Research
The College of Arts and Sciences is home to internationally recognized research across and between disciplines. Areas of discovery from Shakespeare to gravitational waves help frame new conceptions of the physical world and the human experience, while creating innovative solutions to the critical challenges facing us today.
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Recent Updates
Fostering Students’ ‘Tree-Thinking Skills’
A&S biologists win the Thomas Henry Huxley Award for their creation of an evolutionary learning module.
The Carbon Footprint of Continental Rifts
A&S researchers study the amount of carbon dioxide released at the East African Rift System.
Forging Communities of ‘People with Heart’
Ph.D. candidate in religion receives dissertation fellowship to analyze contemporary Buddhist charities in Southeast Asia.
A&S Chemist Develops Potential Drug to Treat Type 2 Diabetes Without Harsh Side Effects
New research on proposed diabetes drug is published in “Cell Reports.”
Dana Olwan Receives 2020 Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award
The fellowship will contribute to her scholarship in the field of feminist Middle East studies.
More Research News
Music History and Cultures major Gabrielle Sanft's received funding for archival research at the Folger, the largest collection of Shakeapeare materials in the world, to support her thesis on music and performance in Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night."
Julia Zeh's research uses sound analysis to better estimate whale populations.
Professors Marciano and Adelman of FNSSI are using machine learning in DNA analysis.