Stories
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New book reveals how marriage changes parent-child relationships
There is an old adage that goes “A daughter is a daughter all of her life, but a son is a son ’til he takes him a wife.” Deborah M. Merrill, associate professor of sociology at Clark University, explores whether or not this saying accurately describes marriage and intergenerational relationships today in her new book, “When Your Children…
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Students submit redistricting map testimony to Beacon Hill legislators
The Special Joint Committee on Redistricting at the State House in Boston, now grappling with the task of redrawing the political map of Massachusetts, received testimony from some Clark University political science undergraduates offering independent perspectives and “good government” redistricting models. U.S. Census 2010 results released this spring reveal that the electoral map of Massachusetts…
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Ex-Ambassador to discuss long, hot summer for ‘Arab Spring’ uprisings
The International Center of Worcester (ICW) will host former Ambassador to Qatar and Lebanon, Mark Hambley, to speak on the topic “Reflections on the ‘Arab Spring’ as it Moves into the Long, Hot Summer,” at the ICW Annual Meeting, from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, June 27, at Tilton Hall in the Higgins University Center at Clark…
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Watching over Clark: John and Kay Bassett return to campus for Admissions Center dedication
Prospective Clark University students have streamed through the John and Kay Bassett Admissions Center since it opened in late 2010, and now they can put faces to the names that adorn the building. On Saturday, May 21, during Reunion Weekend, a standing-room-only crowd of alumni and other well-wishers filled the Admissions Center to fete the…
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Clark Values Help Guide Panera Founder
“It all started at Clark.” With those five words, Ron Shaich ’76, the founder and longtime CEO of Panera Bread, launched a rousing multi-media presentation at Reunion Weekend, tracing the path that has led to his newest venture, Panera Cares, a rare marriage of business principles, altruism, an abiding faith in the honest nature of…
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Clark adopts student’s ‘Big Idea,’ institutes University Bike Patrol
Two Clark police officers have begun patrolling the campus differently and sustainably—on new mountain bikes—thanks to an idea proposed by recent graduate Daniel Snyder, and funded by a University contest. Last Fall, Snyder took his passion for cycling and applied it to concerns about campus safety and environmental sustainability at Clark. He submitted his idea…
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Class of 2011 ‘leading already’ in time of ‘great transformation’
Clark University celebrated its 107th Commencement—the first under the stewardship of Clark’s ninth President, David P. Angel—on Sunday, May 22. Degrees were granted to 1,045 Clark graduates: 524 baccalaureate, 486 masters, and 35 doctoral. Alan Khazei, the founder and chief executive officer of Be the Change Inc. and City Year co-founder, delivered the Commencement address. Khazei recalled his journey as an unemployed graduate to someone who has created a nationwide national service…
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Clark on 2010 President’s Honor Roll for community service
The Corporation for National and Community Service has named Clark University to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youths. Launched in 2006, the Community Service Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service-learning and civic engagement. Clark University has…
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NRC assessment places geography doctorate program with tops in U.S.
The doctorate program at the Clark University Graduate School of Geography is one of the top-ranked in the nation by the National Research Council (NRC). In April, the NRC released an update to its Data-Based Assessment on Research Doctorate Programs in the United States, a complex and long-anticipated assessment first published in September 2010. Clark ranks first in one…
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From Brooklyn to Kathmandu, Steinbrecher Fellowships support 11 undergrads’ creative research
Eleven Clark University undergraduate students were recently named Steinbrecher Fellows; all will undertake projects this summer and during the 2011-2012 academic year. The Steinbrecher Fellowship Program was established in 2006 to encourage and support Clark undergraduates’ pursuit of original ideas, creative research, and community service projects. The 2011-2012 Steinbrecher Fellows and their projects are: Harrison…