Clark News and Media Relations
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Enloe adds insights to PBS series on ‘Women, War and Peace’
Secretaries of State, leading activists also in final episode premiering Nov. 8 Cynthia Enloe, Research Professor at Clark University’s Department of International Development, Community, and Environment and Women’s and Gender Studies, will appear in the finale of the acclaimed, five-part PBS series, “Women, War & Peace.” The final episode, titled “War Redefined,” will premiere on Tuesday, Nov. 8. According to…
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HERO program student fellows present professional-level research
There are HEROs among us here at Clark University. They may not be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but they are developing remarkable powers in environmental research. For more than a decade, the Human-Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) program at Clark University has provided a unique undergraduate research experience, focusing on and spanning social,…
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Gurel Lecture on Education to focus on using data to boost achievement
Aimee Rogstad Guidera, executive director of the National Data Quality Campaign (DQC), will deliver Clark University’s 2011 Lee Gurel Lecture on Education, “From Dartboards to Dashboards: The Imperative of Using Data to Improve Student Achievement.” The lecture will take place at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 3, in Tilton Hall, 2nd floor of the Higgins University Center, 950…
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Clark art historian to deliver annual lecture at Smithsonian on Nov. 4
Kristina Wilson, associate professor of art history in the Visual & Performing Arts Department will deliver the annual Eldredge Prize lecture, at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium, 8th and G Streets NW, in Washington, D.C. * Update: To watch a video of Wilson’s lecture, click here. * Wilson…
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Logan Symposium explores dynamics, challenges of youth work
Students, youths, academic experts, officials and other community members came together at the Boys & Girls Club in Worcester on Oct. 20 and 21 to explore the dynamics and challenges of youth work, all participating in the Clark University 2011 Seymour N. Logan Symposium, “What is the Value of Youth Work?” Participants at the two-day interactive symposium…
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Clark among top 30 on Kiplinger’s ‘Best Values in Private Colleges’ list
Clark University is among the top 100 private institutions named as the nation’s Best Values in Private Colleges for 2011-2012 by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, a ranking of the schools that “combine outstanding education with economic value.” Clark stands at No. 28 on the “Best Values” list, which Kiplinger’s selects from data collected on more than 600 private institutions. Also…
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Annual Millennium Leadership conference slated for Nov. 4-6
Clark University will host the 9th Annual Millennium Leadership Conference, “Becoming Tomorrow’s Leaders,” from Friday, Nov. 4 through Sunday, Nov. 6, in the Higgins University Center. The conference features workshops and social events designed to strengthen the networking and leadership skills of college students who identify themselves as African descent, Latino/a, Asian or Native American…
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Lecture, conference to examine, compare post-genocide reparation
The Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University is sponsoring an interdisciplinary conference, “Beyond the Armenian Genocide: The Question of Restitution and Reparation in Comparative Review,” opening at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 27, with a public keynote address in Tilton Hall, Higgins University Center, 950 Main Street. Scholar and author John Torpey will present…
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NSF awards $270K to support research on global markets, R&D
Professor Yuko Aoyama of Clark University’s Graduate School of Geography has received an award from the National Science Foundation for her research, The Global Shift in R&D Alliances: MNEs & the Quest for the BOP markets. The award comprises $269,999 over three years. The research will examine how multinational enterprises (MNEs) are devising new ways to access market…
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Environmental scientist garners NSF grant for Smart Grid research
Jennie Stephens, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Policy in the Department of International Development, Community and Environment, was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (Science, Technology and Society Program) grant of $166,750 for her research on “Smart Grid: An Analysis of How Socio-Political Contexts Shape Energy Technology Development and Policy.” This award is part of a collaboration…