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UO receives second $500M donation from Phil and Penny Knight for research campus
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The University of Oregon announced Tuesday that it has received a second $500 million donation from Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife
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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 university’s state-of-the-art research campus – the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. Launched in 2016 with the first $500 million gift from the Knights, the campus “embodies a new paradigm for scientific inquiry that accelerates the cycle of translating scientific discoveries into solutions that create societal impact,” according to the university.
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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 Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. The goal of the campus is to speed up the process of turning new scientific discoveries into tools, treatments, and developments to improve people’s lives.
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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.”