Hands-On Learning
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Student researches role of women who weave strategies for survival in Thailand
Steinbrecher Fellow Molly Gurney '18 explores story of villagers' protest against mining company
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Clark students find social entrepreneurship a perfect fit
Clark University has produced numerous successful entrepreneurs, including Trustee Ronald Shaich ’76, L.H.D. ’14, founder of Panera Bread and Au Bon Pain, and Brad McNamara, M.B.A./ES &P ’13, co-founder of Freight Farms. Even better, many are social entrepreneurs, who share a vision of giving back to the community — Shaich oversaw the opening of Panera Cares Community Cafes, confronting food…
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Record number of Clark students receive Gilman Scholarships to study abroad
Thirty percent of Clark University undergraduates study abroad, compared with only 2 percent of college students nationwide. And now there’s even more good news to report: Clark has a record number of students – nine – who received the U.S. State Department’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study or intern abroad this spring. “This year, we worked…
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Via Problems of Practice course, students gain experience in monitoring conservation land
'This course gives me direction for what I want to do after graduation,' Olivia Barksdale '19 says
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Physics research reaches into the cosmos
Muhammad Kasule ’18 is graduating from Clark University this December with multiple research experiences in hand, including one where he’s examining how life may form in outer space. “My research is centered on understanding how prebiotic molecules form in space,” Kasule says. “Prebiotic molecules are essentially the building blocks of life. They are the molecules…
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‘Hair Story’: Charline Kirongozi pulls together strands of politics, history behind black hair
Clark student's research examines issues facing children of the African diaspora, from Maine to Mali
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The skink link: Clark biology student studies an evolution revolution
Since 1893, most biologists have accepted Dollo’s law, named for the Belgian paleontologist who hypothesized that evolution moves forward, never reversing. A living organism doesn’t regain a trait — an inherited characteristic, like a tail or limb – lost during its evolutionary development, Louis Dollo suggested. About Erika Schaper ’18 Major: Biology Minor: Chemistry Hometown: Concord, N.H. Over…
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Clark Diarist connects through theatre
Playwright Raechel Segal '17 sees her undergraduate experience filled with opportunities for the future
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Left to their own devices: Management students teach retirees the joys of technology
Undergraduates who take Clark University’s The Art and Science of Management, a First-Year Intensive course, accrue skills that prepare them for careers in businesses or nonprofit organizations. They also gain experience by designing a project to share those skills with a community organization, a course requirement. A team of students in a course section taught by Maria…
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Clark honors undergraduates who served as NOAA fellows
Four students conduct research in Maryland, Massachusetts for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration