Hands-On Learning
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Stakeholders applaud students’ ‘valuable work’ on Greening the Gateway Cities
As a budding biologist in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Lohr ’19 surveyed and mapped all the trees on her high school campus. Now an undergraduate at Clark University, she is pursuing her passion for trees on a much larger scale, through the Graduate School of Geography’s HERO (Human-Environment Regional Observatory) program. “This program was almost custom-made to…
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Mary Yohannes ’19 puts her heart into cardiology and STEM education
“My experience and success in any place depends on how fit that space is for me,” says Mary Teketel Yohannes ’19. She found her fit at Clark University. A native of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Yohannes is pursuing a degree in biology, concentrating in mathematical biology and bioinformatics, with plans for a career in medicine. “I…
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A summer of science at Clark
Nearly 50 undergraduates learning the ropes of research in faculty labs
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Clark HERO Fellows work to green Massachusetts’ Gateway Cities
Massachusetts’ Gateway Cities sport architectural reminders of their once-bustling industrial past: factories, warehouses, and ubiquitous triple-deckers, all built close to the street. What’s often missing from this picture? Trees. This summer, six Clark University undergraduate researchers have joined a multi-agency effort to increase the tree canopy to these 26 small- to mid-sized Gateway Cities, bringing cooling shade…
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Whether producing poetry or pondering philosophy, Jessica Hoops ’18 has a way with words
As a newly minted graduate of Clark University, Jessica Hoops ’18 has left her mark here — especially in the world of words. Hoops, who majored in English and philosophy, received an honorable mention in the Worcester County Poetry Association’s 2018 College Poetry Competition. Selected from among six nominees to receive the Runner-up Manuscript Prize, she was invited to…
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Clark students receive summer NOAA fellowships
This summer marks the seventh year Clark University students will put their education into practice through fellowships with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Through a collaboration with the University’s Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise and George Perkins Marsh Institute, NOAA has invited three Clark undergraduates to conduct research at sites in Florida, Maryland, and Massachusetts. This year, for the…
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Student film ‘Eyeline’ gets the red carpet treatment
Murder. Betrayal. A man tied up in a basement. A woman crashing through a window. Menacing hallways and shadowy corners hiding ugly secrets. Just a typical night at the movies for Clark University. That’s a bare description of “Eyeline,” a neo-noir thriller written, directed, produced, and acted by Clark students who took Genre Production Workshop,…
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With her art, Helen Perham ’18 becomes part of something greater than her selfie
Helen Perham studies art, life, and social media via Instagram posts
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Ureka contest winner has a flight plan for his Big Idea
Some people want to place their big idea into the pipeline. Andrés Gvirtz ’18 prefers that his soars over it. Gvirtz was the winner of the $5,000 first-place prize in the Ureka Big Idea Challenge for his company, CompactCopters, through which he hopes to develop a drone that will revolutionize the pipeline-inspection industry. The Ureka competition is…
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Via Clark, Tiana Golding ’19 finds her way to China — and success
For years, Tiana Golding ’19 has been fascinated with China and how the world’s most populous country interacts with the United States. She studied China as a student at the Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter Public School in Hyde Park, Massachusetts. And she set her sights on continuing her studies at Clark University. About Tiana Golding ’19 Majors: International…