Knight Campus Lectures
Even before the first building opens in 2020, these Knight Campus talks provide a sense of the high-caliber work already taking place. Whether you're getting in a workout, commuting or just relaxing from a long day, these Knight Campus videos let you hear from national and international experts in their fields.
- In the 2019 Knight Campus Distinguished Lecture, Dr. Brian Druker, director of the Knight Cancer Institute and associate dean for oncology of the OHSU School of Medicine, discusses highly targeted treatments for serious diseases.
- In the 2019 Science Knight Out talk, Robert Guldberg, the Robert and Leona DeArmond Executive Director of the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, explores his research on regenerative medicine.
- David McCormick, director of the UO's Institute of Neuroscience, explores how the brain creates the reality in which our minds operate and discusses how we may improve our perception of reality through a practice of being mindfully aware in a 2018 Science Knight Out.
- Also in a 2017 Science Knight Out, Laura Lee McIntyre, a professor in the UO's College of Education, discusses how early identification of developmental disorders can lead to promising intervention and prevention strategies.
- In the first Science Knight Out community event in 2017, University of Oregon Provost Patrick Phillips, who served as acting director of the Knight Campus, tackles research on aging and the challenges and opportunities created by the potential for prolonging human life.
Brian Druker, M.D., director of the Knight Cancer Institute, gave the 2019 Knight Campus Distinguished Lecture on the highly successful clinical trials of imatinib for chronic myeloid leukemia, which led to FDA approval of the drug in record time.
In this Science Knight Out talk, Robert Guldberg, the Robert and Leona DeArmond Executive Director of the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, explores his research on regenerative medicine and shares insights from his career translating new medical devices into improved patient care.
David McCormick, director of the UO's Institute of Neuroscience, explores how the brain creates the reality in which our minds operate and discusses how we may improve our perception of reality through a practice of being mindfully aware.
Laura Lee McIntyre, a professor in the UO's College of Education, discusses how early identification of developmental disorders can lead to promising intervention and prevention strategies.
Science at the Nexus of Life and Death
Previous Knight Campus acting director and current UO provost, Patrick Phillips, gave a community lecture where he discussed his research on aging and the challenges and opportunities created by the potential for prolonging human life.