The AAUP has been deeply concerned about problems with faculty morale over the past two years. We have tracked a number of resignations and retirements that seem to confirm this sense. In an effort...
On the 23rd of June 1972, President Richard Nixon signed the Education Amendments of 1972. The bill, despite its unassuming name, is perhaps one of the most important pieces of legislation in the past...
One of OU’s greatest features is its forested campus. Few universities can boast the wooded acreage we have, bequeathed to us by Matilda Wilson, a visionary who reinvented herself through hard work and...
Last week, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the two precedents that guaranteed access to abortion in the United States. Legally, this means that the...
The Wrong Project for the Wrong Time
Over the past several weeks, we the Steering Committee of the Campus Alliance for Sustainability and the Environment (CASE-OU), have been learning more about the...
As a teacher, I find working with students at Oakland University personally fulfilling. Your optimism at the start of your career is encouraging. Sadly, I’m seeing more and more students who smoke...
Last Friday, I had to get an X-ray at Ascension hospital in Rochester Hills. Coming home, I drove west on Walton Boulevard toward the Oakland University campus. It was late in the day and traffic was heavy,...
I have been fortunate to have served as a member of the AAUP bargaining teams in 1994, 1997, 2000, and then as chief negotiator for the AAUP in 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2015. During this time, I’ve witnessed...
This is the second month of the war. Ukrainians continue to fight alone in defense of their democracy, their families, and basic human decency. In recent days, we have been witness to the atrocities...
One month into the war, NATO and the United States seem committed to sending military equipment to Ukraine and imposing significant sanctions on Russia. Press briefings, official statements, and countless...
Steffan Puwal, PhD
Special Lecturer &
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medical Physics
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” After...
*This letter was prepared based on the most common questions received during Support Ukraine Table at Oakland Center last week.
We know that information is the ultimate power. In our times, this has...
