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Glen Holden Sr, BS ’51 (business administration), passed away on April 18, 2024, at the age of ninety-six.

How two long-time UO community members honored their late partners' passions for education with endowments that will stand the test of time.

The University of Oregon is mourning the passing and celebrating the life of one of our most avid and prolific supporters, accomplished businesswoman and philanthropist, Patricia Peterson, who died March 10, 2024, at her home in Portland. She was 97.

UO one of three schools selected to expand their Stamps Scholars Program

Awards to Support Indigenous, Race and Ethnic Studies Department and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies

UO alum Scott Drumm on a lifetime of learning and why the library is still his favorite spot on campus

What makes The Duck and Me statue even more special is the fact that it came to life because of UO alumni and donor collaboration.

The Cameron family’s $10M gift will boost UO’s innovation and entrepreneurship efforts, as well as support faculty excellence.

Listen to Thomas, a graduate of Lundquist College of Business, share the story of coming up with the idea for Townshend’s Tea Company as an undergraduate class project.

Steve and Kasey Holwerda hope their gift for capital improvements to the UO Portland campus will inspire others to give.

Andrew Berwick, Jr., an esteemed alumnus of the University of Oregon and an unwavering champion of the arts, passed away on November 25, 2023, at the age of 89.

The UO GlobalWorks Internship Program launched in 2015, sending 15 students to China and Japan in the summer of 2016.

Former UO professor Roger Chickering and Alison Baker (JD ’85), have a reverence for history.

Ethan Dinh, a third-year computer science undergraduate student, became a Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholar (KCUS) in 2022.

Donors Chris MA ’70 (Music) and Fred Johnson are no strangers to giving. When they learned more about The Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, they decided to direct 100% of their estate to the Knight Undergraduate Scholars and Bioengineering PhD Student Fellows program.

Over more than five decades, the Sandstroms have given, year-after-year, to support causes across campus at the University of Oregon.

A popular program since its inception, the ALI has connected more than 35 students with University Advancement staff for a range of skill-building, professional development, and development-focused experiential opportunities.

This summer the Knight Library doors underwent crucial repair and restoration work—including making them much easier to open—as part of larger capital improvements.

From welcoming the first cohort of students, to hiring faculty and staff, to accolades and awards -there was much to celebrate in 2023 at the Ballmer Institute for Children's Behavioral Health at the University of Oregon in Portland. 

Over eight decades after the University of Oregon was founded, the Clark Honors College was established in 1960, becoming the first four-year public honors college west of the Mississippi.

The Spanish Heritage Language Program within the Department of Romance Languages needs your support to continue serving Latinx students

UO Onward: Conversations with President Scholz had its kickoff event in early September, bringing together donors, alumni, faculty and staff with UO”s 19th president.

UO President Karl Scholz announced in a message to campus that Joe Buck will join the university September 18.

By the time Randi Ross arrived at the University of Oregon, she was ready to turn her trauma into action. A survivor of molestation in childhood, domestic abuse as an adult, and a witness to how predators had begun targeting her own children, Ross entered UO with a resolute mission: To put a stop to the generational cycle of child abuse.

It is with great sadness that the UO marks the passing of Edwin L. Artzt. The former chairman and CEO of Procter & Gamble (P&G), School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC) alumnus and Hall of Achievement member, and Advertising Hall of Fame inductee passed away peacefully on April 7 at his home in Florida. He was 92.

Now in its second year, the donor-funded program provides stipends and resources to connect UO students with small, nonprofit Portland employers with a mission of positive social change.

Shirley Rippey, a University of Oregon alumna, advocate for children’s education and wellbeing, and philanthropist, died Thursday, Jan. 19, in Tigard. She was 91

A look back on the tenure of longtime leader and instrumental voice for university advancement, Mike Andreasen. 

This Giving Tuesday, the University of Oregon will reach out to alumni and friends of the UO with a message of gratitude and invite them to give to the areas that mean the most to them.

Longtime friend of the UO Mary Boyle will help bring the Oregon Arts perspective to programming at the Kennedy Center as a member of the President's Committee on the Arts.