The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs hosted a discussion Tuesday titled ‘The 2016 Presidential Election and the Hispanic Vote’ on the growing importance of Hispanics and Latinos in U.S. politics. … The Latino population has often been considered a “sleeping giant,” said Heather Silber Mohamed, assistant professor of political science at Clark University. The…

Money talks, but can it motivate your boss? WBZ business reporter Jeff Brown finds the power of dollar bills are limited in the workplace. … ‘It’s not just the compensation package, they need to make sure managers have fulfilling work,’ says Professor Laura Graves at Worcester’s Clark University. Researchers there and at the Center for Creative Leadership…

Are your kids stressed out? Are they stressing you out? Maybe Clark University professor of psychology Wendy Grolnick can help. … Grolnick is one of the nation’s leading parenting researchers and has conducted studies on how parents influence their children’s motivation and success. ‘Pressured Parents, Stressed-Out Kids: Dealing With Competition While Raising A Successful Child’ will take…

Regardless of what you ask Charles Gould [’08], you’re bound to get a humorous response. … Gould’s foray into comedy continued at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he started studying psychology while trying to figure out why Bay Staters care so much about baseball. After deciding that psychology required ‘too much reading’ and switching his major…

… In undertaking this project, [pianist David] Kaplan joins a growing number of mostly younger pianists like Benjamin Hochman and Matan Porat seeking ways to enliven presentations of the standard repertoire. Just how well “The New Davidsbündlertänze” (as they’re billed) do this was the big question going in to Kaplan’s recital with composer/violinist/vocalist Caroline Shaw…

Features a profile of Michelle Loranger ’97, executive director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Bristol County. Education/background: Bachelor’s degree in social and rehabilitation services and sociology from Assumption College and a master’s degree in public administration from Clark University. Have been in the field of child welfare as a social worker and then management and executive…

Lori Sustek [’03], of Tewksbury, was named state director of community-based programs for Massachusetts and New Hampshire at Youth Villages New England, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children and their families live successfully. … Sustek has a bachelor’s degree from Clark University and a Master of Social Work from Simmons College. (Woburn Advocate, March 21,…

Being in a rock band is probably one of the few fantasies everyone has had at some point in their lives. Who wants a regular 9-5 job when you can just rock? But as Aussie legends AC/DC put it, making it as a band is anything but easy. And when the harsh realities of Bangladesh…