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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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Papé Family Innovation Center welcomes two new Knight Campus startups
The Papé Family Innovation Center recently welcomed two new startup companies inspired by Knight Campus research, SynPlexity and VivoTex
Genomics in Action at the Knight Campus, Jan 29-31
2025 Genomics in Action Brings Together Students, Industry and Academic Leaders
The annual flagship event of the Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program (KCGIP)’s Bioinformatics and Genomics track returns to the Knight Campus, Jan. 29-31, 2025.
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Knight Campus to host Open House for Brewing Innovation Minor
Join us for an Open House at 4 p.m. on Jan. 29, 2025, to learn more and meet some of the talented people behind University of Oregon's new Brewing Innovation Minor. An RSVP is required.
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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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Documentary by Knight Campus Impact Team Member Mark Blaine Premieres
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.
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Guldberg Presents to UO Board of Trustees
Knight Campus Executive Director Bob Guldberg joined UO leaders to help present UO President Scholtz's strategic planning initiative to the Board of Trustees at their quarterly meeting on Dec. 10, 2024.
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Plesa Receives Murdock Trust Commercialization Grant
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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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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Knight Campus Graduate Students Recognized at Oregon Bioengineering Symposium 2024
Three Knight Campus Department of Bioengineering graduate students received awards at the Oregon Bioengineering Symposium

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