The phrase "a recent study by the university" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a study conducted or published by a specific university, often to support a claim or provide evidence in an argument.
Example: "According to a recent study by the university, students who study in groups tend to perform better on exams."
Alternatives: "a new research conducted by the university" or "a recent report from the university."
A recent study by the university in Ciudad Juárez found that more than 70 percent of the city's residents had passed by a cordoned-off murder site.
A recent study by the university of Minnesota of 4,000 researchers in more than 100 faculties found that one in three scientists plagiarised, 22% handled data "carelessly" and 15% occasionally withheld unfavourable data.
A recent study by the University of Cincinnati looked at the affliction, which the author, James Kellaris, calls earworms from the German word ohrwurm.
And a recent study by the University of Hong Kong linked the city's poor air quality to hundreds of deaths a year.
Some percentage of this distraction is caused by texting; a recent study by the University of Washington that captured images at intersections found that half of distracted drivers were seen sending texts or otherwise typing on their phones.
A recent study by the University of East Anglia found that 43% of local authorities experienced real-terms funding cuts to their budget for running elections between 2010-11 and 2015-16.
A recent study by the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, found that large non-profits led businesses as well as universities in their use and early adoption of social media networks.
A recent study by the University of Illinois makes the risk even more apparent.
But according to both a recent study by the University of Cambridge and a recent study by the University of Southern California, Millennials are even more stressed out by technology than older generations are.
A recent study by the University of New Hampshire found that one in five children who goes online regularly is solicited for sex.
A recent study by the University of Edinburgh concluded that around 4% of the British population has synaesthesia; other estimates put the figure at between 2% and 5%.
