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Governor visits University Park Campus School; praises model

Dignitaries experience 'magic' of Clark and city school partnership

Provost Angel is president-elect

David P. Angel, Clark University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, will become the next president of the University, William S. Mosakowski, Chairman of the Board of Trustees announced on Dec. 30. Clark University’s Board of Trustees unanimously selected Angel—a seasoned academic administrator, expert in sustainability science, and one of the primary architects of…

Zipcars come to Clark this spring

Beginning in January, members of the Clark University community will have a new transportation option on campus: Zipcars. The Boston-based car sharing program has agreed to provide two of their publicly shared vehicles to Clark for hourly and daily use by students, faculty and staff. Persons who wish to use a Zipcar will be able…

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