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Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin donated $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University, a record-breaking sum designated for the construction of its Miami campus.

Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin donated $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University, a record-breaking sum designated for the construction of its Miami campus.

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September 30th, 2026

Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin donated $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University, a record-breaking sum designated for the construction of its Miami campus.

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Carnegie Mellon University announced on Wednesday that Ken Griffin, a hedge fund chief executive, will donate $3 billion, the majority of which will be used to build a new campus in Miami dedicated to tackling societal challenges.

卡内基梅隆大学周三宣布,对冲基金首席执行官肯·格里芬将捐赠30亿美元,其中大部分资金将用于在迈阿密新建一个专注于应对社会挑战的校区。

This private research university, based in Pittsburgh, stated that this is the largest single donation ever received by an American university.

这所以匹兹堡为基地的私立研究型大学表示,这是美国大学有史以来收到的最大单笔捐赠。

Other donations exceeding $1 billion include the $1.8 billion given in 2018 by former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg to Johns Hopkins University.

其他超过10亿美元的捐赠包括2018年前纽约市长迈克尔·布隆伯格向约翰斯·霍普金斯大学捐赠的18亿美元。

Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife Penny are also generous donors, including a $2 billion donation to Oregon Health & Science University in 2025.

耐克联合创始人菲尔·奈特及其妻子佩妮也是慷慨的捐赠者,包括2025年向俄勒冈健康与科学大学捐赠的20亿美元。

Griffin's donation amounts to $2 billion, which will be used to create a new 35-acre campus in the Wynwood neighborhood north of downtown Miami.

格里芬的捐赠涵盖20亿美元,用于在迈阿密市中心以北的温伍德社区打造一个占地35英亩的新校区。

The campus is expected to accommodate approximately 3,500 undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students.

该校区预计将接纳约3500名本科生、硕士生及博士生。

Construction is scheduled to begin next year.

建设工程定于明年启动。

Rather than centering on academic disciplines, the campus will focus on what the university and Griffin, in a press release, called "grand challenge areas" — for instance, human health and biological discovery; national security and strategic capabilities; energy and climate resilience; and advanced manufacturing and industrial transformation.

该校区并非以学术专业为核心,而是聚焦于该校和格里芬在新闻稿中所称的“重大挑战领域”,例如人类健康与生物发现;国家安全与战略能力;能源与气候韧性;以及先进制造与工业转型。

The remaining funds will be divided equally between the computer science program at the Pittsburgh campus, which will be renamed in Griffin's honor, and other unspecified programs at the main campus.

其余资金将平均分配给匹兹堡校区的计算机科学项目(该项目将以格里芬的名字重新命名)以及主校区其他未指明的项目。

In a press release praising Griffin, Carnegie Mellon University President Farnam Jahanian said: "Throughout our history, CMU has consistently foreseen pivotal moments of profound technological change and responded with fresh thinking and problem-solving approaches.

卡内基梅隆大学校长法纳姆·贾哈尼安在赞扬格里芬的新闻稿中表示:“纵观我们的历史,CMU始终预见到深刻技术变革的关键时刻,并以崭新的思维和解决问题的方式予以回应。

Artificial intelligence is one of the most defining intellectual developments of our time, prompting us to rethink how we educate students, conduct research, and collaborate with others."

人工智能是我们这个时代最具决定性的智力发展之一,它促使我们重新思考如何教育学生、开展研究以及与他人合作。”

Universities are under mounting pressure to prepare students for the rapid reshaping of the labour market by artificial intelligence.

高校正承受着与日俱增的压力,须使学生为人工智能对劳动力市场的迅速重塑做好准备。

Job postings that mention artificial intelligence and machine learning in their skill requirements or job titles are surging.

在技能要求或职位名称中涵盖人工智能与机器学习的招聘信息正呈现激增态势。

At the same time, the financial pressures bearing down on higher education have continued to intensify.

与此同时,高等教育所承受的财政压力亦在持续加剧。

International enrollment is on the decline, and, owing to demographic shifts in the United States, the number of high school graduates in many states has begun to shrink as well.

国际招生规模正呈下滑态势,而受美国人口结构变迁的影响,诸多州的高中毕业班人数亦开始缩减。

Meanwhile, expenditures on fuel, health care, technology, and the like have been climbing steadily.

与此同时,燃料、医疗保健及技术等方面的开支则不断攀升。

Griffin is a major Republican donor who founded the investment firm Citadel and owns a waterfront residence in Miami.

格里芬是共和党的重要资助者,他创办了Citadel投资公司,并在迈阿密拥有一处滨水住宅。

Miami is part of an expanding metropolitan area whose population exceeds 6.4 million.

迈阿密属于一个不断扩展的大都市区,该区域人口超过640万。

The region is already home to the private research institution the University of Miami, the public research university Florida International University, and Miami Dade College, which was originally established as a community college and now also awards some four-year degrees.

该地区已汇聚了私立研究型学府迈阿密大学、公立研究型大学佛罗里达国际大学,以及最初以社区学院建制创办、如今亦授予部分四年制学位的迈阿密戴德学院。

The three institutions mentioned above have a combined total enrollment of approximately 135,000 students.

上述三所院校的注册学生总数合计约达13.5万人。

In addition, the region is also home to several smaller private colleges.

此外,该地区还坐落着若干规模较小的私立学院。

However, Griffin, who has donated to many causes over the years, including medical research, charter schools, and other universities, believes there is still room to break new ground.

然而,格里芬多年来曾向医学研究、特许学校以及其他大学等诸多事业捐款,他认为仍有开拓新事物的空间。

Griffin said in a press release: "The opportunity to bring Carnegie Mellon University to Miami places our city at the heart of humanistic and scientific progress and expands the university's international reach and influence."

格里芬在新闻稿中表示:“将卡内基梅隆大学带到迈阿密的机会,让我们的城市处于人文与科学进步的核心,并扩大了该校的国际影响力和影响力。”

He is about to join Carnegie Mellon University's board of trustees.

他即将加入卡内基梅隆大学董事会。

Even before the formal announcement, Carnegie Mellon University had already been forging increasingly close ties with Florida, while conservatives in the state had likewise been strengthening their influence over higher education.

甚至在正式宣布之前,卡内基梅隆大学便已与佛罗里达州建立起日益紧密的联系,而该州保守派亦增强了对高等教育的影响力。

A project run by its computer science department is dedicated to teaching middle and high school students in Florida and several other states about artificial intelligence.

其计算机科学系所开展的一个项目,致力于向佛罗里达州及其他若干州的中学生传授人工智能相关知识。

In addition, the university has joined forces with the Gates Foundation to deploy AI-driven course materials in introductory mathematics courses at Miami Dade College.

此外,该校还与盖茨基金会携手,在迈阿密戴德学院的入门数学课程中部署由人工智能驱动的课程材料。

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