Environment and sustainability
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Geography, art history, and a passion for Bogotá
Maria Luisa Escobar Pardo ’17 seeks to contribute to a resurgent Colombia
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National Academy of Sciences appoints Clark geographer to international Arctic group
Karen E. Frey, associate professor in the Clark University Graduate School of Geography and research associate professor in the George Perkins Marsh Institute, has been appointed by the National Academy of Sciences to serve on the Marine Working Group of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC). Only two U.S. scientists were appointed to this prestigious group; Frey will serve at least…
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New solar awning project unveiled at Sustainability Hub
National Grid, in partnership with Clark University and the City of Worcester, announced the recent installation of the first Massachusetts solar awning system, and celebrated the success of the National Grid Sustainability Hub, located at 912 Main Street, on Friday, March 24. The Sustainability Hub is a center for innovation and community engagement, hosting more than 8,000 visitors…
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Graduate student shows how MBAs mean good business for environmentalists
Researching spoon-billed sandpipers in the Arctic might not sound like a job for a prospective M.B.A. student, but that’s exactly what led Meghan Kelly down the path toward graduate school at Clark University. In a recent blog article for the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International’s BestBizSchools website, Kelly talks about the research and travel…
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Geography Ph.D. candidate uncovers the cold, hard facts about glaciers
Glaciers can seem fairly straightforward: they’re large, move slowly and when global temperatures rise, they melt. However, Ashley York, a geography doctoral candidate at Clark University, is discovering the icy behemoths’ relationship to climate change is more nuanced and complex. She’s mapping terminus, or frontal, positions of tidewater glaciers in two bays on the west coast of…
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The biology beneath the ice
Clark researcher explores the impact of Arctic melt
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Undergraduate helping to power up community with solar nonprofit
Krissy Truesdale '19 started Solar for Our Superheroes as a high school student. Now at Clark, she's making it shine
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Alumnus’ system uncovered emissions test cheating by VW, other automakers
When Leo Breton ’85 was getting ready to apply to colleges, he already knew he was going to major in physics. His mother suggested he check out Clark University because of its links with Robert H. Goddard, “the father of modern rocketry.” Clark was the only university to receive Breton’s application. It’s fitting, because Breton…
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Study: Ecosystems slow the rate of rising CO2 concentration
Clark geography professor co-author of Nature Communications article
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With $2M in grants, researcher uses economics to inform environmental sustainability
Flint, Michigan, officials decided to save $5 million by switching the city’s water source to a more risky alternative. That fateful decision not only exposed 8,000 children to lead poisoning, it also could cost taxpayers an estimated $395 million or more to address the long-term health, educational and social problems stemming from resulting health effects. For environmental…