CMU receives $3 billion gift from Ken Griffin
What happened
On October 1, 2026, Hacker News reported that Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin donated $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University. Of that, $1 billion goes to the Pittsburgh campus, including $500 million to the School of Computer Science, which will be renamed the Kenneth C. Griffin School of Computer Science. The other $2 billion funds CMU Miami, a new 35-acre campus in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood. This is the latest development, with no follow-up reporting yet.
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- Hacker News front pageCarnegie Mellon University Announces Historic $3B Gift from Ken Griffin
Citadel 创始人兼 CEO Ken Griffin 向卡内基梅隆大学（CMU）捐赠 30 亿美元，其中 10 亿美元投入匹兹堡校区（含 5 亿美元给计算机科学学院，该院将更名为 Kenneth C. Griffin School of Computer Science），20 亿美元用于在迈阿密 Wynwood 社区建设 35 英亩的新校区 CMU Miami。
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