Updates

WASHINGTON — A newly announced agreement will protect the finances of millions of Americans who owe money on student loans. 

Publishers and education tech companies offering temporary free access codes, but using content with restrictive copyrights, has downsides. We want to make sure educators know about the high-quality resources that are permanently free to students, and ensure faculty independence and student data privacy.

The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting campuses nationwide. Here are a few of the ways that institutions are stepping up to meet students’ basic needs in this moment of uncertainty: 

While many states have plans to deal with emergencies like power outages, natural disasters and other one-off situations, very few states are currently set up to successfully run an election where large public gatherings, such as polling places, present a public health risk.

We are taking recommendations from college and university leaders and public health experts and taking proactive steps to mitigate the potential impact of COVID-19 in our campus and off-campus communities.

We’re so proud of the amazing work our students have accomplished over the last year. But even as students are making progress at the local and statewide level, we wanted to highlight another unexpected source of progress: the federal level! Students… Read more

On Monday, dozens of students from OSPIRG Students got the experience of meeting face-to-face with their elected leaders at our Annual Lobby Day in Salem. This year we advocated for solutions to plastic pollution, climate change, campus hunger, and student… Read more

Contact: Abby Keep, Wildlife Over Waste Coordinator OSPIRG Students [email protected] 971-801-3459 Eugene becomes latest city in Oregon to ban food service polystyrene foam, building momentum for a statewide ban Eugene (November 25, 2019) –  After a year-long OSPIRG Students campaign,… Read more

A bill in the Oregon state legislature intended to ban polystyrene takeout containers moved on to the Oregon State Senate after initially failing in the House on Earth Day.

OSPIRG Students is a student-run non-profit that has been working for social change at the UO since 1971. Most students know us for our beloved “Save the Bees” and “Wildlife Over Waste” campaigns.