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class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/federal-research-funding-levels-are-mixed-bag-latest-appropriations-bills" hreflang="en">Federal research funding levels are mixed bag in latest Appropriations bills</a></h2><p><strong>August 20, 2024 </strong><br /><p>The U.S. House and Senate are on recess until September 9. Upon returning, the chambers will need to act to prevent a funding lapse before the new federal fiscal year starts October 1.  Lawmakers have only a short window of time to determine funding for FY2025 or to pass another continuing resolution to keep the federal government operating when current spending authority expires September 30th. </p><br /><a href="/federal-research-funding-levels-are-mixed-bag-latest-appropriations-bills" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/house-labor-health-and-human-services-and-education-committee-proposes-flat-funding-and" hreflang="en">House Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Committee proposes flat funding and organizational changes for NIH</a></h2><p><strong>July 23, 2024 </strong><br /><p>On July 10, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee voted 31-25 to approve funding for the <a href="https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP07/20240627/117475/BILLS-118-SC-AP-FY2025-LaborHHS-FY25LHHSSubcommitteeMark.pdf?mkt_tok=NjAzLVVSVy0xMjcAAAGT-hPmuEZUHeT7KM364t-UKI8tW6O9oilNMQoD3syGyfua9DNH0QtcnzDDXRB5UsxTkUKTLsWO75epLeb0eUWRRoQQFAVS5Ko6dcctjSnTjg">Departments of Labor, Health and human Services, and Education and related agencies</a> for FY25. Included in the bill was funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).</p><br /><a href="/house-labor-health-and-human-services-and-education-committee-proposes-flat-funding-and" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/legislation-double-pell-introduced-us-senate-house" hreflang="en">Legislation to Double Pell introduced in the US Senate, House</a></h2><p><strong>July 16, 2024 </strong><br /><p>When US Senator Claiborne Pell (D-Rhode Island) championed the Federal Pell Grant Program in 1972, he envisioned a financial pathway for lower- and middle-income students to pursue their higher education goals. More than fifty years later, the Pell Grant has not kept up with inflation or the cost of tuition and the Pell Grant only meets a portion of a student’s demonstrated need.</p><br /><a href="/legislation-double-pell-introduced-us-senate-house" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/oregon-delegation-requests-usgs-funding-subduction-zone-science-and-crescent" hreflang="en">Oregon delegation requests USGS funding for Subduction Zone Science and CRESCENT</a></h2><p><strong>May 16, 2024 </strong><br /><p>The University of Oregon asked the Oregon delegation to make funding for the US Geological Survey (USGS) subduction zone science budget a priority for the FY25 federal budget. </p><br /><a href="/oregon-delegation-requests-usgs-funding-subduction-zone-science-and-crescent" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/oregons-public-universities-submit-2025-27-biennium-funding-request-hecc" hreflang="en">Oregon’s public universities submit 2025-27 biennium funding request to the HECC</a></h2><p><strong>April 19, 2024 </strong><br /><p>On April 5, Oregon’s seven public universities submitted their <a href="https://oregoncouncilofpresidents.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2025-27-CFR.pdf">consolidated funding request</a> for the 2025-2027 biennium to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC). </p><br /><a href="/oregons-public-universities-submit-2025-27-biennium-funding-request-hecc" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/fy25-presidents-proposed-budget-request-sent-congress" hreflang="en">FY25 President’s Proposed Budget Request sent to Congress</a></h2><p><strong>April 1, 2024 </strong><br /><p>On March 11 President Biden released his Administration's FY25 proposed budget (PBR), which sets overall spending at $1.629 trillion, including $895 billion in discretionary defense spending, and $734 billion in non-defense discretionary spending. The PBR proposes to increase funding for the Department of Education (ED) to $82 billion in discretionary funding, a $3.1 billion (3.9 percent) increase over the 2023 enacted level. </p><p><strong>Student Aid and Higher Education</strong></p><br /><a href="/fy25-presidents-proposed-budget-request-sent-congress" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/2024-state-legislative-session-overview" hreflang="en">2024 State Legislative Session Overview</a></h2><p><strong>March 8, 2024 </strong><br /><p>On the evening of Thursday, March 7, legislators adjourned the 2024 regular legislative session in Salem, three days before the constitutional deadline. </p><br /><a href="/2024-state-legislative-session-overview" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/house-committee-passes-college-cost-reduction-act" hreflang="en">House committee passes College Cost Reduction Act</a></h2><p><strong>February 22, 2024 </strong><br /><p>The US House Education and Workforce Committee held a hearing on January 31 on Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC5)’s College Cost Reduction Act (<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/cl.exct.net/?qs=5e16f62131d00466bf6dc0f78b80bea99e77dc870ddfa1d902b9607011a989da11f00565f3d3696e4f2ca7df269db7ba56d88f725cc67346__;!!C5qS4YX3!FdP2d4x2GR6xMgqFAgHQhe7_7Zi30cS6-cg54ec0ckVY3bQtQ_kRWAqg7RRcGWUcPdxBBVf1ZIUuQPee1IQByKjW$">H.R. 6951</a>).</p><br /><a href="/house-committee-passes-college-cost-reduction-act" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/2024-oregon-legislature-convenes-short-session" hreflang="en">2024 Oregon Legislature convenes for short session</a></h2><p><strong>February 6, 2024 </strong><br /><p>The 82nd Oregon Legislative Assembly convened on February 5 to kick off the 2024 Legislative Session. In this condensed session, which concludes on March 10, legislators will consider legislation and budget adjustments. </p><br /><a href="/2024-oregon-legislature-convenes-short-session" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/federal-budget-deadlines-pushed-march" hreflang="en">Federal budget deadlines pushed to March</a></h2><p><strong>January 29, 2024 </strong><br /><p>On January 19, President Joe Biden signed into law a continuing resolution (<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/cl.exct.net/?qs=617190c7258084feb52e9ee3d319eea0ae64a5e4251535dd1208ea3f9709c879df0546cab584e8e5472b8812fb914061ca301a89bcad558d__;!!C5qS4YX3!Bi-Yal4fuWzuozbuzGIKSNCSqPBuZ5Mt6nSvYZkkp_OLeo8VvwfD_-bzoVcyHCTx6yraVAu7I0jh6w$">H.R. 2872</a>) that will fund the government into March avoiding a shutdown and giving lawmakers additional time to determine how to allocate funds for FY 24.</p><br /><a href="/federal-budget-deadlines-pushed-march" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/tina-guldberg-joins-gcr-team" hreflang="en">Tina Guldberg joins GCR team</a></h2><p><strong>January 19, 2024 </strong><br /><p>Tina Guldberg, UO Assistant Vice President, Economic Development and Strategic Relations, has joined the UO Government and Community Relations team.</p><br /><a href="/tina-guldberg-joins-gcr-team" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/bill-amendment-authorizing-quantum-research-funds-passes-out-committee" hreflang="en">Bill with amendment authorizing quantum research funds passes out of committee</a></h2><p><strong>December 15, 2023 </strong><br /><p>On November 29, on a unanimous bipartisan vote, the House Science Committee passed out of committee H.R. 6213 – the National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act. Included in the bill is an amendment led by U.S. Representatives Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and Jim Baird (IN-04), that amends the National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act and drastically accelerates quantum research and development in the United States. The legislation now awaits a vote by the full House of Representatives.</p><br /><a href="/bill-amendment-authorizing-quantum-research-funds-passes-out-committee" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/congress-passes-continuing-resolution-expires-january-19" hreflang="en">Congress passes continuing resolution, expires January 19 </a></h2><p><strong>November 29, 2023 </strong><br /><p>On November 17, President Biden signed the Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act (H.R. 6363). This prevents a government shutdown and gives Congress more time to finalize FY24 appropriations bills. The legislation sets a January 19 deadline for Congress to pass the FY24 Agriculture-FDA, Energy and Water, Military Construction-VA, and Transportation-HUD bills. The remaining eight appropriations bills now have a February 2 deadline. The bill does not include any supplemental funding or cuts to existing levels of funding.</p><br /><a href="/congress-passes-continuing-resolution-expires-january-19" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/scyp-and-city-salem-kick-year-long-partnership" hreflang="en">SCYP and City of Salem kick off year long partnership</a></h2><p><strong>October 25, 2023 </strong><br /><p>This <a href="https://design.uoregon.edu/transformative-education-scyp-city-salem-and-uo-kick-year-long-partnership">article</a> first published by UO College of Design on Oct. 23.</p><br /><a href="/scyp-and-city-salem-kick-year-long-partnership" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/congresswoman-salinas-introduces-bipartisan-bill-accelerate-quantum-instrumentation-resources" hreflang="en">Congresswoman Salinas introduces bipartisan bill to accelerate quantum instrumentation, resources</a></h2><p><strong>October 16, 2023 </strong><br /><p>On October 13, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and Congressman Jim Baird (IN-04) introduced the <a href="https://salinas.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/salinas.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/qise-act.pdf">Quantum Instrumentation for Science and Engineering Act (HB 5950)</a>, bipartisan legislation that will accelerate quantum research and development in the United States.</p><br /><a href="/congresswoman-salinas-introduces-bipartisan-bill-accelerate-quantum-instrumentation-resources" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/congress-passes-cr-fund-federal-government-through-nov-17" hreflang="en">Congress passes CR to fund federal government through Nov. 17</a></h2><p><strong>October 4, 2023 </strong><br /><p>On September 30, the House and the Senate voted to pass a continuing resolution (H.R. 5860) to fund the federal government through November 17. Oregon’s two senators and six members of the House of Representatives all voted in favor of the stopgap funding bill.</p><br /><a href="/congress-passes-cr-fund-federal-government-through-nov-17" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/oregon-attorney-general-rosenblum-wont-seek-reelection" hreflang="en">Oregon Attorney General Rosenblum won't seek reelection</a></h2><p><strong>September 22, 2023 </strong><br /><p>Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, a UO “double duck” alum who earned a BS in Sociology in 1971 and a law degree in 1975, announced that she will not be seeking reelection in 2025.</p> <p>Rosenblum has been an active supporter of the UO and a pillar of the Oregon legal community. Her career path included practicing law as an assistant U.S. attorney in Eugene and Portland and serving as an Oregon district, circuit, and court of appeals judge. In 2012, she made history when she was elected the first woman to serve as Oregon Attorney General.</p><br /><a href="/oregon-attorney-general-rosenblum-wont-seek-reelection" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/daca-struck-down-again-protections-remain-place-current-recipients" hreflang="en">DACA struck down again, but protections remain in place for current recipients</a></h2><p><strong>September 26, 2023 </strong><br /><p>On September 13, the U.S. District for the Southern District of Texas ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is unlawful, rejecting an effort to codify the policy from the Biden Administration. With the newest ruling, current recipients will be allowed to renew their status pending eligibility, but new applicants will not be accepted.</p><br /><a href="/daca-struck-down-again-protections-remain-place-current-recipients" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/new-president-spends-first-months-connecting-community" hreflang="en">New president spends first months connecting with community</a></h2><p><strong>September 13, 2023 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/new-president-spends-first-months-connecting-community">Around the O</a> on September 13.<br> <br> President Karl Scholz is counting down the days until the University of Oregon campuses are filled with students again. The <a href="https://www.uoregon.edu/president-19">university’s 19th president officially took office July 1</a>.</p><br /><a href="/new-president-spends-first-months-connecting-community" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/new-earthquake-center-coming-uo" hreflang="en">New earthquake center coming to the UO</a></h2><p><strong>September 11, 2023 </strong><br /><p>The first National Science Foundation-funded subduction zone earthquake science center is a large-scale collaborative effort led by the University of Oregon.</p> <p>The Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center (CRESCENT) will conduct shoreline-crossing earthquake hazards research focused on the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ), diversify the geoscience workforce, provide skills training, and improve connections across the subduction zone geohazards community of practice.</p><br /><a href="/new-earthquake-center-coming-uo" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/inman-named-vp-government-and-community-relations" hreflang="en">Inman named VP of Government and Community Relations</a></h2><p><strong>September 5, 2023 </strong><br /><p>Tim Inman, university secretary, is taking on an additional role he’s played on an interim basis since January 2023; Vice President of Government and Community Relations.</p><br /><a href="/inman-named-vp-government-and-community-relations" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/will-congress-take-budget-action-september" hreflang="en">Will Congress take budget action in September?</a></h2><p><strong>September 1, 2023 </strong><br /><p>With the new fiscal year fast approaching on October 1, Congress is considering budget changes impacting students and higher education institutions. The US House and Senate Appropriations committees have proposed significantly different FY24 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations funding levels. While important programs such as the Pell Grant have received increased funding in both House and Senate bills, other programs such as Federal Work Study and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants have received no funding in the House bill.</p><br /><a href="/will-congress-take-budget-action-september" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/scyp-partners-city-salem-2023-24-school-year" hreflang="en">SCYP partners with City of Salem for 2023-24 school year</a></h2><p><strong>July 31, 2023 </strong><br /><p>The City of Salem has been selected by the University of Oregon’s <a href="https://sci.uoregon.edu/sustainable-city-year-program-0">Sustainable City Year Program</a> (SCYP) for the 2023-2024 academic year.  <a href="https://sci.uoregon.edu/sustainable-city-year-program-salem">This year-long partnership</a> helps communities solve the problems of today and lay the groundwork for a sustainable, livable future—all while helping students prepare for the workforce through applied learning. </p><br /><a href="/scyp-partners-city-salem-2023-24-school-year" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/us-house-appropriations-includes-funding-shakealert" hreflang="en">U.S. House appropriations includes funding for ShakeAlert</a></h2><p><strong>July 27, 2023 </strong><br /><p>The FY2024 House Appropriations Full Committee has recommended funding <a href="https://www.shakealert.org/">ShakeAlert</a> at the requested level of $32.6 million and it will be marked up by the Senate Appropriations Full Committee on July 27. The recommendation includes $32 million for continued development and expansion of the ShakeAlert West Coast earthquake early warning system as well as capital costs associated with the system’s buildout.</p><br /><a href="/us-house-appropriations-includes-funding-shakealert" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/new-insights-immune-health" hreflang="en">New Insights into Immune Health</a></h2><p><strong>July 11, 2023 </strong><br />This article first appeared on UO's <a href="https://accelerate.uoregon.edu/dod-grant-funds-trauma-immunology-research">Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Research website</a> on July 11.<br /><a href="/new-insights-immune-health" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/vessel-promises-new-era-institute-marine-biology" hreflang="en">Vessel promises new era for Institute of Marine Biology</a></h2><p><strong>June 28, 2023 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared in Around the O, on June 22.<br> <br> After more than four years of fundraising, design and fabrication, the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology christened a new boat that promises to reveal lesser-known regions of the sea to future generations of students and scientists at the University of Oregon.</p><br /><a href="/vessel-promises-new-era-institute-marine-biology" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/legislative-session-ends-wins-uo" hreflang="en">Legislative Session ends with wins for UO</a></h2><p><strong>June 26, 2023 </strong><br /><p><b>2023 Session Overview</b></p> <p>On Sunday, June 25, Oregon lawmakers adjourned the 2023 Legislative Session. The unprecedented turnover of leadership positions at the state level made for some growing pains. This was the first legislative session with a new governor, Tina Kotek, and with new presiding officers in both Chambers—Senate President Rob Wagner and Speaker of the House Dan Rayfield. Changes were felt beyond leadership with around 40 percent of the state legislators new to their seats this term and over half of the legislators experiencing their first in-person session.</p><br /><a href="/legislative-session-ends-wins-uo" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/another-year-another-successful-partnership-scyp-wraps-engagement-sisters" hreflang="en">Another Year, Another Successful Partnership: SCYP Wraps Up Engagement with Sisters</a></h2><p><strong>June 23, 2023 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared on UO School of Public Planning, Policy and Management news site, June 14, 2023</p><br /><a href="/another-year-another-successful-partnership-scyp-wraps-engagement-sisters" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/federal-debt-ceiling-deal-impacts-higher-ed" hreflang="en">Federal debt ceiling deal impacts higher ed</a></h2><p><strong>June 5, 2023 </strong><br /><p>On June 3, President Biden signed the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 into law, suspending the debt ceiling until 2025. The bill caps non-defense spending at its current level and allows it to increase by 1% during FY2025.</p><br /><a href="/federal-debt-ceiling-deal-impacts-higher-ed" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-students-and-faculty-testify-joint-ways-and-means-committee-hearings" hreflang="en">UO students and faculty testify at Joint Ways and Means Committee hearings </a></h2><p><strong>May 19, 2023 </strong><br /><p>Over three sessions in late April, dozens of representatives from Oregon’s seven public universities, including the University of Oregon, testified before the Oregon Legislature’s Joint Ways and Means Committee Subcommittee on Education for the purpose of advocating for support and funding for Oregon’s public universities.</p><br /><a href="/uo-students-and-faculty-testify-joint-ways-and-means-committee-hearings" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-moves-toward-becoming-hispanic-serving-institution" hreflang="en">UO moves toward becoming an Hispanic-serving institution</a></h2><p><strong>April 27, 2023 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-moves-toward-becoming-hispanic-serving-institution">Around the O</a> on April 26, 2023</p> <p>The University of Oregon is making significant strides towards becoming a designated Hispanic-serving institution with the release of a comprehensive report and the recent appointment of a special adviser to lead the initiative.</p><br /><a href="/uo-moves-toward-becoming-hispanic-serving-institution" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/coquille-gift-will-complete-processing-defazio-archive" hreflang="en">Coquille gift will complete processing of DeFazio archive</a></h2><p><strong>April 27, 2023 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/coquille-gift-will-complete-processing-defazio-archive?utm_source=UOnews">Around the O</a> on April 25, 2023</p> <p>Thanks to a $250,000 gift from the Coquille Indian Tribe, the UO will be able to catalogue the recently donated archives of alumnus Congressman Peter DeFazio from his 36-year tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives.</p><br /><a href="/coquille-gift-will-complete-processing-defazio-archive" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-advocates-head-salem-meet-legislators" hreflang="en">UO advocates head to Salem to meet with legislators </a></h2><p><strong>April 18, 2023 </strong><br /><p>On April 13, 83 student, alumni, faculty and staff advocates from the University of Oregon traveled to the State Capitol to advocate the university’s priorities and funding requests for this year’s legislative session.</p><br /><a href="/uo-advocates-head-salem-meet-legislators" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/epa-funding-supports-new-center-wildfire-smoke-research" hreflang="en">EPA funding supports new center for wildfire smoke research</a></h2><p><strong>April 14, 2023 </strong><br /><p>Articles first appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/epa-funding-supports-new-center-wildfire-smoke-research">Around the O</a> on April 11.</p> <p>Oregon’s U.S Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have secured $800,000 in funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to launch the Center for Wildfire Smoke Research and Practice at the University of Oregon.</p><br /><a href="/epa-funding-supports-new-center-wildfire-smoke-research" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/president-biden-releases-fy24-proposed-budget" hreflang="en">President Biden releases FY24 proposed budget</a></h2><p><strong>March 24, 2023 </strong><br /><p>On March 9, President Joe Biden released the administration's <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/">FY24 budget proposal</a>.