Graduate Arts & Sciences Archives

Graduate Arts & Sciences

Annual conference showcases ‘hope’ in research of graduate students

Just months after graduating from Clark, Samantha Arsenault ’15 found a way to put her economics degree to good use. She conducted research with Associate Professor Laurie Ross to examine a daunting community problem: whether boys who witness or are victims of crimes in childhood may later be drawn to violence, criminal activity and gangs. “I was able to…
Clark geographers’ new study projects melting of Antarctic ice shelves will intensify

New research published today projects a doubling of surface melting of Antarctic ice shelves by 2050 and that by 2100 melting may surpass intensities associated with ice shelf collapse, if greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel consumption continue at the present rate. Ice shelves are the floating extensions of the continent’s massive land-based ice sheets.…
Oct. 8 at Clark University: ‘We’: The Two-Letter Pronoun that Confounds the Nation

Prominent civil rights figure, founder of Algebra Project to present President’s Lecture
‘Smart Transit’ moving toward better access to healthcare

* Federal grant supports project to streamline patient-to-provider transport *
TEDx at Clark University inspires attendees to embrace passions, spread change

The Global Scholars Program at Clark University, in collaboration with administration, faculty and student volunteers, executed a daylong TEDx event on April 11 that brightened a long-awaited sunny spring day with a variety of talks, presentations, art installations, interaction, food and fun. TEDx talks are independently organized TED events that are held around the world…
Clark innovators offer novel transportation solutions at Worcester incubator event

Several Clark University graduate students took part in a special Worcester Incubator for Innovation Launch event on Jan. 22, at Union Station in Worcester. As Fellows in the Art of Science Learning program, the presenting teams offered novel solutions for some of Worcester’s transportation challenges. Two years ago, Worcester, Chicago and San Diego were selected…
Clark University Prof. Bebbington elected to esteemed American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Some of the world’s most accomplished leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities, and the arts have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Among those elected this year is Anthony Bebbington, Director of the Graduate School of Geography and Milton P. and Alice C. Higgins Professor of Environment and Society at Clark University.…
MSPC: Two Degrees in Five Years

Qualified Clark undergrads can earn a bachelor’s and a master’s degree with the fifth year tuition free. The MSPC (Master of Science in Professional Communication) is just one of several accelerated degree programs offered at Clark. [Video and music by Jonathan Dana ’15]
Sunday Monday Carbonday

Clark University environmental science & policy master’s candidate ’14, Sundar Layalu, created this video about sustainability from a Nepalese perspective.
Clark alumnus curates War of 1812 exhibit at National Portrait Gallery

Sidney Hart, M.A. ’69, Ph.D. ’73, recalls that when history professor George Billias perceived that something wasn’t quite right, the pitch of his voice would rise as he delivered a proposed solution. So it was when Hart was writing his doctoral dissertation dealing with themes about American nationalism, he heard that familiar pitch. Hart planned…