Faculty
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Clark biology professor’s research highlighted in Nature News
Nature News recently highlighted research by Nathan Ahlgren, assistant professor of biology at Clark University, and his collaborators at the University of Southern California. The March 19 article, titled “Machine learning spots treasure trove of elusive viruses: Artificial intelligence could speed up metagenomic studies that look for species unknown to science,” focuses on research that Ahlgren began as a postdoctoral research…
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Strassler Center lecture explores Salvation Army history in Nazi Germany
Salvation Army bell ringers with their kettles are a familiar sight around the holidays in the United States, and their charitable work is well known, but few are familiar with a dark chapter in the organization’s history. Rebecca Carter-Chand, visiting professor at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University, delivered a public lecture…
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First-year students explore significance of area’s waterways
Geography professor's global research informs class' inquiry into local story of how Blackstone River shaped Worcester's development
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$450,000 NIH grant funds Clark protein research
Professor Spratt and his research team of students aim to better understand biochemical roots of cancer, Ebola and other medical issues
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Professor Peet to receive Lifetime Achievement Award from American Association of Geographers
Three other geographers with Clark ties also to receive honors at AAG meeting
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Professor Johnston presents research at National Academies meeting on forest health
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington recently invited Robert Johnston, professor of economics, director of the George Perkins Marsh Institute at Clark University and editor of the journal Resource and Energy Economics, to present research to inform a study on “The Potential for Biotechnology to Address Forest Health.“ An ad hoc committee has been charged by the…
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Clark psychologist named editor-in-chief of Journal of Latina/o Psychology
Professor Cardemil's research focuses on understanding and addressing the mental healthcare disparities in the United States that disproportionately affect individuals from low-income and racial/ethnic minority backgrounds.
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$508,000 NSF award supports Professor Meyer’s research in evolutionary biology
Néva Meyer, assistant professor of biology at Clark University, remembers how she became interested in studying animal life at its beginning stages. She was an undergraduate student in molecular biology at Purdue University, with her eye on a career in cancer biology. Then she saw her first chicken embryo. “I fell in love with it. I love the…
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Clark research dean and alumni track the political drift of anti-globalization
As President Trump and other global leaders headed to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, two international publications featured timely articles by Yuko Aoyama, associate provost, dean of research and professor of geography at Clark University, and three Clark geography alumni, examining the backlash against globalization. The Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society published “Globalisation, Uneven Development…
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Clark to host ‘Daring to Dream Today’ conference Jan. 19-20 to honor MLK’s legacy
Clark University will host a Radical Dreaming, King, and Intersectional Activism conference, “Daring to Dream Today: Education and Hope in Difficult Times,” on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 19-20, to honor the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ousmane Power-Greene, associate professor of history (pictured), will present a lecture, “Radical Dreaming: Re-evaluating MLK’s Radical Vision for Change,” from noon…