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Battling Disease at the Molecular Level

Kelley Shortsleeves ’09 Major: Chemistry Associate scientist at Ensemble Therapeutics, Cambridge, Mass. It’s no coincidence that when she describes her profession, Kelley Shortsleeves’ phrases are peppered with the vocabulary of conflict. She speaks of “antagonists” and “targets,” and about locating the weakness in an enemy that has proven impervious to traditional methods of attack. Shortsleeves is…
Education: Aaron Joslow ’05, English Major

Principal, Rally Point Webinars, Miami, Fla. Aaron Joslow ’05 likes to tell stories. After graduating from Clark, he headed to Key West, Fla. to co-found and run a history tour (“Walk on the Wild Side”) with his uncle. This was no ordinary monuments-and-statues tour — it was filled with stories about ghosts, authors, eccentrics and…
The View from Kilimanjaro

Katie Cordes ’07 Major: International Development and Social Change Kilimanjaro Program Manager, ThomsonSafaris.com, Tanzania In April 2007, Katie Cordes was entertaining job offers from recruiting companies when she stumbled upon the ad for her dream job. “They were looking for someone with six to 10 years of experience, but I knew it was a perfect fit,”…
Art: Damon Ginandes ’04, Studio Art Major

Knowledge Worker, Capgemini, Jersey City, N.J.; Painter/sculptor (damonginandes.com), New York area How would you like to get paid for doodling at work, drawing images to illustrate ideas that percolate at corporate workshops? And when you’re done with that, you hit the streets to create celebrated pieces of art in locales ranging from the traditional (art…
Science/Health: Mary A. Badon ’05, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology & Studio Art Major

Mary Badon knows how to focus. She was eyeing the pre-med track even before enrolling at Clark, where she went on to excel in biochemistry and molecular biology. Not one to view her education through a narrow lens, she managed to add a second major in studio art, specifically photography. Today the 28-year-old from Connecticut…
A Career Built on a Whiz Bang Foundation

Josh Kohler ’07 Major: Theater Arts Arts Production, New York Josh Kohler ’07 thanks pirates, puppets and rock and roll for his career break. After working two jobs temping in an office by day and stage managing a downtown NYC production of “Man of La Mancha” by night, Kohler landed a job as production coordinator for…
Law & Government: Thomas Hicks ’93, Government Major

Hicks Strives to Make Every Vote Count: Thomas Hicks ’93, Sr. Democratic Elections Counsel for the Committee on House Administration, U.S. House of Representatives, talks about his first experience at the polls, election legislation, and some lessons learned from his Clark days.
Stephen Roach: U.S. should view China as an opportunity, not a rival

The United States and China are widely perceived as rivals, but the superpowers in fact rely on one another in a number of areas and — if political maneuverings don’t get in the way — could work together on a scale that would help balance the shortcomings in their respective economies. So said Stephen Roach,…
Students debut original works at Clark’s 2012 New Play Festival

The 2012 New Play Festival features nine student playwrights, three readings and six full productions staged at the Little Center through April 28. The biannual festival heralds the arrival of exciting, fresh talent on the college theater scene, nurtured and developed at Clark. Hear from theater program director Gino DiIorio and student playwrights in this…
Planting clean water: Rain garden to be installed at Clark, April 18

A rain garden will be planted outside of the Bassett Admissions Center at Clark between 2 and 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18, hosted by Clark students who will also offer a public presentation about rain gardens, which are a way to filter polluted water before it reaches streams and rivers. Clark and Main South…