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Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar shares insights during two-day program at Clark
The Greek initials ɸBK — Phi Beta Kappa — express the motto, “Love of learning is the guide of life.” Esteemed scholar, social theorist, and 2014-15 Phi Beta Kappa Society Visiting ScholarJeffrey Alexander recently spent two days (Dec. 1 -2) at Clark University engaged in and helping to guide a host of lively intellectual activities, focusing…
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Kappel, Allen advance the Clark mission
Clark University has opened a new chapter in both fundraising and alumni relations with the hiring of Jonathan Kappel ’81 as director of campaign advancement and Lindsay Allen as director of alumni and friends engagement. “I’m absolutely delighted that Lindsay and Jonathan have taken on these key roles on Clark’s advancement team,” says Ed Ottensmeyer, interim…
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Clark U professor emerita honored with 2015 AAG Award for Creativity in Geography
Susan Hanson, Distinguished University Professor Emerita, former Director of the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University, and member of the National Academy of Sciences has been awarded the Association of American Geographers 2015 AAG Stanley Brunn Award for Creativity in Geography for her intellectual breakthroughs in geography. The AAG recognizes Hanson for scholarship that “challenged the field of transportation…
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Gurel lecturer: Prepare students for life in a digital world
The word “literacy” traditionally has meant knowing how to read the printed word. That definition is so last century. Today, literacy also means having the ability to make a video, navigate online search engines, or produce a podcast. As information technology evolves from the printing press to the farthest reaches of the virtual universe, the…
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‘A profound experience’: Leir Luxembourg Program alumni reunite on campus
Uwe Gertz expected perhaps 80 to 100 attendees at the reunion of the Henry J. Leir Luxembourg Program-Clark University (LLP-CU) on Nov. 1. But the turnout exceeded all expectations, necessitating a change of venue from Dana Commons to the Higgins University Center to accommodate more than 160 people — one of them traveling from London — for…
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Clark Poll: Married or not, most grown-up millennials say they have found ‘soul mate’
For a generation that has grown up amid a parental divorce rate of 50 percent, most millennials – now in or near their thirties, are succeeding remarkably well in their love lives, so far. Clark University, the nation’s leading institution tracking the development of Emerging Adults (18 to 29 years old), has released a new Clark…
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Refugee Testimonies Workshop at Clark: Teaching techniques, value of ‘witnessing’
“Not since the end of the Second World War have there been so many refugees, displaced people and asylum seekers,” said Ban Ki-moon in his speech at the recent opening the 69th UN General Assembly. At a three-day workshop at Clark University, participants explored ways of drawing out, preserving and sharing refugee narratives. The International Development, Community…
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Speaker: Time for U.S. to address the education achievement gap
If Rip Van Winkle awoke from a 99-year nap he would discover a world that had vastly changed in all areas except one: education. A lone teacher imparting academic lessons to a classroom of students remains the familiar, comfortable model that has persisted for generations. But is it still effective? Eric Schwarz, the co-founder and…
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From Clark, to the Capitol, to City Hall
Rebecca Kirszner Katz ’97, Special Advisor to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, might not be where she is today if she had attended another university. “Here’s the thing about Clark,” she says. “All my life I’ve struggled with learning disabilities. I went to a big public high school in Philadelphia; I’m a pretty assertive…
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Sex, Politics, and Putin: Clark University professor’s new book explores political legitimacy in Russia
In her new book, “Sex, Politics, and Putin: Political Legitimacy in Russia,” Clark University Political Science Professor Valerie Sperling explores the ways in which “politicians and political activists in Russia use masculinity, femininity, and homophobia to bolster their legitimacy and to undermine their opponents.” While researching the Russian president as both a man and a political leader, Sperling…