</p><br /><a href="/president-biden-releases-fy24-proposed-budget" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/oregon-delegation-receives-us-house-committee-assignments" hreflang="en">Oregon delegation receives U.S. House committee assignments </a></h2><p><strong>March 21, 2023 </strong><br /><p>Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have received their committee assignments for the 118th Congress. The House delegation from Oregon grew from five to six members with the addition of a sixth congressional seat. In addition, due to the expansion and departures of US Congressmen Peter DeFazio and Kurt Schrader, there are three freshman members in the Oregon House delegation.</p> <p><b>New members of the Oregon Congressional delegation</b></p><br /><a href="/oregon-delegation-receives-us-house-committee-assignments" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/2023-oregon-legislative-session-full-swing" hreflang="en">2023 Oregon Legislative Session is in full swing</a></h2><p><strong>February 9, 2023 </strong><br /><p>The Oregon Legislature kicked of the 2023 session on January 17, beginning a 160-day long session that will include consideration of policy legislation as well as creating and approving the state budget for 2023-2025. The Legislature is constitutionally required to wrap up by June 25.</p><br /><a href="/2023-oregon-legislative-session-full-swing" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/congresswoman-applauds-uos-career-training-efforts" hreflang="en">Congresswoman applauds the UO's career training efforts</a></h2><p><strong>January 20, 2023 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/congresswoman-applauds-uos-career-training-efforts">Around the O</a>, January 20<br> <br> U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle met with University of Oregon College of Education leaders and faculty members Thursday to discuss programs that train students for licensed professions and to find ways to get more students into the workforce, with or without a college degree.</p><br /><a href="/congresswoman-applauds-uos-career-training-efforts" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/2023-oregon-impact-map-includes-new-congressional-and-legislative-districts" hreflang="en">2023 Oregon Impact Map includes new congressional and legislative districts</a></h2><p><strong>January 20, 2023 </strong><br /><p>The <a href="https://gcr.uoregon.edu/oregon-impact">Oregon Impact Map</a> is an interactive map that tells the story of the University of Oregon’s fiscal and community impact in every Oregon county, legislative district, and congressional district. The tool displays data regarding UO students, alumni, financial aid received, and other informative topics in a customized and organized format.</p><br /><a href="/2023-oregon-impact-map-includes-new-congressional-and-legislative-districts" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/fy23-omnibus-includes-priorities-uo-and-higher-ed" hreflang="en">FY23 Omnibus includes priorities for UO and higher ed</a></h2><p><strong>January 3, 2023 </strong><br /><p>On December 29, President Joe Biden signed into law the FY23 Omnibus Appropriations bill, which provides $1.67 trillion in discretionary appropriations and funds the federal government for the remainder of FY23 through September 30, 2023.</p> <p>Topping off a consequential 117th Congress where significant investments were made in student aid, pandemic relief, research, and infrastructure, the FY2023 budget includes some record increases for student aid and progress on implementation of CHIPS & Science Act.</p><br /><a href="/fy23-omnibus-includes-priorities-uo-and-higher-ed" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/appropriations-package-includes-funding-uos-sustainable-city-year-program" hreflang="en">Appropriations package includes funding for UO’s Sustainable City Year Program</a></h2><p><strong>December 22, 2022 </strong><br /><p>Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced in <a href="https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/merkley-wyden-secure-funding-for-critical-projects-across-oregon-">a news release</a> that the 2023 omnibus appropriations package that just passed in the Senate includes 145 community-initiated projects in Oregon.</p><br /><a href="/appropriations-package-includes-funding-uos-sustainable-city-year-program" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/omnibus-text-includes-waiver-build-america-bonds-subsidy-expiration" hreflang="en">Omnibus text includes waiver for Build America Bonds subsidy expiration</a></h2><p><strong>December 20, 2022 </strong><br /><p>The text of the omnibus bill just released includes a waiver from statutory PAYGO enforcement for FY2023 and FY2024, which means, pending passage of the bill by both chambers, that subsidy payments of Build America Bonds (BABs) will be waived until 2025.</p><br /><a href="/omnibus-text-includes-waiver-build-america-bonds-subsidy-expiration" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/higher-education-organizations-call-congress-address-build-america-bond-subsidy-expiration" hreflang="en">Higher education organizations call on Congress to address Build America Bonds subsidy expiration</a></h2><p><strong>November 21, 2022 </strong><br /><p>The American Council on Education (ACE), the Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and other higher education organizations are urging Congress to take action during the lame-duck session to address the looming expiration of federal subsidy payments of Build America Bonds (BABs) due to sequestrating. The eliminations of these payments would impact higher education institutions in more than 25 states, including the University of Oregon.</p><br /><a href="/higher-education-organizations-call-congress-address-build-america-bond-subsidy-expiration" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/recap-2022-general-election" hreflang="en">Recap: 2022 General Election</a></h2><p><strong>November 10, 2022 </strong><br /><p>This election cycle brought some of the closest races for Governor and Congressional seats that the state has seen in recent history with the three-way race for Governor, three open seats in Congress, and the status of the majorities of the State House and Senate up for grabs.</p><br /><a href="/recap-2022-general-election" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-researchs-impact-community-continues-grow" hreflang="en">UO research’s impact on community continues to grow</a></h2><p><strong>November 8, 2022 </strong><br /><p>Article first published by <a href="https://research.uoregon.edu/about/announcements/uo-researchs-impact-community-continues-grow">Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation</a>, November 7.</p> <p>The University of Oregon continued its multiyear streak of increasing grant funding in fiscal year 2021-22 (FY22). Numerous faculty members received recognition for their contributions to research, as well as the number of research awards with direct positive effects on local and regional communities.</p><br /><a href="/uo-researchs-impact-community-continues-grow" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-innovation-felt-far-beyond-campus" hreflang="en">UO innovation felt far beyond campus</a></h2><p><strong>November 7, 2022 </strong><br /><p>First published by <a href="https://research.uoregon.edu/about/announcements/uo-innovation-felt-far-beyond-campus">UO Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation</a>, October 31<br> </p><br /><a href="/uo-innovation-felt-far-beyond-campus" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/continuing-resolution-avert-partial-government-shutdown-passed-congress" hreflang="en">Continuing resolution to avert partial government shutdown passed by Congress</a></h2><p><strong>September 30, 2022 </strong><br /><p>On September 30, the US House of Representatives, on a vote of 230 to 201, passed a continuing resolution to extend government funding through December 16, while also approving $12.4 billion in military and diplomatic sending to help Ukraine its war against Russia. The CR also contains $4.5 billion for domestic disaster recovery efforts, including Western wildfires, floods in Kentucky and hurricanes in the Southeast.</p><p>The Senate previously passed the bill on Thursday, 72 to 25. It now goes to President Biden’s desk for his signature.</p><br /><a href="/continuing-resolution-avert-partial-government-shutdown-passed-congress" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-eugene-leaders-issue-welcome-campus-students" hreflang="en">UO, Eugene leaders issue welcome to off-campus students</a></h2><p><strong>September 22, 2022 </strong><br /><p> </p><br /><a href="/uo-eugene-leaders-issue-welcome-campus-students" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-wildfire-experts-share-research-roundtable-merkley" hreflang="en">UO wildfire experts share research at roundtable with Merkley</a></h2><p><strong>September 21, 2022 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared in Around the O on September 19.<br> <br> U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley came to the University of Oregon Friday, Sept. 16, for a roundtable discussion on the growing problem of wildfire smoke in Oregon communities and how academic research and practice can help address the issue.</p> <p>Merkley, an Oregon Democrat and chair of the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, earmarked $800,000 to the Environmental Protection Agency in March to establish a new Center for Wildfire Smoke Research and Practice at the University of Oregon.</p><br /><a href="/uo-wildfire-experts-share-research-roundtable-merkley" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-programs-bolstered-16m-build-back-better-funds" hreflang="en">UO programs bolstered by $16M in Build Back Better funds</a></h2><p><strong>September 2, 2022 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-programs-bolstered-16m-build-back-better-funds">Around the O</a> on September 2.</p> <p>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.</p><br /><a href="/uo-programs-bolstered-16m-build-back-better-funds" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/university-names-new-associate-vice-president-state-affairs" hreflang="en">University names new associate vice president for state affairs</a></h2><p><strong>September 2, 2022 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/university-names-new-associate-vice-president-state-affairs">Around the O</a> on Sept. 2.<br> <br> Veteran public affairs director Trent Lutz is joining the University of Oregon as its new associate vice president for state affairs. </p><br /><a href="/university-names-new-associate-vice-president-state-affairs" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/dhs-issues-daca-final-rule-program-remains-legal-jeopardy" hreflang="en">DHS issues DACA final rule but program remains in legal jeopardy</a></h2><p><strong>August 29, 2022 </strong><br /><p>On August 24, the Biden administration <a href="https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-18401.pdf">finalized a rule</a> that preserves and fortifies the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy for more than 600,000 so-called “Dreamers” to defer removal of certain noncitizens who years earlier came to the U.S. as children.  The ruling goes into effect on October 31, 2022. The rule will make it easier for current enrollees to renew their immigration status.</p><br /><a href="/dhs-issues-daca-final-rule-program-remains-legal-jeopardy" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/chips-and-science-act-passes-congress" hreflang="en">CHIPS and Science Act passes Congress</a></h2><p><strong>August 9, 2022 </strong><br /><p>The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 passed both chambers of Congress and was signed by President Joe Biden on August 9. The<a href="https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/CFC99CC6-CE84-4B1A-8BBF-8D2E84BD7965"> bill</a> includes five years of funding authorizations for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Energy Office of Science, $52 billion in grants, subsidies, and tax incentives to strengthen domestic semiconductor production, advancement of diversity in STEM education, and reauthorization of key NASA space programs. A fact sheet produced by the U.S.</p><br /><a href="/chips-and-science-act-passes-congress" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/fy2023-appropriations-process-update" hreflang="en">FY2023 appropriations process update </a></h2><p><strong>July 21, 2022 </strong><br /><p>On July 20, the US House of Representatives passed a consolidated appropriations bill advancing FY23 budgets related to Interior, Energy & Water and other agencies. They did not act on some of the U.S. House Appropriations committee mark ups completed during the last week of June, including funding for student aid and certain research agencies. A number of bills include funding important to the University of Oregon, including for financial aid support and federal scientific research.</p><br /><a href="/fy2023-appropriations-process-update" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/policy-makers-celebrate-50th-anniversary-federal-pell-grant" hreflang="en">Policy makers celebrate 50th anniversary of the Federal Pell Grant</a></h2><p><strong>July 8, 2022 </strong><br /><p>On June 23 the University of Oregon joined Members of Congress, Oregon Governor Kate Brown, Oregon Treasurer Tobias Read, higher education associations, and other advocates in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Federal Pell Grant.</p><br /><a href="/policy-makers-celebrate-50th-anniversary-federal-pell-grant" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-faculty-member-simnitt-appointed-hecc" hreflang="en">UO faculty member Simnitt appointed to HECC</a></h2><p><strong>June 6, 2022 </strong><br /><p>UO faculty member Emily Simnitt is one of three people nominated by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and confirmed by the Oregon Senate to serve on the Higher Education Coordinating Commission.</p> <p><a href="https://english.uoregon.edu/profile/esimnitt">Simnitt</a> will serve a two-year term beginning in July. She will represent the public university faculty position on the commission.</p><br /><a href="/uo-faculty-member-simnitt-appointed-hecc" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/defazio-blumenauer-and-bonamici-join-colleagues-urging-congress-double-pell-grant" hreflang="en">DeFazio, Blumenauer and Bonamici join colleagues in urging Congress to double the Pell Grant</a></h2><p><strong>May 9, 2022 </strong><br /><p>On April 27, U.S. Reps Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer, and Suzanne Bonamici from Oregon joined 111 of their U.S. House colleagues in signing a <a href="/sites/default/files/fy23_approps_letter_-_support_doubling_the_pell_grant_program_-_final.pdf">letter</a> asking for a significant increase in investment of the Federal Pell Grant in Fiscal Year 2023.</p><br /><a href="/defazio-blumenauer-and-bonamici-join-colleagues-urging-congress-double-pell-grant" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/coalition-urges-congress-appropriate-least-815-million-ies-fy23-national-academies-provide-vision" hreflang="en">Coalition urges Congress to appropriate at least $815 million for IES in FY23; National Academies provide vision for NCER </a></h2><p><strong>April 18, 2022 </strong><br /><p>On April 7, the University of Oregon signed onto a letter urging congressional leaders to include additional Institute of Education Sciences (IES) funding for FY 2023 appropriations. The letter urges Congress to appropriate at least $815 million for IES in FY 2023 as an important step toward a goal of funding $1 billion for IES in the next few years. The request is based on the allocation recommended by the US Senate in its FY2022 mark-up.</p><br /><a href="/coalition-urges-congress-appropriate-least-815-million-ies-fy23-national-academies-provide-vision" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/fy23-presidents-proposed-budget-includes-request-double-pell-grant" hreflang="en">FY23 President's Proposed Budget includes a request to double the Pell Grant</a></h2><p><strong>April 5, 2022 </strong><br /><p>On March 28, President Joe Biden released his <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/cl.exct.net/?qs=5dd1d214e566d56791cc8b52ff3ac8dc2a6828eeebc22587f5e81080461601306a4ed5558483be3200963a84c10c8905054072a754a32ba8__;!!C5qS4YX3!TTr8YvvpCKjztY_5QPO2TTWDXWkNvmykAydf_4j4yapYy2XYfsGqQZH9vkpCSamMaQ$">FY23 budget proposal</a>.</p><br /><a href="/fy23-presidents-proposed-budget-includes-request-double-pell-grant" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/fy22-appropriations-bill-includes-funding-uo-center-wildfire-smoke-research-and-practice" hreflang="en">FY22 appropriations bill includes funding for UO Center For Wildfire Smoke Research and Practice</a></h2><p><strong>March 22, 2022 </strong><br /><p>The omnibus FY22 Appropriations spending bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden on March 11 includes $800,000 for a project at the Center for Wildfire Smoke Research and Practice housed at the University of Oregon.</p> <p>The funding comes from the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations portion of the bill. Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Chair of the Senate Interior Appropriations subcommittee.</p><br /><a href="/fy22-appropriations-bill-includes-funding-uo-center-wildfire-smoke-research-and-practice" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/fy22-omnibus-bill-includes-increases-pell-grant-research-agencies" hreflang="en">FY22 omnibus bill includes increases for Pell Grant, research agencies </a></h2><p><strong>March 21, 2022 </strong><br /><p>On March 11, President Joe Biden signed the FY22 omnibus appropriations bill – <a href="https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20220307/BILLS-117HR2471SA-RCP-117-35.pdf">H.R. 2471, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 </a>– to fund the federal government until the end of the current fiscal year, ending September 30, 2022.</p> <p>The following is a summary of appropriations that impact the University of Oregon and other higher education institutions and research universities:</p><br /><a href="/fy22-omnibus-bill-includes-increases-pell-grant-research-agencies" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-impact-map-update-includes-new-congressional-and-legislative-districts" hreflang="en">UO Impact Map update includes new congressional and legislative districts</a></h2><p><strong>March 11, 2022 </strong><br /><p>The Oregon Impact map is interactive map that tells the story of the University of Oregon’s impact in every Oregon county, legislative district, and congressional district. The tool displays data about UO students, alumni, and other interesting details in a customized and informative way.</p><br /><a href="/uo-impact-map-update-includes-new-congressional-and-legislative-districts" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/2022-oregon-legislative-session-wrap" hreflang="en">2022 Oregon Legislative Session wrap up</a></h2><p><strong>March 7, 2022 </strong><br /><p>The Oregon Legislature wrapped up its 2022 short session on Friday, March 4. The University of Oregon and its students and faculty will benefit from a number of investments and policy updates.</p> <p>Here’s a summary of some significant investments and legislation that impact the UO.</p> <p><b>University of Oregon Investments:</b></p><br /><a href="/2022-oregon-legislative-session-wrap" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/continuing-resolution-passed-us-house-senate-action-pending" hreflang="en">Continuing resolution passed by US House, Senate action pending </a></h2><p><strong>February 11, 2022 </strong><br /><p>On February 8, the US House of Representatives voted 272-162 to pass a continuing resolution <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/cl.exct.net/?qs=f7d874de6c8c1762e53e1f7ed27ad2af272087454642efa37f78d979fee2beb564a562a49191525e2efe11c632d2809d34ceb8a88c608109__;!!C5qS4YX3!VGQiSWtyd4F3_p8-KPwObhIfYXm4SdlL6oUpSpHUUuFa6HIAOWM5C-pakl60O33Yhw$">H.R. 6617</a> to extend government funding through March 11. The Senate has not yet acted on the measure although there is an agreement in principle among leaders about a framework for finalizing the FY22 budget.</p><br /><a href="/continuing-resolution-passed-us-house-senate-action-pending" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/america-competes-act-including-college-transparency-act-passes-us-house" hreflang="en">America COMPETES Act, including College Transparency Act, passes U.S. House</a></h2><p><strong>February 8, 2022 </strong><br /><p>On February 4, the U.S. House passed <a href="https://rules.house.gov/sites/democrats.rules.house.gov/files/BILLS-117HR4521RH-RCP117-31.pdf?mkt_tok=NjAzLVVSVy0xMjcAAAGCYHMJrt32l0Yo6bo9JWdS8eZslRUDd4yVb4nRMFxhUUVdkojz0Y2jXyJCX_iWhy0w1Xo7O9KJuuwvAOuxEaijMx3RD9DJXbBTSAiPBZSJ-g">H.R. 4521</a>, the America COMPETES Act of 2022. The goal of the legislative package is to make transformational new investments in research, innovation, and American manufacturing that will accelerate U.S.</p><br /><a href="/america-competes-act-including-college-transparency-act-passes-us-house" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/larco-testifies-us-house-committee-about-impacts-autonomous-vehicles" hreflang="en">Larco testifies before U.S. House Committee about impacts of autonomous vehicles </a></h2><p><strong>February 4, 2022 </strong><br /><p>On February 2, UO Professor of Architecture and Urban Design <a href="https://archenvironment.uoregon.edu/directory/architecture-faculty/all/nlarco">Nico Larco</a>, Director of the <a href="https://www.urbanismnext.org/">Urbanism Next Center</a>, testified before the U.S. House <a href="https://transportation.house.gov/">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure</a>, which is chaired by Congressman<a href="https://defazio.house.gov/"> Peter DeFazio</a> (D-OR).</p><br /><a href="/larco-testifies-us-house-committee-about-impacts-autonomous-vehicles" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/2022-state-legislative-session-begins-uo-priorities-include-support-transition-college-renovation" hreflang="en">2022 state legislative session begins; UO priorities include support for transition to college, renovation projects</a></h2><p><strong>February 2, 2022 </strong><br /><p>The Oregon Legislature kicked off the 2022 legislative session on Tuesday, February 1, beginning a 35-day short session to move legislation and distribute funds.</p> <p>The short session has quick deadlines for bills to stay alive, with committee approval needed by February 7, and passage out of the chamber of origin by February 14. The Legislature is constitutionally required to wrap up by March 7, 2022.