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Knights commit $1 billion to establish a college of engineering at the UO

Phil and Penny Knight have committed $1 billion—the largest gift ever given to a comprehensive public university—to the University of Oregon, with the intention to establish a college of engineering located at the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact.The new college would educate engineers and applied scientists in bioengineering and other high-demand disciplines, attract faculty and researchers to a growing campus and accelerate the university’s ability to move discoveries out of the laboratory and into products, therapies, technologies and companies.

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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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Interview with André Isaacs: A Conversation on Diversity, Inclusion and Science
In anticipation of the 8th Annual Inclusion Symposium, we caught up with André Isaacs, the event's keynote speaker.
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Knight Campus to play a role in expanding Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium
The Knight Campus will be a central point of activity for the UO's involvement in the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium
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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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Inspiring the Next Generation at SAIL
The Knight Campus Graduate Student Association took part in the UO’s Summer Academy to Inspire Learning (SAIL)
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Hosseinzadeh details how a brain hemorrhage upended her life in the journal Nature
Knight Campus Dept of Bioengineering Assistant Professor Parisa Hosseinzadeh details her long road to recovery following a brain hemorrhage during pregnancy in a first-person story in the journal Nature
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Hetiaratchi Receives UO Early Career Award
Marian Hettiaratchi received the Early Career Award from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. It is the UO’s highest award for early career faculty to recognize and celebrate an emerging and significant record of scholarship and research.
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Meet the Scholars
The 2024 Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholars are six months into their year-long undergraduate research fellowship experience. You can learn more about the 21 scholars and their projects on the group website
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New Undergraduate Minor in Brewing Innovation
Knight Campus academic programs continue to expand as Fall 2024 brings the launch of a new undergraduate minor in Brewing Innovation.
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Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program Welcomes New Cohort
The Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program (KCGIP) welcomed its latest academic cohort of 89 students on Tuesday.

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