The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences was awarded $43.9 million in annual research expenditures in sponsored research for 2024. Liberal Arts and Sciences researchers have been involved in groundbreaking research in a variety of disciplines. Their achievements include contributions of the algorithm and input optics for
LIGO, which has detected several "chirps" of gravitational waves produced by colliding black holes. Other significant research includes Project Implicit, which studies
implicit bias. The college includes experts on pressing topics such as climate change. ==Alumni==