University of Oregon

The University of Oregon is located on Kalapuya ilihi, the traditional indigenous homeland of the Kalapuya people. Following treaties between 1851 and 1855, Kalapuya people were dispossessed of their indigenous homeland by the United States government and forcibly removed to the Coast Indian Reservation in Western Oregon. Today, Kalapuya descendants are primarily citizens of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians.{{cite web |url=https://nativestudies.uoregon.edu/ |title=Native American Studies |publisher=University of Oregon |access-date=December 1, 2019}}

The university's motto, {{lang|la|mens agitat molem}} translates from Latin as "mind moves mass", or poetically as "minds move mountains". The line comes from the Aeneid by Virgil, Book VI, line 727.{{Cite book|title=Aeneid: Books I-VI. The Original Text with a Literal Interlinear Translation.|last=Virgil|first=and Frederick Holland Dewey|publisher=Translation Publishing Company|year=1917|location=New York|pages=304}}

The motto is now shared with the Eindhoven University of Technology, the Military Academy of the German Armed Forces, and the University of Warwick.

File:UO Villard Hall and Deady Hall.jpg and Villard Halls, the first two buildings on campus]]

The Oregon State Legislature established the university in 1872 and named it Oregon State University.{{cite web |url=http://anniversary.uoregon.edu/history/index.html|title = 125th Anniversary: History of the University of Oregon; Early History|publisher = University of Oregon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720095357/http://anniversary.uoregon.edu/history/index.html|url-status = dead|last = Steiber|archive-date = July 20, 2011|first = Paul |access-date=September 3, 2011}} The residents of Eugene raised $27,500 to buy eighteen acres of land at a cost of $2,500.{{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}} The doors opened in 1876 with the name of "Oregon State University" and University Hall as its sole building.{{cite book|last1=Walling|first1=Albert|title=Illustrated History of Lane County|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iXEUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA339|publisher=A.G. Walling Publishing Co. |access-date=February 28, 2016|page=345|year=1884|isbn=9780598541451}} The first year of enrollment contained 155 students taught by five faculty members. The first graduating class was in 1878, graduating five students. In 1881, the university was nearly closed; it was $8,000 in debt before Henry Villard donated $7,000 to help pay it. In 1913 and 1932, there were proposals to merge the university with what is now Oregon State University. Both proposals were defeated.{{cite web |title=Facts at a Glance |url=https://registrar.uoregon.edu/statistics/facts-at-glance |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720095357/http://anniversary.uoregon.edu/history/index.html |archive-date=July 20, 2011 |publisher=University of Oregon}}{{Cite web|title = New Partnership: Preserving Our Public Mission – History|url = http://newpartnership.uoregon.edu/history/|website = University of Oregon |access-date = November 29, 2015}}

During Prince Lucien Campbell's tenure as president from 1902 to 1925, the university experienced tremendous growth. The budget, enrollment, facilities, and faculty members all grew several times its amount prior to his presidency. 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. However, the University of Oregon lost its School of Engineering to Oregon Agricultural College, now known as Oregon State University.

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|1880 |185

|1900 |330

|1920 |1897

|1940 |3948

|1960 |8330

|1980 |17379

|1985 |16375

|1990 |18141

|1995 |17138

|2000 |17843

|2005 |20394

|2010 |23389

|2015 |24125

|2020 |21800

|footnote=Note: Medical School enrollment transferred to OHSU circa 1980.

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In 1917, a "three term" (quarter system) calendar was adopted by the university faculty as a war-time measure.{{cite web|last1=Gilkey|first1=Peter|title=University of Oregon Assembly Records |volume=3|issue=September 21, 1908, through June 9, 1928|pages=223–252|url=http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~assembly/AssemblyRecordsVol3/Assembly-Vol3.html|access-date=November 24, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616111916/http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~assembly/AssemblyRecordsVol3/Assembly-Vol3.html |archive-date=June 16, 2012}}{{cite web|last1=Martin|first1=Walter T.|last2=Johnson|first2=Benton|title=A Brief History of the Sociology Department at the University of Oregon |url=http://pages.uoregon.edu/sociology/A%20Brief%20History%20of%20the%20UO%20Sociology%20Dept.pdf |publisher=University of Oregon Department of Sociology |access-date=February 18, 2018}} This academic calendar has remained ever since then. However, it is now referred to as the Quarter System.

The Zorn-MacPherson Bill in 1932 proposed the University of Oregon and Oregon State College (now "University") merge. The bill lost in a landslide vote of over 6 to 1.{{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 |access-date=September 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060907223233/http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/mss/zorn_macpherson_des.html |archive-date=September 7, 2006 }} The University of Oregon Medical School was founded in 1887 in Portland and merged with Willamette University's program in 1913. However, in 1974 it became an independent institution known as Oregon Health Sciences University.{{cite news |url=https://oregondigital.org/downloads/oregondigital:ht24wj983 |title=UO considers new medical school|last=Sylwester |first=Eva |date=February 5, 2006 |newspaper=Oregon Daily Emerald |access-date=November 24, 2021}}

The Institute of Molecular Biology was established at the university in 1959.{{cite web|title=It's a party: Institute of Molecular Biology celebrates 50 years|url=https://uonews.uoregon.edu/archive/news-release/2009/10/its-party-institute-molecular-biology-celebrates-50-years|website=uonews.uoregon.edu|date=October 13, 2009 |publisher=Media Relations|access-date=May 5, 2017}}

UO served as the filming location for the 1978 cult classic National Lampoon's Animal House.{{cite news |last1=Patterson |first1=John |title=Frat's entertainment: why Animal House is still the king of college comedies |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/19/animal-house-john-belushi-withnail |access-date=July 14, 2022 |work=The Guardian |ref=animal house cult classic}}{{cite news |last1=Reynolds |first1=Christopher |title='Animal House' turns 40. In Oregon, a toga party is planned. Off campus |url=https://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-eugene-animal-house-20180731-story.html |access-date=July 14, 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |ref=Animal House locations}}{{Cite web |last=Stone |first=Jason |date=July 6, 2018 |title=Animal House: Still Funny at Age 40? |url=https://around.uoregon.edu/oq/cell-uo-loid-heroes |website=Around the O}}

The 60s and 70s were somewhat of a golden age for the university. In 1964, the university ranked 25th nationally in National Science Foundation basic research grants, ahead of the University of Rochester, Northwestern University, the University of Colorado and the University of Pittsburgh.{{cite web |title=PROGRAM ACTIVITIES of the NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |url=https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1964/annualreports/ar_1964_sec2.pdf |website=NSF.gov |publisher=National Science Foundation |access-date=December 30, 2022}}

In 1969, the UO was admitted into the Association of American Universities, along with Case Western Reserve University, the University of Maryland, and the University of Southern California.

Graduate enrollment peaked during the 1978-79 academic year at 4,568.{{cite web|title=Historical Enrollment|url=http://ir.uoregon.edu/enrollment|website=ir.uoregon.edu|publisher=Office of Institutional Research|access-date=November 29, 2019}} From 1970 to 1979, 2,614 doctoral degrees were awarded at UO cumulatively.

