Faculty research
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The Mushroom Moment
“Zombie-ant fungi do not reanimate ant corpses.” It’s the answer to a question that Professor David Hibbett likely thought he’d never be asked. But during the Q&A session hosted and filmed by WIRED magazine inside a Manhattan studio, the mycologist took it in stride, reassuring the world that the parasitic fungus that infects and kills…
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Can we feed the world by going with the grains?
Ethiopian farmers may hold the answer, and researchers are listening to them
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Clark researcher: What’s eating the ‘donut cities’
How today’s challenged cities ‘cause us to ask moral questions’
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Can migrants help shape sustainable cities?
Clark researcher proposes ‘breaking silos’ to make it happen
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Chat GPT in the pulpit, Barbie in crisis, and mothers who kill
Listening in on the year’s memorable moments from Challenge. Change.
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Religion’s role in ‘competitive political ethos’
Professor analyzes how faith in politics can empower or unbalance
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The story of queer lives in true crime
New book examines depictions of LGBTQ+ folks as victims and perpetrators
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When superpowers are super imbalanced
Clark professors analyze gender disparity, family units in Marvel Cinematic Universe
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Utopian problems
Why designing ‘perfect’ cities spurs conflict
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Clark professor leads chapter of Fifth National Climate Assessment, joins peers at White House unveiling
Climatologist Abby Frazier spells out climate impacts on Hawai‘i and Pacific Islands