Graduate Research
A&S graduate students play a vital role in tackling the world’s most pressing challenges from climate resilience and public health to cultural transformation and emerging technologies. Through advanced research, interdisciplinary collaboration and community engagement, they contribute meaningful insights and innovations that shape our collective future.
Each A&S department has diverse research specializations. We encourage you to explore faculty profiles and reach out to express your interest and ask questions. Below are resources and examples of what current graduate students are involved in.
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.
Recent Stories
Safer Lakes, Cleaner Water
Earth and environmental sciences doctoral student Nick Brennan (second from right) helped lead a lakebed mapping initiative on Skaneateles Lake, pinpointing nutrient-rich sediments that fuel harmful algal blooms and threaten a major drinking water source.
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.
Rethinking Research Through Visual Storytelling
Meg Healy, a Ph.D. student in English, is exploring videographic criticism as a tool for reshaping how we analyze media.
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.
Fact or Fiction? The ADHD Info Dilemma
A Ph.D. candidate in clinical psychology led a study exploring how ADHD misinformation on TikTok influences college students’ understanding and perceptions of the disorder, aiming to curb the spread of health-related inaccuracies on the platform.
Studying the Past, Building the Future
Pan African studies master's student Adara “Darla” Hobbs is examining the legacy of redlining and the pursuit of community transformation.