Clark News and Media Relations
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Princeton Review recognizes Clark among ‘Best Colleges’ 2013 edition
Clark University has again been recognized by The Princeton Review as one of the country’s best institutions for undergraduate education. Clark is included in the education services company’s 2013 annual college guide, “The Best 377 Colleges,” released August 21. Only about 15 percent of America’s 2,500 four-year colleges and three colleges outside the United States…
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Fiske Guide to Colleges 2013 includes Clark University
The 2013 revised and updated Fiske Guide to Colleges includes Clark University among the list of “best and most interesting of the more than 2,200 four-year colleges in the United States.” The Fiske Guide is compiled by Edward B. Fiske, who served for 17 years as education editor of the New York Times. Now a leading…
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Study: 2000-04 extreme drought points toward dry ‘new normal’
Findings from a new scientific study indicate a major carbon release from extreme turn-of-the-century drought in the North American West – the worst of the last millennium – with hint of even drier times ahead. The study, titled “Reduction in carbon uptake during turn of the century drought in western North America” and published July…
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Steven Roberts ’74, Sociology and Economics Major
Entrepreneur Steven Roberts ’74, president and principal of The Roberts Companies, discusses the impact his Clark education has had on his career.
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Clark University professor’s new book examines the future of collective bargaining in America
The workplace has changed dramatically in the past decade; one could argue the pros and cons of such changes. Labor unions (with membership at an all-time low) have lost influence in the workplace and in the economy, and workers’ job and income security are declining. How has union influence evolved, and what types of bargaining…
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A-mazing fact: First-ever labyrinth for observing rats was created at Clark in 1900
Psychology researchers created maze to evaluate animal intelligence
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Downing St. on its way to renewed purpose as a pedestrian plaza
Summertime, and the living is … noisy. Those working on and around campus these warm days are getting used to the sounds of backhoes and jackhammers as crews transform Downing Street into a pedestrian plaza, and connect the Sanford and Johnson residence halls. The hydraulic song of construction is also being heard at the Kneller…
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Business: Barbara Dyer ’73, Fine Arts Major
Barbara Dyer ’73, President of the Hitachi Foundation and a member of Clark University’s Board of Trustees, talks about translating values into action at the Hitachi Foundation.
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Clark launches HERO research to study devastating beetle invasion
Clark has been awarded a three-year, $329,992 grant from the National Science Foundation for a new program titled, “REU Site: Mapping Beetles, Trees, Neighborhoods, and Policies: A Multi-Scaled, Urban Ecological Assessment of the Asian Longhorned Beetle Invasion in New England.” Speakers and participants came together to discuss the project’s implications for the region, applaud its…
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ICESCAPE scientists announce stunning discovery under Arctic ice
Discovery of phytoplankton mega-blooms beneath Arctic sea ice stuns scientists; Clark researcher co-authors report on the NASA ICESCAPE findings