</p><br /><a href="/2022-state-legislative-session-begins-uo-priorities-include-support-transition-college-renovation" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/defazio-announces-he-will-retire-end-his-current-term" hreflang="en">DeFazio announces he will retire at the end of his current term</a></h2><p><strong>December 16, 2021 </strong><br /><p>On Dec. 1, Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced he will not seek re-election in 2022. DeFazio, who represents Oregon’s 4th Congressional District, will have served 36 years in the House of Representatives when his term ends, making him the longest serving House Member from Oregon and the 65th-longest serving member of the House in U.S. history. Articles about his retirement announcement and career can be found on his <a href="https://defazio.house.gov/defazio-to-retire">website</a>.</p><br /><a href="/defazio-announces-he-will-retire-end-his-current-term" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/two-uo-students-win-recognition-science-coalition-video-challenge" hreflang="en">Two UO students win recognition in Science Coalition Video Challenge</a></h2><p><strong>December 16, 2021 </strong><br /><p>On Dec. 14 The Science Coalition (TSC) announced the winners of its third-annual Fund It Forward Student Video Challenge. Graduate and undergraduate students currently enrolled at TSC member institutions, including the University of Oregon, were asked to create a video explaining their personal connection to fundamental research and why Congress should continue to invest in the partnership between federal research agencies and their university counterparts.</p><br /><a href="/two-uo-students-win-recognition-science-coalition-video-challenge" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/continuing-resolution-funds-federal-government-through-feb-18" hreflang="en">Continuing resolution funds federal government through Feb. 18</a></h2><p><strong>December 7, 2021 </strong><br /><p>On Dec. 2, Congress approved and President Joe Biden signed a continuing resolution (<a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6119">H.R. 6119</a>) that will keep the federal government running and avert a shutdown through Feb. 18, 2022.</p><br /><a href="/continuing-resolution-funds-federal-government-through-feb-18" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/new-oregon-congressional-and-legislative-district-boundaries-survive-court-challenges" hreflang="en">New Oregon congressional and legislative district boundaries survive court challenges</a></h2><p><strong>December 6, 2021 </strong><br /><p>Lawsuits challenging proposed boundaries for Oregon congressional and legislative districts have been dismissed.</p> <p>On Nov. 22 the Oregon Supreme Court dismissed two separate lawsuits claiming that state legislative districts passed in September were improperly drawn, ruling that challengers had not proven that the new boundaries were crafted with illegal partisan intent.</p><br /><a href="/new-oregon-congressional-and-legislative-district-boundaries-survive-court-challenges" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/build-back-better-act-passes-house" hreflang="en">Build Back Better Act passes the House</a></h2><p><strong>November 29, 2021 </strong><br /><p>On Friday, Nov. 19, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5376">Build Back Better Act, H.R. 5376</a>, which includes the following substantial investments in higher education.</p> <p>The Build Back Better Act provides a $550 increase to the maximum Pell grant, available to students attending public and private non-profit institutions. The bill also makes Dreamers eligible for Pell Grants, as well as other Title IV federal aid. The bill includes a modest $500 million investment in a new College Completion Fund.</p><br /><a href="/build-back-better-act-passes-house" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/biden-signs-law-infrastructure-investment-and-jobs-act" hreflang="en">Biden signs into law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act </a></h2><p><strong>November 16, 2021 </strong><br /><p>On Nov.15 President Joe Biden signed into law the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3684/text?r=1&s=5">Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, H.R. 3684.</a> The US House of Representatives approved the legislation on Nov. 5, following months of tense negotiations and delays and earlier action by the US Senate. The bipartisan infrastructure bill provides $1.2 trillion over eight years for infrastructure improvements, including more than $500 billion for core infrastructure projects such as roads, broadband, and electric utilities improvements.</p><br /><a href="/biden-signs-law-infrastructure-investment-and-jobs-act" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uos-sustainable-city-year-program-heads-east-hermiston" hreflang="en">UO's Sustainable City Year program heads east to Hermiston</a></h2><p><strong>November 12, 2021 </strong><br /><p>For the first time in its 13-year history, the UO’s Sustainable City Year Program is partnering with a community in northeastern Oregon.</p><br /><a href="/uos-sustainable-city-year-program-heads-east-hermiston" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/merkley-secures-funding-uo-wildfire-smoke-research" hreflang="en">Merkley secures funding for UO wildfire smoke research</a></h2><p><strong>November 1, 2021 </strong><br /><p>The US Senate appropriations bill for FY2022 to fund Interior, Environment and related agencies, including the U.S. Forest Service, the US Department of Interior, and the Environmental Protection Agency, includes $800,000 in funding to establish a Center for Wildfire Smoke Research and Practice at the University of Oregon. US Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) <a href="https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/subcommittees/interior-environment-and-related-agencies">chairs the subcommittee</a> with jurisdiction over these programs.</p><br /><a href="/merkley-secures-funding-uo-wildfire-smoke-research" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/major-grants-helped-spur-record-research-growth-2020-21" hreflang="en">Major grants helped spur record research growth in 2020-21</a></h2><p><strong>October 26, 2021 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared in Around the O on October 25.</p> <p>UO researchers scored $172.5 million in grant funding in the past fiscal year, a new record for the university that continues a multiyear trend of research growth at the UO, according to new figures.</p><br /><a href="/major-grants-helped-spur-record-research-growth-2020-21" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/governor-visits-campus-thank-uo-pandemic-efforts" hreflang="en">Governor visits campus to thank the UO for pandemic efforts</a></h2><p><strong>October 15, 2021 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared in Around the O on October 15.<br> <br> Oregon Gov. Kate Brown visited the UO on Friday to recognize the university’s commitment and progress in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.   </p><br /><a href="/governor-visits-campus-thank-uo-pandemic-efforts" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/new-redistricting-maps-adopted-including-new-6th-congressional-district" hreflang="en">New redistricting maps adopted, including new 6th Congressional District</a></h2><p><strong>October 4, 2021 </strong><br /><p>On September 27, the Oregon Legislative Assembly completed the adoption of new congressional and legislative redistricting maps for Oregon with the passage of Senate Bills <a href="https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021S1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB881/Enrolled">881</a> and <a href="https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021S1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB882/Enrolled">882</a>. Gov.</p><br /><a href="/new-redistricting-maps-adopted-including-new-6th-congressional-district" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/university-leaders-urge-wyden-and-merkley-increase-pell-grant" hreflang="en">University leaders urge Wyden and Merkley to increase the Pell Grant</a></h2><p><strong>September 28, 2021 </strong><br /><p>On September 22, the Oregon Council of Presidents sent a <a href="/sites/default/files/federal_pell_grant_letter_2021_final.pdf">letter</a> signed by all seven Oregon university presidents to U.S. Senators Wyden and Merkley urging them to work with their colleagues to increase the Pell Grant by $1,475 as part of the Senate’s version of the Build Back Better reconciliation package.</p><p>While President Biden’s proposed budget included an increase in the Pell Grant of $1,475, the U.S. House proposed a $500 increase per year to the grant, falling far below the President’s request.</p><br /><a href="/university-leaders-urge-wyden-and-merkley-increase-pell-grant" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/us-house-takes-35-trillion-budget-reconciliation-package" hreflang="en">US House takes up $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package </a></h2><p><strong>September 14, 2021 </strong><br /><p>Last week the US House committee chairs released and began mark-up on a series of reconciliation bills that are intended to provide $3.5 trillion in new investments. The reconciliation bills are based on elements of President Joe Biden’s American Families and Jobs Plans.According to the budget resolution passed by Congress, House committees are instructed to finish their work by September 15.</p><br /><a href="/us-house-takes-35-trillion-budget-reconciliation-package" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/covid-19-has-hit-farmworkers-especially-hard-uo-studies-show" hreflang="en">COVID-19 has hit farmworkers especially hard, UO studies show</a></h2><p><strong>August 30, 2021 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/covid-19-has-hit-farmworkers-especially-hard-uo-studies-show?utm_source=UOnews">Around the O</a> on August 30.</p><p>A new UO study, which was recently shared with the U.S. secretary of labor, shows that COVID-19 has caused long-term economic, social, physical and mental health challenges for farmworkers in Oregon.</p><br /><a href="/covid-19-has-hit-farmworkers-especially-hard-uo-studies-show" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-joins-white-house-covid-campus-vaccine-challenge" hreflang="en">UO joins White House COVID Campus Vaccine Challenge</a></h2><p><strong>August 3, 2021 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-joins-white-house-covid-campus-vaccine-challenge?utm_source=UOnews"><em>Around the O</em></a> on August 3.</p> <p>In a continued effort to combat the pandemic and maintain safety protocols for the campus community, the University of Oregon has joined the White House COVID-19 Campus Vaccine Challenge.</p><br /><a href="/uo-joins-white-house-covid-campus-vaccine-challenge" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-prof-testifies-merkley-led-subcommittee-environmental-justice" hreflang="en">UO prof testifies before Merkley-led subcommittee on environmental justice</a></h2><p><strong>August 2, 2021 </strong><br /><p>First published in Around the O on July 26.</p> <p>UO Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies Professor Laura Pulido, who holds the Collins Chair, testified before a congressional subcommittee July 22, offering members an overview of issues exacerbating environmental justice issues in the United States.</p> <p>Pulido, who has studied environmental justice for more than 30 years, provided members of the Subcommittee of Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversite, chaired by Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, with an update of some of the key issues.</p><br /><a href="/uo-prof-testifies-merkley-led-subcommittee-environmental-justice" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/doublepell-campaign-launched-aplu" hreflang="en">#DoublePell campaign launched by APLU</a></h2><p><strong>July 16, 2021 </strong><br /><p>On June 13 higher education organizations launched <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/go.aplu.org/NjAzLVVSVy0xMjcAAAF-Pwh3D_Ha_F_BCaLGRxaPAT87Gs1RVWHzq0pHUCIBJ1oTi6ZAfWJHYmv4C7JOC-ydIy3Yrbw=__;!!C5qS4YX3!RuT5o2p-623i7Jm89nL89qUyaDWE2fZ0UHFy0s97at7xUOqmmDhUfp7VKCMtepYM9Q$"><b>#DoublePell</b></a>, a new national campaign to double the maximum Pell Grant award. The campaign is aimed at encouraging current and future Pell Grant recipients and others to speak out and contact members of Congress to encourage their support of doubling the maximum Pell Grant to $13,000.</p><br /><a href="/doublepell-campaign-launched-aplu" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/fisher-and-rapid-ec-colleagues-brief-congressional-staff-impacts-pandemic-families-and-children" hreflang="en">Fisher and RAPID-EC colleagues brief congressional staff on impacts of the pandemic on families and children</a></h2><p><strong>July 14, 2021 </strong><br /><p>On Thursday, July 8, Professor Phil Fisher, Director of the UO <a href="https://ctn.uoregon.edu/">Center for Translational Neuroscience</a>, and colleagues with the Rapid Assessment of Pandemic Impact on Development - Early Childhood (<a href="https://www.uorapidresponse.com/">RAPID-EC</a>) project provided U.S. Senate staff with a briefing on a nation-wide longitudinal survey about childhood and family well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><br /><a href="/fisher-and-rapid-ec-colleagues-brief-congressional-staff-impacts-pandemic-families-and-children" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-faculty-meet-bonamici-bentz-advocate-nsf-funding" hreflang="en">UO faculty meet with Bonamici, Bentz to advocate for NSF funding</a></h2><p><strong>July 1, 2021 </strong><br /><p>In late June, a number of UO faculty, led by Interim VP for Research <a href="https://research.uoregon.edu/about/executive-leadership/vice-president-research-and-innovation/executive-leadership/vpri">Cass Moseley</a>, met virtually with Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Congressman Cliff Bentz (R-OR) and encouraged them to support at least $10 billion for the<a href="https://www.nsf.gov/"> National Science Foundation</a> (NSF) during the FY22 appropriations cycle.</p><br /><a href="/uo-faculty-meet-bonamici-bentz-advocate-nsf-funding" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/lawmakers-fund-renovations-university-and-villard-halls" hreflang="en">Lawmakers fund renovations of University and Villard halls</a></h2><p><strong>July 1, 2021 </strong><br /><p>This article first appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/lawmakers-fund-renovations-university-and-villard-halls?utm_source=UOnews">Around the O</a> on June 30.</p> <p>The Oregon Legislature approved funding for the University of Oregon’s capital construction request before closing out the 2021 legislative session.</p><br /><a href="/lawmakers-fund-renovations-university-and-villard-halls" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/merkley-bonamici-lead-efforts-support-ies-appropriations" hreflang="en">Merkley, Bonamici lead efforts in support of IES appropriations</a></h2><p><strong>June 30, 2021 </strong><br /><p>As Congress considers appropriations for FY22, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) have led efforts to secure funding for the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).</p><br /><a href="/merkley-bonamici-lead-efforts-support-ies-appropriations" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/legislature-ends-session-gains-higher-education" hreflang="en">Legislature ends session with gains for higher education</a></h2><p><strong>June 28, 2021 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared in <em><a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/legislature-ends-session-gains-higher-education">Around the O</a></em> on June 28.</p><p>The Oregon Legislature has wrapped up its 2021 session after making some important investments in higher education.</p><p>Lawmakers approved a requested $900 million for the Public University Support Fund, $703 million for the Community College Support Fund, and an increase for the Oregon Opportunity Grant.</p><br /><a href="/legislature-ends-session-gains-higher-education" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/more-100-participate-virtually-uo-day-capitol" hreflang="en">More than 100 participate virtually in UO Day at the Capitol</a></h2><p><strong>May 27, 2021 </strong><br /><p>2021 UO Day at the Capitol, held virtually on May 25, was unlike any of the previous in-person advocacy days of years past and turned out to be a great success. Over 100 faculty, staff, students, trustees and alumni participated to advocate for funding and policy priorities of UO.</p><p>The event started off the evening before with a virtual orientation session with remarks by UO leaders and Governor Kate Brown before advocates broke into groups to plan for their legislative visits.</p><br /><a href="/more-100-participate-virtually-uo-day-capitol" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/may-state-revenue-forecast-predicts-significant-growth" hreflang="en">May state revenue forecast predicts significant growth</a></h2><p><strong>May 26, 2021 </strong><br /><p>On May 19, the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis released the <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/das/OEA/Documents/forecast0521.pdf">May 2021 Revenue Forecast</a>. This is the fifth forecast capturing the impact of COVID-19 on Oregon’s economy, the second of 2021, and the final forecast before the biennial budget is finalized and adopted by lawmakers in late June.</p><p>As the state economist put it – Oregon has not seen revenue growth this fast since the "morning in America moment" of 1984. Highlights include:</p><br /><a href="/may-state-revenue-forecast-predicts-significant-growth" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/american-families-plan-proposes-paths-college-affordability" hreflang="en">American Families Plan proposes paths for college affordability</a></h2><p><strong>May 20, 2021 </strong><br /><p>At the end of April, the White House <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/04/28/fact-sheet-the-american-families-plan/">announced</a> the American Families Plan, which includes a proposal for an additional four years of free, public education for the nation’s young people before and after K-12. Specifically, the plan includes $200 billion for free universal pre-school for all three- and four-year-olds and $109 billion for two years of free community college. </p><br /><a href="/american-families-plan-proposes-paths-college-affordability" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/guidance-36-billion-higher-ed-institutions-announced" hreflang="en">Guidance for $36 billion to Higher ed institutions announced</a></h2><p><strong>May 18, 2021 </strong><br /><p>On May 11, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) <a href="https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-makes-available-36-billion-american-rescue-plan-funds-support-students-and-institutions">announced</a> more than $36 billion in emergency grants provided under the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act for postsecondary education and released guidance about use of the funds.</p><br /><a href="/guidance-36-billion-higher-ed-institutions-announced" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/geri-richmond-nominated-top-post-us-energy-department" hreflang="en">Geri Richmond nominated for a top post in US Energy Department</a></h2><p><strong>May 3, 2021 </strong><br /><p>First appeared in Around the O on April 29, 2021</p><p>Geraldine Richmond, the UO’s Presidential Chair in Science and a much-honored professor of chemistry, has been nominated to serve in the Biden administration as undersecretary for science in the Department of Energy.</p><p>Richmond is one of 16 people recently nominated by President Joe Biden for positions in his administration. Her nomination requires confirmation by the U.S. Senate.</p><br /><a href="/geri-richmond-nominated-top-post-us-energy-department" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/oregon-gains-additional-seat-us-house-representatives" hreflang="en">Oregon gains additional seat in U.S. House of Representatives</a></h2><p><strong>April 28, 2021 </strong><br /><p>On Monday, April 26, the U.S. Census Bureau <a href="https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html">released figures</a> indicating that the state of Oregon’s population has expanded over the last decade enough to give it an additional congressional district for the first time in 40 years, increasing Oregon’s seats in the U.S. House of Representatives from five to six. <a href="https://www.census.gov/newsroom/bios/ron-jarmin.html">Ron Jarmin</a>, acting director of the U.S. Census Bureau, led the news conference.</p><br /><a href="/oregon-gains-additional-seat-us-house-representatives" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/next-election-may-18-deadline-register-april-27" hreflang="en">Next election is May 18, deadline to register is April 27</a></h2><p><strong>April 23, 2021 </strong><br /><p>The deadline to register to vote in the May 18, 2021 Special Election in Oregon is Tuesday, April 27 at 11:59 pm.</p><p>The ballot will include candidates for local school board races, community college board races, park, fire, and water district boards, and county-wide ballot initiatives. UO Government & Community Relations asks you to check your registration and make a plan to vote.</p><p>There are multiple ways to register as an Oregon voter or update your voter registration. Options include:</p><br /><a href="/next-election-may-18-deadline-register-april-27" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/biden-fy22-skinny-budget-proposal-includes-increases-pell-grant-education-and-health-spending" hreflang="en">Biden FY22 skinny budget proposal includes increases for the Pell Grant, education and health spending</a></h2><p><strong>April 14, 2021 </strong><br /><p>On April 9, President Joe Biden sent a letter to congressional leadership outlining his request for FY22 discretionary spending. The “skinny budget” includes investments in public health, the economy, the climate crisis, advancing equity, restoring America’s global standing and confronting 21st century security challenges. A formal budget request is expected in May. The 58 page request can be found <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/FY2022-Discretionary-Request.pdf">here.</a></p><br /><a href="/biden-fy22-skinny-budget-proposal-includes-increases-pell-grant-education-and-health-spending" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/white-house-releases-225-trillion-american-jobs-plan" hreflang="en">White House releases $2.25 trillion American jobs plan </a></h2><p><strong>April 14, 2021 </strong><br /><p>On March 31, the White House released a framework for a $2.25 trillion, eight-year infrastructure package that aims to improve the nation’s transportation, renewable energy, and manufacturing infrastructure, including significant funding for scientific research.</p><br /><a href="/white-house-releases-225-trillion-american-jobs-plan" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/higher-ed-associations-release-key-immigration-priorities" hreflang="en">Higher ed associations release key immigration priorities</a></h2><p><strong>April 6, 2021 </strong><br /><p>In March the Association of American Universities (AAU), the American Council on Education (ACE), the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). and nine other higher education associations compiled a list of key immigration priorities. The intent is to provide the higher education community’s consideration of proposed immigration legislation, as well as regulatory or executive action on immigration issues, especially related to COVID-19.