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Clark's vibrant intellectual environment is built upon three key = "signatures"=20 of a Clark education. Clark students " Learn = Through=20 Inquiry," " Make = a=20 Difference" and "Ex= perience=20 Diverse Cultures." These signatures permeate campus life in many = ways:=20 through courses, independent projects, internships and other learning=20 opportunities; through research and social action, both locally and = globally;=20 through interactions with the eclectic members of the Clark community = and=20 study-abroad experiences. All of these signatures are supported and = explored by=20 Clark's faculty and staff, who are just as eclectic and involved as = Clark=20 students.
Clark is a teaching and research institution founded in 1887 and was = the=20 first all-graduate institution in the United States. Clark claims many = firsts in=20 the exploration of intellectual frontiers. The University's first = president, G.=20 Stanley Hall, earned the first Ph.D. in psychology in this country at = Harvard.=20 He founded the American Psychological Association and was the first to = identify=20 adolescence as a separate stage of human development. In 1907 Clark = professor=20 A.A. Michelson received the Nobel Prize for physics, becoming the first = American=20 to win a Nobel Prize in the sciences. Clark alumnus and professor Robert Goddard = is=20 known as the father of the space age because of his development and = launch of=20 the first liquid-fueled rocket. And alumnus and arctic explorer Paul = Siple was=20 the first to develop and measure the wind-chill factor. Explore the = Clark Web=20 site to learn more about ideas that originated at Clark and how current = students=20 and faculty are challenging convention and changing our world.