Stories
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Clark alum brings passion for sustainable development, community to coastal Kenya
After earning a master’s degree in environmental science and policy from Clark University, Farida Hassan, M.S./ES&P ’10, identified a need for environmentally sustainable community development in one of the places that mattered the most to her — Kenya, the country where she was born. “I wanted to give back to my community, and I targeted jobs that…
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From A to Zika, Clark grad researches epidemics for the WHO
How do you graduate from a small high school in Granby, Connecticut, and end up conducting research on Zika and other epidemics at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland? If you’re Aaron Johnson ’15, M.S.P.C. ’16, you do that by gaining experience in marketing communications and living and learning alongside people from all over the world at…
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Chemist, researcher, and, above all, teacher: Professor Mark Turnbull earns John A. Timm Award
Professor Mark Turnbull earns John A. Timm Award
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Clark parent, student discuss five ways to make adjusting to college easier
Board of Trustees, Parent Committee member and her daughter offer advice to first-year families during panel discussion
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Clark University in Princeton Review’s ‘Best Colleges’ guide
Ranked a top school for making an impact
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Student explores sea-level rise, coastal resources in Hawaii
Not every college student gets to enjoy a summer in Hawaii, but that’s where Isabel Miranda ’17 was over the past few months — although she didn’t spend her days relaxing on the beach or riding the waves. In May, Miranda was named a Marsh-Mosakowski NOAA Fellow, and soon found herself in the Aloha State,…
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Clark’s Model UN team takes skills from Worcester into the world
Imagine being in a room with hundreds of other people, each of whom comes to the table representing a different country’s interests. Your challenge: to explain your assigned country’s stance on an important topic like free speech and privacy, build consensus and negotiate a draft resolution upon which all parties agree. Would you know where…
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Students bring ‘fresh insights’ to research on gene expression and more
Clark University juniors Navid Al Hossain ’18 and Michael Gaiewski ’18 spent the summer delving into the mathematical modeling of gene expression, the process through which genetic information in DNA drives the synthesis of protein products. They worked in the laboratory of Jacqueline Dresch, an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. “It’s been an amazing…