I am writing to share news of several changes to the administration. First, I am very pleased to announce the appointment of John Magee to a three-year term as Clark’s permanent Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, effective immediately. As you know, John has been serving as Interim Provost since September. Since then, he has…

To the Clark Community, I write to share significant steps we have taken toward the launch of Clark’s School of Climate, Environment, and Society. Opening in Fall 2025, the School is a transformative evolution of our work to address the most profound and urgent challenges of our time. Today, I am excited to announce the appointment…

To the Clark Community, The call to divest in organizations that do business in or are located in Israel has generated a good deal of attention on our campus. Over the past year, in conversations and written communication with student leaders, alumni, families, and other extended members of our community, we have maintained a consistent…

Dear Colleagues, I am very pleased to announce a $2 million gift to Clark to establish the Herschel Professorship in Climate, Environment, and Society. The donors, who have requested anonymity at this time, were inspired by our vision for a new school that draws upon and expands further Clark’s longstanding, inter-disciplinary strengths in research and…

Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff, Welcome to a new academic year! We are delighted and inspired to have new students, new faculty, and new staff join us for their first semester at Clark, and we are thrilled to see the familiar faces of all those returning to campus this fall. At the same time, we…

Dear Faculty and Staff, I am pleased to announce that Clark has received a gift of just over $2 million from the estate of Betty J. Singer ’71 to endow a professorship in Jewish Studies to be affiliated with the Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. This gift will help to further advance…

To the Clark Community: This past January, I appointed a committee to consider the question of Clark University adopting a policy of “institutional neutrality,” which I announced in a letter on February 1, 2024. At the heart of this question is whether the University should issue official statements on social and political events not directly…

Clarification, April 29, 2024: Since writing this letter, I have learned that some readers interpreted it to mean that the behavior of Clark students at the event at Worcester State University (WSU) would have resulted in disciplinary action had the same occurred at Clark. I want to clarify that I was not at the WSU…

Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff, I am very pleased to announce a $5 million gift to Clark from the estate of Carl Stuart Klorman ’71 that we will allocate primarily to endowed professorships to honor Mr. Klorman’s lifelong appreciation for the quality of his education. First, we will establish the Carl S. Klorman Professor of…

Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff, I am very pleased to announce that the University has received support from several Worcester foundations for our new Center for Media Arts, Computing, and Design. The gifts, totaling $2 million, were awarded by the George I. Alden Trust, the Ruth H. and Warren A. Ellsworth Foundation, the Stoddard Charitable…