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First-year shares environmental vision at Clinton Global Initiative
Clark first-year student Rebecca R. Liebman was selected to attend the highly prestigious Clinton Global Initiative University, held March 30 to April 1 at George Washington University, in Washington, DC. The annual CGIU event, founded by President Bill Clinton, draws students, national youth organizations, experts and celebrities from all over the world to discuss significant global issues. CGIU…
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Higher education leader to speak at Clark Commencement on May 20
Clark University will hold its 108th Commencement on Sunday, May 20, on the Jefferson Academic Center Green, rain or shine. The procession from Kneller Athletic Center begins at 1:15 p.m. and the ceremony starts at 1:30 p.m. The commencement speaker will be Carol Geary Schneider, the president of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U).…
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Clark in Princeton Review’s 2012 guide to the top ‘green colleges’
The Princeton Review has recognized Clark University as one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the United States and Canada, and includes Clark in the just-released, second annual edition of its free downloadable book, “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges: 2012 Edition.” Clark University joins the ranks of outstanding universities and colleges nationwide that…
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Clark brings Worcester Community Peace Fair back after 20 year hiatus
Clark University’s Peace Studies Program will host the 9th Worcester Community Peace Fair on Sunday, April 22 (Earth Day), from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the Campus Green (rain location is Tilton Hall, 2nd floor, Higgins University Center). The Fair, which was held annually from 1985 to 1992, served as an event where community members and…
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PEWS conference at Clark to focus on workers, global capitalism
♦ Wallerstein to give public keynote address, ‘Labor vs. Capital?’ ♦
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DiRado awarded prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship
Stephen DiRado, senior lecturer in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, has been been awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. He is one of only 181 scholars, artists, and scientists chosen from a group of almost 3,000 applicants in this 88th annual competition for the United States and Canada. DiRado, an acclaimed…
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Business: Jonathon D. Blumenthal ’06, Mathematics and Computer Science Major
Software Site Reliability Engineer, Google, Portland, Or. If you Google the best companies at which to work, you’ll find Google. Google “Jonathon Blumenthal” and you’ll also find Google, where he has worked for the past three and a half years. Blumenthal is with Google’s Emerging Markets team, bringing products and services to countries with far…
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Education/Academia: Dan Roberts ’07, M.A. ’08, History Major
Director of History and Research, Wilson History and Research Center, Little Rock, Ark. Dan Roberts is history’s muse: Dan Roberts’ love of history was practically pre-destined by his hometown. He grew up in South Portland, Maine, on a coastline dotted with old fortresses, and near the Portland Harbor shipyard where workers flocked to build the…
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Education/Academia: Sara E. Brown ’05, IR & Holocaust and Genocide Studies Major
Ph.D. student in Holocaust and genocide studies at Clark But what about law school? Like college students through the ages, Sara Brown was asked that question just after telling her mother that she’d decided to switch her major from pre-law to government and international relations with a concentration in Holocaust and genocide studies. After taking…
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Science/Health: Harrison Mackler ’07, Biology Major
Periodontal student Harvard Dental School, Boston Harrison Mackler cut his teeth in a London dentistry internship, where his research was quite literally bone deep. While studying abroad on Clark’s London Internship Program his junior year, Mackler worked at King’s College’s London Dental Institute, and began learning about tissue engineering. “By combining stem cells and growth…