Our Campus

Our apiary is home to twenty-five hives which house 100,000 bees each, providing pollination services to the surrounding fields and gardens. The resident honeybees are an active part of our teaching, research and outreach programs.

As a research center, a laboratory, and a classroom, the gardens contribute to an understanding of the changing relationships between plants and people through education, extension, research, and community support.

A new facility used for equine science courses, to provide continuing education opportunities for local and regional equine veterinarians, and to support Extension outreach efforts for Delaware's growing equine industry.

The complex consists of a suite of growth chambers and glass house facilities. In addition to diverse faculty research and plant production, students can learn horticulture, as well as professional plant production within the greenhouse environment.

Lasher Laboratory serves as the front line in disease surveillance and management for the poultry industry. A $4 million, state-of-the-art renovation in 2016 provides necropsy, serology, and bacteriology testin, along with virus identification and monitoring using DNA (PCR) testing.

The NCC Extension offices are on S. College Ave. in Newark, Delaware. Programs include topics such as agriculture, horticulture, nutrition, family development, money management and 4-H youth development.

The W. Charles, Sr. and Eleanor Clement Paradee Center in Dover is a 10,000-square-foot is the Kent County Extension hub for educational programming for the University, business, government, and civic and corporate institutions throughout the county.

The Petit Hop Field was installed to provide educational and experiential learning opportunities for students as well as outreach and best management practice techniques to local farmers and growers. The field is comprised of
90 poles set up 15 feet apart that weigh up to 800 pounds.

As homebase for the College, Townsend houses four departments - Animal and Food Sciences, Plant and Soil Sciences, Applied Economics and Statistics, and Entomology and Wildlife Ecology. In addition, UD Cooperative Extension connects UD research with industry professionals and community members.

Creating unique ice cream flavors and an array of cheeses, students receive a hands-on education in food science, production, dairy science, business management, entrepreneurship and sustainable agriculture.

This organically managed vegetable farm offers experiential learning opportunities for UD students and the community while offering fresh, seasonal produce through Community Supported Agriculture, summer markets, and weekly donations to the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center.

Having undergone a complete renovation, this state-of-the-art facility includes scientific laboratories for cutting-edge research in animal, plant and food sciences.

This lab produces, characterizes, and modifies biochar from agricultural byproducts to create engineered, value-added materials for applications across multiple sectors.

Carvel is an integral part of the UD Agricultural Experiment Station. This 344-acre campus serves as home for Sussex County Cooperative Extension, the Thurman Adams Agricultural Research Farm and Lasher Laboratory for poultry diagnostics.  

Microbial and disease trend analysis in wastewater has a long history, including surveillance of poliovirus, hepatitis A virus, cholera, and antibiotic resistance. Over time, disease cases and detected viral RNA amounts can be monitored, and trend analysis can be useful in informing testing and in enhancing our understanding of virus circulation.

Research conducted in the laboratory explores a wide variety of economic and consumer behavior and participants receive monetary compensation based on the decisions they make in a variety of different settings.

The Food Sensory, Characterization, and Novel Processing (FSCN) Center is a dynamic platform connecting the University of Delaware College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) with researchers and industry stakeholders. Our partners include food processors and manufacturers, startups, distributors, retailers, and technology companies.

The lab is a world-class facility dedicated to poultry disease research and diagnostics. The lab is a biosafety level BSL-3, USDA-licensed laboratory, used to study highly virulent poultry pathogens in a safe working environment.

The University of Delaware’s Comparative Pathology Laboratory focuses on disease surveillance for common and emerging diseases in commerical broiler chicken flocks.

Located on the first floor of the newly renovated Worrilow Hall, the UD Core Laboratory for Soil, Plant and Water Analysis boasts a comprehensive array of analytical instrumentation for researchers across campus to obtain high-quality data for their research needs.

The farm provides hands-on learning and research opportunities for students, allowing them real-world experience on a working dairy farm. Our ~100 cows produce 680 gallons of milk per day!

A magnet for life science research and development, the institute supports multidisciplinary, collaborative academic research partnering with many local organizations.

The University of Delaware Sequencing and Genotyping Center (SGC) supports genomics research through our established expertise with state-of-the-art genomics technologies. Our core center is located in the Delaware Biotechnology Institute, which is an interdisciplinary research unit at UD,

Housed inside the Jones-Hamilton Poultry Research House, the Environmental Poultry Production Service Core Facility (ENVIRON) is a state-of-the-art research facility focused on environmental challenges related to poultry production.

The complex consists of a suite of growth chambers and glass house facilities. In addition to diverse faculty research and plant production, students can learn horticulture, as well as professional plant production within the greenhouse environment.

Lasher Laboratory serves as the front line in disease surveillance and management for the poultry industry. A $4 million, state-of-the-art renovation in 2016 provides necropsy, serology, and bacteriology testin, along with virus identification and monitoring using DNA (PCR) testing.

This area provides facilities for characterization of new diseases, vaccine development, the testing of "pre" and "pro" biotics and nutraceuticals to reduce the use of antibiotics, to improve gut health, improve production and sustainability.

The Rice Investigation, Communication, and Education (RICE) Facility is an NSF and USDA-funded network of 30 rice paddy plots, each measuring 2x2 m. Equipped with solar-powered sensors, the facility supports research on biogeochemical cycling, focusing on how soil amendments and water management affect metal uptake in rice and greenhouse gas emissions.

This tract of 35 acres is an active research site for students to study the effects of habitat fragmentation on wildlife and ecosystem services provided by small, urban forests. The site is home to the longest continuous study on the population health of Wood Thrush.

This lab studies how dairy cow nutrition affects animal health and milk production, focusing on how cows use key nutrients and how digestion impacts their overall health. This work supports farmers, researchers, and industry by improving dairy nutrition, animal well-being and sustainable milk production.

Named after former Delaware Sen. Thurman Adams, our 347-acre research farm provides field crop research and supports all off-farm research projects across the state. The farm is the site for agriculture tours, merging research and outreach for local growers and industry.

The 120-acre Warrington Farm is located Harbeson, Delaware in Sussex County. Research on this farm provides the college's core research arena focusing on center pivot, drip, and sub-surface irrigation projects in addition to water management issues.

Students learn hands-on with the college’s registered Angus cattle herd, Dorset sheep flock, horse herd, lambing barn, livestock arena and the equine facility.

Used for research and teaching related to water quality, soils and horticulture, several thriving wetlands create an ecosystem that reduces runoff, improves water quality, increases plant diversity, and supports wildlife. 

315 Worrilow houses a variety of specialized, communal research equipment for biological and biochemical analysis.

UD’s research core facilities—high-tech instruments that are shared resources, supporting studies across campus—are available to UD faculty and their collaborators.