Carnegie Mellon nets $3 billion gift, most ever given to a university
PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2026, 8:14 AM ET
Carnegie Mellon University has secured a landmark three billion dollar donation from Citadel founder and chief executive Ken Griffin, marking the largest individual philanthropic gift in higher education history. The funding is split to support a major expansion of its main campus in Pittsburgh, including a five hundred million dollar endowment to rename its School of Computer Science, and the creation of a brand new thirty five acre campus in Miami Florida. The new Miami campus aims to pioneer a modernized educational model structured directly around critical global and societal challenges, with student enrollment targeted to begin by twenty twenty eight. University officials stated that the unprecedented investment will significantly accelerate research capabilities, institutional growth, and regional economic development across both academic hubs. The historic contribution eclipses previous record donations, signaling a major shift toward heavily capitalized, problem oriented institutional expansion and interdisciplinary technological research partnerships nationwide.
By Ayesha A. | JQJO News
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