A grand opening year
UC Davis cut the ribbon on many new buildings made possible by donor support this year, transforming the campus landscape and bringing state-of-the-art spaces to Aggies and the public.
Gorman Museum of Native American Art
The Gorman Museum dedicated and celebrated its new home September 22-23. The museum is committed to the creative expressions of Native American artists and artists of diverse cultures and histories, and exhibiting works by living Indigenous artists.
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Diane Bryant Engineering Student Design Center
The center officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 5. The new space includes areas for instruction, student-client collaboration, rapid prototyping, machining, welding and more.
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Aggie Square
A topping-off ceremony in May celebrated the full structural completion of the first phase of Aggie Square—a Sacramento hub for UC Davis research, donor-funded programs, innovative companies and startups, and talent from across the region.
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Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital ER/ICU
The School of Veterinary Medicine’s teaching hospital has expanded its clinical space with a new emergency room and intensive care unit, opened May 3, to meet the growing need for emergency and complex animal care (see full article).
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Elizabeth Mary Wolf Environmental Learning Center
Opened this spring, this indoor-outdoor Arboretum facility serves as a public program space, classroom for visitor and volunteer events, and staging area for students in the donor-supported Learning by Leading environmental leadership program.
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