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HERO Fellows present research, hold stakeholder summit, Aug. 1

Five years ago, the Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB) descended upon Worcester County and forced the removal of over 30,000 trees from the area, dramatically altering the lives in, and landscapes of many local neighborhoods.  In recent years, local organizations and city, state, and town officials have worked with residents to replant close to 22,000 trees.…

HERO program student fellows present professional-level research

There are HEROs among us here at Clark University. They may not be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but they are developing remarkable powers in environmental research. For more than a decade, the Human-Environment Regional Observatory  (HERO) program at Clark University has provided a unique undergraduate research experience, focusing on and…