctor]] in 1919.<ref>{{cite web | title = The architecture of the University of Oregon; Outdoor Sculpture & Building Ornamentation | publisher = UO Libraries | url = http://libweb.uoregon.edu/guides/architecture/oregon/xpioneer.html | accessdate = 2008-02-25}}</ref> In 1932, Proctor's "[[The Pioneer Mother (Eugene, Oregon)|Pioneer Mother]]" statue was dedicated in the Women's Memorial Quadrangle on the other side of Johnson Hall; the two statues are aligned so that they can "see" one another through the large windows of the hall's main floor.

Lawrence Hall is located at the end of hardscape walkway, directly north of the intersection of 13th Avenue and University Street. It houses the School of Architecture and Allied Arts and is named after its first Dean, [[Ellis F. Lawrence]] in 1957.<ref>{{cite web | title = The architecture of the University of Oregon; Lawrence Hall | publisher = UO Libraries | url = http://libweb.uoregon.edu/guides/architecture/oregon/lawrence.html | accessdate = 2008-02-25}}</ref> Allen Hall, opened in 1954, is located adjacent to Lawrence Hall and houses the School of Journalism and Communication.<ref>{{cite web | title = The architecture of the University of Oregon; Allen Hall | publisher = UO Libraries | url = http://libweb.uoregon.edu/guides/architecture/oregon/allen.html | accessdate = 2008-02-25}}</ref>

Additionally, Erb Memorial Union and the recreation center are situated in this part of campus.

===Lorry I. Lokey Science Complex and east campus===

[[File:Willamette-Hall-UO.jpg|thumb|Willamette Hall, the centerpiece of the Physics department]]The Lorry I. Lokey Science Complex comprises multiple science buildings to the east of Lawrence Hall, on the north side of 13th Avenue. Willamette Hall's [[Paul Olum]] Atrium is the center of the university's hard sciences complex. The construction of the $45.6 million additions of [[Willamette Hall]], home of the physics department; Cascade Hall, home of the geology department; [[Deschutes Hall]], home of the computer science department; and Streisinger Hall to the complex were completed in 1989.<ref>{{cite web | title = The architecture of the University of Oregon; Willamette Hall | publisher = UO Libraries | url = http://libweb.uoregon.edu/guides/architecture/oregon/willamette.html | accessdate = 2008-02-25}}</ref>

Within the Lokey Science Complex are two facilities focused on integrative science.<ref>[http://isci.uoregon.edu UO Integrative Science]</ref> One is the Lokey Laboratories, which is a shared-use facility with state-of-the-art characterization instrumentation. Lokey Laboratories is associated with the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI) and was dedicated to [[Lorry I. Lokey]] on February 19, 2008 for his $25 million donation toward the project.<ref>{{cite web | title = Underground nanoscience laboratories dedicated
|url=http://media.www.dailyemerald.com/media/storage/paper859/news/2008/02/20/News/Underground.Nanoscience.Laboratories.Dedicated-3221191.shtml |publisher = Oregon Daily Emerald}}</ref> It is located underground, beneath the quad between Heustis and Deschutes Halls, to minimize vibrations. The newest building, the Lewis Integrative Science Building, sits at the north end of this quad and opened in the fall of 2012. Immediately to the east of the Lokey Science Complex is Oregon Hall, which houses administrative offices including the Office of the Registrar and Office of Admissions.

The Science Library is also situated within the Lokey Science Complex. In 2015 it will undergo a significant renovation and expansion. The new building set to reopen in 2016 will be named the Allan Price Science Commons and Research Library.<ref>{{cite web|title=Boost in science majors leads to latest new academic facility at UO|url=http://uonews.uoregon.edu/archive/news-release/2014/6/boost-science-majors-leads-latest-new-academic-facility-uo|publisher=University of Oregon|accessdate=June 8, 2014}}</ref>

[[File:Knight Law Center (University of Oregon).jpg|thumb|Knight Law Center (University of Oregon)]]
The northeast corner of campus is home to the Ford Alumni Center and [[Matthew Knight Arena]]. The majority of the rest of the eastern part of campus is dedicated to residence halls. Carson Hall, located near the Erb Memorial Union, provides dining services along with dormitories. Just south is the Living-Learning Center, opened in 2006. It is a collection of functions including dormitories, classrooms, study areas, dining rooms, and recreational rooms to provide a single location for many student activities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://housing.uoregon.edu/construction/ |title=Living-Learning Center: LLC 2006 |publisher=Housing.uoregon.edu |date=January 1, 1999 |accessdate=2011-09-03}}</ref> The newest residence hall, the [[Global Scholars Hall]], opened in the fall of 2012. It primarily houses returning students and students enrolled in the Robert D. Clark Honors College, College Scholars, and the global scholars language programs.<ref name="Global Scholars Hall">{{cite web|title=East Campus Residence Hall|url=http://housing.uoregon.edu/reshalls/globalscholars.php|accessdate=December 15, 2012}}</ref>

===South campus===

The center of south campus is where much of the on-campus athletic facilities reside. [[Hayward Field]], home to the Ducks track and field program, sits in the eastern area of the athletic facilities. It has hosted a number of prominent track and field events such as the US Track and Field Olympic Trials, the NCAA Track and Field Championships, and [[USATF]] Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goducks.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500&KEY=&SPID=243&SPSID=4584 |title=Track & Field – Track Town Info – GoDucks.com—The University of Oregon Official Athletics Web Site |publisher=Goducks.com |date=May 30, 1975 |accessdate=2011-09-03}}</ref>

To the west of the athletic facilities lies [[Eugene Pioneer Cemetery|Pioneer Cemetery]] and further west is where the current facilities for the College of Education exists, in the southwest corner of campus. The HEDCO Education building and the Frohnmayer Music Center are in the vicinity. The Knight Law Center is located just opposite of Hayward Field in the southeast corner of campus. The Many Nations Longhouse and the Museum of Natural and Cultural History are East of Knight Law.

===Other areas and satellites===
The controversial<ref>Pittman, Alan (January 14, 2010). [http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2010/01/14/coverstory.html "Park or parking lot?"] ''Eugene Weekly''.</ref> Riverfront Research Park is a small facility maintained by the university, located across Franklin Boulevard from the main campus, next to the Willamette River. The park is used for creating new technologies, such as research about artificial intelligence at the Computational Intelligence Research Lab, and it is the home of the [[Zebrafish Information Network]] (ZFIN), the [[zebrafish]] [[model organism]] database. Local controversy has existed since before the development and approval of the site master plan by the City of Eugene in 1989. Controversy stems from the lack of citizen involvement in the planning process for the use of public lands, and the potential for multi-story office buildings and parking lots to replace open space, civic space, and wildlife habitat along the Willamette River. The University and Student Senates have each passed resolutions {{citation needed|date=October 2011}} against construction on the banks of the Willamette River under the current development plan, yet plans for development persist. In March 2010, the issue of a conditional use permit extension for the Research Park was appealed to the Land Use Board of Appeals by a group of citizens, students, and faculty.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.connectingeugene.org |title=Connecting Eugene |publisher=Connecting Eugene |date= |accessdate=2011-09-03}}</ref>

The complex for the Ducks football and baseball team is located north across the Willamette River. It includes the football stadium ([[Autzen Stadium]]),the baseball park ([[PK Park]]), an indoor practice football field (Moshofsky Center), a soccer field (Pape Field), an outdoor practice field (Kilkenny Field), and the Casanova Center which includes offices, the athletics Hall of Fame, locker rooms, weight rooms, a film review theater, and a treatment center.

The university also leases space in Old Town Portland in the White Stag Block. UO-Portland provides an urban study environment for the School of Architecture and Allied Arts, the School of Journalism and Communication, the School of Law, and the Lundquist College of Business. Additionally, the Division of Continuing Education, the Labor Education Resource Center, and the Department of Athletics have active offices there. [[The Duck Store]] has an outlet in the building.<ref>{{cite web|author=University of Oregon |url=http://pdx.uoregon.edu/ |title=UO Portland |publisher=Pdx.uoregon.edu |date= |accessdate=2011-09-03}}</ref>

===Sustainability===
The University of Oregon received a grade of "B+" from the Sustainable Endowments Institute on its College Sustainability Report Card 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/university-of-oregon-eugene |title=College Sustainability Report Card 2011 |publisher=Greenreportcard.org |date=June 30, 2008 |accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref>

The undergraduate architecture program is consistently ranked among the highest in the country, and is currently ranked as the #1 public program for "Sustainable Design Practice and Principles" by DesignIntelligence magazine.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}

There has also been a push for sustainable buildings on campus with a development plan that requires any new building or renovation to incorporate sustainable design.<ref>Lang, Therese. [http://www.oregon.gov/ENERGY/CONS/BUS/docs/UofO.pdf "When University of Oregon says energy conservation, it means business"] (PDF). Oregon Department of Energy Pull-out.</ref> The [[Lillis Business Complex]] was the catalyst for the policy. The building, completed in 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lcb.uoregon.edu/news/news.php?issue=050105&story=leed |title=LCB News |publisher=Lcb.uoregon.edu |date=October 31, 2009 |accessdate=2011-09-03}}</ref> has earned a LEED Silver rating, the highest rating of any college business building in the United States.

