Posted 1/16/2024, 9:24:22 PM
CUNY Receives $75M Donation from Simons Foundation, Largest Gift in History, to Fund AI and Computational Science Programs
- CUNY received a $75M donation from the Simons Foundation, the largest gift in its history
- The donation is tied to New York's Empire AI initiative to give universities access to an AI computing center
- $25M will fund CUNY's participation in Empire AI
- $50M will create 25 faculty positions and a master’s program in computational science
- The donation comes after the Simons Foundation gave $500M to Stony Brook University over the summer