Phil Knight and wife, Penny, make largest known donation to a public university to fund a new engineering school
Nike cofounder Phil Knight, and his wife, Penny, have donated $1bn to the University of Oregon in what the university described as the “largest gift ever made to a comprehensive public university”.
The donation is intended to be used to establish a new engineering school in Eugene. In a news release, seen by the Guardian, the university said the new school “will educate engineers and applied scientists in bioengineering and other high-demand disciplines, attract faculty and researchers to a growing campus, and accelerate the university’s ability to move discoveries out of the laboratory and into products, therapies, technologies and companies”.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/23/nike-cofounder-university-oregon-donation
Author : Anna Betts
Publish date : 2026-09-23 15:13:00
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