The Green Product Design Network (GPDN) was created by a group of leaders from the UO with expertise in [[green chemistry]], product design, business, communications, and journalism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sustainability.uoregon.edu |title=Sustainable Oregon |publisher=Sustainability.uoregon.edu |date=February 28, 2012 |accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref>

==Libraries and museums==
[[File:Schnitz-1.jpg|thumb|[[Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art]]]]
The multi-branch University of Oregon Libraries serves the campus with library collections, instruction and reference, and a wide variety of educational technology and media services. The UO is Oregon's only member of the [[Association of Research Libraries]]. The main branch, the [[Knight Library]], houses humanities and social sciences, Learning Commons, Music Services, Government Publications, Maps and Aerial Photos, Special Collections & University Archives, Media Services, the Center for Educational Technologies, and a Cinema Studies lab to be available in Winter 2010.<ref>Miller, Zanne (October 21, 2009). [http://jcomm.uoregon.edu/articles/new-cinema-studies-major-at-uo-addresses-student-and-industry-demand/view "New Cinema Studies major at UO addresses student and industry demand"]. University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication.</ref> Other branch locations are:
* The Architecture and Allied Arts Library in Lawrence Hall
* The Global Scholars Hall Library Commons in Global Scholars Hall
* The John E. Jaqua Law Library in the Knight Law Center
* The Loyd & Dorothy Rippey Library at the [[Oregon Institute of Marine Biology]] in Charleston, Oregon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libweb.uoregon.edu/general/about/libcol.html |title=UO Libraries and Collections |publisher=Libweb.uoregon.edu |date=May 26, 2009 |accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref>
* The Mathematics Library in Fenton Hall
* The Portland Library & Learning Commons in the White Stag Block in Portland, Oregon
* The Science Library under Onyx Bridge

The UO Libraries hosts Scholars' Bank, an [[Open access (publishing)|open access]] (OA) digital repository created to capture, distribute and preserve the intellectual output of the University of Oregon. Scholars' Bank uses open-source [[DSpace]] software developed by [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] and [[Hewlett-Packard]].

The Libraries' Educational Video Group maintains the [http://media.uoregon.edu/channel/ UO Channel], which uses streaming media to provide access to campus lectures, interviews, performances, symposia, and documentary productions.

The UO is the founding member and host of the [[Orbis Cascade Alliance|Orbis-Cascade Alliance]], a consortium of academic and research libraries in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The combined collections of the Alliance exceed 20 million volumes and can be searched via the Summit union catalog. The Orbis Cascade Alliance serves faculty and the equivalent of more than 258,000 full-time students. In addition to its members, the Alliance extends selected services to more than 280 libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies in seven western states.

The Special Collections & University Archives house a collection of [[Gardner Fox]]'s literary manuscripts, comic books, and other materials, including over 200 letters from fans.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Archives West: Gardner Fox literary manuscripts, comic books and other material, 1936-1978|url = http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv29623|website = archiveswest.orbiscascade.org|accessdate = 2015-10-19}}</ref>

The University of Oregon is home to the [[Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art]] and the [[University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History|Museum of Natural and Cultural History]].

There are multiple galleries around the main campus, including (but not limited to):
* The LaVerne Krause Gallery in Lawrence Hall
* The Adell McMillan Gallery in the Erb Memorial Union
* The Aperture Gallery in the Erb Memorial Union
* The art gallery on the second floor of the Knight Law Center
* The Washburn Gallery in the FAS Ceramics building.

==Student life and culture==

===Activities===
There are more than 250 student groups at the University of Oregon, most of which are headquartered in the Erb Memorial Union.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uoregon.edu/campus-and-community |title=Campus and Community |publisher=Uoregon.edu |date= |accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref>

In addition to its athletic teams, the university also has a competitive intercollegiate [[Individual Events|Speech]] and [[Debate]] team. The University of Oregon Forensics program was founded in 1876, at the same time as the university. Initially the program consisted of two student-formed forensic societies, which developed into "doughnut league" inter-dorm competitions in the 1890s. In 1891, the UO began intercollegiate competition. Forensics continued to grow as a staple of the university's community and by 1911, the team was so successful that it began charging admission to debates. Money raised during these events was often donated to the fledgling University of Oregon football program.

[[National Parliamentary Debate Association|Parliamentary debate]] was integrated into UO Forensics in 1998–99 and the team has been competitive since. In 2001, the UO's Alan Tauber and Heidi Ford claimed a national title, winning the first ever [[National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence]] (NPTE). In 2011, the team of Matt Gander and Hank Fields claimed both national titles, winning the NPTE and the [[National Parliamentary Debate Association]] Championship, coached by Thomas Schally, Benjamin Dodds, Sarah Hamid, and Will Chamberlain.

Under new Director of Forensics Trond Jacobsen hired in 2013, UO Forensics has continued its record of success with the team of Liz Fetherston and Kehl van Winkle the top seed at the 2014 NPTE going into elimination rounds. Fetherston was the top speaker and van Winkle the 4th speaker. In 2015 Oregon had the 3rd place team at the NPTE.

====Media====
{{Main|University of Oregon media}}
The University of Oregon has a diverse array of student-run and student-created media, including the ''[[Daily Emerald]]'', the ''[[Oregon Commentator]]'', and ''[[Ethos Magazine]]'' among others<ref>{{cite web|url=http://emu.uoregon.edu/index_html.php |title=EMU: Student Media |publisher=Emu.uoregon.edu |date= |accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref>

The University is also home of two radio stations: [[KWAX]] (classical music) and [[KWVA]] ([[campus radio]]). For a more exhaustive list of campus media organizations, please see the above linked article.

====Traditions====
* A cappella groups perform at the venue in front of the EMU on Friday afternoons.
* "It never rains at Autzen stadium." – It is a tradition for the announcer to call this out sometime during each football game.
* Street Fair – Twice a year, a street fair lines the entire stretch of the University of Oregon campus on 13th Street. It features exceptional food and plenty of arts and crafts.
* Each year in May there is University Day, a campus-wide effort by students and faculty/staff to beautify the grounds. It is a single day filled with planting trees, flowers, cleaning up landscapes and making the campus more presentable for the upcoming graduation ceremonies. In 1905 this event replaced the rowdy, destructive and sometimes violent class-on-class Flag Rush days.
* Each year, the university community hikes up [[Skinner Butte]] to paint the [[Big "O"]] overlooking Eugene.
* Many people make [[O (gesture)|"O" gesture]]s with their hands to show support for the university.
* The Canoe Fete, one of the most beloved past traditions of the University, took place on the Eugene [[Eugene Millrace|millrace]].

===Representation===
[[File:Asuo.JPG|thumb|right|ASUO office]]
The Associated Students of the University of Oregon (ASUO) is the [[student government]] at the University of Oregon. It is a non-profit organization funded by the University of Oregon. Its purpose is to provide for the social, cultural, educational and physical development of its members, and for the advancement of their individual and collective interests both within and without the University. Membership consists of all students at the University of Oregon, who have paid the current term or semester student incidental fee.<ref name="info">[http://asuo.uoregon.edu/about.php ASUO About Page], Associated Students of the University of Oregon website, University of Oregon.</ref>

Student participation in governance of the university extends to membership in the University Senate, which has five student members with full voting rights plus the ASUO President as a nonvoting member. Students are also represented on the university's Board of Trustees by a voting member appointed by the [[Governor of Oregon]].

