Carnegie Mellon gets $3B donation, largest in US history

Carnegie Mellon gets $3B donation, largest in US history Most of the massive gift from billionaire Ken Griffin will fund a new CMU campus in Miami, where Griffin's hedge fund is headquartered.

Key points

• Construction of the Miami campus is projected to commence in 2027 and would see the first students enrolling in 2028.
• 30 he is making a $3 billion donation to Carnegie Mellon University, describing it as the largest such gift in this history of U.S.
• "This is the largest single investment in higher education in the history of the United States, " Griffin informed Reuters.
• "We are deeply grateful to Ken Griffin for his extraordinary vision, partnership and belief in what Carnegie Mellon can achieve, " Jahanian remarked.
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Meanwhile, a hedge-fund billionaire confirmed on Sept. 30 he is making a $3 billion donation to Carnegie Mellon University, describing it as the largest such gift in this history of U.S. Higher education.

For context, the funds from Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin will be employed to build a new Carnegie Mellon campus in Miami and backing initiatives at its main Pittsburgh campus, including hiring leading academics and making the school more affordable for students, according to an announcement from the university and Griffin.

Griffin donated $2 billion to launch a new South Florida campus, and Carnegie Mellon President Farnam Jahanian remarked $1 billion is earmarked for the Pittsburgh campus' computer science school – which will be renamed the Kenneth C. Griffin School of Computer Science – and other priorities, including financial aid.

"This is the largest single investment in higher education in the history of the United States, " Griffin informed Reuters. "It is the investment in excellence."

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In practice, the university remarked in a news release that its Miami campus will be built in the city's Wynwood neighborhood. The location is just a few miles north of the city's Brickell neighborhood, where Griffin's hedge fund Citadel is headquartered.

Upon completion, the campus would "support more than 3, 500 undergraduate, master's and PhD students, " as well as "nearly 300 faculty and over 600 staff members, " according to the university announcement.

Meanwhile, the release notes that CMU Miami will organize "learning and inquiry around societal challenges rather than academic majors alone, " according to the university, with focuses on "health and biological discovery, " "national security and strategic capabilities" and "energy and climate resilience."

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