Overview

Pursuing new scientific discoveries is all in a day's work at Clark. The new Lasry Center for Biological Sciences and newly renovated facilities for physics, math and computer science allow faculty, undergraduates and graduate students to continue and enhance their research into such areas as the fundamentals of marine biology, mycology, cell division, molecular structure and particle movement. Their research could lead us to a new understanding of the world at its most fundamental levels.

Opportunities

The sciences at Clark offer some of the best opportunities for active learning—one hallmark of a Clark education. Faculty, graduate students and undergraduates work in teams on scientific research. Some undergraduates even have the remarkable opportunity of coauthoring scholarly papers with faculty members. Here is a sampling of some of the active learning projects Clark science faculty and their students are pursuing:

If you are passionate about scientific discovery, then engaging in original research projects, such as those here at Clark or at other nearby research institutions (e.g. University of Massachusetts Medical School) will put you at the frontiers of science, provide you the satisfaction of advancing our understanding of the world around us, and help to set you apart from other students across the nation with whom you may soon be competing for jobs, spots in medical schools, or graduate programs.

Since 1985, at least 120 Clark undergraduates have co-authored articles with Clark science faculty (Biology, Chemistry, or Physics), published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. See a list of these articles (PDF).