UO E-clips, Nov. 5-6

OHSU Foundation names new chief (The Oregonian): Oregon Health & Science University said Wednesday that it had hired Allan Price as the head of the OHSU Foundation, perhaps one of the most important positions at the university. Price, 53, has worked in higher education for more than two decades, most recently as vice president for university advancement at the University of Oregon. He oversaw Campaign Oregon, which raised $823 million against a $600 million goal.

UO VP Allan Price taking OHSU roles (Portland Business Journal): Allan Price, vice president for university advancement at the University of Oregon, is leaving that role at the end of the year to become senior vice president for advancement at Oregon Health and Science University and president of the OHSU Foundation. Price joined the University of Oregon in 2001. He has been responsible for development, public and government affairs, the UO alumni association, and most recently the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.

University advancement vice president resigns: Price accepts similar job at Oregon Health and Science Institute (Daily Emerald): Allan Price, the man who led the University of Oregon's most successful fundraising campaign in history, will leave the University in January to take a similar job at Oregon Health and Science University. In an e-mail to the University community, University President Dave Frohnmayer announced Wednesday afternoon that he plans to appoint Michael Redding, the associate vice president for public and government affairs, to serve as interim vice president of University advancement for an 18-month period.

UO, OSU to hold competitive blood drive (Associated Press): The University of Oregon and Oregon State University will hold their seventh "Rivals for Life" blood drive competition from Thursday until the Nov. 22 Civil War football game at Reser Stadium. Blood donors from around the state are eligible to win two tickets to the game. The winning side will be announced at the game, and the victorious alumni association will receive a trophy. The campaign is promoted by the American Red Cross, Lane Memorial Blood Bank and the University of Oregon and Oregon State University Alumni Associations. Last year the drive collected more than 7,200 units of blood and platelets. Drive organizers say someone in the Northwest needs blood every two minutes. Donors can call 1-800-GIVE LIFE to schedule a donation appointment.

Fashion Show: Oregon’s new Nike-ized baseball uniforms include pinstripes made up of words (Register-Guard): The University of Oregon introduced its new Nike-designed baseball uniforms Wednesday, and perhaps the biggest news was that they look, well, like baseball uniforms. “Their challenge was to take an old dog like me, an old traditionalist like me, who was pretty set in his ways as to what a baseball uniform should look like, and Oregon-ize it, and Nike-ize it,” coach George Horton said. “We had lots of meetings ... and there was a little give and take. Not only did they accept that challenge, but they hit a grand slam.” The six uniform combinations that the Ducks unveiled -- gray pinstripes with “Oregon’ across the jersey for the road uniforms, white pants with “Ducks” in script across the jersey for home uniforms, with a wild-card green jersey with a large lightning yellow “O” -- will allow the Ducks to do some mixing and matching but still offer a consistent “look” at home or on the road.

Oregon’s economy weaker in September (Portland Business Journal): The University of Oregon Index of Economic Indicators fell in September to 90.9, based on a 1997 benchmark of 100. The decline from August was 0.1 percent. Compared to six months ago, the UO Index is down 7.4 percent. The UO Index incorporates a number of changes this month. To improve its efficiency as a leading indicator of recessions and to address concerns about the transition of help-wanted advertising from newspapers to the Internet, two indicators — nonfarm payrolls and help-wanted advertising in Oregon newspapers — were replaced with employment services payrolls, said Tim Duy, director of the Oregon Economic Forum and a UO adjunct assistant professor. … Three indicators — the Oregon weight distance tax, Oregon building permits, and U.S. consumer confidence — were smoothed using moving averages to minimize volatility in the data. Also, the national recession dates were replaced with Oregon recession probabilities developed by Jeremy Piger, University of Oregon associate professor of economics.

U of O index continues to say recession (The Oregonian): The University of Oregon's economic index, released today, continues to signal recessionary conditions in Oregon. Timothy A. Duy, director of the U of O's Oregon Economic Forum, said recent deterioration of credit markets promise to prolong the recession through at least the first half of 2009. The index fell in September to 90.9, a 0.1 percent decline from the previous month. The index is set with conditions in 1997 as 100. Oregon labor markets deteriorated in September. Payrolls at employment services agencies declined to 5.4 percent lower than year-ago levels. Initial unemployment claims jumped to a weekly average of 9,641, the highest since December of 2001. Residential building permits hovered around 1,000 for the third consecutive month. Duy said prices for existing homes are likely to decline further as the mortgage market adjusts to a return to traditional underwriting standards. New orders for nondefense, nonaircraft capital goods, adjusted for inflation, fell again in September, with further declines expected in October as firms delay capital spending in the face of an intensifying credit crunch.