Faculty
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Prof. Kühne’s latest book explores comradeship among German soldiers during world wars
In his new book, “The Rise and Fall of Comradeship: Hitler’s Soldiers, Male Bonding and Mass Violence in the Twentieth Century” history professor and director of the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Thomas Kühne examines how the concept of comradeship shaped the actions, emotions and ideas of ordinary German soldiers across the two world wars and during the…
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Professor Aylward awarded prestigious Fromm Music Foundation commission
Clark University Associate Professor of Music John Aylward was awarded a 2017 commission by the Fromm Music Foundation. One of 12 composers chosen by the Harvard-based foundation, Aylward’s commission offers him the chance to compose a new work and a subsidy to have his collaborating musicians bring that music to life. The Fromm Foundation chose its commissioned composers…
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Professor Aoyama’s latest book investigates new paradigm for social innovation
Clark University Geography Professor Yuko Aoyama’s new book, “The Rise of the Hybrid Domain: Collaborative Governance for Social Innovation,” explores a new model of social innovation through which corporations, states, and civil society organizations develop common social agendas despite differences in their primary objectives. Aoyama wrote the book in collaboration with Professor Balaji Parthasarathy of the International Institute…
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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…