From 1970 to 1979, 817 UO undergraduate students would go on to earn doctoral degrees at UO or another institution. Despite increases in total undergraduate enrollment since the 60s and 70s, fewer UO undergraduate students would go on to earn doctorates in the 80s, 90s, 2000s and 2010s.{{cite web |title=Survey of Earned Doctorates |url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/builder/sed |website=National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics |access-date=December 30, 2022}}

Prominent UO researchers of this era include Michael Posner, Frank Stahl, George Streisinger and Aaron Novick.{{Cite web |title=Scholars' Bank |url=https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/bitstream/1794/11343/3/UOCAT_1967-68.pdf.txt}}

UO experienced state disinvestment in the 1980s during the tenure of president Paul Olum. Further state disinvestment occurred during the 1990s and during the Great Recession. Many programs have been scaled back or eliminated.

In recent years UO's administration and Board of Trustees have approved hundreds of millions of dollars in construction projects. These facilities include Matthew Knight Arena, the Ford Alumni Center, the EMU renovation (student union building), and dormitories.{{cite web |title=Finance and Facilities Committee |url=https://trustees.uoregon.edu/sites/trustees1.uoregon.edu/files/ffc_-_12.09.2019_-_meeting_packet.pdf |website=Board of Trustees |access-date=January 11, 2023}} This has occurred in tandem with state budget reductions, tuition increases, and increases in out-of-state enrollment.{{cite news |last1=Paulson |first1=Dashiell |title=How the UO became dependent on out-of-state students |url=https://www.dailyemerald.com/news/how-the-uo-became-dependent-on-out-of-state-students/article_078a67e2-485c-5872-aec7-f7f23cf2ad16.html |access-date=January 11, 2023 |publisher=The Daily Emerald |ref=Dependent on out-of-state students}}

In 2016, the university removed the name of Frederic Stanley Dunn, head of the Classics department in the 1920s and 30s, from the dormitory Dunn Hall, because of his leading role in the Ku Klux Klan.{{cite news|last1=Monyak|first1=Suzanne|title=University of Oregon Renames Dormitory Named After Ku Klux Klan Leader |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/09/09/university_of_oregon_renames_dunn_hall_named_for_a_ku_klux_klansman.html|access-date=September 10, 2016|work=Slate|date=September 9, 2016}}{{Cite web |title=Report on the History of Matthew P. Deady and Frederick S. Dunn |url=https://president.uoregon.edu/sites/default/files/deady_dunn_final_report_08-05-16.pdf |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=Office of the President}}

Measure 5 established limits on property taxes in Oregon. This impacted the state budget, and led to budget and programmatic cuts at UO starting the 1990s.{{cite news |last1=Field |first1=Andrew |title=UO BOT member and state representative call for "Yes on Measure 97" during panel |url=https://www.dailyemerald.com/news/academics/uo-bot-member-and-state-representative-call-for-yes-on-measure-97-during-panel/article_a4c188b1-a477-5279-a2f1-c286d48580d4.html |access-date=August 19, 2022 |work=The Daily Emerald |publisher=Emerald Media Group}} The College of Human Performance and Development was closed. Furthermore, many of the school's primary and secondary teacher training programs were eliminated.{{cite journal |title=University of Oregon 1997 Accreditation Report |url=https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/10714 |website=Scholar's Bank |year=1997 |access-date=December 31, 2022}} By 1997, more than 20 other programs were closed or significantly reduced in size.

UO has initiated three capital campaigns in the last 30 years.{{cite web |last1=T. Nietzel |first1=Michael |title=University Of Oregon Finishes Up Record-Setting $3 Billion Capital Campaign |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2021/09/16/university-of-oregon-finishes-up-record-setting-3-billion-capital-campaign/?sh=63ee6f034e02 |website=Forbes |access-date=January 3, 2023}}{{cite web |last1=T. Nietzel |first1=Michael |title=University Of Oregon Announces $425 Million Gift For Children's Behavioral Health |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2022/03/01/university-of-oregon-announces-425-million-gift-for-childrens-behavioral-health/?sh=218048174cb5 |website=Forbes |access-date=January 3, 2023}} The first campaign of this era was launched with a goal of $150 million. It ended up raising a total of $255.3 million between 1992 and 1998.{{cite web |title=University of Oregon |url=http://www.uoregon.edu/newscenter/campaign.html |access-date=March 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040111143820/http://www.uoregon.edu/newscenter/campaign.html |archive-date=January 11, 2004 |url-status=dead}}

With financial support from the state dwindling from 40% to 13% of the university budget,{{cite journal |last=Apalategui |first=Eric |date=Spring 2009 |title=Transformers |journal=Oregon Quarterly |volume=88 |pages=26–33}} 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 state's history at the time.{{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' |access-date=April 5, 2009 |last=Sylwester |first=Eva |date=January 24, 2005 |publisher=Business Wire}} With contributions exceeding $100 million from benefactors such as Phil Knight and Lorry I. Lokey, the campaign goal was exceeded by over $253 million.{{cite web |url= https://katu.com/news/local/gallery/uo-blows-through-fundraising-goal |title=UO blows through fundraising goal |access-date=November 24, 2021 |date=January 30, 2009 |website=katu.com}}

In the fall of 2014, the institution announced that it would attempt to raise $2 billion from donors. In the fall of 2018, the campaign revised its goal to $3 billion.{{cite web |title=$1 billion for students, academics added to UO fundraising goal |url=https://around.uoregon.edu/content/1-billion-students-academics-added-uo-fundraising-goal |website=Around the O |date=September 26, 2018 |access-date=September 28, 2018}} Substantial gifts were donated by Phil Knight and his wife. In October 2016, it was announced Phil Knight and his wife Penny will contribute $500 million to establish the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. At the time it was the largest donation to a public research university.{{cite news|last1=Korn|first1=Melissa|title=Nike Co-Founder Phil Knight Gives $500 Million for University of Oregon Science Center|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/nike-co-founder-phil-knight-gives-500-million-for-university-of-oregon-science-center-1476763261 |access-date=October 22, 2016|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal}} Knight gave an additional $500 million to the Knight Campus in 2021.

In 2022, Steve Ballmer made a large gift of $425 million to fund a new institute for children's behavioral health.{{cite press release |last1=Schill |first1=Michael H. |author1-link=Michael H. Schill |title=The Ballmer Institute for Children's Behavioral Health at the University of Oregon: Office of the President |url=https://president.uoregon.edu/ballmer-institute-childrens-behavioral-health-university-oregon |access-date=March 16, 2022 |work=president.uoregon.edu |date=March 1, 2022}}{{cite news |title=Editorial: Ballmer donation a behavioral health game changer for kids |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2022/03/editorial-ballmer-donation-a-behavioral-health-game-changer-for-kids.html |access-date=March 16, 2022 |work=The Oregonian |date=March 6, 2022 |language=en}}

Despite the recent influx in private gifts given by mega-donors, as of 2020, UO's state subsidy per resident student is one of the lowest in both the Association of American Universities and Pac-12 Conference.{{cite web |title=State Appropriations |url=https://tuition.uoregon.edu/state-appropriations |publisher=University of Oregon |access-date=December 29, 2022}}{{cite web |title=Major Private Gifts to Higher Education |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/major-private-gifts-to-higher-education/ |website=Chronicle.com |publisher=The Chronicle of Higher Education |access-date=August 12, 2022}}

{{See also|Nike and the University of Oregon}}

The school's "O" logo was officially adopted by the university as a whole in 2002. Designed by Nike, it was first adopted by the athletic program in late-1998. The inside of the logo is said to depict Hayward Field, the institution's track and field venue. The outside of the logo is said to represent Autzen Stadium, which is UO's football stadium.

