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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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KCGIP Benefits from $2 Million Semiconductor Grant
A new $2 million investment from the Oregon state legislature will allow the UO to raise enrollment in the semiconductor track of the Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program, an accelerated applied master’s program that provides a pipeline to industry jobs.
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Hosseinzadeh's Research Featured in Science
Research on enzymes with the potential to break down plastics in the environment from the lab of Knight Campus' Parisa Hosseinzadeh, is mentioned in a Science story on AI designer proteins inspired by this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry. An assistant professor in the Department of Bioengineering, Hosseinzadeh was previously advised by recent Nobel winner David Baker.
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Impact Week 2024 Kicks Off Training for Incoming Bioengineering PhD Students
The Knight Campus welcomed 7 new PhD students to the Department of Bioengineering during Impact Week 2024, held from Sept. 20-27.
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Knight Campus assistant professor Felix Deku awarded prestigious NIH grant
Felix Deku has been awarded an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support his innovative research in neuroengineering.
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Executive Director Update | October 2024
As we step into the fall season, I’m excited to warmly welcome back all our faculty, staff, and students in the Knight Campus community.
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Knight Campus Bioengineering Ph.D. Students Contribute to Spike in Research Fellowships

Second-year Knight Campus Department of Bioengineering doctoral student David Frey Rubio is featured in a story on UO recipients of the highly competitive NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Frey was one of five BioE students to receive the award in 2024

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Interview with Justin Svendsen
Justin Svendsen, PhD candidate and NIH F31 fellowship recipient shares insights into his research on angiogenesis and his journey through bioengineering, innovation, and entrepreneurship at the Knight Campus.
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Villegas wins People's Choice Award

 

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Honoring our friend and immediate past External Advisory Board chair, Chuck Lillis
The Knight Campus joins the family of Chuck Lillis and the UO community in mourning the passing of a visionary leader and benefactor who helped transform the Knight Campus from initial concept to reality
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Hettiaratchi awarded the BMES Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award
Bioengineering professor Marian Hettiaratchi received the 2024 Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award from the Biomedical Engineering Society.

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