UMass Amherst is set to receive its largest-ever private donation — $50 million over 10 years — and will rename its engineering college after the former Apple executive and UMass alumnus who made the gift.

Daniel Riccio, a 1986 graduate of the university’s flagship campus and one of Apple’s top former hardware executives, committed the donation to support the engineering school and foster partnerships with other areas of the university. Riccio and his wife, Diane M. (Casey) Riccio, pledged $15 million in 2022 to fund ALS and neuroscience research at UMass Chan Medical School.

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"As a proud alum, I’ve seen UMass Amherst, including its College of Engineering, become a world-class institution over the past 20 years," Ri

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