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Safe Siren wins Innovation & Entrepreneurship capstone contest

Clark University’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Capstone is a rigorous course that teaches students to develop a business venture using what they have learned at Clark University. The spring 2012 competition had four teams competing for the title of Competition Winner. The teams spent the spring semester conceiving and developing a business. To win the competition teams must have…

Science: Bonnie Richter ’75, Biology Major

Bonnie Richter ’75, Senior Epidemiologist in the Office of Health and Safety at U.S. Department of Energy, talks about her career path and the impact Clark made on her professional life.

Business: Bjoern Weidlich ’10, M.B.A. ’11, Economics Major

Analyst at NewOak Capital, New York Bjoern Weidlich moved to New York last May to be an unpaid intern at a boutique investment bank. With no proof of income he was forced to prepay six months’ worth of rent, leaving him with $100 to his name. It was a relatively inauspicious beginning to a career…

‘Bollywood Loves Shakespeare’ paper wins prize at conference

Four Clark University undergraduates presented papers at the Eleventh Annual Undergraduate Shakespeare Conference, held Saturday, April 21, at Assumption College. The conference theme was “Recycling Shakespeare,” and the day concluded with an afternoon session of student performances and scene work at the Hanover Center for the Performing Arts in Worcester. Divya Sasidharan ’14 won one…

First-year shares environmental vision at Clinton Global Initiative

Clark first-year student Rebecca R. Liebman was selected to attend the highly prestigious Clinton Global Initiative University, held March 30 to April 1 at George Washington University, in Washington, DC. The annual CGIU event, founded by President Bill Clinton, draws students, national youth organizations, experts and celebrities from all over the world to discuss significant global issues. CGIU…

Higher education leader to speak at Clark Commencement on May 20

Clark University will hold its 108th Commencement on Sunday, May 20, on the Jefferson Academic Center Green, rain or shine. The procession from Kneller Athletic Center begins at 1:15 p.m. and the ceremony starts at 1:30 p.m. The commencement speaker will be Carol Geary Schneider, the president of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U).…

Clark in Princeton Review’s 2012 guide to the top ‘green colleges’

The Princeton Review has recognized Clark University as one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the United States and Canada, and includes Clark in the just-released, second annual edition of its free downloadable book, “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges: 2012 Edition.” Clark University joins the ranks of outstanding universities and colleges nationwide that…

Clark brings Worcester Community Peace Fair back after 20 year hiatus

Clark University’s Peace Studies Program will host the 9th Worcester Community Peace Fair on Sunday, April 22 (Earth Day), from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the Campus Green (rain location is Tilton Hall, 2nd floor, Higgins University Center). The Fair, which was held annually from 1985 to 1992, served as an event where community members and…

PEWS conference at Clark to focus on workers, global capitalism

♦ Wallerstein to give public keynote address, ‘Labor vs. Capital?’ ♦

DiRado awarded prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship

Stephen DiRado, senior lecturer in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, has been been awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. He is one of only 181 scholars, artists, and scientists chosen from a group of almost 3,000 applicants in this 88th annual competition for the United States and Canada. DiRado, an acclaimed…