Editors note: This story was originally published in @TheU.

By Vince Horiuchi—public relations associate, College of Engineering

For 128 years, the University of Utah’s College of Engineering has been the state’s premier research and educational institution for engineering and computer science. Recently, the college received a major boost.

The college is proud to announce a historic $50 million gift from the John and Marcia Price Family Foundation that will benefit future students, educational programs, research centers and entrepreneurism, as well as the construction of a new $190 million computing and engineering building on the U campus. In November 2021, John and Marcia Price were the first to come forward and pledge significant funding for the new building. Realizing the positive impact this would have on Utah’s technology and engineering sectors, they increased their commitment to $50 million.

The college will be renamed the University of Utah John and Marcia Price College of Engineering pending review and approval by the university’s Board of Trustees at its meeting on Feb. 14.

“This generous gift from the Price family is transformational,” said Richard B. Brown, H. E. Thomas Presidential Endowed Dean of the College of Engineering. “This is going to cause another inflection point in the ascent of the college and the growth of Utah’s technology sector.”