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Hit the road, Mass.: Transportation expert eyes an efficient, equitable transit system

Massachusetts residents consider themselves modern-day road warriors, not always by choice. Much of the highway infrastructure is in disrepair, and public transportation is either so scarce or unreliable that many are forced into their cars for daily slogs into work, to bring their children to school, or do the errands of daily life. There is…
Canadian columnist invokes century-old study on raccoon intelligence

Clark University has tentacles everywhere, and this year they touched the great trash removal debate in Region of Peel, Ontario (surely you heard about it). A Feb.17 column in the Caledon Enterprise addressed the region’s $46 million plan to collect garbage in oversized bins as part of the new biweekly waste-collection schedule. Then there’s…
Wallenberg Foundation lauds Akcam’s work on Armenian Genocide and ‘unsung heroes’

Taner Akcam recognized at Congressional reception welcoming Armenia’s president
LEEP Fellows take center stage in Hervey Ross ’50, L.H.D. ’07, LEEP Oratorical Contest

Gabby Seligman ’16 stood on the stage in Jefferson 320 and embarked on a walking tour — without ever leaving the building. Instead, she verbally painted a picture for her audience of the dramatically altered Beaver Brook neighborhood in Worcester, not far from Clark University. She spoke about the historic Harrington & Richardson Arms Co.,…
Clark University’s Ramos featured in Sports Illustrated’s ‘Faces In The Crowd’

Clark University sophomore Marina Ramos has been selected to appear as one of Sports Illustrated’s “Faces In The Crowd.” Ramos, who will be featured in the magazine’s Oct. 5 edition, is the eighth Clark student-athlete — and the third in the past five years — to be profiled in the popular section of the world’s…
Alumnus Gary Cohen ’78 awarded MacArthur “genius” fellowship

Clark alumnus Gary Cohen is the recipient of one of 24 MacArthur Fellowships — commonly known as “genius grants” — from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Fellows each receive a no-strings-attached $625,000 grant for their cutting-edge work that is transforming their fields. Cohen, a 1978 graduate of Clark, is a social entrepreneur…
Oct. 8 at Clark University: ‘We’: The Two-Letter Pronoun that Confounds the Nation

Prominent civil rights figure, founder of Algebra Project to present President’s Lecture
Oct. 6: State leaders to share insights on running the political race

MassPoliProfs and Clark University to present second ‘Party Matters' series conversation
Hibbett awarded two NSF grants for Open Tree of Life work

Whether bees or bacteria, hyenas or humans, all known life forms have a place in the first draft of the Open Tree of Life, published online last week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Molds and mushrooms haven’t been left out either, thanks in part to the work of Clark professor and…
Clark University alumnus receives AACSB Influential Leader Award

Lawrence Landry of Masterpiece Living honored among alumni from AACSB-accredited schools who are making an impact in the world through their business acumen, leadership, or entrepreneurial success