To support its historic growth as a Carnegie-ranked Tier One public research university, the University of North Texas is constructing a 111,000-square-foot multidisciplinary research and teaching building on its Denton campus. The project is possible thanks to $103.4 million in tuition revenue bonds authorized by the 87th Texas Legislature in 2021.

"To solve really challenging questions that society faces or to develop new technologies, it takes people from different areas and different fields," said UNT vice president of research and innovation Dr. Pamela Padilla at the groundbreaking ceremony. "If you put them together in the same building in the same space, which universities are set up to be able to do, you are more likely to have much more creativity come out and more projects that wouldn't have been envisioned otherwise."

The forthcoming Science and Technology Building, which will be at the southwest corner of West Mulberry Street and Avenue C, will fulfill a critical need for more modern facilities that support collaborative and interdisciplinary research on campus. The new building will expand research space for areas such as biology, biomedical engineering, chemistry, physics, data science, and computer science and engineering while creating experiential learning opportunities for students. The building's unique multidisciplinary approach also will open possibilities for cross-training and encourage more collaboration across disciplines.