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Reilly Norgren

Reilly Norgren, News Editor

Reilly Norgren is the News Editor of the Daily Emerald and a senior studying journalism and English. This is her fourth year with the Emerald. Before serving as editor, she was senior reporter on the news desk and a member of the investigative team. Reilly is interested in business reporting and has a passion for breaking news.

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Friendly hall on the University of Oregon campus is home to the School of Global Studies and Languages'. (Miles Cull/Emerald)

UO to reportedly cut multiple language programs amid university wide budget deficit

Tarek Anthony and Reilly Norgren
August 19, 2025
Hamilton Hall is enclosed by a chain-link fence on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Ore., Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. The residence hall is closed for abatement work. (Max Unkrich / Emerald)

Hamilton Hall is (finally) being demolished

Reilly Norgren, News Editor
August 18, 2025
Regina Lawrence is named interim dean of the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication. (Courtesy of the University of Oregon)

SOJC names interim dean after Molleda’s departure

Reilly Norgren and Tarek Anthony
August 1, 2025
SOJC Dean Juan-Carlos Molleda (Lulu Devoulin/ Emerald)

Juan-Carlos Molleda resigns as SOJC dean

Reilly Norgren, News Editor
July 8, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation alongside U.S. Vice President JD Vance, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. June 21, 2025, following U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Pool

Oregon lawmakers speak out on Iran nuclear strike

Reilly Norgren, News Editor
June 21, 2025
The Oregon Duck walks through the crowd of graduates before the commencement ceremony. The 147th University of Oregon Commencement Ceremony took place on June 17, 2024 in Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

Alumna Jana Schmieding to speak at 2025 commencement

Reilly Norgren
June 11, 2025
Ed Wolf, vice president of diversity and equity for United Academics, leads demonstrators in songs at a rally at Johnson Hall in support of the University of Oregon United Academics on Nov. 13, 2024. After the rally, demonstrators marched to Chiles Hall, where UO and UA teams met for a bargaining session. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

United Academics passes sanctuary policy to protect faculty members

Reilly Norgren
May 12, 2025
Karl Scholz, the president of the University of Oregon, speaks at the event celebrating Beall Hall's 100-year anniversary on April 5, 2025. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

UO Senate votes in favor of Mutual Academic Defense Compact

Reilly Norgren
April 30, 2025
Karl Scholz and Steve Holwerda, both members of the Board of Trustees, listen to Romie Avivi Stuhl, a Jewish student, as she speaks about feeling unsafe due to demonstrations that have taken place on campus. People gathered outside of the Ford Alumni Center for a rally before the University of Oregon Board of Trustees meeting, where some spoke during the public comments section alongside other students and community members, with topics ranging from proposed "Boycott, Divest, Sanction" strategies, to Jewish students feeling unsafe due to protests and demonstrations on campus. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

How enrollment affects revenue projection

Reilly Norgren
April 4, 2025
The University of Oregon Dance Team learns choreography for an upcoming performance. The Oregon Duck Dancers practice in Gerlinger Hall on campus in Eugene, Ore., on Feb 26, 2025. (Julia Massa/Emerald)

Investigations: University of Oregon Dance Team faces battle for recognition

Riley Fox and Reilly Norgren
April 4, 2025
Noa Schwartz

New Oregon Coast campus gives students the opportunity to complete biology degree

Corey Hoffman and Reilly Norgren
April 3, 2025
Johnson Hall, located near the center of the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Ore., is the university’s main administration building. (Marissa Willke/Emerald)

Student groups hold “emergency” rally in support of Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil

Reilly Norgren
March 11, 2025
The University of Oregon Fraternity and Sorority Life office is located on the ground floor of the Erb Memorial Union. (Alyssa Garcia/Emerald).

