The vulnerability of coastal communities is gaining urgent attention in the face of climate change and devastating weather-related flooding and erosion. Clark University Professor of Economics Robert Johnston, director of the George Perkins Marsh Institute at Clark University, is leading vital research into the environmental and economic impacts of coastal hazards and adaptation along Northeast shores. Johnston’s research assesses the…
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Clark U.’s Akçam recognized with Hrant Dink Spirit of Freedom and Justice Medal
Clark University History Professor Taner Akçam was recently presented with the Hrant Dink Spirit of Freedom and Justice Medal by the Organization of Istanbul Armenians on the 8th commemoration of Dink’s assassination. The late Hrant Dink was a prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist known for his efforts of reconciliation between Turks and Armenians and his advocacy of…
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Clark U. recognizes two with Lund Award for their contributions to the Worcester community
Clark University President David P. Angel presented the 2014 John W. Lund Community Achievement Award to geographer Deborah Martin and doctoral student Heather Mangione at a recent University function. Martin was honored for her dedication to, and for serving in, leadership roles at the Beth Israel Synagogue. She has also played an instrumental role in…
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Clark University Poll: Established Adults enter 2015 feeling positive, dreaming big
The 2014 Clark Poll of Established Adults has issued its final report, which reveals that 25 to 39 years old are holding fast to the optimism and big dreams they expressed as younger or “emerging” adults. Despite entering adult life during the worst recession in decades, today’s established adults appear remarkably contented and positive about…
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Clark geographer receives NASA grant to study the impacts of sea-ice thinning and retreat in the Pacific Arctic
Karen Frey, associate professor in the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Washington, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), received a grant from NASA for their project titled “Observing and understanding the impacts of…
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Clark U professor emerita honored with 2015 AAG Award for Creativity in Geography
Susan Hanson, Distinguished University Professor Emerita, former Director of the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University, and member of the National Academy of Sciences has been awarded the Association of American Geographers 2015 AAG Stanley Brunn Award for Creativity in Geography for her intellectual breakthroughs in geography. The AAG recognizes Hanson for scholarship that…
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Clark Poll: Married or not, most grown-up millennials say they have found ‘soul mate’
For a generation that has grown up amid a parental divorce rate of 50 percent, most millennials – now in or near their thirties, are succeeding remarkably well in their love lives, so far. Clark University, the nation’s leading institution tracking the development of Emerging Adults (18 to 29 years old), has released a new…
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Clark U. political scientist authors book on congressional primary elections
The fact that fewer than fifteen percent of eligible voters showed up for the 2014 primary elections indicates that primary elections do not matter to very many citizens. However, Clark University associate professor of Political Science Robert Boatright contends that congressional primary elections matter—a lot. He explains their importance, and dispels claims and myths about…
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Clark geographer Bebbington inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. –Clark University Professor of Geography Anthony J. Bebbington was among 164 influential artists, scientists, scholars, authors, and institutional leaders who were inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at a ceremony in Cambridge on October 11. The ceremony included talks by five new inductees: Yale physicist Ramamurti Shankar; Diana Wall, ecologist…
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Clark geographer awarded NASA grants to study carbon release, uptake in U.S. forests
Christopher A. Williams, associate professor of geography in the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University, was recently awarded two grants from the National Atmospheric and Space Administration (NASA) for a set of projects aiming to determine the balance of carbon uptake and release across forests in the United States using the latest satellite remote-sensing…