Research for Society
AAU has created a series of special pages to highlight recent research advances at its member universities that address major societal challenges. The stories on these pages feature the work of university faculty and students seeking answers and solutions in such areas as maintaining the world’s supply of fresh water, strengthening cybersecurity, learning about diseases of the brain, and finding our way to a sustainable energy supply. Each topic page is updated regularly with new stories, and new topics are added on a regular basis.
America's leading research universities are at the forefront of the battle against COVID-19 and are working to protect us from other pandemics
AAU universities are working tirelessly to combat opioid abuse by better understanding the epidemic and conducting cutting-edge research on pain and addiction.
AAU universities are helping ensure our nation's, and the world's, energy security with scientific discoveries, technological breakthroughs, and the education of the next generation of energy problem solvers.
The brain is perhaps humankind’s greatest mystery. How do those 100 billion neurons in our heads work together to make us live, think, and act as we do?
Cybersecurity has become one of our most pressing challenges. Can we protect the power grid, telecommunication networks, financial data, “smart” products, and our private information, while still enjoying the benefits technology offers?
Three-quarters of the world may be covered in water, but the supply of clean, fresh water is at risk—from drought, flooding, climate change, pollution, and the growing demand for fresh water around the country and around the world.
