Cornell is a research university, with a vision of being the best research university at which to be an undergraduate. EAS's faculty are deeply committed to a mixture of basic and applied research, to the training of graduate students to be leading researchers, to engaging individual undergraduate students in research experiences, and to infusing our courses with insights that come from our research.

Faculty and students conduct research in a great variety of topics, which are partially captured by the websites of individual faculty and research staff. Many (but not all!) of the ongoing research themes have been categorized under various headings.   These can be accessed by selecting Disciplines.