Carnegie Mellon University announced something on Wednesday.
卡内基梅隆大学周三宣布了一件事。
Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin will donate 3 billion dollars.
对冲基金首席执行官肯·格里芬将捐赠30亿美元。
The school said this is the largest donation ever given to a US university.
校方表示,这是美国大学收到的最大一笔捐赠。
Earlier large donations include the 1.8 billion dollars Michael Bloomberg gave to Johns Hopkins University in 2018.
此前的大额捐赠包括2018年迈克尔·布隆伯格向约翰斯·霍普金斯大学捐赠的18亿美元。
Two billion dollars of this donation will be used to build a new campus.
这笔捐赠中的20亿美元将用于建设一个新校区。
The new campus is in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami and covers 35 acres.
新校区位于迈阿密温伍德社区,占地35英亩。
The campus plans to enroll about 3,500 undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students.
校区预计招收约3500名本科生、硕士生和博士生。
Construction is planned to start next year.
建设计划于明年开始。
The campus will not have traditional academic majors.
校区不设传统学术专业。
It will focus on several areas. These include human health and biological discovery, and national security and strategic strengths.
它将专注于几个领域,包括人类健康与生物发现、国家安全与战略能力。
There will also be energy and climate resilience, and advanced manufacturing and industrial change.
此外还有能源与气候韧性,以及先进制造与工业转型。
The rest of the money will be divided equally.
其余资金将平均分配。
Half will go to the computer science program at the Pittsburgh campus. The other half will go to other projects that are not yet named.
一半给匹兹堡校区的计算机科学项目,一半给其他未指明的项目。
The computer science program will be renamed after Griffin.
计算机科学项目将以格里芬的名字重新命名。
President Farnam Jahanian said that artificial intelligence requires the school to rethink how it educates students. It also requires the school to rethink how it carries out research.
校长法纳姆·贾哈尼安表示,人工智能要求学校重新思考如何教育学生和开展研究。
Colleges are under pressure to prepare students for a job market changed by AI.
高校正面临压力,要让学生为人工智能改变劳动力市场做好准备。
At the same time, financial pressure is also growing.
同时,财务压力也在加剧。
Griffin is a major donor to the Republican Party. He also started the investment firm Citadel.
格里芬是共和党的大金主,创立了Citadel投资公司。
He owns a home in Miami.
他在迈阿密拥有住宅。
He believes there is still room for something new in Miami.
他认为迈阿密还有新事物的空间。
He also said this chance will expand the school's international influence.
他还说,这一机会将扩大该校的国际影响力。