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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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Changing the World Through Sport

The University of Oregon hosted the inaugural Global Sport University Network summit, uniting leaders from six continents to discuss inclusivity and collaboration in sports science. The event, cofounded by UO, aims to drive global impact through sport-related research and policy.

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Knight Campus Hosts NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan
During an Aug. 26 visit to the UO, Panchanathan, delivered a talk in the Beetham Family Seminar Room, toured the Knight Campus and met with representatives from the Department of Bioengineering and the Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program.
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Knight Campus Startup Penderia Receives $1.7 Million Grant
The Knight Campus spinout company Penderia Technologies has received a $1.74 million small business grant
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Guldberg's TEDxPortland Talk Now Streaming
Knight Campus Executive Director Bob Guldberg's April 27, 2024, talk on "Listening to Our Cells" at TEDxPortland is now available on the TEDx YouTube page
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Svendsen awarded NIH fellowship for promising graduate student researchers
Knight Campus biochemistry PhD candidate Justin Svendsen has been awarded an F31 NRSA fellowship
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UO to host inaugural Global Sport University Network Summit, Sept. 12-13, 2024
The University of Oregon will be hosting the inaugural Global Sport University Network Summit (GSUN) on September 12-13, 2024. 
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Interview with André Isaacs: A Conversation on Diversity, Inclusion and Science
In anticipation of the 8th Annual Inclusion Symposium, we caught up with André Isaacs, the event's keynote speaker.
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Knight Campus to play a role in expanding Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium
The Knight Campus will be a central point of activity for the UO's involvement in the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium