Graduate Arts & Sciences
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Through chemistry, graduate student seeks to curb drug-resistant MRSA infections
Hospitals, schools and sports facilities all watch for signs of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a bacteria that resists many antibiotics. Although MRSA infection rates dropped 31 percent between 2005 and 2011, it still kills more than 11,000 Americans per year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. At Clark University, Michael Reardon (pictured), a doctoral candidate in chemistry, conducts…
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On the importance of ‘good literature’
Graduate student's research on Ernest Hemingway short stories leads to new perspectives
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Pulp friction: Student researcher examines competing attitudes toward comic books
Think comic books are just for fun? Clark University English master’s degree candidate Sebastian Winslow would like you to think again. Winslow — a graduate exchange student from Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, where he is also a master’s candidate in American studies — is researching how comics and their narratives present a culture’s perspective on the world,…
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Graduate research takes aim at deadly diseases
A doctoral candidate in biochemistry and molecular biology, Yaya Wang spends hours each day conducting research experiments at Clark University. She’s a steady, calm presence in a laboratory bustling with undergraduate students, working alongside Donald Spratt, Carl J. and Anna Carlson Endowed Chair and assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry in the Gustaf H. Carlson School of Chemistry and Biochemistry.…
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Clark graduate student’s research resonates with personal experience
Clark University English master’s degree candidate Ama Bemma Adwetewa-Badu considers herself to be a part of what she studies, her work resonating with her personal experience. Adwetewa-Badu, a Worcester resident, researches avant-garde, experimental Black diasporic poets specific to West Africa, America and the Caribbean. Along this vein, some of her most recent work has examined Robin Coste…
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Clark University makes the grade at ‘40 Under 40’ awards event
As it so often does, Clark University enjoyed a robust presence at the Worcester Business Journal‘s 17th annual “40 Under 40” awards program held Sept. 14 at Mechanics Hall. Launched in 2000, the awards honor business leaders under the age of 40 who are making an impact in the Central Massachusetts/Metro West region. Among this year’s…
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Grad student’s cruise director job launches her research on Arctic wildlife
Clark University graduate student Meghan Kelly’s summer job as a cruise director might bring to mind visions of island hopping, basking in the sun and relaxing poolside in a deck chair. In actuality, Kelly’s job with Heritage Expeditions, a New Zealand-based expedition travel company, takes her places far outside of a typical Caribbean cruise, to Antarctica,…
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Forbes names Clark a ‘top college’ with strong ROI for grads
Clark University appears in Forbes’ annual guide to America’s Top Colleges, ranked at no. 188 on the list of 660 schools recognized for “quality of teaching, great career prospects, high graduation rates and low debt levels.” Besides the overall ranking, Clark is listed at No. 86 in Research Universities, No. 83 in the Northeast, and No. 141 among Private Colleges. In…
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Alumni research fellows return with insight and advice
Steinbrecher, Anton funding helped graduates 'change the lens' through which they view the world
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Antarctica or bust: Clark’s southernmost research
For almost a century, Clark scientists have traveled to the frozen continent to understand its impact