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Clark student drives support efforts for those living with dementia
Julia Schroeder co-founded Dementia Friendly Worcester as an undergraduate
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Young filmmakers premiere their work at Clark-hosted festival
Hiatt Center collaborates with Worcester school to promote student storytelling
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Clark honors outstanding faculty with annual awards
Professors lauded for their commitment to teaching and research
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Undergraduates receive Steinbrecher Fellowships to pursue creative research projects
Nine Clark University undergraduates have been awarded Steinbrecher Fellowships to pursue creative research projects in the sciences and humanities. The projects will begin this summer and continue through the 2018-19 academic year. The Steinbrecher Fellowship Program encourages and supports Clark undergraduates’ pursuit of original ideas, creative research, and community service projects. This year’s Steinbrecher Fellows’ projects are:…
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The freedom of a classroom — behind bars
Shelly Tenenbaum teaches inmates about history of genocide
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Alex Jeannotte ’17 helps reconstruct a lost family history
Because of their dogged pursuit of elusive primary sources, historians often are equated with detectives – a theme represented in a decade-long PBS series, History Detectives. For Alex Jeannotte ’17, that theme has carried through much of her time at Clark University, where she has helped knit together the genealogy of an African-American family who migrated…
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Family Impact Seminar puts the spotlight on health disparities in Massachusetts
The Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise at Clark University hosted its eighth annual Massachusetts Family Impact Seminar on April 5 at the State House, bringing the latest research on health disparities to Massachusetts legislators. With the ongoing debate over the Affordable Care Act, many policymakers and researchers again are focused on the role of race, ethnicity, immigration status, income, education 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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Steinbrecher-funded research uncovers the two worlds of first-gen students
When Justin Woods ’18 returns home to North Haverhill, N.H., he doesn’t typically talk to people in the same way, or about the same topics, as he does on the Clark University campus. This phenomenon of navigating between two identities in two different spaces is called “code-switching” — a common experience for first-generation college students…
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For ‘Bend it Like Beckham’ director Gurinder Chadha, filmmaking is personal
Internationally acclaimed director Gurinder Chadha talked about the need to make films that are historically relevant and fiercely personal during an Oct. 24 “public conversation” with sociology Professor Parminder Bhachu. The event, “Film Making, Creativity, Migrant Biographies, Diasporic Disruption,” was hosted by the Higgins School of Humanities. Film producer Gurinder Chadha speaks with students during a recent visit to…
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