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Clark University named a top service-oriented school for return on tuition investment
Clark University has been ranked a top service-oriented college with an excellent return on investment by Best Value Schools, a free guide to value in higher education. Clark is ranked 22nd on the list of Top 25 Universities for Nonprofit and Community Service Ranked by Return, developed as a resource for service-minded individuals to find quality…
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Clark University biologist’s new research probes ‘gray area’ in science of fungal wood decay
Discoveries by a team of fungal researchers, led by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI and Clark University Professor of biology David S. Hibbett, were released today (June 23) in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The paper, titled “Extensive sampling of basidiomycete genomes demonstrates inadequacy of the white-rot/brown-rot paradigm…
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Unintended Consequences
How Clark Changed My Life Without my Knowing it I’ve always been able to think and speak on my feet. Either an innate or learned personality characteristic, I’ve always seemed to possess it. In honesty, it can be both a blessing and a curse. I’ve found myself in just as many predicaments as I have…
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Two Clark political science professors are Fulbright Scholars
Two professors in the Political Science Department at Clark University will spend time abroad beginning in the fall of this academic year, each to conduct research and teach courses as Fulbright Scholars, a program of the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Professor Mark C. Miller will hold the Bicentennial Fulbright Distinguished Chair in the North American…
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At White House forum, psychologist Abbie Goldberg shares research on gay fathers
Abbie Goldberg participated in a Working Fathers panel, organized by the White House, on the topic of the father’s role in parenting and the shifting nature of parenthood. The Obama administration hosted the forum to spotlight the need for family-friendly policies in the workplace. Other experts on the panel, “New Roles for Dads at Home,” included…
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Clark University Geography Ph.D. student receives selective Horowitz Foundation research grant
Clark University doctoral student Alida A. Cantor is one of 16 scholars to receive grants for research in the social sciences from the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy. Cantor’s outstanding dissertation proposal, “Dust Storms and Dying Lakes: Wastefulness, Beneficial Use, and Water Transfers in California,” additionally earned the Martinus Nijhoff Award, a special recognition for work on policy implications of scientific,…
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Clark University graduate named to All Star Model UN Team
Clark University graduate Yohan D. Senerath ’14 has been named to the select roster of the 2013-2014 North American College All Star Model UN Team. The list of best delegates in the Model UN College Circuit in the United States and Canada is published by Bestdelegate.com, the premier organization in charge of advocating for Model UN and promoting it worldwide.…
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Alumni awards presented at Reunion 2014 Dinner
Andrea and Peter Klein ’64 were given the Distinguished Service Award, and Scott Zoback ’04, M.P.A. ’05, received the Young Alumni Award at the May 16 Clark University Reunion Dinner in Tilton Hall. President David Angel noted Zoback’s contributions as a volunteer and class agent, his service as president of the Alumni Association, and his…
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From Clark University to Ground Zero: Scott Rechler ’89 recounts his journey at Reunion Dinner
Scott Rechler ’89 returned to Clark University as the featured speaker at the May 16 Reunion Dinner where he lauded his alma mater’s willingness to compel change and stressed the ongoing need for leaders to follow their moral compasses when making decisions. Rechler, the chairman and chief executive officer of RXR Realty LCC, is a…
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Goldie Michelson, 110, is Clark’s Marquee Name
It is the standard reporter’s question, posed to anyone who has turned 100 years old: What is the secret of your longevity? Goldie Michelson, M.A. ’36, doesn’t flinch when asked, and why should she? At age 110, she’s had the opportunity to answer this same question for 11 consecutive years. “Walking,” she says while sitting…