Carnegie Mellon University Announces Historic $3B Gift from Ken Griffin
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- Carnegie Mellon University received a historic $3 billion gift from Ken Griffin, the largest individual gift in higher education history.
- The gift includes $1 billion for CMU's Pittsburgh campus, with $500 million dedicated to the newly renamed Kenneth C. Griffin School of Computer Science.
- The remaining $2 billion will establish Carnegie Mellon University Miami, a new campus in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood organized around societal challenges rather than traditional academic majors.
- CMU Miami will focus on grand challenge areas such as human health, national security, energy and climate resilience, and advanced manufacturing, with interdisciplinary teams of students, researchers, industry, and government partners.
- The campus is designed to support over 3,500 students, nearly 300 faculty, and 600 staff, with construction starting in 2027 and first enrollments targeted for 2028.
- Ken Griffin will join CMU's Board of Trustees, further solidifying his commitment to the university.
- CMU is recognized for its strengths in computing, robotics, AI, and interdisciplinary innovation, ranking No. 3 nationally in graduate earnings and No. 1 in undergraduate computer science.