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Record Billion Gift for Carnegie Mellon

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Carnegie Mellon University operates campuses in over 10 countries worldwide

The $1B CMU gift exceeds the university's entire annual research expenditure

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CMU's $1B gift is 1,000x Andrew Carnegie's original $1M donation

Marilyn Simons pledged $1 billion to Carnegie Mellon in 2024 — the school's largest-ever gift. Andrew Carnegie founded the institution in 1900 with just $1 million. The new gift is exactly 1,000 times that founding amount.

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