Carnegie Mellon University

Money Moves

As of October 2026: Recipient of $3 billion gift; launching CMU Miami on donated Mana Wynwood site

Ken Griffin, founder of hedge fund Citadel, pledged $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University on September 30, the largest individual gift in higher education history. It surpasses the $2 billion Nike co-founder Phil Knight gave to Oregon Health & Science University in August 2025.

Updated Oct 3

New Capabilities

As of September 2026: Developed the Hicformer AI model

Alzheimer's disease scrambles the three-dimensional folding of DNA inside brain cells, a study published in Science on July 23 reports. It's the first single-cell map of how the disease reshapes the genome's architecture across the brain.

Updated Sep 13

New Capabilities

As of September 2026: Site of the discovery

For 147 years, physicists relied on a simple rule: the Hall effect needs a magnetic field pointing straight at a material's surface. Carnegie Mellon researchers just showed that rule was wrong.

Updated Sep 6