ClarkNews
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Alumna ‘Bachelorette’ talks to student fans about Clark, celebrity
Clark University alumna Ali Fedotowsky visited campus on Sept. 7, invited by students to talk about her experiences as the recent star of the ABC-TV “The Bachelorette” reality show. She also introduced her fiancé Roberto Martinez to a crowd of about 200 students in Tilton Hall. Fedotowsky talked about her experiences at Clark after transferring…
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$451K grant backs Clark Labs’ work with Google.org land-cover analysis
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded a grant of $451,000 to Clark Labs in support of their current work with Google.org in the development of on-line tools for REDD projects. REDD, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, is a climate change mitigation strategy that offers developing countries incentives to reduce forest carbon emissions.…
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Clark physicist’s green cooling tech startup gets $1M stimulus grant
Jeffrey A. Simon, director of the Massachusetts Recovery & Reinvestment Office, came to Clark University with a small entourage on Monday (Aug. 30) to admire an innovative “green” technology under development by Professor Charles Agosta, of the Physics Department at Clark. Simon was also following the money—traveling the state at the behest of Gov. Deval Patrick to visit recipients…
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New provost at Clark: Davis Baird takes top academic position
Baird formally began work at the University on August 16. He was previously Dean of the South Carolina Honors College at the University of South Carolina, where he also held the Louise Fry Scudder Professorship in Philosophy. At Clark University, he will oversee all undergraduate and graduate academic programs, as well as student affairs, University research,…
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University fares well in latest college guidebooks, rankings
The fact that Clark is one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education is no secret; Clark’s quality speaks for itself. Still, it can be interesting each year to check out further recognition of the University’s strengths in some of the world’s premier college guides and rankings publications. In The Princeton Review college guidebook, “The Best 373…
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Communicating science is vital, workshop at Clark makes clear
The public’s increasing lack of understanding and growing distrust of science has become apparent to many, from members of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences to the casual talk-radio listener. Popular New York Times science writer Andrew Revkin recently wrote: “Specialized journalists now occupy a shrinking wedge of a fast-growing pie of light-speed media. This reality threatens…
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NYTimes Mag feature on Arnett’s research is talk of the nation
Professor of Psychology Jeffrey Jensen Arnett has struck a national chord with his studies on “emerging adulthood,” a term he’s coined to describe the phenomenon of young men and women delaying their commitment to careers and relationships. Arnett’s research was the subject of a cover story in Sunday’s The New York Times Magazine, which posed the question,…
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Clark in top 50 ‘Great Schools, Great Prices’ and listed among ‘Best Universities’ in U.S. News report
Clark University’s academic quality and financial value earned a No. 41 ranking among the top 50 schools named in the Great Schools, Great Prices category of the 2011 edition of America’s Best Colleges, released today (Aug. 17) by the U.S. News Media Group. Clark also is included among the Best National Universities, ranked 86th of 262…
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Scientists say federal nuclear waste panel must rebuild public trust
A renewed federal effort to fix the nation’s stalled nuclear waste program is focusing so much on technological issues that it fails to address the public mistrust and lack of credibility hampering storage and disposal efforts, say Clark University scientists in a policy forum paper published in the latest issue of the journal Science. In “Nuclear Waste:…
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Clark on Forbes ‘best colleges’ list
Clark University sits high in the top third of Forbes’ annual “America’s Best Colleges” report, occupying spot #161 among the 610 schools recognized this year. Forbes conducts its rankings with research from the Center for College Affordability & Productivity, and also presents results as offering a “student’s point of view.” In its Aug. 11 special report, Forbes writes, “Whether they’re in…