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Giving Clark students a chance to shine

Gary Labovich ’81 arrived at Clark University thinking he would become a lawyer, but an Introduction to Economics class with Professor Roger Van Tassel helped changed his mind. “I loved just about everything in the course,” he recalls. “I’d never been exposed to traditional economics, and I found it fascinating.” Economics major. Check. That particular…
Professor Johnston presents research at National Academies meeting on forest health

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington recently invited Robert Johnston, professor of economics, director of the George Perkins Marsh Institute at Clark University and editor of the journal Resource and Energy Economics, to present research to inform a study on “The Potential for Biotechnology to Address Forest Health.“ An ad hoc committee has been charged by the…
A tale of two cities in Beirut

Anthony Jreije ’18 investigates the politics of gentrification in Lebanon’s capital
Clark student’s research takes on challenge of urban inequity

The benefits of economic prosperity and growth are often unevenly distributed. How, for example, in a thriving city like San Francisco, can some of its citizens be so wealthy, while others struggle to maintain a decent standard of living? Clark University student Crystal Tang ’19, who has lived in the Bay Area much of her…
Chukwuma Egbuzie ’19 captures Worcester’s global perspective, one story at a time

Chukwuma Egbuzie ’19 believes everyone has a story to tell. He spent this summer documenting the tales of Worcester’s diverse citizens through photography. Egbuzie, an economics and screen studies double major, crafted the digital marketing project — “Global Citizens of Worcester” — during an internship with the International Center of Worcester, an affiliate of the Seven Hills Foundation. His first task:…
Student marketing project grabs the Bull (Mansion) by the horns

Emma Deneault ’18 knows her way around a pitch, but the economics major stepped outside the lines for a LEEP Project as a marketing and social media specialist at Bull Mansion – a new Worcester restaurant co-owned by alumna Victoria Mariano ’08. “To say that a marketing position is out of my comfort zone would be an understatement,” says Deneault, who’s…
Love of country, and knowledge, inspires Trang Nguyen

In 2008, Trang Nguyen ’17 learned about the financial crisis impacting millions around the world from inside a high school classroom in Singapore. By this point in her young life, she’d already lived in three countries and soon found her teachers piquing her interest to study global economics in a fourth — the United States.…
A net win for Jacob Reiner ’17

LEEP project, lacrosse and internship sent him to Israel for two summers in a row
Clark student wins prestigious Boren Scholarship

Thomas Hutto '17 using funds to become proficient in Chinese language