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Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh welcomes a 150 million commitment from the Richard King Mellon Foundation in support of a new science building advanced technology initiatives and the revitalization of the citys Hazelwood neighborhood.The largest commitment ever announced by the foundation includes a 75 million lead gift to help fund construction of a science building that will facilitate collaborative research and education spanning multiple disciplines across the university.In addition to classrooms and teaching labs the 210 million facility will provide student and faculty researchers with modern labs designed to inspire open collaboration.The remaining 75 million will provide seed funding for a robotics center and advanced materials and manufacturing institute located at Hazelwood Green a former riverside steel mill site that RKMF in partnership with the Heinz Endowments and Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation is redeveloping into a center for innovation and economic development.With the support of a 20 million grant from the foundation CMUs Manufacturing Futures Initiative and Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute a public-private partnership became the first tenants at the sites Mill 19 building in 2019.CMU president Farnam Jahanian said This latest grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation will provide CMU with the resources to accelerate three of its key strategic initiatives science advanced manufacturing and robotics innovation. While advancing our education and research missions these initiatives will also further CMUs commitment to positive societal impact both regionally and nationally.RKMF director Sam Reiman stated CMUs vision to expand its presence at Hazelwood Green is another step toward our goal of creating a development where great jobs sustainability and community go together and in a way that could only be done in Pittsburgh. Success at Hazelwood Green will not be defined by its buildings parks and roads but rather by the opportunities it creates for an entire generation of Pittsburgh residents to participate in the new economy.The new funding commitment from the foundation includes 45 million toward completion of the 100 million Robotics Innovation Center adding up to a hundred and fifty thousand square feet of space to CMUs robotic research capabilities and 30 million for the Manufacturing Futures Institute which will work to develop advanced materials and manufacturing equipment and processes facilitate collaborations between CMU researchers industry and government organizations and expand high-tech workforce training for residents of the region.
