What are the chances you would see a psychologist giving a presentation in a political science class? Beginning this fall, such an appearance would not be unlikely. In the past few months, some unlikely disciplines have collided through a tactic known as the “LEEP Lecture.” LEEP Lectures involve collaborations between faculty members from distinct disciplines,…
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Clark University Model U.N. Team racking up the awards this year
If you happen to know someone on the Clark University Model U.N. team, you know they’ve spent the past month collecting accolades. With three competitions behind them, they are readying for five more, and a conference that will attract hundreds of High School Model U.N. participants from around New England to Clark. From Oct. 3…
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Harrington lecturer: No easy answer to congressional gridlock
Political gridlock in Washington is nothing new, but polarization between the two major parties has become so acute that it’s led to historic dysfunction on Capitol Hill, a renowned researcher told a Clark University audience Monday. Sarah Binder, Ph.D., a political scientist with George Washington University and the Brookings Institution, delivered the bleak news in the…
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Photography project focuses on individuals, shares personal stories from the Clark community
Two Clark University students are focusing their camera lenses on faces around campus for their new project, Humans of Clark (HoC). Sophomores Nainika Grover, of Brookline, and Jonathan Edelman, of Leawood, Kansas, are sharing snapshots of students and other members of the Clark community, along with quotes from spontaneous conversation, on a Facebook page that…
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Clark University Harrington lecture to focus on polarization in Congress
Clark University’s Harrington Public Affairs Lecture Series will feature “Congress: Legislating in Polarizing Times,” a lecture by Sarah Binder, a political scientist with George Washington University and the Brookings Institution. The lecture will take place on Monday, Oct. 28 at 4:30 p.m. in Tilton Hall (Higgins University Center, second floor). Professor Binder, an expert on…
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Clark University professors lead discussion on war with Syria
Five Clark University professors came together on Sept. 11 to present a timely panel discussion on the events unfolding in the Middle East, titled “The Coming War on Syria and the Implications for Peace and Stability in the Middle East,” sharing their unique scholarly perspectives and insights with a mostly-student audience that crowded the Higgins…
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Seven Clark undergrads to intern in the nonprofit sector this summer
Seven Clark University undergraduates are working as interns in the non-profit sector this summer with support from the Larry Franks ’73, Ellen Berelson and the Theodore H. Barth Foundation. Tara J. Barnes ’15 received funding so that she can serve as an intern at Year Up, a nonprofit organization in Providence, R.I., that provides urban…
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Clark University Model U.N. team ‘rebounds’ to rank 17 on Top 50 list
The Clark University Model United Nations team ranked in the top 20 of Best Delegate’s Final 2012-2013 College Model U.N. Rankings. Clark Model U.N. is number 17 on the list of 50 schools. Also among the top 25 are Harvard, Yale, Georgetown and Columbia. In its rankings, Best Delegate noted, “Clark rebounded nicely this year…
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Harrington lecturer Walt explores curse-worthy U.S. foreign policy
“The events of this past week remind us that we still live in a dangerous world, where we need well-informed and intelligent public policies to keep us safe.” With this allusion to the Boston Marathon bombing that had occurred three days earlier, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Professor Stephen Walt introduced the subject of April…
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Harrington lecture will focus on dysfunction of U.S. foreign policy
Clark University’s Harrington Public Affairs Lecture Series will sponsor “Follies, Failures and [#$%@]-Ups: Why is U.S. Foreign Policy So Dysfunctional?,” a lecture by Stephen M. Walt of the Harvard Kennedy School. The talk will be held on Thursday, April 18 at 4 p.m. in room 320 of Jefferson Academic Center. It is free and open to the…
