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UO E-clips, Oct. 26
Top stories for October 26, 2007: Few women use Ph.D.s to enter academia is the headline in the Tuscaloosa News, on yet another study that quotes the UO's Geraldine Richmond about women in sciences on the nation's campuses; UO's athletic director Pat Kilkenny and wife Stephanie, in the midst of enjoying the Ducks' sport successes, the Register-Guard reports, were preparing to head to Southern California to look after their property near the Del Mar wildfire, but friends reported the danger was decreasing; and the R-G reports on UO's groundbreaking on new educational facility
Few women use Ph.D.s to enter academia (Tuscaloosa News): Although the number of women earning doctorates in the fields of science and engineering has steadily increased over the past three decades, they're still receiving most of that instruction from men. In 2003, the last year for which complete figures were available, more than half of science and engineering bachelor's degrees, as well as 43 percent of Ph.D.s, went to women. However, female tenured professors make up only 18 percent of science and engineering departments. … University of Oregon professor Geraldine Richmond started COACh, a federally funded mentoring group for chemistry professors, to provide women the support they need to stay in academia.
California wildfires reach Oregon, Oregon State (Register-Guard): The wildfires raging in Southern California have threatened the homes of athletes, coaches and administrators at the University of Oregon and Oregon State, without known damage to their property thus far. On Tuesday, instead of enjoying their wedding anniversary, Oregon director of athletics Pat Kilkenny and his wife, Stephanie, were making emergency travel arrangements to fly to Southern California, so that they could remove personal items from their home in Del Mar as the fire drew closer. However, Kilkenny said that friends in San Diego told him that roads to his home had been blocked anyway, and by Tuesday night, still in Eugene, he learned that the danger to their home had apparently subsided.
UO set to break ground on new educational facility (Register-Guard): The University of Oregon breaks ground today on a 21st century building designed to create a training ground for 21st century teachers. The $48 million project will replace or renovate a patchwork of aging buildings and old trailers that house most of the UO’s College of Education. The centerpiece is the new HEDCO Education Building, a 65,000-square-foot structure at the southwest corner of campus on Alder Street. Named after the foundation that made the $10 million lead gift, the tree-story building will provide modern classroom and laboratory space, a teaching studio, faculty research center, updated technology and features to allow both professors and students to work closely. It is expected to open in summer 2009.