Meredith Woodward King
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The skink link: Clark biology student studies an evolution revolution
Since 1893, most biologists have accepted Dollo’s law, named for the Belgian paleontologist who hypothesized that evolution moves forward, never reversing. A living organism doesn’t regain a trait — an inherited characteristic, like a tail or limb – lost during its evolutionary development, Louis Dollo suggested. About Erika Schaper ’18 Major: Biology Minor: Chemistry Hometown: Concord, N.H. Over…
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Frank Abell has his radar out for chemical dangers
Frank Abell remembers the day his son visited his office on the first floor of the Arthur M. Sackler Sciences Center. Abell, Clark University’s laboratory manager/chemical safety officer, sat at his desk amid filing cabinets and boxes of supplies as students and professors rotated through. Undergraduates sought to buy white lab coats. Faculty researchers asked…
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Clark honors undergraduates who served as NOAA fellows
Four students conduct research in Maryland, Massachusetts for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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‘Global Cultures’ conference of alumni speakers to honor Professor Gertz
Lectures to explore themes of diversity and inclusion championed by English professor emerita throughout her career
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Clark students host invitational mock trial tournament; home team places 2nd
Clark University students hosted an invitational mock trial tournament on Oct. 21-22, attracting eight college and university teams from as far away as Iowa. Judges for the tournament included several Clark alumni and friends. The coach for the two teams is Steven C. Kennedy ’88 (pictured above, at right, with the two student teams), a practicing…
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Clark students take the research lead on Worcester Art Museum exhibition
Problems of Practice history course explores stories behind William Bullard's photos of Worcester's turn-of-the-century people of color
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Students contribute research to Worcester Art Museum’s historic photo exhibition
Rediscovering the story of a community with photos
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Clark, Worcester Art Museum revive an underexposed history
For several months last spring, students in a Problems of Practice history seminar at Clark University painstakingly dug through genealogical records and worked with descendants to unlock the mysteries behind turn-of-the-century photographs of African-Americans and Native Americans in Worcester. This fall, their research culminated in an exhibition at the Worcester Art Museum: “Rediscovering an American Community of…
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A student-alumni connection at the cellular level
Colin Sterling Jr. ’18 interns with noted UCLA cancer researcher Dr. Richard Pietras ’69
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Faculty mentorship, alumni connection — and a biotech job
Thanks to her Clark biology experience and a year of networking, Christie Joyce ’16, M.S. ’17, now works at a Boston area company founded by Clark alumnus Dr. Mark Tepper