International Development, Community, and Environment Department
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Clark students to help refugees in Worcester start businesses
WORCESTER, MA— Clark University students don’t have to travel to Iraq, Burundi, or Myanmar to help refugees with microfinance; a new course offered in the International Development, Community and Environment (IDCE) Department allows students to assist these populations here in Worcester, and to help secure funding that will launch businesses and sustain livelihoods. This week, twenty-five students in…
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Clark medical anthropologist using Fulbright for research in Senegal
WORCESTER, Mass. — Ellen Foley, assistant professor of International Development and Social Change at Clark University’s Department of International Development,Community and Environment, has received an award from the U.S. Fulbright Scholar African Regional Research Program to support her research on the cultural, economic, and health implications of changing trends in marriage, gender roles and sexual norms in urban Senegal. She was one of only 10 scholars in the United States to receive a fellowship through the African Regional Research Program. Professor Foley is a medical anthropologist whose research explores the intersection of…