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Clark names new athletics director
Sean Sullivan, the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs for Athletics and Recreation at York (Pa.) College for the past seven years, has been named the Director of Athletics and Recreation at Clark University, President David P. Angel announced on Wednesday. “I am deeply honored to be asked to join the Clark family and support the…
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Clark University cited by Kiplinger’s as top-50 ‘Best Value’
Clark University is among the top 50 institutions named as the nation’s Best Values in Private Colleges for 2010-2011 by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, a ranking of the “top schools that exemplify excellent academics while keeping their costs to a minimum.” * To read more about Clark University in the current rankings, click here. * Clark stands…
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‘No ordinary students’ – Clark profile in ‘Cool Colleges 101’
Clark University is one of the nation’s coolest places to get an undergraduate education, according to “Cool Colleges 101,” a new guidebook published this month by Peterson’s. The book profiles more than 240 colleges and includes vivid campus photos, an informative description, fast facts and figures, and contact information. The profiles are designed to give…
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This is your brain on the Web; ‘Shallows’ author speaks at Clark
In his book “The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains,” Nicholas Carr explores the ways in which our online existence is rewiring our minds, replacing deep thought with information overload, and overruling attentiveness with a steady stream of interruptions and distractions. This saturation of technology, he says, is affecting us at the…
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A league of their own: Clark’s first women athletes brought their A-game to campus
As World War II raged on, women filled the void — in the classroom and on the court
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Goulet, Muro receive Lund Community Achievement Awards
Clark University President David Angel presented the 2010 John W. Lund Community Achievement Award to two outstanding members of the Clark community. The recipients are University Police Chief Stephen Goulet and senior student Miranda Muro. Goulet, of North Grafton, Mass., was recognized for going beyond his duties in public safety by working as a member of the Main…
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Clark professor’s landmark work named history book of the year
Historian, author and Clark University Professor Emeritus George Athan Billias, of Worcester, will receive the James P. Hanlan Book Award from the New England Historical Association during the NEHA fall conference at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine, on Oct. 16. The award is given annually to a New England author of a book on any historical topic. “American…
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Professors appointed to Klein, Scotland endowed chairs
Clark University President David P. Angel recently announced the appointment of Professor Douglas Little as the first holder of the new Robert H. and Virginia N. Scotland Endowed Chair in History and International Relations at Clark University and the appointment of Professor of Political Science Sharon Krefetz as the next holder of the Andrea B. and Peter D. ’64 Klein Distinguished Professorship. The…
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ACT Locally, or SINK Globally: Clark to host climate conference
A gathering at Clark University on October 24 Recognizes the Key Role of Central Massachusetts in Addressing Climate Change
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Climate change may dry out water cycle, Clark scientist co-reports
A new international study in the journal Nature reveals that global water evaporation from land and plants has been weakening over the last decade, as the soil dries up in many southern regions. The study suggests that limitation in moisture supply in the Southern Hemisphere has contributed to falling rates of evapotranspiration. This slowing trend could have…