Achievements, accolades, and other items of note from the Clark University community.
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Justice Jackson’s birthright citizenship opinion cites Clark professor’s work
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson cited work by History Professor Ousmane Power-Greene in her concurring opinion in Trump v. Barbera, which addressed birthright citizenship.
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Abbie Goldberg delivers keynote at the adoption research conference
Psychology Professor Abbie Goldberg presented a keynote lecture at the International Conference on Adoption Research at the beginning of July, exploring what it is like to parent at the margins of legitimacy within contemporary adoption and child welfare systems.
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Bradyn Potter ’26 selected for young professionals exhange program in Germany
Bradyn Potter ’26 has been selected by the U.S. State Department to study and work in Germany as part of the 2026–27 Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals program.
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Clark University School of Business joins Mass Fintech Hub
The Clark University School of Business (CUSB) has become an institutional member of the Mass Fintech Hub, expanding opportunities for students and faculty to engage with leaders in the financial technology sector.
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Clark goes all out for Massachusetts Science and Engineering Fair
Clark hosted hundreds of students and teachers on May 9 for the middle school portion of the Massachusetts Science and Engineering Fair.
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Change in leadership at Strassler Center
Provost John Magee has announced that Thomas Kühne will be stepping down from the role of director of the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Professor Ken MacLean will serve as interim director of the Center for the 2026–27 academic year.
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MPA Senior Leadership students discuss issues surrounding aging population
MPA Senior Leadership students gathered for a residency in Springfield, Mass., to hear from a panel of experts on issues surrounding our aging population.
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SPS students finish at top of datathon, innovation challenge
Master’s students earned top prizes at Serve x ODSC AI Datathon and the Tech Innovation Challenge 2.0.
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Mosakowski Institute’s Letisha Amuwo participates in panel on forging meaningful change
Letisha Amuwo, department administrator and executive assistant in the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise, recently participated in the Worcester Women’s History Project panel, “Conversations for Change.”
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Clark students elected to Phi Beta Kappa
Fifty-eight Clark students have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest and most prestigious honor society in the United States.
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From AI to oyster mushrooms, Steinbrecher fellows are prepared for intensive research
Five Clark University undergraduates have been awarded Steinbrecher Fellowships to pursue creative research projects in the sciences and humanities.
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Entreneurship and Innovation awards top ClarkTank ventures
The Entrepreneurship and Innovation program recently concluded the 2026 Clark Tank competition.
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PM Challenge supports Worcester nonprofit in addressing food insecurity
The School of Professional Studies recently concluded the PM Challenge, a multi-round competition that brought graduate students together to develop practical, executable project plans for a local nonprofit.
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Golberg’s article on family research among most cited
A Journal of Marriage and Family article by Professor Abbie Golberg is among the journal’s most cited.
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Clark junior earns prize for Revolutionary War research
Connor Dunham ’27 recently received the Middlebrook Symposium Prize for original research on the Revolutionary War in New Jersey.
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$301K grant will support internships and career transitions
A grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations supports a new effort to strengthen the connection between academic work and career preparation.
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Ward delivers keynote at education event on cultures of care
Nadia Ward, executive director of the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise, recently presented the keynote address at a Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education event centered on creating cultures of care in schools.
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Hanselman co-authors study on preparing STEM educators
Associate Provost and Dean of Research Jennifer Hanselman has published a paper highlighting efforts to strengthen the STEM education workforce.
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Best co-organizes conference on Black Urbanities
Geography Professor Asha Best recently co-organized a Barcelona conference exploring the collective experiences of Black people living in urban environments.
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For 20th year, Worcester and Clark receive grant to address youth violence
The City of Worcester, with Clark University acting as a research partner, has once again received grant funding for efforts to prevent and reduce youth and gang violence.
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Imber wins prestigious book prize
Professor Elizabeth Imber, the Michael and Lisa Leffell Chair in Modern Jewish History, has been awarded the JCD-Herbert Katzki award from the Jewish Book Council for “Uncertain Empire: Jews, Nationalism, and the Fate of British Imperialism.”
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MBA students advance to finals of global research analysis competition
Three Clark MBA students advanced to the local finals of the CFA Institute Research Challenge, a global competition that engages students as research analysts.
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Tejada named to state board on LGBTQ+ youth
Rigoria E. Tejada, director of Alumni and Friends Engagement, has been appointed to the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ+ Youth.
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Ph.D. student Sarah Houle honored by Mass. school administrators
Sarah Houle, principal of Southbridge Middle School and a student in the first cohort of Clark’s Ph.D. in Transformative Education program , has been named the 2026 Middle School Principal of the Year by the Massachusetts School Administrators’ Association.
