Stories
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New Clark Poll of Emerging Adults belies ‘freeloader’ stereotype
In contrast with cultural stereotypes, particularly that of “freeloading” off their parents, young people actually receive little to no financial support from their parents and strive for independence, even if it means living on a tight budget, according to the latest Clark University Poll of Emerging Adults. The poll, directed by Clark research professor of psychology Jeffrey…
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Prof. Gary Chaison’s labor expertise makes him a media favorite
In 2009, faced with a 23 percent pay cut and threats to close permanently The Boston Globe, the union employees of New England’s flagship newspaper returned to the bargaining table and settled for a 6 percent wage cut, pension freeze, reduced health care benefits and a five-day unpaid furlough. According to Gary Chaison, professor of industrial relations at…
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You, the jury
‘Defamation’ brings playwright Todd Logan ’75 back to campus Todd Logan ’75 writes plays that he hopes will remain vivid for audience members after they leave the theater and get into their cars. That ride home, he explains, can be a magical time, when the emotions stirred by what they’ve just witnessed will spark discussions…
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Class of ’16, returning students greeted by campus transformations
Students and other members of the Clark University community who had been away during the summer were greeted by many changes to the campus landscape. The transformation of a portion of Downing Street—from Florence to Woodland streets—into a pedestrian plaza was among a host of physical changes, including an expansion of the Fuller Quad and…
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GSOM’s O’Brien greens businesses from Worcester to Vietnam
Will O’Brien may have the campus’s best answer to the age-old question: How did you spend your summer vacation? O’Brien, visiting lecturer at the Clark University, Graduate School of Management, devoted two weeks in June to lecture about sustainability practices to 40 M.B.A. students at Vietnam National University in Hanoi. The overseas trip also afforded O’Brien…
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Clark highlighted in new edition of ‘Colleges That Change Lives’
Selective guide tags schools ‘that will change the way you think about colleges’ “What happens when you take the best of a liberal arts college and the best of a research university and mash them together? You get Clark. The university is in a field by itself.” So begins the Clark University chapter of the…
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Sunday Monday Carbonday
Clark University environmental science & policy master’s candidate ’14, Sundar Layalu, created this video about sustainability from a Nepalese perspective.
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Clark psychologist publishes groundbreaking book on gay dads
According to a new book by Abbie E. Goldberg, associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Clark University, when gay men adopt, they perceive they are more readily accepted by their family members than they were when they were childless. This finding, and many other findings relevant to gay men’s experiences of adoption (e.g., dealing with discrimination in…
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Princeton Review recognizes Clark among ‘Best Colleges’ 2013 edition
Clark University has again been recognized by The Princeton Review as one of the country’s best institutions for undergraduate education. Clark is included in the education services company’s 2013 annual college guide, “The Best 377 Colleges,” released August 21. Only about 15 percent of America’s 2,500 four-year colleges and three colleges outside the United States…
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For some new Clark students, first stop is helping rebuild in Biloxi
For nearly a decade, several of Clark University’s incoming students have taken the opportunity to begin their Clark college careers a little early – and away from campus. This summer, nine incoming students, two student mentors and a Clark administrator traveled to Biloxi to work with Habitat for Humanity of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, from…