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Clark’s Taner Akçam Speaks at Harvard’s Carr Center
Taner Akçam, Clark University History Professor and Armenian Genocide Expert, spoke on “Ethnic Cleansing and the Armenian Genocide: New Evidence from the Ottoman Archive” at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. (October 2012). Akçam is also the Robert Aram and Marianne Kaloosdian and Stephen and Marion Mugar Chair in Armenian…
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Clark University psychologist examines ‘play behaviors’ of children of same-sex parents
Do children of gay and lesbian parents play the same way children of heterosexual parents do? If not, how do they differ? Is there a benefit or drawback to this? Clark University psychologist Abbie Goldberg and fellow researchers Deborah Kashy of Michigan State University, and JuliAnna Z. Smith of The Center for Research on Families at The University of Massachusetts/Amherst, examine this…
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Family Impact Seminars named Bright Idea; Mass. program directed by Clark University
The Family Impact Seminars were recently named a Bright Idea by the Innovations in American Government Awards Program at Harvard University’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. The Massachusetts Family Impact Seminars are organized and presented by the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise at Clark University and directed by Denise Hines, research assistant professor of psychology at Clark. The Seminars…
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Prof. Stephens presents ‘smart grid’ research at Denmark conference
Clark University associate professor of Environmental Science and Policy, Jennie Stephens, presented research and organized a research panel on energy system transitions at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) conference held Oct. 17 to 20 at the Copenhagen Business School in Frederiksberg, Denmark. At the conference, which was held jointly with the European Association for the Study of…
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Sri Lankan Post-War Trauma and Victimization
English and psychology double major Kulani Panapitiya Dias ’13, of Sri Lanka, set out to investigate the prevalence of the psychological processes of moral disengagement, in group glorification and essentialism in post-war Sri Lanka by focusing on narratives of trauma. Following a study she conducted in December 2011 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Kulani interviewed and surveyed…
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GSOM one of Princeton Review’s ‘Best 296 Business Schools’
The Graduate School of Management (GSOM) at Clark University is listed among the nation’s best in The Princeton Review’s 2013 edition of “Best 296 Business Schools.” Clark appears as one of the “Best Business Schools in the Northeast.” In the Clark University business school profile, students surveyed frequently agreed the program had “friendly students,” “cutting-edge classes,” and “solid preparation…
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Clark University Bistro Gets a Facelift
Undergrad Fin Miller ’14 takes us on a tour of Clark University’s new and improved Bistro, one of several on-campus eateries. WATCH VIDEO
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Clark University Peace Library
In the first of her “Hidden Campus Spots” series, Laina Pauker ’14 explores the Clark University Peace Library. Featuring Florcy Romero ’14; music by Nick Pagan ’15. WATCH VIDEO
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Geographer Karen Frey receives Arctic science research grants
Karen Frey, assistant professor of Geography at Clark University, recently received Arctic Science research grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA). The NSF grant is for a collaborative effort between the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences, Clark University and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. In her project, called “The…
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Research finds social movements can change the developing world
In the developing world, social movements led by urban, rural and often indigenous people who are opposed to projects they regard as inappropriate and exploitative can be very effective, according to recently released (Oct. 10) findings based on research led by Anthony Bebbington, Higgins Professor of Environment and Society and director of the Graduate School of…