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‘Manufacturing Denial’ conference delves into multi-disciplinary genocide scholarship

Historians, social scientists, philosophers, and natural scientists gathered recently at Clark University to discuss the phenomena of genocide denial and the denial of scientific truth—from evolution to climate change—during an academic conference held at both Clark and Worcester State University. “Manufacturing Denial: the Assault on Scholarship and Truth” (Oct. 24-25) was co-sponsored and organized by the Strassler Center…
David Prentice’s beef with burgers

See that hamburger on your plate? Juicy, blanketed with cheese, capped with onion, drenched with ketchup — at this moment, it probably looks like the most perfect thing in the world. How much do you think that hamburger cost? No, not the price you paid for it, but the cost to the environment to produce…
Clark U. geographer receives prestigious residency from The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center

Yuko Aoyama, professor in Clark University’s Graduate School of Geography, was awarded a prestigious four-week academic writing residency from The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, in Bellagio, Italy. The residency will provide Professor Aoyama with an unparalleled opportunity to network with fellow residents at the Center next summer, and a serene setting in which to pursue her project, “Collaborative Governance…
Close encounters of the learned kind: Science fiction emerges from the academic shadows

For more than a century, if a science fiction book was read in a college classroom, it likely was hidden behind a textbook or secretly propped open under a desktop. These days, however, the popular genre is no longer an alien subject in academia. Four professors have created a vibrant new learning community at Clark…
‘Black lives matter’: Alumnus shares perspective on Ferguson shooting

The Aug. 9 killing of African-American teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo., sparked a wave of protests in the immediate aftermath, and the incident is emblematic of a nationwide scourge in which the lives of young black men are regarded as “disposable and without value,” Clark University Trustee Steven Roberts ’74 told…
Clark geographer Bebbington inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. –Clark University Professor of Geography Anthony J. Bebbington was among 164 influential artists, scientists, scholars, authors, and institutional leaders who were inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at a ceremony in Cambridge on October 11. The ceremony included talks by five new inductees: Yale physicist Ramamurti Shankar; Diana Wall, ecologist and professor of…
Pulitzer-winner, poet laureate Natasha Trethewey at Clark University Nov. 4

Pulitzer Prize-winner and recent U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey will speak at Clark University 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, in Atwood Hall, on Woodland Street. “Poetry and History: An Evening with Natasha Trethewey” is a continuation of the Dialogue Symposium and African American Intellectual Culture Series offered by the Higgins School of Humanities at Clark. Trethewey will read from her works,…
The Future Has Arrived

From apps to robotics, Clarkies are reshaping the way we encounter our world
Gino DiIorio is named Klein Distinguished Professor at Clark University

Clark University President David Angel and Provost Davis Baird have announced the appointment of Professor Gino DiIorio as the next holder of the Andrea B. and Peter D. ’64 Klein Distinguished Professorship. The Klein Endowed Chair rotates among tenured faculty from all departments. Each recipient holds the chair for four years. Previous holders of the professorship include professors…