The total FY2014-15 ASUO budget was $15.24 million.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Garcia|first1=Craig|title=ASUO submits its 2014-15 budget to the UO Administration|url=http://dailyemerald.com/2014/03/08/asuo-submits-its-2014-15-budget-to-the-uo-administration/|accessdate=12 January 2015|publisher=Emerald Media Group}}</ref>

====Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation====
The [[University of Oregon Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation]] (GTFF) was established in 1976 to represent graduate student workers and it is one of the oldest graduate student unions in the U.S. The UO administration objected to the establishment of the union, citing that graduate workers were "students, not employees." The Oregon Employment Relations Board (ERB) ruled in favor of the graduate students and supported their right to organize. The GTFF began organizing its first contract in April 1977 and reached a negotiation with the university administration after two strike votes. In 1993, the GTFF successfully bargained for employer-paid health insurance.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gtff3544.net/about/history-of-gtff |title=History of GTFF |publisher=Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation AFT Local 3544 |date=2014 |accessdate=December 30, 2014}}</ref>

In 2014, the GTFF went on strike for the first time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.opb.org/radio/programs/thinkoutloud/segment/university-of-oregon-graduate-teaching-fellows-on-strike/ |title=University Of Oregon Graduate Teaching Fellows On Strike |author=Julie Sabatier |publisher=[[Oregon Public Broadcasting]] |date=December 3, 2014 |accessdate=December 30, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://gtff3544.net/the-gtff-goes-on-strike-dec-2/ |title=The GTFF Goes on Strike Dec. 2 |publisher=Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation AFT Local 3544 |date=December 1, 2014 |accessdate=December 30, 2014}}</ref> In October, GTFF members voted to authorize a strike over two issues not yet included in the GTF contract: a pay raise to the minimum GTF salary and a form of [[sick leave|paid sick leave]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gtff3544.net/presidential-strike-letter/ |title=Presidential Strike Letter |publisher=Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation AFT Local 3544 |date=October 24, 2014 |accessdate=December 30, 2014}}</ref> The strike lasted a week and overlapped with the University's administration of final examinations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://president.uoregon.edu/content/finals-begin-talks-continue |title=Finals begin, talks continue |publisher=University of Oregon |date=December 8, 2014 |accessdate=December 30, 2014}}</ref> Although the union members accused the university administration of [[strikebreaker|strike breaking activities]],<ref name=Confusion_strike_busting_allegations>{{cite web |url=http://www.uauoregon.org/2014/11/confusion-as-a-strike-breaking-tactic/ |title=Confusion as a Strike-Breaking Tactic |publisher=AAUP/AFT Local 3209, AFL-CIO |date=November 23, 2014 |accessdate=December 30, 2014}}</ref> intimidation of international students,<ref>{{citation |url=http://gtff3544.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/International-Grad-CnD-Letter.pdf |title=November 11, 2014 e-mail from Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation AFT Local 3544 to Jeffery J. Matthews |author=Amber Cooper |date=November 11, 2014 |accessdate=December 30, 2014}}</ref> and unlawful demands,<ref name=Confusion_strike_busting_allegations/> a compromise was reach on December 10 and the strike ended.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://provost.uoregon.edu/gtff-negotiation |title=GTFF Negotiation Updates |publisher=University of Oregon |date=2014 |accessdate=December 30, 2014}}</ref>

===Facilities and housing===
[[File:Global Scholars Hall.jpg|thumb|The [[Global Scholars Hall]] housing complex at the University of Oregon, opened in 2012]]The [[Erb Memorial Union]] (EMU) is the student union, which functions as a center for student life. It sits on the southeast corner of 13th and University St. The EMU is currently undergoing a $95 million renovation and expansion project. The 1970s was demolished in 2014 to make way for a new wing. Set to re-open in the fall of 2016, the new facility will include improved dining options, and increase the amount office, meeting and student life space. Additionally, the new facility will feature a campus pub, bike-sharing program, multi-purpose auditorium/cinema, and craft center.<ref>{{cite web|title=EMU Renovation|url=http://newemu.uoregon.edu/|website=http://newemu.uoregon.edu/|accessdate=6 January 2015}}</ref>

South of the Erb Memorial Union across a small quad is the Student Recreational Center (SRC) which is an exercise and recreation facility. It includes fitness equipment, rock climbing walls, a swimming pool, racquetball courts, an indoor elevated running track and basketball courts. Covered tennis courts and several turf fields, and outdoor tennis courts within a running track are located near the recreation center. The facility reopened in early 2015 after a significant renovation and expansion.<ref>{{cite web|title=SRC Expansion|url=http://uorec.uoregon.edu/facilities/expansion/|website=http://uorec.uoregon.edu|accessdate=6 January 2015}}</ref>

The current Residence Halls are: Barnhart, Bean, Carson, Earl, the Global Scholars Hall, Hamilton, the Living-Learning Center, Riley, and Walton.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://housing.uoregon.edu/ |title=University of Oregon Housing |publisher=Housing.uoregon.edu |date= |accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref> The Global Scholars Hall was opened in the Fall of 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pages.uoregon.edu/csoutar/ECRH/Documents.htm |title=ECRH Documents, Catherine Soutar, UO CPRE |publisher=Pages.uoregon.edu |date= |accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref> There are plans to build a new east campus residence hall sometime in the near future, close to the site of the existing Global Scholars Hall.<ref>{{cite web|title=UO Campus Physical Framework Vision Project|url=http://uplan.uoregon.edu/UOFrameworkVisionProj/UO_FVP.htm|website=http://uplan.uoregon.edu|accessdate=6 January 2015}}</ref> Additionally, multiple residence halls are expected to undergo significant renovations in the near future.

==Athletics==
{{Main|Oregon Ducks}}

[[File:Jaquacenterwet.jpg|thumb|right|[[Jaqua Center|John E. Jaqua Center for Student Athletes]]]]
The University of Oregon is a member of the [[Pacific-12 Conference]] and the [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] Football Bowl Subdivision of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]. The athletic programs have garnered 28 NCAA team championships,<ref>[http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/champs_listing1.html Schools with the Most NCAA Championships]{{dead link|date=September 2011}}</ref> as well as 60 NCAA individual champions in various track and field events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportshistory.uoregon.edu/details/show/6 |title=Leadership and Legacy – Athletics and the University of Oregon &#124; Topics |publisher=Sportshistory.uoregon.edu |date= |accessdate=2011-09-03}}</ref> The two primary rivals of the [[Oregon Ducks football]] team are the [[Washington Huskies]] and the [[Oregon State Beavers]]. The football rivalry with [[Oregon State University]], known as the "[[Civil War (college football game)|Civil War]]", is one of the nation's oldest. Every year, the two teams face off in the last game of the regular season. The two teams have faced each other nearly every year since 1894 except for five years. Games were not held in 1900, 1901, 1911, 1943, and 1944.<ref name="UpCloseAndPersonal">{{cite web|url=http://www.osualum.com/s/359/index.aspx?sid=359&gid=1&pgid=454 |title=OSU Alumni Association – Greatest Civil War |publisher=Osualum.com |date= |accessdate=2011-09-03}}</ref>

The university competes in 14 sports: football, men’s and women’s basketball, cross country, track and field, baseball, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s golf, women’s soccer, women’s lacrosse, women’s volleyball, and acrobatics & tumbling. This does not include club sports which competes at the Division I level in Rugby, Soccer, Rowing, and Waterpolo. As well as women's Division I club athletics in Rowing, Rugby, and Waterpolo.

[[File:OregonDucks.svg|left|thumb|141px|''UO Athletics Logo'']]
With 20 NCAA championships between them, cross country and track and field are the two programs at the university that have enjoyed the most success. The programs have produced many world-class athletes including [[Steve Prefontaine]] and [[Alberto Salazar]]. [[Nike, Inc|Nike]] had been formed by the former track and field head coach [[Bill Bowerman]] and former University of Oregon track runner [[Phil Knight]]. The successes of the programs have given the name of Track Town, USA to Eugene.<ref name=tracktown />

Created in 1893, the football team played its first game in 1894 and won its first [[Rose Bowl (game)|Rose Bowl]] in 1917 against the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. The 1938–39 men's basketball team, nicknamed the "Tall Firs," won the first-ever NCAA basketball tournament by defeating [[Ohio State]] in the March 28, 1939 championship game.<ref name="UOAthTimeline">{{cite web|url=http://sportshistory.uoregon.edu/timeline |title=Leadership and Legacy – Athletics and the University of Oregon &#124; Timeline |publisher=Sportshistory.uoregon.edu |date= |accessdate=2011-09-03}}</ref>

Originally recognized as an official sport at the university in 1908, baseball was disbanded in 1981 due to concerns with [[Title IX]]. In 2007, the athletic director [[Patrick Kilkenny]] announced plans to reinstate baseball and to drop wrestling while adding women's acrobatics & tumbling.{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}}

===Relationship with Nike===
{{See also|Oregon Ducks#Relationship with Nike}}
The Athletic Department (AD) and university as a whole (UO) have a long and complex relationship with [[Nike Inc.]] The corporation has significant historical ties to UO. It was founded by two UO alumni. Nike co-founder [[Phil Knight]] is also one of the largest benefactors in the history of UO. In recent years he has invested heavily in developing and maintaining the athletic apparatus.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rishe|first1=Patrick|title=Thank You, Phil Knight: Oregon's New $68 Million Recruiting Tool|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/prishe/2013/08/03/thank-you-phil-knight-oregons-new-68-million-recruiting-tool/|website=Forbes.com|publisher=Forbes|accessdate=29 May 2015}}</ref>

