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Mike Hahn Discusses Breaking4

Associate Director of the Oregon Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance, Mike Hahn, discusses Faith Kipyegon’s historic attempt of a sub-4:00 mile on a recent podcast episode. 

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Plesa Receives the 2025 OVPRI Innovation and Impact Award

Calin Plesa, assistant professor of bioengineering, is recognized for his accomplishments as a nationally and internationally recognized leader in synthetic biology, gene synthesis, and protein engineering, and in particular, his role as co-founder, platform architect, and scientific advisor of SynPlexity, Inc.

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Lin Receives the 2025 OVPRI Career Research Faculty Award

Angela Lin, senior research engineer in the Guldberg Lab at the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact and the director of the X-ray Imaging Research Core Facility, is recognized for the  2025 OVPRI Career Research Faculty Award. 

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Dalton Lab Welcomes Visiting Scholar Pascal Achenbach

Funded through the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the six-month fellowship supports a collaboration to advance new strategies for neural regeneration

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Hettiaratchi earns tenure within the Department of Bioengineering

Marian Hettiaratchi, Ph.D., was recently promoted to Associate Professor with indefinite tenure in the Department of Bioengineering.

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Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholars program prepares future generations of science innovators

The Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholars program was recently highlighted in Oregon News, spotlighing how the program offers research training and experience for undergraduate students.

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Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program Welcomes New Cohort with Professional Development Week
On Tuesday, June 17, the Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program (KCGIP) will kick off a transformative journey for 96 incoming students with its annual Professional Development Week
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Spring 2025 Entrepreneurship Speaker Series with Elliot Reed
Elliot Reed gave the 2025 Spring Entrepreneurship Speaker Series talk on May 29th.
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Brewing Innovation Program partners with the Wheel Apizza for Eugene Beer Week
Students from the Brewing Innovation Program at the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact will unveil a special collaboration brew made with Toby Schock, head brewer at The Wheel a Pizza Pub, at a public tasting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
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Career Exploration Series 2025: Knight Campus Builds Bridges Between Trainees and Industry Leaders
Now in its third year, the four-part workshop connects Knight Campus trainees with a cross-section of industry leaders for an immersive day of panels, informational interviews and mentorship conversations.