Faculty
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‘The Dutch Moment’: Prof. Klooster’s latest book explores 17th-century empire building
In his new book, “The Dutch Moment: War, Trade, and Settlement in the Seventeenth-Century Atlantic World,” History Professor Willem Klooster delves into the ways “the Dutch built and eventually lost an Atlantic empire that stretched from the homeland in the United Provinces to the Hudson River and from Brazil and the Caribbean to the African Gold Coast.” “The Dutch…
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Professor’s research inches toward understanding superconductors
Over the past few years, the world has experienced a severe shortage of helium, a by product of natural gas extraction. And although vast amounts of helium recently were discovered in Tanzania, helium is still a finite resource on Earth. For that reason, helium is expensive. Most people might not worry about paying more for the helium gas…
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Longtime Strassler Center Director Debórah Dwork charts a new path
Her work with oral histories led her to create a center that transformed Holocaust and genocide studies
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Clark professor explores the arrival of ‘Arrival’
English Department’s Betsy Huang interviews science fiction author Ted Chiang, who wrote novella upon which film is based
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‘Grammar’ lessons: Faculty-student team decoding language of the genome
As a high school student in Milton, Massachusetts, Luke Nourie took a class in biotechnology and thought, “Wow, I love this. This is what I want to do.” He could see himself pursuing a college degree tied to the field, which drives the booming economy of the Bay State and provides over 63,000 jobs. After reading about…
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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…
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Historian explores African-American exiles’ struggle against ‘King Cotton’
In a recent lecture at Clark University, Ousmane Power-Greene, professor of history, put words to the African-American struggle against “King Cotton” and the desire to find a homeland — and a place to build community. The Graduate School of Geography hosted Power-Greene on Sept. 14 as the first speaker in the school’s Fall 2016 Colloquium Speaker Series. His talk, titled…
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Professor presents findings on ‘climate-smart’ agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa
USDA awards Edward Carr for work on climate change, food security
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Clark’s CDP program partners with Worcester on families, food economy
The professors and students in Clark’s Community Development and Planning (CDP) program learn from and work alongside members of the very community they want to transform. Their research not only pursues solutions to problems besetting urban neighborhoods, but also helps governments and nonprofits aspire to a more socially just world. Food and the local economy Associate Professor Ramón…