Stories
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Oratorical contest gives voice to LEEP Project Pioneers’ experiences
“I have grown up surrounded by ghosts of the Holocaust.” With that line, Shelby Margolin ’13 delivered an impassioned and seamless speech that earned her first place in the Hervey Ross LEEP Talks at Clark University. Visit the LEEP website for more videos and information about the Pioneers. The event, held Oct. 18 in the Michelson Theater,…
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‘American Presidency’ students forecast crucial swing state votes
Elections always offer teachable moments, but the volatility, polarity and record spending related to the 2012 presidential race have given participants in Clark’s fall semester political science course The American Presidency real-world lessons they’re unlikely to forget. Twenty-three students enrolled in “The American Presidency,” taught by Jim Gomes, Director of the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise. During the course,…
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American Museum of Natural History Evolution of Terrestrial Leeches
A biology and studio art double major, Rebecca Rood Goldman ’14, spent the summer studying the evolution of terrestrial leeches at the Richard Gilder Graduate School at the American Museum of Natural History in New York for her LEEP Liberal Arts and Effective Practice) Project. She is incorporating her research with her interest in art. Throughout…
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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…
