Undergraduate research
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MOMA lecture treats alumni to a look at Clark’s historic art exhibition
Professor Kristina Wilson speaks about historic cyanotypes exhibition displayed at the Worcester Art Museum.
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$508,000 NSF award supports Professor Meyer’s research in evolutionary biology
Néva Meyer, assistant professor of biology at Clark University, remembers how she became interested in studying animal life at its beginning stages. She was an undergraduate student in molecular biology at Purdue University, with her eye on a career in cancer biology. Then she saw her first chicken embryo. “I fell in love with it. I love the…
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Student researches role of women who weave strategies for survival in Thailand
Steinbrecher Fellow Molly Gurney '18 explores story of villagers' protest against mining company
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Via Problems of Practice course, students gain experience in monitoring conservation land
'This course gives me direction for what I want to do after graduation,' Olivia Barksdale '19 says
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Physics research reaches into the cosmos
Muhammad Kasule ’18 is graduating from Clark University this December with multiple research experiences in hand, including one where he’s examining how life may form in outer space. “My research is centered on understanding how prebiotic molecules form in space,” Kasule says. “Prebiotic molecules are essentially the building blocks of life. They are the molecules…
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‘Hair Story’: Charline Kirongozi pulls together strands of politics, history behind black hair
Clark student's research examines issues facing children of the African diaspora, from Maine to Mali
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The skink link: Clark biology student studies an evolution revolution
Since 1893, most biologists have accepted Dollo’s law, named for the Belgian paleontologist who hypothesized that evolution moves forward, never reversing. A living organism doesn’t regain a trait — an inherited characteristic, like a tail or limb – lost during its evolutionary development, Louis Dollo suggested. About Erika Schaper ’18 Major: Biology Minor: Chemistry Hometown: Concord, N.H. Over…
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Clark honors undergraduates who served as NOAA fellows
Four students conduct research in Maryland, Massachusetts for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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In Nepal, Sweta Basnet discovers strong health care is more than possible
Two years after twin earthquakes struck central Nepal, the country is still feeling the aftereffects. Thousands of residents are living in temporary shelters, and communities are working to rebuild hospitals, roads and other infrastructure. About Sweta Basnet ’18 Majors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Spanish Hometown: Concord, N.H. For Clark University undergraduate Sweta Basnet ’18, a Nepali-American, last summer…
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Interning with alumnus, aiming for career as research scientist
As an undergraduate majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology, Michael Kebede ’18 has spent his time at Clark University immersed in his element. He’s had the opportunity to conduct research in several laboratories on campus, and this summer, as a LEEP Fellow, he interned with Dr. Jia Wei, Ph.D. ’15, a research scientist at PCI Synthesis, a Devens, Mass.,…