</p><p>The priorities include:</p><br /><a href="/higher-ed-associations-release-key-immigration-priorities" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/nsf-reauthorization-bill-introduced-us-house" hreflang="en">NSF reauthorization bill introduced in the US House</a></h2><p><strong>April 5, 2021 </strong><br /><p>On March 26, the <a href="https://science.house.gov/imo/media/doc/NSF-FORTHEFUTURE_01_xml.pdf">National Science Foundation for the Future Act</a> was<a href="https://science.house.gov/news/press-releases/science-committee-leaders-introduce-nsf-for-the-future-act"> introduced</a> in the US House of Representatives by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.  The bill would authorize funding for the entire agency from FY22-26, increasing funding about 6 percent each year to a total of $13.3 billion in FY26, up from its current funding of approximately $7 billion/year.</p><br /><a href="/nsf-reauthorization-bill-introduced-us-house" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/us-house-passes-bill-would-provide-permanent-protections-dreamers-and-daca-recipients" hreflang="en">US House passes bill that would provide permanent protections for Dreamers and DACA recipients</a></h2><p><strong>April 5, 2021 </strong><br /><p>On March 18, the US House of Representatives passed <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6">H.R. 6</a>, the American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 on a vote of 228 to 197. Nine Republicans joined all Democrat members in support of the bill. If enacted, the bill will provide permanent protections and a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients.</p><br /><a href="/us-house-passes-bill-would-provide-permanent-protections-dreamers-and-daca-recipients" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-asks-congress-700-million-ies-fy22" hreflang="en">UO asks Congress for $700 million for IES in FY22</a></h2><p><strong>April 1, 2021 </strong><br /><p>The University of Oregon signed on to a March 23 <a href="https://www.aau.edu/sites/default/files/AAU-Files/Key-Issues/Federal-Budget/FY22%20Friends%20of%20IES%20Appropriations%20Letter%20(FINAL).pdf">letter </a>to the leadership of the US House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies encouraging the committee to appropriate at least $700 million for the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) in FY22. .</p><br /><a href="/uo-asks-congress-700-million-ies-fy22" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-joins-1200-organizations-urging-congress-double-pell" hreflang="en">UO joins 1,200 organizations in urging Congress to double the Pell </a></h2><p><strong>April 1, 2021 </strong><br /><p>The University of Oregon signed on to a <a href="https://ticas.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Double-Pell-Letter-March-2021.pdf">letter</a>, dated March 25, to all members of Congress asking them to double the amount of the maximum Pell Grant to approximately $13,000. The letter was signed by nearly 1,200 organizations, including the Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Oregon State Students Association.</p><br /><a href="/uo-joins-1200-organizations-urging-congress-double-pell" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/bonamici-joins-colleagues-reintroducing-college-transparency-act" hreflang="en">Bonamici joins colleagues in reintroducing College Transparency Act </a></h2><p><strong>April 1, 2021 </strong><br /><p>Last month Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) joined US House of Representatives and US Senate colleagues in reintroducing the <a href="https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-warren-scott-whitehouse-reintroduce-college-transparency-act?mkt_tok=NjAzLVVSVy0xMjcAAAF7-fWJVQx0AbZRmvyxmAIg-iDYjfXsDiun80j4KkwpYBLlPoxvXpY0M2sMtT8SCgoLDm77JkTqDNDEni7e1ZosbRRLbzwdN8A8PdnoP0E">College Transparency Act.</a></p><br /><a href="/bonamici-joins-colleagues-reintroducing-college-transparency-act" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/legislature-releases-budget-framework-pusf-funding-13-million-less-requested-public-universities" hreflang="en">Legislature releases budget framework; PUSF funding $13 million less than requested by public universities</a></h2><p><strong>March 25, 2021 </strong><br /><p>On March 24, the co-chairs of the Oregon Legislature’s Joint Committee on Ways and Means released their <a href="https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/kotek/Documents/2021-23%20Co-Chair%20Budget%20Framework.pdf">2021-23 Budget Framework</a>. This is the first official indication of how lawmakers intend to allocate state resources for the 2021-23 biennium and essentially “replaces” the Governor’s recommended budget. It establishes expectations of what state funding for the UO might look like for the next two years.</p><br /><a href="/legislature-releases-budget-framework-pusf-funding-13-million-less-requested-public-universities" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/latest-covid-19-relief-package-includes-396-billion-higher-ed" hreflang="en">Latest COVID-19 relief package includes $39.6 billion for higher ed</a></h2><p><strong>March 16, 2021 </strong><br /><p>On Thursday, March 11, President Joe Biden signed into law the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/cl.exct.net/?qs=7013c60d5696995fb921ba4a1cffa4d719bc419febe62815481bb6c4a1096292e61a5aac993ffa138f3c99292c60bb518cfc7af19440fec2__;!!C5qS4YX3!TAbsiMRE5HNtlSrF2s3BY74NU2Es8wpV3Gvbnaj8YXHNPRQxrVC14okBDWyn_9_G5g$">American Rescue Plan Act of 2021</a>, a nearly $1.9 trillion package to provide another round of COVID-19 relief funding.  </p><br /><a href="/latest-covid-19-relief-package-includes-396-billion-higher-ed" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/oregon-congressional-delegation-requests-fy22-budget-shakealert" hreflang="en">Oregon congressional delegation requests FY22 budget for ShakeAlert </a></h2><p><strong>March 9, 2021 </strong><br /><p>Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon) circulated a Dear Colleagues <a href="/sites/default/files/omb_eew_fy22_letter.pdf">letter</a> to fellow U.S. House members urging the Office of Management and Budget to include ShakeAlert in the U.S. Geological Survey budget request to Congress. The letter, dated Feb. 25, was signed by 32 members of Congress, including all five House members from the Oregon delegation.</p><br /><a href="/oregon-congressional-delegation-requests-fy22-budget-shakealert" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/guldberg-testifies-legislative-committee-importance-university-innovation-and-research-fund" hreflang="en">Guldberg testifies before legislative committee on importance of University Innovation and Research Fund</a></h2><p><strong>March 8, 2021 </strong><br /><p>On March 3, Robert Guldberg, Vice President and Executive Director of the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, testified before the Oregon Legislature’s Joint Ways & Means Subcommittee on Transportation & Economic Development to highlight the importance of the University Innovation Research Fund (UIRF) and urge the Oregon Legislature to restore funding this legislative session.</p><br /><a href="/guldberg-testifies-legislative-committee-importance-university-innovation-and-research-fund" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/march-2021-state-revenue-forecast-released" hreflang="en">March 2021 State revenue forecast released</a></h2><p><strong>February 25, 2021 </strong><br /><p>On Feb. 24, the State of Oregon Office of Economic Analysis released the <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/das/OEA/Documents/executive.pdf">March 2021 Revenue Forecast</a>, the fourth forecast capturing the impact of COVID-19 on Oregon’s economy and the first of 2021.</p><br /><a href="/march-2021-state-revenue-forecast-released" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/merkley-named-chair-us-senate-appropriations-subcommittee" hreflang="en">Merkley named chair of US Senate Appropriations Subcommittee </a></h2><p><strong>February 12, 2021 </strong><br /><p>The Office of U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced that the senator will serve as the Chair of the US Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, the Environment, and Other Related Agencies. This <a href="https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/subcommittees/interior-environment-and-related-agencies">committee</a> has wide-ranging jurisdiction over funding recommendations for  the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Forest Service.</p><br /><a href="/merkley-named-chair-us-senate-appropriations-subcommittee" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/updated-oregon-impact-map-breaks-down-uos-effect-county-and-district" hreflang="en">Updated Oregon Impact map breaks down UO's effect by county and district</a></h2><p><strong>February 8, 2021 </strong><br /><p> <a href="/oregon-impact">Oregon Impact 2021</a> is an interactive map tells the story of the University of Oregon’s impact in every Oregon county, legislative district, and congressional district. The tool displays data about UO students, alumni, and other interesting details in a customized and informative way.</p> <p>This Oregon Impact map was recently updated with the latest data about the number of students, alumni, employees and local vendors doing business with the UO in each geographic area.</p><br /><a href="/updated-oregon-impact-map-breaks-down-uos-effect-county-and-district" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/higher-ed-community-requests-additional-heerf-and-covid-relief-biden-executive-orders-impact" hreflang="en">Higher ed community requests additional HEERF and COVID relief; Biden executive orders impact universities</a></h2><p><strong>February 1, 2021 </strong><br /><p>National associations representing the UO and the full spectrum of higher education institutions are requesting at least $97 billion for a Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) in the next COVID-19 supplemental appropriations package.</p><br /><a href="/higher-ed-community-requests-additional-heerf-and-covid-relief-biden-executive-orders-impact" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/blumenauer-introduces-bill-study-impact-autonomous-vehicles" hreflang="en">Blumenauer introduces bill to study the impact of autonomous vehicles</a></h2><p><strong>January 31, 2021 </strong><br /><p>On January 21, 2021 Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) reintroduced a bill to study community-wide influences of autonomous vehicles. The Preparing Localities for an Autonomous and Connected Environment (PLACE) Act would create a federally funded clearinghouse to examine the secondary influences of autonomous vehicles and new mobility.  New mobility includes innovations such as rideshare, car-share, microtransit, bike-share, and scooter-share. </p><br /><a href="/blumenauer-introduces-bill-study-impact-autonomous-vehicles" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/new-covid-19-relief-bill-includes-estimated-24-million-emergency-funding-uo" hreflang="en">New COVID-19 relief bill includes an estimated $24 million in emergency funding for UO</a></h2><p><strong>January 6, 2021 </strong><br /><p>The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (H.R. 133), approved by Congress and signed into law in late December, 2020, is a massive legislative package containing several substantial bills, including an omnibus package of FY2021 funding bills and an emergency spending bill to address the impacts of COVID-19. The relief bill includes $22.7 billion in emergency assistance for higher education and students.</p><p>The $22.7 billion funding is divided into four pots:</p><br /><a href="/new-covid-19-relief-bill-includes-estimated-24-million-emergency-funding-uo" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-ad-mullens-named-congressional-commission" hreflang="en">UO AD Mullens named to congressional commission</a></h2><p><strong>January 6, 2021 </strong><br /><p>First published in GoDucks.com on January 5, 2021.</p><br /><a href="/uo-ad-mullens-named-congressional-commission" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/omnibus-includes-funding-shakealert-and-iesncser" hreflang="en">Omnibus includes funding for ShakeAlert and IES/NCSER</a></h2><p><strong>January 4, 2021 </strong><br /><p>On December 21, 2020, an omnibus spending bill containing all twelve appropriations bills for the 2021 fiscal year passed both chambers of Congress. It was signed into law the following week. Two programs receiving funding of special interest to the University of Oregon are ShakeAlert and the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), including the National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER).</p><br /><a href="/omnibus-includes-funding-shakealert-and-iesncser" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/congress-passes-4th-covid-relief-and-omnibus-spending-bills" hreflang="en">Congress passes 4th COVID relief and Omnibus spending bills</a></h2><p><strong>December 22, 2020 </strong><br /><p>On Monday, Dec. 21, Congress passed a $900 billion 4th COVID-19 pandemic relief package. The relief package is paired with an Omnibus spending bill to finalize the FY21 budget. The relief package includes another round of direct payments to individuals; enhanced unemployment benefits, support for struggling industries and small businesses, and funding for vaccine distribution.</p><br /><a href="/congress-passes-4th-covid-relief-and-omnibus-spending-bills" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/governor-brown-convene-oregon-legislature-third-special-session-2020" hreflang="en">Governor Brown to convene Oregon Legislature for the third special session of 2020 </a></h2><p><strong>December 18, 2020 </strong><br /><p>For the third time this year, Governor Kate Brown will convene a Special Session of the Oregon Legislature. Governor Brown has asked the legislature to consider $800 million in relief to address the needs of Oregon communities stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic and the state’s wildfires.</p><br /><a href="/governor-brown-convene-oregon-legislature-third-special-session-2020" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/cr-extends-funding-federal-government-through-dec-18-uo-joins-letter-urging-passage-fy21" hreflang="en">C.R. extends funding of the federal government through Dec. 18; UO joins letter urging passage of FY21 appropriations bills</a></h2><p><strong>December 14, 2020 </strong><br /><p>On Dec. 11 the U.S. Senate advanced a U.S. House-passed continuing resolution that would fund the government at current levels through Dec. 18. The President signed the bill. Congress is now in the final hours of negotiating a budget bill to meet the December 18 deadline.</p><br /><a href="/cr-extends-funding-federal-government-through-dec-18-uo-joins-letter-urging-passage-fy21" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/bonamici-requests-funding-institute-education-sciences-address-covid-related-delays-research" hreflang="en">Bonamici requests funding for Institute for Education Sciences to address COVID-related delays in research </a></h2><p><strong>December 14, 2020 </strong><br /><p>On Dec. 4 Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), took the lead in authoring a <a href="/file/1079">letter</a> from ten additional members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR), to the leadership of the House and U.S. Senate Appropriations Committees. The signers asked for $200 million in emergency relief for the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to extend funding of current IES research that has been delayed by school closures and lack of access to data collection caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><br /><a href="/bonamici-requests-funding-institute-education-sciences-address-covid-related-delays-research" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/gov-brown-makes-joint-covid-relief-request-wyden-and-merkley-requests-support-college-and-k-12" hreflang="en">Gov. Brown makes joint COVID relief request with Wyden and Merkley, requests support for college and K-12 students</a></h2><p><strong>December 9, 2020 </strong><br /><p>On Dec. 1 Oregon Governor Kate Brown sent a <a href="/sites/default/files/12.01.20_congressionalltr_education_final_003.pdf">letter</a> to U.S. House and Senate leaders urging funding for childcare for working families, elementary and secondary education, and higher education in any COVID-19 relief package. The letter emphasized the costs that have already affected childcare for working families, the additional broadband and technology needs for remote learning for elementary and secondary education, and lost revenues and higher costs affecting higher education. </p><br /><a href="/gov-brown-makes-joint-covid-relief-request-wyden-and-merkley-requests-support-college-and-k-12" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/governor-brown-releases-2021-23-proposed-budget" hreflang="en">Governor Brown releases 2021-23 proposed budget </a></h2><p><strong>December 2, 2020 </strong><br /><p>On Dec.1 Oregon Gov. Kate Brown released her <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/das/Financial/Documents/2021-23_gb.pdf">recommended budget</a> for the 2021-23 biennium.</p><p>The Governor’s budget is based on the November 2020 revenue forecast, which continued to predict modest revenue growth and shows that state collections had largely recovered from the Covid-19 associated shutdowns that occurred during the spring of 2020. The November forecast however did not capture lost revenue associated with current Covid-19 restrictions.</p><br /><a href="/governor-brown-releases-2021-23-proposed-budget" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-students-win-voter-challenge-ducks-elected-across-beaver-state" hreflang="en">UO students win voter challenge; Ducks elected from across the beaver state </a></h2><p><strong>November 23, 2020 </strong><br /><p>While UO students proved their commitment to engaging the 2020 general election by winning a friendly competition among Pac-12 institutions, a number of new UO alumni joined the group of Ducks elected to serve as federal, state, and local officials.</p><br /><a href="/uo-students-win-voter-challenge-ducks-elected-across-beaver-state" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/recap-2020-general-election" hreflang="en">Recap: 2020 General Election</a></h2><p><strong>November 5, 2020 </strong><br /><p>The final day of a historic election with record turnout took place on November 3, 2020. While votes are still being counted in the election for US President, Oregon’s outlook began taking shape shortly after the polls closed. There were significant increases in early voting as compared to 2016, with both Republicans and Democrats showing up early and pushing Oregon’s voter turnout to 80.28%.</p><p><b>State Legislative Races</b></p><br /><a href="/recap-2020-general-election" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/members-oregon-delegation-oppose-rule-putting-status-international-student-visas-risk" hreflang="en">Members of Oregon delegation oppose rule putting status of international student visas at risk</a></h2><p><strong>October 15, 2020 </strong><br /><p>On October 6, 2020, members of the Oregon delegation joined with more than one hundred U.S. House of Representative colleagues in asking the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to rescind a proposed rule change altering the “duration of status” of international student visas. The request was led by U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Mark Pocan (D-WI).</p><br /><a href="/members-oregon-delegation-oppose-rule-putting-status-international-student-visas-risk" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-joins-pac-12-voter-challenge-help-spur-election-turnout" hreflang="en">UO joins Pac-12 Voter Challenge to help spur election turnout</a></h2><p><strong>October 9, 2020 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared in Around the O on Oct. 9.</p><p>UO students, faculty members and staff can up their voter engagement game through Pac-12 Voter Challenge.</p><p>The deadline for registering to vote in Oregon is Oct. 13, and ballots will begin hitting mail boxes a few days afterwards. To encourage more people to register and turn out to vote, the University of Oregon has joined the All IN Campus Democracy challenge to encourage greater student participation in voting and civic life.</p><br /><a href="/uo-joins-pac-12-voter-challenge-help-spur-election-turnout" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/deadline-register-vote-update-address-oct-13" hreflang="en">The deadline to register to vote, update address is Oct. 13</a></h2><p><strong>October 8, 2020 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared in Around the O on October 1.</p><p>Oregon’s deadline to register to vote in the next general election is Oct. 13.</p><br /><a href="/deadline-register-vote-update-address-oct-13" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/house-passes-updated-phase-iv-covid-relief-bill" hreflang="en">House passes updated Phase IV COVID relief bill</a></h2><p><strong>October 7, 2020 </strong><br /><p>On Thursday, October 1 the U.S. House <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/10/02/democrats-white-house-economic-stimulus/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWVdWaU56RTJOREl5T1RSaCIsInQiOiI4M3FEaU1zNkpNcE1TZnd5VEhzUnphZUxWTlJuQml4OFR6MGRsOXREc2UwcFZCd1daQzVaaTJRN081bmN6SmhNeWJqOGdsejE3Q1liMTZYOSszRGJkNDhGUzBNa2I0bUZ5TDJHd1wvd1NQYjhRQlJiMG5Da3dPaVdpeXNmV0ZRbCsifQ%3D%3D">approved</a> HEROES Act 2.0, an updated version of the Phase IV COVID-19 emergency relief bill (the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act) passed in the House this past May, on a 214-207 vote.</p><br /><a href="/house-passes-updated-phase-iv-covid-relief-bill" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/latest-continuing-resolution-averts-federal-government-shutdown" hreflang="en">Latest continuing resolution averts federal government shutdown</a></h2><p><strong>October 7, 2020 </strong><br /><p>On Thursday, October 1 the President signed a continuing resolution to fund the government at current levels by extending about $1.4 trillion in government funding until December 11, thus averting a shutdown at the start of the federal fiscal year. The measure includes $30 billion in farm aid and $8 billion in nutrition assistance for children who normally receive free or reduced school lunches.