Clark News and Media Relations Archives

Clark News and Media Relations

Telegram & Gazette: ‘After beetles and bulldozers, new urban forest emerges in Holden’

Five student researchers in Clark University’s Human-Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) program are checking the health of trees replanted by the Worcester Tree Initiative in Worcester, Holden and other towns after the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) invasion, the Worcester Telegram and Gazette reports. Meanwhile, John Rogan, associate professor of geography at Clark, told the newspaper some surprising news…
The Huffington Post: ‘If Trump is winning, why aren’t congressional Republicans losing primaries?’

A Huffington Post writer asked this question in a headline Wednesday: “If Trump is winning, why aren’t congressional Republicans losing primaries?” His post sought to answer the question and drew upon the expertise of Robert Boatright, associate professor of political science, to help with that. Here, an excerpt: “But isn’t it surprising if no true GOP challenger…
Telegram & Gazette: ‘ ‘Treasure trove’: Clark institute updates data on Gateway City economies’

The Worcester Telegram & Gazette featured the release of data profiles for 27 Gateway Cities — “the smaller cities scattered across Massachusetts where residents’ income and educational achievements fall below state benchmarks”— by Clark University’s Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise. Here is an excerpt: “The state’s smaller cities are getting more attention, thanks to an initiative of Clark…
Telegram & Gazette: ‘Working Cities Worcester wins $475,000 fed grant’

Worcester has won $475,000 from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in the second round of the Working Cities Challenge, according to the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Clark University is a partner in the initiative “focused on building collaborative leadership, which is shown to be a critical element in economic growth for struggling postindustrial cities,” the…
Ingrid Busson-Hall ’96 takes over as Alumni Association president

The mission of the Clark University Alumni Association Board is to motivate, inform and engage Clark’s 30,000-plus alums to collaborate with current students, faculty and administration staff to ensure a thriving University community. The Board is composed of members who serve with passion. Leo Velasquez ’86, who works as a vice president for IT Automation…
‘Here, I learned to value myself’

An excerpt from 'A Path Appears' by Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Clark psychology researchers receive prestigious NCAA grant

Post-doc student Katie Lowe and Prof. Jeffrey Arnett help lead project promoting positive ‘sport parenting’ in college athletics
Humanitarian Catalina Escobar ’93 urges grads: ‘be brave, be bold’

Clark University awards degrees in 112th Commencement exercise; Escobar to graduates: 'You are graduating with a remarkable set of tools to stand up for what's right'
Clark professor comments to Marketplace on Labor Department’s updated overtime rules

Who doesn’t love getting a raise? Thanks to new Labor Department rules, 4.2 million more Americans can soon expect a bump in pay — or some additional free time. When it takes effect on Dec. 1, the Overtime Rule will make salaried white-collar workers who earn less than $47,476 a year (or $913 a week) eligible for…
Endowed fund honors the life and legacy of Sam Begner ’98

The late Sam Begner ’98 loved being the editor in chief of The Scarlet. It was a thrill to publish the newspaper serving the Clark University community, and to perpetuate a journalism legacy dating back to the 1926 creation of The Clark News. What Sam loved above all else was getting at the truth. And he proved…