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Clark Poll of Emerging Adults: Good job matters most, even if social media blocked

There are those who think emerging adults won’t seek out or even accept jobs where they would be blocked from using social media during the workday. They’re wrong. The new Clark University Poll of Emerging Adults: Work, Education and Identity reveals emerging adults (ages 21 to 29) value obtaining the right job over one that…
Nov. 18 at Clark: Renowned architect on memorial designs and painful legacies

Clark University welcomes architect Julian Bonder, Deborah Martin, professor of geography, and Kristina Wilson, professor of art history, to start a discussion of how communities address painful legacies through memorial construction, entitled “Recognizing Painful Legacies through Memorial Construction.” The lecture will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday Nov. 18 in the Higgins Lounge…
Clark LEEP Fellow, art history professor help Worcester Art Museum prepare for Olmec Star God exhibit

Clark University senior Elisabeth “Zizi” Spak recently completed a project for the Worcester Art Museum (WAM), “Jeppson Idea Lab: Statuette of an Olmec Figure,” which was funded through Clark’s Liberal Education and Effective Practice (LEEP) initiative. Spak’s LEEP project was to help prepare an upcoming exhibit, The Jeppson Idea Lab: Olmec Incised Standing Figure, in…
“Kids these days” redux: Clark Professor Jeffrey Arnett joins media’s “Millennial pledge” debate

Traditional and new media alike love to opine about Millennials, and in many cases a generational divide, whether real or manufactured, rears its head. Recently, the Los Angeles Times‘ Chris Erskine, who writes the aptly named “Middle Ages” column, ignited the Twitterverse with his provocative piece, “Millennials, you literally cannot call yourselves adults until you take this pledge.” The alternative LA…
‘Kids these days’ redux: Clark Professor Jeffrey Arnett joins media’s ‘Millennial pledge’ debate

Traditional and new media alike love to opine about Millennials, and in many cases a generational divide, whether real or manufactured, rears its head. Recently, the Los Angeles Times‘ Chris Erskine, who writes the aptly named “Middle Ages” column, ignited the Twitterverse with his provocative piece, “Millennials, you literally cannot call yourselves adults until you…
Clark University playwrights take work from page to stage

There’s a certain thrill to watching one of your ideas come to life. For six young playwrights in Clark University’s Theater Arts Program that excitement will reach its peak during the program’s New Play Festival, running from November 3 to 22. During the process of bringing their plays to the stage, the playwrights – in collaboration with other…
Kim Dougherty ’98 brought law to the lab

Clark University alumna sought justice for victims of the New England Compounding Center contamination outbreak
Transgender rights activist Janet Mock advises: ‘Listen to yourself’

When Janet Mock sat down to write her memoir, she initially thought she’d do it for an audience of one: herself. But during the writing process, Mock came out in Marie Claire magazine as a transgender woman. The disclosure turned her into an “instant activist and advocate,” and not only expanded her audience but prompted her to use her…
Big Oil monopoly fuels the film ‘Pump’

It’s Saturday, and you have errands. First stop is the supermarket, where you browse shelves teeming with enough options to satisfy any culinary desire. Next stop, the mall, to find clothes for your new job. If you don’t find what you need there, an endless variety is only a couple of taps away on your…
Is college worth it? Clark Poll of Emerging Adults hears resounding ‘Yes!’

As stressed-out college students hunker down in labs and libraries or pull all-nighters writing papers or prepping for exams, they may find themselves wondering, “Is all this worth it?” And they’re not alone. Over the past decade and around the country, students, parents and the institutions themselves have been reexamining the value of higher education.…