Investing in Discovery and Collaboration
Centers and institutes are where the College of Arts and Sciences extends learning beyond the classroom and turns scholarship into impact.
Through six interdisciplinary centers and institutes, CAS brings together faculty, researchers, and students to explore complex questions shaping our world. These hubs of collaboration connect ideas across disciplines, enabling hands-on discovery, creative inquiry, and research with real-world relevance—from climate and ocean science to cities and infrastructure, culture and belief, and the human experience.
Your Giving Day gift ensures that CAS centers and institutes remain dynamic, responsive, and accessible—empowering students and faculty to pursue bold ideas and meaningful solutions.
Research Experiences with Real-World Impact
CAS centers and institutes offer students the opportunity to apply what they learn in the classroom to pressing global and local challenges.
Through your support, students:
- Participate in faculty-led research and creative scholarship
- Gain hands-on experience that deepens learning and builds confidence
- Engage in interdisciplinary collaboration and public-facing work
- Develop the skills needed to lead in research, policy, education, and beyond
These experiences transform education into action, preparing students for impact long after graduation.
Why Your Support Matters
Philanthropic support fuels the work of CAS centers and institutes. Your Giving Day gift helps:
- Sustain interdisciplinary research and collaboration
- Support student research, mentorship, and professional development
- Bring lectures, symposia, and programs to campus and the broader community
- Ensure centers and institutes remain accessible, flexible, and future-focused
Every gift strengthens CAS’s ability to connect knowledge with action.
Giving Day = Greater Impact
Unlock challenge funds so your gift can go even further.
Throughout Giving Day and March Mania, challenge funds and matching gifts will be released to spark momentum and multiply support for CAS. When you give during a challenge window, your generosity can unlock additional funding.
Check back often. Give early. Give boldly. Help unlock the full impact of these challenges.
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