Higher education is becoming the newest playground for billionaires
Ken Griffin's $3 billion Carnegie Mellon gift will fund a Miami campus, underscoring how billionaires are reshaping higher education and building talent pipelines.
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Carnegie Mellon University receives $3B gift from donor, the largest in U.S. history
A $3 billion gift to Carnegie Mellon University is the largest single donation in the history of U.S. higher education, and it's part of a larger trend.
NPR•Elissa Nadworny1 Oct- neutral toward Carnegie Mellon University · 97%
Billionaires like Ken Griffin are doling out tons of money to prove that a college degree still matters
Despite questions swirling around colleges and universities, Griffin’s $3 billion donation to Carnegie Mellon University is one of many from billionaires to colleges this year
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Art Collector Ken Griffin Gives $3 B., the Largest Donation in the History of Higher Education, to Carnegie Mellon For a Miami Campus
The school promises that humanities, arts, and design will play an “essential role.”
ARTnews•Brian Boucher30 Sept- favorable toward Ken Griffin · 84%
Ken Griffin doubles down on Miami with a record $3 billion gift to Carnegie Mellon—and plans for a campus in the city Citadel now calls home
The Citadel founder, who moved his firm from Chicago to Miami in 2022, is bankrolling a Wynwood campus that will organize learning around societal challenges instead of majors.
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Hedge fund CEO gives $3bn to Carnegie Mellon University in historic donation
Unprecedented university donation from Citadel CEO Ken Griffin will go toward building a new Miami campus Carnegie Mellon University will receive an unprecedented $3bn donation from billionaire investor Ken Griffin, making it the largest single…
The Guardian•Marina Dunbar30 Sept- favorable toward Carnegie Mellon University · 97%
Historic $3 billion donation from Citadel founder Ken Griffin to Carnegie Mellon University
$1 billion of the donation will go toward CMU’s Pittsburgh campus, with approximately half marked for use by its School of Computer Science
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Ken Griffin donating $3B to Carnegie Mellon
Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin is donating $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University, according to an announcement from the institution on Wednesday.
The Hill•Lexi Lonas Cochran30 Sept- neutral toward Carnegie Mellon University · 95%
Ken Griffin pledges $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University in 'historic' gift
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin is committing $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University, a "historic" gift that includes $2 billion to establish a new Miami campus.
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Ken Griffin donates $3bn to Carnegie Mellon as university plots Miami campus
Record contribution comes as the billionaire seeks to reshape the Florida city to rival the likes of New York and London
- neutral toward Carnegie Mellon University · 91%
Why Does Rejection Hurt So Much? A Scientist Who Studies Misery Breaks It Down
In an excerpt from “The Opposite of Happiness: How Bad Feelings Make and Break Us,” Carnegie Mellon professor George Loewenstein turns his attention to one of the most devastating, and enduring, forms of misery: rejection.
Skullcandy Dime 3 earbuds expose users to Bluetooth hijacking
The Carnegie Mellon University CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) is warning that Skullcandy Dime 3 wireless earbuds accept Bluetooth pairing requests from nearby unpaired devices without requiring user interaction. [...]