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Clark student’s research takes on challenge of urban inequity
The benefits of economic prosperity and growth are often unevenly distributed. How, for example, in a thriving city like San Francisco, can some of its citizens be so wealthy, while others struggle to maintain a decent standard of living? Clark University student Crystal Tang ’19, who has lived in the Bay Area much of her…
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Lucyna Kogut molds her medical future
Lucyna Kogut ’18 chose Clark University because “I knew I wanted to be surrounded by people who were passionate about something. It didn’t matter what it was.” In her first semester here, however, she hadn’t yet identified her passion — and especially never thought it would be science. “I wasn’t sure what I wanted to…
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Working with Holocaust survivor, Clark student helps cast light on Auschwitz medical horrors
Casey Bush ’19 preserves memories of Eva Kor and others who survived Dr. Josef Mengele, 'The Angel of Death'
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Passion for public health leads Clark student to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
From Worcester to Washington: Keegan Daugherty ’19 interns with ClarkCONNECT Health Co-chair Miranda Katsoyannis ’78
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Adam Katzman earns his political stripes at The Blue Lab
Adam Katzman ’18 came to Clark University with a passion for American government and politics. After three years with the Student Council, internships with a state representative and a congresswoman, and a fellowship with a Boston-based political campaign incubator, he’s in the thick of it. Katzman spent the summer as a fellow for The Blue Lab,…
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Student marketing project grabs the Bull (Mansion) by the horns
Emma Deneault ’18 knows her way around a pitch, but the economics major stepped outside the lines for a LEEP Project as a marketing and social media specialist at Bull Mansion – a new Worcester restaurant co-owned by alumna Victoria Mariano ’08. “To say that a marketing position is out of my comfort zone would be an understatement,” says Deneault, who’s…
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Clark intern joins fight against HIV/AIDS discrimination
With a high-paying summer internship at a prominent labor law firm in hand, but not in heart, Alexander Grayson ’18 searched for an opportunity to combine two passions: legal advocacy and public health. He discovered AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, a nonprofit, public-interest law firm providing free legal assistance to people living with HIV and…
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From a cappella to Capitella, Jenna Libera composes a college life of song, science and collaboration
As musical director of Clark University’s all-female a cappella group the Counterpoints, Jenna Libera ’18, has created arrangements that melodiously blend soprano and alto voices. In her academic work, she likewise has skillfully harmonized double majors in biology and psychology to pursue her interest in neuroscience. Since arriving at Clark in 2014, Libera has completed two…
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Honors thesis reveals Vietnam War’s hidden history
As a history major at Clark University, Emily Langley ’17 became interested in studying the roles of the American and Vietnamese women who served during the Vietnam War. One thing was missing, however: primary source material about the Vietnamese women who served. So Langley took matters into her own hands. “When the opportunity to study abroad came…
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Student filmmaker to intern at Ken Burns studio
Leah Bodin '18 credits LEEP project experience with helping land Florentine Films internship