{"id":221602,"date":"2026-06-17T19:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/221602\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T19:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:54:08","slug":"local-university-gifts-3-million-to-pittsburgh-supporting-education-and-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/221602\/","title":{"rendered":"Local University Gifts $3 Million to Pittsburgh, Supporting Education and Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cmu-banner.jpeg\" data-lb-width=\"1000\" data-lb-height=\"704\" class=\" photoswipe gtxlightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-321103\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cmu-banner.jpeg\" alt=\"Carnegie Mellon University Sign\" width=\"1000\" height=\"704\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO FROM PITTSBURGH MAGAZINE ARCHIVES<\/p>\n<p>One of Pittsburgh\u2019s longstanding universities just gifted the city $3 million to support education and infrastructure initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Carnegie Mellon University has been a longtime partner of the City of Pittsburgh, and\u00a0 the commitment will provide resources to support the vision the university shares with Mayor Corey O\u2019Connor\u2019s administration, according to officials .\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Part of the funding will support the city\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghpa.gov\/Recreation-Events\/Parks\/For-Kids\/Rec2Tech\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rec2Tech<\/a> program, which operates at city recreation centers and allows youth to learn tech skills in their own communities. Additionally, the donation will be invested in neighborhood infrastructure projects, which will improve green spaces and expand pedestrian, bicycle and vehicle access on city streets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCarnegie Mellon\u2019s success has always been deeply intertwined with the story of Pittsburgh. For generations, our faculty, students, staff and partners across this great city have come together at pivotal moments to solve challenges, expand economic opportunities, and realize what comes next,\u201d CMU president Farnam Jahanian says in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to extend CMU\u2019s record of supporting communities across the City of Pittsburgh and to continue doing our part to build an even brighter future together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Currently, CMU provides support to K-12 students, including tutoring, online learning platforms, pre-college programs, summer camps and continuing education credits and training for local teachers in areas like AI and robotics. Connor says the university has been a good partner \u2014 and a good neighbor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe university contributes vibrancy to our neighborhoods, fosters our technology and innovation ecosystem and creates new jobs, businesses and opportunities,\u201d the mayor says in a statement. \u201cThis gift is an extension of the work that they\u2019re already doing and will allow us to invest in Rec2Tech opportunities for our young people and maintain infrastructure in our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The $3 million gift will be spent over the next five years, officials say.\u00a0\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOTO FROM PITTSBURGH MAGAZINE ARCHIVES One of Pittsburgh\u2019s longstanding universities just gifted the city $3 million to support&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[7933,7820,2265,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-221602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-carnegie-mellon-university","tag-cmu","tag-finance","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}