NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering received a $100-million donation from trustee Chandrika Tandon and her husband, Ranjan. The school will be renamed the Tandon School of Engineering. The Tandons said in a statement that they "hope their gift will bring many more of us together to reinvent engineering."
NYU President John Sexton said the funds would go to faculty, financial aid and new areas of engineering. NYU pledged to raise an additional $50 million in response to the donation. The engineering school has approximately 5,000 students.
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