UO E-clips, Oct. 30

Phil Knight, wife give $100 million to OHSU (Associated Press): Nike founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, will donate $100 million to Oregon Health & Science University's Cancer Center -- the largest gift in OHSU's history. "I've always hoped for a day just like today," an emotional Stephen Sanders, who served as president of the OHSU Foundation until he was recently diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, told a crowd gathered for the announcement on Wednesday. In recognition of the gift, OHSU will rename the state's only National Cancer Institute the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute. Phil Knight, a University of Oregon track athlete and graduate, is better known for his lavish support of his alma mater. But the OHSU gift matches the amount the Knights gave last year to the UO for athletics -- the largest single gift in UO history.

Nike co-founder pledges $100-million to Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science U. (Chronicle of Higher Education): Philip H. Knight, a co-founder of Nike Inc., and his wife, Penny, announced today that they were pledging $100-million to the Oregon Health & Science University Foundation for the university's cancer institute. Mr. and Ms. Knight have made several other big gifts in recent years and ranked No. 17 on The Chronicle of Philanthropy's 2007 Philanthropy 50, an annual listing of the most-generous donors of the year, for their pledge of $100-million to the University of Oregon. The Knights also gave $105-million in 2006 to Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.

Police, UO plan to keep this Halloween a treat (Register-Guard): It's one of those combinations that can dredge up memories, and not all of them pleasant. Friday night. Halloween. University of Oregon campus neighborhoods. Actually, it's been a long time since that mix produced much more than a long night of noisier-than-usual parties in the student-dominated apartments near the UO. But after riots erupted two years in a row on weekend Halloweens in 1997 and 1998 -- and several other October melees broke out in more recent years -- it's a combination that gets some attention. This year is no different. Police will put beefed-up patrols on the streets near campus to keep parties under control, and student leaders are planning a slate of activities for those who want some fun without the hangover.

U. of Oregon Professor loves to play with Styrofoam (College on the Record): Michael Salter has been teaching at the University of Oregon since 2005 in the Architecture and Allied Arts school. Though he works in many mediums he has become most well known for his styrofoam robots. He used to have to beg colleagues and students to save styrofoam for him but now it regularly piles up outside his office. (Video available)