Upcoming Events

Albert, Norma and Howard '77 Geller Endowed Lecture

This year's Albert, Norma and Howard '77 Geller Endowed Lecture, titled "From Earth Transformed to Sustainability Science", is in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of The Earth Transformed by Human Action Symposium. William C. Clark will lecture, with discussion by B.L. Turner II and Robert W. Kates. The lecture will take place on April 2nd at 4:00 pm in the University Center (Tilton Hall). This event is co-sponsored by the George Perkins Marsh Institute, the Graduate School of Geography and the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise.

Also associated with the event are two public panel discussions to be held earlier on the same day:

Panel 1 Discussion: 12:45-2:00 pm
Global Change and Adaptation (Lurie Conference Room)
Karen Frey, Ron Eastman, Colin Polsky (Moderator: Tony Bebbington)

Panel 2 Discussion: 2:15-3:30 pm
Social Transitions and Global Change (Lurie Conference Room)
Jennie Stephens, Timothy Downs, James Murphy (Moderator: Robert Johnston)

Please contact the Institute Director, Robert J. Johnston, for additional details.

Fields, Factories, and Workshops:
Green Economic Development on the Smaller-Metro Scale

Historian and journalist Catherine Tumber traveled to 25 cities in the Northeast and Midwest to research her book Small, Gritty, and Green: The Promise of America’s Smaller Industrial Cities in a Low-Carbon World (MIT Press, 2012). In this lecture, she will discuss strategies for developing a productive green economy in the era of climate change, and invite conversation about Worcester’s efforts to meet the challenge.

Tumber spent most of her life in Upstate New York, and now lives in Boston. She is currently a visiting scholar with Northeastern University’s School of Public Planning and Urban Affairs, and a fellow with MassINC’s Gateway Cities Innovation Institute.

Thursday, February 28
University Center, Tilton Hall
4:00 p.m.

Book signing following lecture
Free and open to the public

NOAA Internships: Sponsored by Mosakowski and Marsh Institutes

The Mosakowski and Marsh Institutes are launching a new summer internship program for undergraduates at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The NOAA Internships will place Clark students in exciting, hands-on projects at locations around the United States.

Students from a wide range of majors will have the chance to learn from working scientists and policy experts at one of America's leading public scientific institutions. The interns will also be mentored by Clark faculty to maximize the connections between their internship experiences and their academic programs.

5 students have been selected for the program, which awards summer research stipends of $4000 per student. For more information about Clark's NOAA Internship Program, contact Prof. Robert Johnston, Director of the George Perkins Marsh Institute, at rjohnston@clarku.edu or 508 751-4619 or Jim Gomes, Director of the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise, at jgomes@clarku.edu or 508 421-3872.