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Phil Knight has financed hundreds of millions of dollars worth of construction projects on UO's campus going back to the late-1980s. Knight contributed to the renovation and expansion of the Main Library, now called the Knight Library, and the construction of the William W. Knight Law Center. Knight did not make a major contribution to academics between 1996 and 2016.{{cite news |last1=Rogoway |first1=Mike |title=Phil and Penny Knight's charitable contributions top $2 billion |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2016/10/phil_and_penny_knights_charita.html |access-date=May 25, 2022 |publisher=The Oregonian}}{{cite news |last1=Brettman |first1=Allan |title=Phil and Penny Knight, thanks to Nike fortune, have given more than $1 billion in philanthropy |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/playbooks-profits/2014/08/phil_and_penny_knight_thanks_t.html |access-date=May 25, 2022 |publisher=The Oregonian}}

Knight is an athletic booster.{{cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Michael |title=Nike's Phil Knight has branded Oregon into national power |url=https://www.si.com/more-sports/2011/01/07/oregon-knight |access-date=June 9, 2022 |publisher=Sports Illustrated}} He has contributed to, and managed, the construction of various athletic department facilities. Knight's involvement in said projects usually does not involve any university oversight, making them controversial.{{cite news |last1=Graves |first1=Bill |title=University of Oregon will ask state to sidestep public process to build massive football project |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/behindducksbeat/2010/06/university_of_oregon_will_ask.html |access-date=May 25, 2022 |publisher=The Oregonian |ref=How Knight builds his projects}} Knight also financed the majority of the Hayward Field renovation project.

Major publications including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal have described the university as the "University of Nike".{{cite news |last1=Bachman |first1=Rachel |title=Where Is the 'University of Nike,' Anyway? |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303914304579190163802485776 |access-date=January 2, 2023 |publisher=The Wall Street Journal}} A book titled The University of Nike, written by Joshua Hunt, describes Nike and Phil Knight's influence on the university.

{{asof|2022|post=,}} 16.5% of UO's gross square footage is purpose-built for the university's sports programs.{{cite web |title=UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FACILITIES FACT SHEET 2022 EDITION |url=https://cpfm.uoregon.edu/sites/cpfm2.uoregon.edu/files/2022_facilities_fact_sheet_final.pdf |website=Campus Planning & Facilities Management |publisher=University of Oregon |access-date=February 2, 2023}}

In 2010, the newly installed UO president, Richard Lariviere, proposed establishing a new governance and funding model for UO. The New Partnership, as it became known, sought to establish an independent board and large endowment to fund the university into the future. Funding had become too low and unpredictable for UO officials, and the new model would provide the university with a consistent stream of funding and the legal freedom to borrow money for large capital projects. Lariviere's proposal called for $800 million in state bonds and "an equal amount" of private gifts. The new funds would provide a large boost to UO's then modest endowment.{{cite news|last1=Jaquiss|first1=Nigel|title=Flunk a Duck|url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18266-flunk_a_duck.html|access-date=January 22, 2015|publisher=Willamette Week}}

In a 2010 interview, UO booster Phil Knight discussed the New Partnership. Knight explained that Lariviere's plan would allow UO greater control and possibly allow it to set its own tuition for in-state students.{{cite news|last1=Brettman|first1=Allan|title=Phil Knight on Oregon Ducks as they play for BCS National Championship: 'We're exactly on plan'|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindducksbeat/2010/12/phil_knight_on_oregon_ducks_as.html|access-date=November 30, 2017|publisher=The Oregonian}}

{{Blockquote

|text=Oh, I talk to [Lariviere] on a regular basis. I spoke with him a couple of days ago. He was mostly talking about -- his view is the next step to upgrade the academic side of the university is to get the Legislature to go along with his plan, which is a little bit complicated, but it's to take a step -- I hate to use the word because it's an oversimplification -- but to take a step toward becoming more of a private university. I think the state provides about 7 percent of the funding now, so basically it is a private university that's hamstrung by public policy ... He's hamstrung in the sense he can't charge more tuition than the Legislature will let him do for in-state kids. So he loses money on every state kid that enrolls in the University of Oregon and he makes money on every kid that comes from out of state. So, increasingly, it's become the University of California at Eugene. That's the result of the current Legislature's policies.

|author= |title= |source=Phil Knight (2010)

}}

On March 31, 2012, a Political Action Committee called Oregonians For Higher Education Excellence was formed by Columbia Sportswear CEO Tim Boyle.{{cite web|last=Brown|first=Kate|title=Oregonians For Higher Education Excellence|url=https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cneSearch.do?cneSearchButtonName=search&cneSearchFilerCommitteeId=15708|publisher=Oregon Secretary of State|access-date=May 23, 2012}} As of May 23, 2012, the organization has raised over $320,000. Notable contributors to the PAC include, Phil Knight, Patrick Kilkenny, and Tim Boyle. According to Boyle, the PAC's stated goal was to help facilitate an increase in autonomy at the University of Oregon.{{cite web|last=Jaquiss|first=Nigel|title=New Political Action Committee Will Focus on Higher Ed|date=May 4, 2012 |url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-28595-new_political_action_committee_will_focus_on_highe.html|publisher=Willamette Week|access-date=May 23, 2012}}

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.{{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}}{{cite news |title=Independent board |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2012/01/university_of_oregon_interim_p.html|access-date=February 18, 2012 |work=The Oregonian|date=January 20, 2012}} In 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 claimed that an independent board would give the university more autonomy and free it from inadequate state funding.{{cite news|title = Help or get out of the way|url = http://special.registerguard.com/web/opinion/25976885-47/lariviere-state-university-oregon-endowment.html.csp|newspaper = The Register Guard|access-date = March 5, 2012|date = March 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514103647/http://special.registerguard.com/web/opinion/25976885-47/lariviere-state-university-oregon-endowment.html.csp|archive-date = May 14, 2012 |url-status = dead}} This change of the board structure that eventually allowed the University of Oregon to leave the Pac12 and move to the Big10 without consideration for other state-funded universities in the state, i.e. Oregon State.

