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KLCC's 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 reach for the future on a very compressed timeline, building what normally would take decades in just a number of years. We are empowered and energized by this opportunity to do what we love; training the next generation of diverse leaders in science and engineering, and translating scientific knowledge and discoveries into new industries and societal impact.”