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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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Knight Campus talk to focus on the cornea and vision science
Bala Ambati, an ophthalmologist and research professor in the Knight Campus will focus on the cornea, the window to the eye, and provide an overview of the history of vision science, as the featured speaker at Science Knight Out
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Knight Campus announces fourth cohort of undergraduate scholars
The Knight Campus announced its fourth cohort of Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholars, this month.
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Center for Art Research incubator program video now playing
Featured artist Colin Ives will be screening AI-created video in the Knight Campus lobby through April 1.
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Inclusion initiative fosters diversity through culture
Through a multi-tiered approach, the Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program's initiative prioritizes inclusion, respect and a greater understanding of crucial issues around diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Knight Campus researchers developing wearable force sensors for shoes
Researchers in the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance are integrating the technology into training footwear to provide a data-driven approach to improving athletic performance.
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Customer-centric innovation is focus of Knight Campus talk
Arlyne Simon, an inventor, children's book author and biomedical engineer, will give a talk at the UO's Knight Campus on March 4.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific gift to support Inclusion and diversity scholarships
Thermo Fisher Scientific, a long-term partner of the Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program, has committed $20,000/year over the next 5 years to support inclusion and diversity scholarships
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Guldberg featured on biomechanics podcast
Knight Campus Executive Director Robert Guldberg discusses research, entrepreneurship, the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance, and the importance of embracing diverse communities on the most recent edition of the Biomechanics on Our Mind podcast.​
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$50,000 MKS gift to support diversity and inclusion
MKS Instruments has committed a total of $50,000 over the next 5 years to support Inclusion & Diversity Scholarships within the Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program.
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Physics program receives top ranking again
For the fifth year in a row, the UO has conferred the most master’s degrees in physics in the country. Twenty six of those were awarded to students in the Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program.

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