Major college coming to Miami with $3B boost from billionaire Griffin
"Carnegie Mellon University is coming to Miami with the launch of a new campus in Wynwood, backed by billions in support from hedge fund executive and philanthropist Ken Griffin...Griffin donated $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon, with $2 billion for the Miami campus and $1 billion for the university’s main campus in Pittsburgh. It is Griffin’s largest-ever gift and the largest single gift by an individual to an institution of higher education...The Wynwood campus will be called Carnegie Mellon University Miami. It will span 35 acres and support more than 3,500 undergraduate and graduate students, 300 faculty and 600 staff. Construction is expected to begin next year with enrollment planned to begin in 2028." (Article link below.)
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article317412146.html