Colorado State University's newest research facility will become a reality Friday, June 2, when the university breaks ground for the C. Wayne McIlwraith Translational Medicine Institute.

The $65 million facility is named for a veterinarian who has built a remarkable clinical and research enterprise in orthopaedic medicine for horses during nearly 40 years at Colorado State University.

The ground breaking will be held at 1 p.m. next to CSU's Diagnostic Medicine Center, located north of the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital, 300 W. Drake Road in Fort Collins, CO, 80526.

For more information, visit http://source.colostate.edu/construction-starts-csu-research-institute-named-pioneer-orthopaedic-medicine/

or http://source.colostate.edu/joint-effort-mcilwraith-earns-status-namesake-illustrious-career/.

Please RSVP by contacting Mary Guiden, (970) 491-6892, or mary.guiden@colostate.edu.