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Emily Rooney '24 spent the summer entrenched in the Massachusetts housing system - juggling phone calls, tracking down applications, and advocating for clients while trying to understand their unique needs and circumstances. The sociology major interned at Justice 4 Housing, a Boston-based grassroots nonprofit that seeks to dismantle housing discrimination and houselessness, particularly for people impacted by domestic violence and incarceration.

Clark University students added to the Spring 2023 Dean's List for their academic performance.

This summer, Chinagorom-Abiakalam is interning at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, where she's worked with economists on projects involving a broad range of topics, from worldwide auto production to personal-spending patterns in different areas of the United States.

Clark University announces students named to the Spring 2023 Dean's List.

With high interest rates and inflation dominating headlines over the last year, Shorena Giorgadze '23, an economics major, decided to do a deep dive into the Federal Reserve for []

Five members of the Clark community have been recognized for their commitment to advancing equity, inclusion, and diversity on campus and beyond.

Twelve members of Clark University's Class of 2024 have been selected for Gryphon & Pleiades, the university's senior leadership and service honor society, on the basis of their outstanding record of academic achievement, service and dedication to the University. Gryphon and Pleiades has a long history at the University. The organization today is the result of a merger of two earlier honor societies, Gryphon, the men's honor society founded in 1909, and Pleaides, the women's honor society founded in 1948. The Society's mission is to provide a forum for thoughtful dialogue between the University and its undergraduate students. To that end, the members of Gryphon and Pleaides shall invite conversations with University officials on subjects of strategic concern and shall make every effort to bring their collective experience to bear on the problems brought before them. Members of Gryphon and Pleaides will also engage in service projects focused either on the Clark community or on the immediate Main South neighborhood.

Clark University awarded 1,300 degrees (590 bachelor's, 681 master's, and 29 doctoral degrees) to the Class of 2023 and conferred three honorary degrees during their 119th Commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 21. Speakers heralded the graduates for their accomplishments, and the resilience and ambition they exhibited when their college experience was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Christopher Davey, the Charles E. Scheidt Visiting Assistant Professor of Genocide Studies and Prevention with the Strassler Center from 2021 to 2023 and now an affiliated researcher, and Claudine Kuradusenge-McLeod, chair of the Ethics, Peace, and Human Rights Program and professorial lecturer at American University, have been named Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Distinguished Scholars, which will help support their ongoing research project.

A Russian genocide scholar, on leave in the United States, has spearheaded a Clark University exhibition of photos documenting the war in Ukraine in defiance of Putin's authoritarian policies prohibiting anti-war speech.

For a group of Clark students, producing original short films this semester proved to be a lesson in community, collaboration, and creativity.

Clark University has announced the student speakers for the May 21 Commencement 2023 ceremony.

When the Clark rowers dipped their oars into the waters of Fiesta Bay at the San Diego Crew Classic early last month, they were inspired by the presence of a rower who was not there. Two Clark boats were competing in the Grace Rett Memorial Collegiate Varsity Final, held in honor of Grace Rett, the Holy Cross rower who was killed in a car accident while on a training trip in Florida in 2020.

When they invade the imagination, monsters can become a source of great fear. But the opposite is true for Brynn Keevil '23. In Clark's Craft Studio, Keevil molds clay into ceramic gargoyle heads with their fang-filled mouths agape - pieces of art that are both eerie and beautiful.

Clark University's English Department sponsors annual writing contests that are open to all Clark undergraduate students, including those enrolled in the School of Professional Studies. This year's prize winners for the Leroy Allston Ames Essay Contest, the Betty '79 and Stanley Sultan Short Story Contest, the Loring Holmes and Ruth Dodd Drama Contest and the Prentiss Cheney Hoyt Poetry Contest have been selected.

Unconventional creative projects have always sparked the imagination of Sophie Gill '23, and art is how she wants to make the world a better place. Gill created and distributed a magazine that highlights the talents of the community and her fellow Clarkies.

Maia Snyder '23, M.A. '24, became fascinated by an ever-growing stock of vintage garments while working in the Visual and Performing Arts Department's costume shop. Items that once graced Clark stages eventually became too delicate for further wear, reaching the end of their life in a bin marked "Do not use." "I was hoping they could be seen and appreciated at least one more time," says Snyder, who has given 15 garments new life in a historical fashion exhibit.

Kamaro Abubakar, associate dean for student success-community living, organized a Ghana trip to give members of the Clark community an experience of "cultural immersion," something that he'd experienced when he immigrated to the United States in 2004.

Instead of heading to warmer climates during last month's spring break, eight Clark students spent their time off from classes immersed in the Worcester community as part of an alternative spring break program.

Cailin Marcel Manson, who is marking 20 years as a professional conductor, celebrated this milestone by conducting one of the world's choral masterpieces inside one of the world's foremost concert halls - and he brought the Clark University Choir with him.

Max Schweitzer, '22, MSC '23, pitched his fine arts business, Schweitzer Studios, during Clark Tank, the Entrepreneurship and Innovation program's "Shark Tank"-inspired competition.

Dan Gillooly '25 started capturing buildings in dilapidated states while learning how to use a large-format camera for Intermediate Photography class. Now, he's working on a personal project to tell the story of "old" Worcester.

Six alumni and a current student - representing more than 50 years in the history of Clark University - gathered on Feb. 24 to reflect on their wide array of experiences and challenges as Black individuals in the academic and professional realms. The conversation was moderated by Temera De Groot '25 and William Stafford '26 and Glory Phipps '23 was a panelist.

Deitch, a media, culture, and the arts major, is preparing to unveil The Lounge, a community art exhibit housed in the Traina Center for the Arts. The gallery features works by roughly 40 artists, including 35 Clark students and five Worcester residents.

In "The Forest Is Full of Color," a program featuring their original compositions, Robbie Wilson '23 uses music to capture and appreciate the natural environment of Massachusetts and New England while also showcasing the many different identities that make up the region.

For the second consecutive year, Clark University is the recipient of a generous gift from The Japan Foundation to sustain and enhance the teaching of Japanese.

Clark University announces students named to the Fall 2022 Dean's List.

Clark University's Campus Ambassadors are a visible and welcome presence on campus. And they are constantly on the move.

As a teenager, Darwin Holcombe '24 wanted to break into an industry that seemed inaccessible to outsiders. It required soldering skills, deep research, and hundreds of hours of flight practice. Undeterred, Holcombe set on a journey to design and build his own first-person view drone, to use for cinematic projects and personal leisure.

The horrific scenes emerging from the Feb. 6 earthquake that ravaged parts of Turkey and Syria left millions worldwide feeling powerless to help. Other than donating to a relief fund, what possible assistance could be provided from thousands of miles away? On Monday night, 30 Clark University students gathered in the Jefferson GIS lab to answer that question. The students staged a mapathon, using GIS (geographic information systems) technology to convert satellite imagery into maps showing the location of roads, buildings, bridges, and other features in the earthquake-impacted areas to aid relief organizations in their search-and-recovery efforts.