Bringing visionaries together to make the impossible, possible
CMU’s legacy of impact is made possible through innovative and collaborative partnerships with industry, foundations, government, and passionate individuals, as well as a strong spirit of philanthropy that’s woven into every part of the university’s past, present and future.
Honoring a life of innovation.
In 2022, alumnus and innovator of complex processing applications Giorgio Coraluppi endowed the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering head, supporting the unbiased intellectual framework that launched his career.
Making history in humanities and social sciences.
Trustee and philanthropist William S. Dietrich II pledges $265 million to Carnegie Mellon in 2011. It is the largest single gift from an individual in CMU’s history and H&SS is renamed in his mother’s honor.
Bringing business to the forefront.
With a $55 million gift from David Tepper, the Graduate School of Industrial Administration (GSIA) becomes the Tepper School of Business in 2004. Nine years later, he makes an additional $67 million gift to build the David A. Tepper Quadrangle, which opens in 2018.
Believing in the Transformative Power of Education.
Andrew Carnegie's profound belief in the transformative power of education leads him to found the Carnegie Technical Schools in 1900 with a $1 million endowment. It evolves into Carnegie Mellon University in 1967 after merging with the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research.
Making more possible at CMU.
The most successful comprehensive campaign in university history, Make Possible: The Campaign for Carnegie Mellon University saw more than 72,000 supporters make gifts totalling more than $2.5 billion to accelerate significant initiatives in four key areas to advance CMU’s education and research mission.
Read more about the history and impact of Make Possible
Engineering impact in Africa.
Explore CMU-Africa's impact on the continent as it provides a world-class engineering education to the young people who will lead Africa's digital transformation in the decades to come.
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