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Play by Clark senior rises to finals in New York City contest

Rachael Segal’s ‘Moon Juice’ a finalist at Manhattan Rep
Clark welcomes new faculty for 2016-17 academic year

Clark University is pleased to welcome nine new faculty members for the 2016-2017 academic year. These scholars bring a wealth of knowledge to areas including biology, education, management and philosophy. Nathan Ahlgren Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology (starting Jan. 1, 2017) Assistant Professor, Biology (as of Sept. 1, 2017) Nathan Ahlgren is a microbial ecologist, and…
Psychology professor edits award-winning encyclopedia on LGBTQ studies

Abbie Goldberg, associate professor of psychology at Clark University, is the editor of a new three-volume The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies — the first reference work of its kind. The Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues, a division of the American Psychological Association (APA), has named the work its 2016 Distinguished Book. The award…
Grad student’s cruise director job launches her research on Arctic wildlife

Clark University graduate student Meghan Kelly’s summer job as a cruise director might bring to mind visions of island hopping, basking in the sun and relaxing poolside in a deck chair. In actuality, Kelly’s job with Heritage Expeditions, a New Zealand-based expedition travel company, takes her places far outside of a typical Caribbean cruise, to Antarctica,…
Clark student takes passion for international relations to work at the United Nations, Human Rights Watch

There are few places Dea Dodi ’17 likes to be more than in the United Nations building in New York. You could say she’s been working her way there since the tender age of 12 when she first asked her parents what the term “political science” meant. Fast forward nine years and Dodi, a political science and economics major at Clark,…
The Boston Globe: ‘In Worcester, Mandaeans seek their own temple’

Worcester, home to more than 35,000 immigrants, is embracing and supporting a 2,500-person Mandaean community seeking to deepen its ties to the city, according to a recent Boston Globe article. The article explains the group is without a proper temple or “mandi,” which must be located near running water, central to Mandaeans’ religious beliefs and important to keeping the community within…
Clark University reaches high with new building

Clark University President David Angel stood before the audience who had come together to celebrate the official opening of the Shaich Family Alumni and Student Engagement Center and helpfully offered his own headline for the event: “Reaching outward. Reaching upward.” Over the past year, the Clark community has watched a skeleton of interlocking girders evolve into…
Worcester Telegram & Gazette: ‘Clark celebrates opening new Alumni and Student Engagement Center’

President David Angel, members of the Board of Trustees and other Clark community members celebrated Thursday’s opening of the new Alumni and Student Engagement Center on Main Street. An article in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette chronicles the University’s first major construction project across the street from the main campus buildings. Here, an excerpt: “ ‘It says…
On research trip, professor explores rich history of LGBTQ life in Berlin

Robert Tobin, Henry J. Leir Chair in Language, Literature and Culture at Clark University, recently returned from several weeks in Berlin, where he started a new book project, researching the connection between human rights and sexuality. He also met two Clark students traveling to Europe as part of their undergraduate research, and he connected with…
Worcester honors 99-year-old Clark alum for decades of public service

Retired accountant Stanley Gutridge ’45 may be a numbers man, but he also has a way with words. “I’m the baby of my family,” says the 99-year-old with a laugh, “and the lone survivor.” Gutridge has seen a lot of life while helping others make the most of theirs, efforts that have not gone unnoticed.…