</p><br /><a href="/latest-continuing-resolution-averts-federal-government-shutdown" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-researcher-notes-community-benefits-us-senate-wildfire-bill" hreflang="en">UO researcher notes community benefits of U.S. Senate wildfire bill </a></h2><p><strong>September 30, 2020 </strong><br /><p>In a <a href="https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-manchin-cantwell-introduce-legislation-to-help-prevent-catastrophic-wildfires">press release</a> on September 17, 2020, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) announced the introduction of legislation to help prevent catastrophic wildfires.</p><br /><a href="/uo-researcher-notes-community-benefits-us-senate-wildfire-bill" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/legislature-delivers-funding-new-boat-oimb" hreflang="en">Legislature delivers funding for new boat at OIMB </a></h2><p><strong>August 19, 2020 </strong><br /><p> </p> In October 2019, local leaders gathered on the dock at the University of Oregon’s Institute of Marine Biology (OIMB) in Charleston to get a look at an old boat. It had become clear that OIMB’s students and faculty had outgrown the current vessel. <p>The Pluteus was built in 1973.  Before it was acquired by OIMB, it was used in the relatively calm nearshore waters of the tropical Atlantic. The old engines and electrical systems have reached the end of their life, and it is too small to carry most classes of students to waters outside the bay in Charleston. </p><br /><a href="/legislature-delivers-funding-new-boat-oimb" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/recap-2020-oregon-legislature-second-special-session" hreflang="en">Recap: 2020 Oregon Legislature Second Special Session </a></h2><p><strong>August 13, 2020 </strong><br /><p>On Monday, Governor Kate Brown convened the Second Special Session of the year for the Oregon Legislature. The primary focus of the one-day special session was addressing the economic effects of COVID-19 on the state’s budget, including a $1.2 billion budget gap.</p><p>Lawmakers passed eleven bills during the day, closing the budget gap, lending additional assistance to out-of-work Oregonians, and expanding policies on police reform.</p><br /><a href="/recap-2020-oregon-legislature-second-special-session" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/us-senate-introduces-universal-telehealth-legislation" hreflang="en">U.S. Senate introduces universal telehealth legislation </a></h2><p><strong>August 7, 2020 </strong><br /><p>On August 4, 2020, Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) introduced the bipartisan <a href="https://www.murphy.senate.gov/download/treat-act-legislation">Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act</a>.</p><br /><a href="/us-senate-introduces-universal-telehealth-legislation" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/fy2021-house-appropriations-bills-include-funding-shakealert-ies" hreflang="en">FY2021 House appropriations bills include funding for ShakeAlert, IES</a></h2><p><strong>August 3, 2020 </strong><br /><p>The U.S. House of Representatives has passed ten of its twelve appropriations bills for fiscal year 2021.  These bills were passed in two packages, known as a “mini-bus” instead of an omnibus. The federal fiscal year begins October 1.</p><br /><a href="/fy2021-house-appropriations-bills-include-funding-shakealert-ies" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/us-senate-introduces-phase-iv-covid-relief-package" hreflang="en">U.S. Senate introduces Phase IV COVID relief package</a></h2><p><strong>July 31, 2020 </strong><br /><p>On July 27, US Senate Republicans released the much-anticipated phase IV for COVID relief. The Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protections, and Schools (HEALS) Act is made up eight separate bills, the package addresses a range of policy and funding issues.</p><p>Some of the most relevant provisions that impact the University of Oregon and other universities include:</p><br /><a href="/us-senate-introduces-phase-iv-covid-relief-package" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/friends-ies-urge-congress-fund-research-workforce-next-pandemic-relief-bill" hreflang="en">Friends of IES urge Congress to fund the research workforce in next pandemic relief bill </a></h2><p><strong>July 28, 2020 </strong><br /><p>On July 21, the University of Oregon signed onto a letter urging congressional leaders to include funding for the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) in the next COVID relief and stimulus funding package.</p><br /><a href="/friends-ies-urge-congress-fund-research-workforce-next-pandemic-relief-bill" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-experts-submit-recommendations-preparing-next-pandemic-senate-help-committee" hreflang="en">UO experts submit recommendations on preparing for next pandemic to Senate HELP Committee</a></h2><p><strong>July 14, 2020 </strong><br /><p>On June 9, U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) released a white paper, entitled “<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.alexander.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/0b0ca611-05c0-4555-97a1-5dfd3fa2efa4/preparing-for-the-next-pandemic.pdf__;!!C5qS4YX3!WX5imyVyRCYQdQNyLxsw3wtjarU25GQDK1L9HYpAMkTd3DkBDBFGj8SHM2xnZowaow$">Preparing for the Next Pandemic</a>.”  The chairman called for feedback from the public on the five recommendations outlined in the paper.</p><br /><a href="/uo-experts-submit-recommendations-preparing-next-pandemic-senate-help-committee" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/bonamici-and-select-committee-announce-comprehensive-climate-action-plan" hreflang="en">Bonamici and Select Committee announce comprehensive climate action plan</a></h2><p><strong>July 6, 2020 </strong><br /><p>After over a year of hearings, meetings, and briefings, the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on the Climate Crisis produced a comprehensive report on June 30, 2020: “<a href="https://bonamici.house.gov/sites/bonamici.house.gov/files/documents/Climate_Crisis_Action_Plan.pdf">Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy, Resilient, and Just America.</a>”</p><br /><a href="/bonamici-and-select-committee-announce-comprehensive-climate-action-plan" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/recap-2020-oregon-legislature-first-special-session" hreflang="en">Recap: 2020 Oregon Legislature First Special Session </a></h2><p><strong>July 6, 2020 </strong><br /><p>In an effort to address the COVID-19 pandemic and statewide calls for police reform, Governor Kate Brown convened the Oregon Legislature for the 2020 First Special Session on Wednesday, June 24.</p><br /><a href="/recap-2020-oregon-legislature-first-special-session" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/rise-act-provide-cost-extensions-introduced-defazio-co-sponsors" hreflang="en">RISE Act to provide cost extensions introduced, DeFazio co-sponsors </a></h2><p><strong>June 30, 2020 </strong><br /><p>On June 24 a bi-partisan group of members of the House sponsored <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7308">HR 7308</a>, the Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act. The bill authorizes approximately $26 billion in emergency appropriations and would provide critical research relief to university researchers who have been impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.</p><br /><a href="/rise-act-provide-cost-extensions-introduced-defazio-co-sponsors" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/supreme-court-blocks-administrations-attempt-rescind-daca" hreflang="en">Supreme Court blocks Administration’s attempt to rescind DACA</a></h2><p><strong>June 19, 2020 </strong><br /><p>Our DREAMERS are here to stay.</p><p>On Thursday, June 18 the United States Supreme Court held, in a 5-4 vote, that the executive order by the Administration to rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was unlawful. This ruling allows, at least temporarily, the continuation of DACA. While it is possible the Trump Administration could more closely follow the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act, this effort would take time and most DACA recipients will likely remain protected into the next administration.</p><br /><a href="/supreme-court-blocks-administrations-attempt-rescind-daca" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/state-update-revenue-forecast-governor-brown-calls-special-session" hreflang="en">State Update: Revenue Forecast & Governor Brown Calls for a Special Session</a></h2><p><strong>June 19, 2020 </strong><br /><p>Governor Kate Brown announced she will call the Oregon Legislature into a special session on Wednesday, June 24. Expected topics for the session will likely be limited to addressing impacts of COVID-19 on workers, employers, the economy, and families, as well as police accountability measures in response to the killing of George Floyd and numerous other Black Americans by police officers.</p><br /><a href="/state-update-revenue-forecast-governor-brown-calls-special-session" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/merkley-and-colleagues-urge-us-senate-leadership-include-higher-ed-next-covid-relief-bill" hreflang="en">Merkley and colleagues urge US Senate leadership to include higher ed in next COVID relief bill</a></h2><p><strong>June 15, 2020 </strong><br /><p>In a June 11 <a href="https://www.merkley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Higher%20Education%20Relief%20C4%20Final.pdf">letter</a>, US Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led 30 US Senate colleagues in urging Senate leadership to include $47 billion in financial support for students and institutions of higher learning in the next COVID-19 emergency relief bill. The letter emphasized the substantial costs and losses already faced by institutions of higher education as enrollment declines and state cuts jeopardize the financial vitality of schools.</p><br /><a href="/merkley-and-colleagues-urge-us-senate-leadership-include-higher-ed-next-covid-relief-bill" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/defazio-introduces-transportation-and-infrastructure-bill" hreflang="en">DeFazio introduces transportation and infrastructure bill</a></h2><p><strong>June 5, 2020 </strong><br /><p>On June 3, Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, released<a href="https://transportation.house.gov/imo/media/doc/Final%20Bill%20Text%20of%20the%20INVEST%20in%20America%20Act.pdf"> text</a> of the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST in America) Act. The bill would allocate funds to infrastructure improvement and rebuilding that has been long overdue. </p><br /><a href="/defazio-introduces-transportation-and-infrastructure-bill" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/merkley-urges-senate-increase-funding-trio-programs" hreflang="en">Merkley urges Senate to increase funding for TRIO programs</a></h2><p><strong>May 21, 2020 </strong><br /><p>U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) was joined by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Jon Tester (D-MT) in leading a bipartisan group of 40 senators seeking to ensure increased financial relief for Federal TRIO Programs (TRIO).</p><br /><a href="/merkley-urges-senate-increase-funding-trio-programs" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-appeals-oregon-delegation-research-relief" hreflang="en">UO appeals to Oregon delegation for research relief</a></h2><p><strong>May 20, 2020 </strong><br /><p>On Monday, May 18, UO leadership sent a letter to the Oregon congressional delegation requesting university research workforce relief in the next coronavirus stimulus package.</p><br /><a href="/uo-appeals-oregon-delegation-research-relief" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/house-passes-3-trillion-coronavirus-stimulus-plan-which-includes-27-billion-public-colleges-and" hreflang="en">House passes $3 trillion coronavirus stimulus plan which includes $27 billion for public colleges and universities</a></h2><p><strong>May 19, 2020 </strong><br /><p>On Friday, May 15, the US House of Representatives passed the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (<a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6800?s=1&r=48">HEROES Act</a>), a $3 trillion coronavirus relief package, by a vote of 208-199 along mostly party lines, marking the start of an effort to pass a fourth emergency supplemental spending package in response to COVID-19.</p><br /><a href="/house-passes-3-trillion-coronavirus-stimulus-plan-which-includes-27-billion-public-colleges-and" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/irs-clarifies-emergency-financial-aid-grants-are-not-taxable-income" hreflang="en">IRS clarifies that emergency financial aid grants are not taxable income</a></h2><p><strong>May 8, 2020 </strong><br /><p>On May 7 the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued <a href="https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/faqs-higher-education-emergency-relief-fund-and-emergency-financial-aid-grants-under-the-cares-act">FAQs</a> on the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund and Emergency Financial Aid Grants under the CARES Act. The FAQ clarifies that aid, incluing emergency aid to college students, should be treated as a "qualified disaster relief payment" and is not treated as taxable income. </p><br /><a href="/irs-clarifies-emergency-financial-aid-grants-are-not-taxable-income" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/oregon-congressional-delegation-signs-letters-requesting-additional-funding-research-workforce" hreflang="en">Oregon congressional delegation signs on to letters requesting additional funding for research workforce</a></h2><p><strong>May 7, 2020 </strong><br /><p>In a May 4, 2020 <a href="https://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/CV4%20Research%20Relief.pdf">letter</a> addressed to United States Senate leadership, Senators Ed Markey (D-MA) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) were joined by 31 other senators in urging Congress to provide additional support for the U.S. research workforce, which includes graduate students, postdocs, principal investigators, and technical support staff. The bipartisan letter requested a total of $26 billion dollars to be included in the fourth coronavirus stimulus package.</p><br /><a href="/oregon-congressional-delegation-signs-letters-requesting-additional-funding-research-workforce" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/coalition-calls-fund-tech-and-science-research-future-coronavirus-financial-relief" hreflang="en">Coalition calls to fund tech and science research in future coronavirus financial relief</a></h2><p><strong>May 7, 2020 </strong><br /><p>On Monday, May 4, the Task Force on American Innovation (TFAI) organized a <a href="http://www.innovationtaskforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/18-Coalitions-Release-and-Letter-FINAL05-04.pdf">letter</a> and <a href="http://www.innovationtaskforce.org/in-response-to-the-covid-19-pandemic-private-sector-groups-and-industry-associations-scientific-societies-and-academic-coalitions-unite-to-urge-congress-to-recommit-to-funding-and-sustaining-the-u-s/">press release</a> urging Congress to recommit funding to national tech and science research in any future coronavirus legislation.</p><br /><a href="/coalition-calls-fund-tech-and-science-research-future-coronavirus-financial-relief" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/wyden-pushes-access-college-students-food-security-assistance" hreflang="en">Wyden pushes for access by college students to food security assistance </a></h2><p><strong>April 30, 2020 </strong><br /><p>On April 23, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) pushed to help college students in Oregon and nationwide have access to critical nutrition assistance by opening the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP), which can be triggered during a pandemic.</p><br /><a href="/wyden-pushes-access-college-students-food-security-assistance" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/dont-tax-student-aid-higher-ed-organizations-ask-clarification-taxability-student-emergency-aid" hreflang="en">“Don’t tax student aid”: Higher ed organizations ask for clarification on taxability of student emergency aid </a></h2><p><strong>April 24, 2020 </strong><br /><p>The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed into law on March 27, includes funding for universities and for direct emergency financial aid grants to students. The emergency grants are intended to cover student expenses including food, housing, course materials, technology, health care, and child-care.</p><br /><a href="/dont-tax-student-aid-higher-ed-organizations-ask-clarification-taxability-student-emergency-aid" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/higher-ed-associations-submit-recommendations-phase-4-cares-act" hreflang="en">Higher ed associations submit recommendations for Phase 4 of the CARES Act</a></h2><p><strong>April 14, 2020 </strong><br /><p>As Congress continues to address the need for financial relief related to the financial impacts of COVID-19, higher education associations have addressed congressional leadership with their recommendations for Phase 4 of the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The recommendations come on the heels of <a href="https://www.acenet.edu/Documents/Summary-CARES-Act-HigherEd-Provisions-032620.pdf">Phase 3</a> of the CARES Act, which allocated approximately $14 billion to higher education as part of the Education Stabilization Fund.</p><br /><a href="/higher-ed-associations-submit-recommendations-phase-4-cares-act" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/us-department-education-releases-cares-funds-higher-education-institutions-student-emergency-grants" hreflang="en">U.S. Department of Education releases CARES funds to Higher Education Institutions for student emergency grants</a></h2><p><strong>April 14, 2020 </strong><br /><p>On Thursday, April 9, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced that more than $6 billion would be distributed immediately to colleges and universities to provide direct emergency cash grants to college students who have been disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak.</p><br /><a href="/us-department-education-releases-cares-funds-higher-education-institutions-student-emergency-grants" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/covid-19-emergency-spending-bill-provides-some-funds-higher-education" hreflang="en">COVID-19 emergency spending bill provides some funds for higher education</a></h2><p><strong>March 31, 2020 </strong><br /><p>On Friday, March 27, the House of Representatives passed and President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, an approximately $2 trillion emergency spending bill in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The Senate first passed the legislation on Thursday, March 26. The third COVID-19 package includes $13.9 billion that will be available in a Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund for students and institutions of higher education.</p><br /><a href="/covid-19-emergency-spending-bill-provides-some-funds-higher-education" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/merkley-leads-request-covid-19-related-emergency-relief-funding-students-and-universities" hreflang="en">Merkley leads request for COVID-19-related emergency relief funding for students and universities</a></h2><p><strong>March 24, 2020 </strong><br /><p>On Friday, March 20, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) quickly took a lead role in authoring a letter to Senate leaders urging support for college students and the universities and colleges they attend be included the third version of the coronavirus emergency relief bill. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) joined Senator Merkley in making the request.</p><br /><a href="/merkley-leads-request-covid-19-related-emergency-relief-funding-students-and-universities" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/new-law-ensures-gi-bill-benefits-continue-during-remote-instruction-period" hreflang="en">New law ensures that GI Bill benefits continue during remote instruction period</a></h2><p><strong>March 24, 2020 </strong><br /><p>Within a week of introduction, the Emergency GI Fix for Coronavirus School Closures was passed by Congress and then signed into law by President Trump on Saturday, March 21. The law gives states temporary authority to continue GI Bill education benefit payments, including housing stipends, at normal levels, uninterrupted, in the event of national emergencies.</p><br /><a href="/new-law-ensures-gi-bill-benefits-continue-during-remote-instruction-period" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/recap-2020-oregon-legislative-session" hreflang="en">Recap: 2020 Oregon Legislative Session</a></h2><p><strong>March 10, 2020 </strong><br /><p>On Sunday, March 8, Oregon’s 2020 legislative session officially came to a close. What began on February 3 as a 35-day session effectively ended abruptly on March 5 when a sufficient number of House and Senate Republicans walked out to prevent a quorum, which requires two-thirds of lawmakers to be present in order to hold a vote in both chambers of the Legislature.</p><br /><a href="/recap-2020-oregon-legislative-session" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/students-will-be-important-part-decennial-census" hreflang="en">Students will be an important part of the decennial census</a></h2><p><strong>March 3, 2020 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared in <em><a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/students-will-be-important-part-decennial-census">Around the O</a></em> on March 2.</p><p>Census Day is fast approaching and accurate student counts are critical to the future and prosperity of the UO and the greater community.</p><br /><a href="/students-will-be-important-part-decennial-census" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/deadline-february-14-washington-dc-advocacy-workshop-opportunity-students-stem" hreflang="en">Deadline is February 14 for Washington, D.C. advocacy workshop opportunity for students in STEM</a></h2><p><strong>February 3, 2020 </strong><br /><p>The University of Oregon is currently accepting applications from students to attend the Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) 2020 workshop in Washington, D.C. from March 29 to April 1. Deadline for submitting an applicatino is February 14.</p><br /><a href="/deadline-february-14-washington-dc-advocacy-workshop-opportunity-students-stem" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/governor-announces-legislative-push-fund-oregon-shakealert" hreflang="en">Governor announces legislative push to fund Oregon ShakeAlert</a></h2><p><strong>January 28, 2020 </strong><br /><p>First published in Around the O, January 28, 2020</p><p>With a vision for preparing the state for a large Cascadia earthquake, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced on Monday a resiliency agenda for the upcoming legislative session that would include $7.5 million in funding to the University of Oregon to build out the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system.