Stories
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Workplace suicides surge by 28%
“Survivor’s guilt” may be behind the rise in workplace suicides, Professor Gary Chaison tells the Associated Press.
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It is written: New publications from Clark faculty members
WORCESTER, Mass. — Here are the latest publications from the Clark University faculty: Kiran Asher, associate professor of International Development and Social Change, and Women’s Studies released “Black and Green: Afro-Colombians, Development, and Nature in the Pacific Lowlands” (Duke University Press) in July. The book provides a framework for reconceptualizing the relationship between neoliberal development and…
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Clark is 35th on ‘Great Schools, Great Prices’ list
WORCESTER, Mass. – Clark University earned the #35th spot among 50 national universities in the “Great Schools, Great Prices” category in the 2010 edition of America’s Best Colleges . The exclusive rankings, which include more than 1,400 schools nationwide, will also be published in the September issue of U.S. News & World Report , on…
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N.H. memorial service planned for Prof. Tapply, who died July 28
WORCESTER, Mass. — William G. Tapply, Clark’s writer-in-residence and professor of English, died July 28, 2009, at his home in Hancock, N.H., of leukemia. He was 69. Decades of students knew Tapply through the classes he taught since arriving at Clark in 1995. But countless readers knew Tapply as the author of more than 40…
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Clark medical anthropologist using Fulbright for research in Senegal
WORCESTER, Mass. — Ellen Foley, assistant professor of International Development and Social Change at Clark University’s Department of International Development,Community and Environment, has received an award from the U.S. Fulbright Scholar African Regional Research Program to support her research on the cultural, economic, and health implications of changing trends in marriage, gender roles and sexual norms in urban Senegal. She was one of only 10 scholars in the United States to receive a fellowship through the African Regional Research Program. Professor Foley is a medical anthropologist whose research explores the intersection of…
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Steinbrecher Fellowships support 11 Clark students pursuing innovative research and service
WORCESTER, Mass. — Eleven Clark University undergraduates are using Steinbrecher Fellowships to support creative research and community service projects this summer and throughout the 2009-2010 academic year. “The competition for this year’s fellowships was more intense than ever,” said Sharon Krefetz, chair of Clark’s Department of Government and International Relations and director of the fellowship…
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Is globalization good for democracy?
Professor of Government Valerie Sperling talks about globalization and accountability on NHPR’s “Word of Mouth.”
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Summer in Siberia: Clark research expedition heads for the Arctic
Spending four weeks of summer on a barge in Siberia may not be everyone’s cup of borscht but for Clark University Professor Karen Frey and three Clark students interested in climate change, it’s the ultimate field trip. Frey and the students departed for Siberia on July 2 as part of The Polaris Project, which trains…
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Courage to Stand
High school teacher Chad Malone did for his students what they say others could not —he inspired them to believe in themselves, trust others and find the courage to reach high for their futures. All in a quick jaunt from the main office to his classroom, Worcester high school English teacher Chad Malone M.A.T. ’06…
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For Darius Shirzadi ’94, soccer is the pitch
Alum uses passion for soccer to promote educational opportunity, help at-risk kids excel
