Meredith Woodward King
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Student’s graphic novel gets to the art of Van Gogh’s Paris sojourn
Taking a cue from Post-Impressionist Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh, Grant Henry ’17 headed to Paris last summer to envelop himself in the world of art and explore and document places like Montmartre, the red-light district that harbored artists of Europe’s fertile Belle Époque period (1871-1914). Nine months later, he emerged with a well-researched graphic novel, “The Adventures…
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Alex Jeannotte ’17 helps reconstruct a lost family history
Because of their dogged pursuit of elusive primary sources, historians often are equated with detectives – a theme represented in a decade-long PBS series, History Detectives. For Alex Jeannotte ’17, that theme has carried through much of her time at Clark University, where she has helped knit together the genealogy of an African-American family who migrated…
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Clark geography students present research at AAG conference; faculty honored by alumni, peers
Twenty-one undergraduates and seven master’s degree students from Clark University Geography presented posters at the American Association of Geographers’ (AAG) annual meeting April 5-9 in Boston, and for many, the chance to explain research to peers and faculty from across the world marked a step into new territory. “This is my first time at AAG. It’s interesting that I’m presenting…
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Clark alum joined archaeologists in Holocaust tunnel discovery; NOVA to feature story
A Clark University alumna had a front-row seat for an international news story that PBS’ NOVA is featuring on April 19: archaeologists’ discovery last summer of a Holocaust escape tunnel built by Jews near Vilna, Lithuania. Rachel Polinsky ’16 graduated from Clark with a dual degree in art history and ancient civilization last May. She then headed to Lithuania to work alongside Richard…
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ClarkCONNECT panel takes the pulse of health care
As the U.S. House debated the Affordable Care Act recently, Clark University alumni involved in public health discussed what’s next for their profession and the cross-section of Americans they serve. The alumni returned to campus to launch the fifth ClarkCONNECT event, this one focused on health. ClarkCONNECT matches students with alumni, faculty, parents and outside partners for…
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Family Impact Seminar puts the spotlight on health disparities in Massachusetts
The Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise at Clark University hosted its eighth annual Massachusetts Family Impact Seminar on April 5 at the State House, bringing the latest research on health disparities to Massachusetts legislators. With the ongoing debate over the Affordable Care Act, many policymakers and researchers again are focused on the role of race, ethnicity, immigration status, income, education and…
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Graduate student shows how MBAs mean good business for environmentalists
Researching spoon-billed sandpipers in the Arctic might not sound like a job for a prospective M.B.A. student, but that’s exactly what led Meghan Kelly down the path toward graduate school at Clark University. In a recent blog article for the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International’s BestBizSchools website, Kelly talks about the research and travel…
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Sarah Wells ’17 perceives the poetry in physics
If you’re a student of physics, you might understand the abstract concepts behind Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle of quantum mechanics or Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, which describes gravitation. But if you’re an English major, you might think about the words “uncertainty” or “gravity” in a more poetic sense. They are, after all, words found in…
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Clark professor, students find the humanity in computer research
Clark University computer scientist John Magee applies his expertise in human-computer interaction to help others – people with disabilities and, more recently, middle-school students. And by inviting Clark LEEP Fellows and other undergraduates to join his research projects, he’s giving students the opportunity to do the same. “There are a lot of opportunities in this research to improve people’s…