On Dec. 2, 2020, the University of Oregon opened the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact.

Launched in 2016 with a $500 million lead gift from Penny and Phil Knight – the largest ever to a public flagship university – and augmented with $70 million in state bonds and additional philanthropy, the Knight Campus accelerates the cycle of translating scientific discoveries into innovations that improve quality of life for those in Oregon and beyond.

The Knight Campus serves graduate students with a graduate internship program and a doctoral program in bioengineering, in partnership with Oregon State University. The internship program provides a career-focused accelerated master’s degree, with a nine-month hands-on internship; 90% of graduates launch careers in their fields within three months of graduating. The Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholars Program offers select undergrads a rare opportunity to be immersed in comprehensive research, pairing promising young scientists with mentors in campus-affiliated labs.