Undergraduate research
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From crab blood to carbon hoarding
Caden Thomas ’27 gets down in the mud for marine research For many Clark students, summer internships open doors to unexpected opportunities. For Caden Thomas ’27, that door was an internship in the mudflats of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Thomas, an environmental science and policy major with a minor in geography in the School of Climate, Environment,…
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Building a clean-energy future, brick by brick
Chemistry Professor Julio D’Arcy leads a student research team to develop state-of-the-art technology aimed at improving human lives.
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Students showcase their work at ClarkFEST
Research by Clark undergraduate students compelled plenty of lively discussions of the Fall 2025 edition of ClarkFEST.
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ClarkFEST to showcase students’ academic and research excellence
Over 100 undergrad students will show off their academic and research achievements to the Clark community through poster exhibitions, panels, and roundtables. The displays highlight both the students’ efforts as well as the faculty mentorship that made the projects possible.
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Big data. Big ambitions.
Branson Witt ’27 came to Clark with an interest in applying research to improve health equity and access, address the issue of inner-city food deserts, and curb stormwater pollution. He’s found a world of possibility in data science.
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Mapping reparations in Massachusetts
Interdisciplinary project combines public history with data and GIS savvy
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Polar research blooms inside the hot spots
Ella Christie ’27 joined Geography Professor Karen Frey’s Polar Science Research Laboratory team in the Northern Bering Strait and the Southern Chukchi Sea to conduct studies of the water, part of a multidisciplinary Arctic ocean-sampling program.
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‘Bringing them out of the archives’
Oral history project celebrates women’s contributions to Clark
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‘We stepped out of our comfort zone’
HERO students find common ground in researching outcomes of urban tree-planting program
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Photo Essay: Biology students go frog hunting
Biology professor and mycologist Javier Tabima Restrepo and students in his lab study the genus Basidiobolus, and frequently visit local waterbodies to collect frogs for their research.









