Carnegie Mellon University announced on Wednesday that hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin donated 3 billion dollars.
卡內基梅隆大學週三宣布,對沖基金執行長肯·格里芬捐贈30億美元。
The school said this is the largest single donation in the history of American universities.
校方表示,這是美國大學史上最大的單筆捐贈。
The previous record was 1.8 billion dollars, donated by Michael Bloomberg to Johns Hopkins University in 2018.
此前的紀錄是2018年麥可·彭博向約翰霍普金斯大學捐贈的18億美元。
Of this donation, $2 billion will go toward building a new campus in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood. The site covers 35 acres.
這筆捐款中有20億美元將用於在邁阿密溫伍德社區興建新校區,占地35英畝。
The campus is expected to enroll about 3,500 undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students.
校區預計招收約3,500名本科生、碩士生和博士生。
Construction is set to begin next year.
建設定於明年開始。
The campus will not be divided by academic major. Instead, it will focus on "major challenge areas" such as human health, national security, energy and climate resilience, and advanced manufacturing.
校區不按學術專業劃分,而是聚焦人類健康、國家安全、能源與氣候韌性、先進製造等「重大挑戰領域」。
The rest of the money will be split equally among computer science programs at the Pittsburgh campus. The program will be named after Griffin.
其餘資金將平均分配給匹茲堡校區的電腦科學項目,該項目將以格里芬命名。
The other half will go to other unspecified programs at the main campus.
另一半則用於主校區其他未指明的項目。
President Farnam Jahanian said that CMU has always responded to times of technological change with new thinking.
校長法納姆·賈哈尼安表示,CMU一向在技術變革時刻以新思維回應。
He said that artificial intelligence requires universities to rethink how they educate students and conduct research.
他指出,人工智慧要求大學重新思考如何教育學生與進行研究。
Higher education is facing financial pressure.
高等教育正面臨財務壓力。
International enrollment is falling. In some states, the number of high school graduates is dropping because of demographic changes.
國際招生下降,部分州的高中畢業生人數因人口結構變化而減少。
At the same time, costs for fuel, health care, and technology are rising.
同時,燃料、醫療與技術等費用上漲。
Griffin is a major Republican donor. He founded Citadel and owns a waterfront home in Miami.
格里芬是共和黨大金主,創立城堡投資公司,在邁阿密擁有海濱住宅。
He will join Carnegie Mellon University's board of trustees. He said this move puts Miami at the center of progress in the humanities and sciences.
他將加入卡內基梅隆大學董事會,並表示此舉將邁阿密置於人文與科學進步的核心。