Stories
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Alumna’s ‘Checkered Floors’ to make Clark debut next week
“My senior thesis changed my life.” That’s a rare sentiment to describe a project that many a college senior grinds through, then permanently puts away following graduation. But Cheryl Hamilton ’01 says the words without a hint of irony. In her senior year, the international relations major returned to her hometown of Lewiston, Maine, to…
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Clark recruitment poster garners CASE Circle of Excellence Award
The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has named Clark University a winner in the 2011 CASE Circle of Excellence Awards Program. Clark received a silver award in the category of Individual Student Recruitment Packages: Posters. There were 2,500 individual entries for the Circle of Excellence Program, representing 614 institutions. Overall, 171 colleges,…
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Sierra magazine lists Clark among America’s Top 20 ‘Coolest Schools’
Sierra magazine’s fifth annual ranking of the nation’s “Coolest Schools” places Clark University at No. 17. A salute to the efforts of colleges around the country helping to solve climate issues and operate sustainably, the Sierra cover feature spotlights the schools that are making a true impact for the planet, from Clark’s bike-share program to UC Irvine’s energy-efficiency…
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Clark Labs receives $1.8 million grant to develop land-use software
Clark Labs is the recipient of a two-year, $1.8 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to develop a decision support software application for land management. The new software suite will be built upon Clark Lab’s Land Change Modeler, an application developed for land change analysis, prediction and the examination of impacts on…
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Clark moves up on annual Forbes list of ‘America’s Best Colleges’
Clark University is listed in Forbes’ annual “America’s Best Colleges” report, rising further into the top third at #125 on the list of 650 schools recognized this year, up from #161 overall in 2010. Besides the overall ranking, Clark is listed as follows in separate categories: #111 in Private Colleges #38 in Research Universities #52 in the…
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Princeton Review recognizes Clark among ‘Best in the Northeast’
Clark University is one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education, as recognized by The Princeton Review in its newly released college guidebook, “The Best 376 Colleges: 2012 Edition.” Clark is also among the institutions deemed “Best in the Northeast.” The guidebook, which includes only about 15 percent of America’s 2,500 four-year colleges, includes detailed profiles of…
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Cougar swimming and diving teams named 2011 Scholar All-Americans
Both the Clark University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams have been named recipients of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) 2011 Scholar All-America Team Award. The award encompasses all three divisions of the NCAA, as well as junior colleges and the NAIA. The Cougar women finished with the highest GPA (3.67)…
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Fiske Guide 2012 includes Clark
Clark University is included in the 2012 revised and updated edition of the “Fiske Guide to Colleges,” which identifies “the best and most interesting of the more than 2,200 four-year colleges in the United States.” The Fiske Guide is compiled by former New York Times Education Editor Edward B. Fiske, known as a leading independent voice in college…
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Homogenization of Urban America: Becoming a single shade of green?
Clark receives NSF funding for research project on ecological homogenization Clark University recently received major funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support “Collaborative Research: Ecological Homogenization of Urban America,” a project expected to transform scientific understanding of the nation’s growing urban landscape – on ecological and sociological levels. “A common notion is that suburbanization is…
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Students spending July in Siberia with Polaris Project research team
For fourth year, Clark undergrads selected for ‘Rising Stars’ Arctic field program Two Clark University undergraduates are in Siberia with an international team of scientists, including students from the United States, Russia, Norway, and Puerto Rico. The group departed July 1 for a four-week field course in the Russian Arctic with The Polaris Project: Rising Stars in the…