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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.
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Clark University professor’s new book examines the future of collective bargaining in America
The workplace has changed dramatically in the past decade; one could argue the pros and cons of such changes. Labor unions (with membership at an all-time low) have lost influence in the workplace and in the economy, and workers’ job and income security are declining. How has union influence evolved, and what types of bargaining…
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Clark among ‘20 Colleges with Best Career Services’; LEEP effort cited
Career Services at Clark and the LEEP initiative were recognized in a roundup of “20 Colleges with the Best Career Services,” designated by Best Colleges Online in a July 4 blog post highlighting institutions that “really stand out for what they have to offer students who are entering one of the toughest job markets in recent…
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Findings point to fungi as prime suspects in fossil fuel mystery
Clark research plays key role in landmark paper on fungal genome evolution; Co-authors of paper published in Science magazine include 10 from Clark, including undergrads