Graduate Research
Research is essential for your master's or doctoral studies. Graduate students actively contribute to the A&S research enterprise, offering valuable insights and technical expertise to labs and offices.
Each department in A&S has diverse research specializations. We encourage you to explore faculty profiles and reach out to express your interest and ask questions. Below are select examples of what current graduate students are involved in.

Cultivating Community with Augmentative Communication
Through hands-on work with a conversation club in A&S’ Gebbie Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic, graduate students are helping to enhance the well-being and feelings of connectedness for individuals with speech and language disorders.

Humanities Center Showcases and Supports Graduate Student Research
Humanities Center grants and fellowships support the work of graduate students as they explore questions around belonging, community, identity and pedagogy.

Biology Ph.D. Student Studies Fungi’s Role in Forest Health
Eva Legge, a Ph.D. student majoring in biology, is studying how climate-adaptive forest management affects the symbiotic relationship between fungi and forests to help safeguard forest health.

Pursuing Her Goals and Passions
Erica Kiduko G’25, a master’s student in Pan-African studies, secured an internship with the Global Peace Foundation and is engaging in hands-on work to promote gender equality in Tanzania.

Mining for Neutrino Answers
The excavation of massive caverns in South Dakota paves the way for an international team of researchers, including Syracuse physics faculty and students, to explore neutrinos’ role in the Universe.

Curating Learning
Faculty, staff and students curated two educational exhibitions at the SU Art Museum along with a collection of digital exhibitions featuring works from the museum’s collections.

Engaged Humanities Network (EHN) Supports Graduate Research
The EHN fosters collaborations among publicly-engaged students from across campus to conduct interdisciplinary research and community projects.

Nurturing the Next Generation of Investigators
The Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute offers three unique courses that prepare students to become highly qualified science practitioners.

Sea Urchins Are Struggling to ‘Get a Grip’
The study’s lead author, graduate student Andrew Moura, traveled to the University of Washington along with a multi-university team of biologists to conduct experiments with live green sea urchins.
Resources
- Office of Sponsored Programs: Your partner in responsibly stewarding sponsored funds.
- Office of Research: Everything you need to know about University research.
- Special Collections Research Center : Rare books, manuscripts, and other primary source materials are available, from cuneiform tablets to digital media.
- Research Computing: The OrangeGrid provides powerful and reliable research computing.
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library: Resources include the Harriet Tubman Collection and other rare materials.