The couple's $500 million gift to the UO vaulted them to No. 1 in the nation

Hoffman Construction will be the construction manager/general contractor

David McCormick of Yale University also will be named a Presidential Chair

Bora Architects of Portland and Ennead Architects of New York will design the buildings

Researchers in Michael Pluth's lab unveil a molecule that could someday counter oxidative stress

Ken Prehoda, who will give the talk, also penned an essay in The Register-Guard

The story spread like a shock wave — the good kind — from coast to coast

It lays the groundwork for a breakthrough $1 billion science initiative