Carnegie Mellon University Announces Historic $3B Gift from Ken Griffin

Carnegie Mellon University has received a historic $3 billion gift from Ken Griffin, founder of Citadel, to establish a new research center, the Ken Griffin Institute for Advanced Study. The gift is the largest in the university's history and paves the way for a new model of philanthropy and research collaboration. The institute will focus on interdisciplinary research in areas such as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), as well as the humanities and social sciences.