There are those who think emerging adults won’t seek out or even accept jobs where they would be blocked from using social media during the workday. They’re wrong. The new Clark University Poll of Emerging Adults: Work, Education and Identity reveals emerging adults (ages 21 to 29) value obtaining the right job over one that…
Yearly Archives: 2015
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Clark U doctoral scholar presents moving TEDxFulbright talk on genocide and justice
Samantha Lakin, a doctoral student at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University, channeled years of research and the voices of survivors during a heartfelt TEDxFulbright talk, where she joined selected Fulbright scholars from around the world who are recognized for fighting prejudice, ignorance, and intolerance. Lakin, of New Jersey, participated…
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Clark LEEP Fellow, art history professor help Worcester Art Museum prepare for Olmec Star God exhibit
Clark University senior Elisabeth “Zizi” Spak recently completed a project for the Worcester Art Museum (WAM), “Jeppson Idea Lab: Statuette of an Olmec Figure,” which was funded through Clark’s Liberal Education and Effective Practice (LEEP) initiative. Spak’s LEEP project was to help prepare an upcoming exhibit, The Jeppson Idea Lab: Olmec Incised Standing Figure, in…
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Transgender rights activist Janet Mock advises: ‘Listen to yourself’
When Janet Mock sat down to write her memoir, she initially thought she’d do it for an audience of one: herself. But during the writing process, Mock came out in Marie Claire magazine as a transgender woman. The disclosure turned her into an “instant activist and advocate,” and not only expanded her audience but prompted…
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Big Oil monopoly fuels the film ‘Pump’
It’s Saturday, and you have errands. First stop is the supermarket, where you browse shelves teeming with enough options to satisfy any culinary desire. Next stop, the mall, to find clothes for your new job. If you don’t find what you need there, an endless variety is only a couple of taps away on your…
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Is college worth it? Clark Poll of Emerging Adults hears resounding ‘Yes!’
As stressed-out college students hunker down in labs and libraries or pull all-nighters writing papers or prepping for exams, they may find themselves wondering, “Is all this worth it?” And they’re not alone. Over the past decade and around the country, students, parents and the institutions themselves have been reexamining the value of higher education.…
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C-SPAN Cities Tour visits Worcester, will feature Goddard legacy and Clark
Interview at Goddard Library archives and exhibit destined for December broadcast; Clark faculty authors to be part of literary culture segment Not one but two C-SPAN vans were spotted outside the Goddard Library on October 21, as the venerable TV outlet came to Clark University to gather video for an upcoming C-SPAN Cities Tour featuring Worcester’s…
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Todd Livdahl’s Bermuda research has bite
A whole lot of people would cheer any efforts to control the pesky mosquitoes that can turn any picnic into a swat fest. But for some countries, mosquito control is a matter of life and death. Biology professor Todd Livdahl has found that very scenario in Bermuda. While accompanying Clark biology students at the Bermuda…
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Carroll Wright’s Labor days honored
Thousands of first-year students have laid their heads inside Wright Hall, but few likely know the illustrious history of the man whose name graces the brick building at the corner of Downing and Woodland streets. Carroll D. Wright, the first president of Clark University’s undergraduate college, enjoyed a renowned career as the first U.S. Commissioner…
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Clark professor’s ‘Sex, Politics, and Putin’ receives two prestigious book prizes
Clark University professor and chair of the political science department Valerie Sperling’s recently published book, “Sex, Politics, and Putin: Political Legitimacy in Russia,” has received the Davis Center Book Prize in Political and Social Studies from the Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) and also the Heldt Prize for Best Book in Slavic and…