Update: RealResponse rolls out for Fraternity and Sorority Life

Reilly Norgren, Investigative Reporter
February 28, 2025
Presence O'Neal, GTFF President speaking to the crowd about being intercepted by Mark Schmelz, Chier HR Officer, before they were able to get to President Scholz office to deliver the letter of condemnation. (Saj Sundaram/Emerald)

GTFF files Unfair Labor Practice complaint against UO

Reilly Norgren
February 26, 2025
Keagan Koski, Maddy Santoso, and Kat Lai, part of Team Braces, developed a tool for simulating the bond and reconstruction of atomic chemical entities. Students take part in the final day of QuackHacks, the University of Oregon’s 24-hour hackathon, on Jan. 19, 2025, a student-led event bringing together innovative participants for coding, learning, and building. (Max Unkrich / Emerald)

QuackHack’s 24-hour hackathon event

Reilly Norgren
February 7, 2025
The Olympic Studies Hub at the Warsaw sports business center

UO Olympic Studies Hub becomes first US member of academic Olympic studies

Reilly Norgren
January 27, 2025
The Wayne Lyman Morse United States Courthouse is located on East 8th Ave. in Eugene, Ore. (Molly McPherson/Emerald)

Eugene property management company named in multi-state antitrust lawsuit

Reilly Norgren, Investigative Reporter
January 16, 2025
The U.S. Department of Education implemented changes to federal Title IX regulations in August 2020, causing universities around the country — including the University of Oregon — to adjust their own anti-discrimination rules and standard operating procedures. (Duncan Baumgarten)

UO implements emergency Title IX policy

Reilly Norgren
September 30, 2024
Noa Schwartz/Daily Emerald

How UO determines its acceptance rate

Reilly Norgren
September 23, 2024
Introducktion kicked off last week as the University of Oregon welcomes the class of 2028 to campus (Lulu Devoulin/ Emerald)

Class of 2028 IntroDUCKtion is underway

Reilly Norgren and McKenzie LaRue
August 19, 2024
Stella Fetherston/ Emerald

Maxed-out loans cover half of summer tuition

Reilly Norgren
July 15, 2024
Members of the Board of Trustees listen to speakers during the public comments section of the meeting on March 12, 2024. People gathered outside of the Ford Alumni Center for a rally before the University of Oregon Board of Trustees meeting, where some spoke during the public comments section alongside other students and community members, with topics ranging from proposed "Boycott, Divest, Sanction" strategies, to Jewish students feeling unsafe due to protests and demonstrations on campus. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

Pro-Palestine students, faculty ask UO Board of Trustees to divest during public comment session

Ysabella Sosa, Tarek Anthony, and Reilly Norgren
June 4, 2024
Pro-Palestine protestors interrupted UO President John Karl Scholz’ investiture ceremony, held inside Matthew Knight Arena and later vandalized the Duck statue outside of the arena, as well as windows, with red paint. (Norgren/Emerald)

Pro-Palestine protestors interrupt investiture ceremony for UO President Scholz

Reilly Norgren, Tarek Anthony, and Ysabella Sosa
May 30, 2024
A student drops of their ballot as a demonstration of the importance of casting a vote safely. University of Oregon College Democrats host a socially distanced voting rally at the Erb Memorial Union Amphitheater in Eugene, Ore. on Nov. 2, 2020. (DL Young/ Emerald)

2024 primary election coverage: Candidates declare victory in Eugene, Lane County races

Evan Reynolds, Tarek Anthony, and Reilly Norgren
May 21, 2024
Protesters gathered on May 20, 2024, for a "100 Hours in Chains" rally in front of Johnson Hall—now "renamed" by protesters to "Alareer Hall," after writer and poet Refaat Alareer, who was killed in Gaza—with students who had chained themselves to the building removing their chains before marching through other buildings on campus; the rally is the most recent in a series of pro-Palestine demonstrations on the UO campus. (Colleen Bogdan/Emerald)

Five pro-Palestine protestors unchain from Johnson Hall after 100 hours, rally follows

