Oregon has an engineer shortage. A historic $1 billion donation from Nike’s cofounder could help change that

Nike cofounder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, are committing $1 billion to the Knight College of Engineering at the University of Oregon, the university announced Wednesday. The gift is the largest single contribution to a comprehensive public university, according to the school. The Knight Campus established the University of Oregon’s first engineering department in 2016, and its laboratories h