Stories
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The skink link: Clark biology student studies an evolution revolution
Since 1893, most biologists have accepted Dollo’s law, named for the Belgian paleontologist who hypothesized that evolution moves forward, never reversing. A living organism doesn’t regain a trait — an inherited characteristic, like a tail or limb – lost during its evolutionary development, Louis Dollo suggested. About Erika Schaper ’18 Major: Biology Minor: Chemistry Hometown: Concord, N.H. Over…
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Frank Abell has his radar out for chemical dangers
Frank Abell remembers the day his son visited his office on the first floor of the Arthur M. Sackler Sciences Center. Abell, Clark University’s laboratory manager/chemical safety officer, sat at his desk amid filing cabinets and boxes of supplies as students and professors rotated through. Undergraduates sought to buy white lab coats. Faculty researchers asked…
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Clark Diarist connects through theatre
Playwright Raechel Segal '17 sees her undergraduate experience filled with opportunities for the future
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Left to their own devices: Management students teach retirees the joys of technology
Undergraduates who take Clark University’s The Art and Science of Management, a First-Year Intensive course, accrue skills that prepare them for careers in businesses or nonprofit organizations. They also gain experience by designing a project to share those skills with a community organization, a course requirement. A team of students in a course section taught by Maria…
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Alumni, faculty and students honor Professor Gertz with day of ‘Global Cultures’
Students, alumni, faculty and friends recently gathered to honor SunHee Kim Gertz (pictured), professor emerita and senior research scholar in English at Clark University. Throughout her career, Gertz has championed diversity and inclusion, and the scholars recognized her contributions with the Global Cultures Alumni Conference, coordinated by Lisa Kasmer, associate professor and chair of the English department. For current English majors,…
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Clark University earns ‘A’ in Niche’s 2018 Best Colleges in America
Clark University has earned an overall grade of an “A” in the 2018 edition of Niche’s Best Colleges In America and received stellar marks in several categories from academics, to value, to campus dining and housing. Clark received an “A+” for professors, an “A” for both diversity and academics, and an “A-“ for value. Clark is No. 4 on Niche’s list…
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Clark honors undergraduates who served as NOAA fellows
Four students conduct research in Maryland, Massachusetts for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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‘Global Cultures’ conference of alumni speakers to honor Professor Gertz
Lectures to explore themes of diversity and inclusion championed by English professor emerita throughout her career
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AAC&U highlights Clark’s ‘Civic Responsibility by Design’ model in education
Clark University’s new interdisciplinary major, Community, Youth and Education Studies (CYES), housed in the Education Department, is among the models singled out in a nationwide project highlighting innovative academic programs that empower graduates for civic and social responsibility. The Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) recently launched an initiative to focus on ways to make civic learning and democratic…
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Princeton Review names Clark’s Graduate School of Management a ‘Best Business School’
Clark University’s Graduate School of Management (GSOM) has been named a “Best Business School,” according to The Princeton Review. The education services company profiles the school in its 2018 annual business school rankings. “We recommend the Graduate School of Management as one of the best to earn an MBA. We chose the 267 on-campus MBA programs schools on…