===Mascot===
{{Main|The Oregon Duck}}
The mascot of the University of Oregon is the fighting duck. The popular [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] character [[Donald Duck]] has been the mascot for decades, thanks to a handshake agreement made between then-Athletic Director [[Leo Harris]] and [[Walt Disney]] in 1947.<ref name="MascotHistory">{{cite web|url=http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=28746&SPID=252&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=153778 |title=The Duck – GoDucks.com—The University of Oregon Official Athletics Web Site |publisher=Goducks.com |date= |accessdate=2011-09-03}}</ref> The mascot has been challenged more than a few times in its lifetime. The first came in 1966 when Walt Disney died and the company realized there was no formal contract written for the use of Donald's image. A formal contract was written up in 1973.<ref name="MascotHistory"/> Potential heirs "Mallard Drake" and "Mandrake" challenged Donald's position in 1978 and 2003 respectively,<ref name="MascotHistory"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.www.dailyemerald.com/media/storage/paper859/news/2002/11/15/News/One-Duck.or.Two.part.1-1978791.shtml|title=One duck...or two?|last=Schmidt|first=Brad|date=November 15, 2002|accessdate=2008-02-26|work=Oregon Daily Emerald}}</ref> but both were unpopular and discontinued.

===Song===
{{Main|Mighty Oregon}}
The [[fight song]] is "[[Mighty Oregon]]", written by professor Albert Perfect and student John DeWitt Gilbert in 1916. It has undergone several changes since its original performance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyemerald.com/2.2358/mighty-oregon-sings-of-the-past-1.201089|title='Mighty Oregon' sings of the past|last=Neuman|first=Steven|date=November 12, 2006|accessdate=2009-11-09|work=Oregon Daily Emerald}}</ref>

==In fiction and popular culture==

===Onscreen===
The film ''[[National Lampoon's Animal House]]'' (1978) was filmed on the university campus and the surrounding area. The building used as the exterior of the Delta House (which belonged to the University of Oregon [[Pi Kappa Alpha]] chapter) was demolished in 1986, but the interior scenes were shot in the [[Sigma Nu]] house, which still stands today. The Omega house belongs to the [[Phi Kappa Psi]] fraternity and still stands today. The sorority house where Bluto climbs the ladder to peek in on the coeds was actually the exterior of the Sigma Nu fraternity.<ref>[http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/archives/ "University archives"]. UO Libraries.</ref> Other buildings that were used during filming include Johnson Hall, Gerlinger Hall, Fenton Hall, Carson Hall, and the Erb Memorial Union (EMU). The EMU dining facility known as "The Fishbowl" was the site of the famous food-fight scene. The Knight Library and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art can also be seen in the movie.<ref name="film_sites">{{cite web|url=http://www.acmewebpages.com/animal/locales.htm |title= ACME Animal House Film Locations}}</ref>

Other films shot at the university include
* ''[[Abe Lincoln in Illinois (film)|Abe Lincoln in Illinois]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Five Easy Pieces]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Drive, He Said]]'' (1970)
* ''[[How to Beat the High Cost of Living]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Personal Best (film)|Personal Best]]'' (1982)
* ''[[Stand by Me (film)|Stand By Me]]'' (1986) (shot primarily in nearby [[Brownsville, Oregon]])
* ''[[Without Limits]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Zerophilia]]'' (2005)

The University of Oregon also appeared in the documentary "[[The Hunting Ground]]" after allowing three basketball players accused of sexual assault to play in an [[NCAA]] Tournament. The documentary focuses on [[campus rape]] in higher education institutions in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|title=Documentary on campus rape includes University of Oregon scene|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2015/02/documentary_on_campus_rape_inc.html|accessdate=6 March 2015|agency=Oregonian|date=26 February 2015}}</ref>

==People==
University of Oregon faculty, researchers, and alumni include two [[Nobel Prize]] laureates, 13 [[Pulitzer Prize]] winners, 19 [[Rhodes scholars]], four [[Marshall Scholarship|Marshall scholars]], 58 [[Guggenheim Fellowship|Guggenheim Fellows]], and 129 [[Fulbright scholars]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Scholars|url=http://admissions.uoregon.edu/topscholars|accessdate=February 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=About the School of Journalism & Communication|url=http://journalism.uoregon.edu/about/|publisher=University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication}}</ref>

===Alumni===
{{Main|List of University of Oregon alumni}}

There are more than 195,000 University of Oregon alumni around the world. The Ford Alumni Center, situated adjacent to [[Matthew Knight Arena]], is a gathering place for alumni and houses an interactive exhibit.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ford Alumni Center|url=http://fordalumnicenter.org/|website=fordalumnicenter.org|publisher=University of Oregon Alumni Association|accessdate=December 5, 2014}}</ref> The UO Alumni Association is also based out of this facility.<ref>{{cite web|title=Welcome to uoalumni.com|url=http://uoalumni.com/|publisher=University of Oregon Alumni Association|accessdate=December 5, 2014}}</ref>

Prominent alumni include: former-[[NBC]] journalist and host [[Ann Curry]], [[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel)|''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'']] author [[Ken Kesey]], [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] founder [[Phil Knight]], [[Heisman Trophy]] winner [[Marcus Mariota]], [[Fight Club (novel)|''Fight Club'']] author [[Chuck Palahniuk]] and [[United States Senator|U.S. Senator]] [[Ron Wyden]].

===Faculty and staff===
{{Main|List of University of Oregon faculty and staff}}

Notable current and former faculty and staff include: track coach and Nike co-founder [[Bill Bowerman]], professor and former [[Patagonia (clothing)|Patagonia]] CEO [[Michael Crooke]], renowned Canadian architect [[Arthur Erickson|Arthur Erikson]], neuroscientist emeritus [[Michael Posner (psychologist)|Michael Posner]], the first person to clone a vertebrate [[George Streisinger]], and [[Mark Thoma]] economist and author of the popular blog [http://economistsview.typepad.com/ Economist's View].

==See also==
*[[Oregon Student Association]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.uoregon.edu}}
* [http://www.goducks.com/ Official Athletics website]
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University of Oregon
File:Uoseal.png
Latin: Universitas Oregonensis
MottoMens agitat molem (Latin)
Motto in English
Mind moves the mass
TypePublic
Flagship[1][2]
Research
Established1876
Endowment$627 million (2014)[3]
PresidentMichael H. Schill
ProvostScott Coltrane
Academic staff
2,031[4] (Fall 2013)
Students24,181[5] (Fall 2014)
Undergraduates20,569[5] (Fall 2014)
Postgraduates3,612[5] (Fall 2014)
Location, ,
United States
CampusUrban
295 acres (1.19 km2)
NewspaperDaily Emerald
ColorsGreen and Yellow [6]
   
NicknameDucks
AffiliationsAAC&U
AAU
APRU
APLU
URA
MascotThe Oregon Duck
Websitewww.uoregon.edu

The University of Oregon (also referred to as UO or Oregon) is a public flagship research university located in Eugene, Oregon. UO was founded in 1876.[7] The institution's campus is 295 acres in size and is situated along the Willamette River.[8] Since July 2014, UO has been governed by the Board of Trustees of the University of Oregon.[9] The university is classified as having very high research activity[10] and has 19 research centers and institutes.[11] UO was admitted to the Association of American Universities in 1969.[12]

UO offers 272 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines.[13] The university is organized into eight colleges: the Robert D. Clark Honors College (the oldest honors college in the United States), the School of Architecture and Allied Arts, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Charles H. Lundquist College of Business, the College of Education, the School of Journalism and Communication, the School of Law, and the School of Music and Dance. Additionally, the Graduate School oversees the university's graduate and certificate programs.[14] Academically, UO is notable because it does not have programs in the fields of engineering or medicine.[15][16]

UO student-athletes compete as the Ducks and are part of the Pacific-12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). With nineteen varsity teams, the Oregon Ducks are best known for their football team and track and field program. The strength of the track program, as well as its connection to Nike, has helped make Eugene become known as "Track Town, USA".[17]

History

Early years

Deady and Villard Halls, the first two buildings on campus

The Oregon State Legislature established the university on October 12, 1872, despite the new state's funding woes.[18] The residents of Eugene struggled to help finance the institution, holding numerous fundraising events such as strawberry festivals, church socials, and produce sales. In total they raised $27,500, enough to buy eighteen acres of land at a cost of $2500.[19] The doors officially opened in 1876, with Deady Hall its sole building. The first year of enrollment contained 155 students taught by five faculty members. The first graduating class was in 1878, graduating five students.[18] In 1881, the university was nearly closed, it was $8,000 in debt before Henry Villard donated $7,000 toward to help pay for the debt.[18] In 1913, and again in 1932, there were proposals to merge the university with what is now referred to as Oregon State University. Evidently, both proposals were defeated.[13]

Maturity as a university

During Prince Lucien Campbell's tenure as president from 1902 to 1925, the university experienced tremendous growth compared to its early years. The budget, enrollment, facilities, and faculty members all grew several times its amount prior to his presidency.[citation needed] Numerous schools were also established during his tenure, including the School of Music in 1902, the School of Education in 1910, the School of Architecture, the College of Business in 1914, the School of Law in 1915, the School of Journalism in 1916, and the School of Health and Physical Education in 1920.

