In about eight months, the University of Oregon will open the new Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact — also known around Eugene as the Knight Campus — with an expanded footprint of nearly double the square footage than first introduced and expanded programs for students.

It’s a $1 billion project that has dominated the north end of campus since winter 2018, with nearly 400,000 square feet of modern, towering architecture coming into form along the busy Franklin Boulevard.

It’s one of more than 10 construction or remodel projects happening on UO’s campus this year — including some that already wrapped such as the new Tykeson Hall — and many students, faculty and others at UO still are unclear on what the construction is for or what it means for campus.

The goal of bringing the Knight Campus to UO is to have a major research-oriented center with scientific programs and innovation, particularly in areas such as origins of diseases and developing new technologies to improve medicine.

Here’s a breakdown of what’s still left to be done and what students and faculty can expect.

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