Michael H. Schill became the university's president in the summer of 2015.{{cite web|title=Michael Schill of the University of Chicago to be new UO president|date=April 14, 2015 |url=https://around.uoregon.edu/content/michael-schill-university-chicago-new-uo-president|publisher=AroundtheO|access-date=April 15, 2015}} In June 2015, UO's endowment surpassed the $700 million mark.{{cite web|title=University of Oregon Foundation|url=http://www.uofoundation.org/s/1540/foundation/start.aspx|website=University of Oregon Foundation|access-date=October 16, 2015}} In 2022, Schill became president at Northwestern University.{{Cite web |date=August 11, 2022 |title=President Schill departing to lead Northwestern University |url=https://around.uoregon.edu/content/president-schill-departing-lead-northwestern-university |access-date=February 3, 2023 |website=Around the O |language=en}} Karl Scholz has been president since July 1, 2023.{{Cite web |title=Incoming President - Biography {{!}} Office of the President |url=https://president.uoregon.edu/incoming-president-biography#:~:text=19th%20President,%20University%20of%20Oregon&text=He%20began%20his%20tenure%20on,held%20since%20August%20of%202019. |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=president.uoregon.edu}}

{{Main|Campus of the University of Oregon}}

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The campus is spread over {{convert|295|acre|ha}} and includes eighty buildings. Additionally, the campus is an arboretum consisting of 500 species of trees.{{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}} In total there are over 3,000 trees on campus.{{cite web |title = Campus Maps|url = http://admissions.uoregon.edu/visit/maps|publisher = University of Oregon|access-date = November 29, 2015}} It is adjacent to the West University neighborhood and Pioneer Cemetery. Eugene is near many prominent geographic features such as the Willamette River, the Cascade Mountain Range, and the Pacific Ocean. Also, within a two-hour drive is the Portland metropolitan area.

The campus is occupied by approximately 80 buildings. However, there are several ongoing construction projects, as well as plans to build new facilities.{{cite web|url=http://uplan.uoregon.edu/projects/projects.html|title=Projects |website=CPDC Campus Planning and Real Estate|publisher=University of Oregon|access-date=February 12, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225094418/http://uplan.uoregon.edu/projects/projects.html|archive-date=February 25, 2015}} 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.{{cite web |title=13th Avenue Axis Conceptual Design |url=https://cpfm.uoregon.edu/13th-avenue-axis-conceptual-design |website=University of Oregon}} 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 project's two major principles are buildings should be designed, in part, by the people who will use them with the help of an "architect facilitator", and construction should occur over many small projects as opposed to a few large ones.

Although academic buildings are spread throughout the campus, most are along East 13th Avenue, with heavy pedestrian traffic at the intersection with Kincaid Street.{{cite news | first = Trevor | last = Davis | title = Could Hilyard be safer? | newspaper = Oregon Daily Emerald | date = April 26, 2007 | url = http://www.dailyemerald.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=656e547a-4144-439d-a0c8-cba8ddcbcef7 |access-date=February 25, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080301190600/http://www.dailyemerald.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=656e547a-4144-439d-a0c8-cba8ddcbcef7 |archive-date = March 1, 2008}} Student recreation and union centers are toward the center of the campus, with residence halls on the east side. 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 and the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology in Charleston, Oregon.

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

The campus has been smoke and tobacco free since 2012.

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The oldest section of campus is in the northwest area of the current campus. The university's first building, University Hall, opened on October 16, 1876, when the university had an enrollment of 177 students. It was known as "the building" before being named after Judge Matthew Deady in 1893. In June 2020, Deady's name was removed from the building in and it was temporarily renamed University Hall.{{Cite news |last=Hubbard |first=Saul |date=June 24, 2020 |title=UO board votes unanimously to seek new name for Deady Hall |work=Around the O |url=https://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-board-votes-unanimously-seek-new-name-deady-hall |access-date=October 3, 2023}} 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 University and Villard Halls were designated National Historic Landmarks in 1977.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1260&ResourceType=Building|title=National Historic Landmarks Program/ Deady & Villard Halls|access-date=November 27, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430235109/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1260&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=April 30, 2008}}

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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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.{{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 | access-date = February 25, 2008 | archive-date = February 15, 2005 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050215110823/http://libweb.uoregon.edu/guides/architecture/oregon/xpioneer.html | url-status = dead }} 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 they can "see" one another through the large windows of the hall's main floor.

Lawrence Hall is 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.{{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 | access-date = February 25, 2008 | archive-date = June 16, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120616062228/https://libweb.uoregon.edu/guides/architecture/oregon/lawrence.html | url-status = dead }} Allen Hall, opened in 1954, is adjacent to Lawrence Hall and houses the School of Journalism and Communication.{{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 |access-date=February 25, 2008}}

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

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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 Willamette Hall, home of the physics department; Cascade Hall, home of the geology department; Deschutes Hall, home of the Computer and Information Science Department; and Streisinger Hall to the complex were completed in 1989.{{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 | access-date =February 25, 2008}}

Within the Lokey Science Complex are two facilities focused on integrative science.[http://isci.uoregon.edu UO Integrative Science] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002142951/http://isci.uoregon.edu/ |date=October 2, 2010 }} 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 in 2008, for his $25 million donation toward the project.{{cite news

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The Allan Price Science Commons and Research Library is also within the Lokey Science Complex. It underwent a major renovation and expansion with the new building reopening in 2016.{{cite web|title=Boost in science majors leads to latest new academic facility at UO|date=June 6, 2014 |url=http://uonews.uoregon.edu/archive/news-release/2014/6/boost-science-majors-leads-latest-new-academic-facility-uo|publisher=University of Oregon|access-date=June 8, 2014}}

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The northeast corner of campus is home to the Ford Alumni Center and Matthew Knight Arena. Most of the rest of the eastern part of campus is dedicated to residence halls. Carson Hall, 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.{{cite web |url=http://housing.uoregon.edu/construction/ |title=Living-Learning Center: LLC 2006 |publisher=Housing.uoregon.edu |date=January 1, 1999 |access-date=September 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003100011/http://housing.uoregon.edu/construction/ |archive-date=October 3, 2011 }} 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.{{cite web|title=East Campus Residence Hall|url=http://housing.uoregon.edu/reshalls/globalscholars.php|access-date=December 15, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227101252/http://housing.uoregon.edu/reshalls/globalscholars.php|archive-date=December 27, 2012}}

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.{{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 |access-date=September 3, 2011}}

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 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.

The Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact is a billion dollar applied science campus. The campus is on the north side of Franklin Boulevard.{{cite web|title=Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact|url=https://accelerate.uoregon.edu/|website=accelerate.uoregon.edu|publisher=University of Oregon|access-date=May 3, 2017}}

Phil and Penny Knight contributed two $500 million gifts to the campus.{{cite news |title=Knight Gives Another $500 Million to University of Oregon |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-06/phil-knight-gives-another-500-million-to-university-of-oregon |website=Bloomberg |date=July 6, 2021 |access-date=August 23, 2022}} The rest of the funding is expected to come from state bonds and private support.{{cite web|title=Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact FAQs|url=https://accelerate.uoregon.edu/knight-campus-faqs|website=accelerate.uoregon.edu|publisher=University of Oregon|access-date=May 3, 2017|archive-date=August 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817044441/https://accelerate.uoregon.edu/knight-campus-faqs|url-status=dead}}

It is hoped that Knight Campus will help grow Oregon's biotechnology sector and generate economic growth for the state.{{cite news |last1=Svrluga |first1=Susan |title=With the largest gift ever to a public university, the University of Oregon has big plans |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/10/18/with-the-largest-gift-ever-to-a-public-university-the-university-of-oregon-has-big-plans/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}} However, professors at other institutions caution that nothing is guaranteed, and that creating a new economic hub from scratch is a tricky process.{{cite web |last1=Daley |first1=Jim |title=University of Oregon Erecting a $1-Billion Science Center |url=https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/university-of-oregon-erecting-a-1-billion-science-center-29944 |website=The Scientist |access-date=August 23, 2022}}

