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Lipscomb Research

Every day in our classrooms and labs, faculty and students collaborate to shape our world for the better.

From the earliest documentation of the Stroop effect to changing how doctors treat congestive heart failure, Lipscomb University’s professors and students are daily discovering, analyzing and changing our world through research. 

Lipscomb professors are helping to identify the remains of Tennessee’s volunteers in the Mexican War, writing novels and biographies, and pioneering interprofessional health care. Students spend their days fighting cancer on numerous biological fronts or analyzing best practices in business, public service, sustainability, and education.

In classrooms and laboratories every day, the future is being discovered and crafted by Lipscomb Bisons.

Online Research News

Lipscomb Now: Discovery Magazine 2025

 

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Faculty Reading Room

Various Lipscomb faculty members put pen to paper to produce books released in 2025 and 2026, with subjects from cutting-edge use of AI to Christian children’s humor.

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Cited for Excellence

Lipscomb students, including 68 in biology, earn rare distinction as published authors in academia before earning their degrees, across disciplines from chemistry to poetry.

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Teaching students and robots

Dr. Juan Rojas, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, teams with undergraduates to teach robots how to learn faster.

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Summer Research Programs

Summer at Lipscomb means time for discovery, with abundant opportunities to carry out research at the graduate, undergraduate and faculty levels. The Pharmacy Summer Research Program, undergraduate fellowships such as the Langford Yates Fellowship and research projects by Lipscomb faculty all take place during the summer months, with several subsidized by stipends, grants and awards.

Students measuring stones for archaeological research

The Office of Research and Grants

The Office of Research and Grants, within the Office of the Provost, exists to support a culture of Christian-based intellectual curiosity and scholarly activity on the Lipscomb campus. It encourages and supports scholarship by promoting access to research funding through competitive grants designed to help faculty members launch research projects.

Professor leading a student group researching children's literature

Undergraduate Research

From your very first day on-campus, you have the opportunity to engage in on-campus research, through Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs), work with faculty mentors, the Honors College and more. For many students, the culmination of their research and creative work is the Student Scholars Symposium (SSS), a campus-wide academic showcase of both undergraduate and graduate research and creative inquiry.