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Int’l Students Association to make Clark ‘a world gone gala’ April 9
The International Students Association (ISA), a student initiative at Clark University, will showcase a rich variety of cultural entertainment, fashion, and cuisine during the annual International Gala, beginning at 7 p.m., Friday, April 9, in the Kneller Athletic Center. * Don’t miss this year’s “… a world gone gala” preview (click Videos) at ISA online. Held each spring, the International Gala is…
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Workshop Considers State of the Art of Armenian Genocide Research
Experts, Scholars to Hold Ground-breaking Workshop; Public Invited to April 9 Program on ‘Armenian Genocide: 95 Years Later’
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Life-saving Clark EMS squad receives Red Cross Heroes honor
When seconds mattered and a life depended on cool heads and capable hands, five members of the Clark Emergency Medical Services (EMS), a student emergency response team at Clark University, met a rare challenge and saved a life. The Clark EMS squad members were honored as American Red Cross Heroes at the eighth annual American Red Cross…
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Granville-Abbas school in Sudan dedicated to slain Clark alumnus
A new school for young women was dedicated recently in southeastern Sudan and it bears the name of two individuals, one a Clark University alumnus, who were shot and killed by Sudanese gunmen in Khartoum in 2008. The Granville-Abbas Girls’ Secondary School was dedicated on International Women’s Day, March 8, in the town of…
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Goddard launches space age with historic first on this day in 1926
From Mass Moments: “On this day [March 16] in 1926, Clark University physics professor Robert Goddard launched the world’s first liquid fuel rocket — and with it the space age. Standing in a snow-covered field in Auburn, Massachusetts, he watched as the rocket he had built rose 41 feet into the air, flew for two…
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Bland-Lee history lectures to focus on Cold War, hot topics
Historian Marilyn Young will deliver this year’s Bland-Lee lectures, “Necessary Wars of Choice: Counterinsurgency and the American Way of War” and “Korea: Turning up the Heat on the Cold War,”respectively at Clark University on Wednesday, March 17, and Thursday, March 18, at 4 p.m. in the Grace Conference Room of the Higgins University Center, 950 Main…
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Prof. Stephens meets lawmakers for Concerned Scientists’ call to action
Leading scientists in D.C. to urge legislation on global warming issues
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Students lend hands, minds during spring break
Thirty Clark University students didn’t head home to recharge their batteries or spend time relaxing in the sun this week, during Spring Break 2010. These students and faculty are spending time in Brazil, Haiti, Nicaragua and South Dakota, building houses and helping humanitarian aid organizations. Regardless of what one would call these trips—“service learning,” “social…
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Clark celebrates Olson centenary
From March 24 through March 27, Clark University will join with other Worcester institutions in honoring poet and activist Charles Olson, who was born in the city on Dec. 27, 1910, and was an English instructor at the University for two years. The Worcester County Poetry Association is planning the centennial celebration, which will include events at…
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Clark SBDC gets 2010 Service for Excellence and Innovation Award
The Massachusetts Small Business Development Center at Clark University has been selected to receive the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2010 SBDC Service for Excellence and Innovation Award. In announcing the award, SBA District Director Bob Nelson, noted: “This is a well-deserved and distinct honor that reflects the hard work and perseverance you have shown in training and…