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‘Truly a magical thing to experience’

Clarkies explore art and architecture of the Mediterranean during Leir Program’s 2025 study abroad class
‘Equal parts wacky and rigorous’

English and Creative Writing Professor Mandy Gutmann-Gonzalez and Visual and Performing Arts Professor Jan Johnson teach Text & Image, an interdisciplinary and collaborative course that blurs boundaries between the visual and the verbal, asking students to create original projects by experimenting with writing, sewing, printing, drawing, and direct animation filmmaking techniques. Students created accordion books…
‘We reveal a full spectrum of brilliance’

President’s Achievement Awards for Inclusive Excellence honor students, staff, and faculty
‘We have the tools in our hands to create a more sustainable civilization’

We may think we face a bleak future under climate change, but there is still time to take effective action if we reconsider our economic and social approaches and develop alternative solutions, according to a panel of scholars.
Clark-built dashboard reveals success of conservation efforts where the wild things are

Each spring for 13 years, a cohort in Clark University’s Wildlife Conservation GIS Research Seminar has tackled a vexing biodiversity project for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), a global nonprofit organization.
Clark is first U.S. host for global economic geography conference

Clark University can now lay claim to be the first place in America to host the Global Conference on Economic Geography, which has been held in far-flung cities, from Singapore to Dublin, every several years since 2000.
What version of information are we getting from AI?

Geographers consider the potential, and drawbacks, of evolving technologies
Harvesting lessons from a farming master class

Reflections from a semester spent studying food production across Central Massachusetts
At home in the lab

Kristi Civici ’25 studied polymers and fungi at Clark. He’s now on a biotech career path.
Clark to refocus around key academic areas, enhanced interdisciplinary opportunities

Clark University has announced a plan to adapt to the changing competitive landscape of higher education and build long-term institutional strength, responding to unprecedented pressures from demographic and policy changes, as well as increasing costs.