International Development, Community, and Environment Department
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Clark and EcoTarium celebrate the science of Worcester
It took a village comprising EcoTarium exhibit staff, more than 50 organizations and 200 individuals, including Clark University professors and students, to create the museum’s newest permanent exhibit, “City Science: The Science You Live.” Inspired by the City of Worcester, the exhibit took seven years to develop and features seven thematic areas allowing visitors to “experiment, engineer and…
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MLK’s message of justice for all resonates in day-long teach-in
About 600 people attended the Jan. 20 MLK Racial Justice Teach-In at Clark University to honor and celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and to rally for an America that embodies his vision of justice for all members of society. The day-long event was organized by a planning committee comprising faculty and…
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Clark educator introduces Vietnamese university to liberal education of LEEP
“Reading Raphael in Hanoi,” an article featured in last month’s issue of The Atlantic, contained a prize-winning essay by Vietnamese student Thanh T. Nguyen. In his essay, Nguyen described what he had learned from reflecting critically on Renaissance-master Raphael’s painting “The School of Athens.” What makes Nguyen’s essay unusual is that the liberal education-style reflection…
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Undergraduate researcher mines for answers in Mongolia
Environmental science major examines industry’s impact on nomadic farmers
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Professor presents findings on ‘climate-smart’ agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa
USDA awards Edward Carr for work on climate change, food security
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7 Continents, 1 Summer: Clarkies travel around the world – and back again
Over three months this summer, we took you on a journey across the world, from the streets of Haiti to the railways of Russia; from Antarctica’s Clark Mountains to the Arctic’s Wrangel Island. Along the way, we met Clark University undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, alumni and staff who, among other things, studied tree death…
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Clark alum brings passion for sustainable development, community to coastal Kenya
After earning a master’s degree in environmental science and policy from Clark University, Farida Hassan, M.S./ES&P ’10, identified a need for environmentally sustainable community development in one of the places that mattered the most to her — Kenya, the country where she was born. “I wanted to give back to my community, and I targeted jobs that…
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Clark’s Model UN team takes skills from Worcester into the world
Imagine being in a room with hundreds of other people, each of whom comes to the table representing a different country’s interests. Your challenge: to explain your assigned country’s stance on an important topic like free speech and privacy, build consensus and negotiate a draft resolution upon which all parties agree. Would you know where…
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Clark’s CDP program partners with Worcester on families, food economy
The professors and students in Clark’s Community Development and Planning (CDP) program learn from and work alongside members of the very community they want to transform. Their research not only pursues solutions to problems besetting urban neighborhoods, but also helps governments and nonprofits aspire to a more socially just world. Food and the local economy Associate Professor Ramón…
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Clark doctoral candidate: ‘It is difficult to be Muslim in America today’
I pushed my seven-month-old son, Malik, in his stroller with one hand while trying to fix my hijab (head covering) with the other. I was at the supermarket on a late Wednesday afternoon buying groceries. I couldn’t help but notice an older man fixated on me. He is staring at my headscarf. It feels heavy…