In this talk, which is written as a love letter, Professor TreaAndrea M. Russworm (she/her) from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst examines different modalities of Black cultural life—hip hop, Blaxploitation film, popular fiction, and simulation games—as spatial-speculative tools for playing in a broken world. What can Black speculative thinking teach us about navigating the […]
Screenshot of "Cloud Theory," a game (in development) by Colleen Macklin Climate change, pandemics, political polarization, systemic racism, and capitalism run amok! If there’s anything that marks the 2020s, it’s a sense that life on the planet is increasingly under attack. Games –particularly video games – have explored these apocalyptic themes, often putting players […]
Evolution of technology has always seemed to touch non-disabled people first and then adjusted for the bigger subset of people by either those who care or have experienced difficulty in using the technology. Professor John Magee will be hosting a talk on augmented abilities in the virtual world in which Professor Magee will talk about how […]
Ashlyn Sparrow Games are the largest cultural and entertainment forms of our time. Pre-Covid, thousands of players would gather in parks to play Pokemon Go or in large stadiums to see international teams play a game of League of Legends. These numbers have continued to grow with games like Animal Crossing: New Horizon, selling […]
Games, dev-jams, streams, and the culture surrounding them allow people to connect through formative and compelling shared experiences. In fact, over the past two years of unprecedented isolation, video games and the gaming community have helped millions around the world to stave off loneliness and improve their mental health through collaboration, cooperation, and competition. Of […]
We often apply to jobs without putting a face to our application, however, at times we overlook the importance of networking. In the United States alone, 30-50% of the new hires are based on referrals from employees working at the company. In addition to this, people with referrals are four times more likely to land […]
Wendy Nason, Chemistry Graduate Student Original Research Proposal Abstract Few-layer black phosphorus (BPn) coupled to polyoxometalates (POMs) is proposed as an inexpensive and non-toxic electrode for batteries. In the first target, the stability of few-layers black phosphorus is addressed by passivation with polyviologens (PV). BPn degrades over time at ambient conditions. PV-BPn is a promising […]
Come and learn more about the Department of Computer Science at Clark and the major and minor programs offered in Computer Science. Declare your major/minor in Computer Science if you're planning to and haven't already - we've made it convenient for you by bringing it all in one space - Sackler 121. Explore what you […]
Kelley Shortsleeves Scientist II, Early Research Chemistry Relay Therapeutics, Inc. Cambridge MA Kelley Shortsleeves From Classroom to Workforce: A Former Clarkie’s Perspective Leaving the comfort of academia and entering the rapidly-changing, yet exciting world of Biotech can be daunting, but it doesn’t need to be! Understanding the structure of the industry, your role as […]
Technical interviews can be tricky and confusing but knowing how to approach any problem and simplifying it down can make even the most daunting questions seem doable with a little thought. That's why the Department of Computer Science will be hosting a Mock Interview Session to give students first-hand experience of what a technical interview […]
Samir K. Maji Ph.D. Professor Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering ITT Bombay, Powai Mumbai, India samirmaji@iitb.ac.in Samir K. Maji Ph.D. Liquid-liquid phase separation of proteins: implications in biology and disease One of the central questions in biology is how competing, and complex biochemical reactions/processes are organized inside the cell. Emerging evidence has shown that membrane-less […]
Seminars are held at 12:15 p.m. on Friday afternoons via Zoom. To be added to the seminar email list, please email chemistry@clarku.edu. We hope that all who are interested will join us. "10 Minute Talks" : Graduate Student Research Updates Wendy Nason & Pramod Mishra
