Clark launches the Department of Sustainability and Social Justice, building upon decades of transformative, community-engaged work by faculty and students addressing local and global development and environmental issues.

The first Global Day of Action occurs during U.N. climate talks in Montreal. Going forward, the annual event will spark worldwide protests to take action against human-induced climate change, including reducing fossil fuels.

Clark University, under the leadership of President John Bassett, releases a Climate Action Plan outlining the University’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ultimately become carbon-neutral.

Ph.D. alumnus Anthony Bebbington returns to Clark University as director of the Graduate School of Geography, after having been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. His work focuses on extractive industries and socio-environmental conflicts in South and Central America. He later will be elected to the American Academy of..Read More

Clark invites NOAA leader Jane Lubchenco, an internationally known marine ecologist and environmental scientist, to campus for the Geller Endowed Lecture Series. Her visit results in Clark’s launch of the Marsh-Mosakowski NOAA Fellowship Program, providing undergraduate students with summer internships at NOAA research sites.

Robert Johnston, an environmental economist and director of the George Perkins Marsh Institute at Clark, is appointed to the Science Advisory Board of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Serving through 2017, Johnston will develop methods that are now a central part of how the agency quantifies water quality benefits for..Read More

The United States withdraws from the Paris Agreement, an international treaty covering climate change mitigation, adaptation, and finance, prompting Clark President David Angel to sign a joint open letter, “We Are Still In,” joining leaders of colleges and universities, cities and states, and over 3,000 organizations and businesses to support..Read More

Clark holds its second — and largest yet — Climate Change Teach-In, bringing together the campus for a deep consideration of the challenges to the planet’s health. Activist and author Naomi Klein delivers the opening lecture, followed by more than 50 faculty- and staff-led panels, presentations, and open classes, assisted..Read More

Clark celebrates 20 years of the Human-Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) program, through which undergraduate fellows work with graduate students and stakeholders on research issues related to climate change. Over the years, more than 135 HERO fellows have participated in the program, which has received $2.5 million in research funding, most..Read More