Clark University officially has its own farm. There are no animals, no barn, not even soil. And yet it will supply a steady harvest of crops regardless of the season. On Jan. 15, the University received delivery of a Freight Farm — a retrofitted shipping container housing a fully functional hydroponic farm known as the…
The Worcester Art Museum’s current exhibition, “Cyanotypes: Photography’s Blue Period,” is a bit of unfolding history. It’s the first major museum exhibition in the United States exclusively devoted to the 150-year legacy of this long-overlooked technique that gives photographs a distinct blue tint, turning even mundane images into something ethereal. And Clark University has played…
The Clark community was saddened to learn that Neil Schroeder, professor emeritus of theatre arts, died on Jan. 5, 2016, in Portland, Maine. Schroeder joined the Clark University English Department as an instructor in 1960, and became an associate professor in the Visual and Performing Arts Department in 1972. He taught courses ranging from theatre…
Clark University received two awards in recognition of outstanding success and initiative in reducing waste on campus. Clark was the only EPA awardee to receive two awards for different programs in the same year. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Sustainable Materials Management Program (SMM) announced the awards in November. Clark received Honorable Mention for…
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance has again included Clark University on its list of the country’s best values in private colleges for 2016. Kiplinger’s annual list ranks 100 private universities, 100 public schools and 100 liberal arts colleges. Clark appears at number 27; the full list is available online. Education is an investment. Learn more about Clark…
Among many definitions of the Chinese term kung fu is the rough translation “skill achieved through hard work.” Clark University first-year student Cheyenne R. Lachapelle, of Worcester, is just beginning to prove how far her hard work and passion for this challenging martial art will take her. In October, Lachapelle ’19 defended her title at…
As millions of college students break from classes to spend time with their families, a common conversation they may hear at holiday gatherings will focus on perceptions about their generation, insisting that emerging adults are impatient, lazy, entitled, not loyal, and inseparable from social media. Not so, according to the recent Clark University Poll of Emerging…
The assignment for the students in SCRN 209: craft a short science fiction film that is shot entirely on the Clark University campus and incorporates a number of artistic disciplines. The film must also be completed within 15 weeks on a micro-budget. Doable? No problem. Well, that’s not entirely true. There were a few problems,…
The Clark University Model UN Team has concluded a successful fall semester, winning numerous awards and looking forward to more strong performances next year. The Clark team participated in the Boston Area Regional Model United Nations held at Boston University, in the 43rd National Collegiate Security Conference at Georgetown University, in the Northeast Regional Model…
As world leaders meet in Paris for international climate change talks, a just-released report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture co-authored by Clark University Professor Edward Carr is focusing attention on how climate change will likely impact the world’s food security. Carr, director of the International Development, Community and Environment Department, was a lead author…
