Vanderbilt Buys Troubled Arts College Nvidia CEO Tried to Save

Vanderbilt University is opening a new campus in San Francisco, taking over a cash-strapped arts college that Jensen Huang gave millions of dollars in an attempted rescue last year.

Vanderbilt will acquire the California College of the Arts campus in the city’s downtown, as the roughly 120-year-old school winds down its operations by 2027, according to a release.

Daniel Diermeier

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“San Francisco offers an extraordinary environment for learning at the intersection of innovation, creativity and technology, and it provides an unparalleled setting for Vanderbilt to shape the future of higher education,” Vanderbilt Chancellor Daniel Diermeier said.

The 1,300-student California College ...