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Clark TOPICS to host official 2011 White Ribbon Day observance
The Clark University student anti-violence organization TOPICS (Training, Outreach, Prevention, Intervention, Counseling, and Support) has been chosen by Jane Doe, Inc. – the Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence –to host the official 2011 Regional White Ribbon Day Evening Observance from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 3, in Tilton Hall at the…
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Clark communications, marketing materials garner 5 CASE awards
The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has named Clark University a winner in five marketing and communications categories in the 2011 CASE District I Communications Awards. Competing against colleges and universities from all the New England states and part of Canada, Clark was one of District I’s most awarded schools, and the…
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Timely spring dialogue symposium to focus on religion and compassion
Clark University’s long-running Difficult Dialogues initiative announces its spring symposium, “Who Cares? Religion and Compassion,” which begins next week. “Who Cares? Religion and Compassion” comprises a film series, exhibitions, talks, panels and community conversations that examine how compassion is nurtured, challenged, and how — and if — it calls us to action. How is compassion fulfilled…
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MLK Jr. Convocation lecture explores challenges ‘after Obama’
Professor Devon Carbado, of UCLA, will deliver the Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation lecture, “After Obama: three ‘Post-Racial’ Challenges,” at 7 p.m. on Monday, January 24, in Tilton Hall of the Higgins University Center, 950 Main Street. Professor Carbado’s lecture will celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. King, address “the evolution of blackness,” and will…
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Provost Baird named AAAS Fellow
Clark University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Davis Baird has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). This year, 503 members have been awarded this honor, which is bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers in recognition of distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. New Fellows will…
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Event at Clark Jan. 19 to launch important aids2031 project report
“AIDS: Taking a Long Term View” is the much anticipated report from the aids2031 Consortium, a worldwide group of AIDS scientists, health officials, activists, and experts who have come together to look at the global AIDS response 30 years after the disease was first reported and recommend the best way forward over the next 20…
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D’Army Bailey ’65: A Radical Life
D’Army Bailey got booted from one university for leading civil rights protests. And then Clark came calling.
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Former President Traina honored by biotech, business leaders
Retired Clark president Richard Traina has been renowned for building partnerships in some of the unlikeliest places. He forged ties between his university and the surrounding neighborhood, whose relationship was often troubled, and between Worcester’s business and academic communities, which regarded each other with suspicion that could border on hostility. Traina seized on those challenges…
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Clark students receive funding to turn one rooftop on campus ‘green’
An innovative student-sponsored idea to turn one of the rooftops of an existing building on the Clark University campus “green” has been chosen as the winner of this year’s U-Reka: The Big Idea Contest, an annual contest sponsored by Clark’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E) program. Other ideas that received funding include an after school program…
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Students in Sustainable University course present research projects
Clark University students completing a fall semester course titled “The Sustainable University” recently made a public presentation of their final research projects, revealing issues and posing solutions to Clark’s role in sustainable practices on campus and beyond. This course, which includes undergraduates and also graduate students enrolled in a graduate-level course called “Sustainability and the…