Challenge. Change.
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S9E7 Sounds of Clark University Commencement 2026
On this episode of Challenge. Change., relive the highlights of Commencement 2026, held on Monday, May 18, at the DCU Center in Worcester.Commencement speakers — including renowned astrophysicist and…
S9E6 Sustainable Beauty and Safe Products with Mia Davis '01, M.A. '03
Mia Davis '01, M.A. '03, remembers riding her bike to CVS as a kid to glance through the shampoos and conditioners available in the beauty aisles. Back then, she wondered why there were so many items…
S9E5 Detention Centers, Migration, and Isolation with Professors Asha Best and Emma Shaw Crane
On this episode of Challenge. Change., Clark University Professor Asha Best and Stanford University Professor Emma Shaw Crane discuss detention and migration in the United States and why the…
S9E4 Iran's Low Cost, High Reward Strategy with International Relations Professor Michael Butler
On this episode of Challenge. Change., Michael Butler, chair of Clark's Political Science Department and professor of international relations, analyzes the war in Iran through the lens of…
S9E3 Cataloging the Legacy of Robert and Esther Goddard with Katie Stebbins '10, Clark University's Digital Projects Librarian
Katie Stebbins ’10 of course became familiar with the name Robert Goddard during her time as a Clarkie — the University’s library is named after the physicist and alum who launched the world’s first…
S9E2 The Power of Experiential Learning with Dean of the College Laurie Ross
Laurie Ross '91, M.A. '95, dean of the college and professor of sustainability and social justice, remembers how important her study abroad experience in Costa Rica was in finding her passion and…
S9E1 Improving Youth Mental Health with Mosakowski Institute Director Nadia Ward and Ariel Rodriguez '26
Clark's Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise aims to create a world where all young people are supported in developing the social and emotional skills they need to be successful in school and…
S8E6 Blue Man Group, Creative Communities, and Making Your Idea Reality with Matt Goldman '83, MBA '84, and Laura Camien
When Matt Goldman '83, MBA '84, LHD '15, was a Clarkie, he had no idea that in a few years he'd co-found Blue Man Group with Chris Wink and Phil Stanton. Surrounding himself with good people, like…
S8E5 Does AI have a Mind? And Other Thoughts on AI and Communication with Psychology Professor Michael Miller
Clark Psychology Professor Michael Miller has a background in communication science, so as artificial intelligence like ChatGPT emerged and ballooned in popularity over the last few years, he wanted…
S8E4 Do Cash Transfers Have an Intergenerational Impact? with Economics Professor Jon Denton-Schneider
When governments end social programs like cash transfers to economically disadvantaged people, what is the impact on their children, their grandchildren, and beyond? It’s a question Economics…
S8E3 Addressing the Globe’s Polycrisis with Lou Leonard, Dean of Clark University’s School of Climate, Environment, and Society
The mission of Clark University's School of Climate, Environment, and Society can be summarized in one word, according to Lou Leonard, the school's D.J.A. Spencer Dean, and that word is impact. "For…
S8E2 Indulging Your Inner Child with Photographer and Professor Stephen DiRado
Photographer and Visual and Performing Arts Professor Stephen DiRado fell in love with cameras at age 12 and remains infatuated five decades later. "As a nervous kid, the camera had that same kind of…
S8E1 An Introvert's Clark Journey with Dean of Students Danielle Morgan Acosta
A two-time and first-gen Clark alum, Danielle Morgan Acosta '05, MAT '06, knows what it's like to arrive at college and feel overwhelmed by all the opportunities ahead. Acosta, the dean of students,…
S7E10 Highlights from Clark University's 121st Commencement
Clark's 121st Commencement Ceremonies on May 19, 2025, conferred 468 undergraduate degrees and 1,014 advanced degrees. NPR journalist Ari Shapiro and Esther Duflo, a Nobel Prize-winning economist and…
S7E9 How Maps can Erase or Unify with History Professor Nathan Braccio
History Professor Nathan Braccio is a scholar of Indigenous and colonial American history and has a special interest in maps."Like many other people, I have a fascination with maps," he says. "A map…
S7E8 Fungal Armageddon: Why We're Drawn to “The Last of Us” with Professors Betsy Huang, Ulm, and Javier Tabima Restrepo
With season two of HBO Max's "The Last of Us," based on the acclaimed video game franchise created by Naughty Dog, hitting screens this weekend, we asked Clark University professors to unpack…
S7E7 What Does Justice Look Like in Your City? With Geography Professor Asha Best
Geography Professor Asha Best has lived in a handful of cities across the U.S., Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and Atlanta among them. Experiencing each place’s unique culture, transportation, and education…
S7E6 Our Enduring Love and Hate of Twilight with Sarah Gallagher
In 2008, just as the film adaptation of "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer was about to hit theaters, Sarah Gallagher was a doctoral student in Boston and saw everyone walking down Commonwealth Avenue…
S7E5 Listening to a World of Sounds with Composer and Professor Matt Malsky
Most people aren't thinking about just how many sounds they encounter on an average day. But Professor Matt Malsky, the Tina Sweeney, M.A. '49, Endowed Chair in Music, director of the Alice Coonley…
S7E4 Studying Sea Level Rise through Maps and Poems with Professor Christina Gerhardt
Professor Christina Gerhardt, Clark's Henry J. Leir Endowed Chair in Foreign Languages and Cultures, Language, Literature & Culture, is an open water swimmer who typically lives near oceans and…
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