Monthly Archives: May 2013

Clark University professor receives $700K grant from NIMH to study postpartum depression issues

Abbie E. Goldberg, associate professor in The Department of Psychology at Clark University, received $718,770 from the National Institute of Mental Health for her three-and-a-half year project, “Mental health in the postpartum period among visible and invisible sexual minority women: A U.S.-Canada study.” Goldberg will serve as principal investigator and will work with Lori E.…

Clark Poll: Parents welcome emerging adults back to the nest

Parents of 18- to 29-year-old emerging adults feel so positive about their relationships with their children that they welcome them back home, according to a new 2013 Clark University Poll of Parents of Emerging Adults, which has become the definitive national survey of this demographic group. In contrast to the popular perception that parents don’t…

Outstanding alumni to be honored at Reunion Weekend, May 16-19

Allen Glick ’63 will be presented with the Distinguished Service Award, and Richard Boucher ’03, M.B.A. ’04, and Anthony Colon ’03, M.P.A. ’04, will jointly receive the Young Alumni Award at the May 17 Friday Night Dinner at Clark University’s Reunion Weekend. Jeffrey Lurie ’73, owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, will deliver the keynote address.…

Marsh-Mosakowski NOAA Fellows to embark on summer research

The Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise and the George Perkins Marsh Institute, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, have announced their NOAA Fellows for 2013. Receiving fellowships for the summer are: Lucas Earl ’14, a geography major, will work on the project Land-based Influences on the Ecology of Coastal Freshwater and Marine…

Clark University undergraduates receive Steinbrecher Fellowships to support their creative research

Nine Clark University undergraduate students were recently named Steinbrecher Fellows; all will undertake projects this summer and during the 2013-2014 academic year.  The Steinbrecher Fellowship Program was established in 2006 to encourage and support Clark undergraduates’ pursuit of original ideas, creative research, and community service projects. Information about the 2013-2014 Steinbrecher Fellows and their projects…