Ogres and donkeys and dragons – oh my! “Shrek: The Musical” will be playing at the Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts next month, and Clark has 13 tickets available for the Feb. 25 performance, which begins at 8 p.m. The tickets are $58.70 each. Watch a preview of “Shrek: The Musical” If you would…
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Zumba is coming back to Clark! Session starts Jan. 25; try a class Jan. 18 for $5
Cookies, and pastries, and candy, oh MY! Zumba those holiday treats away with Carol Thompson, personal fitness trainer and fitness instructor – (check out Body by Carol). Carol will be offering another 7-week Zumba session for $60, beginning January 25. Classes are held from 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Kneller Athletic Center…
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27th Annual MLK Celebration features lecture on ‘Progress in the Age of Obama’
Clark University presents Dr. Mark Lamont Hill speaking on BUILDING COMMUNITY IN AN HOUR OF CHAOS: PROGRESS IN THE AGE OF OBAMA Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012; 7 p.m. Tilton Hall, Higgins University Center Professor, author, and cultural critic Marc Lamont Hill, Ph.D., offers a critical analysis of the current social and political moment. By…
Faculty and Staff Notes
Professor publishes book on the consequences of men’s ‘invisibility’
In his new book, “Invisible Men; Men’s inner lives and the consequences of silence”, Professor of Psychology Michael E. Addis draws on several years of his award-winning scientific research, as well as his own personal and clinical experience to describe an epidemic of personal, relational, and societal problems that are caused by the widespread invisibility of men’s vulnerabilities. More…
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Prof. to moderate ‘observational learning’ session in animal behavior conference
Scientists from around the globe will address these and other questions from an international audience during an online conference, “ethology Investigates: Cooperation,” hosted by the journal Ethology. All are welcome to watch or read the presentations (some are videocasts of the scientists in the field, others are scholarly papers) prior to the discussions, which will take…
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Clark is 3rd in ONE Campus Challenge; events planned for World AIDS Day
Clark University’s student chapter of the anti-poverty organization, ONE, will be celebrating World AIDS Day with several events this week, including a World AIDS Day celebration they hope will attract hundreds of students and members of the campus community. Clark currently ranks third (out of 2581 schools) in this year’s ONE Campus Challenge – an…
Faculty and Staff Notes
Fed chair Bernanke cites Prof. Tan’s work on growth theories in emerging markets
Professor Chih Ming Tan, associate professor of economics, had his work cited earlier this fall in a speech made by Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at the Cleveland Clinic “Ideas for Tomorrow” Series, 28 September 2011, Cleveland, Ohio. Tan’s co-authored article titled, ““Are Any Growth Theories…
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‘Sciencegate’ features professors’ work on university-community partnerships
“Who has a stake? How stakeholder processes influence partnership sustainability,” an article by professors Laurie Ross, Jennie C. Stephens and Mary-Ellen Boyle, is published in the 2011 edition of Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement (vol. 4). The article is featured on Sciencegate – an open access online initiative. In their article professors…
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Helping to develop and connect audiences in two languages
COPACE adjunct faculty member and internship coordinator Susan L. Smith was asked a year and a half ago to write an article for the National Arts Marketing Project’s newsletter. Her contributed piece, “Building Audiences One Encounter at a Time,” was published on-line. Last summer, the publisher of a digital magazine focusing on audience development sought…
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Becker College president gives guest lecture to political science class
Becker College President Robert E. Johnson presented a guest lecture to students on Nov. 7. Johnson, who took the helm at Becker in July 2010, was invited by Clark University assistant professor of political science Ravi Perry to speak to students in Perry’s African American Politics course. Johnson discussed black leadership in politics, “a phenomenon that has happened relatively recently”…
