Meredith Woodward King
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Biologists make inroads into development of nervous systems
A recent article by Clark University researchers in Developmental Biology is making waves in the field — receiving shout-outs on social media — and netted an award for the paper’s first author, Allan Carrillo-Baltodano, a doctoral candidate in biology at Clark. Carrillo-Baltodano conducts research in the lab of Néva Meyer, assistant professor of biology, who is his co-author on “Decoupling brain…
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Rezwana Hoque ’15 pursues her dream career under the cloud of DACA uncertainty
As a biology major in the Prehealth Program at Clark University, Rozwana Hoque ’15 found success, interning at Bellevue Hospital in New York and garnering honors. Chosen from among 800 applicants for Bellevue’s Project Health Care — a program overseen by Dr. Lewis Goldfrank ’63, director of emergency medical services — Hoque was featured in a CLARK magazine roundup about undergraduates’ LEEP (Liberal Education…
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Clark GIS research informs protection efforts off California coast
Donation by Clark honorary degree recipient Jack Dangermond and his wife allows for preservation of 24,000 acres; Professor Eastman, Clark Labs partnered on study of land change
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Clark students find social entrepreneurship a perfect fit
Clark University has produced numerous successful entrepreneurs, including Trustee Ronald Shaich ’76, L.H.D. ’14, founder of Panera Bread and Au Bon Pain, and Brad McNamara, M.B.A./ES &P ’13, co-founder of Freight Farms. Even better, many are social entrepreneurs, who share a vision of giving back to the community — Shaich oversaw the opening of Panera Cares Community Cafes, confronting food…
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Clark innovations highlighted in discussion on the value of liberal arts
As high school students filled out applications for the fast-approaching Jan. 15 deadline at Clark University and other colleges, a recent column in The Washington Post examined which skills employers are seeking from recent graduates. Google, it turns out, is bypassing STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) and focusing more on skills that students acquire through a well-rounded liberal arts education,…
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Record number of Clark students receive Gilman Scholarships to study abroad
Thirty percent of Clark University undergraduates study abroad, compared with only 2 percent of college students nationwide. And now there’s even more good news to report: Clark has a record number of students – nine – who received the U.S. State Department’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study or intern abroad this spring. “This year, we worked…
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Via Problems of Practice course, students gain experience in monitoring conservation land
'This course gives me direction for what I want to do after graduation,' Olivia Barksdale '19 says
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NYC workshop for tech women connects Clark students with IT leaders
The United States will continue to see an increase in computing jobs over the next decade, but more than two-thirds of those jobs will go unfilled because there aren’t enough qualified applicants. At the same time, more men than women continue to pursue information technology careers, despite the fact that more women are going to…
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Physics research reaches into the cosmos
Muhammad Kasule ’18 is graduating from Clark University this December with multiple research experiences in hand, including one where he’s examining how life may form in outer space. “My research is centered on understanding how prebiotic molecules form in space,” Kasule says. “Prebiotic molecules are essentially the building blocks of life. They are the molecules…
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‘Hair Story’: Charline Kirongozi pulls together strands of politics, history behind black hair
Clark student's research examines issues facing children of the African diaspora, from Maine to Mali