The Willamette University campus in Salem (Courtesy/Willamette University) Willamette University faculty are planning to teach students in-person come fall, but university leaders say much is still uncertain as they look to cut about 10% of the university’s budget for the coming academic year. Willamette’s Board of Trustees will meet Saturday[Read More…]

Sarah Kirk stands next to a high performance liquid chromotography system in her lab at Willamette University. Kirk will spearhead a research project funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate treatment for a hereditary eye disease. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A Willamette University chemistry professor is[Read More…]

The Willamette University campus in Salem (Courtesy/Willamette University) Aspiring doctors, epidemiologists, social workers and others can now major in public health at Willamette University. Oregon’s oldest university is rolling out the program this spring, and professors spearheading it said interest is already strong. They’ve had to increase the enrollment cap[Read More…]

Chemeketa Community College graduates wave to audience members as the 2019 ceremony begins (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Funding for Oregon’s colleges and universities has recovered from cuts during the Great Recession, but students are paying far more in tuition than they were a decade ago. On average, a full-time Oregon student[Read More…]

The Vick building in downtown Salem will become a new Western Oregon University campus over the next year. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) A now-empty building on the edge of downtown Salem will be transformed into a new Western Oregon University campus over the next year. The Monmouth-based university bought the Vick[Read More…]