The controversialPittman, Alan (January 14, 2010). [http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2010/01/14/coverstory.html "Park or parking lot?"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117093520/http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2010/01/14/coverstory.html |date=January 17, 2010 }} Eugene Weekly. Riverfront Research Park is a small facility maintained by the university. It 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. 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{{Cite web|title = Minutes of the UO Senate January 13, 2010 |url =http://pages.uoregon.edu/uosenate/dirsen090/13Jan10Minutes.html|website = pages.uoregon.edu |access-date =February 14, 2016}}{{Cite web |title=US09/10-11 Riverfront Research Park Resolution |url=http://pages.uoregon.edu/uosenate/dirsen090/US090-11.html |website=pages.uoregon.edu |access-date=February 14, 2016}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.connectingeugene.org |title=Connecting Eugene |publisher=Connecting Eugene |access-date=September 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807184300/http://www.connectingeugene.org/ |archive-date=August 7, 2011 }}

In 2022, UO purchased the campus of the now-closed Concordia University in Portland and converted it to the main campus of UO Portland.{{cite web |title=Planning for new UO Portland campus moves into high gear |url=https://around.uoregon.edu/content/planning-new-uo-portland-campus-moves-high-gear |website=AroundtheO |date=June 28, 2022 |access-date=June 28, 2022}} The university leases space in Old Town Portland in the White Stag Block as UO Portland Downtown, which was the main Portland campus until the Concordia campus purchase.{{cite web |author=University of Oregon |url=http://pdx.uoregon.edu/ |title=UO Portland |publisher=Pdx.uoregon.edu |access-date=September 3, 2011}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://archenvironment.uoregon.edu/rankings|title=Rankings|date=January 10, 2019|website=School of Architecture & Environment|language=en|access-date=February 21, 2020}}

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

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.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. The Lillis Business Complex was the catalyst for the policy. The building, completed in 2003{{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 |access-date=September 3, 2011 |archive-date=February 12, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060212124349/http://lcb.uoregon.edu/news/news.php?issue=050105&story=leed |url-status=dead }} has earned a LEED Silver rating, the highest rating of any college business building in the United States. {{as of|2016}}, there were 15 different buildings on campus that have been awarded LEED Silver or above ratings.{{Cite news|url=https://cpfm.uoregon.edu/leed-projects|title=LEED Projects|date=November 17, 2016|work=Campus Planning & Facilities Management|access-date=July 25, 2018|language=en}}

The university is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities,{{Cite web|url = http://www.nwccu.org/Directory%20of%20Inst/Alpha%20Cluster/s_u.html|date = 2015|title = Directory of Institutions S — U|access-date = November 29, 2015|website = Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160105130833/http://www.nwccu.org/Directory%20of%20Inst/Alpha%20Cluster/s_u.html|archive-date = January 5, 2016|df = mdy-all}} which is recognized by the United States Department of Education.

The university's internal governance 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 this predominantly faculty body operates in the best interests of the entire university community.{{Cite web |title=Governance {{!}} University of Oregon Senate |url=http://senate.uoregon.edu/content/governance |website=senate.uoregon.edu |access-date=February 14, 2016}}

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.{{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}}

Former provost Scott Coltrane served as interim president, from August 6, 2014, through June 30, 2015, following the resignation of Michael Gottfredson.{{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|access-date=August 8, 2014|agency=Oregon Live|date=August 7, 2014}} This resignation occurred with less than 24 hours notice amidst a number of controversies, including allegations of mishandling of sexual violence,{{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|access-date=August 8, 2014|agency=Huffington Post|date=May 9, 2014}} a decline of $100 million in university donations,{{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|access-date=August 8, 2014|agency=The Register-Guard|date=August 7, 2014|archive-date=December 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207212139/http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/31976362-75/uo-president-quits-effective-thursday.html.csp|url-status=dead}} and the alienation of faculty members around unionization and academic freedom.{{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|access-date=August 8, 2014|agency=Inside Higher Ed |date=September 12, 2013}} Including one interim president, Gottfredson was the university's fourth president in six years, a situation that led Chronicle of Higher Education to label the position a "revolving door".{{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 |access-date=August 8, 2014}}

Michael H. Schill was president from 2015 to 2022. John Karl Scholz entered office as the 19th president in 2023.{{Cite news |last=Edge |first=Sami |date=March 13, 2023 |title=University of Oregon announces new president |work=The Oregonian/OregonLive |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2023/03/university-of-oregon-announces-new-president.html |access-date=March 13, 2023}}{{Cite news |last=Powell |first=Meerah |date=March 13, 2023 |title=University of Oregon announces John Karl Scholz as its next president |work=OPB |url=https://www.opb.org/article/2023/03/13/university-of-oregon-names-john-karl-scholz-president/ |access-date=March 13, 2023}}

UO's FY14 operating revenue total $905 million.{{cite web|title=2014–15 Budget Report Summary|url=http://www.ous.edu/sites/ous.edu/files/2014-15_brs_final.pdf|website=ous.edu|publisher=Oregon University System|access-date=August 13, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129042926/http://www.ous.edu/sites/ous.edu/files/2014-15_brs_final.pdf|archive-date=November 29, 2014}} {{as of|2013|January}}, the estimated economic impact of the University of Oregon is $2.6 billion annually.{{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|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218062106/http://gcr.uoregon.edu/sites/gcr2.wc-sites.uoregon.edu/files/uploads/2011-12%20economic%20impact%20report%20final%20-%20des%20designed.pdf|archive-date=December 18, 2014}} Despite a large increase in undergraduate enrollment, state appropriations are 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 last in state funding and receives approximately $47.8 million from the state.{{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=colorado.edu|access-date=November 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215042429/http://www.colorado.edu/pba/peer/1314/apptable.htm|archive-date=December 15, 2014|url-status=dead}}

Campus security is enforced by the University of Oregon Police Department.{{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/|access-date=January 14, 2015|publisher=Emerald Media Group|date=June 24, 2013}}

The University of Oregon 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.{{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|access-date=March 6, 2015|agency=Oregonian|date=February 26, 2015}}

In 2018 there were 8 rapes reported on campus. In 2018 there were 364 drug abuse violations and 894 liquor law violations on campus.{{cite web |title=Campus Safety and Security |url=https://ope.ed.gov/campussafety/#/institution/details |website=Office of Postsecondary Education |publisher=U.S. Department of Education |access-date=December 30, 2022}}

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| USNWR_W = 253

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As of 2024, UO offered 420 degree programs. The UO student body is composed of students from all 50 of the United States, the District of Columbia, four U.S. territories, and 91 countries around the world. As of Fall 2023, Pre-Business Administration was the most popular undergraduate major at UO (9.8% of all majors), followed by Psychology (9.3%), Pre-Business Administration (8.4%), Human Physiology (5.2%), Economics (4.8%) and Political Science (3.5%).

