Stories
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Community Thrift Store reopens in grand style to ‘Save, Grow, and Give. Together.’
A core of dedicated and passionate Clark students, with the enthusiastic support of the Clark administration and mentors, reopened the Clark Community Thrift Store in a new location and with a renewed mission: “Save, Grow, and Give. Together.” The not-for-profit, student-founded and student-run business serving the Clark and Worcester communities held a grand re-opening on Sept. 5at…
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Writer, environmental activist to speak at Clark for public dialogue on climate change
The Higgins School of Humanities at Clark University will kick off its popular dialogue symposium series with a talk by award-winning writer and environmental activist Rebecca Solnit, titled “Stories for Hot Weather: In Between Impossible and Easy, Between Despair and Denial.” Her talk will begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18 in Room 320 of the Jefferson Academic Center, at…
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U.S. News 2015 Best Colleges guide ranks Clark University 76; top 25 Best Value
The thirtieth edition of the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges guide recognizes Clark University’soutstanding academics and financial value. The 2015 ranking places Clark at No. 76 among National Universities and No. 25 on the list of Best Value Schools. Clark continues to make gains in several key areas, including retention and graduation rates as well as overall academic quality…
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Sept. 11: Best-selling author Bohjalian at Clark to discuss ‘Narrating Genocide’
Best-selling author Chris Bohjalian and scholar/expert Khatchig Mouradian will present “Narrating Genocide,” a public discussion beginning at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 11, at the Higgins Lounge in Dana Commons at Clark University. Organized by the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and co-sponsored by the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), the event will explore the different…
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Thirty-somethings on work: Most say enjoyment on the job trumps fat paycheck
New Clark University Poll finds established adults struggling yet hopeful
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Students in the class of 2018 tell their stories
There’s an adage in journalism that everybody has a story. The LEEP Center set out to prove it true in a fun and revealing Orientation exercise in which first-year students were asked to compose personal narratives that will help them chart their unique Clark paths. The Aug. 23 session, “Telling Your Story,” held in Atwood Hall, introduced…
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New Clark Poll finds millennials grown up, getting by, and OK about turning 30
The often criticized “Me Generation” could be turning into the "We Generation”
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Clark University biology professor receives NSF grant to study lizard limb re-evolution
Philip Bergmann, assistant professor in the Department of Biology at Clark University, has been awarded a $153,155 grant from the National Science Foundation for his three-year project “Developmental and functional mechanisms of complex trait re-evolution: limb loss and gain in skink lizards.” “This grant is a wonderful opportunity to address some fundamental questions in evolutionary biology,” says Bergmann,…
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Washington Monthly: Clark University is 71st in ranking of top national colleges
Washington Monthly ranks Clark University among the top 75 U.S. colleges in its annual College Guide and Rankings, which rates schools based on their contribution to the public good in three broad categories: Social Mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students), Research (producing cutting-edge scholarship and Ph.D.s), and Service (encouraging students to give something back to their…
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Clark senior helps Worcester schoolchildren combat ‘summer slide’
Sadie Hazelkorn ’15 started working with the Worcester Education Collaborative (WEC) last September to fulfill an internship requirement for her capstone in Urban Politics and she’s been working with them ever since. Hazelkorn spent the past few months in Worcester creating literacy programs for local students. Hazelkorn recently held workshops where area schoolchildren created cookbooks…