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Hiatt Youth Summit at Clark explores race, class, education and identity; draws H.S. students from across state
More than 100 high school students from across Massachusetts attended the second annual Hiatt Youth Summit on Race, Class and Education, organized by the Jacob Hiatt Center for Urban Education at Clark University, April 9. Students from high schools in Amherst, Cambridge, Framingham, Springfield, and Worcester gathered in Tilton Hall for a daylong program focusing…
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Keeping Company Secrets
Neil Orzechowski ’15 had the time of his life as a LEEP Project Pioneer. He just can’t talk about it. Orzechowski spent last summer working at Axispoint Inc., a New York-based company that is on the cutting edge of developing complex software applications and information technology solutions for large organizations. The company’s client list reads like…
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Clark University joins national ‘It’s On Us’ campaign against sexual violence
Clark University has joined the national "It's On Us" campaign to stop sexual assault and on April 6 unveiled an "It's On Us" video featuring approximately 30 students, faculty, and staff from across campus uniting for the cause.
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Ureka! It’s WooConnect
“What is there to do in Worcester?” That was a common question we heard during Week One orientation, and it stuck with us. While Alex grew up in Holden, Mass., and had been able to experience all that Worcester had to offer, Abhijit was raised in Singapore, and had little knowledge of the area. Together, we…
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Clark University language students share poetry, songs, video with poet, AIDS activist
On March 30, Clark University and the Department of Language, Literature and Culture welcomed a special guest, poet and AIDS activist Norberto A. Stuart, who inspired students and faculty alike as he shared both his poetry and his story. An AIDS activist who has been living with the disease for 25 years, Stuart encouraged students…
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Clark U. students celebrate Earth Week with lectures, giveaways, and field trips
Clark University students spent last week attending lectures and films, and participating in competitions and giveaways as part of a coordinated campus-wide effort to honor and celebrate Mother Earth. Early in the week, students who ventured near the Academic Commons at Goddard Library were exposed to a “grave situation” — a sea of painted tombstones…
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Family Impact Seminar examines foster care, child protective services
The Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise at Clark University launched its Family Impact Seminars in 2010, bringing together researchers and legislators to address the effect of the recession on Massachusetts families. The seminars, planned and facilitated by FIS director Denise Hines, research associate professor of psychology at Clark, have explored a range of issues, from…
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Clark U. students travel to Capitol Hill to advocate for international education
Four Clark University students traveled to Capitol Hill recently to participate in NAFSA (Association of International Education) Advocacy Day, an annual event devoted to educating members of Congress about how international education impacts states and districts, and why it’s important to have a more globally engaged United States. Eriberto Mora ’17 of Worcester, Connor Ruby…
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Clark University Climate Change Teach-In grapples with the ‘issue of our time’
Don’t be fooled by Worcester’s brutal winter, Susanne Moser, Ph.D. ’97, told the audience in Atwood Hall. Our planet just experienced its warmest year on record, and the temperatures are rising. “Every single ecological and biological system on earth is seeing the impact of climate change” in unprecedented ways, Moser said. “There is no arguing…
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Clark University community mourns death of former president Frederick Jackson
The following statement was sent by President David Angel to Clark faculty, staff and alumni: