We observe the magnetic proximity effect (MPE) in Pt/CoFe 2 O 4 bilayers grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). This is revealed through angle-dependent magnetoresistance measurements at 5 K, which isolate the contributions of induced ferromagnetism (i.e. anisotropic magnetoresistance) and spin Hall effect (i.e. spin Hall magnetoresistance) in the Pt layer. The observation of induced ferromagnetism in Pt via AMR is further supported by density functional theory calculations and various control measurements including insertion of a Cu spacer layer to suppress the induced ferromagnetism. In addition, anomalousHall effect measurements show an out-of-plane magnetic hysteresis loop of the induced ferromagnetic phase with larger coercivity and larger remanence than the bulk CoFe 2 O 4 . By demonstrating MPE in Pt/CoFe 2 O 4 , these results establish the spinel ferrite family as a promising material for MPE and spin manipulation via proximity exchange fields.* equal contributions **email: kawakami.15@osu.edu 2 Spin manipulation inside a nonmagnetic (NM) material using internal effective fields (spin orbit or exchange) is a very promising avenue toward the realization of next generation spintronic devices (spin transistors, magnetic gates, etc.) [1,2]. In particular, magnetic proximity effect (MPE) at the interface of a NM spin channel and a ferromagnetic insulator (FMI) is of great importance for generating exchange fields and induced ferromagnetism in the NM layer. Recently, spin manipulation by MPE has been realized in experiments that modulate spin currents in graphene on YIG (yttrium iron garnet) [3,4]. In addition, proximity exchange fields induced by FMI have been observed for graphene and monolayer transition transition metal dichalcogenides [5,6].Among FMIs, members of the spinel ferrite family (MFe 2 O 4 , with M=Co, Ni, etc.) are attractive because their magnetic properties can be tuned by alloy composition [7,8] as well as epitaxial strain [9][10][11]. In particular, CoFe 2 O 4 (CFO) is a hard ferrimagnetic insulator which exhibits high Curie temperature (728 K), spin-filtering properties [12][13][14], magneto-electric switching [15], and is readily integrated with practical spintronic materials (MgO, Fe, Cr). Unfortunately, all previous experiments have failed to observe MPE using CFO. To test for MPE in NM/FMI systems, Pt is widely used as the NM material due its closeness to fulfilling the Stoner criteria and thus allowing it to become ferromagnetically ordered at the interface with the FMI. Initial studies of Pt/CFO grown by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) utilized magnetotransport measurements and observed no MPE in the Pt layer [16]. Subsequent transport and element-specific magnetization measurements by x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) also found no evidence for induced ferromagnetism in the Pt layer [17][18][19][20] contributing to a growing consensus that CFO cannot be used to obtain MPE. However, because the length scale of exchange interactions is on the order of angstroms, it should...