Vanderbilt University’s plans to establish a San Francisco campus beginning in the 2027-28 academic year have taken a major step forward via a $75 million donation from one of the founders of technology sector behemoth Nvidia.
According to a release, Jensen Huang and Lori Huang made the matching gift, bolstering what will be, pending approval of the campus’s flagship college, the Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang College of Art, Architecture and Design.
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