Ysabella Sosa, Tarek Anthony, and Reilly Norgren
May 21, 2024
Two protesters toss scraps of paper with phrases like "We charge UO w/ genocide!" and copies of UO's response to their demands around Johnson Hall. On May 10, 2024, hundreds of protesters marched through campus after UO officials did not appear for negotiations. (Colleen Bogdan/Emerald)

Pro-Palestine demonstrators rally inside Johnson Hall

Ysabella Sosa, Mathias Lehman-Winters, Tarek Anthony, and Reilly Norgren
May 10, 2024
Lucia Rutan, the ASUO senate president, listens to speakers during the public comments section of the meeting. The ASUO senate meeting, held May 8, 2024, saw a nearly three-hour public comments session as community members and students—many of whom were associated with the ongoing encampment demonstration or one of various Jewish student groups which have opposed the encampment—spoke on the topic of a "Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions" resolution, which was received by senators the night before the meeting, and added to the agenda three hours before the meeting at 4 p.m. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

How ASUO passed its BDS resolution within 30 hours

Tristin Hoffman, Hanna Kalan, Reilly Norgren, and Ysabella Sosa
May 9, 2024
Shirts with pro-Palestine messages hang from tents as people line up to receive shirts, patches and other items inside of the encampment on April 30, 2024. Students and community members are on their second day of a pro-Palestine encampment demonstration on the UO Memorial Quad; the protest is one of many across college campuses nationwide. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)

What to know about the UO Coalition for Palestine encampment

Tarek Anthony, Reilly Norgren, and Hanna Kalan
April 30, 2024
Extensive wood arches make up the roof structure of Villard Hall. University and Villard Hall, two of the oldest buildings on the grounds of the University of Oregon, undergo an extensive renovation in Eugene, Ore., on April 18, 2024. (Eric Becker/Emerald)

University, Villard Hall $93 million construction to continue until fall 2025

Reilly Norgren
April 25, 2024
Stephanie Yang/Daily Emerald

UO expands its Stamps scholarship program

Reilly Norgren
April 9, 2024
Finn Jacobson working away at his desk in the ASUO suite. Search for Vice President of Student Life, Eugene, on March 14, 2024. (Eddie Bruning/Emerald)

UO casts national net for vice president for student life

Reilly Norgren
March 18, 2024
Daily Emerald/Stella Fetherston

FAFSA rollout delay strains students applying for financial aid

Reilly Norgren
February 26, 2024
Graduate student Rocky Penick sets up a microscope used for Alzheimer’s disease research in one of the Lewis Integrative Science Building labs on Jan. 31, 2024. (Colleen Bogdan/Emerald)

A day in the life of a graduate employee

Reilly Norgren
February 5, 2024
Around 100 graduate researcher employees participated in a walkout demonstration on Nov. 29, 2023 in Willamette Hall. (Molly McPherson/Emerald)

GTFF prepares to strike

Reilly Norgren
January 11, 2024
The Trinity United Methodist Church is located on 440 Maxwell Rd in Eugene, OR. (Kai Kanzer/Emerald)

Trinity United Methodist Church to be closed against congregation’s wishes

Reilly Norgren
November 27, 2023
The man exiting the truck is the suspect who fired into the crowd with a "splatter ball gun." Two other people are holding handguns aimed at the man. (Proctor/Emerald)

Arrest follows conflict at “Free Palestine” rally held in Eugene

Ian Proctor and Reilly Norgren
October 21, 2023
This past week, President John Karl Scholz sat down to discuss the recent sex discrimination lawsuit against the University of Oregon, student workers' plans to unionize, and the university’s move to the Big Ten Conference. (Lulu Devoulin/ Emerald)

Scholz, on the record

Reilly Norgren
October 16, 2023
University of Oregon President John Karl Scholz said that the move to the big 10 was "the right thing to do". UO Athletic Director Rob Mullens  said it was the best thing to do for UO students. (Photo Courtesy of Oregon State Legislature)

