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Carbon neutral in 2030: Clark releases Climate Action Plan

Clark University today (Dec. 15) released a Climate Action Plan outlining the University’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ultimately become carbon-neutral by 2030. “Clark University has had a longstanding commitment to environmental sustainability,” said Clark President John Bassett, who became a charter signatory of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC)…

Clark leading the charge for liberal education and effective practice

The Fall 2009 issue of Liberal Education magazine focuses on the “rich body of research, thought and experience” shared at the Clark University/AAC&U Conference on Liberal Education & Effective Practice, an invitation-only conference that included 30 experts from academia as well as the nonprofit and corporate worlds that took place at Clark University in March 2009.

Steinbrecher Fellow studies climate change effect on grizzlies

Findings help convince Federal Judge to order grizzly relisting Colin S. Peacock of Tucson, Ariz., was one of 11 Clark University undergraduates who was awarded a Steinbrecher Fellowship to support his creative research project this summer and throughout the 2009-2010 academic year. Peacock is using his Steinbrecher Fellowship to study climate change and its effects…

Research ‘HEROs’ honored

Clark University recently honored four students who were selected to become members of its 2009-2010 Human-Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) Fellowship program. Clark President John Bassett presented the awards at the annual fall dinner reception for outstanding students Initiated at the Graduate School of Geography at Clark, the HERO research program provides opportunities for students to analyze the…

$500,000 gift intensifies Clark focus on urban education

Clark alumnus and former Worcester resident Lee Gurel, Ph.D., of Alexandria, Va., has given $500,000 to the University to establish the Endowed Education Fund, aiming to help “share the secret” of Clark’s model of effective urban education. The gift provides for a permanent endowment designed to help close the gap between research and practice, promising…

Drapos Memorial Lecture focus on immigration law

WORCESTER, MA— Kevin R. Johnson, a noted international expert on immigration, race and civil rights law, will deliver a Drapos Memorial Lecture “Opening the Floodgates: Why America Needs to Rethink Its Borders and Immigration Laws,” beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24, at Clark University’s Razzo Hall, Traina Center for the Arts, 92 Downing Street, Worcester. The…

President Bassett to Step Down

Dramatic Advances Made and Challenges Met during Decade at Helm

Clean Energy Center Awards $150K for Innovation, Sustainability

Institute Will Provide City with New Economic Engine WORCESTER, Mass. – Sept. 28, 2009 – The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (CEC) has awarded a grant of $150,000 to the newly formed Institute for Energy Innovation and Sustainability (IEIS) in Worcester to support the start-up phase of its operations. The IEIS grew out of discussions led…

ASU, Clark U join to improve world tourism industry

WORCESTER, MA—The tourism industry is the world’s largest employer, and a new collaboration between Arizona State University (ASU) and Clark University is devoted to making it more responsible to communities. ASU’s Megapolitan Tourism Research Center and Clark’s George Perkins Marsh Institute are developing several international and national projects focusing on the role of travel and tourism in…

Clark appoints Admissions dean

WORCESTER, Mass. — Clark University announces the appointment of Don Honeman as Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid. Honeman joined the Clark community on August 3 after serving as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. At UMass Dartmouth, Honeman lead the offices of Admissions, Financial Aid, Registrar, Transfer Affairs, the University…