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Average cost of college went up for students in Lane County in 2022-23 school year

College tuition fees rose 3.6% in Lane County in the 2022-23 school year, according to the latest disclosure from the National Center for Education Statistics.

By Lane County News | Sep 26, 2024

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85.6% of college applicants to Lane County's 5 universities were admitted for fall 2022

Lane County's five universities admitted an estimated 85.6% of applicants for fall 2022, a decrease from the previous year.

By Lane County News | Sep 19, 2024

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Student body in Lane County universities comprised mostly of white students in 2022-23 school year

By Lane County News | Aug 8, 2024

Enrollment data for the five universities in Lane County revealed white was the most common ethnicity among students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the latest disclosure from the National Center for Education Statistics.

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University of Oregon listed among least affordable Oregon institutions for in-state students in 2023

By Beaver State News | 7 months ago

College costs for in-state students at the University of Oregon, in Eugene, were $15,669 in 2023, according to the latest disclosure from the National Center for Education Statistics.

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LCC welcomes Marlene Rocha as Associate Vice President of Finance & Accounting

By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023

Lane Community College is thrilled to welcome Marlene Rocha as the Associate Vice President of Finance & Accounting.

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First Cohort of Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing graduate during Winter Commencement at Bushnell University

By Press release submission | Dec 30, 2022

Bushnell University’s Board of Trustees will confer 50 baccalaureate degrees and 42 master’s degrees during its Winter Commencement on Friday December 16, 2022, at 6 pm in the Morse Center located at the corner of Alder Street and East 11th Avenue.

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Lonnie Graham’s "A Conversation with the World"

By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022

Lonnie Graham is a photographer, installation artist, and cultural activist investigating methods by which the arts may be used to achieve tangible meaning in people’s lives. Based in Philadelphia, he is a Professor of Visual Art at Pennsylvania State University and has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pew Charitable Trust, and the Pennsylvania Council for the Arts.

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Urban Farm program expansion open house set

By Press release submission | Oct 24, 2022

The campus community and local residents are invited to an open house to learn more about the planned expansion of Urban Farm programming.

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UO neuroscientists find more naturalistic ways to study vision

By Press release submission | Oct 17, 2022

For years, neuroscience experiments have depended on carefully controlled conditions. Mice run in place on tiny treadmills, rather than freely scurrying. Or they’re meticulously trained to do easy-to-measure tasks that don’t mimic their behaviors in the wild. Even in human experiments, people sit still inside an fMRI machine and look at images on a screen.

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UO Board of Trustees authorizes presidential search committee

By Press release submission | Sep 26, 2022

The University of Oregon Board of Trustees voted unanimously at its meeting Friday to formalize and officially launch the search for the university’s successor to former President Michael Schill, authorizing the formation of a 22-member presidential search committee that will guide the effort.

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7 faculty members receive 2022 Distinguished Teaching Awards

By Press release submission | Sep 19, 2022

Seven faculty members have been recognized for their exceptional teaching with the 2022 Distinguished Teaching Awards.

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New code required for LTD bus pass app starting fall term

By Press release submission | Sep 13, 2022

Faculty members, staff and students are required to redeem a new code for their bus pass in the Umo app for the 2022-23 academic year to ride the Lane Transit District bus at no cost.

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UO programs bolstered by $16M in Build Back Better funds

By Press release submission | Sep 5, 2022

Researchers at the University of Oregon will receive more than $16 million in federal funds as part of a major government grant to the Oregon Mass Timber Coalition from the Build Back Better Regional Challenge.

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UO earns $1M to design next generation network monitors

By Press release submission | Aug 26, 2022

UO computer scientists have been awarded more than $1 million from the National Science Foundation to design better methods to monitor computer networks.

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Patrick Phillips to lead the UO during search for new president

By Press release submission | Aug 23, 2022

The Board of Trustees of the University of Oregon voted unanimously to appoint Patrick Phillips as interim president of the university during a special board meeting held Tuesday, Aug. 16.

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Northwest Indian Language Institute Celebrates 25 Years

By Press release submission | Aug 19, 2022

Northwest Indian Language Institute marks 25-year milestone with plans for growth, thanks to new grant

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$3 million grant funds IMAX film on deep-sea ecology

By Press release submission | Aug 16, 2022

More than a mile beneath the surface of the ocean lie some of the most expansive and least studied habitats on earth.

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Nominations are open for Financial Stewardship Institute

By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022

Nominations are open for this year’s Financial Stewardship Institute, an engaging professional development program comprised of a series of workshops that focus on the why and what is done when it comes to stewarding the finances of the University of Oregon.

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With NIH funding, UO prof dives deeper into aging research

By Press release submission | Aug 1, 2022

A look into how environmental variables accelerate, slow or even reverse the aging process is the focus of a University of Oregon anthropologist whose research was recently funded by the National Institutes of Health.

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Number of teachers pledging to teach Critical Race Theory in Florence stagnates at 1 in June

By Lane County News | Jul 13, 2022

There were no new teachers in Florence who signed the pledge in June, according to an online pledge from the Zinn Education Project.