Clark News and Media Relations
-
Shakespeare’s Siren
JACQUELYN BESSELL, M.A. ’94, PH.D. ’96, CHAMPIONS THE BARD ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC
-
Turning High Risk into Great Art
When theater audiences settle into their seats for a Company One production, they can expect something raw and risky and just this side of impossible. Summer L. Williams ’01, M.A.Ed. ’02, a co-founder of the award-winning Boston troupe, directs plays that lead audiences to the creative precipice and dares them to jump. With Clark friends and…
-
A Force for Change in a Time of Conflict
Andre-Guy Soh, M.A. ’05, has worked in some of the most dangerous places on the planet, from a combat outpost in Afghanistan to Congolese villages living under the threat of terrorist attack. Today, as a Peace and Stability Officer at USAID, Soh assists struggling communities to forge civic connections, improve infrastructure and cultivate peace in…
-
The ‘Wow! Wow!’ Factor
If you’re the parent of small children, names like Strawberry Shortcake, Wubbzy, and Foofa are probably part of your vocabulary. And if your child has embraced any of these characters as a new best friend, you might want to know about the apps by Cupcake Digital, brainchild of Brad Powers ’96, M.B.A. ’97. Powers, along…
-
Message from the Alumni Association President
Clark is an investment in our future My name is Leo Velasquez and this year I take over the Alumni Association president position from Shaké Sulikyan ‘01. For those of you who do not know me, I graduated from Clark University as part of the class of 1986 (to the younger alumni: yes, some of us got…
-
Clark U. welcomes nine tenure-track faculty
Clark University welcomes new tenure-track faculty members for the 2014-2015 academic year. David Correll, Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Management, graduated from Iowa State University with a Ph.D. in supply chain management and an M.S. in sustainable agriculture, as well as biorenewable fuels and technology. His research applies elements of operations research and…
-
Five new members join Board of Trustees
The Clark University Board of Trustees appointed four new members on July 1, and welcomed a familiar face back for another term. New members are Jason M. Barnett ’90 of Irvington, N.Y., Vickie H. Riccardo, P ’17, of Darien, Conn., and Wendi G. Trilling ’86 of Los Angeles, who were appointed to six-year terms, and…
-
U.S. News 2015 Best Colleges guide ranks Clark University 76; top 25 Best Value
The thirtieth edition of the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges guide recognizes Clark University’soutstanding academics and financial value. The 2015 ranking places Clark at No. 76 among National Universities and No. 25 on the list of Best Value Schools. Clark continues to make gains in several key areas, including retention and graduation rates as well as overall academic quality…
-
Mapping the Future
DAVID ANGEL CAN TICK OFF a slew of statistics demonstrating that Clark has made advancements as a college and university in the past decade. But as the veteran Clark professor and administrator takes on the biggest job of his life — the University’s presidency — he is also keenly aware that the school faces some significant challenges.…
-
Clark University biologist’s new research probes ‘gray area’ in science of fungal wood decay
Discoveries by a team of fungal researchers, led by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI and Clark University Professor of biology David S. Hibbett, were released today (June 23) in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The paper, titled “Extensive sampling of basidiomycete genomes demonstrates inadequacy of the white-rot/brown-rot paradigm…