Clark News and Media Relations
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Journalism: Ron Walter ’71, Chemistry Major
Ron Walter ’71, President and General Manager of WREG-TV News Channel 3 in Memphis, TN talks about what led him from chemistry to a career in journalism.
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Clark receives $329,000 NSF grant to extend REU Site designation, fund HERO program into 2015
Clark University 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 (HERO).” This grant extends Clark’s designation as a national Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site. REU Sites…
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Clark Recycling Partnership
Learn about a Clark fifth-year master’s in education student and her work launching a joint recycling program between Clark University and Woodland Academy.(Video by Mae Beerman ’14) Read more about the project.
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Clark New Play Festival
Hear from one undergraduate playwright about Clark University’s New Play Festival. (Video by Mae Beerman ’14).
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Westing: A Documentary
LEEP Pioneer and screen studies major Alison Mayer ’13 shot a road-trip documentary that addresses issues about American identity and the myth of the West. Alison’s research addresses the following questions: In an increasingly globalized and visibly multicultural world, how do Americans reinvent the myth of the West to work with—rather than against—other nations? How do Americans find…
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Science: Bonnie Richter ’75, Biology Major
Bonnie Richter ’75, Senior Epidemiologist in the Office of Health and Safety at U.S. Department of Energy, talks about her career path and the impact Clark made on her professional life.
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Business: Bjoern Weidlich ’10, M.B.A. ’11, Economics Major
Analyst at NewOak Capital, New York Bjoern Weidlich moved to New York last May to be an unpaid intern at a boutique investment bank. With no proof of income he was forced to prepay six months’ worth of rent, leaving him with $100 to his name. It was a relatively inauspicious beginning to a career…
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‘Bollywood Loves Shakespeare’ paper wins prize at conference
Four Clark University undergraduates presented papers at the Eleventh Annual Undergraduate Shakespeare Conference, held Saturday, April 21, at Assumption College. The conference theme was “Recycling Shakespeare,” and the day concluded with an afternoon session of student performances and scene work at the Hanover Center for the Performing Arts in Worcester. Divya Sasidharan ’14 won one…
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First-year shares environmental vision at Clinton Global Initiative
Clark first-year student Rebecca R. Liebman was selected to attend the highly prestigious Clinton Global Initiative University, held March 30 to April 1 at George Washington University, in Washington, DC. The annual CGIU event, founded by President Bill Clinton, draws students, national youth organizations, experts and celebrities from all over the world to discuss significant global issues. CGIU…
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Higher education leader to speak at Clark Commencement on May 20
Clark University will hold its 108th Commencement on Sunday, May 20, on the Jefferson Academic Center Green, rain or shine. The procession from Kneller Athletic Center begins at 1:15 p.m. and the ceremony starts at 1:30 p.m. The commencement speaker will be Carol Geary Schneider, the president of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U).…