Stories
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Harvard Management CEO reveals keys to successful leadership
The Boston Red Sox’ dramatic victories in the World Series may have galvanized New England, but Jane Mendillo had another thought as she watched jubilant fans streaming out of Fenway Park after the clinching win. This team exemplified the leadership of its coach, John Farrell, who created a climate that allowed his players to excel…
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Gurel lecturer: Span cultural divide to teach New Century Students
When classroom populations are culturally diverse — and students often technologically savvier than their elders — teachers are faced with the challenge of finding ways to engage them in meaningful learning. Gloria Ladson-Billings, a nationally known educator, urges teachers to immerse themselves in the cultural lives of their students to improve teaching practice. Ladson-Billings delivered…
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Clark University to partner with museum on ‘City Science’ exhibit
Professor/co-PI Colin Polsky and Clark students to contribute urban ecology expertise, research for prototype activities
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NASA-funded climate change study focus of meeting at Clark
Christopher Williams, assistant professor of geography, welcomed a group of distinguished colleagues to a Nov. 22 project meeting at Clark University, where they continued to develop methods for more accurately measuring climate change. Williams and his fellow team members, whom he describes as “leaders in the field of remote sensing,” are in their third year…
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Clark University scientists report first satellite-based quantifications of Antarctic ice sheet surface melt
For the first time, scientists are able to use satellite observations to quantify the amount of melt occurring across the surface of the Antarctic ice sheet, according to a paper recently published in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union. Clark University Ph.D. student (and NASA Earth and Space Science Fellow) Luke…
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What’s ‘getting primaried’? Clark University prof’s new book explains
Primary challenges in recent election cycles have attracted more media hype than ever, with special interest groups and intense partisan fundraising campaigns polarizing voters and taking aim at moderate incumbents — a practice known as “primarying.” Yet, according to Robert G. Boatwright, professor of political science at Clark University, the link between primary competition and the political divide…
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Clark alumna helps mobilize recovery efforts after Colorado flood
When Clark students graduate they anticipate setting out on a new life, one involving a career, perhaps a family. They don’t expect to be tested by a natural disaster. Unfortunately, in September, Rebecca Louzan ’08 learned that life isn’t predictable. Heavy rains and broken dams resulted in flooding that turned Lyons, Colorado — where she…
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Betsy Huang leads Clark University Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Last September, Clark University’s Higgins School of Humanities was awarded a $600,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation following a complex, sometimes grueling application process successfully executed by a team of faculty and staff. Associate Professor of English Betsy Huang spent over a year on the project, and was excited about turning her full attention to teaching and…
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Kosher dining returns to Clark
Clark University Dining Services operates with a sort of culinary conscientiousness that means the food is not only flavorful, but also nutritious, locally sourced whenever possible, and varied enough to satisfy individual dietary needs. This semester, the menu has been expanded to include kosher dining. According to David Coyne, director of Clark Hillel, the student group that…
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Lecturer examines ‘savage portrayals’ of men of color
“How and why do so many negative images of young black males, particularly images steeped in an outsized criminality and violence, persist in mainstream media? What are some of the consequences of this?” These were the central questions posed by Natalie Byfield, associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at St. John’s University in…