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Rare book exhibit turns the page on the Jonas Clark literary collection

Jonas Clark loved books. In fact, the founder of Clark University was so passionate about volumes filled with words in languages both modern and ancient, and illustrations etched with detail and delicacy, that he accrued a personal library estimated at 10,000 books. In 1889, he donated some 4,000 volumes to the University’s library, and today…
A-mazing fact: First-ever labyrinth for observing rats was created at Clark in 1900

Psychology researchers created maze to evaluate animal intelligence
Frost on the pumpkin

Originally published in Clark magazine, spring 2012 Alumni of a certain vintage still wax nostalgic over the Blizzard of ’78, which left much of the Northeast without power for days, forced the cancellation of classes, and produced snowdrifts that rose to the third floor of Wright Hall. Clark students who were on campus in…
Charged up: Clark event heralds area’s first EV plug-in stations

The mood outside the Lasry Center for Bioscience was electric, with good reason. A number of electric vehicles (EVs) — the Chevy Volt, Nissan Leaf, Mitsubishi MiEV, and BMW ActiveE — were on display to help celebrate the debut of a new charging station where EV owners can “plug in.” The April 2 event…
Clark Recycling Center: Wit happens

If one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, then the Clark Recycling Center was the University’s Fort Knox. Located in a once-stately home at 5 Hawthorne St., the center opened in the early 1990s and became the halfway house for literally tons of stuff waiting to be repurposed. As a hand-scrawled sign hanging on…
‘We’re all soldiers now’

The Scarlet reacts to the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor
Alice Higgins made a significant mark on Clark University

The name Higgins crops up in several places around Clark, including on a plaque next to Carlson Hall, on the Higgins School of Humanities, and Higgins University Center. In all cases, they honor Alice Coonley Higgins (1909–2000), who, with her husband, Milton Higgins, made a significant mark, not just on Clark, but on Worcester as…
Nearly Naked Mile collects winter clothing for those in need

Runners finish the Nearly Naked Mile on Oct. 27, 2010. The came. They saw. They disrobed. On Oct. 27, 2010, the Student Alumni Relations Committee sponsored a one-mile run through campus, “The Nearly Naked Mile,” a coat drive benefit event. As their “entry fee,” participants donated new or gently used coats and winter outerwear that were…
Floyd Ramsdell: The ‘Goddard of 3D’

Clark alumnus was a pioneer in ‘stereo pictures’
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