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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…
Clark first-year students watch, discuss ‘Man with a Movie Camera’

In a darkened theater inside Atwood Hall, Clark University’s newest students received an introduction to academic life during two screenings of the silent film “Man with a Movie Camera.” The 1929 work by Dziga Vertov was part of the orientation program called “Life of the Eye, Ear and Mind” and featured musical accompaniment by the renowned Alloy Orchestra.…
Clark welcomes Class of 2019 on move-in day

A long flight from India later, Nishant Pandey stood in front of Atwood Hall on the Clark University campus, smiling about all that awaits him. “It feels good,” he said, not showing a bit of jet lag after arriving from New Delhi Wednesday, mere hours before Week One, campus move-in day and the 2015-2016 Clark University academic…
Clark’s GSOM represented at White House forum on opportunities for women in business

Clark University’s Graduate School of Management (GSOM) was among 50 business schools nationwide represented at a forum on women in business hosted by The White House. The White House Working Families Business Schools Convening, organized by the Council on Women and Girls and the Council of Economic Advisers, explored ways business schools can collaborate with…
Clark University bids farewell to European copper beech tree

Standing strong and proud for more than a century, the three European copper beech trees in Clark University’s Kresge Quadrangle in front of the Arthur M. Sackler Sciences Center now number only two. Crews braved a driving rain Tuesday to remove the diseased tree before it became a hazard. Biology Professor David Hibbett, PhD, chronicled…
Wrock of ages

Clark student’s band hitches a ride on Potter-mania
Clark University featured in Princeton Review’s ‘Best Colleges’ guide

Clark University has been recognized by the Princeton Review as one of the country’s best institutions for undergraduate education. Clark is included in the 24th annual edition of the annual college guide, “The Best 380 Colleges: 2016 Edition.” Only about 15 percent of America’s 2,500 four-year colleges, and four colleges outside the United States, are…