Each night, Breanna “Bre” Lembitz ’12 sleeps on a mat in New York’s Zuccotti Park, covered only by a tarp. She can’t imagine sleeping anywhere else. The political science and economics major has assumed a central role in the Occupy Wall Street movement, working 16- to 20-hour days to ensure that each financial contribution to…
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NSF awards $270K to support research on global markets, R&D
Professor Yuko Aoyama of Clark University’s Graduate School of Geography has received an award from the National Science Foundation for her research, The Global Shift in R&D Alliances: MNEs & the Quest for the BOP markets. The award comprises $269,999 over three years. The research will examine how multinational enterprises (MNEs) are devising new ways…
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Lecture, conference to examine, compare post-genocide reparation
The Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University is sponsoring an interdisciplinary conference, “Beyond the Armenian Genocide: The Question of Restitution and Reparation in Comparative Review,” opening at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 27, with a public keynote address in Tilton Hall, Higgins University Center, 950 Main Street. Scholar and author John Torpey…
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Environmental scientist garners NSF grant for Smart Grid research
Jennie Stephens, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Policy in the Department of International Development, Community and Environment, was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (Science, Technology and Society Program) grant of $166,750 for her research on “Smart Grid: An Analysis of How Socio-Political Contexts Shape Energy Technology Development and Policy.” This award is part…
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Clark senior wins gold and bronze medals in Redistricting Olympics
Clark University senior Nicholas Rossi, of North Smithfield, RI, won a gold medal in the Redistricting Olympics, a contest sponsored by Common Cause Massachusetts that asked citizens to create their own redistricting maps. Rossi’s work won gold in the Congressional Map category and also landed a bronze medal in the House Map contest. The 58…
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Drapos lecturer offers insider’s view of health care, advocates for ‘evidence-based medicine’
Jessie Gruman bills herself as a “double insider” when it comes to health care. As founder and president of the Washington-based Center for Advancing Health, she is intensely involved with researching and advocating for policies for the delivery of effective medical treatment. And as someone who has endured four separate cancer diagnoses, Gruman possesses intimate…
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Clark alumnus to give Harrington Public Affairs Lecture on elections and informed citizenry, Oct. 24
Professor John Coleman, a Clark University alumnus and leading expert on political parties, elections and campaign finance in the U.S., will deliver the Fall 2011 Harrington Public Affairs Lecture, “A Primer on the Primaries: Polarized Politics and Presidential Nominations,” at 7 p.m, Monday, Oct. 24, in Tilton Hall, 2nd floor of the Higgins University Center, 950…
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Six new MAD scholars arrive at Clark ready to make a difference
Clark University welcomed six Making a Difference (MAD) Scholars at the start of the Fall semester. The Making a Difference Scholarship is awarded to incoming First-Year students who demonstrate an extraordinary commitment to social change. The 2011-2012 recipients are: Alejandro Baez, of New York, NY, is a former HIV/AIDS peer counselor who participated in leadership…
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Lund Award recipients honored for efforts in community engagement
Clark University President David Angel presented the 2011 John W. Lund Community Achievement Award to Greg Doerschler, senior analyst in Clark’s Office of Institutional Research and adviser to the Outing Club, and to fifth-year student Andre Kenstowicz. Doerschler and Kenstowicz were honored at a September 20 recognition dinner at Harrington House, the residence of Clark’s…
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Conflict, complicity and Congo: Clark summit urges informed activism in troubled African nation
Chouchou Namegabe stood before a spellbound audience in the Kneller Athletic Center on Saturday and talked about the rape of her country. “Women’s bodies are being used as a battlefield,” Namegabe said. “Each single case is a tragedy.” The journalist and activist described how systematic sexual assaults on women and children in east Congo are…
