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- 1$500 Million Gift to Boost Carnegie Mellon Computer Science▼$500M Gift Will Fuel Next Era of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon
Carnegie Mellon University has received a $500 million gift that will fund the next phase of growth in its School of Computer Science. The donation is one of the largest ever given to a US university and will support research, faculty recruitment and new facilities in a field central to artificial intelligence development.
- 2Carnegie Mellon Opens Preview of LEGO Robot Coding Course▼Preview Out Now: Robot Coding Fundamentals with LEGO® CS & AI (6-8) - Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy
Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy has released a preview of its Robot Coding Fundamentals curriculum, designed for grades 6-8 and built around LEGO's computer science and AI materials. The course introduces middle school students to programming and robotics concepts, and educators are checking out the preview ahead of its full release for classroom use.
- 3Hedge fund CEO gives $3bn to Carnegie Mellon University●Hedge fund CEO gives $3bn to Carnegie Mellon University in historic donation https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/se
A hedge fund chief executive has pledged a $3bn gift to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, described as the largest donation in the institution's history. The donation places Carnegie Mellon among the biggest beneficiaries of recent billionaire philanthropy, with its strengths in computer science and artificial intelligence likely a factor, and comes amid a broader wave of vast gifts to elite American universities.