University of Oregon graduate Phil Knight, the Nike co-founder and philanthropist, is one of 197 people elected to the 2015 American Academy of Arts and Sciences membership class. The AAAS is one of the country's oldest learned societies, made up of more than 4,600 leaders from a broad range of academic, business and government sectors.

The event will mark the first time in the IAAF's 33-year history that the championships will be held in the United States.

Football coaches pledge $250,000 in matching money and hope to double that by the May 2 spring game. 

The UO's 18th president will be introduced to the campus community at a special event today in Willamette Hall. 

THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED. SEE CURRENT VERSION HERE.The Board of Trustees of the University of Oregon will hold an emergency meeting today, April 14, to discuss the selection of a new university president.The meeting will be held at 12:30 p.m. in Room 403 of the Ford Alumni Center and is open to the public.