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
Reimagining Modern Art
Opportunities to learn directly from leading scholars can shape the trajectory of a graduate education. During a masterclass at the SU Art Museum, students engaged with a internationally recognized art historian, gaining valuable experience in critical analysis.
Medical Training, On Campus
The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders’ medical simulation lab immerses graduate students in realistic hospital scenarios. Through these simulations, students develop the clinical judgment, communication and problem-solving skills needed to succeed in today's healthcare settings.
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.
Uncovering Life's Extremes
To study life in the most extreme places on Earth, you usually have to go to them. Or, it turns out, you can walk across campus. Biology graduate students discovered an amoeba living on a campus steam vent that could change how we fight Legionnaire’s disease.
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.