Clark News and Media Relations Archives

Clark News and Media Relations

Worcester Telegram & Gazette: ‘Clark celebrates opening new Alumni and Student Engagement Center’

President David Angel, members of the Board of Trustees and other Clark community members celebrated Thursday’s opening of the new Alumni and Student Engagement Center on Main Street. An article in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette chronicles the University’s first major construction project across the street from the main campus buildings. Here, an excerpt: “ ‘It says…
On research trip, professor explores rich history of LGBTQ life in Berlin

Robert Tobin, Henry J. Leir Chair in Language, Literature and Culture at Clark University, recently returned from several weeks in Berlin, where he started a new book project, researching the connection between human rights and sexuality. He also met two Clark students traveling to Europe as part of their undergraduate research, and he connected with…
Clark doctoral candidate: ‘It is difficult to be Muslim in America today’

I pushed my seven-month-old son, Malik, in his stroller with one hand while trying to fix my hijab (head covering) with the other. I was at the supermarket on a late Wednesday afternoon buying groceries. I couldn’t help but notice an older man fixated on me. He is staring at my headscarf. It feels heavy…
Worcester Business Journal Online: ‘From Skyscope’s founding to acquisition, an entrepreneurial oral history’

Sam Shepler ’11, M.S.P.C. ’12, Gabe Gerzon ’11, M.S.P.C. ’12, and Alex Dunn ’11, M.B.A. ’12 talk to the Worcester Business Journal Online about the founding of their media production company Skyscope in 2012 — and the company’s recent acquisition by Matter Communication of Boston. Below, an excerpt: “DUNN: We realized that the tech market worked really well…
Clark student wins prestigious Boren Scholarship

Thomas Hutto '17 using funds to become proficient in Chinese language
How well do new immigrants navigate the first year of high school?

Professor lands national fellowship to study academic literacy of newly arrived English language learners in Worcester
Red beanies, good friends and the shadow of war

Albert B. Southwick '41, M.A. '49, reflects on life at Clark 75 years ago
Worcester Telegram & Gazette: Clark University area to get $2.3M in streetscape improvement project’

Clark University’s area of Main Street is set for an upgrade. A $2.3 million streetscape improvement project — which includes bike lanes, enhanced pedestrian crossings and improved traffic signaling, according to a recent article in Worcester Telegram & Gazette — will revamp the section of road between Beaver and Woodland streets. Work is expected to begin in summer 2017. Here, an excerpt:…
Clark’s marquee name, nation’s oldest person Goldie Michelson, 113, dies

When asked about her longevity in 2012, Goldie Michelson, M.A. ’36, then 110, told CLARK alumni magazine, “It never occurred to me that I would live this long. I just went on, and I’ve loved it.” Michelson, the oldest person in the United States, passed away last Friday, just one month shy of her 114th birthday. She…
Forbes names Clark a ‘top college’ with strong ROI for grads

Clark University appears in Forbes’ annual guide to America’s Top Colleges, ranked at no. 188 on the list of 660 schools recognized for “quality of teaching, great career prospects, high graduation rates and low debt levels.” Besides the overall ranking, Clark is listed at No. 86 in Research Universities, No. 83 in the Northeast, and No. 141 among Private Colleges. In…