Historical total enrollment
YearPop.
1880 185
1900 330
1920 1,897
1940 3,948
1960 8,330
1980 17,379
YearPop.
1985 16,375
1990 18,141
1995 17,138
2000 17,843
2005 20,394
2010 23,389
Note: Medical School enrollment transferred to OHSU circa 1980.
Enrollment numbers include both undergraduate and graduate students.
Source: IR

However, the University of Oregon lost its School of Engineering to Oregon Agricultural College, now known as Oregon State University.[20]

The Zorn-MacPherson Bill in 1932 proposed that the University of Oregon and Oregon State College (now "University"), to be merged into one university. The bill lost in a landslide vote of over 6 to 1.[21] The University of Oregon Medical School was originally founded in 1887 in Portland and later merged with Willamette University's program in 1913. However, in 1974 it officially became an independent institution known as Oregon Health Sciences University.[22] In 1969, the UO was admitted into the Association of American Universities.

University of Oregon 1917 football team

With financial support from the state dwindling from 40% to 13% of the university budget,[23] in January 2001, University President Dave Frohnmayer began Campaign Oregon with the goal of raising $600 million by December 2008, the most ambitious philanthropic fundraising campaign in the history of the state of Oregon at the time.[24] With total contributions exceeding $100 million from benefactors such as Phil Knight and Lorry I. Lokey, the campaign goal was exceeded by over $253 million.[23][25]

Push for independence and growth

The University occupies over 80 buildings.[26] There are currently several ongoing campus construction projects such as a $95 million expansion and renovation of the Erb Memorial Union scheduled to open in September 2016 as well as a $16.75 million successor to the Science Library complex.[27][28] These projects, among others, were commissioned in part to support current student enrollment as well as possible future increases.[29][30]

Matthew Knight Arena hosting the 14th Dalai Lama in 2013

In reaction to a growing movement to establish an independent university board, the Oregon Legislature in 2013 passed SB 270, requiring local governing boards for the state's three largest institutions.[31][32] Effective July 1, 2014, the University of Oregon became an independent public body governed by the Board of Trustees of the University of Oregon. Proponents of local governing boards believe an independent board will give the university more autonomy, and free it from relying on inadequate state funding.[33]

On August 6, 2014, Michael Gottfredson resigned as president.[34] In the summer of 2014, former UO president Robert Berdahl told the president of the university's board of trustees that he believes that UO risks losing its membership in the Association of American Universities. To remedy this growing concern, UO began preparing several new initiatives which include a cluster-hire and a capital campaign.[35]

Michael H. Schill is the current president of the university.[36] In June 2015, UO's endowment surpassed the $700 million mark.[37]

In the Spring of 2015, it was announced that Eugene will host the 2021 World Championships in Athletics.[38] University facilities, such as Hayward Field, are expected to be used during the games.

Academics

Academic rankings
National
Forbes[39]232
U.S. News & World Report[40]103
Washington Monthly[41]125
Global
ARWU[42]301–400
QS[43]501–550

USNWR graduate school rankings

Business [44] 79
Education[44] 12
Law[44] 82

USNWR departmental rankings[44]

Biological Sciences 55
Chemistry 60
Clinical Psychology 26
Computer Science 63
Earth Sciences 34
Economics 56
English 52
Fine Arts 62
History 56
Mathematics 56
Physics 54
Political Science 68
Psychology 30
Public Affairs 73
Sociology 59
Speech-Language Pathology 45

Colleges and schools

The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College. As of Fall 2014, UO offers 272 degree programs.[13]

School of Architecture and Allied Arts

The School of Architecture and Allied Arts (called "triple-A" or "AAA") was founded by Ellis F. Lawrence in 1914.[45] The school offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in architecture, art, including digital arts, arts and administration, art history, interior architecture, landscape architecture, and planning, public policy and management, and product design, a graduate degree in historic preservation. The school also offers an architectural program, digital arts program, and product design program in Portland, Oregon.

The school offers the only accredited degree in architecture, landscape architecture, and interior architecture in Oregon. The National Architectural Accrediting Board accredits both the undergraduate bachelor of architecture five-year degree and the master of architecture. Other nationally accredited degrees include the planning and public administration, landscape architecture, and interior architecture programs. The undergraduate architecture program is consistently ranked among the highest in the country, and is currently ranked as the #1 public program for "Sustainable Design Practice and Principles" by DesignIntelligence magazine.

College of Arts and Sciences

The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) covers a large array of departments in the arts and sciences. The creative writing graduate program is nationally recognized as being among the best in the nation—fewer than two percent are admitted out of 700+ applicants each year.[46][47]

Charles H. Lundquist College of Business

The Charles H. Lundquist College of Business was founded in 1884 and offers courses in fields such as accounting, decision sciences, entrepreneurship, finance, management, and marketing. It is also home to the University of Oregon Investment Group and the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center, one of the first programs to offer an M.B.A. in sports business[48] and is noted as having the best sports business and marketing programs in the nation.[49]

College of Education

The HEDCO Education Building

The College of Education was established in 1910 as the School of Education.

Robert D. Clark Honors College

The Clark Honors College is a small college intended to complement the existing majors already in place at the university by joining select students and faculty for a low student to teacher ratio (25:1 maximum).[50]

School of Journalism and Communication

The School of Journalism and Communication is one of the oldest journalism schools in the United States.[51] It began as a department in 1912, and became a professional school 1916. It has the accreditation of the Accrediting Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.[52] It currently runs Flux magazine, a student-produced publication.[53] Eight of the nine Pulitzer Prize winners from the University of Oregon graduated from the School of Journalism and Communication.[54] It also awards the annual Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism. Allen Hall, the re-modeled home of the SOJC, was officially re-opened on March 3, 2013.

Oregon Documentary Project

Within the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication, The Oregon Documentary Project produces student films through the Electronic Media department. Since 1996, Associate professor Dr. Daniel Miller has overseen the production of more than 70 student documentaries, many of which have won Northwest Emmy Awards. The films come out of a ten-week Advanced Documentary Production class and tell stories of life, culture and history in the state of Oregon.[55]

School of Law

The School of Law was formed in 1884 in Portland and relocated to Eugene in early 1915.[56] It was admitted into the Association of American Law Schools in 1919 and received accreditation from the American Bar Association in 1923.[57]

School of Music and Dance

The School of Music and Dance was initially just the Department of Music in 1886, and developed into the School of Music in 1900. It was admitted to the National Association of Schools of Music in 1928. The school offers over 20 ensembles in vocal and instrumental music, giving approximately 200 public performances a year.[58] Renamed in 2006, the MarAbel B. Frohnmayer Music Building is the physical home of the school, named after former University of Oregon President Frohnmayer's mother, a 1932 alumna of the School.[59] Beall Concert Hall, the primary performance hall within the school, was designed by Ellis F. Lawrence.[60] UO is a member of the National Association of Schools of Music.

Oregon Bach Festival

The UO is the home of the Oregon Bach Festival, a donor-supported program of the University and the only major music festival affiliated with an American university. Founded in 1970 by German conductor Helmuth Rilling and UO professor (and past president of the American Choral Directors Association) Royce Saltzman, the festival has grown into an international program that draws hundreds of musicians and over 40,000 attendees annually. The festival's focus is choral and orchestral music, and it hosts a professional choir and orchestra each year to perform major works by Bach and other composers; it also sponsors a master class in conducting that draws participants from around the world.

The festival has presented such artists as Frederica von Stade, Bobby McFerrin, Garrison Keillor, and Thomas Quasthoff, who made his American debut in Eugene in 1995. The festival actively commissions and premieres new choral-orchestra works, including pieces by Arvo Pärt, Osvaldo Golijov, and Tan Dun. A Bach Festival recording of the world-premiere performance of Krzyztof Penderecki's Credo won the 2001 Grammy Award for best choral performance.[61]

Undergraduate program

University of Oregon tuition[62]
Tuition and fees
Resident undergraduate$9,918
Non-resident undergraduate$30,888
Estimated annual cost
Resident undergraduate$24,405
Non-resident undergraduate$45,375

As of Fall 2014, Pre-Business Administration was the most popular undergraduate major at UO (11.6% of all majors), followed by Psychology (6.0%), Human Physiology (5.4%), Business Administration (4.8%) and Biology (4.4%).[63]

The current UO student body is composed of students from all 50 of the United States, the District of Columbia, two U.S. territories, and 89 countries around the world.

