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Conversations to challenge your mind with people who are changing our world. Produced on Clark University's campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Clark University hosts Challenge. Change., a news show with 125 episodes published.
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 University of Chica
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 and so much packagin
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 government chooses remote loc
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 international security and confl
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 liquid fuel rocket on
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 career. Experiential lea
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 in life. To help reach
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 Wink and Stanton, was o
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 to examine AI's impac
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 Professor Jon Denton-Schneid
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 the last 10,000 years
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 heartbeat — that cli
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, came to Clark all the
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, came to Clark all the
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 the Abdul Latif Jame
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 can be a legal tool
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 people's fascination with po
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 systems has given Bes
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 with their heads buried
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 Higgins Institute for
Michael Butler
chair of Political Science Department, professor of international relations · Bangor Business School
1 appearance on this show
Matt Goldman
Emmy Award-winning TV Writer and novelist · American Paranormal Research Association
1 appearance on this show
Michael Miller
justice-oriented theological consultant · Virginia Oncology Associates
1 appearance on this show
Ari Shapiro
NPR journalist · NPR
1 appearance on this show
Esther Duflo
Nobel Prize-winning economist and Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1 appearance on this show
Sarah Gallagher
Professor of astronomy, Director of The Space Institute at Ontario's Western University, Science Advisor to the president of the Canadian Space Agency · The Space Institute
1 appearance on this show
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