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Clark senior gains perspective on Appalachian Trail

The world-famous Appalachian Trail is getting a lot of attention lately, from the release of the film “A Walk in the Woods,” based on author Bill Bryson’s 800-mile trek and starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte, to a not-so-flattering Associated Press article about how some hikers are treating the trail. Clark University senior Ted Randich — who last month finished…
U.S. News 2016 Best Colleges guide ranks Clark University 75; 32 as Best Value

The newly released edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges guide again recognizes Clark University’s outstanding academics and financial value. The 2016 ranking places Clark at No. 75 among National Universities and No. 32 on the list of Best Value Schools. “This ranking is just one reflection of the growing recognition of Clark’s leadership and success…
A reality show that’s actually real

Award-winning Clark professor helps city students tell their stories through film
Hard choices in the nonprofit world

For Jessica Horton ’17, the straightforward course title, Community and Health: Nonprofit Grantmaking, hardly hinted at the immersive experience to come. Throughout the fall semester, Horton and her classmates researched, wrote and pitched grant proposals on behalf of several Worcester nonprofit health organizations that address health and social disparities among underserved populations. But the most…
Clark Flashback: ‘After the Levees Broke’

This story ran in the spring 2006 issue of Clark News. Devastating Flood No Match for Alumni Journalists Dan Shea ’81 and Laura Maggi ’95 helped the New Orleans Times-Picayune keep publishing when it was needed most On Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005—the day after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast and the levees in New Orleans failed—the New…
Clark University’s Cynthia Enloe comments on first women to graduate from Army Ranger School

Listen to reporter Lisa Hagen’s segment for WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station, about reaction to the first female soldiers to graduate from the Army’s Ranger School, Capt. Kristen Griest and 1st Lt. Shaye Haver. During the segment, Hagen speaks to Clark UniversityResearch Professor Cynthia Enloe, who studies feminism and women in relation to the military, war and politics, to get her…
Clark psychology researcher receives $100K from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Grant will support Nicole M. Overstreet, Ph.D., in examining the needs of those affected by intimate partner violence
New Clark University Poll surveys emerging adults on work, education and identity

Students are arriving on campuses around the country as another academic year begins. What draws them there and what do they expect from their college educations? And for those who do not go on to college after high school, why not? A newly released Clark University Poll of Emerging Adults: Work, Education and Identity provides…
Clark alumnus donates rare Holocaust-era currency to the Strassler Center for faculty and student use

Clark University’s Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies has acquired the Holocaust Numismatic Collection of Robert Messing ’59, of Woodstock, New York, and is making it available to students and faculty for research and classroom use beginning next month. During the Holocaust, money issued in concentration camps and ghettos was part of a complex…
Clark University geography alumna receives Esri Special Achievement in GIS Award

Clark University Graduate School of Geography alumna Safaa Karaki Aldwaik received the Esri Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award for her geographic information systems work with the City of Ramallah, Palestine. She received her award from Esri President Jack Dangermond during the Esri User Conference 2015 in San Diego, July 22. Aldwaik is the Director of…