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For Darius Shirzadi ’94, soccer is the pitch

Alum uses passion for soccer to promote educational opportunity, help at-risk kids excel
Grounding New Orleans

While recognizing that patience is a virtue and confessing she has little, social entrepreneur Yasmin Bowers tirelessly works to consciously re-establish the ravaged infrastructure and community of post-Katrina New Orleans. Three months after Yasmin Bowers ’05 graduated from Clark, Hurricane Katrina pounded New Orleans, leaving a legacy of physical devastation and social disruption that is…
Leading Panera Bread

Ron Shaich, Class of 1976, got his start in business at Clark. As a student, Shaich saw the need on campus for a source of snacks and essentials. So, he founded the General Store, which remained a student-run store until 2003. Shaich went on to found Au Bon Pain, an up-scale food-service company, in 1981.…
Men and Depression

Caring for a suicidal patient led Professor Michael Addis to study and develop treatment for men with depression. Q. What do you see as the strengths of the psychology department at Clark? Professor Addis: Faculty are highly accessible to students. It’s very easy for students to talk with us during class, after class, in our offices,…
Robert W. Kates: Humankind and the environment

Clark professor Robert W. Kates’ research career evolved from natural and technological hazards to changes in Earth’s climate, to world hunger, to global environmental sustainability.
Undergraduate research teams wows the big leagues

Students present work at prestigious child development conference

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For Darius Shirzadi ’94, soccer is the pitch

Grounding New Orleans

Leading Panera Bread

Men and Depression

Robert W. Kates: Humankind and the environment

Undergraduate research teams wows the big leagues