International Development, Community, and Environment Department
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Planting clean water: Rain garden to be installed at Clark, April 18
A rain garden will be planted outside of the Bassett Admissions Center at Clark between 2 and 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18, hosted by Clark students who will also offer a public presentation about rain gardens, which are a way to filter polluted water before it reaches streams and rivers. Clark and Main South…
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‘Mining can undermine development efforts,’ Clark U. expert warns Canada lawmakers
Anthony Bebbington, Higgins Professor of Environment and Society and Director of the Graduate School of Geography, recently traveled to Ottawa to serve as an invited witness before the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development on “The Role of the Private Sector in Achieving Canada’s International Development Interests.” The other witness was Brent Bergeron, vice…
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Clark to celebrate 25th anniversary of ‘Earth Transformed,’ April 2
A quarter century ago, Clark University hosted a landmark international conference, “The Earth as Transformed by Human Action,” which highlighted international research tracing the effect of human activity on the global environment for the previous 300 years. Humanity continues to face fundamental questions explored at the conference about the fate of the biosphere and the capacity…
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MBA in Sustainability prepares leaders in vital evolving field
The Graduate School of Management (GSOM) at Clark University now offers an MBA concentration in sustainability, an innovative program focusing on the critical business and management skills corporate leaders need to effect global change and be true stewards of the environment. Clark’s program couples the principles of environmental sustainability with the business strategies and fundamentals…
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Recycling Crew shares expertise with Woodland Academy students
Fifth grade students at Woodland Academy are thinking twice before throwing things away these days, thanks to the thoughtful guidance of a handful of Clark University students. When Rebecca Zilberstein ’12, a candidate for a Master of Arts in Teaching and student intern at the school, discovered the school didn’t have a recycling program in…
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Students share boundary-breaking Sustainable University research
Rain gardens, e-transcripts, faculty transportation — even making the most of a severe October blizzard — were discussed in a public presentation by students who completed the course, The Sustainable University. Their research projects delved into issues and proposed solutions related to Clark’s role in sustainable practices on campus and beyond. The Sustainable University, which…
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Clark ranks third in ONE Campus Challenge, holds events this week marking World AIDS Day
Clark University’s student chapter of the anti-poverty organization, ONE, will be celebrating World AIDS Day with several events this week, including a World AIDS Day celebration they hope will attract hundreds of students and members of the campus community. Clark currently ranks third (out of 2581 schools) in this year’s ONE Campus Challenge – an intercollegiate competition designed to mobilize…
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Enloe adds insights to PBS series on ‘Women, War and Peace’
Secretaries of State, leading activists also in final episode premiering Nov. 8 Cynthia Enloe, Research Professor at Clark University’s Department of International Development, Community, and Environment and Women’s and Gender Studies, will appear in the finale of the acclaimed, five-part PBS series, “Women, War & Peace.” The final episode, titled “War Redefined,” will premiere on Tuesday, Nov. 8. According to…
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Presidents lead Difficult Dialogues series on livelihood and career
Mount Holyoke College President Lynn Pasquerella, Clark President David Angel, faculty and students gathered in Dana Commons Oct. 18 to grapple with the issue of how liberal arts colleges are preparing students for lives of work. The event, titled “Livelihood and Vocation,” was the third symposium in “Educating … for What?” — this semester’s Difficult Dialogues…
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Logan Symposium explores dynamics, challenges of youth work
Students, youths, academic experts, officials and other community members came together at the Boys & Girls Club in Worcester on Oct. 20 and 21 to explore the dynamics and challenges of youth work, all participating in the Clark University 2011 Seymour N. Logan Symposium, “What is the Value of Youth Work?” Participants at the two-day interactive symposium…