Presidential Messages

• Interim President Patrick Phillips announces Katie McLaughlin, a clinical psychologist and professor from Harvard University, has been selected to lead The Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health.
• Interim President Patrick Phillips addresses the death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of five police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, and provides an update on the university's commitment to progress.
• Interim President Patrick Phillips highlights the unique ways the university is driving change to make the world a better place.
• Interim President Patrick Phillips gave this speech after the NAACP MLK Day march on January 16.
• Interim President Patrick Phillips announces interim leadership plans for University Advancement and interim management of the Office of Government and Community Relations.
• Interim President Patrick Phillips shares his good wishes for a warm holiday season.
• Michael Andreasen, the senior vice president for advancement, is leaving the University of Oregon to take the role of vice chancellor for development at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• Interim President Patrick Phillips provides an update on the University of Oregon’s work to improve our campus culture and foster a welcoming and respectful environment.
• I am writing today with a simple message: VOTE! It is your right as an American—regardless of religion, race, gender, identity, ability, orientation, or ideology—to vote. Your vote matters.
• Interim President Patrick Phillips announced the launch of the UO Home Flight Scholars Program, a new student success program dedicated to serving American Indian and Alaska Native undergraduate students who are residents of Oregon.