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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…
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Clark MBA goes even ‘greener’ with new selection of business courses
The Clark University Graduate School of Management announces a ‘greener’ selection of business courses for the academic calendar for 2011-2012, emphasizing Clark’s continued leadership in focusing on environmental , social change and sustainability issues in today’s business industry. Recently voted one of the top “green” business schools by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review, Clark’s MBA program this year includes…
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U.S. Dept. of Ed cites anti-violence program at Clark as national model
Clark University’s Anti-Violence Education (CAVE) program recently was named by the U.S. Department of Education as a “case study” for violence prevention programming. Clark is one of only seven universities to be singled out as a national model in the violence prevention category. Clark University has long been committed to providing antiviolence education and prevention…
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Prof. Hines presents research at Canadian Parliament roundtable
Denise A. Hines, Clark University Research Assistant Professor of Psychology, was one of twelve experts called upon to participate in the Roundtable of Family Dynamics of the Senate of Canada, a symposium chaired by Senator Anne Cools in May at Parliament in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. “Senator Cools believes in the use of research evidence to…
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Clark senior spends beginning of summer vacation in Nepal with Steinbrecher Fellowship
Agnes E. Beckmann ’12 received a Steinbrecher Fellowship from Clark University and has spent the beginning of her summer vacation volunteering at a day care and school in Kathmandu at a non-profit organization, Orchid Garden Nepal, through ProWorld Service Corps. The Steinbrecher Fellowship Program was established in 2006 to encourage and support Clark undergraduates’ pursuit…
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From Clark to the Moon
Edwin Aldrin ’15 helped a nation look skyward alongside Goddard, Lindbergh, and a son named Buzz