While English Professor Dianne Berg analyzed true crime’s portrayal of mothers, sociology Professor Shelly Tenenbaum taught courses on global genocide in prison classrooms, leading ethical debates amongst her students. As Rabbi Joshua Franklin ’06, M.A. ’07, challenged his congregation to guess who wrote a sermon he delivered (answer: Chat GPT) and debated whether artificial intelligence can comprehend empathy, philosophy Professor Wiebke Deimling went to the movie theatre to see “Barbie” and unravel why a fictional doll was having “irrepressible thoughts of death.” It all happened in 2023. The Clark community has chronicled research, passions, and discoveries on Challenge. Change. On this episode, co-producers Melissa Hanson and Andrew Hart share clips of intriguing interviews recorded throughout the year.