President David Fithian announces the appointment, effective May 1, 2025, of Lou Leonard as the inaugural D.J.A. Spencer Dean of the School of Climate, Environment, and Society. “As dean, Lou will lead interdisciplinary efforts — anchored in the School — to solidify Clark’s recognition as a world-class contributor to confronting..Read More

A transformative $10 million gift by former trustee Vickie Riccardo and daughters Jocelyn and Alyssa Spencer ’17 enabled establishment of the School of Climate, Environment, and Society. The gift endowed the school’s inaugural D.J.A. Spencer deanship.

The Experimental Plant Investigation Center (called the EPIC lab for short), a climate-controlled, energy-efficient, up-to-date laboratory and greenhouse for plant and insect behavior research — including studies related to the effects of climate and global change on organisms and ecosystems — opens in the Cathy ’83 and Marc ’81 Lasry..Read More

Economic Geography, the internationally peer-reviewed journal launched by Clark in 1925, celebrates its 100th year, led by Geography Professor and Editor-in-Chief Jim Murphy. The journal continues to delve into emerging global economic issues, including those related to climate change.

After devastating hurricanes in Puerto Rico, Sustainability & Social Justice Professor Ramón Borges-Méndez co-founds Fundación Bucarabón, a nonprofit organization supporting women, farmers, and community economic empowerment initiatives in Maricao, a town in mountainous, western part of the island. The foundation’s goal is to “build back better,” ensuring residents can survive..Read More

Led by Professor Tim Downs, Clark researchers from the Department of Sustainability & Social Justice, Graduate School of Geography, and Becker School of Design & Technology embark on a three-year, NSF-funded project in Central Mexico to work with local and federal governments, the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and..Read More

Robert Johnston, director of the George Perkins Marsh Institute and an environmental economist, is appointed to serve on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board, continuing his work in advising and developing models to help the EPA and other federal agencies quantify the economic benefits of environmental protection. He..Read More

Clark hires geographer Hamed Alemohammad to head the new Center for Geospatial Analytics, building on the legacy of the University’s research and development in GIS. The center will play an entrepreneurial role in strengthening connections with industry and stakeholders outside Clark, according to Alemohammad .

The U.S. government releases the Fifth National Climate Assessment, including a chapter led by Geography Professor Abby Frazier detailing the impacts of climate and global change on Hawai‘i and Pacific Islands.

Clark’s Graduate School of Geography marks the 100th anniversary of its founding and, in turn, 100 years of environmental — and subsequently — climate change research. President Wallace W. Atwood — a geographer himself — launched the school in September 1921. Today, the Graduate School of Geography is top-ranked by..Read More