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Cybersecurity

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Games, Film, and Digital Media

A researcher working on a drone they are about to use.

Imaging Science

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Multi-messenger Astronomy

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Personalized Healthcare Technology

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Photonics/Quantum

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Sustainability

In addition to these research areas, significant research goes on in each of our colleges.

Research in Colleges

  •  College of Art and Design
  •  Saunders College of Business
  •  Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
  •  Kate Gleason College of Engineering
  •  College of Engineering Technology
  •  College of Health Sciences and Technology
  •  College of Liberal Arts
  •  National Technical Institute for the Deaf
  •  College of Science
  •  Golisano Institute for Sustainability
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