Stories
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Christopher Brennan ’73: “What Clark gave me was a broad view”
Christopher Brennan ’73, a student athlete and Chinese history concentrator at Clark, describes his career path –from Dean of Business at Middlesex Community College (MCC) in Mass. to his current work as Executive Director of MCC’s affiliate The Career Place. Learn more about Clark’s Return on Education. Learn more about Clark’s Return on Education.
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Richard Treitman ’73: “The Key LEEP Skill is Synthesis”
Entrepreneur-in-residence at Adobe Systems, Richard Treitman ’73 describes how his Clark English degree was the foundation for his career. Being able to write secured jobs as a tech writer and marketing writer which led to positions in product development and, ultimately, creating his own businesses. Learn more about Clark’s Return on Education.
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Inaugural poet Richard Blanco to speak at Clark University Jan. 20
One year since he appeared at the podium during President Barack Obama’s inauguration, celebrated poet Richard Blanco will join the Clark University celebration of Martin Luther King Day, beginning at 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, in Razzo Hall, Traina Center for the Arts, 92 Downing Street. In “Journey to the Podium,” Blanco will consider his remarkable journey as a gay Cuban-American…
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Clark University prof. publishes collection of essays about beauty
Beauty matters. It defines identity and causes controversy. A volume of essays about how beauty has done so over the course of the twentieth century—all across the world—has recently been released by Thomas Kuehne, Clark University professor of history and Strassler Family Chair in the Study of Holocaust History, and Hartmut Berghoff, director of the German Historical Institute (GHI) in…
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Students work toward a more sustainable Clark University
Strategies to “green” Clark University, ranging from planting “edible landscaping” to divesting in fossil fuels, formed the theme of final team projects in The Sustainable University course taught by Jennie Stephens, associate professor of environmental science and policy in the Department of International Development, Community, and Environment. The student teams made their proposals at a…
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Clark holds first annual youth summit on race, class, and education
Eighty-seven high school students from across Massachusetts recently attended the first annual Youth Summit on Race, Class and Education, organized by Clark’s Jacob Hiatt Center for Urban Education. For six hours, high school students focused on the topic of how race and class shapes the educational experiences of young people across the nation. The program involved…
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LEEP Project Insights
Four Clark University LEEP (Liberal Education and Effective Practice) Pioneers reflect on their summer 2013 LEEP Projects and their learning outcomes.
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Clark and city schools partner to lead $1.1M project for excellence in science/math teaching
Clark University has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) totaling $1.1 million to support an extensive new project to further teaching excellence in science and math. The Clark Science-Math Teaching and Education Partnership (C-STEP) project, led by Clark University in partnership with the Worcester Public Schools, integrates the expertise of the University’s…
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Clark University senior researches urban farming, potential model for food systems education program
Take a moment and look in your refrigerator. Do you know where those vegetables came from, or how they were distributed? Are they genetically modified? It is these types of questions and many more that Clark University senior Elliot A. Altbaum is attempting to answer with his ongoing research on food systems. Altbaum’s research doesn’t stop…
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Clark Athletes and Global Citizenship
Harris Rollinger ’13 MPA ’14 gives a preview of the upcoming inaugural Clark University College Athletes Service-Learning Trip (CAST) to Guatemala in January 2014. Video by Laina Pauker ’13; music by Shaun Holt ’13, MSPC ’14