The Latest Breaking News from Carnegie Mellon

Ken Griffin’s $3 billion gift exemplifies Florida’s new mindset: from attracting innovation to creating it

Our ambition is to become the place where the next generation of great American companies is built.

Fortune · Oct 1

Biggest ever university donation: Ken Griffin gives $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon, will become member of board of trustees

No university in the history of US education has received such a donation until Citadel founder Ken Griffin pledged an unprecedented $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University. Part of the money will go towards making a new campus in Miami where Griffin stays and the rest will be for the…

The Times of India · Sep 30

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

The Guardian - US · Sep 30

Plaintiff Can Add Claims to Case Alleging Carnegie Mellon Prof Said Time on Jewish-Related Project "Would Have Been Better Spent" Exploring "What Jews Do to Make Themselves Such a Hated Group"

One claim is that CMU's Chief Diversity Officer illegally recorded meeting with student and the accused professor—and then apparently "asserted her Fifth Amendment rights when ... asked her if she did so or if she had a pattern or practice of recording student meetings, without their consent, in the scope…

Reason · Dec 5, 2025

Who Was Knute Rockne? Notre Dame Legend Still Holds Winning Percentage Record

A century later, the coach remains larger than life.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 13, 2025

What Eric Xing’s Abu Dhabi project says about the next phase of AI power

As U.S. and China battle over AI dominance, the UAE is quietly building soft power—with Eric Xing at the helm of its most ambitious intellectual project.

Fortune · Jul 22, 2025

Scott Barry Kaufman: Incels, Narcissists, and the Victim Mindset

Psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman joins Nick Gillespie to discuss toxic identity politics, the rise of grievance-based thinking, and why true self-actualization requires moving beyond victimhood.

Reason · Jun 18, 2025

Special Tony for educators goes to NYC high school teacher who urges students to 'step out the box'

The special Tony Award that honors educators is going to a New York public high school teacher who shows how theater skills can apply to a career in the arts and also far away from it

The Independent UK · May 29, 2025

UK's Arm and SoftBank Inject £12.3M to Supercharge Global AI Research with Carnegie Mellon

Arm and SoftBank commit $15.5 million to support Carnegie Mellon and Keio University's joint AI research initiative, advancing international collaboration in artificial intelligence innovation.

International Business Times UK · May 28, 2025

Architect and Sustainability Expert Radhna Saxena: Leading the Way Toward Greener, Healthier Buildings

Currently based in New York, Radhna's journey has been defined by a passion for pushing the boundaries of sustainability in architecture.

International Business Times · Mar 3, 2025