Former President David Angel
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Class of 2017 urged to stand against injustice: ‘Do good and do well’
The 113th Clark University Commencement took place under fair skies on Sunday, May 21, on the Jefferson Academic Center Green. The University awarded degrees to 1,173 graduates (576 bachelor’s, 566 master’s and 31 doctoral degrees). Steven Swain ’89, chair of the University Board of Trustees, welcomed attendees and introduced President David Angel. “Many of you have participated in research or…
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Shaich family’s $5 million gift helps launch Campaign Clark
Clark University announced the public launch of its $125 million comprehensive campaign at a May 5 event held in the Kneller Athletic Center. A standing ovation greeted the announcement that Ronald Shaich ’76, L.H.D. ’14, the founder, chairman and CEO of Panera Bread, and his family have made a $5 million gift to support Clark’s…
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New solar awning project unveiled at Sustainability Hub
National Grid, in partnership with Clark University and the City of Worcester, announced the recent installation of the first Massachusetts solar awning system, and celebrated the success of the National Grid Sustainability Hub, located at 912 Main Street, on Friday, March 24. The Sustainability Hub is a center for innovation and community engagement, hosting more than 8,000 visitors…
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Clark to hold 113th Commencement Sunday, May 21
Earl Lewis, president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, to deliver keynote address
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Clark reiterates support for immigrant, international and undocumented students, scholars
Clark University this week has reiterated and broadened its message of support and welcome for members of its community left vulnerable by a recent executive order that forbids entry into the United States for people from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Resources available to all Clark students are listed below. The executive order issued by President…
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Palates, plates and the president
Clark University First-Year Intensive course takes on the challenge of food consumption
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Clark University reaches high with new building
Clark University President David Angel stood before the audience who had come together to celebrate the official opening of the Shaich Family Alumni and Student Engagement Center and helpfully offered his own headline for the event: “Reaching outward. Reaching upward.” Over the past year, the Clark community has watched a skeleton of interlocking girders evolve into…
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Clark’s curricular innovations garner $620,000 Mellon Foundation grant
Support to help propel Clark’s developments in humanities education
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Blackhawk gives voice to the unspoken genocide
It was the extermination of entire tribes — the murder and displacement of millions, the theft of lands, the destruction of cultures. And yet, according to Yale professor Ned Blackhawk (pictured), the eradication of Native Americans in the United States and Canada over several centuries somehow escapes consideration as a genocide in many history texts. In the April 15…
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Clark University President’s Lecture to focus on genocide of Native Americans
Clark University will host Yale University professor Ned Blackhawk for a President’s Lecture, “Colonial Genocide in Native North America: Varying Methods and Approaches,” on Friday, April 15, at 7:30 p.m. in Razzo Hall in the Traina Center for the Arts, 92 Downing Street, Worcester. This free, public lecture serves as the keynote address for a weekend symposium,…






