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Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Every year on February 11, the United Nations marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science  —a day to spotlight the challenges women and girls face in STEM fields and celebrate their resilience, innovation, and success.

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Kylie Williams Becomes Knight Campus’ First Bioengineering PhD Graduate
Williams is the first University of Oregon student to earn a degree in engineering.
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Enhancing Bone Healing with Implantable Sensors
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.
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Knight Campus Celebrates First Bioengineering Ph.D.
Kylie Williams, a PhD candidate in the Guldberg Lab, successfully defended her dissertation. She will become the first student to receive a Ph.D. in bioengineering at the Knight Campus
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Changing the World Through Sport

The University of Oregon hosted the inaugural Global Sport University Network summit, uniting leaders from six continents to discuss inclusivity and collaboration in sports science. The event, cofounded by UO, aims to drive global impact through sport-related research and policy.

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Guldberg's TEDxPortland Talk Now Streaming
Knight Campus Executive Director Bob Guldberg's April 27, 2024, talk on "Listening to Our Cells" at TEDxPortland is now available on the TEDx YouTube page
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UO to host inaugural Global Sport University Network Summit, Sept. 12-13, 2024
The University of Oregon will be hosting the inaugural Global Sport University Network Summit (GSUN) on September 12-13, 2024. 
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Wu Tsai Alliance at Oregon Sponsors Kidsports Summer Pop-Up Campus
The Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at Oregon continues its sponsorship of Kidsports Summer Pop-Up Neighborhood Camps with sessions running from June through August
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Knight Campus to Host Annual Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance Symposium
On Friday, May 24th, the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at Oregon will hold its annual symposium in the the Beetham Family Seminar Room
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South receives translational science award, nephrology research award

Sanique South, a postdoctoral scholar in the Willett Lab, received both the Translational Science Research Award and the 2024 Women in Nephrology Research Award while attending the Network of Minority Health Research Investigators (NMRI) 22nd Annual Workshop, held on April 17-19, 2024, in Bethesda, MD.