The Graduate School of Management (GSOM) at Clark University will welcome Stephen Roach, one of Wall Street’s most influential economists, for a public lecture on “The Changing Financial Climate in Asia: China’s Growing Role in the World,” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in Razzo Hall, Traina Center for the Arts, 92 Downing Street. Roach…
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‘Islam and Democracy’ topic of 2012 Harrington Lecture, April 11
The Political Science Department at Clark University will present the 2012 Harrington Public Affairs Lecture, delivered by M. Steven Fish, titled ““Islam and Democracy: A Look at the Evidence,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, in Tilton hall, 950 Main Street. Professor Fish is a comparative political scientist at the University of California, Berkeley. He…
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Charged up: Clark event heralds area’s first EV plug-in stations
On any typical weekday, the parking lot at the Lasry Center for Biosciences is packed with cars. But on the afternoon of April 2, several of the vehicles in the lot had their hoods open, with a crowd of people examining the cars’ inner workings. Their curiosity was understandable, since these were no ordinary automobiles.…
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Akçam book reveals ‘The Young Turks’ Crime Against Humanity’
Drawing on unprecedented access to greatly extended and once secret documents from the Ottoman archives of 1913 onward, Taner Akçam, associate professor at Clark University has written a timely new book, “The Young Turks’ Crime Against Humanity: The Armenian Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Ottoman Empire” (Princeton University Press 2012), which covers factors that…
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Mortimer Appley, Clark’s sixth president, passes away at 90
Mortimer H. Appley, the sixth president of Clark University, died Thursday, March 29, at the age of 90. Appley was inaugurated as Clark president on July 1, 1974, and served for 10 years. “The Clark community is saddened to learn of the death of Mort Appley, an accomplished academician, who also provided a firm hand…
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Second Int’l Graduate Students’ Conference March 29- April 1; keynote on ‘War and Genocide’
The Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University will host the Second International Graduate Students’ Conferencefor Holocaust and Genocide Studies on March 29 – April 1, presented in partnership with the Danish Institute for International Studies and the International Association of Genocide Scholars. The conference will provide a forum for doctoral students…
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Clark team places 11th of 210 at Harvard Model UN Conference
The Clark University Model UN team placed eleventh out of 210 competing colleges at the annual Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN) Conference, held in Boston on February 16-19. The Clark students also won an outstanding delegate award and three honorable mentions. Twenty-eight students from Clark participated in this prestigious event along with Yale University,…
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MBA in Sustainability prepares leaders in vital evolving field
The Graduate School of Management (GSOM) at Clark University now offers an MBA concentration in sustainability, an innovative program focusing on the critical business and management skills corporate leaders need to effect global change and be true stewards of the environment. Clark’s program couples the principles of environmental sustainability with the business strategies and fundamentals…
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Leading entrepreneur to discuss failure and resiliency, March 16
Clark University’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program will host successful Massachusetts entrepreneur Dean Cycon as the keynote speaker at an interactive event, “The World is Yours: Failure and Resiliency,” on Friday, March 16, in Clark University’s Dana Commons, second floor, from 4-7 p.m. Cycon will talk about the highs and lows of starting his business. Cycon…
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Feinstein receives Visions Award for community leadership
Matthew Feinstein, co-director of the Worcester Roots Project, is the recipient of the 2011 Telegram & Gazette Visions Young Leader Award, honoring his community leadership. Feinstein, who grew up in Western Massachusetts, came to Clark University and graduated with a master’s degree in International Development in 2003. He has been in Worcester for 12 years.…