Stories

  • Nobel Prize winner, renowned journalist to speak at May 19 Commencement ceremonies

    Nobel Prize winner, renowned journalist to speak at May 19 Commencement ceremonies

    President David Fithian has announced that Clark University’s 121st Commencement will take place on Monday, May 19, at the DCU Center in Downtown Worcester. In a departure from last year and to ensure the occasion is both intimate and memorable, two ceremonies will be held: bachelor’s degrees will be awarded at 10 a.m., and master’s…

  • After the end

    After the end

    Members of our faculty — from a fungus expert to teachers of dystopian film, games, and books — unravel the meaning and the madness behind our ongoing fascination with post-apocalyptic narratives and what the “Last of Us” teaches us about society, survival, systems, and self.

  • Course examines humans’ tangled relationship with fungi and plants

    Course examines humans’ tangled relationship with fungi and plants

    In Plants, People, and Fungi, a new, advanced course focused on humans’ age-old relationships with flora and funga, Clark students encounter stories like those of The Iceman we now call Ötzi, and Fungus Man and the trickster Raven.

  • Bold ideas for transformation

    Bold ideas for transformation

    IEEE ClarkHack Spring 2025 challenges students to use AI to build campus solutions

  • Photo essay: Yeehaw for Spree Day 2025

    Photo essay: Yeehaw for Spree Day 2025

    Students galloped onto the Campus Green on Tuesday, April 8, for the 2025 edition of Spree Day. This year’s theme, Spree-Haw, inspired students to don cowboy hats, cow costumes, and plenty of flannel. This annual tradition since 1903 gives students a day to celebrate spring and a respite from class.

  • New musical to make Worcester debut at Clark

    New musical to make Worcester debut at Clark

    Broadway in Worcester presents ‘Night Side Songs’ in the Little Center

  • From art to code to games

    From art to code to games

    Larriyah Graham ’25 is designing their future

  • Discovering a ‘magic’ mushroom was no trick

    Discovering a ‘magic’ mushroom was no trick

    Researcher Alexander Bradshaw and team uncover a new fungi species

  • ‘It is the perfect space for me to be with my culture’

    ‘It is the perfect space for me to be with my culture’

    Through dance, Salsa Encendida creates community at Clark