{"id":26022,"date":"2025-11-25T15:55:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/?post_type=story&#038;p=26022"},"modified":"2025-11-25T16:42:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T21:42:52","slug":"a-tradition-of-care","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/25\/a-tradition-of-care\/","title":{"rendered":"A tradition of care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hillel Woo Fridge_Standard_v1\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1140162716?h=ef6ccca226&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; 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