The University of Oregon is organized into nine colleges and schools. UO's College of Arts and Sciences covers a large array of departments in the arts and sciences. The School of Global Studies and Languages is embedded within CAS.{{cite web |title=School of Global Studies and Languages |url=https://global.uoregon.edu/ |access-date=July 25, 2022}} 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. The School of Accounting was established in 2017 to oversee the accounting program.{{cite web|title=Announcing the School of Accounting|url=https://business.uoregon.edu/news/announcing-school-accounting|website=business.uoregon.edu|date=May 2, 2017 |publisher=Lundquist College of Business|access-date=May 3, 2017}}

The College of Design was founded by Ellis F. Lawrence in 1914.{{cite web |url=http://aaa.uoregon.edu/info/ |title=About the University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts |publisher=Aaa.uoregon.edu |access-date=March 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403113445/http://aaa.uoregon.edu/info/ |archive-date=April 3, 2012 }} The college offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in design and policy related fields. The college was known as the School of Allied Arts and Architecture and was renamed in 2017.{{cite web|title=The new UO College of Design|url=https://aaa.uoregon.edu/college-of-design|website=aaa.uoregon.edu|access-date=May 1, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630212548/http://aaa.uoregon.edu/college-of-design|archive-date=June 30, 2017}} The college is divided into three schools: School of Architecture & Environment, School of Art + Design, and the School of Planning, Public Policy and Management.

The College of Education was established in 1910 as the School of Education. The Robert D. Clark Honors College is a small honors college intended to complement the majors in place at the university by joining select students and faculty for a low student-to-teacher ratio (25:1 maximum).[http://honors.uoregon.edu/ourcollege/overview/ Overview: Our College: Clark Honors College] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061015000124/http://honors.uoregon.edu/ourcollege/overview/ |date=October 15, 2006}} The School of Journalism and Communication is one of the oldest journalism schools in the United States; it began as a department in 1912 and became a professional school in 1916. The SOJC is located in Allen Hall on the University of Oregon's Eugene campus.{{cite web| url=http://journalism.uoregon.edu/about/ |title= UO School of Journalism ~ About the SOJC}} The School of Law was formed in 1884 in Portland and moved to Eugene in early 1915.{{cite web|url=http://uoregon.edu/our-history|title=The UO and Oregon—Together Forever}} The School of Music and Dance was initially just the Department of Music in 1886, and developed into the School of Music in 1900.

The University of Oregon Medical School was founded in 1887 in Portland and merged with Willamette University's program in 1913. However, in 1974 it became an independent institution. It is now known as Oregon Health & Science University.

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The University of Oregon's undergraduate admissions process is "selective" according to U.S. News & World Report.{{cite magazine|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/university-of-oregon-3223 |title=University of Oregon|magazine=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=January 11, 2015}} For students entering Fall 2019, 22,329 freshmen were accepted out of 27,358 applicants, an 81.6% acceptance rate, and 4,525 enrolled for a yield of 20.3%.

Among freshman students who enrolled in fall 2019, SAT scores for the middle 50% ranged from 560 to 660 for evidence based reading and writing, and 540–650 for math. ACT composite scores for the middle 50% ranged from 22 to 28. The average high school GPA for incoming freshmen was 3.65. Of the 10% of entering freshmen who submitted high school class rank, 26% were in the top tenth of their graduating class, 57% in the top quarter, and 86% in the top half.

As of May 2022, at least 19 UO faculty (living or deceased) have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.{{cite web |title=Keyword Search Results |url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/search.jsp?folderID=362872209&typeID=934380820&includeSubfolders=true&query=%22University+of+Oregon%22&submit=Submit+Query |website=National Academy of Sciences |access-date=May 18, 2022}}{{cite web |title=Member Profile Search |url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/member-search-results.html?primary_institution_new=university-of-oregon |website=National Academy of Sciences |access-date=May 18, 2022}}

As of the fall of 2023, the university has 2,097 faculty members. Among this group there are 782 tenure and tenure-track (ladder) faculty members.{{cite web |title=Office of Institutional Research |url=http://ir.uoregon.edu/ |access-date=April 3, 2024 |website=ir.uoregon.edu |publisher=University of Oregon}} Among US doctoral universities UO is ranked 80th when it come to full professor salaries. However, when other compensation measures are factored in, UO ranks 58th.

The university is a member of the Association of American Universities. It is also classified as a "Very High Research Activity" university, according to the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. UO has comparatively small research spending totals for an AAU level university.{{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|access-date=June 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630122249/http://www.newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/policydocs/NewAAU-20140602.pdf|archive-date=June 30, 2014|url-status=dead}} According to the National Science Foundation, Oregon spent $111 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 151st in the nation.{{cite web |title=Table 20. Higher education R&D expenditures, ranked by FY 2018 R&D expenditures: FYs 2009–18 |url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2018/html/herd18-dt-tab020.html |website=ncsesdata.nsf.gov |publisher=National Science Foundation |access-date=July 26, 2020}}{{cite web|title=FACT SHEET FY2016|url=http://research1.uoregon.edu/sites/default/files/FY16%20Fact%20Sheet%2011-30-16.3pdf.pdf|website=research1.uoregon.edu|publisher=Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation|access-date=May 5, 2017}}

The university has 13 research centers and institutes.{{cite web |title=Centers and Institutes |url=https://research.uoregon.edu/facilities/centers-institutes/ovpri-centers-institutes |access-date=May 5, 2017 |website=research.uoregon.edu |publisher=Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation}} The university also maintains nine "research core facilities".{{cite web|title=Research Core Facilities|url=http://rcf.uoregon.edu/|website=rcf.uoregon.edu|publisher=Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation|access-date=May 5, 2017}}

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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.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"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718170404/http://jcomm.uoregon.edu/articles/new-cinema-studies-major-at-uo-addresses-student-and-industry-demand/view |date=July 18, 2011 }}. University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication. Other branch locations are:

• The Design Library in Lawrence 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.{{cite web|url=http://libweb.uoregon.edu/general/about/libcol.html |title=UO Libraries and Collections |publisher=Libweb.uoregon.edu |date=May 26, 2009 |access-date=March 12, 2012}}
• The Mathematics Library in Fenton Hall
• The Portland Library & Learning Commons in the White Stag Block in Portland, Oregon
• The Science Library in the Price Science Commons

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 Special Collections & University Archives house a collection of Gardner Fox's literary manuscripts, comic books, and other materials, including over 200 letters from fans.{{Cite web|url=http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv29623/op=fstyle.aspx?t=k&q=gardner+fox|title=Gardner Fox literary manuscripts, comic books and other material, 1936-1978|publisher=Archives West|location=University of Oregon Special Collections & University Archives|access-date=October 19, 2015}} It is also the home to a rare collection of thousands of Japanese senjafuda (votive slips), part of the Gertrude Bass Warner Collection.{{cite web |title=Gertrude Bass Warner Collection of Japanese Votive Slips (nōsatsu), 1850s to 1930s |url=https://oregondigital.org/sets/gb-warner-nosatsu|website=Oregon Digital|publisher=University of Oregon|access-date=May 3, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170705094325/https://oregondigital.org/sets/gb-warner-nosatsu |archive-date= July 5, 2017 }}

