Stories
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Role-Playing Video Game Creation
Computer science major Ryan Osbaldeston ’13, spent summer 2012 at EMC, a global leader in Cloud Computing and Big Data analysis, learning valuable programming techniques that will aid the beta testing phase of his honors and LEEP (Liberal Education and Effective Practice) project. Ryan’s project involves creating a Role-Playing Video Game using the Creation Kit, a…
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Student researcher Hostetler ’13 named O’Connor HERO Fellow
Clark University senior Andrew E. Hostetler is among a select group of student researchers who are members of the national Human-Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) program based at Clark. On Oct. 16, Hostetler received the added honor of being named the 2012 O’Connor HERO Fellow. The O’Connor HERO Fellowship is named for the late Clark University Trustee John O’Connor (Class of…
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John Johansen, architect for the Robert Goddard Library, dies at 96
Made memorable return visit in the spring John Johansen, 96, the architect behind Clark University’s Robert H. Goddard Memorial Library, passed away on Oct. 26 in Brewster, Mass. In its obituary of Johansen, The New York Times described him as the last surviving member of the Harvard Five, a group of Harvard-educated Modernist architects responsible for creating “a hotbed…
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Goldie Michelson, M.A. ’36, is Clark’s marquee name, nation’s oldest person
Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in CLARK Magazine, fall 2012. As of May 13, 2016, Goldie Michelson is the oldest person living in the United States. 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…
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Clark University’s 7 new M.A.D. Scholars set to make a difference
Seven first-year Making a Difference (M.A.D.) Scholarship recipients joined the Clark Community this fall, continuing to demonstrate their leadership and meaningful commitment to social change. The M.A.D. scholarships are offered to incoming first-year students. Recipients are offered a stipend and housing allowance to support projects they may undertake in the Worcester community during the summer following their…
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Prof. Robert Johnston named to EPA Science Advisory Board
Clark University Professor of Economics Robert Johnston, director of the George Perkins Marsh Institute, has been appointed to the Science Advisory Board of the Environmental Protection Agency. In this role, Johnston will serve as a special government employee and will provide independent advice on technical issues underlying the EPA’s policies and decision-making. The Science Advisory Board (SAB) is organized under the Federal…
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Clark University among partners lauded for Main South housing
A ribbon-cutting ceremony outside a new housing unit on Hammond Street on Oct. 25 heralded the completion of the Kilby-Gardner-Hammond Revitalization Project, a major initiative to provide safe, affordable housing in the Main South area. The project was accomplished under the auspices of the University Park Partnership, a collaboration involving Clark University, the Main South Community Development Corporation,…
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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…