Stories
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Clark University’s inaugural LEEP Project Pioneers pave the way
Emily Sturdivant ’13 researched the spawning patterns of Pacific salmon in Idaho river basins. Sam Moody ’12, a fifth-year student, fought to reduce housing foreclosures and vacancies in Worcester. Ryan Osbaldeston ’13 is building a computer to beta-test a role-playing video game of his own creation. They were among the 46 students selected to conduct…
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Fungal researchers hold regional meeting at Lasry Bioscience Center
More than 60 scientists gathered at Clark University for MassMyco, the first regional meeting of fungal biologists in New England, held at the Lasry Center for Bioscience, on Oct. 27. Posters and oral presentations covered all aspects of fungal biology, including ecology, genomics, and discussion on all aspects of fungal biology. The MassMyco meeting organizers included Clark University professor…
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CBS Comedy Development
For his LEEP (Liberal Education and Effective Practice) Project, theater arts major Alexander Kump ’13 spent his summer working for the Comedy Development Department at CBS in Los Angeles. His responsibilities included general clerical work, reading and analyzing scripts, and learning how to write coverage for scripts. Alexander also had the opportunity to sit in on pitches,…
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National Grid and Clark Team Up
For her LEEP Project, Environmental science major Amy Kapitan ’13 worked as a liaison between National Grid and stakeholders within Worcester and Massachusetts, as well as between smart meter customers and National Grid. Amy worked with National Grid President Marcy Reed and others to help put plans together for a Sustainability Hub. The Hub is part…
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Sustainable Evaluation in Guatemala
International development and social change major and fifth-year master’s student Lila Trowbridge ’12 worked with ASODILL, a community-based organization in a remote village of Loma Linda, Guatemala for her LEEP (Liberal Education and Effective Practice)Project. Together with ASODILL, she implemented a sustainable evaluation plan for the organization that can be used to assess the effectiveness, strengths…
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Role-Playing Video Game Creation
Computer science major Ryan Osbaldeston ’13, spent summer 2012 at EMC, a global leader in Cloud Computing and Big Data analysis, learning valuable programming techniques that will aid the beta testing phase of his honors and LEEP (Liberal Education and Effective Practice) project. Ryan’s project involves creating a Role-Playing Video Game using the Creation Kit, a…
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Student researcher Hostetler ’13 named O’Connor HERO Fellow
Clark University senior Andrew E. Hostetler is among a select group of student researchers who are members of the national Human-Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) program based at Clark. On Oct. 16, Hostetler received the added honor of being named the 2012 O’Connor HERO Fellow. The O’Connor HERO Fellowship is named for the late Clark University Trustee John O’Connor (Class of…
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John Johansen, architect for the Robert Goddard Library, dies at 96
Made memorable return visit in the spring John Johansen, 96, the architect behind Clark University’s Robert H. Goddard Memorial Library, passed away on Oct. 26 in Brewster, Mass. In its obituary of Johansen, The New York Times described him as the last surviving member of the Harvard Five, a group of Harvard-educated Modernist architects responsible for creating “a hotbed…
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Goldie Michelson, M.A. ’36, is Clark’s marquee name, nation’s oldest person
Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in CLARK Magazine, fall 2012. As of May 13, 2016, Goldie Michelson is the oldest person living in the United States. It is the standard reporter’s question, posed to anyone who has turned 100 years old: What is the secret of your longevity? Goldie Michelson, M.A. ’36, doesn’t…
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Clark University’s 7 new M.A.D. Scholars set to make a difference
Seven first-year Making a Difference (M.A.D.) Scholarship recipients joined the Clark Community this fall, continuing to demonstrate their leadership and meaningful commitment to social change. The M.A.D. scholarships are offered to incoming first-year students. Recipients are offered a stipend and housing allowance to support projects they may undertake in the Worcester community during the summer following their…