Undergraduate research
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Clark awarded grant to expand hands-on life sciences education, strengthen talent pipeline
Clark has received a $354,443 grant from the Healey-Driscoll administration and the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center to expand experiential learning in life sciences and support Worcester’s biotech talent pipeline.
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Clark’s HERO researchers help baking cities beat the heat
Over the past decade, Clark’s HERO student research fellows have assessed the growth and vigor of trees planted through the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation’s Greening the Gateway Cities Program.
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Student-run Clark Consulting GIS team delivers for Wildlife Conservation Society
A cohort of Clarkies served as GIS consultants for the Wildlife Conservation Society this spring, building on the 2025 work of students who created a dashboard that WCS staff use to analyze environmental trends and conservation impacts.
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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.”
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With AI’s assistance, researchers maximize Clark tool to reveal how our planet is changing
Working with Professor Pontius, Ph.D. student Antonio Fonseca aims to help scientists understand the ‘big picture’ in decades of land-cover data
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Clark women of historical impact earn recognition from students
History students research Clark women whose achievements transcend their time
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Afield in the forest, students learn how to ‘see the world as it is’
Geography course offers career-ready insights and strategies for environmental research
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Solan Homestead ’27 earns award for disaster-zone communications system at HackHarvard
‘Things not working on the first try is part of the process.’
