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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 joins Instagram
The Knight Campus has joined Instagram! Please be sure to check out our posts as we launch this new social media platform. You can find our account by searching for @uoknightcampus on Instagram.
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Benoit Science Knight Out talk slated for April 11
The free community science talk is open to the public and supports the goal of engaging the public in the excitement and creativity of scientific research.
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Plesa delivers tenure review seminar
The talk detailed the Plesa Lab's tools and methods to explore protein function at large scales
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Meet Danielle Benoit UO's inaugural Bioengineering Chair
Danielle Benoit, an expert in therapeutic biomaterials, is the inaugural Lorry Lokey Chair of the Department of Bioengineering as the department embarks upon its next phase of growth. Learn more about Danielle, who is the keynote speaker at Science Knight Out on April 11.
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Faster Forward: Papé Family Gift
$5 million gift from Papé family, their greatest to-date, will step up pace of innovation at Knight Campus
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Hettiaratchi receives prestigious NSF CAREER Award
The Knight Campus professor aims to develop biomaterials to prolong the therapeutic effects of stem cell-secreted proteins
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Design challenges of cartilage regeneration
Researchers in the lab of Gabriella Lindberg are exploring an innovative approach to cartilage regeneration, as detailed in a paper published in the journal Advanced Materials Interfaces
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"Memory Palace" now playing at the Knight Campus
"Memory Palace," a video by artist Julieta Gil is screening on the Art Wall in the Knight Campus lobby from Jan. 30 through Feb. 6
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Genomics in Action 2023
Genomics in Action from Jan. 25-27 brings together industry and academic leaders to present and discuss bioinformatic approaches and explore internship opportunities for master's students.
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Lindberg Lab celebrates one year anniversary
Researchers reflect back on a busy year and look forward to new projects

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