The autumn issue also includes feature stories about a grad who turns old Pontiacs into art and homeless people and their pets.

The university is working to address dozens of recomendations contained in three separate reports looking at ways to improve responses.

Reed is currently the vice chancellor for legal affairs and general counsel at UCLA and will begin work at the UO on Oct. 5.

The three-year agreement includes 8 percent raises, protections for non-tenure-track faculty and flexibility funding contingent positions.

The UO's new leader is holding drop-in hours in August and September and inviting faculty to stop by with books they have authored.

Kyle Henley, currently at Colorado State University, will take over the newly independent Office of University Communications.

New gift from the Giustina Forest Foundation will secure outstanding leadership and enhance vital library resources.

The agreement ends all litigation of the matter and will all the UO to focus on its ongoing efforts to stop sexual violence on campus.

The $214 million pledged means the UO has topped $200 million in gifts twice in three years and raised the campaign total to $827 million.

The new president will meet with members of the campus community this week before his first official day July 6.