International Development, Community, and Environment Department Archives

International Development, Community, and Environment Department

Clark University featured in Princeton Review’s ‘Guide to 353 Green Colleges’

Clark University is one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the U.S. and Canada, according to The Princeton Review. The university is included in the education service company’s just-released 2015 edition of “The Princeton Review Guide to 353 Green Colleges.” Published just days before the April 22, 2015 celebration of Earth Day, the free…
Clark graduate students showcase research at Multidisciplinary Conference

On April 8, Clark University graduate students came together to celebrate and showcase the work of 65 of their peers across ten of the University’s graduate departments and divisions. An annual event, the Graduate Student Multidisciplinary Conference (MDC) includes oral presentations as well as a poster session. Open to all current graduate students, the event…
Clark U. students celebrate Earth Week with lectures, giveaways, and field trips

Clark University students spent last week attending lectures and films, and participating in competitions and giveaways as part of a coordinated campus-wide effort to honor and celebrate Mother Earth. Early in the week, students who ventured near the Academic Commons at Goddard Library were exposed to a “grave situation” — a sea of painted tombstones…
Clark University Climate Change Teach-In grapples with the ‘issue of our time’

Don’t be fooled by Worcester’s brutal winter, Susanne Moser, Ph.D. ’97, told the audience in Atwood Hall. Our planet just experienced its warmest year on record, and the temperatures are rising. “Every single ecological and biological system on earth is seeing the impact of climate change” in unprecedented ways, Moser said. “There is no arguing…
Arid nations ride wave of ‘water tech’

“The world is thirsty, and getting thirstier.” So announced David Goodtree, co-founder of the New England Water Innovation Network (NEWIN), as he opened the March 11 President’s Lecture in Razzo Hall at Clark University. Goodtree spoke about global water scarcity and the conflicts that arise as nations go dry. He noted that the simple law…
Atwood Lecture to feature noted expert on abolition geography, March 19

Ruth Wilson Gilmore, well known scholar and activist, will present “Too Soon for Sorry: Abolition Geography and the Problem of Innocence,” the Wallace W. Atwood Lecture presented by the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University. The lecture is free and open to the public and will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 19, in…
Clark University making composting commonplace around campus

Clark University is making great strides toward reducing its environmental footprint by installing composting bins around campus, most recent in the Academic Commons at Goddard Library. This high-traffic campus location was previously equipped with recycling stations for plastic, metal, glass, paper, styrofoam, batteries and cardboard; however, Clark’s sustainability experts knew there was room for improvement.…
Refugee Testimonies Workshop at Clark: Teaching techniques, value of ‘witnessing’

“Not since the end of the Second World War have there been so many refugees, displaced people and asylum seekers,” said Ban Ki-moon in his speech at the recent opening the 69th UN General Assembly. At a three-day workshop at Clark University, participants explored ways of drawing out, preserving and sharing refugee narratives. The International Development, Community…
An ounce of prevention

In health care circles, John O’Brien is known as a “turnaround guy.” He takes something that’s struggling and makes it succeed, or he takes something that’s already working and makes it work better. O’Brien has been the CEO of two hospital systems, served as the commissioner of public health for the city of Cambridge, Mass.,…
Student researchers present key findings on beetle infestation’s impact on Worcester’s environment, policies and people

“Prior to the infestation, our neighborhood was an area of beautiful tree lined streets. Shade was abundant and the neighborhood looked lovely. Now our area is barren and depressing.” This is one Worcester resident’s response to a survey question posed by student researchers at Clark University, who, for the past three years, have examined the impacts…