Two St. Edward's students present their research at a symposium

Research

Fostering Research through Creative Exploration

Research starts with an idea. Our students and faculty engage in solutions-driven research and cutting-edge projects that are intrinsic to the St. Edward's experience.

A student presenter talks with other students in front of their research poster.

Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE)

As a forum that fosters cross-disciplinary conversations, SOURCE provides faculty-student engagement outside the classroom and gives students a platform to showcase their creative work and research. We champion our students’ achievements in research and their creative expression through the process.

Student Research With Real-World Impact

Take your curiosities and insights and apply them to create real-world solutions. See how students take these ideas beyond the classroom to develop community and global impact.

Two students sit on the ground and work on gathering data about the soil at Wild Basin.

Through the lens of climate change adaptation and mitigation, students explore data-driven solutions to the world’s most pressing environmental problem. The Environmental Biology and Climate Change major prepares students to investigate and find solutions to complex threats to Earth’s living organisms and ecosystems. Individual and group field expeditions locally and globally give students an opportunity to broaden their understanding with hands-on experience.

David Weier, Priyanka Ranchod and professor Matthew Steffenson wear beekeeper suits and look at bees on a slab of honeycomb.

Students David Weier ’19 and Priyanka Ranchod ’21 suited up with Assistant Professor of Biology Matthew Steffenson to research what makes bees susceptible to colony collapse disorder (CCD), a threat to honeybee populations worldwide.

A student wearing a lab coat and protective glasses looks at bottles of chemicals using specialized equipment.

Undergraduate research at St. Edward’s is more than an introduction to the scientific process. It connects students with professional mentors, encourages them to take on new challenges, and helps some find careers they’d never imagined.