Stories
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Fungal armageddon
Why We’re Drawn to “The Last of Us” with Professors Betsy Huang, Ulm, and Javier Tabima Restrepo With season two of HBO Max’s “The Last of Us,” based on the acclaimed video game franchise created by Naughty Dog, hitting screens this month, we asked Clark University professors to unpack people’s fascination with post-apocalyptic stories and…
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Clark signs amicus brief in support of international students
Clark University, along with 85 higher education institutions and organizations across the country, has signed an amicus brief in AAUP v. Rubio, supporting a motion to enjoin the federal government’s policy of revoking the visas of and arresting, detaining, and deporting noncitizen students and faculty exercising their free speech and association rights. According to the Presidents’ Alliance on…
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Nobel Prize winner, renowned journalist to speak at May 19 Commencement ceremonies
President David Fithian has announced that Clark University’s 121st Commencement will take place on Monday, May 19, at the DCU Center in Downtown Worcester. In a departure from last year and to ensure the occasion is both intimate and memorable, two ceremonies will be held: bachelor’s degrees will be awarded at 10 a.m., and master’s…
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After the end
Members of our faculty — from a fungus expert to teachers of dystopian film, games, and books — unravel the meaning and the madness behind our ongoing fascination with post-apocalyptic narratives and what the “Last of Us” teaches us about society, survival, systems, and self.
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Course examines humans’ tangled relationship with fungi and plants
In Plants, People, and Fungi, a new, advanced course focused on humans’ age-old relationships with flora and funga, Clark students encounter stories like those of The Iceman we now call Ötzi, and Fungus Man and the trickster Raven.
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Bold ideas for transformation
IEEE ClarkHack Spring 2025 challenges students to use AI to build campus solutions
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Photo essay: Yeehaw for Spree Day 2025
Students galloped onto the Campus Green on Tuesday, April 8, for the 2025 edition of Spree Day. This year’s theme, Spree-Haw, inspired students to don cowboy hats, cow costumes, and plenty of flannel. This annual tradition since 1903 gives students a day to celebrate spring and a respite from class.
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New musical to make Worcester debut at Clark
Broadway in Worcester presents ‘Night Side Songs’ in the Little Center
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Building equitable cities
Geography Professor Asha Best, an urbanist who studies mobility and urban informality, is researching how planners and developers can build just cities, where everyone lives equitably. But one thing she’s noticed throughout her studies is that there is no common definition of what justice looks like.
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From art to code to games
Larriyah Graham ’25 is designing their future