</p><br /><a href="/governor-announces-legislative-push-fund-oregon-shakealert" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/classroom-congress-oregon-law-students-dc" hreflang="en">From the classroom to Congress: Oregon Law students in DC</a></h2><p><strong>January 17, 2020 </strong><br /><p>First published in <a href="https://law.uoregon.edu/2019-dc-practicum-1">Around the O</a> on January 15, 2020.</p><br /><a href="/classroom-congress-oregon-law-students-dc" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/future-act-passes-congress" hreflang="en">FUTURE Act Passes Congress</a></h2><p><strong>December 12, 2019 </strong><br /><p>On December 10 the U.S. Senate passed the Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education (FUTURE) Act (<a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5363">H.R.5363</a>) after the House passed the bill by a vote of 319-96 earlier in the day. The entire Oregon delegation voted for passage of the bill. The bill now moves to the President for signature, who recently expressed <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1203103574781317121">support</a> for the measure.</p><br /><a href="/future-act-passes-congress" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/higher-education-act-reauthorization-advances" hreflang="en">Higher Education Act reauthorization advances </a></h2><p><strong>November 22, 2019 </strong><br /><p>On October 31, 2019, the U.S. <a href="https://edlabor.house.gov/">House Committee on Education and Labor</a> passed the College Affordability Act (<a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4674/text?r=13&s=1">H.R. 4674</a>), the first comprehensive reauthorization of the Higher Education Act since 2008.</p><br /><a href="/higher-education-act-reauthorization-advances" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/innovative-cell-therapy-research-boosted-state-funds" hreflang="en">Innovative cell therapy research boosted by state funds</a></h2><p><strong>November 14, 2019 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared in <em><a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/innovative-cell-therapy-research-boosted-state-funds">Around the O</a></em>, November 13, 2019.</p><p>An innovative new research project from UO’s Robert Guldberg has captured the attention of Oregon’s economic development agency Business Oregon and the UO’s Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation.</p><br /><a href="/innovative-cell-therapy-research-boosted-state-funds" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-geography-professor-testifies-congress-about-2016-armed-occupation-malheur-national-wildlife" hreflang="en">UO Geography professor testifies to Congress about 2016 armed occupation of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge</a></h2><p><strong>November 6, 2019 </strong><br /><p>On Tuesday, October 22, University of Oregon professor of Geography and Environmental Studies Peter Walker <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?465583-1/house-panel-holds-hearing-protecting-federal-employees-anti-government-sentiment">testified</a> in front of the U.S. House of Representatives <a href="https://naturalresources.house.gov/subcommittees/national-parks-forests-and-public-lands">Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands</a>.  </p><br /><a href="/uo-geography-professor-testifies-congress-about-2016-armed-occupation-malheur-national-wildlife" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/legislators-get-firsthand-look-uos-aging-research-boat" hreflang="en">Legislators get firsthand look at UO's aging research boat</a></h2><p><strong>October 31, 2019 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared in the <a href="https://theworldlink.com/news/local/legislators-get-first-hand-look-at-the-university-of-oregon/article_1f01edf4-083d-557e-968a-96375c46f3fd.html#tracking-source=home-top-story"><em>Coos Bay World</em></a> and <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/legislators-get-firsthand-look-uos-aging-research-boat"><em>Around the O</em></a>. </p><p>The University of Oregon’s Institute of Marine Biology hopes  the Oregon Legislature’s 2020 session will lead to smoother sailing for its many students.</p><br /><a href="/legislators-get-firsthand-look-uos-aging-research-boat" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/rep-defazio-hosts-passenger-rail-roundtable-school-art-and-design-downtown-studios" hreflang="en">Rep. DeFazio hosts passenger rail roundtable at School of Art and Design downtown studios </a></h2><p><strong>August 29, 2019 </strong><br /><p>On August 26, U.S. Congressman Peter DeFazio convened a roundtable of Lane County-area decision makers along with state and federal officials to discuss the status and needs of the Amtrak Cascades passenger rail service along the I-5 corridor between Eugene and Portland. The event was held at UO’s new College of Design School of Art and Design’s research studios downtown near the Eugene Amtrak station. The tracks are owned by Union Pacific and their representatives joined the meeting.</p><br /><a href="/rep-defazio-hosts-passenger-rail-roundtable-school-art-and-design-downtown-studios" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/reflecting-rural-revolution" hreflang="en">Reflecting on a Rural Revolution</a></h2><p><strong>August 22, 2019 </strong><br /><p>By Alex Notman. Original article with photos is found on the <a href="https://design.uoregon.edu/reflecting-rural-revolution">UO College of Design website</a>.</p><p> As the sun set in the hills of Creswell, it cast long shadows silhouetting buzzing beehive boxes, apple and hazelnut trees, a herd of bison, and a small but mighty community dedicated to helping rural Oregon communities thrive.</p><br /><a href="/reflecting-rural-revolution" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/2019-legislative-session-overview" hreflang="en">2019 Legislative Session Overview</a></h2><p><strong>July 3, 2019 </strong><br /><p>In the November 2018 General Election, Democratic candidates in Oregon won supermajorities in the Senate and House of Representatives. The electoral victories paved the way for an ambitious progressive agenda for the 2019 legislative session. Despite all of this, legislation to make Oregon just the second state in the nation to cap greenhouse gas emissions failed in the final week of session. This was seen as a major defeat for Democratic majorities and Governor Kate Brown and will likely be top of the agenda when lawmakers return to Salem in 2020.</p><br /><a href="/2019-legislative-session-overview" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-architecture-professor-testifies-congress" hreflang="en">UO architecture professor testifies to Congress</a></h2><p><strong>June 18, 2019 </strong><br /><p>On Tuesday, June 11, <a href="https://archenvironment.uoregon.edu/architecture/kevin-van-den-wymelenberg">Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg</a>, professor of architecture at the University of Oregon, <a href="https://transportation.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/the-subcommittee-on-economic-development-public-buildings-and-emergency-management-hearing-on_--efficiency-and-resiliency-in-federal-building-design-and-construction">testified</a> at a hearing before the U.S.</p><br /><a href="/uo-architecture-professor-testifies-congress" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/dream-act-passes-house-vote" hreflang="en">Dream Act passes House vote</a></h2><p><strong>June 6, 2019 </strong><br /><p>On June 4, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 (Dream Act), <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22H.R.6%22%5D%7D&r=1&s=1">H.R. 6</a>, which would provide a roadmap to citizenship for approximately 2.6 million Dreamers, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) holders.</p><br /><a href="/dream-act-passes-house-vote" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/bill-introduced-wyden-would-allow-graduates-student-debt-save-retirement" hreflang="en">Bill introduced by Wyden would allow graduates with student debt to save for retirement</a></h2><p><strong>May 23, 2019 </strong><br /><p>U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, and five Senate colleagues introduced legislation on May 13th that could help many college graduates save for retirement while paying off their student loans.</p><br /><a href="/bill-introduced-wyden-would-allow-graduates-student-debt-save-retirement" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/update-salem-student-success-act-passes-vaccine-and-gun-measures-lose-steam" hreflang="en">Update from Salem: Student Success Act passes; vaccine and gun measures lose steam</a></h2><p><strong>May 15, 2019 </strong><br /><p>On May 13, the Oregon State Senate passed HB 3427, known as the Student Success Act, which will raise approximately $2 billion for early childhood and K-12 schools on an ongoing basis. This bill was the culmination of the work of the Joint Committee on Student Success (JCSS), which was established in January 2018. The JCSS was tasked with creating a plan to improve outcomes for students throughout Oregon.</p><br /><a href="/update-salem-student-success-act-passes-vaccine-and-gun-measures-lose-steam" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/revenue-forecast-released-higher-education-leaders-call-increased-investments-students" hreflang="en">Revenue forecast released; higher education leaders call for increased investments in students</a></h2><p><strong>May 15, 2019 </strong><br /><p>On May 15, the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis released its quarterly economic and revenue forecast. This is the forecast that lawmakers will use to make final budget decisions this session.</p><p>The level of funding in the Public University Support Fund will receive is heavily reliant on this forecast.</p><br /><a href="/revenue-forecast-released-higher-education-leaders-call-increased-investments-students" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/more-100-advocates-lobby-state-legislators-increased-funding" hreflang="en">More than 100 advocates lobby state legislators for increased funding </a></h2><p><strong>May 13, 2019 </strong><br /><p>On Wednesday, May 8, more than 110 students, alumni, faculty members and staff from the University of Oregon traveled to the state Capitol in Salem to lobby legislators for increased funding for the UO and higher education.</p><p>Advocates told lawmakers and their staffs that public universities need the Public University Support Fund to grow by at least $120 million to keep tuition increases at or below 5 percent next year. The UO receives approximately 22 percent of the state fund based on a formula established by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission.</p><br /><a href="/more-100-advocates-lobby-state-legislators-increased-funding" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/oregon-legislature-update-week-15" hreflang="en">Oregon Legislature Update: Week 15</a></h2><p><strong>April 30, 2019 </strong><br /><p>The Oregon Legislature is in week 15 of the legislative session. With just more than two months to complete their work, lawmakers are making progress on passing education budgets.</p><br /><a href="/oregon-legislature-update-week-15" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/congressman-defazio-talks-transportation-uo-students-and-researchers" hreflang="en">Congressman DeFazio talks transportation with UO students and researchers</a></h2><p><strong>April 30, 2019 </strong><br /><p>First appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/rep-defazio-talks-transportation-uo-students-and-researchers/?utm_source=UOnews">Around the O</a>, April 29</p><p>The students in professor Marc Schlossberg’s Bicycle Transportation course had a special treat recently as their classroom was transformed for the day into the setting for a high-level policy discussion that included one of the most influential lawmakers in the land when it comes to transportation issues.</p><br /><a href="/congressman-defazio-talks-transportation-uo-students-and-researchers" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/oregon-legislature-reaches-first-bill-deadline" hreflang="en">Oregon Legislature reaches first bill deadline </a></h2><p><strong>April 15, 2019 </strong><br /><p>The 2019 Oregon Legislature reached its first bill deadline on Tuesday, April 9. All measures had to be voted out of their first committees in order to stay “alive.” For example, a bill introduced in the House of Representatives and referred to the Education Committee must have moved to the floor for a vote of the full chamber, to the Rules Committee, or to the Joint Ways & Means Committee in order to remain active in the legislative process.</p><p>Lawmakers are tackling big policy and budget challenges, including:</p><br /><a href="/oregon-legislature-reaches-first-bill-deadline" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/university-presents-budget-options-ways-means" hreflang="en">University presents budget options to Ways & Means</a></h2><p><strong>April 15, 2019 </strong><br /><p>The University of Oregon, along with the six other public universities, made their case on March 28 to the Legislature’s key budget-writers about why investment in operating funding for college students is critical to a bright future for Oregon.</p><br /><a href="/university-presents-budget-options-ways-means" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/joint-committee-student-success-releases-first-draft-revenue-and-expenditure-plan" hreflang="en">Joint Committee on Student Success releases first draft of revenue and expenditure plan</a></h2><p><strong>April 15, 2019 </strong><br /><p>On April 4, the Joint Committee on Student Success (JCSS) released the first conceptual amendments to House Bill 2019. The JCSS toured the state over the last year examining needs and solutions to fix Oregon’s lagging K-12 graduation rate and improve student outcomes.</p><br /><a href="/joint-committee-student-success-releases-first-draft-revenue-and-expenditure-plan" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/congress-working-fy20-budget-many-obstacles-remain" hreflang="en">Congress is working on the FY20 budget but many obstacles remain</a></h2><p><strong>April 15, 2019 </strong><br /><p>The process for developing the federal budget for FY20 is in full swing. The Trump Administration submitted its request to Congress last month which included deep cuts to key programs. Members of Congress are circulating “Dear Colleague” letters in support of their funding priorities. A plethora of interests from across all sectors are engaged in fly-ins and advocacy days, typical for this time of year.</p><br /><a href="/congress-working-fy20-budget-many-obstacles-remain" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/dear-colleague-round-oregon-delegation-supports-research-budgets" hreflang="en">Dear Colleague round-up: Oregon delegation supports research budgets</a></h2><p><strong>April 15, 2019 </strong><br /><p>Members of the Oregon delegation routinely support funding for student aid and federal research agencies. Evidence of that support comes in the form of “Dear Colleague” letters, one of many tools used by members of Congress to advance budget and policy priorities.</p><br /><a href="/dear-colleague-round-oregon-delegation-supports-research-budgets" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/prison-education-program-would-get-boost-pending-legislation" hreflang="en">Prison education program would get a boost from pending legislation</a></h2><p><strong>April 9, 2019 </strong><br /><p>This article first appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/prison-program-would-get-boost-pending-legislation">Around the O</a> on April 9.</p><p>A University of Oregon program that brings classrooms into the state’s prisons would be expanded under a bill now before the Oregon Legislature.</p><br /><a href="/prison-education-program-would-get-boost-pending-legislation" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/bill-would-expand-uos-oregon-research-schools-network" hreflang="en">Bill would expand the UO's Oregon Research Schools Network</a></h2><p><strong>April 1, 2019 </strong><br /><p>First appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/bill-would-expand-uos-oregon-research-schools-network">Around the O</a> on March 29.</p><p>A bill that would expand a UO College of Education pilot program focused on improving high school graduation rates is currently moving through the Oregon Legislature.</p><br /><a href="/bill-would-expand-uos-oregon-research-schools-network" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/legislature-considers-funding-new-oimb-research-vessel" hreflang="en">Legislature considers funding for new OIMB research vessel</a></h2><p><strong>April 1, 2019 </strong><br /><p> </p><p>First appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/legislature-considers-funding-new-oimb-research-vessel">Around the O</a> on March 29.</p><p>A bill now before the Oregon Legislature would allocate $500,000 in state funds to build and outfit a new ocean-going research vessel for the UO’s Oregon Institute of Marine Biology.</p><br /><a href="/legislature-considers-funding-new-oimb-research-vessel" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/administrations-fy20-proposed-budget-would-hurt-students-research" hreflang="en">Administration’s FY20 proposed budget would hurt students, research</a></h2><p><strong>March 21, 2019 </strong><br /><p>On March 18 the Trump Administration released its proposed FY20 budget, calling for sweeping cuts to non-defense discretionary spending. The proposal sets overall spending at $4.7 trillion, including $1.3 trillion in total discretionary funding, a 1.8 percent cut below FY19 levels.</p><p>The budget request proposes cuts to funding for research agencies and student aid programs, including the Pell Grant and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant programs.</p><p><strong>Research:</strong></p><br /><a href="/administrations-fy20-proposed-budget-would-hurt-students-research" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/bill-would-help-cities-take-part-uo-sustainability-program" hreflang="en">Bill would help cities take part in UO sustainability program</a></h2><p><strong>March 12, 2019 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/bill-would-help-cities-take-part-uo-sustainability-program">Around the O</a> on March 8.</p><p>A bill making its way through the Oregon Legislature would help more cities take part in the UO’s Sustainable City Year Program by creating a new state matching fund.</p><br /><a href="/bill-would-help-cities-take-part-uo-sustainability-program" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/legislative-session-week-7-update-co-chairs-budget-released" hreflang="en">Legislative Session Week 7 update: Co-chair’s budget released</a></h2><p><strong>March 7, 2019 </strong><br /><p>Week seven of the Oregon legislative session ended with some important budget news. The co-chairs of the Joint Committee on Ways & Means released their recommended budget for the 2019-2021 biennium. This budget, based on all current revenues projected to come into state coffers and the economic forecast, had some good news and bad news for public higher education.</p><p><b>The good news:</b></p><br /><a href="/legislative-session-week-7-update-co-chairs-budget-released" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/report-uo-boosts-state-economy-more-1-billion" hreflang="en">Report: UO boosts the state economy by more than $1 billion</a></h2><p><strong>March 6, 2019 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/report-uo-boosts-state-economy-more-1-billion?utm_source=ato03-06-19">Around the O</a> on March 6</p><p>From money brought in by students, visitors and research grants to spending on employment, supplies and construction, the UO remains an economic engine not just in Lane County but statewide, a new report shows.</p><br /><a href="/report-uo-boosts-state-economy-more-1-billion" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/higher-education-association-leaders-praise-long-awaited-federal-spending-package" hreflang="en">Higher education association leaders praise long-awaited federal spending package</a></h2><p><strong>March 1, 2019 </strong><br /><p>On February 15, President Trump signed into law a $328 billion spending package to avoid a second partial government shutdown and complete the FY19 appropriations process. The package will finance the federal government for the seven months remaining of the 2019 federal fiscal year.</p><br /><a href="/higher-education-association-leaders-praise-long-awaited-federal-spending-package" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/latest-week-five-oregon-legislative-session" hreflang="en">Latest from week five of the Oregon legislative session</a></h2><p><strong>February 22, 2019 </strong><br /><p>The Oregon Legislature is only five weeks into its session, but bills are moving and lawmakers are taking up an array of issues from affordable housing to climate change.</p><p>In the last couple weeks, we’ve had lots of University of Oregon students, faculty, and staff at the Capitol engaging on policy bills and advocating for increased operating funding to keep college affordable.</p><p>Below are some highlights from the session in week five:</p><br /><a href="/latest-week-five-oregon-legislative-session" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/oregon-impact-2019-map-has-new-look-links-tell-story-uos-impact-across-state" hreflang="en">Oregon Impact 2019 map has new look, links that tell the story of the UO’s impact across the state</a></h2><p><strong>February 11, 2019 </strong><br /><p>The <a href="/oregon-impact">Oregon Impact 2019</a> interactive map tells the story of the University of Oregon’s impact in every Oregon county and legislative and congressional district.  This tool is now updated with a new look as well as links to the impact in communities across the state by the Resource Assistance for Rural Environments (RARE) program.</p><p>The Oregon Impact map is a collaboration between the UO Campus GIS & Mapping team, the Office of Institutional Research, the Institute for Policy, Research and Engagement, and Government and Community Relations.</p><br /><a href="/oregon-impact-2019-map-has-new-look-links-tell-story-uos-impact-across-state" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/oregon-legislative-session-week-three-new-partnerships-uo-academic-programs" hreflang="en">Oregon legislative session week three: New partnerships with UO academic programs</a></h2><p><strong>February 8, 2019 </strong><br /><p>The University of Oregon is focused on finding new ways for the state to partner with academic programs that contribute to community impact, research, and economic activity.</p><p>The UO is synonymous with Eugene, but did you know that Ducks have a presence in all 36 counties in Oregon? We make in an impact in schools, local governments, businesses, transportation infrastructure, and more in communities statewide. This session, we’re shedding more light on innovative initiatives and community service programs and asking lawmakers to make modest investments in their work.