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CMU Miami To Launch With Historic $3B Gift from Ken Griffin, Pioneering a New Model for Higher Education

Artist's rendering of a college campus in a tropical location, with palm trees and students in shorts.
Conceptual rendering. Plans for the CMU Miami campus are subject to necessary regulatory approvals.
  • Largest Individual Gift in Higher Education History Builds on CMU’s Distinctive Academic and Research Strengths, Includes $1 Billion Investment in Pittsburgh Campus
  • $2 Billion Gift Will Launch CMU Miami, Organized Around Societal Challenges and Purpose-Built for Next Era of American Innovation
  • 35-Acre Campus in Miami’s Wynwood Neighborhood Aims to Start Enrolling Students in 2028

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin today announced a historic $3 billion gift to further elevate CMU in Pittsburgh and launch Carnegie Mellon University Miami, a new campus designed to pioneer a model for higher education built for the next era of American innovation. CMU Miami will be a new campus organized around societal challenges, designed to prepare future leaders for a rapidly changing world while accelerating research and discovery in areas of critical importance to society.

Full press release here: Carnegie Mellon University Announces Historic $3 Billion Gift from Ken Griffin, Pioneering a New Model for Higher Education 

 

 

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