The College of Arts and Sciences thrives as the intellectual core of the university, conducting research, scholarship, creative work and education in more than 45 graduate-level academic fields spanning the natural sciences, social sciences, and the arts and humanities. Our goal is to help enable all of our students to think independently and have a collective impact.


  • 5 Nobel laureates

  • 26 members in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

  • 9 MacArthur 'genius grant' winners

  • 5 National Medal of Science winners