Nov. 5, Thursday, 3:30 p.m. -- California Assemblywoman Alyson Huber (D-El Dorado Hills) will join UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi, Winston Ko, dean of the Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and guests to dedicate the new Earth and Physical Sciences Building on campus. The three-story $65.5 million building comprises 90,000 gross square feet and will provide a new home for the Department of Geology, as well as teaching laboratories and facilities for the departments of Geology, Chemistry and Physics.

Planning is now under way for a new GATEways (Gardens, Arts and The Environment) earth sciences garden that will link the building with the adjacent arboretum. The garden will be an outdoor geological laboratory for student learning and public outreach. The theme of the garden will be "Assembling California," after the 1993 book by John McPhee that chronicled 15 years of field trips with Eldridge Moores, an emeritus professor of geology at UC Davis.

The building was designed by Perkins+Will, a Chicago-based commercial architect design firm, and built by Flintco, a commercial contractor headquartered in Tulsa, Okla. The project was financed primarily through state funds.

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