Nike's Phil Knight donates $1B to establish engineering school at U Oregon

[osnium123]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/us/billion-dollar-donation-university-oregon-phil-knight.html

[Alien1Being]

Can't make it worse.

Might improve it a little bit.

Meanwhile as his company craters, Mr Knight gets a building named after hi.

"The University of Oregon ranks 301st to 400th nationally for engineering according to Times Higher Education World University Rankings"

[osnium123 → Alien1Being]

It risks diverting resources from Oregon State University, Oregon’s premier engineering school.

[osnium123]

Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/us/billion-dollar-donatio...