Helen Williams

IDCE Prof. Cynthia Caron builds MOOC for USAID on Land Tenure and Property Rights

How do you keep a broad, disparate, and diverse group of on-the-ground development professionals—governmental, non-governmental, and affiliated—informed about the major challenges they face on a daily basis? How do you create connections so they can learn from each other and leaders in the field, in order to build effective strategies to overcome those challenges? This…

Multidisciplinary Conference brings Clark graduate students together

On Wednesday, April 8, Clark University’s graduate students came together to celebrate and showcase the work of 65 of their peers across ten of the University’s graduate departments and divisions. An annual event, the Graduate Student Multidisciplinary Conference (MDC) includes oral presentations as well as a poster session. Open to all current graduate students, the…

GIS Week at Clark

Every fall, the Clark celebrates “GIS Week” with a series of events designed to highlight and celebrate the work done by the GIS students, faculty, and researchers in our community. Events this year include: A guest lecture from Sarah Williams, Asst. Professor of Urban Planning and the Director of the Civic Design Lab at Massachusetts…

Prof. Caron and Prof. Humphreys Bebbington Travel to Colombia for Gender Analysis and Food Security

Professors Cynthia Caron and Denise Humphreys Bebbington will travel to the International Center for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia (CIAT) to attend a Root, Tubers, and Bananas (RTB) Group University Partnership Gender Integration meeting. The meeting is part of the RTB Group Universities Linkage Program, which aims to support collaborative research between U.S. and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research’s…

GIS Week November 18th-November 22nd

Join the GISDE department for their annual GIS Week this Monday, November 18th through November 22nd! Please see the schedule below: Monday, November 18th “Chasing Ice” documentary screening and discussion Jefferson 320, 8:00-10:00pm “Chasing Ice is the story of one man’s mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of our changing…

GISDE ’14 Students Anne Clark Baker and Ryan Taylor Williams Research for NASA

Anne Clark Baker (GISDE ‘14) received a B.A. in Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis and Master in Landscape Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Her experience designing public landscape architecture projects in the U.S. and abroad, coupled with AmeriCorps volunteer work in refugee and immigrant communities led to her interest in…

Dual Degree Student Sam Bryson-Brockmann on the Clark Community Thrift Store and Youth Programming

Dual degree (CDP/MBA) 2nd year student Sam Bryson-Brockmann can be found managing a youth internship program at the Clark Community Thrift Store, attending IDCE Student Association meetings as the CDP representative, or brewing coffee at a local Starbucks. He is a Long Island native and graduate of Drew University, with a degree in History and…

Q&A with Sue Czepiel, Director of Career Development and External Relations

Sue Czepiel is the newest member of the International Development, Community and Environment department at Clark. Sue joins IDCE as the Director of Career Development and External Relations.  With twenty years of experience in Career Development, and a passion for guiding students to their career goals, IDCE is happy to have Sue! Q: Tell us…