{"id":28797,"date":"2026-06-18T11:43:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T15:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/?post_type=story&#038;p=28797"},"modified":"2026-06-18T15:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:23:13","slug":"massachusetts-school-students-discover-the-magic-of-scientific-research-at-clark","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/18\/massachusetts-school-students-discover-the-magic-of-scientific-research-at-clark\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts school students discover the magic of scientific research at Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>Clark undergraduate and graduate students aren\u2019t the only budding scientists benefiting from the University\u2019s labs and research expertise. Over the past three months, hundreds of middle and high school students from throughout Massachusetts have visited campus to gain research and career development skills and attend the Massachusetts Science and Engineering Fair, part of Clark\u2019s broader STEM and Admissions outreach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 9, Clark hosted hundreds of students and teachers for the middle school portion of the state science fair, held in Kneller Center and Atwood Hall, and presented an award to one student. On April 9, Clark presented merit awards to students at the high school science fair in the DCU Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThank you to the Clark faculty and graduate students who joined industry professionals in serving as judges, and to our events and facilities teams, who transformed the Kneller Gym and Atwood Hall into spaces where students could not only compete, but also feel like they are part of a larger community,\u201d Jennifer Hanselman, associate provost and dean of research, said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/jennifer-hanselman-b6a3b036_last-week-clark-university-had-the-honor-activity-7461368944139059200-uipV?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAADZvjsBXNr7U-hh3Seulbtjk6Xugx-eE3s\">a LinkedIn post<\/a>. \u201cWe appreciate our partnership with the Massachusetts Science and Engineering Fair so students across the Commonwealth can \u2018see themselves in STEM.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, since April, nearly 350 public high and middle schoolers from Worcester and nine other Massachusetts communities have visited Carlson School of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/departments\/chemistry\/\">Chemistry and Biochemistry<\/a> labs to conduct hands-on experiments. They have deployed everything from lemons and milk to copper wires and colorful proteins from jellyfish to learn the chemistry behind building and powering batteries, making the creamiest ice cream, purifying proteins, and electroplating metals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cThrough hands-on discovery and meaningful engagement, grounded in the strength of our faculty\u2019s innovative research and teaching, Clark is proud to inspire and prepare the next generation of scientists and engineers to tackle the challenges ahead.\u201d<\/p><cite>\u2014 jennifer hanselman<br>associate provost and dean of research<br><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 6, Julio D\u2019Arcy, the Carl J. and Anna Carlson Endowed Chair of&nbsp;Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Luis Smith, professor and outgoing department chair, welcomed nearly 40 middle and high schoolers from New Citizens Center&nbsp;Secondary in Worcester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of D\u2019Arcy\u2019s lab \u2014 doctoral students Umama Akther, Ye Chen, and Pedro A. Perez-Diaz; graduate students Avery Schwartz \u201926, M.S. \u201927, and Yiming Qin, M.S. \u201927; and chemistry majors Cecilia Chaves \u201928, Tatsuya Peralta \u201927, and Emme Salisbury \u201928 \u2014&nbsp;assisted with experiments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To build batteries, the middle and high schoolers inserted copper and galvanized zinc nails into lemons, then connected the nails via wires to a voltmeter for testing, and powered LED lights (photo at top, with Emme Salisbury \u201928 assisting a student). They also conducted an experiment on electroplating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D\u2019Arcy\u2019s lab has an ongoing partnership with the school\u2019s science teacher and students, who last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2026\/01\/22\/worcester-students-learn-the-language-of-chemistry-at-clark\/\">visited Clark\u2019s chemistry labs <\/a>in the winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2600\" height=\"1733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Spratt_Lab_May_28_2026-71.jpg\" alt=\"Worcester high school students conducting chemistry experiment at Clark\" class=\"wp-image-28792\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2600\" height=\"1733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Spratt_Lab_May_28_2026-53.jpg\" alt=\"Worcester high school students conducting chemistry experiment at Clark\" class=\"wp-image-28788\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since April 10, Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor and incoming Chair Don Spratt has offered 329 students from Worcester and other area high schools the chance to learn about protein purification, a key step in biotech research to develop new drugs, and a taste of the science behind making ice cream, an experiment used in Spratt\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2024\/11\/13\/tasty-teaching\/\">popular Kitchen Chemistry class <\/a>at Clark. The workshops also provided students with \u201csoft skills\u201d career development, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The University provided free transportation, a pizza lunch, and swag bags with Clark t-shirts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne more school to go \u2014 Claremont Academy \u2014 this Monday!\u201d Spratt said.<br><br>Assisting him were his chemistry colleagues Beth Bafaro and Efrain Castro Narro, as well as Tori Webber \u201927, a biochemistry and molecular biology major who is conducting research in Biology Professor Deb Robertson\u2019s lab via an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/offices\/career-connections-center\/gain-experience\/funding-opportunities\/#edwin-weiller\">Edwin A. Weiller Summer Science Fellowship<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe students purified jellyfish protein using a method called column chromatography,\u201d Spratt said. From <em>E. coli <\/em>bacteria, they isolated a single \u201cgreen florescent protein, or GFP, first discovered in a jellyfish called <em>Aequorea victoria<\/em>. It glows because it contains a special light-producing part called a chromophore. &#8230; GFP is widely used by scientists to track proteins in living cells.\u201d<br><br>Besides coming from Claremont Academy and University Park Campus School in the Main South neighborhood near Clark, students have visited from the city\u2019s Burncoat, North, and Worcester Technical schools, as well as public high schools in Auburn, Grafton, Leicester, Northborough, Shrewsbury, Spencer, Sutton, Upton, and Westwood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThrough hands-on discovery and meaningful engagement, grounded in the strength of our faculty\u2019s innovative research and teaching, Clark is proud to inspire and prepare the next generation of scientists and engineers to tackle the challenges ahead,\u201d Hanselman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow 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