Stories
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Iconic Clark pea pod is revived for the next generation of Clarkies
On a hot August Day 34 years ago, designer Keith Carville and photographer Chuck Kidd drove to a vegetable farm in Hubbardston, Mass., painted some peas, and snapped a picture. The resulting poster of vibrantly colored peas nestled inside a pod, paired with the tagline, “Clark University: Categorizing people isn’t something you can do…
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Stefanie Covino battles climate change one town at a time
Severe storms. Flooding. Drought. Erosion. Devastated communities struggling to rebuild. These doomsday headlines have become all too common, sweeping the news on a daily basis. In the face of climate change, communities are struggling with competing priorities and have difficulty focusing on climate resilience and conservation. The stakes are high. On the front lines of…
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For Samantha Hughson ’19, technology and theatre both compute
As the only girl in her AP Physics class, Samantha Hughson ’19 rarely asked questions because she didn’t want her fellow students to think she couldn’t handle the coursework. That is no longer a problem. Hughson, a computer science major and math minor, is the founder and president of Clark Women in STEM (Science, Technology,…
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Sherief Eldeeb ’18 is a man of the mind
Sherief Eldeeb ’18 is fascinated by how the brain and the body function together like partners in a long-term relationship. Sometimes they get along perfectly well. But when they clash, he needs to know why. He spent a part of last summer at the University of Washington, helping conduct a study of the sleep patterns…
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Times Higher Education ranks Clark No. 7 among world’s best small universities
Times Higher Education (THE) has placed Clark University no. 7 on its list of the World’s Best Small Universities, up from number 12 last year. The ranking, released August 3, includes 20 universities in 15 different countries; Clark is one of only four small U.S. schools included. Times Higher Education states that Clark’s small size…
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Lauren Goode ’03 stays wired to the tech world
Last fall, while reviewing the third incarnation of the Apple Watch, writer Lauren Goode ’03 found a bug. “A smartwatch with LTE will, in theory, let you go for a run, buy a coffee, splash in the ocean, or simply step away from the phone and still be connected,” she wrote for The Verge. “In theory. In reality,…
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Wellness warrior: Dr. Stephanie Bailey ’72 crusades for effective public health
Stephanie Coursey Bailey ’72, M.D., insists she’s an introvert. It’s an odd admission for someone whose professional trajectory has required her to make bold decisions to improve health outcomes for the underserved and overwhelmed. But as you speak with Dr. Bailey, it’s clear that her introversion is not about a reluctance to be heard as…
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Clark’s public health offerings go global
Beginning in fall 2015, Clark students could declare a new undergraduate concentration in public health, offered under the direction of David Thurlow, professor of chemistry, who at the time oversaw Clark’s pre-health advising program. The concentration recognizes the expanding role of public health in a globalized society. Since its introduction, enrollment in the public health concentration has…
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Stakeholders applaud students’ ‘valuable work’ on Greening the Gateway Cities
As a budding biologist in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Lohr ’19 surveyed and mapped all the trees on her high school campus. Now an undergraduate at Clark University, she is pursuing her passion for trees on a much larger scale, through the Graduate School of Geography’s HERO (Human-Environment Regional Observatory) program. “This program was almost custom-made to…