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  "id": 10926277,
  "title": "Billionaire Ken Griffin Pledges Record $3 Billion To Carnegie Mellon—Backing Miami Campus Plans",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/billionaire-ken-griffin-pledges-record-3-billion-to-carnegie-mellon",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-30T10:10:02.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/09/30/billionaire-ken-griffin-pledges-record-3-billion-to-carnegie-mellon-backing-miami-campus-plans/"
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  "summary": "The university said Griffin’s pledged donation is the “largest-ever gift by an individual in the history of higher education.”",
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      {
        "outlet": "Financial Times",
        "title": "Ken Griffin donates $3bn to Carnegie Mellon as university plots Miami campus",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/ken-griffin-donates-3bn-to-carnegie-mellon-as-university-plots-miami",
        "published": "2026-09-30T08:30:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Ken Griffin pledges $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University in 'historic' gift",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/ken-griffin-pledges-3-billion-to-carnegie-mellon-university-in",
        "published": "2026-09-30T09:00:01.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Bloomberg",
        "title": "Griffin Commits $3 Billion to Carnegie Mellon in Record Donation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/griffin-commits-3-billion-to-carnegie-mellon-in-record-donation",
        "published": "2026-09-30T09:00:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin gives record $3B to Carnegie Mellon to build Miami campus",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/hedge-fund-ceo-ken-griffin-gives-record-3b-to-carnegie-mellon-to",
        "published": "2026-09-30T09:07:58.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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