UO is home to various special events. One of the most popular and well-known events held on campus is the Oregon Bach Festival. The festival is a donor-sponsored 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 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.{{cite web |url=http://old.thedailystar.com/news/stories/2001/02/22/grammy.html |title= 2001 Grammy winners |agency=Associated Press |publisher=The Daily Star |date=February 22, 2001 |access-date=September 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712091137/http://old.thedailystar.com/news/stories/2001/02/22/grammy.html |archive-date=July 12, 2012 }}

There are more than 250 student groups at the University of Oregon, most of which are headquartered in the Erb Memorial Union.{{cite web|url=http://uoregon.edu/campus-and-community |title=Campus and Community |publisher=University of Oregon |access-date=March 12, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716200134/http://www.uoregon.edu/campus-and-community |archive-date= July 16, 2012 }}

The University of Oregon is home to three student-run a cappella groups: Divisi, a treble ensemble; On the Rocks, a TTBB ensemble; and Mind the Gap, a mixed ensemble.{{Cite web|work=The A Cappella Archive |title=Rankings & Records|url=https://sites.google.com/view/the-a-cappella-archive/varsity-vocals/rankings-records|access-date=October 7, 2020|publisher=Google Sites |language=en-US}}

{{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.{{cite web |url=http://emu.uoregon.edu/index_html.php |title=EMU: Student Media |publisher=Emu.uoregon.edu |access-date=March 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312141011/http://www.emu.uoregon.edu/index_html.php |archive-date=March 12, 2012 }}

The university is also home of two radio stations: KWAX (classical music) and KWVA (campus radio).

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There are two major governing bodies at the University of Oregon. The largest is the Associated Students of 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.[http://asuo.uoregon.edu/about.php ASUO About Page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130050130/http://asuo.uoregon.edu/about.php |date=January 30, 2009 }}, Associated Students of the University of Oregon website, University of Oregon.

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.{{cite news |last1=Garcia |first1=Craig |title=ASUO submits its 2014–15 budget to the UO Administration |publisher=Emerald Media Group |url=http://dailyemerald.com/2014/03/08/asuo-submits-its-2014-15-budget-to-the-uo-administration/ |access-date=January 12, 2015}}

The second-largest governing body is the [https://blogs.uoregon.edu/residencehallassociation/ Residence Hall Association (RHA)], who advocate for all students living on-campus. Its purpose is to relay ideas and feedback as a way of communication with University Housing. RHA advocates for residence hall students; stimulates an environment of growth, learning, and development for all students in the residence halls through programming; submits recommendations and ideas regarding policy to University Housing.

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.{{cite web |url=http://gtff3544.net/about/history-of-gtff |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025023440/http://gtff3544.net/about/history-of-gtff/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |title=History of GTFF |publisher=Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation AFT Local 3544 |date=2014 |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}

In 2014, the GTFF went on strike for the first time.{{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 |access-date=December 30, 2014}}{{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 |access-date=December 30, 2014}} 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.{{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 |access-date=December 30, 2014}} The strike lasted a week and overlapped with the university's administration of final examinations.{{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 |access-date=December 30, 2014}}{{Cite web|last=Fontana|first=Francesca|title=Will your GTF strike on finals week? Here's what you need to know|url=https://www.dailyemerald.com/news/administration/will-your-gtf-strike-on-finals-week-here-s-what-you-need-to-know/article_e2ee728c-45a0-5a4c-8622-6732adbb0419.html|access-date=January 15, 2021|website=Daily Emerald|language=en}} Although the union members accused the university administration of strike breaking activities,{{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 |access-date=December 30, 2014 |archive-date=December 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223200302/http://www.uauoregon.org/2014/11/confusion-as-a-strike-breaking-tactic/ |url-status=dead }} intimidation of international students,{{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 |access-date=December 30, 2014}} and unlawful demands, a compromise was reached and the strike ended.{{cite web |url=http://provost.uoregon.edu/gtff-negotiation |title=GTFF Negotiation Updates |publisher=University of Oregon |date=2014 |access-date=December 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141120073628/http://provost.uoregon.edu/gtff-negotiation |archive-date=November 20, 2014 |url-status=dead }}

File:Global Scholars Hall.jpg 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 underwent a major renovation and expansion project from 2013 to 2016. The wing, built in 1973 was demolished in 2014 to make way for a new wing. Opened in the fall of 2016, the new facility includes improved dining options, faculty and group offices, and meeting spaces.{{cite web|url=https://emu.uoregon.edu/renovation/overview|title=EMU Renovation Overview|website=emu.uoregon.edu/|access-date=June 1, 2017}}

South of the Erb Memorial Union across a small quad is the Student Recreational Center (SRC).{{cite web|title=SRC Expansion|url=http://uorec.uoregon.edu/facilities/expansion/|website=uorec.uoregon.edu|access-date=January 6, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106085808/http://uorec.uoregon.edu/facilities/expansion/|archive-date=January 6, 2015}} The Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center, named in honor of Lyllye-Reynolds Parker, opened in 2019.{{Cite news|last=Brown|first=Jordyn|date=October 12, 2019|title=Black Cultural Center opening brings to life years-long inclusion efforts on campus|work=Register-Guard|url=https://www.registerguard.com/news/20191012/black-cultural-center-opening-brings-to-life-years-long-inclusion-efforts-on-campus|access-date=May 2, 2021|archive-date=October 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013031747/https://www.registerguard.com/news/20191012/black-cultural-center-opening-brings-to-life-years-long-inclusion-efforts-on-campus|url-status=dead}}

There are several other residence halls.{{cite web|url=http://housing.uoregon.edu/ |title=University of Oregon Housing |publisher=Housing.uoregon.edu |access-date=March 12, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://pages.uoregon.edu/csoutar/ECRH/Documents.htm |title=ECRH Documents, Catherine Soutar, UO CPRE |publisher=University of Oregon|access-date=March 12, 2012}} Kalapuya Ilihi opened next to Global Scholars Hall, and hosts 531 students, as well as includes an open-space for students and faculty on the ground floor. Unthank Hall completed construction in 2019 and opened to student use in 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://housing.uoregon.edu/new-residence-hall|title=New Residence Hall {{!}} University Housing|website=housing.uoregon.edu|language=en|access-date=June 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610121825/http://housing.uoregon.edu/new-residence-hall|archive-date=June 10, 2017|url-status=dead}}

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The University of Oregon is a member of the Big Ten Conference and the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision of the NCAA.{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2023 |title=University of Oregon to join Big Ten Conference in 2024 {{!}} Around the O |url=https://around.uoregon.edu/content/university-oregon-join-big-ten-conference-2024 |access-date=August 6, 2023 |website=around.uoregon.edu |language=en}} The athletic programs have garnered 28 NCAA team championships,[https://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/champs_listing1.html Schools with the Most NCAA Championships] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317073838/http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/champs_listing1.html |date=March 17, 2008}} as well as 60 NCAA individual champions in various track and field events.{{cite web |url=http://sportshistory.uoregon.edu/details/show/6 |title=Leadership and Legacy – Athletics and the University of Oregon | Topics |publisher=Sportshistory.uoregon.edu |access-date=September 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002052612/http://sportshistory.uoregon.edu/details/show/6 |archive-date=October 2, 2011 }} The strength of the track program, as well as its connection to Nike, has made Eugene known as "Track Town, USA".{{cite web|url = http://www.goducks.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPID=243&SPSID=4584|title = Track town, USA|publisher = GoDucks.com|date = 2015|access-date = November 29, 2015}} The two primary rivals of the Oregon Ducks football team are the Washington Huskies and the Oregon State Beavers, though they also have a strong rivalry with the Washington State Cougars. The football rivalry with Oregon State University 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.{{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 |access-date=September 3, 2011 |archive-date=October 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022182957/http://www.osualum.com/s/359/index.aspx?sid=359&gid=1&pgid=454 |url-status=dead }}

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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.

