Ken Griffin Donates $500M to Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science

Ken Griffin Donates $500M to Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science cmu.edu

A landmark $500 million gift will transform Carnegie Mellon University’s top-ranked School of Computer Science into a global powerhouse shaping students, research and technologies to address emerging global challenges.

2 points•jtbetz22•about 17 hours ago•2 comments•

#computer #mellon #school #carnegie #science #carnegie mellon #computer science #ken

2 comments

FrankWilhoitabout 16 hours ago

Let's start an urban legend that this donation is a reward for inventing BLISS.

jtbetz22about 17 hours ago

The $500M is part of a larger $3B gift that will also start a CMU campus in Miami, FL. The total gift is the largest individual donation to a US university in history.

Read the full thread on Hacker News →

2 comments

Related stories