Stories
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Alum riding the rails with Millennial Trains Project in the name of social innovation, entrepreneurship
Sharing ideas, growing as leaders, helping others just a few of Harris Rollinger and 24 other millennials' goals for journey
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Alum leaves lucrative career to launch anti-poverty organization
“You’re gonna like the way you look.” George Zimmer, the gravel-voiced founder and CEO of Men’s Wearhouse, delivered the line in countless television commercials that touted his clothing stores, punctuating each ad with the promise, “I guarantee it.” Zimmer peddled suits, slacks, shirts and ties with the fervor of a guy selling Adam his first fig…
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State leader, alum Jay Ash aims to make Mass. more prosperous, yet compassionate
First, the view. Massachusetts Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Robert “Jay” Ash ’83 occupies the corner office on the 21st floor of Boston’s John W. McCormack Building. Panning from due west to southwest, his windows offer an unobstructed view of the Longfellow Bridge, the entirety of riverfront Cambridge and the Boston Common. The office…
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Elizabeth Warren urges return to a more just economy
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) stood before a packed house in Jefferson 320 Wednesday and recalled that the American economy once obeyed the adage “A rising tide lifts all boats.” No more. In recent times the wealthiest 1 percent have seen astounding increases in their fortunes while the rest of the population has experienced stagnation or worse,…
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Clark doctoral candidate: ‘It is difficult to be Muslim in America today’
I pushed my seven-month-old son, Malik, in his stroller with one hand while trying to fix my hijab (head covering) with the other. I was at the supermarket on a late Wednesday afternoon buying groceries. I couldn’t help but notice an older man fixated on me. He is staring at my headscarf. It feels heavy…
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After Coast Guard career, Clark grad student explores immigration issues
Since arriving at Clark University last fall to study international development and social change, Christopher Owens, M.A. ’17, has traveled to conduct research about refugees in two countries: Haiti and Jordan. In March, Owens headed to Port-au-Prince with Associate Professor Jude Fernando and five other graduate students to study the impacts of humanitarian and government…
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Clark student wins prestigious Boren Scholarship
Thomas Hutto '17 using funds to become proficient in Chinese language
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Program helps refugees bridge a world of difference
A low hum of chatter fills the dining room of the Worcester Senior Center as Anita Fábos describes the findings of Shared Worlds, a research project exploring the relationships between the city’s native-born and foreign-born residents. But the voices buzzing throughout the room aren’t being rude — they are communicating. While Fábos speaks, five interpreters instantly translate…
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Freight Farms: Bounty in a box
Brad McNamara, M.B.A./ES&P '13, is uprooting the traditional food system