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Ken Griffin, CEO of a hedge fund, gives $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon for a campus in Miami

Ken Griffin, CEO of a hedge fund, gives $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon for a campus in Miami

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September 30th, 2026

Ken Griffin, CEO of a hedge fund, gives $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon for a campus in Miami

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Carnegie Mellon announced on Wednesday that Ken Griffin will donate $3 billion to the university.

Carnegie Mellon anunció el miércoles que Ken Griffin donará $3 mil millones a la universidad.

Griffin is the CEO of the hedge fund Citadel.

Griffin es el CEO del fondo de cobertura Citadel.

Most of the money will be used for a new campus in Miami.

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

This campus will focus on social challenges.

Este campus se enfocará en desafíos sociales.

According to the university, it is the largest donation ever made to a university in the United States.

Según la universidad, es la donación más grande jamás hecha a una universidad de Estados Unidos.

The donation includes $2 billion to build a 35-acre campus.

La donación incluye $2 mil millones para construir un campus de 35 acres.

The campus will be in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami.

El campus estará en el vecindario Wynwood de Miami.

It is expected to have about 3,500 undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students.

Se espera que tenga unos 3,500 estudiantes de pregrado, maestría y doctorado.

Construction would begin next year.

La construcción comenzaría el próximo año.

The campus will not have normal academic majors.

El campus no tendrá especializaciones académicas normales.

Instead, it will focus on "areas of great challenges."

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

These include human health, national security, energy, and advanced manufacturing.

Estas incluyen salud humana, seguridad nacional, energía y manufactura avanzada.

The rest of the money will be divided into equal parts.

El resto del dinero se dividirá en partes iguales.

One part will go to the computer science program at the Pittsburgh campus.

Una parte irá al programa de ciencias de la computación del campus de Pittsburgh.

This program will be named after Griffin.

Este programa llevará el nombre de Griffin.

The other part will go to other projects. The projects are not specified.

La otra parte irá a otros proyectos no especificados.

Carnegie Mellon's president, Farnam Jahanian, said that artificial intelligence requires us to rethink education.

El presidente de Carnegie Mellon, Farnam Jahanian, dijo que la inteligencia artificial exige repensar la educación.

He also said it requires us to rethink how research is done.

También dijo que exige repensar cómo se hace la investigación.

Griffin is a major Republican donor.

Griffin es un megadonante republicano.

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

Él dijo que traer Carnegie Mellon a Miami pone a la ciudad en el centro del avance científico.

Universities face pressure to prepare students for a new world of work.

Las universidades enfrentan presión para preparar a los estudiantes para un nuevo mundo laboral.

AI is changing that world of work.

La IA está transformando ese mundo laboral.

At the same time, financial pressure on higher education is growing.

Al mismo tiempo, crecen las presiones financieras sobre la educación superior.

There are fewer international students, and costs are rising.

Hay menos matrícula internacional y los gastos aumentan.

The Miami area already has several universities.

El área de Miami ya tiene varias universidades.

Together, they have around 135,000 students.

En conjunto, tienen alrededor de 135,000 estudiantes.

September 30th, 2026

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