Primarily a research facility, the Volen Center is located on the Brandeis campus and connected to a larger complex of science buildings. The Volen Center is home to an interdisciplinary groups of neuroscientists and the entire Computer Science department. Other neuroscience faculty are housed in adjacent buildings.

Designed by Cannon Architects, construction was completed on the Volen Center in 1994.

The Center's two lower floors are reserved for offices and lab space for the Computer Science department, a Experimental Psychologist (Robert Sekuler) and a Biologist (Paul Miller).

The upper two floors are wet lab space for Biochemists (Dorothee Kern, Dan Oprian and Chris Miller), Biologists (John Lisman and Eve Marder), and Experimental Psychologist (Art Wingfield).

The Volen Center includes two classrooms on the first floor which are used primarily for undergraduate instruction.

The Volen Center office, which is home to the neuroscience program, and the Computer Science office are both located on the 2nd floor.