SLU is now an R1 Research Institute

Saint Louis University has earned the highly revered “R1” designation from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, affirming SLU’s place among preeminent research universities in the United States.

The Research Institute represents a bold new chapter in SLU’s history of pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

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2023 Impact Report

Coding Careers and Accelerating Research: A Look at Open Source with SLU

2023 Impact Report

Breaking Barriers in Female Entrepreneurship — Featuring Jintong Tang, Ph.D.

2023 Impact Report

Creating the Next Generation of Researchers — Featuring Rita Heuertz, Ph.D.

In Focus

Taylor Geospatial Institute

WATER Institute

Institute for Healing Justice & Equity

Advanced Health Data (AHEAD) Institute

Institute for Drug and Biotherapeutic Innovation

Center for Additive Manufacturing

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Recent News

New Breakthroughs

Saint Louis University Researchers Identify a Biomarker for Severe Liver Disease in Infants

Cutting-Edge Labs

Saint Louis University Launches Human-Computer Interaction Lab

2023 Impact Report

Countdown to Launch: SLU Lab Prepares for NASA-Sponsored Satellite Launch

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Research at SLU fosters discovery and empathy in pursuit of answers to humanity’s greatest questions.

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Annual Conference

SEP 25

ICTS Big Data Research Symposium

The AHEAD Institute and The Administrative Data Core Services at Washington University in St. Louis will co-host the third annual Institutional and Translational Sciences (ICTS) Big Data Research Symposium on Wednesday, Sept 25, 2024.

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