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Institutes and Centers

Extending what we believe possible.

Discover A&S institutes and centers that push the boundaries of research and creative work.

From laboratories investigating unseen forces that shape our world to creative studios where new forms of expression take shape, these centers and programs are where curiosity finds its footing. Explore what's happening across the college and find the work that piques your desire to know more.

Institutes Affiliated with A&S

Centers Affiliated with A&S

Bruce D. Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization

Center for Asian Studies

Center for Astrobiology

Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy (CASA)

Center for Creative Climate Communication and Behavior Change (C3BC)

Center for Experiments on Quantum Materials (CEQM)

Center for Global British and Irish Studies

Center for Healthy Mind and Mood

Center for Humanities and the Arts

Center for Integrated Plasma Studies (CIPS)

Center for Microbial Exploration

Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies

Center for Neuroscience

Center for STEM Learning

Center for the Geochemical Analysis of the Global Environment

Center for Values and Social Policy

Center of the American West

Center to Advance Research and Teaching in Social Sciences

Clinical Translational Research Center

CUbit Quantum Initiative

Earth Science and Observation Center (ESOC)

Fiske Planetarium

Latin American and Latinx Studies Center (LALSC)

PhET Interactive Simulations

Sommers-Bausch Observatory

SPIKE Center for Sustainability Education

STROBE Science & Technology Center

The Brakhage Center for Media Arts

The Sustainability Research Initiative (SRI)

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