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The Health Sciences
Complex at STAR Campus opened in January 2014. The building has a University side (right half ) for education, research and clinical programs and a tenant side for businesses and organizations that complement UD's mission.
“We have an asset here that is going to be working for us for a
UD will build out the STAR Campus through collaboration with private busi- nesses and government agencies. The Health Sciences Complex was established through a strategic partnership with Delle Donne and Associates Inc. and Bancroft Construction Company.
The plan emphasizes real-world learning. Potential tenants are expected to offer internships for students and collaborative research opportunities with UD.
“Anytime we talk with potential partners we are very clear and share our strategy and vision,” Riordan said.
The master plan is—and will continue to be—in draft form. Members of the community are encouraged to offer feed- back by emailing star@facilities.udel.edu. Potential research collaborators may email the same address.
It is a living document, Brangman said, for a site that will outlast even the youngest Blue Hens.
very, very, very long time.”
—Alan Brangman
Creek, a waterway buried years ago that would be day-lighted, that is, returned to above ground.
Near the southern end of the devel- opment area stands the existing Health Sciences Complex.
Health sciences represent one of the site’s primary foci, part of a strategy with the moniker “three plus one.” The “three” areas are energy and the environment, defense and national security, and health and life sciences. The “plus one” repre- sents the infrastructure, such as roads and water lines, which will enable the site to operate.
Charles G. Riordan, deputy provost for research and scholarship, said the three areas are ones in which UD
has strengths and a great potential to impact society.
He invoked the Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1862, which established land- grant colleges, a designation that UD holds. Through that act, universities
are compelled to serve the public good through education, practical research and economic development.
“We will not be here when the STAR Campus is fully executed but we have great opportunity and, in fact, responsi- bility to set the direction,” Riordan said.
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