Phil and Peggy Knight Bestow Another $500M for Research Campus

The University of Oregon recently announced a second $500 million gift from Penny and Phil Knight, launching the next phase of its research campus bearing their names. The campus was launched in 2016 with the first $500 million gift from the Knights.

With this latest gift, the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact will further expand its strengths in bioengineering, and applied scientific research and training, creating new opportunities for additional students, adding faculty positions and funding a second building.

“Thanks to the inspiration of our donors, led by the magnificent and record-breaking gifts of Penny and Phil Knight, and the passion of our faculty to make the world a better place, the Knight Campus has forever transformed the University of Oregon and the state of Oregon. The work that will take place at the Knight Campus will improve people’s lives directly through innovative treatments and devices, and indirectly through company formation, jobs and economic development,” said Michael H. Schill, University of Oregon president and professor of law.