Stories
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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
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Discovering a ‘magic’ mushroom was no trick
Researcher Alexander Bradshaw and team uncover a new fungi species
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‘It is the perfect space for me to be with my culture’
Through dance, Salsa Encendida creates community at Clark
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From the Clarkives: Spring on the Green
It’s a tale as old as time: Once temperatures rise and spring flowers blossom, Clark students are drawn to the campus green (as they are in this undated photo).