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STUDENT RESEARCH

Graduate student seeks to unfold mysteries of Alzheimer’s and diabetes

Alzheimer’s disease and Type 2 diabetes affect 30 million Americans, and they share a common trait: the presence of “misfolded” proteins that aggregate and form amyloids. Valerie Ivancic, a doctoral candidate in biochemistry, is committed to combating these terrible illnesses at a molecular level. “I aspire to be a part of the solution for diseases that have such catastrophic consequences,” she says.

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“All of this is in line with where I am in my life and my journey.”

Daysha Williams ’17, theatre arts major, who earned a part in Spike Lee’s upcoming Netflix series

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Perspective

“There are a lot of opportunities in this research to improve people’s lives. That’s my main motivation.”

John Magee, assistant professor of computer science, with student researcher Rafael Zuniga ’18

Faculty
Perspective

“I find that I learn best by doing, and Clark has been full of opportunities for action.”

Despoina Lioliou ’17, psychology major, who aspires to reshape the Greek education system

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We lay claim to what we call Passion With a Purpose: those shared places within the human experience that are hungry for transformation.

Passion with a Purpose

Our connection to the planet is a fragile one; the resources that support us are breathtakingly finite. Clark seeks ways to reverse the harmful effects of past abuses and nurture a more viable future.

Sustainable Environments

Clark University drives global change in places where essential freedoms have frayed and opportunities have dwindled. We do more than give voice to the underserved — we get them to shout from the rooftops.

Social Justice

Clark helps shape leaders who pursue solutions to intractable problems with creative thrust, entrepreneurial ingenuity, analytical acuity and endless grit, all tied to a code of ethics that promotes the greater good.

Responsible Leadership

The work of Clark’s educational institutes enhances the prospects of K-12 students in urban settings, while our pioneering model for higher education, LEEP, helps propel Clark students into lives and careers of consequence.

Education Innovation

Clark scientists build a foundation of knowledge that not only contributes to our understanding of the world, but may help inform government policy and ignite public action — smartly, collaboratively, urgently.

Science with Impact

Our students, faculty and alumni search for insight into the behaviors and influences that drive us individually and bind us communally, and seek to improve health outcomes for vulnerable populations locally and abroad.

Health and Well-being

At Clark, the humanities create vital spaces where our community can explore differences and commonalities; consider the past and shape the future; look inward to the self and outward to the structures that organize our world.

Humanistic Inquiry