The University of Oregon has received $500 million from Oregon couple Penny and Phil Knight, launching the next phase of the school’s westside research campus in Eugene, The Oregonian reported.
The money will go toward construction of a 175,000-square-foot building for bioengineering and applied science experts and allow the hiring of 14 to 16 more faculty and their teams.
The aim of the new campus is to compress time between discovery and societal impact, said Dr. Robert Guldberg, vice president and executive director of the new science operation.