</p><br /><a href="/oregon-legislative-session-week-three-new-partnerships-uo-academic-programs" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/rep-bonamici-head-new-civil-rights-and-human-services-house-subcommittee" hreflang="en">Rep. Bonamici to head the new Civil Rights and Human Services House Subcommittee</a></h2><p><strong>February 1, 2019 </strong><br /><p>U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) has been appointed chairwoman of the newly established House Civil Rights and Human Services subcommittee of the US House Education and Workforce Committee.</p><p>The subcommittee’s <a href="https://edlabor.house.gov/about/jurisdiction">jurisdiction</a> includes policies on civil rights, equal employment opportunities and human services programs such as foster care, nutrition programs, the Older Americans Act.</p><br /><a href="/rep-bonamici-head-new-civil-rights-and-human-services-house-subcommittee" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/title-ix-comment-period-closes" hreflang="en">Title IX comment period closes </a></h2><p><strong>January 31, 2019 </strong><br /><p>Oregon university Title IX coordinators and university presidents joined  <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=ED_FRDOC_0001-0830">more than 100,000 others in submitting comments</a> on the US Department of Education’s <a href="https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/secretary-devos-proposed-title-ix-rule-provides-clarity-schools-support-survivors-and-due-process-rights-all?_cldee=ZWFib3lkQHVvcmVnb24uZWR1&recipientid=contact-2caba77a6787e7118113fc15b4286c00-acf4eb24554b434b948d56fc7af4f548&esid=ba24b605-701b-e911-a97d-000d3a18c42e">proposed regulation</a> on Title IX </p><br /><a href="/title-ix-comment-period-closes" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/two-weeks-oregon-legislative-session-underway" hreflang="en">Two weeks in, the Oregon legislative session is underway </a></h2><p><strong>January 31, 2019 </strong><br /><p>As week two of the Oregon legislative session comes to a close, Oregon’s state capitol building is busy with legislators, citizens, and lobbyists working on public policy and budgets.</p><p>As organizations, legislative staff members and others worked to review the more than 1,400 bills that were initially introduced, the seven public universities have identified approximately 530 bills that could impact the UO.</p><br /><a href="/two-weeks-oregon-legislative-session-underway" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/oregons-80th-legislative-assembly-convenes" hreflang="en">Oregon’s 80th legislative assembly convenes</a></h2><p><strong>January 25, 2019 </strong><br /><p>On January 22nd, the Oregon Legislature convened for its 80th session. It has until June 30th to complete all its policy work and set the state’s budget for the next two years. New members were sworn in on January 14th, with the bulk of policy development and deliberation happening during February, March, April, and May.<br></p><br /><a href="/oregons-80th-legislative-assembly-convenes" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/new-committee-assignments-shake-things-salem" hreflang="en">New committee assignments shake things up in Salem</a></h2><p><strong>January 25, 2019 </strong><br /><p>In December, Senate President Peter Courtney and House Speaker Tina Kotek announced membership of legislative committees for the 2019 session. Committees are important because they are the core deliberative bodies on legislative concepts and make recommendations to the full House or Senate.<br></p><br /><a href="/new-committee-assignments-shake-things-salem" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/defazio-elected-chair-house-transportation-infrastructure-committee" hreflang="en"> DeFazio elected chair of House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee</a></h2><p><strong>January 25, 2019 </strong><br /><p>Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) was elected chair of the US House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee. The committee has jurisdiction over all modes of transportation: aviation, maritime and waterborne transportation, highways, bridges, mass transit, and railroads.</p><br /><a href="/defazio-elected-chair-house-transportation-infrastructure-committee" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/116th-congress-begins-shut-down-continues" hreflang="en">116th Congress begins, shut down continues</a></h2><p><strong>January 25, 2019 </strong><br /><p>The 116th Congress began on January 3, 2019 with the swearing-in of new members. But the partial government shut-down has continued and the negative impacts are growing. Early in the new term, the House passed four remaining FY19 funding bills – which included funding increases for NSF, NASA, NEH, and AFRI consistent with those included in appropriations bills from the last Congress. The entire Oregon delegation, including Congressman Greg Walden (R-OR), voted for passage. Since then, the House has continued to send bills to the Senate.</p><br /><a href="/116th-congress-begins-shut-down-continues" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/construction-cranes-dot-sky-dads-gate-hayward" hreflang="en">Construction cranes dot the sky from Dad's Gate to Hayward</a></h2><p><strong>December 11, 2018 </strong><br /><p>By Athony St. Clair; first appeared in UO Giving<br>Brown leaves crunch underfoot, and low clouds hide the sky—but there may be hints of blue to come. Students talk and smile, or review a book or device as they make their way to the next class, meeting, or lab. Throughout the UO campus, construction equipment beeps and rumbles.This might be the home of the Ducks, but right now campus is the home of the cranes—construction cranes, that is. They dot the sky from Dad's Gate to Hayward. </p><br /><a href="/construction-cranes-dot-sky-dads-gate-hayward" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/national-quantum-initiative-act-heads-president-signature" hreflang="en">National Quantum Initiative Act heads to President for signature</a></h2><p><strong>December 20, 2018 </strong><br /><p>The National Quantum Initiative Act, legislation based on a proposal co-authored by UO Physics Professor Michael Raymer, has passed the House and Senate and is expected to be signed by the President. </p><p>The National Photonics Initiative (NPI) is a broad-based collaborative alliance among industry, academia, and government to raise awareness of optics, photonics and quantum science and technology. Michael Raymer and University of Maryland physicist Christopher Monroe authored the proposal that is the basis for federal legislation first introduced July 2018.</p><br /><a href="/national-quantum-initiative-act-heads-president-signature" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-supports-improved-passenger-rail-service-between-southern-willamette-valley-and-portland" hreflang="en">UO supports improved passenger rail service between Southern Willamette Valley and Portland</a></h2><p><strong>December 18, 2018 </strong><br /><p>On December 17, President Michael Schill submitted a <a href="/sites/default/files/12.17.2018_passenger_rail_serivce_deis.pdf">letter</a> to the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) expressing the university’s strong support of improved passenger rail service between the metropolitan areas of Eugene-Springfield and Portland.</p><br /><a href="/uo-supports-improved-passenger-rail-service-between-southern-willamette-valley-and-portland" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/governor-releases-two-versions-2019-21-recommended-budget" hreflang="en">Governor releases two versions of 2019-21 recommended budget</a></h2><p><strong>November 30, 2018 </strong><br /><p>On Nov. 28 Governor Brown released her recommended budget for the 2019-21 biennium. State law requires the Governor to craft a balanced budget based the state’s current means. The December 2018 revenue forecast from the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis shows that the state is expected to have $20.5 billion in General Fund revenues, which is $1.9 billion more than at the close of the 2015-17 biennium.</p><br /><a href="/governor-releases-two-versions-2019-21-recommended-budget" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/oregon-senators-call-administration-rescind-rule-cracking-down-international-students" hreflang="en">Oregon senators call on Administration to rescind rule cracking down on international students</a></h2><p><strong>November 28, 2018 </strong><br /><p>Oregon senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley joined 16 of their colleagues in signing a <a href="https://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/112018%20Unlawful%20Presence%20Letter.pdf">letter</a> urging U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director (USCIS) Francis Cissna to rescind a policy change that would unnecessarily target international students who inadvertently violate the terms of their visas. Many students don’t know they are in violation of the terms, but under this new rule students could still be barred from re-entering the United States for up to 10 years.</p><br /><a href="/oregon-senators-call-administration-rescind-rule-cracking-down-international-students" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-chemist-serves-another-term-national-science-board" hreflang="en">UO chemist serves another term on the National Science Board</a></h2><p><strong>November 20, 2018 </strong><br /><p>First appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-chemist-serves-another-term-national-science-board?utm_source=ato11-20-18">Around the O</a>, November 19, 2018</p><p>University of Oregon chemist Geri Richmond will spend another six years as a member of the National Science Board.</p><br /><a href="/uo-chemist-serves-another-term-national-science-board" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/how-2018-election-results-impact-uo" hreflang="en">How 2018 election results impact UO</a></h2><p><strong>November 8, 2018 </strong><br /><p>Now that the 2018 midterm elections are over, all social media newsfeeds and TV commercials will go back to their regularly scheduled programming. But how did the election play out in Oregon?</p><p>Voter turnout and engagement by Oregonians was huge, with at least 1.87 million voters casting ballots. Turnout was likely driven by national momentum from both political parties, the race for Governor, and several hotly contested ballot measures. Five statewide measures asked voters to weigh in on everything from taxes to immigration.</p><br /><a href="/how-2018-election-results-impact-uo" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-research-may-soon-make-oregon-safer-quakes-and-fires" hreflang="en">UO research may soon make Oregon safer in quakes and fires</a></h2><p><strong>October 17, 2018 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared in Around the O on October 16, 2018</p><p>Research by UO seismologist and earth sciences professor Douglas Toomey is shaping a new set of policy agendas designed to help Oregon prepare for a Cascadia earthquake and other natural disasters.</p><br /><a href="/uo-research-may-soon-make-oregon-safer-quakes-and-fires" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-scientists-help-pave-way-quantum-science-efforts" hreflang="en">UO scientists help pave the way in quantum science efforts</a></h2><p><strong>October 12, 2018 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-scientists-help-pave-way-quantum-science-efforts">Around the O</a> on October 11, 2018</p><p>UO researchers on the forefront of quantum information science continue to make major strides toward passing legislation, and last week three of them were awarded a major grant to pursue studies in quantum science.</p><br /><a href="/uo-scientists-help-pave-way-quantum-science-efforts" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/campus-street-scene-gets-lively-new-welcome-back-party" hreflang="en">Campus street scene gets lively with new welcome-back party</a></h2><p><strong>October 12, 2018 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/campus-street-scene-gets-lively-new-welcome-back-party">Around the O</a> on October 3, 2018</p><p>Friday, Oct. 12, will be a busy day on the UO campus.</p><p>The ASUO Street Faire, Black Alumni Reunion, Duck Preview and Board Summit will bring hundreds of future and forever Ducks to campus. UO athletics will be preparing for Matt Knight Madness that evening and the next day’s football matchup against rival University of Washington Huskies.</p><p>It’s the perfect time for a party.</p><br /><a href="/campus-street-scene-gets-lively-new-welcome-back-party" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-seek-54m-state-renovate-huestis-hall" hreflang="en">UO to seek $54M from the state to renovate Huestis Hall</a></h2><p><strong>August 28, 2018 </strong><br /><p>This article first appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-seek-54m-state-renovate-huestis-hall"><em>Around the O</em></a> on August 24.</p><p>The University of Oregon will ask state lawmakers for $54 million in bonds next year to renovate Huestis Hall after making the project its top capital construction priority for the coming legislative session.</p><br /><a href="/uo-seek-54m-state-renovate-huestis-hall" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/new-online-advocacy-tool-helps-ducks-support-their-university" hreflang="en">New online advocacy tool helps Ducks support their university</a></h2><p><strong>August 28, 2018 </strong><br /><p>University of Oregon supporters have a new way to engage with federal, state and local elected officials about legislation that affects the university and students. It’s called UO Advocates.</p><p><a href="https://www.uoadvocates.com/">UO Advocates</a> is a new, one-stop-shop digital tool alumni across the state and nation can use to take action and ask elected officials to support the work the UO does to serve people and create tomorrow’s leaders.</p><br /><a href="/new-online-advocacy-tool-helps-ducks-support-their-university" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/oregon-congressional-delegation-supports-funding-neh-and-nea-rejecting-amendment" hreflang="en">Oregon congressional delegation supports funding for NEH and NEA by rejecting amendment</a></h2><p><strong>July 20, 2018 </strong><br /><p>On July 19, a bipartisan group of the U.S. House of Representatives, including all five members of the Oregon delegation, voted 297 to 114 to reject an amendment to the Interior appropriations bill that would have cut the budgets of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) by 15% or nearly $23 million. The bill will go forward with $155 million in funding for NEH, reflecting a $2 million increase over FY18 levels and $155 million for the National Endowment for the Arts.</p><br /><a href="/oregon-congressional-delegation-supports-funding-neh-and-nea-rejecting-amendment" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-researcher-influences-federal-quantum-physics-legislation" hreflang="en">UO researcher influences federal quantum physics legislation</a></h2><p><strong>July 10, 2018 </strong><br /><p>This article first appeared in <em><a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-researcher-influences-federal-quantum-physics-legislation">Around the O</a></em> on July 4.</p><p>A call to action by a UO professor has helped catalyze bipartisan legislation recently introduced in Washington, D.C.</p><br /><a href="/uo-researcher-influences-federal-quantum-physics-legislation" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uos-urbanism-next-research-featured-capitol-hill-briefing" hreflang="en">UO's Urbanism Next research is featured in Capitol Hill briefing</a></h2><p><strong>June 27, 2018 </strong><br /><p>This article first appeared in <em><a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/uos-urbanism-next-research-featured-capitol-hill-briefing">Around the O</a></em> on June 27.</p><p>Few American cities are prepared for the changes already taking place because of rapid shifts in transit and technology, a UO professor said at a recent briefing for lawmakers in Washington, D.C.</p><br /><a href="/uos-urbanism-next-research-featured-capitol-hill-briefing" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-field-media-image listing__photo"><div class="field-content"><a href="/university-oregon-launches-around-o-community-edition"><span class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-collection-items"> <span class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_small/public/uo_celebration_parade.jpg?itok=JQg8tLKf" width="165" height="188" alt="UO Celebration Parade" title="UO Celebration Parade" loading="lazy" typeof="Image" class="image-style-portrait-small" /> </span> </span> </a></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/university-oregon-launches-around-o-community-edition" hreflang="en">University of Oregon launches Around the O Community Edition</a></h2><p><strong>May 11, 2018 </strong><br /><p>UO Government and Community Relations launches newsletter to keep neighbors informed of events and resources that matter to them: major events that impact campus neighbors, construction updates, news on important collaborations, and UO resources for community members.</p><br /><a href="/university-oregon-launches-around-o-community-edition" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-sojc-professor-shares-nsf-funded-research-findings-federal-policy-makers" hreflang="en">UO SOJC professor shares NSF-funded research findings with federal policy makers</a></h2><p><strong>May 21, 2018 </strong><br /><p>Donna Davis, assistant professor in the UO School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC), traveled in May to Washington, D.C. to share with policy makers her research studying the effects of embodiment, creativity and community in virtual worlds for people with disabilities.  The research project was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).</p><br /><a href="/uo-sojc-professor-shares-nsf-funded-research-findings-federal-policy-makers" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-recognized-hosting-international-town-gown-association-conference" hreflang="en">UO recognized for hosting International Town & Gown Association conference</a></h2><p><strong>May 15, 2018 </strong><br /><p>On May 3, the University of Oregon and City of Eugene were awarded the 2018 Convention Leadership Award by Travel Lane County for bringing the International Town & Gown Association (ITGA) Conference to Eugene and the Erb Memorial Union. The annual award recognizes the local residents directly responsible for implementing a meeting or event that brings significant number of overnight visitors to Lane County. The award presentation included a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoM5hWC0T80">video</a> highlighting the impacts of the conference.</p><br /><a href="/uo-recognized-hosting-international-town-gown-association-conference" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-science-museum-awarded-highest-national-honor" hreflang="en">UO science museum is awarded highest national honor </a></h2><p><strong>May 1, 2018 </strong><br /><p>This article first appeared in <em><a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-science-museum-awarded-highest-national-honor">Around the O</a></em> on May 1.</p><p>The <a href="https://www.imls.gov/">Institute of Museum and Library Services</a> announced May 1 that the <a href="http://natural-history.uoregon.edu/">Museum of Natural and Cultural History</a> has won a 2018 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation’s highest honor given to museums and libraries.</p><br /><a href="/uo-science-museum-awarded-highest-national-honor" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/merkley-bonamici-lead-advocacy-efforts-institute-education-sciences-funding" hreflang="en">Merkley, Bonamici lead advocacy efforts for Institute of Education Sciences funding</a></h2><p><strong>May 1, 2018 </strong><br /><p> </p><br /><a href="/merkley-bonamici-lead-advocacy-efforts-institute-education-sciences-funding" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-undergraduate-advocates-science-funding-dc" hreflang="en">UO undergraduate advocates for science funding in D.C.</a></h2><p><strong>April 26, 2018 </strong><br /><p>This article first appeared in <em><a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-undergraduate-advocates-science-funding-dc">Around the O</a></em> on April 26.</p><p>It’s a good thing Rachael Cleveland had early exams last term.</p><p>That’s because the environmental science major spent her finals week in Washington, D.C. learning about science policy and speaking with the staff of U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Peter DeFazio about the importance of funding scientific research.</p><br /><a href="/uo-undergraduate-advocates-science-funding-dc" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/summary-fy18-omnibus-bill-funding" hreflang="en">Summary of FY18 Omnibus Bill Funding</a></h2><p><strong>April 16, 2018 </strong><br /><p>In mid-March, Congress passed the FY18 omnibus appropriations bill – H.R. 1625, <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1625/text">Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018</a> – to fund the federal government until the end of the current fiscal year, ending September 30, 2018. On March 23, President Donald Trump signed the package into law.</p><br /><a href="/summary-fy18-omnibus-bill-funding" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/federal-funding-increase-moves-shakealert-closer-reality" hreflang="en">Federal funding increase moves ShakeAlert closer to reality</a></h2><p><strong>April 10, 2018 </strong><br /><p>Article first appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/federal-funding-increase-moves-shakealert-closer-reality"><em>Around the O</em></a>, April 10, 2018</p><p>A recent boost in federal funding will move the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system closer to completion.</p><br /><a href="/federal-funding-increase-moves-shakealert-closer-reality" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-science-museum-tapped-national-medal-finalist" hreflang="en">UO science museum is tapped as a national medal finalist</a></h2><p><strong>March 14, 2018 </strong><br /><p>This article first appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-science-museum-tapped-national-medal-finalist"><em>Around the O</em></a> on March 5, 2018</p><p>The Institute of Museum and Library Services has selected the Museum of Natural and Cultural History as a finalist for the 2018 National Medal for Museum and Library Service.</p><br /><a href="/uo-science-museum-tapped-national-medal-finalist" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/state-grant-helps-expand-uo-student-veterans-center-services" hreflang="en">State grant helps expand UO Student Veterans Center services</a></h2><p><strong>March 14, 2018 </strong><br /><p>This article first appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/state-grant-helps-expand-uo-student-veterans-center-services"><em>Around the O</em></a> on March 7, 2018.