WHAT:	The medical school is moving its primary teaching programs to Sacramento to a new 120,000-square-foot facility that will be located at the heart of the medical center campus at 45th and X streets. The $40 million facility will replace outdated classrooms, nearly double the space for library services, and provide a central location where students, faculty and research partners can collaborate and be immersed in the art and science of medicine.

WHO:	UC Davis leadership along with 200 legislators, business leaders, students, residents, faculty and other distinguished guests celebrate the groundbreaking for the new, state-of-the-art education and library building. The late Congressman Robert Matsui, who was a staunch supporter of the university and medical center throughout his years in office, secured $700,000 in federal funds to begin construction of the new education building. Mrs. Doris Matsui will be present to witness the fulfillment of her husband’s commitment to the school.

WHEN:	Thursday, February 24, 2005 at 10 – 11:30 a.m.

WHERE:	Events tent at 45th and X Streets, SacramentoParking available in lot next to tent, follow signs.

VISUALS:	-Groundbreaking at site of the new library and education building -Artist renderings of the new building’s special features-B-roll of Tupper Hall, the school’s main building in Davis -Opportunity to tour cramped, library facility in Sacramento -Cutting of large cake that is a replica of the new building

INTERVIEWS::	Faculty, students, residents, legislators, business leaders



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