On Leap Day in 2012, Clark University celebrated the official launch of its pioneering model for higher education known as LEEP (Liberal Education and Effective Practice). Today, the first students to experience LEEP throughout their four years as “Clarkies” are preparing to graduate, making this February 29th seem an opportune time to share the progress, challenges…
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Feb. 18 at Clark: Former Trader Joe’s exec to give President’s Lecture on hunger and wasted food
Social entrepreneur Doug Rauch will speak at Clark University at 4 p.m., on Thursday, February 18, in Razzo Hall in the Traina Center for the Arts, 92 Downing Street. Part of the President’s Lecture Series at Clark University, “A Social Entrepreneur’s Approach to Hunger and Wasted Food,” is free and open to the public. Rauch is founder and president of the Daily…
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Princeton Review: Clark University offers ‘Best Bang for Your Tuition Buck’
The Princeton Review features Clark in new book on ‘Colleges That Pay You Back’; University also No. 3 among 25 Best Schools for Making an Impact Clark University is one of the nation’s best colleges for students seeking a superb education with great career preparation and at any affordable price, as recognized in The Princeton…
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Clark sociology professor pens new book for parents: ‘When Your Gay or Lesbian Child Marries’
More than 70,000 same-sex couples have married in the United States since Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage in 2004. These marriages can pose unique challenges for both couples and their parents. In her new book, “When Your Gay or Lesbian Child Marries: A Guide for Parents” (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016), Clark…
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Clark students add a touch of blue to historic Worcester Art Museum exhibition
The Worcester Art Museum’s current exhibition, “Cyanotypes: Photography’s Blue Period,” is a bit of unfolding history. It’s the first major museum exhibition in the United States exclusively devoted to the 150-year legacy of this long-overlooked technique that gives photographs a distinct blue tint, turning even mundane images into something ethereal. And Clark University has played…
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Kiplinger’s names Clark University #27 among best values in private colleges
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance has again included Clark University on its list of the country’s best values in private colleges for 2016. Kiplinger’s annual list ranks 100 private universities, 100 public schools and 100 liberal arts colleges. Clark appears at number 27; the full list is available online. Education is an investment. Learn more about Clark…
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Student film is out of this world
The assignment for the students in SCRN 209: craft a short science fiction film that is shot entirely on the Clark University campus and incorporates a number of artistic disciplines. The film must also be completed within 15 weeks on a micro-budget. Doable? No problem. Well, that’s not entirely true. There were a few problems,…
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Clark University team takes 3rd in high-intensity Fed Challenge economics contest
A team of Clark University seniors captured third place in the 2015 Boston Regional College Fed Challenge, an annual competition held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, on Nov. 6. The Fed Challenge competition asks teams to present monetary policy recommendations regarding interest rates and to answer questions before a panel of judges comprising…
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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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LEEP Fellows take center stage in Hervey Ross ’50, L.H.D. ’07, LEEP Oratorical Contest
Gabby Seligman ’16 stood on the stage in Jefferson 320 and embarked on a walking tour — without ever leaving the building. Instead, she verbally painted a picture for her audience of the dramatically altered Beaver Brook neighborhood in Worcester, not far from Clark University. She spoke about the historic Harrington & Richardson Arms Co.,…