Stories
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Clark doctoral candidate: ‘It is difficult to be Muslim in America today’
I pushed my seven-month-old son, Malik, in his stroller with one hand while trying to fix my hijab (head covering) with the other. I was at the supermarket on a late Wednesday afternoon buying groceries. I couldn’t help but notice an older man fixated on me. He is staring at my headscarf. It feels heavy…
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After Coast Guard career, Clark grad student explores immigration issues
Since arriving at Clark University last fall to study international development and social change, Christopher Owens, M.A. ’17, has traveled to conduct research about refugees in two countries: Haiti and Jordan. In March, Owens headed to Port-au-Prince with Associate Professor Jude Fernando and five other graduate students to study the impacts of humanitarian and government…
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Clark student wins prestigious Boren Scholarship
Thomas Hutto '17 using funds to become proficient in Chinese language
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Program helps refugees bridge a world of difference
A low hum of chatter fills the dining room of the Worcester Senior Center as Anita Fábos describes the findings of Shared Worlds, a research project exploring the relationships between the city’s native-born and foreign-born residents. But the voices buzzing throughout the room aren’t being rude — they are communicating. While Fábos speaks, five interpreters instantly translate…
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Freight Farms: Bounty in a box
Brad McNamara, M.B.A./ES&P '13, is uprooting the traditional food system
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Clark reframes an artistic partnership
For many, the Worcester Art Museum exists solely in the abstract as the impressive-looking building touted in chamber of commerce literature for its world-class treasures. Indeed, it is that. But for Clark University the museum, affectionately known as WAM, is something even more tangible — an active partner that gives students and faculty an opportunity to help…
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Postcards from Poland
Logging miles with Clark’s associate dean for international programs
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Alumna helps uncover evidence of Holocaust escape tunnel in Lithuania
A recent Clark University graduate is part of a research story that has made international headlines: archaeologists’ discovery of a tunnel dug by Jews in Lithuania trying to escape extermination during the Holocaust. After graduating with a dual degree in art history and ancient civilization this May, Rachel Polinsky ’16 traveled to Lithuania to join…
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How well do new immigrants navigate the first year of high school?
Professor lands national fellowship to study academic literacy of newly arrived English language learners in Worcester
