Carnegie Mellon names Jignesh Patel founding dean of new Miami campus
sh_reya · x · 2026-10-20
Carnegie Mellon University has named distinguished computer scientist, researcher, and entrepreneur Jignesh Patel as founding dean and vice president of CMU Miami, the new campus announced September 30 and funded by a transformative philanthropic investment from Citadel founder Ken Griffin.
Patel will shape the campus' academic mission and research priorities, recruit top faculty and students, build public-private partnerships, and help establish CMU Miami as an innovation hub moving ideas from lab to real world.
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