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Feb 13
Winter 2025 Knight Campus Entrepreneurship Speaker Series with Erika Moore 10:00 a.m.

In her talk, Erika Moore will explore how her work as a biomedical engineer connects health research with practical tools to empower students. She will share how her lab is...
Winter 2025 Knight Campus Entrepreneurship Speaker Series with Erika Moore
February 13
10:00–11:30 a.m.
Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact Beetham Family Seminar Room

In her talk, Erika Moore will explore how her work as a biomedical engineer connects health research with practical tools to empower students. She will share how her lab is advancing treatments for diseases like lupus by studying macrophage immune cells and how they behave in different biomaterial environments. She will then discuss Moore Wealth, the nonprofit she created to help students from underrepresented backgrounds build financial confidence and make the most of their opportunities in STEM. By combining cutting-edge science with personal finance education, she aims to show how we can transform STEM fields to be more inclusive and impactful for everyone.

Mar 10
gradCONNECT: Night at the Museum 5:30 p.m.

Strengthen social and family connection while learning about Oregon’s history with a night at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History. Dinner and activities for all ages...
gradCONNECT: Night at the Museum
March 10
5:30–8:30 p.m.
Museum of Natural and Cultural History

Strengthen social and family connection while learning about Oregon’s history with a night at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History. Dinner and activities for all ages provided. This event is free and open to all graduate students and their chosen families.

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Joint Science Seminars

news
A collaborative research project funded in part by the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance uses implantable sensors to show how data-enabled resistance training can enhance bone healing.
And Knowledge to Keep Us, a documentary co-produced by Knight Campus Impact Team member Mark Blaine premiered on PBS in November and is now available for streaming.
Knight Campus assistant professor Calin Plesa has received a $75,000 grant from the MJ Murdock Charitable Trust through its Commercialization Initiation Program
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event videos

Science Knight Out with Bala Ambati
Knight Campus research professor and ophthalmologist Bala Ambati talks about some of the ways researchers are addressing eye conditions, ranging from traumatic injury to cataracts.
Entrepreneurship Speaker Series
Chris Gibson highlights the serendipity of science and failure, and the role each played in his journey from PhD student to CEO of a multibillion-dollar public biotech company.
Distinguished Lecture Series
Karen Wooley explores synthetic strategies for the development of polymers, block polymers and crosslinked network materials, which can be produced by relatively simple approaches.
Science Knight Out with Leslie Leve
Leslie Leve discusses the importance of nature and nurture in promoting or disrupting well-being.