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The University of Utah engineering school gets $50 million and a new name
A new 'Computing and Engineering Building' and scholarships are coming to the John and Marcia Price College of Engineering.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/01/...chool-gets-50/

Utah philanthropists John and Marcia Price put the University of Utah’s College of Engineering in the driver’s seat Tuesday with a $50 million donation that will fuel scholarships and a new building.

The Utah businessman and his wife had earlier committed $15 million from the Price Family Foundation toward construction of a new building for its nationally recognized computer science school. That later grew to be the largest donation the engineering school has ever received, and one of the largest ever on the U. campus

The announcement was made Tuesday afternoon at the U.’s Warnock Engineering Building in a ceremony attended by Gov. Spencer Cox, U. President Taylor Randall and Utah legislative leaders.

“The University of Utah has an international reputation for innovation in engineering and computer science. Marcia and I want to help ensure that opportunity for this and future generations,” said John Price.

“This is going to cause another inflection point in the ascent of the college and the growth of Utah’s booming technology sector,” said U. Engineering Dean Richard Brown.

Randall said the gift means the U. is joining the “elite” group of schools that have named colleges of engineering.

“We need more engineers. We desperately need more engineers,” said Cox, who called it a “red letter day” for Utah....

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