Stories
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Padma Power
Entrepreneur, philanthropist, celebrity, and host of Top Chef, Padma Lakshmi '92 has found a recipe for a sweet and savory life
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Clark junior introduces his native Swaziland to recycling, composting
Student uses $10,000 stipend from Davis Projects for Peace to make his dream come true Clark University junior Bonginkhosi (Petros) Vilakati ’13 spent the summer establishing a recycling and composting program in his native Swaziland with the help of a $10,000 grant he received this spring from Davis Projects for Peace. Vilakati’s project proposal, “Recycling for Peace-Swaziland,” stated that “the Swazi environment is being destroyed everyday due to soil erosion resulting from deforestation; accumulation of…
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Clark hosts workshop for High School psychology teachers in July
The 8th annual American Psychological Association–Clark University Workshop for High School Teachers was held on the Clark campus from July 16through July 18. The APA Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS) collaborated with the University to develop the workshop, which included presentations by TOPSS members and Clark psychology professors. Approximately 30 high school teachers from around the…
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Clark University included in Forbes list of ‘America’s Top Colleges’
Clark University appears in Forbes’ annual “America’s Top Colleges” report; it is #128 on the list of 650 schools recognized this year. Besides the overall ranking, Clark appears as #111 in the list of Private Colleges and is #51 in the list of Research Universities. The rankings, which are compiled exclusively for Forbes by the Washington, D.C.-based Center…
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New Clark Poll: 18- to 29-year-olds are traditional about roles in sex, marriage and raising children
♦ Top results: Sex with emotional commitment; marriage before children; unions that last forever ♦ In an age of short-lived celebrity marriages, widespread divorce, babies being born outside of marriage, and the ever-popular “hooking up,” young people are remarkably traditional about their expectations for love, marriage and children—for both themselves and society at large, according to a…
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Study: 2000-04 extreme drought points toward dry ‘new normal’
Findings from a new scientific study indicate a major carbon release from extreme turn-of-the-century drought in the North American West – the worst of the last millennium – with hint of even drier times ahead. The study, titled “Reduction in carbon uptake during turn of the century drought in western North America” and published July…
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Holocaust and Genocide Studies students receive stipends, devote summer to scholarship
From Cambodia to Boston, Clark undergrads help edit survivor testimonies, analyze Holocaust education materials, examine human rights issues Clark University Undergraduates Danielle Osterman’14, Shelby Margolin ’13 and Anna Voremberg ’13 have been spending their summer months continuing their studies and conducting research thanks to stipends they received from Clark’s Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program. Osterman participated in the Council on International Education Exchange (CIEE) summer Cambodian…
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Clark School of Professional Studies launches Cyber Security Graduate Programs
Clark University’s School of Professional Studies announces the launch of graduate programs in cyber security, beginning in this fall. The Cyber Security Graduate Programs are designed to address a growing knowledge and talent gap related to global cyber security challenges. Cyber threats are rapidly becoming the greatest concerns for the U.S. government, as well as…
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Discovering science, and so much more: Clark hosts STEM program
The mission at Girls Inc. of Worcester is to “inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold.” Dozens of girls who are all that and more are participating in the Girls Inc. Eureka! Program, a science camp that provides hands-on encounters in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields for rising 8thgraders in a five-year…
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Steven Roberts ’74, Sociology and Economics Major
Entrepreneur Steven Roberts ’74, president and principal of The Roberts Companies, discusses the impact his Clark education has had on his career.