President Scholz, Rob Mullens and OSU President talk Big 10 move before Oregon house committee

Reilly Norgren
October 5, 2023
The Duck stands with a student’s phone as they laugh after The Duck takes a selfie with them. For the majority of students living on campus, fall move-in took place on Sept. 21 and 22, 2023. (Molly McPherson/Emerald)

New ducks build their nests

Reilly Norgren
September 27, 2023
A University of Oregon Police Department vehicle is parked on campus. (Kimberly Harris/Emerald)

Fentanyl creeps toward campus

Reilly Norgren
September 26, 2023
Food for Lane County works to fill the nutrition gap for Eugene and the surrounding area during the summer when school is not in session. The organization serves roughly 1,000 meals a day in the summer. (Eric Becker/Emerald). 

Oregon fights youth food insecurity

Reilly Norgren
August 8, 2023
The front entrance of Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon. (Maddie Stellingwerf/Emerald)

Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon sees rise in out-of-state patients after Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

Reilly Norgren
June 22, 2023
The Cascade Mountain Range goes through the Umpqua National Forest Southeast of Eugene, Oregon. Swastika Mountain is currently awaiting its new name on January 13, 2023 (Kai Kanzer/Emerald)

Swastika Mountain officially renamed Mount Halo

Reilly Norgren
June 12, 2023
Bryn OBrien, Emma Muhlheim, Madison Ridolf, and Cale Crueger are all graduating seniors from various schools around campus. (Molly McPherson/Emerald)

‘I’m the year that got unlucky’

Reilly Norgren
June 5, 2023
People evacuate from Knight Library after a fire alarm went off (Reilly Norgren).

[Photo] Evacuation of Knight Library due to false alarm

May 16, 2023
People evacuate from Knight Library after a fire alarm went off (Reilly Norgren).

Evacuation of Knight Library due to false alarm

Reilly Norgren
May 16, 2023
Julia Stalnaker/Daily Emerald

Mapleton faces consistent water insecurity

Reilly Norgren
May 16, 2023
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City of Eugene starts recycling campaign

Reilly Norgren
May 10, 2023
A ShakeAlert sensor, which relays data to a central computing station. (Photo courtesy of Oregon Hazards Lab) 

UO’s Oregon Hazards Lab to bring more communication infrastructure to rural areas

Reilly Norgren
May 1, 2023
 

UO Museum houses over 100 Native American remains

Reilly Norgren
April 26, 2023
 

Report of armed suspect on LCC campus result of a miscommunication

Reilly Norgren
April 26, 2023
A petition on Change.org posted by a Willamette High School student. 

Students at Willamette High School protest changes to advanced courses by Bethel School District

Reilly Norgren
April 14, 2023
Graduates are all smiles after the commencement ceremony comes to a close and graduation festivities begin. University of Oregon holds its 2022 Commencement Ceremony at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore., on June 13, 2022. (Maddie Stellingwerf/Emerald)

UO Senate passes motion that aims to improve CAS graduation ceremonies

Reilly Norgren
April 12, 2023
Deschutes Hall at the University of Oregon. (Marissa Willke/Emerald)

Cybersecurity major to be offered at UO

Reilly Norgren
April 6, 2023
Lynette Slape / Daily Emerald

$50,000 EWEB sustainability project grant open to Eugene schools and organizations

Reilly Norgren
April 5, 2023
Scholz makes a speech after being selected as UO's president (Caleb Barber).

University of Oregon selects its 19th president

Reilly Norgren
March 13, 2023
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EMU Starbucks employees walk out following firing of employee

Reilly Norgren
March 2, 2023
The combustion of natural gas at Central Power Station heats water to produce steam. The UO Central Power Station is responsible for providing energy to the University of Oregon. (Ian Enger/Emerald)

Local activists criticize UO’s climate action plan

Reilly Norgren
February 14, 2023
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