Historical Timeline
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2000 Richard P. Traina retires after 16 years as president of Clark University.
Geographer Susan Hanson becomes the first woman geographer ever elected to the National Academy of Sciences and is also elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Hanson received the National Geographic Society's Van Cleef Medal for outstanding work in urban geography in November 1999.
2001 John E. Bassett, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Case Western Reserve University, is inaugurated as the eighth president of Clark University.
2002 The opening of the Traina Center for the Arts was celebrated with a week of special events in October.
2003 The Thomas ’62 and Joan ’60 Dolan Field House opened in May with a special event during Reunion Weekend. The project also involved the reconfiguration and renovation of the athletic fields and the Corash Tennis Courts.
The first class of students from the University Park Campus School graduated. The school is a result of an innovative collaboration between Clark and the Worcester Public Schools.
2005 The Cathy '83 and Marc '81 Lasry Center for Bioscience opens in January. The new 50,000 square-foot building includes:
- research laboratories to support science faculty in their research with undergraduates and graduate students
- Flexible teaching laboratories to accommodate a variety of instructional approaches
- Laboratory support to allow significant shared equipment
- Classroom and seminar rooms that incorporate technology
- Offices near the laboratories to promote collaboration and collegiality
Changing the World: Clark University’s Pioneering People, 1887-2000, by former Clark president Richard P. Traina, is published.
2007 Blackstone Hall, a Silver LEED certified, apartment-style residence hall, opens.
2009 Academic Commons at Goddard Library opens in January 2009. Extensive renovations of the University's main Robert H. Goddard Library have created a cutting-edge facility offering centralized academic and research support services for the entire campus community. The Academic Commons project included redesign of existing space and the addition of 11,000 square feet achieved by enclosing the plaza level.