ClarkNews
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Clark hosts Human-Animal Studies Fellowship Conference
Clark University is hosting the Animals and Society Institute’s 2010 Human-Animal Studies Fellowship Conference, under way since May 24 and featuring public presentations by 20 distinguished scholars from around the world, from June 28 through July 1. This is the fourth year of the six-week ASI program, which brings together animal-studies scholars for individual research focusing on a…
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NAS Fellow A. Bebbington to head renowned School of Geography
Esteemed scientist Anthony Bebbington will become director of Clark University’s acclaimed Graduate School of Geography, also assuming the title of Higgins Professor of Environment and Society. Bebbington was appointed in March 2009 to assume the position starting July 2010. In April 2009, Bebbington was elected as a member of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences (NAS), which is considered…
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Clark’s Melkonian Featured In Sports Illustrated
For the second time this year, a Clark University student-athlete will be featured in the world’s most prominent sports magazine. First-year, two-sport star Mel Melkonian (Worcester, Mass./Saint Peter Marian) will appear in the May 31 edition of Sports Illustrated’s famed “Faces In The Crowd” section, the magazine announced on Wednesday. The issue, which hit newsstands on May 27 and…
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Clark honors Conn. teacher as Outstanding Secondary Educator
The Clark University Alumni Association recognized Beth Regan, of Tolland, Conn., with this year’s Outstanding Secondary Educator Award (OSEA) on Sunday, May 23. The award recognizes secondary-school teachers for the critical role they play in preparing students for higher education. It is presented at Honors Convocation, just prior to Commencement every year. Clark senior Carolyn…
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Clark’s 105th Commencement: Grads urged to see with new eyes
Clark University celebrated its 105th Commencement on Sunday, May 23. Degrees were granted to 967 Clark graduates: 522 baccalaureate, 413 masters, and 32 doctoral. Richard F. Celeste, president of Colorado College, delivered the Commencement address, asking graduates to see with new eyes. In his address to the graduates, Celeste recalled a legally blind fellow Peace Corps volunteer, who had expressed to him that her experience, although difficult, had given her the “gift of new…
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Clark Guggenheim Fellow explores societies ‘struggling for beauty’
Thomas Kuehne, Clark University Professor of History and Strassler Family Chair in the Study of Holocaust History, was recently awarded a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in support of his proposed book-length essay, “Struggling for Beauty.” “Struggling for Beauty” will focus on the rise of “beauty” in modern world societies since the 18th-century Enlightenment,…
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Students take part in Campus Challenge, finish in top 10
A Clark University student team made it into the top ten among groups from more than 3,000 colleges and universities to take part in this year’s ONE Campus Challenge, a friendly competition to determine which university’s student body has the most effective poverty-fighting campaign. Siobhan Kelley ’12, a member of the team, explained that earned…
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President Bassett’s honorary degree makes history at WPI graduation
There will be more than the usual pomp and circumstance this graduation season for Clark University President Bassett, who received an honorary doctorate degree at Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s 142nd commencement exercises on May 15. The occasion marked the first-ever Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters bestowed in WPI’s history, conferred upon President Bassett “for his distinguished record of academic leadership and for the inspiring example he has set for all those who…
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$14.2M gift endows Adam Education Fund at Clark
Clark University President John Bassett today (April 29) announced the establishment of the Ruth and John Adam Education Fund, a gift of more than $14.2 million made to enhance Clark’s nationally recognized model for urban secondary education and reform, teacher-training and community education partnerships. The fund, resulting from the largest single gift in Clark history,…
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Professor Laurie Ross wins YWCA’s Erskine Award for Education
Clark Professor Laurie Ross has been awarded the The Katharine F. Erskine Award by the YWCA. This award recognizes women who have demonstrated leadership and reached exemplary levels of achievement in their professions and communities. Professor Ross is the recipient of the Erskine Award for Education. Ross, an Assistant Professor of Community Development and Planning…