Building X
Innovation starts here.
A Hub for scientific connections
Progress is made when people come together. Tomorrow’s breakthroughs will be made in spaces of cross-disciplinary connectivity, and UD students and faculty are forging this future together.
Building X is an interdisciplinary hub of collaboration and discovery, bringing together scholars and researchers from across campus to teach, train and research in modern labs with cutting-edge equipment.
Building X featureS:
Four floors; 35+ teaching labs and research labs; 35+ faculty offices; 25+ grad student workspaces; more than five conference and meeting rooms; and more than five lounges and shared spaces
A centralized, multidisciplinary space for connection and innovation
An open lab format to promote collaboration within and across labs
Mixed-use spaces for teaching and research, bringing students closer to advanced faculty research
Building X: An interdisciplinary sciences hub: youtube.com/watch?v=ALn3Kmx9lXk
TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT
Bringing together Biological Sciences, Psychology, Neuroscience and Physics, Building X is accelerating breakthroughs at UD, including:
Using advanced laser technology to probe the relationship between light and matter
Finding the underlying causes of Alzheimer's Disease and improving patients' prognoses
Examining the neural and motivational causes of substance abuse, enhancing treatments for people struggling with addiction