ClarkNews
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Sustainability Hub will bring new energy to Clark neighborhood
The empty storefront at 912 Main St. was once a restaurant called Scarlet O’Hara’s that was gone with the wind years ago. The 2,200-square-foot space will have new life this fall, when National Grid opens the Sustainability Hub, which will offer innovative energy solutions through hands-on demonstrations of “smart” meters, interactive displays on smart grid…
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International conference on sustainable consumption, at Clark June 12-14
Leading researchers and practitioners in multiple dimensions of consumerism and well-being sociologic, economic, technologic, cultural, and political to examine the real meanings of prosperity
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Clark Alumni Association selects Arlington teacher for OSEA
The Clark University Alumni Association recently presented Marie T. Raduazzo, of Arlington, with the Outstanding Secondary Educator Award (OSEA). The award recognizes a secondary school teacher for the critical role they play in preparing students for higher education. The OSEA is recognized at Honors Convocation, just prior to Commencement, every year. Clark’s Commencement was held on Sunday,…
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Cheryle St. Onge ’83 sees the big picture through her photographs
When she studies a smattering of seeds in her palm, or observes a series of waves crashing on the Maine coast, Cheryle St. Onge ’83 sees more than the byproduct of natural forces — she sees art. And with the click of a shutter, she makes art. St. Onge employs an 8 x 10 view camera,…
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Clark professor studies glacier contributions to sea level rise
Ninety-nine percent of all of Earth’s land ice is locked up in the massive Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. However, according to a new study led by Alex Gardner, assistant professor in the Clark University Graduate School of Geography, “the world’s other land ice stored in glaciers—humble repositories of the remaining 1 percent of land ice—contributed…
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Clark University students hold Walk for Marathon victims, raise more than $500 for the One Fund
On Sunday, April 28, a “Last Mile” walk was held around The Green at Clark University as a fundraiser for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. The Walk allowed participants to symbolically finish the marathon’s last mile for all the runners who not able to do so. Approximately 30 students, faculty, and family members…
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Clark University professor receives $700K grant from NIMH to study postpartum depression issues
Abbie E. Goldberg, associate professor in The Department of Psychology at Clark University, received $718,770 from the National Institute of Mental Health for her three-and-a-half year project, “Mental health in the postpartum period among visible and invisible sexual minority women: A U.S.-Canada study.” Goldberg will serve as principal investigator and will work with Lori E. Ross, associate professor in the Department…
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Clark Poll: Parents welcome emerging adults back to the nest
Parents of 18- to 29-year-old emerging adults feel so positive about their relationships with their children that they welcome them back home, according to a new 2013 Clark University Poll of Parents of Emerging Adults, which has become the definitive national survey of this demographic group. In contrast to the popular perception that parents don’t…
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Anton, Steinbrecher alumni share experiences at April 24 panel
When he was a student at Clark University, Dr. Harrison Mackler ’07 was awarded a Steinbrecher Fellowship to experiment with synthetic alternatives to grafts for the repair of bone damaged by injury or disease. On April 24, Mackler was delighted to report to an audience in Dana Commons that the knowledge accrued from that Steinbrecher…
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Outstanding alumni to be honored at Reunion Weekend, May 16-19
Allen Glick ’63 will be presented with the Distinguished Service Award, and Richard Boucher ’03, M.B.A. ’04, and Anthony Colon ’03, M.P.A. ’04, will jointly receive the Young Alumni Award at the May 17 Friday Night Dinner at Clark University’s Reunion Weekend. Jeffrey Lurie ’73, owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, will deliver the keynote address. Dr. Lee…