Achievements, accolades, and other items of note from the Clark University community.
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Hanselman appointed to governor’s committee to advance research
Associate Provost and Dean of Research Jennifer Hanselman was recently appointed to Gov. Maura Healey’s new DRIVE Acceleration Team to advance research and discovery in Massachusetts.
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Ward delivers keynote at Diverse Professionals Roundtable
Nadia Ward delivered the keynote address at the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Diverse Professional Roundtable.
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Goldberg receives award for contributions to family science
Psychology Professor Abbie Goldberg has received the 2025 Social Justice Award for Contributions to Family Science.
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Luna Pagan ’27 selected to display artwork on WooBin
Luna Pagan ’27 is one of 50 local artists whose work was selected for display on new dual-stream waste receptacles (“WooBins”) across the city of Worcester.
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Goldberg earns top family sciences prize
A paper co-authored by Psychology Professor Abbie Goldberg has received the 2025 Wiley Prize in Family Sciences: The Alexis Walker Award.
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Project management program earns prestigious PMI accreditation
The M.S. in Project Management program has been accredited by the Project Management Institute’s Global Accreditation Center, a designation demonstrating a commitment to academic quality and excellence.
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Ahady Dolatsara recognized for contributions to data science education
School of Business Assistant Professor Hamidreza Ahady-Dolatsara has received the KNIME Distinguished Educator Award, which recognizes exceptional education experts and their continued support of KNIME and low-code tools in teaching.
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AGU recognizes researchers from Clark’s Center for Geospatial Analytics
The 2025 AGU Open Science Recognition Prize has been awarded to a team of researchers including four members of Clark’s Center for Geospatial Analytics. The Prithvi-Geospatial AI Foundation Model Team was recognized for its “outstanding work in advancing Open Science related to Earth and space science and its impact globally.”
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ESRI competition selects Clark lab’s forest carbon map as finalist
A map created by Geography Professor Christopher Williams’ Biogeosciences Research Group has been selected as a finalist in an international competition hosted by ESRI, a world leader in developing geographic information system (GIS) software. “Forests: Our Best Carbon Capture Technology” is a finalist in ESRI’s 2025 storytelling map gallery competition; the finalists are posted in…
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Professor Christina Gerhardt’s book earns ecocritical award
Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean, written by Christina Gerhardt, has won the 2025 Ecocritical Book Award of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment.
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Education professor gives keynote on redefining science education
Letina Jeranyama, associate professor of practice in education, delivered the keynote address at the 4th International Science Education and Technology Conference.
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Semerdjian receives prestigious book award
The Institute for the Study of Genocide (ISG) has awarded the 2025 Raphael Lemkin Book Award to Elyse Semerdjian for her work, “Remnants: Embodied Archives of the Armenian Genocide.”
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Klooster named a Top Scholar
History Professor Willem Klooster has been named a top scholar by ScholarGPS, which recognizes outstanding performance in various fields, disciplines, and specialties.
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Spratt Lab students present research, earn recognition at 39th Protein Symposium
Six students in Professor Don Spratt’s chemistry and biochemistry lab recently traveled to San Francisco, California, to attend the 39th Protein Society Symposium.