Stories
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Fighting for breath
Dr. Richard Pietras ’69 pioneered a groundbreaking treatment for breast cancer. Now he is taking on the growing epidemic of lung cancer in women.
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Lecturer offers recipe to fix broken American food system
One in six Americans struggles with hunger. That’s 49 million people. It’s a disarming statistic, and it’s also an unnecessary one, insists Doug Rauch, the former president of the Trader Joe’s Company grocery chain. In his Feb. 18 Clark University President’s Lecture inside a packed Razzo Hall, Rauch offered pointed criticism of the American food system, which leaves too many…
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Learning the virtues of discomfort
Joel Simonson ’15, wasn’t sold on Clark right away. He liked it, but didn’t love it, when he first visited as a high school student. But as he saw the opportunities unfolding — the offer of a Traina Scholarship, the chance to do meaningful research in biology, a shot at playing on the varsity tennis…
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Clark University leads the way on Innovation Schools partnership
A unique group of schools in the Main South neighborhood, in close partnership with Clark University, is drawing attention for its laser-sharp focus on student needs. The Innovation Schools neighborhood partnership, the first such cluster in Massachusetts, offers a new approach that allows schools to operate with both more freedom and personalization. “This is a pre-K-16,…
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‘Macbeth’ brings sound and fury to Atwood
Witches cursed, ghosts haunted, guilty hands were stained with stubborn blood, and once again, as he has on countless stages for almost 400 years, the murderous Macbeth met the fate he deserved. It all took place in Shakespeare & Company’s 2016 touring production of “Macbeth” in Atwood Hall, Feb. 3-5. The performance was funded by…
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Speaker advises how to turn the tide on Boston flooding
In old science fiction movies, invading aliens would warn the human race: “Resistance is futile.” For coastal cities facing their own invading force — rising sea levels — resistance may indeed be futile, but resilience and creativity could be the keys not only to surviving, but thriving. That was the takeaway message of Julie Wormser,…
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From Desert Storm to ISIS
History professor’s book reveals shifting U.S. policies
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Climate Change Raises a Troubling Question: Who Gets to Eat?
Policymakers on Capitol Hill got a dire warning that climate change threatens food production, safety and affordability. Ed Carr, a professor of international development, community and environment at Clark University in Worcester, Mass., used wheat production in northwestern Europe and rice production in eastern Asia to illustrate that tenuous balance. Together, those two regions produce…