Geography
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It’s easy being green: AmeriCorps-funded students improve Worcester, Attleboro community forests
Three students from Clark’s School of Climate, Environment, and Society emerged from their months-long AmeriCorps/Campus Compact EnviroCorps experience with hands-on skills, job experience, and a new appreciation for community-based environmental work.
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New grants support dissertation research, expand opportunities for Ph.D. students
With topics ranging from amphibian fungi and waterfront climate adaptation to ethnic-racial identity and Jewish news networks in the first half of the 20th century, seven Clark doctoral students have been named the first recipients of the Clark University Dissertation Improvement Grant program
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How will climate change affect marine life in the Arctic?
Over 14 years, polar scientist Karen Frey and her students have studied the effects of melting sea ice in the Arctic, funded by the NSF’s Office of Polar Programs.
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Century-old Economic Geography sees jump in citation rankings
Clark’s century-old, internationally recognized scholarly journal Economic Geography achieved a nearly 24 percent increase in citation rankings for 2025, confirming its reputation as the leading publication the field.
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Leo Kerz ’26 has tracked the echoes in ecosystems
Leo Kerz ’26 collects 63,000 nature recordings to track ecosystem health
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Student-run Clark Consulting GIS team delivers for Wildlife Conservation Society
A cohort of Clarkies served as GIS consultants for the Wildlife Conservation Society this spring, building on the 2025 work of students who created a dashboard that WCS staff use to analyze environmental trends and conservation impacts.
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Clark launches world’s first, industry-approved professional geospatial leadership doctorate
The two-year, low-residency degree, designed for mid-career professionals seeking to advance in leadership roles, is set to begin in vsummer 2027.
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Clark scientist contributes to study finding carbon markets aren’t yet accurately accounting for climate-caused risks like wildfire, drought
U.S. forests involved in carbon-credit programs face risks from climate-driven disturbances such as wildfire, drought, and insect outbreaks, according to a study co-authored by Professor Christopher Williams and published in Nature on May 20.
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Two Clark students earn Fulbright Awards
Rowan Compton ’25, M.S. ’26, and Kaya Banka ’26 have received Fulbright Awards that will support their research abroad.
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Detention Centers, Migration, and Isolation with Professors Asha Best and Emma Shaw Crane
Clark University Professor Asha Best and Stanford University Professor Emma Shaw Crane discuss detention and migration in the United States and why the government chooses remote locations for detention centers.