</p><p>A grant awarded to the University of Oregon’s Student Veterans Center by the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs will help the center expand its programs and resources. </p><br /><a href="/state-grant-helps-expand-uo-student-veterans-center-services" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/action-supporting-dreamers-knight-campus-moves-forward" hreflang="en">Action supporting Dreamers, Knight Campus moves forward</a></h2><p><strong>February 27, 2018 </strong><br /><p>This article first appeared in Around the O on February 27, 2018<br><br>University of Oregon leaders and students have seen the inside of the Oregon Capitol building often now that lawmakers have reached the halfway point of the 35-day legislative session.</p><p>The university has set clear priorities: defend against cuts to the university’s operating budget, protect Oregon ’Dreamers,’ and secure the second phase of investment in the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact.</p><br /><a href="/action-supporting-dreamers-knight-campus-moves-forward" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/rep-defazio-gets-taste-quantum-science-uo-visit" hreflang="en">Rep. DeFazio gets a taste of quantum science in UO visit</a></h2><p><strong>February 5, 2018 </strong><br /><p>This article first appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/rep-defazio-gets-taste-quantum-science-uo-visit">Around the O</a> on February 2, 2018.</p><p>The importance of photonics and quantum physics was on full display Friday during a visit to campus by U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio.</p><br /><a href="/rep-defazio-gets-taste-quantum-science-uo-visit" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-joins-higher-education-advocacy-effort-salem" hreflang="en">UO joins higher education advocacy effort in Salem</a></h2><p><strong>January 24, 2018 </strong><br /><p>First published in Around the O, January 16, 2018</p><p>Students, alumni, faculty and staff from all seven Oregon public universities will gather to advocate for higher education funding at the Oregon Capitol in Salem on Thursday, Feb. 15.</p><p>Advocates, including UO President Michael Schill and ASUO President Amy Schenk, will thank legislators for increased funding in 2017. They also will urge lawmakers to protect universities from cuts in 2018 that may endanger programs and services that students rely on to graduate and be prepared for the 21st century workplace.</p><br /><a href="/uo-joins-higher-education-advocacy-effort-salem" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/house-and-senate-appropriation-bills-mixed-research-student-aid-priorities" hreflang="en">House and Senate appropriation bills mixed for research, student aid priorities</a></h2><p><strong>August 2, 2017 </strong><br /><p>With two months to go before the start of the new federal fiscal year on October 1, Congress has taken some level of action on all twelve of the appropriations bills that make up the federal budget. But no budget resolution setting overall spending authority for each appropriations bill has been set nor has Congress addressed issues related to budget caps and the debt ceiling. As Congress heads toward its August recess, it remains unclear whether a government shutdown can be avoided when the fiscal year begins October 1.</p><br /><a href="/house-and-senate-appropriation-bills-mixed-research-student-aid-priorities" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/summary-2017-legislative-session" hreflang="en">Summary of 2017 Legislative Session</a></h2><p><strong>July 7, 2017 </strong><br /><p>The 79th Oregon Legislative Assembly has adjourned. By many measures, this was a difficult session for lawmakers, who were faced with a more than $1 billion budget shortfall and major packages of policy to negotiate, including a multi-billion dollar transportation package and a Medicaid package to ensure thousands of Oregonians are able to stay on the Oregon Health Plan.</p><br /><a href="/summary-2017-legislative-session" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/big-issues-remain-legislature-closes-sessions-end" hreflang="en">Big issues remain as Legislature closes in on session's end</a></h2><p><strong>June 23, 2017 </strong><br /><p>This article first appeared in Around the O on June 20, 2017. University of Oregon leaders and supporters are staying visible in Salem as legislators continue to work through important bills and policy issues.</p><br /><a href="/big-issues-remain-legislature-closes-sessions-end" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-leaders-oppose-proposed-national-institutes-health-budget-cuts-and-research-indirect-cost-caps" hreflang="en">UO leaders oppose proposed National Institutes of Health budget cuts and research indirect cost caps </a></h2><p><strong>June 16, 2017 </strong><br /><p>UO leaders have joined other AAU and APLU member leaders in expressing opposition to the Trump Administration’s request to Congress to cut the National Institutes of Health (NIH) FY18 budget and impose caps for research cost reimbursements on NIH grants.</p><br /><a href="/uo-leaders-oppose-proposed-national-institutes-health-budget-cuts-and-research-indirect-cost-caps" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/session-winding-down-tuition-support-capital-construction-and-revenue-measures-are-table-legislature" hreflang="en">Session winding down: Tuition support, capital construction and revenue measures are on the table in the Legislature</a></h2><p><strong>June 6, 2017 </strong><br /><p>This article first appeared in Around the O on June 6, 2017. With the Oregon Legislature in the last five weeks of the 2017 session, both the House and Senate chambers recently announced they would move to 24-hour notice for public hearings, an indication that the end of the session is near.</p><br /><a href="/session-winding-down-tuition-support-capital-construction-and-revenue-measures-are-table-legislature" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/administrations-fy18-budget-calls-cuts-student-aid-research" hreflang="en">Administration’s FY18 Budget calls for cuts to student aid, research </a></h2><p><strong>May 23, 2017 </strong><br /><p>On May 23, President Donald Trump released his proposed budget, which includes cuts that could prove devastating to students and higher education research if enacted.</p><br /><a href="/administrations-fy18-budget-calls-cuts-student-aid-research" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/fy17-budget-finalized-seven-months-left-federal-fiscal-year" hreflang="en">FY17 budget finalized with seven months left in the federal fiscal year</a></h2><p><strong>May 8, 2017 </strong><br /><p>On Friday, May 5, President Donald Trump signed <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/244?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22h.r.+244%22%5D%7D&r=1">H.R. 244</a>, the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 omnibus appropriations bill to fund the federal government for the remainder of the current fiscal year (through September 30, 2017).</p><br /><a href="/fy17-budget-finalized-seven-months-left-federal-fiscal-year" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uos-knight-campus-gets-first-hearing-state-legislature" hreflang="en">UO’s Knight Campus gets first hearing in state Legislature</a></h2><p><strong>March 28, 2017 </strong><br /><p>This article first appeared in <a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/uos-knight-campus-gets-first-hearing-state-legislature">Around the O</a> on March 28, 2017.</p><p>The UO’s Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact made its debut before the Oregon Legislature last week when a group of university faculty and students spoke about the potential of the $1 billion initiative before a House committee.</p><br /><a href="/uos-knight-campus-gets-first-hearing-state-legislature" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/more-500-universities-sign-letter-white-house-calling-support-dreamers" hreflang="en">More than 500 universities sign letter to White House calling for support of Dreamers</a></h2><p><strong>March 23, 2017 </strong><br /><p>On March 17, the American Council on Education (ACE) delivered a <a href="http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Letter-From-College-and-University-Presidents-to-President-Trump-About-Dreamers.aspx">letter</a> to President Donald Trump regarding Dreamers, young people brought to the United States by undocumented parents before the age of 16. More than 750,000 individuals are registered under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and many are currently enrolled in colleges and universities across the country.</p><br /><a href="/more-500-universities-sign-letter-white-house-calling-support-dreamers" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/ducks-swoop-salem-make-case-budget-boost" hreflang="en">Ducks swoop into Salem to make a case for a budget boost</a></h2><p><strong>March 9, 2017 </strong><br /><p>This article first appeared in Around the O on March 9, 2017</p><p>Almost 100 university leaders, students and alumni rallied in Salem on Thursday to urge lawmakers to boost state support for public universities and protect the affordability of a college degree.</p><br /><a href="/ducks-swoop-salem-make-case-budget-boost" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/oregon-legislators-solicit-feedback-proposed-budget" hreflang="en">Oregon legislators solicit feedback on proposed budget</a></h2><p><strong>February 7, 2017 </strong><br /><p>This article first appeared in <em><a href="https://around.uoregon.edu/content/oregon-legislators-solicit-feedback-proposed-budget">Around the O</a></em> on February 7, 2017<br><br>As campus leaders at Oregon’s seven public universities urge state lawmakers to boost state funding for higher education, the co-chairs of the Legislature’s Joint Ways and Means Committee are making their way across Oregon to solicit input on what should be funded during the next two years.</p><br /><a href="/oregon-legislators-solicit-feedback-proposed-budget" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/higher-education-leaders-express-concern-about-visa-limits" hreflang="en">Higher education leaders express concern about visa limits</a></h2><p><strong>February 6, 2017 </strong><br /><p>The University of Oregon joined higher education associations, scientific societies, and individual colleges and universities in expressing strong concerns about President Donald Trump's <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/27/executive-order-protecting-nation-foreign-terrorist-entry-united-states">January 27 executive order</a> that halted for 90 days the entry into the U.S. of individuals from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Statements included, in date order:</p><br /><a href="/higher-education-leaders-express-concern-about-visa-limits" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/university-leaders-ask-legislature-improved-funding" hreflang="en">University leaders ask Legislature for improved funding</a></h2><p><strong>January 24, 2017 </strong><br /><p>This article first appeared in<em> <a href="http://around.uoregon.edu/content/university-leaders-ask-legislature-improved-funding">Around the O</a></em> on January 24, 2017.<br><br>The presidents and campus leaders at Oregon’s seven public universities are urging lawmakers to boost state funding for higher education, saying recent budget proposals from the governor and Legislature could force record increases in tuition.</p><br /><a href="/university-leaders-ask-legislature-improved-funding" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/uo-outlines-priorities-2017-oregon-legislative-session" hreflang="en">UO outlines priorities for 2017 Oregon legislative session</a></h2><p><strong>January 23, 2017 </strong><br /><p>During the 2017 legislative session, UO leaders are proposing and/or monitoring a variety of topics and bills introduced that have budgetary or policy implications for the institution. State Affairs staff study all bills introduced during the session, confer with faculty and staff with content knowledge about the effects of proposed legislation, and work in coalition with university and other partners to share implications with decision makers and ensure the mission and strategic of the institution is advanced..</p><br /><a href="/uo-outlines-priorities-2017-oregon-legislative-session" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/end-114th-congress-sweeping-innovation-and-medical-research-legislation-signed-law-government" hreflang="en">The end of the 114th Congress: Sweeping innovation and medical research legislation signed into law, government shutdown avoided</a></h2><p><strong>January 23, 2017 </strong><br /><p>The 114th Congress finished in December with the passage of important legislation, including a <a href="http://appropriations.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=394665">FY17 Continuing Resolution (CR)</a>, which will fund the government through April 28, 2017, avoiding a government shutdown.</p><br /><a href="/end-114th-congress-sweeping-innovation-and-medical-research-legislation-signed-law-government" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/proposed-bridge-act-shields-dreamers-deportation" hreflang="en">Proposed BRIDGE Act shields DREAMers from deportation</a></h2><p><strong>January 23, 2017 </strong><br /><p>On January 12, bipartisan groups in the U.S. House and Senate introduced the <a href="https://gutierrez.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/coffman-guti-rrez-graham-durbin-reintroduce-bridge-act-protect">BRIDGE (Bar Removal of Individuals who Dream and Grow our Economy) Act</a>, to shield DREAMers – (Development, Relief and Education of Alien Minors) undocumented immigrants who were brought to this country as children – from deportation until their status can be addressed through comprehensive immigration reform.</p><br /><a href="/proposed-bridge-act-shields-dreamers-deportation" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/oregon-impact-map-updated-2017" hreflang="en">Oregon Impact Map updated for 2017</a></h2><p><strong>January 23, 2017 </strong><br /><p>The <a href="/oregon-impact">Oregon Impact</a> site now includes the most current data about the University of Oregon’s impact around the state. UO Campus GIS & Mapping team of Safety and Risk Services created the interactive site in collaboration with the government and community relations group.</p><br /><a href="/oregon-impact-map-updated-2017" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/governors-recommended-budget-includes-funding-two-uo-projects" hreflang="en">Governor's recommended budget includes funding for two UO projects</a></h2><p><strong>December 7, 2016 </strong><br /><p>The budget proposal recently released by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown for 2017-19 includes funding for several UO priorities, including bonds for two projects that are key to the university’s future.</p><br /><a href="/governors-recommended-budget-includes-funding-two-uo-projects" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/us-house-approves-cures-act" hreflang="en">US House approves Cures Act</a></h2><p><strong>December 6, 2016 </strong><br /><p>The US House of Representatives on November 30 passed the 21st Century Cures Act (now HR 34) in a vote of 392 to 26. The Cures Act, which authorizes increased funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), enjoys broad support from the research community and has been endorsed by the White House, but other groups oppose using the Public Health and Prevention Fund as the offset to pay for increased funding.</p><br /><a href="/us-house-approves-cures-act" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/us-senator-ron-wyden-discusses-presidental-tax-transparency-act-bill-law-students" hreflang="en">U.S. Senator Ron Wyden discusses Presidental Tax Transparency Act bill with law students</a></h2><p><strong>September 30, 2016 </strong><br /><p>On Thursday, September 29, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden spoke with Oregon Law students today about his bill, the Presidential Tax Transparency Act, to require presidential candidates to release their recent tax returns.</p><br /><a href="/us-senator-ron-wyden-discusses-presidental-tax-transparency-act-bill-law-students" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/us-senator-merkley-and-congressman-defazio-visit-campus-speak-students-and-faculty" hreflang="en">US Senator Merkley and Congressman DeFazio visit campus to speak with students and faculty</a></h2><p><strong>June 6, 2016 </strong><br /><p>On May 31, both US Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR-04) separately visited the UO campus to talk with students and faculty. The Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics hosted Senator Merkley for a talk on the current vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court. After offering opening remarks, Senator Merkley was joined on a panel by Stuart Chinn, UO associate professor of law, and James Mohr, Distinguished professor of History and Philip H. Knight Professor of Social Sciences.  Senator Merkley is pictured below with Professors Chinn and Mohr. </p><br /><a href="/us-senator-merkley-and-congressman-defazio-visit-campus-speak-students-and-faculty" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/congressional-committees-move-budget-bills" hreflang="en">Congressional committees move budget bills </a></h2><p><strong>June 6, 2016 </strong><br /><p>Before heading to the Memorial Day recess, several congressional committees took action on funding bills. As Congress returns to Washington, D.C. this week, the week of June 6, appropriators are scheduled to meet again.</p><p>On May 24, the US House Appropriations Committee <a href="http://cl.exct.net/?qs=ed4be40282a50043b76dc3826f3fd5e9552ec1e1ab149e92c142bbd8f3b186e6811c7beb2a7a2817">approved</a> its FY17 Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) bill with funding for research programs at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and NASA.</p><br /><a href="/congressional-committees-move-budget-bills" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/governor-brown-visits-campus-speak-students" hreflang="en">Governor Brown visits campus to speak to students</a></h2><p><strong>May 23, 2016 </strong><br /><p> </p><br /><a href="/governor-brown-visits-campus-speak-students" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/senator-wyden-hosts-cyber-security-roundtable-congresswoman-bonamici-hosts-innovation-discussion" hreflang="en">Senator Wyden hosts cyber security roundtable; Congresswoman Bonamici hosts innovation discussion at White Stag Block</a></h2><p><strong>May 23, 2016 </strong><br /><p>On May 6, US Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) UO’s visited campus to hold a roundtable with UO computer and information science faculty members, students, and local tech sector companies on cyber security and privacy.</p><br /><a href="/senator-wyden-hosts-cyber-security-roundtable-congresswoman-bonamici-hosts-innovation-discussion" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/oregon-drivers-license-will-no-longer-be-accepted-entry-certain-federal-facilities-starting-oct-2016" hreflang="en">Oregon driver's license will no longer be accepted for entry into certain federal facilities starting in Oct. 2016</a></h2><p><strong>May 23, 2016 </strong><br /><p>Beginning October 10, 2016, Oregon driver licenses will no longer be accepted identification to access certain federal facilities and nuclear power plants. Congress, in enacting the REAL ID Act in 2005, began a phase-in process requiring states to either update the security of driver’s licenses or require their citizens to provide an additional form of <a href="https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/identification">acceptable alternative identification</a> for some activities.</p><br /><a href="/oregon-drivers-license-will-no-longer-be-accepted-entry-certain-federal-facilities-starting-oct-2016" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/irs-grants-delay-tax-reporting-1098-t-requirement-change" hreflang="en">IRS grants delay in tax reporting (1098-T) requirement change</a></h2><p><strong>May 23, 2016 </strong><br /><p>The Internal Revenue Service <a href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/a-16-17.pdf">announced</a> in late April that it will grant a delay in implementation of a change in tax reporting requirements for qualified tuition and related expenses on IRS form 1098-T. The UO joined with the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) and other universities in asking for the delay.<br> </p><br /><a href="/irs-grants-delay-tax-reporting-1098-t-requirement-change" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/senate-appropriations-committee-funds-advanced-wood-research-initiative-increases-funding-afri" hreflang="en">Senate Appropriations Committee funds advanced wood research initiative, increases funding for AFRI</a></h2><p><strong>May 23, 2016 </strong><br /><p>The Senate Appropriations Committee on May 19 <a href="http://cl.exct.net/?qs=d6893a4e4a723075785ff94414e64b9d1c7a246a53b51dba8de814c4860a960d0458c00d7c2541ca">approved</a> its FY17 Agriculture appropriations bill with $375 million for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), an increase of $25 million above the FY16 enacted level. That funding is the same amount <a href="http://cl.exct.net/?qs=d6893a4e4a7230758f75865caf1ae4e788210cadd3ad4047cd5277a9e6a7a0954d8be7324b31cba7">approved</a> for AFRI by the House Appropriations Committee on April 19.</p><br /><a href="/senate-appropriations-committee-funds-advanced-wood-research-initiative-increases-funding-afri" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/merkley-bonamici-lead-advocacy-efforts-institute-education-sciences-funding" hreflang="en">Merkley, Bonamici lead advocacy efforts for Institute of Education Sciences funding</a></h2><p><strong>May 1, 2018 </strong><br /><p> </p><br /><a href="/merkley-bonamici-lead-advocacy-efforts-institute-education-sciences-funding" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> <div class="listing__row views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing listing__content"><span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/administrations-fy18-budget-calls-cuts-student-aid-research" hreflang="en">Administration’s FY18 Budget calls for cuts to student aid, research </a></h2><p><strong>May 23, 2017 </strong><br /><p>On May 23, President Donald Trump released his proposed budget, which includes cuts that could prove devastating to students and higher education research if enacted.</p><br /><a href="/administrations-fy18-budget-calls-cuts-student-aid-research" hreflang="en">Read more...</a></p></span></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-element-container settings-tray-editable block block-views block-views-blockcollection-items-block-3" id="block-views-block-collection-items-block-3" data-drupal-settingstray="editable"> <div><div class="grid grid--2col view view-collection-items view-id-collection_items view-display-id-block_3 js-view-dom-id-34886573328bf907dc548a222710dacc768ff795fea302c15efc02be8b63e0b5"> </div> </div> </div> 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