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Turning High Risk into Great Art

When theater audiences settle into their seats for a Company One production, they can expect something raw and risky and just this side of impossible. Summer L. Williams ’01, M.A.Ed. ’02, a co-founder of the award-winning Boston troupe, directs plays that lead audiences to the creative precipice and dares them to jump. With Clark friends and…
A Force for Change in a Time of Conflict

Andre-Guy Soh, M.A. ’05, has worked in some of the most dangerous places on the planet, from a combat outpost in Afghanistan to Congolese villages living under the threat of terrorist attack. Today, as a Peace and Stability Officer at USAID, Soh assists struggling communities to forge civic connections, improve infrastructure and cultivate peace in…
Millennials with kids? They’re loving it

New Clark University Poll of Established Adults finds thirty-something parents happy despite the strain
The ‘Wow! Wow!’ Factor

If you’re the parent of small children, names like Strawberry Shortcake, Wubbzy, and Foofa are probably part of your vocabulary. And if your child has embraced any of these characters as a new best friend, you might want to know about the apps by Cupcake Digital, brainchild of Brad Powers ’96, M.B.A. ’97. Powers, along…
How did the Clarkies catheterize a frog?

It sounds like the setup for an old joke: “How does a Clark biology student catheterize a frog?” And you all know the answer: “Very carefully.” Faye Harwell ’15, a Carlson Summer Intern/Fellow, and fifth-year student Hannah Diebboll ’14 are indeed conducting this delicate procedure as part of their efforts to determine the effects of climate…
Message from the Alumni Association President

Clark is an investment in our future My name is Leo Velasquez and this year I take over the Alumni Association president position from Shaké Sulikyan ‘01. For those of you who do not know me, I graduated from Clark University as part of the class of 1986 (to the younger alumni: yes, some of us got…
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz to give President’s Lecture at Clark U., Sept. 30

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Díaz will speak at Clark University at 7 p.m., on Tuesday, Sept. 30, in Daniels Theater in Atwood Hall on Woodland Street, Worcester. This free, public lecture is sponsored by the Clark University President’s Lecture Series. Díaz is the author of many critically acclaimed works, including “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize…
Clark gets its close-up in McConaughey film

Chuck Agosta could have anticipated many things when he chose to become a physics professor, from dealing with procrastinating students to vying for dwindling pools of grant money. But he never would have expected to be coaching a movie star on how to deliver his lines. On Sept. 5, Agosta, chair of the Clark University Physics…
Clark U. welcomes nine tenure-track faculty

Clark University welcomes new tenure-track faculty members for the 2014-2015 academic year. David Correll, Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Management, graduated from Iowa State University with a Ph.D. in supply chain management and an M.S. in sustainable agriculture, as well as biorenewable fuels and technology. His research applies elements of operations research and…
Five new members join Board of Trustees

The Clark University Board of Trustees appointed four new members on July 1, and welcomed a familiar face back for another term. New members are Jason M. Barnett ’90 of Irvington, N.Y., Vickie H. Riccardo, P ’17, of Darien, Conn., and Wendi G. Trilling ’86 of Los Angeles, who were appointed to six-year terms, and…