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    Farnam Jahanian

    President of Carnegie Mellon University.

    President, Carnegie Mellon University

    About Carnegie Mellon University

    Carnegie Mellon University: Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In September 2026 it received a $3 billion commitment from Citadel founder Ken Griffin, the largest gift to a US college or university on record, which will fund a new campus in Miami and its School of Computer Science in Pittsburgh.

    Key facts

    Role
    President, Carnegie Mellon Universitysource
    Education
    PhD in computer science from University of Texas at Austin (1989)source
    Federal research leadership
    Led the National Science Foundation Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering from 2011 to 2014 with a budget of over $900 millionsource
    Annual compensation
    $2,749,101 as President/ex-officio Trustee (fiscal year ending June 2025)source

    WYDE coverage of Farnam Jahanian

    WYDE Newsroom has published one article about Farnam Jahanian, on Sep 30, 2026. Farnam Jahanian is a named leader in 1 story. The most recent is Ken Griffin Gives Carnegie Mellon a Record $3 Billion, the Largest US University Gift.

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    Sources

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