Stories
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Website redesign wins CASE Gold Award
Clark’s website redesign has won the Gold Award in the 2017 Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District I Excellence Awards. The Clark University Website Redesign and Relaunch took top honors in the category of institutional websites. Judges praised the redesign, including its “compelling videos and visuals, and easy navigation.” Also, Clark’s entry in…
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Amiel Jaggernauth ’18 climbs the spiralian staircase to a biotech career
After graduating from high school in Fishers, Indiana, Amiel Jaggernauth ’18 headed to a large state university in New England to study neuroscience. The first day of class, he learned that a lead professor in the program was leaving — and taking his funding with him. Jaggernauth was disappointed, but instead of wallowing in self-pity,…
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Clark and EcoTarium celebrate the science of Worcester
It took a village comprising EcoTarium exhibit staff, more than 50 organizations and 200 individuals, including Clark University professors and students, to create the museum’s newest permanent exhibit, “City Science: The Science You Live.” Inspired by the City of Worcester, the exhibit took seven years to develop and features seven thematic areas allowing visitors to “experiment, engineer and…
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Clark reiterates support for immigrant, international and undocumented students, scholars
Clark University this week has reiterated and broadened its message of support and welcome for members of its community left vulnerable by a recent executive order that forbids entry into the United States for people from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Resources available to all Clark students are listed below. The executive order issued by President…
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Through chemistry, graduate student seeks to curb drug-resistant MRSA infections
Hospitals, schools and sports facilities all watch for signs of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a bacteria that resists many antibiotics. Although MRSA infection rates dropped 31 percent between 2005 and 2011, it still kills more than 11,000 Americans per year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. At Clark University, Michael Reardon (pictured), a doctoral candidate in chemistry, conducts…
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Acclaimed jazz artist Ravi Coltrane will headline 2017 Geller Jazz Concert at Clark University
Tickets available now for March 29 event
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Professor Aylward awarded prestigious Fromm Music Foundation commission
Clark University Associate Professor of Music John Aylward was awarded a 2017 commission by the Fromm Music Foundation. One of 12 composers chosen by the Harvard-based foundation, Aylward’s commission offers him the chance to compose a new work and a subsidy to have his collaborating musicians bring that music to life. The Fromm Foundation chose its commissioned composers…
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Professor Aoyama’s latest book investigates new paradigm for social innovation
Clark University Geography Professor Yuko Aoyama’s new book, “The Rise of the Hybrid Domain: Collaborative Governance for Social Innovation,” explores a new model of social innovation through which corporations, states, and civil society organizations develop common social agendas despite differences in their primary objectives. Aoyama wrote the book in collaboration with Professor Balaji Parthasarathy of the International Institute…
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Clark’s Higgins School of Humanities spring series asks ‘What’s so funny?’
Lectures, exhibits and films examine how humor connects and divides
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Undergraduate helping to power up community with solar nonprofit
Krissy Truesdale '19 started Solar for Our Superheroes as a high school student. Now at Clark, she's making it shine