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A fund boss, Ken Griffin, gives $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon for a campus in Miami.

A fund boss, Ken Griffin, gives $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon for a campus in Miami.

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September 30th, 2026

A fund boss, Ken Griffin, gives $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon for a campus in Miami.

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Carnegie Mellon said on Wednesday that Ken Griffin will give $3 billion to the university.

Carnegie Mellon dijo el miércoles que Ken Griffin dará $3 mil millones a la universidad.

Griffin is the CEO of Citadel.

Griffin es el CEO del fondo Citadel.

Most of the money will go to a new campus in Miami.

La mayor parte del dinero será para un nuevo campus en Miami.

The campus will focus on social problems.

El campus se enfocará en problemas sociales.

The university says it is the largest gift to a university in the US.

La universidad dice que es la donación más grande a una universidad de Estados Unidos.

The donation includes $2 billion for a campus in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami.

La donación incluye $2 mil millones para un campus en el barrio Wynwood de Miami.

The campus will have 35 acres.

El campus tendrá 35 acres.

It will have about 3,500 students.

Tendrá unos 3,500 estudiantes.

There will be undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students.

Habrá estudiantes de pregrado, maestría y doctorado.

Construction would start next year.

La construcción empezaría el próximo año.

The campus will not have normal majors.

El campus no tendrá especializaciones normales.

Instead, it will focus on "grand challenges."

En su lugar, se enfocará en "grandes desafíos".

These include human health, national security, energy, and new ways to make things.

Estos incluyen la salud humana, la seguridad nacional, la energía y la manufactura avanzada.

The rest of the money will go into two equal parts.

El resto del dinero se dividirá en dos partes iguales.

One part will go to the computer science program in Pittsburgh.

Una parte será para el programa de ciencias de la computación en Pittsburgh.

That program will be named Griffin.

Ese programa llevará el nombre de Griffin.

The other part will go to other projects.

La otra parte será para otros proyectos.

The university did not say.

La universidad no dijo cuáles.

Farnam Jahanian is the president of Carnegie Mellon.

Farnam Jahanian es el presidente de Carnegie Mellon.

He said that artificial intelligence makes us rethink education and research.

Él dijo que la inteligencia artificial obliga a repensar la educación y la investigación.

Griffin is a big donor to the Republican party.

Griffin es un gran donante del partido republicano.

He said that bringing Carnegie Mellon to Miami puts the city at the center of science.

Él dijo que traer Carnegie Mellon a Miami pone a la ciudad en el centro de la ciencia.

Universities feel pressure to prepare students.

Las universidades sienten presión para preparar a los estudiantes.

Work is changing because of AI.

El trabajo está cambiando por la IA.

At the same time, there are more money problems in higher education.

Al mismo tiempo, hay más problemas de dinero en la educación superior.

There are fewer international students.

Hay menos estudiantes internacionales.

There are also more costs.

También hay más gastos.

The Miami area already has several universities.

El área de Miami ya tiene varias universidades.

Together they have about 135,000 students.

Juntas tienen alrededor de 135,000 estudiantes.

September 30th, 2026

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