Carnegie Mellon gets historic $3 billion gift for new campus

September 30, 2026 at 09:10 AM
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What You Need To Know

  • $2 billion of the historic donation will seed Carnegie Mellon University Miami,
  • The gift was made by billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin, the founder and CEO of Citadel,
  • It tops the $1 billion Nike co-founder Phil Knight, and his wife, Penny, recently gave to create a school of engineering at the University of Oregon