Clark News and Media Relations
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Clark University on One Wheel
Part of Shaun Holt’s ’13 “Hidden Talents” series, a first-year Clark student talks about riding his unicycle around campus. WATCH VIDEO
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Worcester an Innovation Center in $2.6M arts-STEM learning grant
Worcester is one of three cities selected to share a National Science Foundation (NSF) award of $2,654,895 for the Art of Science Learning Phase 2 grant titled “Integrating Informal STEM and Arts-Based Learning to Foster Innovation.” Over the next four years, this NSF grant will fund arts-based incubators for innovation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)…
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Episode 1: Clark University (Meet the Students)
Home to 2,000+ students, Clark University has no shortage of talented, intelligent students. Today the focus is on two. Grace Zhang. A student who has an interest in psychology and other sciences, but also takes part in the Karate club. And Matt Friedberg. A student who has love for music and it’s creation. These two…
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Clark community celebrates: ‘We finally have the campus we wanted’
Block Party heralds Downing St. transformation September 14 was a day of celebration at Clark, as students, faculty, staff and friends joined President David Angel at a Block Party to officially recognize the transformation of Downing Street into a pedestrian plaza as well as other notable campus improvements. President Angel told the gathering that discussions…
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Johnston receives grant for research that will help protect Northeast coastal communities
Clark University Professor of Economics Robert Johnston, director of the George Perkins Marsh Institute, was recently awarded a $199,947 grant from the Northeast Sea Grant Consortium for his project titled “Climate change adaptation and ecosystem service resilience in Northeast coastal communities.” The grant will support his research on the vulnerability of Northeast coastal communities to hazards from a changing climate…
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Political Science students hear guest lecture by ex-Gov. Dukakis
Michael Dukakis, former Governor of Massachusetts and 1988 Democratic presidential nominee, offered his insider’s perspectives to a group of Clark students on Sept. 17 during a frank discussion about life in public office, his own and current election strategies – both winning and losing – some recent political history, and today’s political climate. Dukakis discussed…
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Difficult Dialogues Symposium to feature cultural historian, Sept. 17
Fall events, lectures to focus on death, extinction, renewal
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Clark University rises in U.S. News & World Report college rankings
Clark University is again recognized in U.S. News & World Report’s 2013 edition of Best Colleges. The just-released issue recognizes Clark’s outstanding academics and financial value, placing Clark at No. 83 among national universities and No. 28 on the list of “Great Schools at Great Prices.” Clark placed at No. 94 in last year’s rankings. “We are pleased that Clark…
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GSOM’s O’Brien greens businesses from Worcester to Vietnam
Will O’Brien may have the campus’s best answer to the age-old question: How did you spend your summer vacation? O’Brien, visiting lecturer at the Clark University, Graduate School of Management, devoted two weeks in June to lecture about sustainability practices to 40 M.B.A. students at Vietnam National University in Hanoi. The overseas trip also afforded O’Brien…
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Sunday Monday Carbonday
Clark University environmental science & policy master’s candidate ’14, Sundar Layalu, created this video about sustainability from a Nepalese perspective.