Phil Knight and wife, Penny, make largest known donation to a flagship 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 is believed to be the largest known donation to a flagship university. The donation, which was first reported by local Oregon media and the New York Times , will go toward the creation of a new enginee…
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NYTimes – US The gift from Phil Knight, the Nike co-founder, is the largest known donation to a flagship university. It will fund a new engineering college.
BBC News – World Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that Nidal Hasan's execution by firing squad will be shown publicly on Dec. 3, and a Pentagon official later told CBS News the U.S. military plans to livestream it. Hasan is the ex-Army major who was convicted of the 2009 killing of 13 people at Fort Hood. Charlie D'Agata reports.
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