Stories
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Clark graduate student’s research resonates with personal experience
Clark University English master’s degree candidate Ama Bemma Adwetewa-Badu considers herself to be a part of what she studies, her work resonating with her personal experience. Adwetewa-Badu, a Worcester resident, researches avant-garde, experimental Black diasporic poets specific to West Africa, America and the Caribbean. Along this vein, some of her most recent work has examined Robin Coste…
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Professor’s research inches toward understanding superconductors
Over the past few years, the world has experienced a severe shortage of helium, a by product of natural gas extraction. And although vast amounts of helium recently were discovered in Tanzania, helium is still a finite resource on Earth. For that reason, helium is expensive. Most people might not worry about paying more for the helium gas…
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Soul Proprietors: Alumni farmers plant seeds of social justice
Leah Penniman and Jonah Vitale-Wolff's Soul Fire Farm aims to change the face of farming
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Longtime Strassler Center Director Debórah Dwork charts a new path
Her work with oral histories led her to create a center that transformed Holocaust and genocide studies
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Goldie Michelson’s history is our history
When she passed away this summer, Clark’s oldest alumna (M.A. '36) had lived nearly 114 years
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Clark’s Model UN team ranked among New England’s best
Add another accolade to Clark University’s decorated Model United Nations team. Clark’s travel team now ranks among the top five in New England, according to annual fall rankings published by Best Delegate, a website dedicated to the Model U.N. experience. Clark’s MUN travel team competes at eight conferences each academic year. This fall, the team…
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Dr. Fred Kron ’75 delivers strong medicine for physicians’ ailing bedside manners
Poor communication a leading contributor to life-threatening medical errors, studies show
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Kiplinger’s cites Clark University quality, affordability on 2017 Best College Values list
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance has again included Clark University on its list of the country’s best values in private colleges. This annual list ranks 100 private universities, 100 public schools and 100 liberal arts colleges. Clark appears at No. 29 on the ranking of Best College Values of 2017. Clark University and the other schools others included…
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Mohamed Elmaola ’18 draws inspiration from failure
LEEP Scholar shaping a career as motivational speaker
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Clark website wins top award in higher education
New design recognized for innovative, engaging digital experience