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Goal: Accelerate the University of Oregon’s Impact on the World

Innovation at scale

As a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), a group made up of the nation’s leading research institutions, the University of Oregon generates and develops ideas that drive impact. In the next decade, we will apply focus and investment to leverage our "distinctly Oregon” strengths around four signature areas of scholarship that accelerate our benefit on society, elevate the human experience, and develop innovative models for a changing world.

In the face of increasingly complex challenges, the University of Oregon is committed to long-term, transformative solutions driven by the latest research and interdisciplinary collaboration. We will continue to strive for excellence in everything we do, but we will also focus on areas of unique strength as “signature areas of scholarship.”

Four Signature Areas of Scholarship

1. Environmental Resilience

2. Youth Behavioral and Mental Health

3. Human Performance and Sport

4. Accelerating Innovation and Scientific Impact

 

Key Performance Indicators

  • Annual research expenditures university-wide (this applies to all four signature areas)
  • We will also identify one or more additional metrics that reflect our signature areas’ impact on individuals, communities, science, industry, and the human condition.
 

Goal Owners

  • Christopher P. Long, Provost and Senior Vice President
  • Bob Guldberg, Vice President and Robert and Leona DeArmond Executive Director, Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact
  • Anshuman (“AR”) Razdan, Vice President, Research and Innovation

Goal Owners will work with appointed chairs to establish collaborative workgroups, representing diverse areas of the university, that will drive completion of the milestones assigned to each of the goals' multiple strategies for this academic year and beyond.

 

Steering Committee

  • Christopher P. Long, Provost and Senior Vice President
  • Allison Blade, Associate Vice President and Chief of Staff, Office of the Provost
  • Bruce Blonigen, Edward Maletis Dean, Lundquist College of Business, and Philip H. Knight Professor of Social Science
  • Joseph Buck, Vice President, University Advancement
  • Brian Fox, Associate Vice President Budget, Financial Analysis and Data Analytics, Finance and Administration
  • Bob Guldberg, Vice President and Robert and Leona DeArmond Executive Director, Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact 
  • Carol Keese, Vice President, University Communications
  • Trent Lutz, Executive Director, Government and Community Relations and Associate Vice President, State Affairs
  • Laura Lee McIntyre, Dean, College of Education, Castle-McIntosh-Knight Professor, School Psychology
  • Chris Poulsen, Tykeson Dean of Arts and Sciences, and Professor, Department of Earth Sciences
  • Anshuman (“AR”) Razdan, Vice President, Research and Innovation
 

Support Teams

Information about these support teams will be provided as details become available.