Admissions

Fall Freshman Statistics[64][65][66][67][68]
2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Applicants 21,359 21,938 21,263 23,012 18,515
Admits 15,997 16,206 15,770 16,790 14,588
% Admitted 74.9 73.9 74.2 73.0 78.8
Enrolled 3,961 3,966 4,031 4,167 3,978
Avg GPA 3.58 3.60 3.57 3.59 3.52
SAT Range* 990-1230 990-1240 991-1224 993-1223 991-1218
ACT Range 22-27 22-28 NA NA NA
* SAT out of 1600

The University of Oregon's admissions process is "selective" according to U.S. News & World Report.[69] For students entering Fall 2014, 15,997 freshmen were accepted out of 21,359 applicants, a 74.9% acceptance rate, and 3,961 enrolled.[64]

Among freshman students who enrolled in Fall 2014, SAT scores for the middle 50% ranged from 490-610 for critical reading, 500-620 for math, and 490-600 for writing.[64] ACT composite scores for the middle 50% ranged from 22–27.[64] The average high school GPA for incoming freshmen was 3.58.[64] Of the 40% of entering freshmen who submitted high school class rank, 23% were in the top tenth of their graduating class, 66% in the top quarter, and 93% in the top half.[64]

Graduate School

According to the 2010 NRC rankings, which is a reputational based survey, doctoral programs in Biology, Geography, Physics and Psychology all rank very highly when compared to fellow AAU institutions.[70] The highest ranked college is the College of Education. According to some measures, it ranks as high as 6th in the nation among public universities.[71]

Organization and administration

University governance

The internal governance of the university is conducted in accordance with The Constitution of the University of Oregon. The UO Constitution provides a collaborative process that ensures a strong voice for the faculty, acting through the University Senate. The representation of students, civil servants, and administrative employees in the senate ensures that this predominantly faculty body operates in the best interests of the entire university community.[citation needed]

UO Board of Trustees assumed control in 2014. The Trustees have the broad authority to supervise and manage the University and may exercise all the powers, rights, duties and privileges expressly granted by law or that are implied by law or are incident to the Board's powers, rights, duties and privileges.[72]

On April 14, 2015 Michael H. Schill was named president, with an official start date of July 1, 2015.[73] Currently, former provost Scott Coltrane is serving as interim president,[74] following the August 6, 2014, resignation of Michael Gottfredson. This resignation occurred with less than 24 hours notice amidst a number of controversies, including allegations of mishandling of sexual violence,[75] a decline of $100 million in university donations,[76] and the alienation of faculty members around unionization and academic freedom.[77] Including one interim president, Gottfredson was the university's fourth president in six years, a situation that has led Chronicle of Higher Education to label the position a "revolving door."[78]

Position Salary Non-salary compensation
President $440,004[79] $14,400 ("Car Allowance Stipend")
Senior VP and Provost $360,000[79] $9,300 ("Vehicle Allowance Stipend")
Senior Administrator $217,069[70] (varies by office-holder)
Officers of Administration $68,105[70] N/A
Classified Staff $33,957[70] N/A

Campus security is enforced by the University of Oregon Police Department. The department was previously known as the Department of Public Safety. Formerly a campus security force, the department transitioned to its new role in 2012.[80]

Budget and research activity

UO's FY14 operating revenue total $905 million.[81] As of January 2013, the estimated economic impact of the University of Oregon is $2.6 billion annually.[82] Despite a large increase in undergraduate enrollment, state appropriations total less than what they were 10 years prior. The university also receives less state support than many of its peers. According to FY13-14 data from the AAU, UO ranks dead last in total state funding and receives approximately $47.8 million from the state.[83]

UO has comparatively small research spending totals for an AAU level university.[84] In FY 14, UO received "$110.3 million in grants, contracts and other competitive awards."[85]

Currently the Provost's Office is looking into ways of strengthening UO's AAU and national position. UO is looking into a new hiring initiative that will focus resources into 10 areas of study, ranging from materials sciences to neuroscience. The hope is that this new initiative will strengthen UO's leadership in these areas.[86] However, it is currently unknown whether or not this new initiative will meet all of its targets. The neuroscience cluster has been forced to regroup after the University of Chicago poached two of its leading researchers.[87]

Campus

Lillis Complex (University of Oregon)

The campus is spread over 295 acres (119 ha) and holds eighty buildings. Additionally, the campus is an arboretum consisting of 500 species of trees.[88] In total there over 3000 trees on campus.[8] It is adjacent to the West University neighborhood and Pioneer Cemetery. Eugene is located near many prominent geographic features such as the Willamette River, Cascade Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Also within a two-hour drive is the Portland metropolitan area.

Currently, the campus is occupied by approximately 80 buildings. However, there are several ongoing construction projects, as well as plans to build new facilities in the near future and beyond.[89] The campus is the home of the Oregon Bach Festival.

Based on Ellis F. Lawrence's vision, many of the university's buildings are planned around several major quadrangles, many of which abut the 13th Avenue pedestrian mall.[90] The university is known for being the site of a pioneering participatory planning experiment known as the Oregon Experiment, which is also the subject of a book of the same name that evolved into the well known book A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander. The two major principles of the project are that buildings should be designed, in part, by the people who will ultimately use them with the help of an "architect facilitator", and that construction should occur over many small projects as opposed to a few large ones.

Although academic buildings are spread throughout the campus, the majority are located along East 13th Avenue, with heavy pedestrian traffic at the intersection with Kincaid Street.[91] Student recreation and union centers are located toward the center of the campus, with residence halls on the east side of campus. Sports facilities are grouped in the southern-central part of campus with the Autzen Stadium and PK Park complexes across the Willamette River. The university also owns and operates several satellite facilities, including a large facility in the White Stag Block of downtown Portland.

The campus has been smoke and tobacco free since 2012.[8]

Old campus and memorial quad

Outside the front of the Knight Library

The oldest section of campus is located in the northwest area of the current campus. The university's first building, Deady Hall, opened on October 16, 1876, when the University had an enrollment of 177 students. It was originally known as "the building" before being named after Judge Matthew Deady in 1893. The second building on campus is known as Villard Hall and is home to the Theater Arts and Comparative Literature Departments. Completed in 1886, the hall was named after railroad magnate Henry Villard, who provided financial aid to the university in 1881. Before its naming, it was known as "the new building." Both Deady and Villard Halls were designated National Historic Landmarks in 1977.[92]

Just south of Old Campus is the Memorial Quad, which runs north and south along Kincaid Street, capped at both ends by the main campus library, Knight Library, on the south side, and the Lillis Business Complex on the north. It is flanked on the west by the tallest building on campus, Prince Lucien Campbell Hall, also known as "PLC,", Condon Hall on the west, housing the Geography department, and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on the east, which was remodeled and reopened on January 23, 2005. Also adjacent to Memorial Quad is Chapman Hall, which houses the Robert D. Clark Honors College.

Central campus

Johnson Hall

The center of campus houses a mixture of academic buildings, an administration building, and student recreation buildings. Just to the east of Memorial Quad, facing 13th Avenue is Johnson Hall where offices for higher administration and trustee offices are found, including the offices of the University President. Directly across 13th Avenue, facing Johnson Hall is "The Pioneer" a statue of a bearded, buckskin-clad pioneer cast in bronze by sculptor Alexander Phimister Proctor in 1919.[93] In 1932, Proctor's "Pioneer Mother" statue was dedicated in the Women's Memorial Quadrangle on the other side of Johnson Hall; the two statues are aligned so that they can "see" one another through the large windows of the hall's main floor.

Lawrence Hall is located at the end of hardscape walkway, directly north of the intersection of 13th Avenue and University Street. It houses the School of Architecture and Allied Arts and is named after its first Dean, Ellis F. Lawrence in 1957.[94] Allen Hall, opened in 1954, is located adjacent to Lawrence Hall and houses the School of Journalism and Communication.[95]

Additionally, Erb Memorial Union and the recreation center are situated in this part of campus.

