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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.
Plans to change the busy corridor into a multi-way boulevard are under discussion by local officials.
A leading author on the civil rights movement, Branch will talk about his work on the rise of Martin Luther King Jr.
The president pledges to work with faculty to champion shared governance and promote constructive discourse.
Regina Lawrence of the University of Texas will lead the Portland center beginning this July.