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, the latter of whom was also a coach until he was banned for life. 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.

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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.{{cite web |url=http://sportshistory.uoregon.edu/timeline |title=Leadership and Legacy – Athletics and the University of Oregon | Timeline |publisher=Sportshistory.uoregon.edu |access-date=September 3, 2011}}

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.{{Cite news|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindducksbeat/2007/07/oregon_to_reinstate_baseball_p.html|title=Oregon to reinstate baseball, drop wrestling|newspaper=OregonLive.com|access-date=October 27, 2016}}

{{See also|Oregon Ducks#Relationship with Nike}}

The Athletic Department (AD) and university (UO) have a long and complex relationship with Nike Inc.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}, as the corporation was founded by two UO alumni. Nike founder Phil Knight is also one of the largest benefactors in the history of UO{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}. In recent years he has invested heavily in developing and maintaining the athletic apparatus. The University emphasized that this would not mean an end to the annual Oregon–Oregon State football rivalry game.{{cite web|last1=Rishe|first1=Patrick|title=Thank You, Phil Knight: Oregon's New $68 Million Recruiting Tool|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/prishe/2013/08/03/thank-you-phil-knight-oregons-new-68-million-recruiting-tool/|work=Forbes|access-date=May 29, 2015}}

{{Main|The Oregon Duck}}

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 an agreement between then-Athletic Director Leo Harris and Walt Disney in 1947.{{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|access-date=September 3, 2011}} The mascot was challenged in 1966, when Disney died and the company realized there was no formal contract written for the use of Donald's image. A contract was written up in 1973. Potential heirs "Mallard Drake" and "Mandrake" challenged Donald's position in 1978 and 2003 respectively,{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyemerald.com/2002/11/15/one-duckor-two-part-1/|title=One duck...or two?|last=Schmidt|first=Brad|date=November 15, 2002|access-date=June 1, 2017|work=Oregon Daily Emerald}} but both were unpopular and discontinued.

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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.{{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|access-date=November 9, 2009|work=Oregon Daily Emerald|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618023517/http://www.dailyemerald.com/2.2358/mighty-oregon-sings-of-the-past-1.201089|archive-date=June 18, 2010}}

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. The Omega house belongs to the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and still stands. The sorority house where Bluto climbs the ladder to peek in on the female students was actually the exterior of the Sigma Nu fraternity.[http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/archives/ "University archives"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911212130/http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/archives/ |date=September 11, 2007 }}. UO Libraries. Other buildings 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.acmewebpages.com/animal/locales.htm |title=ACME Animal House Film Locations |access-date=August 7, 2007 |archive-date=May 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100508040245/http://www.acmewebpages.com/animal/locales.htm |url-status=dead }}

Other films shot at the university include

• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU9l-3LbY3k Ed's Co-Ed] (1929)
• Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
• Five Easy Pieces (1970)
• Drive, He Said (1970)
• How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1980)
• Personal Best (1982)
• Stand By Me (1986) (shot primarily in nearby Brownsville)
• Without Limits (1998)
• Zerophilia (2005)

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

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File:Hilda-C-Heine.jpg|Hilda Heine, President of the Marshall Islands

File:Marcus Mariota 2019 Profile.jpg|Marcus Mariota, current NFL Player

Alumni include at least two Nobel Laureates, five members of the National National Academy of Sciences, 16 Pulitzer Prize winners, who have won a combined 20 awards, 19 Rhodes Scholars and 5 Marshall Scholars.{{cite web|title=Top Scholars|url=http://admissions.uoregon.edu/topscholars|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060908070737/http://admissions.uoregon.edu/topscholars/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 8, 2006|access-date=February 18, 2012}}{{cite web|title=About the School of Journalism & Communication|url=http://journalism.uoregon.edu/about/|publisher=University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication}}

There are more than 195,000 University of Oregon alumni around the world. The Ford Alumni Center, adjacent to Matthew Knight Arena, houses an interactive exhibit.{{cite web|title=Ford Alumni Center|url=http://fordalumnicenter.org/|website=fordalumnicenter.org|publisher=University of Oregon Alumni Association|access-date=December 5, 2014}} The UO Alumni Association is also based out of this facility.{{cite web|title=Welcome to uoalumni.com|url=http://uoalumni.com/|publisher=University of Oregon Alumni Association |access-date=December 5, 2014}}

Prominent alumni include: academic leaders Lee Bollinger (president of Columbia University and former president of the University of Michigan), Gene Block (chancellor of UCLA), and Asher Cohen (president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem), TV host Ann Curry, author and counter-culture figure Ken Kesey (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), businessman Phil Knight (founded Nike, Inc. in Eugene), NFL quarterbacks Marcus Mariota (2014 Heisman Trophy winner) and Justin Herbert (2019 William V. Campbell Trophy recipient and 2020 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year), screenwriter Stephen J. Cannell, author Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club), cognitive scientist and author Douglas Hofstadter (Gödel, Escher, Bach), biochemist Pamela Bjorkman, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, American sportscaster and former professional football player Ahmad Rashad, professional basketball players Luke Ridnour, Luke Jackson and Sabrina Ionescu, former American football quarterback and current sportscaster Dan Fouts, actress Kaitlin Olson, Circuit Court Judge Hollie Pihl, A cappella vocalist and YouTuber Peter Hollens, trumpeter and musician Tony Glausi, Hilda Heine (president of the Marshall Islands), and Coach Mark Few (coach of Men's Basketball Gonzaga Bulldogs.)

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Current University of Oregon faculty and researchers include 1 Nobel Prize laureate, and 11 members of the National Academy of Sciences{{cite web |title=UO Snapshot |url=https://ir.uoregon.edu/UO%20Snapshot |website=Office of Institutional Research |access-date=May 18, 2022}} Furthermore, two Oregon based researchers have been awarded the President's National Medal of Science.{{cite web |title=The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Search |url=https://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/recipients.jsp |website=National Science Foundation |access-date=September 11, 2018}}

Notable current and former faculty and staff includes: renowned Canadian architect Arthur Erikson, biochemist and biophysicist Brian Matthews (also known for Matthews correlation coefficient), neuroscientist Michael Posner, behavioral psychologist and risk researcher Paul Slovic, molecular biologist and geneticist Franklin Stahl (noted for Meselson–Stahl experiment) which he performed at Caltech, molecular biologist George Streisinger (pioneered the use of Zebrafish in biological research), and 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics winner Knight Research Professor David Wineland, formerly of NIST and the University of Colorado Boulder.

Notable former athletic department staff includes: track coach Bill Bowerman (known for co-founding Nike, Inc.) and football coach Chip Kelly (also known for coaching Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers).

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