Lorry I. Lokey Science Complex and east campus

Willamette Hall, the centerpiece of the Physics department

The Lorry I. Lokey Science Complex comprises multiple science buildings to the east of Lawrence Hall, on the north side of 13th Avenue. Willamette Hall's Paul Olum Atrium is the center of the university's hard sciences complex. The construction of the $45.6 million additions of Willamette Hall, home of the physics department; Cascade Hall, home of the geology department; Deschutes Hall, home of the computer science department; and Streisinger Hall to the complex were completed in 1989.[96]

Within the Lokey Science Complex are two facilities focused on integrative science.[97] One is the Lokey Laboratories, which is a shared-use facility with state-of-the-art characterization instrumentation. Lokey Laboratories is associated with the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI) and was dedicated to Lorry I. Lokey on February 19, 2008 for his $25 million donation toward the project.[98] It is located underground, beneath the quad between Heustis and Deschutes Halls, to minimize vibrations. The newest building, the Lewis Integrative Science Building, sits at the north end of this quad and opened in the fall of 2012. Immediately to the east of the Lokey Science Complex is Oregon Hall, which houses administrative offices including the Office of the Registrar and Office of Admissions.

The Science Library is also situated within the Lokey Science Complex. In 2015 it will undergo a significant renovation and expansion. The new building set to reopen in 2016 will be named the Allan Price Science Commons and Research Library.[99]

Knight Law Center (University of Oregon)

The northeast corner of campus is home to the Ford Alumni Center and Matthew Knight Arena. The majority of the rest of the eastern part of campus is dedicated to residence halls. Carson Hall, located near the Erb Memorial Union, provides dining services along with dormitories. Just south is the Living-Learning Center, opened in 2006. It is a collection of functions including dormitories, classrooms, study areas, dining rooms, and recreational rooms to provide a single location for many student activities.[100] The newest residence hall, the Global Scholars Hall, opened in the fall of 2012. It primarily houses returning students and students enrolled in the Robert D. Clark Honors College, College Scholars, and the global scholars language programs.[101]

South campus

The center of south campus is where much of the on-campus athletic facilities reside. Hayward Field, home to the Ducks track and field program, sits in the eastern area of the athletic facilities. It has hosted a number of prominent track and field events such as the US Track and Field Olympic Trials, the NCAA Track and Field Championships, and USATF Championships.[102]

To the west of the athletic facilities lies Pioneer Cemetery and further west is where the current facilities for the College of Education exists, in the southwest corner of campus. The HEDCO Education building and the Frohnmayer Music Center are in the vicinity. The Knight Law Center is located just opposite of Hayward Field in the southeast corner of campus. The Many Nations Longhouse and the Museum of Natural and Cultural History are East of Knight Law.

Other areas and satellites

The controversial[103] Riverfront Research Park is a small facility maintained by the university, located across Franklin Boulevard from the main campus, next to the Willamette River. The park is used for creating new technologies, such as research about artificial intelligence at the Computational Intelligence Research Lab, and it is the home of the Zebrafish Information Network (ZFIN), the zebrafish model organism database. Local controversy has existed since before the development and approval of the site master plan by the City of Eugene in 1989. Controversy stems from the lack of citizen involvement in the planning process for the use of public lands, and the potential for multi-story office buildings and parking lots to replace open space, civic space, and wildlife habitat along the Willamette River. The University and Student Senates have each passed resolutions [citation needed] against construction on the banks of the Willamette River under the current development plan, yet plans for development persist. In March 2010, the issue of a conditional use permit extension for the Research Park was appealed to the Land Use Board of Appeals by a group of citizens, students, and faculty.[104]

The complex for the Ducks football and baseball team is located north across the Willamette River. It includes the football stadium (Autzen Stadium),the baseball park (PK Park), an indoor practice football field (Moshofsky Center), a soccer field (Pape Field), an outdoor practice field (Kilkenny Field), and the Casanova Center which includes offices, the athletics Hall of Fame, locker rooms, weight rooms, a film review theater, and a treatment center.

The university also leases space in Old Town Portland in the White Stag Block. UO-Portland provides an urban study environment for the School of Architecture and Allied Arts, the School of Journalism and Communication, the School of Law, and the Lundquist College of Business. Additionally, the Division of Continuing Education, the Labor Education Resource Center, and the Department of Athletics have active offices there. The Duck Store has an outlet in the building.[105]

Sustainability

The University of Oregon received a grade of "B+" from the Sustainable Endowments Institute on its College Sustainability Report Card 2011.[106]

The undergraduate architecture program is consistently ranked among the highest in the country, and is currently ranked as the #1 public program for "Sustainable Design Practice and Principles" by DesignIntelligence magazine.[citation needed]

There has also been a push for sustainable buildings on campus with a development plan that requires any new building or renovation to incorporate sustainable design.[107] The Lillis Business Complex was the catalyst for the policy. The building, completed in 2003[108] has earned a LEED Silver rating, the highest rating of any college business building in the United States.

The Green Product Design Network (GPDN) was created by a group of leaders from the UO with expertise in green chemistry, product design, business, communications, and journalism.[109]

Libraries and museums

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

The multi-branch University of Oregon Libraries serves the campus with library collections, instruction and reference, and a wide variety of educational technology and media services. The UO is Oregon's only member of the Association of Research Libraries. The main branch, the Knight Library, houses humanities and social sciences, Learning Commons, Music Services, Government Publications, Maps and Aerial Photos, Special Collections & University Archives, Media Services, the Center for Educational Technologies, and a Cinema Studies lab to be available in Winter 2010.[110] Other branch locations are:

  • The Architecture and Allied Arts Library in Lawrence Hall
  • The Global Scholars Hall Library Commons in Global Scholars Hall
  • The John E. Jaqua Law Library in the Knight Law Center
  • The Loyd & Dorothy Rippey Library at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology in Charleston, Oregon.[111]
  • The Mathematics Library in Fenton Hall
  • The Portland Library & Learning Commons in the White Stag Block in Portland, Oregon
  • The Science Library under Onyx Bridge

The UO Libraries hosts Scholars' Bank, an open access (OA) digital repository created to capture, distribute and preserve the intellectual output of the University of Oregon. Scholars' Bank uses open-source DSpace software developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Hewlett-Packard.

The Libraries' Educational Video Group maintains the UO Channel, which uses streaming media to provide access to campus lectures, interviews, performances, symposia, and documentary productions.

The UO is the founding member and host of the Orbis-Cascade Alliance, a consortium of academic and research libraries in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The combined collections of the Alliance exceed 20 million volumes and can be searched via the Summit union catalog. The Orbis Cascade Alliance serves faculty and the equivalent of more than 258,000 full-time students. In addition to its members, the Alliance extends selected services to more than 280 libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies in seven western states.

The Special Collections & University Archives house a collection of Gardner Fox's literary manuscripts, comic books, and other materials, including over 200 letters from fans.[112]

The University of Oregon is home to the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art and the Museum of Natural and Cultural History.

There are multiple galleries around the main campus, including (but not limited to):

  • The LaVerne Krause Gallery in Lawrence Hall
  • The Adell McMillan Gallery in the Erb Memorial Union
  • The Aperture Gallery in the Erb Memorial Union
  • The art gallery on the second floor of the Knight Law Center
  • The Washburn Gallery in the FAS Ceramics building.

Student life and culture

Activities

There are more than 250 student groups at the University of Oregon, most of which are headquartered in the Erb Memorial Union.[113]

In addition to its athletic teams, the university also has a competitive intercollegiate Speech and Debate team. The University of Oregon Forensics program was founded in 1876, at the same time as the university. Initially the program consisted of two student-formed forensic societies, which developed into "doughnut league" inter-dorm competitions in the 1890s. In 1891, the UO began intercollegiate competition. Forensics continued to grow as a staple of the university's community and by 1911, the team was so successful that it began charging admission to debates. Money raised during these events was often donated to the fledgling University of Oregon football program.

Parliamentary debate was integrated into UO Forensics in 1998–99 and the team has been competitive since. In 2001, the UO's Alan Tauber and Heidi Ford claimed a national title, winning the first ever National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence (NPTE). In 2011, the team of Matt Gander and Hank Fields claimed both national titles, winning the NPTE and the National Parliamentary Debate Association Championship, coached by Thomas Schally, Benjamin Dodds, Sarah Hamid, and Will Chamberlain.

Under new Director of Forensics Trond Jacobsen hired in 2013, UO Forensics has continued its record of success with the team of Liz Fetherston and Kehl van Winkle the top seed at the 2014 NPTE going into elimination rounds. Fetherston was the top speaker and van Winkle the 4th speaker. In 2015 Oregon had the 3rd place team at the NPTE.

Media

The University of Oregon has a diverse array of student-run and student-created media, including the Daily Emerald, the Oregon Commentator, and Ethos Magazine among others[114]

The University is also home of two radio stations: KWAX (classical music) and KWVA (campus radio). For a more exhaustive list of campus media organizations, please see the above linked article.

