Research
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Clark researchers examine potential impacts of ‘megaport’ on Peruvian Amazon
Government, private investments investments could have multidimensional impacts on the 2.7 million-square-mile rainforest that serves as a critical global carbon sink.
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Will N.Y. and Conn. residents forgo greener, lusher lawns to protect their children and pets?
Clark economist Robert Johnston contributes to new tool aimed at curbing fertilizer ‘hot spots’ and polluted waterways
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Why do traveling icebergs speed up in warmer ocean waters?
The physics behind ice blocks’ melting helps propel them, Clark-Paris study reveals
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Once upon a time in Bollywood
Professor Gohar Siddiqui explores how Hindi remakes of popular U.S. films have reflected — and helped shape — global culture.
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Sprinting to space: Goddard, NASA, and Clark’s pathbreaking work in geospatial analytics
Robert Goddard’s groundbreaking innovation, developed in his Clark laboratory, launched the Space Age, propelling NASA’s rockets and eventually leading to the satellites that collect Earth observation data used in GIS — a field that Clark helped pioneer.
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NASA recognizes Clark’s geospatial research via recent awards, years of grant funding
Robert Goddard’s spirit of innovation lives on through NASA-funded research in the School of Climate, Environment, and Sustainability and the affiliated Clark Center for Geospatial Analytics.
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Telling the story of Robert and Esther Goddard 100 years later
Clark Digital Projects Librarian Katie Stebbins ’10 organizes film reels, documents, and more for special collection
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Clark senior rescues San Juan’s stray cats using GIS tools
For biology major Lauren Bostwick ’26, M.S./GIS ’27, a desire to help stray animals combined with her abilities in technology led her to create a powerful tool of compassion.
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Clarkies chronicle history of Worcester NAACP branch
Students and professors collected oral histories, shaped a narrative
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In Brazil’s Cerrado savanna, researchers study, model future climate change scenarios
As part of a $750,000 NASA-funded project, professors Gustavo Oliveira and Robert Gil Pontius Jr. of Clark’s School of Climate, Environment, and Society have been modeling future, competing scenarios of agricultural expansion, given climate change, in Brazil’s Cerrado, known as the region‘s ”Water Tank.”
