Stories
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At NASA, Clark University library archivist shares insights on Goddard
Mott Linn, head of collection management at Clark University’s Robert H. Goddard Library, recently delivered a keynote talk on the “Father of Modern Rocketry” to an audience deeply attuned to the results of the late physicist’s groundbreaking research: NASA historians and archival employees. Linn spoke at the annual NASA History Program Review at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)…
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Clark psychology researchers receive prestigious NCAA grant
Post-doc student Katie Lowe and Prof. Jeffrey Arnett help lead project promoting positive ‘sport parenting’ in college athletics
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Humanitarian Catalina Escobar ’93 urges grads: ‘be brave, be bold’
Clark University awards degrees in 112th Commencement exercise; Escobar to graduates: 'You are graduating with a remarkable set of tools to stand up for what's right'
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Clark professor comments to Marketplace on Labor Department’s updated overtime rules
Who doesn’t love getting a raise? Thanks to new Labor Department rules, 4.2 million more Americans can soon expect a bump in pay — or some additional free time. When it takes effect on Dec. 1, the Overtime Rule will make salaried white-collar workers who earn less than $47,476 a year (or $913 a week) eligible for…
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Endowed fund honors the life and legacy of Sam Begner ’98
The late Sam Begner ’98 loved being the editor in chief of The Scarlet. It was a thrill to publish the newspaper serving the Clark University community, and to perpetuate a journalism legacy dating back to the 1926 creation of The Clark News. What Sam loved above all else was getting at the truth. And he proved…
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Ross’ work highlights experience, ‘sixth sense’ of youth workers
Worcester City Councilor Khrystian King knows teen violence firsthand. By the time he was in his 20s, he had lost three friends to gun violence and served as a pallbearer at two of their funerals. Since then, he has worked to better the lives of youth and families, as a mentor, social worker and the first black…
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Gavor to speak at Reunion dinner; McCann, Cohen will be honored
A soon-to-be Clark University alumna will be the featured speaker at the May 20 Friday Night Dinner, one of the highlights of Reunion Weekend. Delight Gavor ’16 is a Global Scholar, psychology major and double minor in management and entrepreneurship. In her first year at Clark, she co-founded Dormboard, an attachable bedside desk for students that is…
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NOAA Fellows heading to summer research projects in Hawaii, Calif., Md.
Faye Harwell ’15, MS’16, has some words of advice for Clark University’s three Marsh-Mosakowski National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fellows this summer: You never know how you’ll end up using the invaluable experience gained through a research project for NOAA. Take larval samples. Harwell encountered plenty of aquatic larval species during the summer of…
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A lesson in politics
Clark students debate immigration reform during U.S. Senate simulation at Edward M. Kennedy Institute