{"id":1632,"date":"2024-12-30T15:27:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T20:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/?page_id=1632"},"modified":"2026-03-04T14:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T19:56:19","slug":"centers-and-institutes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/research\/centers-and-institutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Centers and institutes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"min-height:60vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1633\" alt=\"Professor Karen Frey conducts climate research on an expedition to the Arctic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/karen-frey-centers-hero.jpg\" style=\"object-position:58% 50%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"58% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/karen-frey-centers-hero.jpg 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wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45rem\">\n<p class=\"intro\">Clark\u2019s centers and institutes are incubators for research, creativity, and innovation, bringing together faculty and students to collaborate on projects across disciplines and connecting them with partners and funding opportunities outside of Clark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-988b637e wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/adam-institute\/\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"Clark education student interacting with students on the playground at Woodland Academy\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-sixteenbynine\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Woodland-Academy-Teachers-card.jpg\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-adam-institute-for-urban-teaching-and-school-practice\">Adam Institute for Urban Teaching and School Practice<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Developing, supporting, and understanding teaching that puts all students, especially those underprepared and underrepresented, on a path to college.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n\n\n    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"Artwork by artist and Clark professor Toby Sisson\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-sixteenbynine\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CGRAS-card.jpg\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-center-for-gender-race-and-area-studies\">Center for Gender, Race, and Area Studies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A community of students, scholars, and practitioners engaging in shared inquiry that strives for a just and equitable future.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n\n\n    <a\n  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class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/hiatt-center-urban-education\/\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"A student teacher works on a large educational sign with the word 'possibility partially visible.\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-sixteenbynine\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/hiatt-center-card.jpg\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-hiatt-center-for-urban-education\">Hiatt Center for Urban Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Youth, school- and community-based educators, and Clark academics and students engaging with each other in 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