Stories

  • Telegram & Gazette: ‘Working Cities Worcester wins $475,000 fed grant’

    Worcester has won $475,000 from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in the second round of the Working Cities Challenge, according to the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Clark University is a partner in the initiative “focused on building collaborative leadership, which is shown to be a critical element in economic growth for struggling postindustrial cities,” the…

  • Ingrid Busson-Hall ’96 takes over as Alumni Association president

    Ingrid Busson-Hall ’96 takes over as Alumni Association president

    The mission of the Clark University Alumni Association Board is to motivate, inform and engage Clark’s 30,000-plus alums to collaborate with current students, faculty and administration staff to ensure a thriving University community. The Board is composed of members who serve with passion. Leo Velasquez ’86, who works as a vice president for IT Automation…

  • New crop of ‘HERO’ researchers to help protect Worcester’s trees

    New crop of ‘HERO’ researchers to help protect Worcester’s trees

    Five Clark University undergraduates recently joined a fight against a common enemy of tree lovers in Worcester and beyond: the Asian long-horned beetle. Imported to the United States via infested wood pallets from China and Korea in the 1980s, the invasive pest was discovered to have killed trees in New York City in 1996 and…

  • ‘Here, I learned to value myself’

    ‘Here, I learned to value myself’

    An excerpt from 'A Path Appears' by Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

  • Antarctica or bust: Clark’s southernmost research

    Antarctica or bust: Clark’s southernmost research

    For almost a century, Clark scientists have traveled to the frozen continent to understand its impact

  • 7 Continents, 1 Summer

    7 Continents, 1 Summer

    In this series, we explore how Clarkies are making their mark on the world this summer

  • Fewer college grads emerging from parents’ homes, study says

    Fewer college grads emerging from parents’ homes, study says

    You’ve graduated from college, you’re ready to take on the world and, according to new research, you may be doing so from your old bedroom at your parents’ house. A Pew Research Center analysis of 2014 U.S. Census Bureau data released last week found people ages 18 to 34 were more likely to be living in a parent’s…

  • Clark is more than a motto, Gavor tells reunion audience

    Clark is more than a motto, Gavor tells reunion audience

    When she was considering Clark, Delight Gavor ’16 was skeptical that the University could live up to its motto, “Challenge Convention. Change Our World.” But her father wasn’t. “He said, ‘This is the place you should go,’” Gavor told the audience in her featured address at the May 20 Friday Night Dinner, a cornerstone of Reunion…

  • Trump’s bravado reminds professor of Putin’s tough talk

    Trump’s bravado reminds professor of Putin’s tough talk

    At least Donald Trump isn’t going shirtless … yet. But as The Boston Herald recently noted, “his mantra to ‘Make America Great Again’ steals a page from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s political playbook.” The newspaper turned to a Putin expert, Valerie Sperling, chair and professor of political science at Clark University, to comment on the bravado of the two politicians.…