Stories
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Enloe: The truth is hard, but must always be pursued
“Curiosity is not passive,” Professor Emerita Cynthia Enloe told a crowd of well-wishers, colleagues, and former students during her last scheduled lecture at Clark. “Curiosity is part of being engaged with the world.”
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‘The more people come together, the more change can happen’
In a time of threats against human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, a Clark University professor has teamed up with colleagues to launch Community Organizing Journal, featuring peer-reviewed articles and reflective essays by academics and practitioners from around the world.
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‘I just love getting my hands in the dirt’
From Massachusetts to Australia, Beatrice Altopp ’25, M.S. ’26, wants to protect local species
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From good mate to checkmate
Alumni speaker to recall his friend and Clark chess champ In 1996, then-world chess champion Garry Kasparov won a six-game series against IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer. A year later, Kasparov and Deep Blue faced off in a rematch, and the computer prevailed. It was the first defeat of a reigning world chess champion by a…
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ClarkFEST to showcase students’ academic and research excellence
Over 100 undergrad students will show off their academic and research achievements to the Clark community through poster exhibitions, panels, and roundtables. The displays highlight both the students’ efforts as well as the faculty mentorship that made the projects possible.
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Addressing the globe’s polycrisis
The mission of Clark University’s School of Climate, Environment, and Society can be summarized in one word, according to Lou Leonard, the school’s D.J.A. Spencer Dean, and that word is impact.
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Largest gift in Clark history fuels transformation plan for a strong future
Trustee Ron Shaich ’76 invests in the University’s defining moment
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Clark makes room for student mental health
Clark’s Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise collaborates with Southbridge Public Schools on an innovative space where students can decompress, calm themselves, and learn how to manage their behavior.
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‘We must tell the story of the Earth’
Through a series of maps that he presented during his talk at Clark, Esri Story Maps founder Allen Carroll told his personal and professional story.
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How games can impact teens for life
Games for Good keynote speaker sees play as crucial to adolescent development