McClatchy Newspapers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Officially, the ceremony at the University of California-Davis on March 15 was about a building. A four-story structure with a sandstone and gray-colored exterior — with water-chilled beams for energy conservation and recycled construction materials for forest sustainability.
But to Michael Lairmore, dean of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, the opening of a $58.5 million building — dubbed "Research Facility 3B" — was "a celebration of discovery."
His effusiveness was due to the fact the new 76,000-square-foot facility will serve as the hub for one of America. . .

