In an ever-changing, more complex and interconnected world, education must adapt to prepare students to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Interdisciplinary projects, which involve collaboration ...

about how people in cities affect the local ecology, they looked outside their department for help. about how people in cities affect the local ecology, they looked outside their department for help.

The Research & Innovation Office (RIO) announces the launch of the New Frontiers Grant Program, a novel initiative specifically designed to foster groundbreaking, interdisciplinary research projects ...

On patch of dusty asphalt in Newark, New Jersey, sits a wooden shed topped with corrugated plastic, a safeguard from impending winter weather. But it won’t be there for long. That’s because the shed ...

IMX is for students who make things—who learn by doing. Concentrators explore making as a way to understand their disciplinary studies and reimagine their work in broader contexts. IMX provides the ...

Bringing together great academic minds and diverse perspectives from different disciplines can transform university research. A recent project at Durham University called “Hearing the Voice” ...

Working at the interface of multiple disciplines on critical societal problems is a test for experienced researchers and novices alike. Nature Index spoke to three researchers about how to make it ...

Understanding and solving environmental challenges increasingly requires a combination of expertise from across multiple disciplines. This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program ...

From the lab bench to the conference stage, biochemistry senior projects are evolving beyond textbooks. Students are blending hands-on experiments, interdisciplinary ideas, and emerging research to ...

The University of Chicago has launched the Arete Initiative, an intellectual incubator program designed to assist faculty in developing innovative, large-scale interdisciplinary research projects. In ...

Scientific analysis of funding support suggests that interdisciplinary research proposals are less successful than those focused on single disciplines. This has negative implications for the ...

Yale University has awarded nearly $1.5 million to 21 proposals in its inaugural round of Planetary Solutions Project Seed Grants. The newly established grants support the Yale community’s work in ...