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UO receives second $500M donation from Phil and Penny Knight for research campus KPTV KPTV The University of Oregon announced Tuesday that it has received a second $500 million donation from Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife By Web Staff     EUGENE, Oregon (KPTV) — The University of Oregon announced Tuesday that it has received a second $500 million donation from Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny Knight. The new donation will help launch the next phase of the univers...

Craig Mitchelldyer, AP Phil Knight, right, and Penny Knight, left, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the Phil Knight Invitational tournament in Portland, Ore., Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017. Phil and Penny Knight on Tuesday announced they have given $500 million to the University of Oregon to advance scientific research, the second time they have given that amount to further the university’s scientific work. The couple gave the university $500 million in 2016 to create the ...

0:54 KLCCs Jen Wright reports on the press conference held on Tuesday by the University of Oregon.    The gift matches an earlier $500 million donation by the Knights in 2016, which founded the University’s new Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. Robert E. Guldberg, UO’s vice-president and leader of the new campus, expressed his hopes for the program going forward. “The gift gives us life to a fuller vision,” Guldberg said, “enabling us to dream and reac...

North Millrace entrance to the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. The University of Oregon plans to build an approximately $225 million second phase of the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact in Eugene.  

Phil Knight’s University of Oregon donations push $1 billion mark with new Hayward field project Updated Mar 09, 2021; Facebook Share Phil Knight’s contributions have flowed into the University of Oregon in increments of tens of millions, even hundreds of millions of dollars. And now, with the completion of a rebuilt Hayward Field track stadium in Eugene, the billionaire’s total donations are approaching the $1 billion mark. University of Oregon officials declined to confirm the Hayward ...

Early immunosuppressive biomarkers could predict bone regeneration after trauma An abnormal suppression of the immune system linked to the onset of numerous diseases has been associated with poor functional regeneration of traumatic bone injuries. Levels of immune cells and proteins circulating in the blood following traumatic injury combined with advanced data analytics could predict whether patients are likely to respond to treatment, said Robert Guldberg, executive director of the Phil and P...

 E-Mail EUGENE, Ore. -- Feb. 18, 2021 -- An abnormal suppression of the immune system linked to the onset of numerous diseases has been associated with poor functional regeneration of traumatic bone injuries. Levels of immune cells and proteins circulating in the blood following traumatic injury combined with advanced data analytics could predict whether patients are likely to respond to treatment, said Robert Guldberg, executive director of the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Sc...

Published: Feb 15, 2021 By Alex Keown Drew Angerer/Getty Images A new biotech hotspot could be on the horizon in Oregon thanks to a $500 million gift to the University of Oregon from Nike co-founder Phil Knight, an alumnus of the university. The financial gift led to the creation of the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. Officially Knight Campus will support researchers as they advance the initiative’s mission to shorten the timeline between discovery, ...

Oregons colleges and universities will get a needed boost from the newest federal COVID-19 relief and omnibus bill signed Dec. 27 by President Donald Trump.  The funds from the Consolidated Appropriations Acts $22.7 billion dedicated to higher education across the U.S. comes at a time when low enrollment and other budget problems are cause for concern for Oregons higher education institutions.  Oregons Higher Education Coordinating Commission estimates  $228.1 million will come to the ...

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