Jim Keogh
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Maire O’Donnell’s museum internship springs to still-life
Clark junior curates exhibition of 19th-century American, European paintings
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Thomas Hicks ’93 says elections are a matter of trust
‘The people running the elections … are your next-door neighbors’
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New podcast examines how Clarkies have persevered in a COVID world
“Moments of Uncertainty,” a podcast produced and hosted by Alumni and Friends Engagement, explores the ways in which Clarkies responded to the challenges of COVID-19 during 2020, a year like no other at Clark. The podcast reveals the lessons people took away from this extraordinary time, offering insight into how they adapted to ever-changing, and…
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The long goodbye of a good man
When his father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, Stephen DiRado turned family pain into enduring art
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‘With Dad’ film earns plaudits
Editor’s note: “With Dad” will premiere on GBH, Boston’s PBS station, on Tuesday, Sept. 21, at 7:30 p.m. The film is available to stream at https://www.wgbh.org/with-dad. Clark Screen Studies Professor Soren Sorensen was seeking a topic for his master’s thesis when he asked colleague Stephen DiRado if he’d be interested in sitting for an…
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Dan Trant ‘never backed down’
Wally Halas wasn’t just Dan Trant’s basketball coach. He was also a fan. “I loved the way he played the game,” Halas says. “He was bold, he was skilled, and he challenged everybody. If Dan could have played 10 hours a day, he would have.” Halas was far from alone in his assessment. In…
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‘It felt like a giant shaking a tin can’
Neil Lucente ’97 works on the sixth floor of a 10-story building, and it’s unlikely he’ll choose to travel any more vertically than that for a job. His sole reminder of his time in a high-rise is the bathroom key from the 81st floor of the World Trade Center’s North Tower that he keeps…
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My father. My hero.
On a perfect late-summer morning, New York firefighter Salvatore Torcivia declined an overtime shift so that he could accompany his 3-year-old daughter, Mariah, to her first day of preschool at a YMCA near their Staten Island home. Not long after they arrived, a thick plume of dark smoke rose over the city. It was…
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Jack Foley brings his 45-year Clark career to a close
Was both catalyst and evangelist for the University’s community efforts
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David Fithian is ready for change
President returns to Clark with a vision for its transformation — and he’s working on a plan to make it happen