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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…
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Ed Trachtenberg was a Teacher, Coach and Advocate
Dr. Barry Herman ‘72 describes himself as a “lost kid” during much of his time at Clark University. The psychology major found himself swept up in the counterculture of the late ‘60s, nearly flunked out, took semesters off and had no clue what he wanted to do with his life. But as he entered his…
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Character builder
Author Leslie Margolis ‘96 has earned a loyal following among young readers thanks to a pair of feisty heroines named Annabelle and Maggie.