Clark News and Media Relations
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Clark University geography alumna receives Esri Special Achievement in GIS Award
Clark University Graduate School of Geography alumna Safaa Karaki Aldwaik received the Esri Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award for her geographic information systems work with the City of Ramallah, Palestine. She received her award from Esri President Jack Dangermond during the Esri User Conference 2015 in San Diego, July 22. Aldwaik is the Director of…
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Clark first-year students watch, discuss ‘Man with a Movie Camera’
In a darkened theater inside Atwood Hall, Clark University’s newest students received an introduction to academic life during two screenings of the silent film “Man with a Movie Camera.” The 1929 work by Dziga Vertov was part of the orientation program called “Life of the Eye, Ear and Mind” and featured musical accompaniment by the renowned Alloy Orchestra.…
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Clark welcomes Class of 2019 on move-in day
A long flight from India later, Nishant Pandey stood in front of Atwood Hall on the Clark University campus, smiling about all that awaits him. “It feels good,” he said, not showing a bit of jet lag after arriving from New Delhi Wednesday, mere hours before Week One, campus move-in day and the 2015-2016 Clark University academic…
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Clark’s GSOM represented at White House forum on opportunities for women in business
Clark University’s Graduate School of Management (GSOM) was among 50 business schools nationwide represented at a forum on women in business hosted by The White House. The White House Working Families Business Schools Convening, organized by the Council on Women and Girls and the Council of Economic Advisers, explored ways business schools can collaborate with…
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Clark University bids farewell to European copper beech tree
Standing strong and proud for more than a century, the three European copper beech trees in Clark University’s Kresge Quadrangle in front of the Arthur M. Sackler Sciences Center now number only two. Crews braved a driving rain Tuesday to remove the diseased tree before it became a hazard. Biology Professor David Hibbett, PhD, chronicled…
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Clark University featured in Princeton Review’s ‘Best Colleges’ guide
Clark University has been recognized by the Princeton Review as one of the country’s best institutions for undergraduate education. Clark is included in the 24th annual edition of the annual college guide, “The Best 380 Colleges: 2016 Edition.” Only about 15 percent of America’s 2,500 four-year colleges, and four colleges outside the United States, are…
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Class of 2019 is Clark’s largest ever
Clark University will welcome its largest class in history to the Worcester campus this fall. “Thanks to the efforts of the entire Clark campus community and the dedicated work of our Admissions staff, Clark is enrolling the largest and academically strongest class in its recent history,” said Don Honeman, dean of admissions and financial aid.…
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Clark University appoints leading development expert to head IDCE
Clark University has appointed Professor Edward R. Carr as director of its Department of International Development, Community and Environment (IDCE). Professor Carr comes to Clark from the Department of Geography at the University of South Carolina, where he served as the associate director of the Walker Institute for International and Area Studies and director…
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Clark student wins 1st Place at national voice competition
Talk about starting the summer on a high note! Clark University student Jacqueline Savageau recently won First Place at the 2015 National Voice Competition, hosted by the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) in Greensboro, N.C., July 7. After submitting a video audition to the New England Regional Competition in February, Savageau placed 1st…
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Esteemed alumnus D’Army Bailey has passed away
To the Clark Community: With deep sadness, we share news of the death on Sunday of our friend and esteemed alumnus D’Army Bailey. Judge, civil rights activist — even actor — D’Army Bailey (’65/L.L.D. ’10/P ’00) was honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award at Reunion 2015, although he was not able to attend. “Judge D’Army…