Traditions

  • A cappella groups perform at the venue in front of the EMU on Friday afternoons.
  • "It never rains at Autzen stadium." – It is a tradition for the announcer to call this out sometime during each football game.
  • Street Fair – Twice a year, a street fair lines the entire stretch of the University of Oregon campus on 13th Street. It features exceptional food and plenty of arts and crafts.
  • Each year in May there is University Day, a campus-wide effort by students and faculty/staff to beautify the grounds. It is a single day filled with planting trees, flowers, cleaning up landscapes and making the campus more presentable for the upcoming graduation ceremonies. In 1905 this event replaced the rowdy, destructive and sometimes violent class-on-class Flag Rush days.
  • Each year, the university community hikes up Skinner Butte to paint the Big "O" overlooking Eugene.
  • Many people make "O" gestures with their hands to show support for the university.
  • The Canoe Fete, one of the most beloved past traditions of the University, took place on the Eugene millrace.

Representation

ASUO office

The Associated Students of the University of Oregon (ASUO) is the student government at the University of Oregon. It is a non-profit organization funded by the University of Oregon. Its purpose is to provide for the social, cultural, educational and physical development of its members, and for the advancement of their individual and collective interests both within and without the University. Membership consists of all students at the University of Oregon, who have paid the current term or semester student incidental fee.[115]

Student participation in governance of the university extends to membership in the University Senate, which has five student members with full voting rights plus the ASUO President as a nonvoting member. Students are also represented on the university's Board of Trustees by a voting member appointed by the Governor of Oregon.

The total FY2014-15 ASUO budget was $15.24 million.[116]

Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation

The University of Oregon Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation (GTFF) was established in 1976 to represent graduate student workers and it is one of the oldest graduate student unions in the U.S. The UO administration objected to the establishment of the union, citing that graduate workers were "students, not employees." The Oregon Employment Relations Board (ERB) ruled in favor of the graduate students and supported their right to organize. The GTFF began organizing its first contract in April 1977 and reached a negotiation with the university administration after two strike votes. In 1993, the GTFF successfully bargained for employer-paid health insurance.[117]

In 2014, the GTFF went on strike for the first time.[118][119] In October, GTFF members voted to authorize a strike over two issues not yet included in the GTF contract: a pay raise to the minimum GTF salary and a form of paid sick leave.[120] The strike lasted a week and overlapped with the University's administration of final examinations.[121] Although the union members accused the university administration of strike breaking activities,[122] intimidation of international students,[123] and unlawful demands,[122] a compromise was reach on December 10 and the strike ended.[124]

Facilities and housing

The Global Scholars Hall housing complex at the University of Oregon, opened in 2012

The Erb Memorial Union (EMU) is the student union, which functions as a center for student life. It sits on the southeast corner of 13th and University St. The EMU is currently undergoing a $95 million renovation and expansion project. The 1970s was demolished in 2014 to make way for a new wing. Set to re-open in the fall of 2016, the new facility will include improved dining options, and increase the amount office, meeting and student life space. Additionally, the new facility will feature a campus pub, bike-sharing program, multi-purpose auditorium/cinema, and craft center.[125]

South of the Erb Memorial Union across a small quad is the Student Recreational Center (SRC) which is an exercise and recreation facility. It includes fitness equipment, rock climbing walls, a swimming pool, racquetball courts, an indoor elevated running track and basketball courts. Covered tennis courts and several turf fields, and outdoor tennis courts within a running track are located near the recreation center. The facility reopened in early 2015 after a significant renovation and expansion.[126]

The current Residence Halls are: Barnhart, Bean, Carson, Earl, the Global Scholars Hall, Hamilton, the Living-Learning Center, Riley, and Walton.[127] The Global Scholars Hall was opened in the Fall of 2012.[128] There are plans to build a new east campus residence hall sometime in the near future, close to the site of the existing Global Scholars Hall.[129] Additionally, multiple residence halls are expected to undergo significant renovations in the near future.

Athletics

John E. Jaqua Center for Student Athletes

The University of Oregon is a member of the Pacific-12 Conference and the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision of the NCAA. The athletic programs have garnered 28 NCAA team championships,[130] as well as 60 NCAA individual champions in various track and field events.[131] The two primary rivals of the Oregon Ducks football team are the Washington Huskies and the Oregon State Beavers. The football rivalry with Oregon State University, known as the "Civil War", is one of the nation's oldest. Every year, the two teams face off in the last game of the regular season. The two teams have faced each other nearly every year since 1894 except for five years. Games were not held in 1900, 1901, 1911, 1943, and 1944.[132]

The university competes in 14 sports: football, men’s and women’s basketball, cross country, track and field, baseball, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s golf, women’s soccer, women’s lacrosse, women’s volleyball, and acrobatics & tumbling. This does not include club sports which competes at the Division I level in Rugby, Soccer, Rowing, and Waterpolo. As well as women's Division I club athletics in Rowing, Rugby, and Waterpolo.

UO Athletics Logo

With 20 NCAA championships between them, cross country and track and field are the two programs at the university that have enjoyed the most success. The programs have produced many world-class athletes including Steve Prefontaine and Alberto Salazar. Nike had been formed by the former track and field head coach Bill Bowerman and former University of Oregon track runner Phil Knight. The successes of the programs have given the name of Track Town, USA to Eugene.[17]

Created in 1893, the football team played its first game in 1894 and won its first Rose Bowl in 1917 against the University of Pennsylvania. The 1938–39 men's basketball team, nicknamed the "Tall Firs," won the first-ever NCAA basketball tournament by defeating Ohio State in the March 28, 1939 championship game.[133]

Originally recognized as an official sport at the university in 1908, baseball was disbanded in 1981 due to concerns with Title IX. In 2007, the athletic director Patrick Kilkenny announced plans to reinstate baseball and to drop wrestling while adding women's acrobatics & tumbling.[citation needed]

Relationship with Nike

The Athletic Department (AD) and university as a whole (UO) have a long and complex relationship with Nike Inc. The corporation has significant historical ties to UO. It was founded by two UO alumni. Nike co-founder Phil Knight is also one of the largest benefactors in the history of UO. In recent years he has invested heavily in developing and maintaining the athletic apparatus.[134]

Mascot

The mascot of the University of Oregon is the fighting duck. The popular Disney character Donald Duck has been the mascot for decades, thanks to a handshake agreement made between then-Athletic Director Leo Harris and Walt Disney in 1947.[135] The mascot has been challenged more than a few times in its lifetime. The first came in 1966 when Walt Disney died and the company realized there was no formal contract written for the use of Donald's image. A formal contract was written up in 1973.[135] Potential heirs "Mallard Drake" and "Mandrake" challenged Donald's position in 1978 and 2003 respectively,[135][136] but both were unpopular and discontinued.

Song

The fight song is "Mighty Oregon", written by professor Albert Perfect and student John DeWitt Gilbert in 1916. It has undergone several changes since its original performance.[137]

In fiction and popular culture

Onscreen

The film National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) was filmed on the university campus and the surrounding area. The building used as the exterior of the Delta House (which belonged to the University of Oregon Pi Kappa Alpha chapter) was demolished in 1986, but the interior scenes were shot in the Sigma Nu house, which still stands today. The Omega house belongs to the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and still stands today. The sorority house where Bluto climbs the ladder to peek in on the coeds was actually the exterior of the Sigma Nu fraternity.[138] Other buildings that were used during filming include Johnson Hall, Gerlinger Hall, Fenton Hall, Carson Hall, and the Erb Memorial Union (EMU). The EMU dining facility known as "The Fishbowl" was the site of the famous food-fight scene. The Knight Library and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art can also be seen in the movie.[139]

Other films shot at the university include

The University of Oregon also appeared in the documentary "The Hunting Ground" after allowing three basketball players accused of sexual assault to play in an NCAA Tournament. The documentary focuses on campus rape in higher education institutions in the United States.[140]

People

University of Oregon faculty, researchers, and alumni include two Nobel Prize laureates, 13 Pulitzer Prize winners, 19 Rhodes scholars, four Marshall scholars, 58 Guggenheim Fellows, and 129 Fulbright scholars.[141][142]

Alumni

There are more than 195,000 University of Oregon alumni around the world. The Ford Alumni Center, situated adjacent to Matthew Knight Arena, is a gathering place for alumni and houses an interactive exhibit.[143] The UO Alumni Association is also based out of this facility.[144]

Prominent alumni include: former-NBC journalist and host Ann Curry, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest author Ken Kesey, Nike founder Phil Knight, Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota, Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk and U.S. Senator Ron Wyden.

Faculty and staff

Notable current and former faculty and staff include: track coach and Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman, professor and former Patagonia CEO Michael Crooke, renowned Canadian architect Arthur Erikson, neuroscientist emeritus Michael Posner, the first person to clone a vertebrate George Streisinger, and Mark Thoma economist and author of the popular blog Economist's View.

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