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University of Oregon President Michael H. Schill throws up the Oregon “O” as he walks over to begin the Graduation Stage Procession. After a full academic year of online school, the class of 2021 participated in the University of Oregon's traditional Grad Parade on June 12, 2021. (Ian Enger/Emerald)

President Schill to leave UO

Evan Huntington August 11, 2022

The University of Oregon Board of Trustees announced on Thursday that President Michael H. Schill will be leaving the UO to become the new president at Northwestern University. His appointment as president...

Op-Ed: Fair contracts, fair tuition-- Why workers stand with students at UO

Guest Viewpoint: UO APASU Calls Out Schill’s Response to AAPI Hate

Asian and Pacific American Student Union April 22, 2021

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President Schill leads a virtual classroom for the first time at UO

Jane Glazer April 21, 2021

During the 2021 spring term, University of Oregon President Michael Schill is teaching an honors college class titled “Higher Education in the United States: An Introduction to Key Issues and Challenges.”  In...

University President Michael Schill speaks at the The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award Ceremony in the EMU ballroom on Jan. 15, 2019. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

Opinion: Irony is Schill’s new teaching job

Jael Calloway April 19, 2021

When the University of Oregon published this term’s course list, I was excited to see a class titled “Higher Education in the United States: An Introduction to Key Issues and Challenges.”...

Located across from the William Knight Law Center, Hayward Field is the University of Oregon Track and Field team's stadium. (DL Young/Emerald).

UO plans for in-person fall term, Schill announces

Joanna Mann March 1, 2021

The University of Oregon will return to predominantly in-person classes starting next  fall term, UO President Michael Schill announced Monday afternoon. The decision comes after Oregon Gov....

Op-Ed: Fair contracts, fair tuition-- Why workers stand with students at UO

Guest Viewpoint: Why Schill’s decision to double down on campus cops is wrong

Michael Hames-García and Disarm UO January 22, 2021

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The University of Oregon sign on Franklin Boulevard and Agate Street. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

UO’s spring term will be remote, Schill announces

Katherine Wineland January 19, 2021

The University of Oregon will continue to hold a mix of remote and in-person classes spring term, according to a campus-wide email from UO President Michael Schill Tuesday morning.As with winter term,...

A University of Oregon Police Department vehicle is parked on campus. (Kimberly Harris/Emerald)

Breaking: ASUO executive says Schill’s UOPD reforms won’t ‘reach its full potential’

Reina Harwood November 30, 2020

The Associated Students of the University of Oregon Executive Branch said they believe some of UO President Michael Schill’s reforms regarding the University of Oregon Police Department will not...

The University of Oregon Police Department, formerly the Department of Public Safety, was established in 2012. Now, campus-based activist groups are calling for the disarming, defunding, and dismantling of UOPD. Campus-based activist groups across the country call for disarming and defunding their university police departments. Some groups at the University of Oregon have recently made these same demands. (Summer Surgent-Gough/Emerald)

ASUO, police chief and Schill on partial disarming of UOPD

Leo Baudhuin, Bruno Crolla November 27, 2020

University of Oregon President Michael Schill released his plan for police reform on Nov. 9 in response to students’ calls to defund and disarm the University of Oregon Police Department. The ASUO...

Hand washing stations are now available across campus in response to COVID-19. (Sarah Northrop/Emerald)

President Schill discusses COVID response, UOPD and Greek life

Silas Sloan November 16, 2020

Editor's note: This story was changed to reflect the fact that President Schill announced reforms to UOPD on Nov. 9, not Oct. 9 as was published in an earlier version of this article. When the Emerald...

Op-Ed: Fair contracts, fair tuition-- Why workers stand with students at UO

Guest Viewpoint: Schill’s email overlooks US democracy’s racism, violence

SOJC Graduate Student Diversity Task Force November 13, 2020

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