August 5, 2013 – BELFAST, Maine, August 5, 2013 – Anne Clark Baker (MS candidate, GSIDE, Class of 2014) and Lisa Stoddard (PhD candidate, Geography) have achieved the high honor of being selected as Switzer Environmental Fellows by the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. This year, the Switzer Foundation awarded 22 Fellowships for emerging environmental leaders who…
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ES&P Student Steve Menges Interning for the MA Department of Energy Resources
Steve Menges is a 2nd year, ES&P student at Clark. A native of Syracuse, New York, Steve completed his undergraduate degree at SUNY Oneonta, majoring in Adolescent Education and Earth Science. Prior to attending Clark, Steve taught elementary science in the Syracuse Public Schools for three summers as a part of the Say Yes to…
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Jenkins Macedo (IDSC 2012/ES&P 2014) Advancing to Second Stage for U.S. Graduate Students Fulbright Fellowship
Congratulations to Jenkins Macedo, IDSC’12/ES&P 2014 whose proposed research to Clark University’s Fulbright Selection Committee was unanimously endorsed to advance to the second stage of the U.S. Graduate Students Fulbright Fellowship 2014-2015! Macedo’s research seeks to investigate methods used to enhance soil nutrient status and water productivity among smallholder farmers in the Greater Mekong Sub-region in Laos. Combining the advantages of…
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Shan Yi Koay (IDSC ‘2013) featured as a Central MA Up and Comer by local magazine.
IDSC alum, Shan Yi Koay (2013) recently joined Ivy International as an executive assistant to the President and CEO. She is featured as a Central MA Up and Comer by glolocalworcester.com. Ivy Child International is a non-profit organization that works to improve the mental health and well-being of children through community health programs such as yoga…
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GISDE Student Wins 2013 Summer of Maps Fellowship
Azavea, an award-winning geospatial analysis (GIS) software development company, has announced that Tyler Dahlberg (GISDE ’14) is one of three students named winners of its second Summer of Maps. Inspired by the Google Summer of Code, Azavea Summer of Maps is a program that offers $5,000 stipends to student GIS analysts to perform pro bono…
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GIS Students Research Habitats of African Elephants and Guanaco
Clark undergraduates Michelle Andrews ’14 and Christina Geller ’13 and a group of graduate students enrolled in the Wildlife Conservation GIS Research Seminar taught by Associate Professor of Geography John Rogan and Research Assistant Professor Florencia Sangermano, recently traveled to the Bronx Zoo, the headquarters of the Wildlife Conservation Society, to present policy recommendations to…
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Climate Change Book Series Features IDCE Contributors
A new book series about climate change has Clark University written all over it. The four-volume “Climate Change: An Encyclopedia of Science and History” is co-edited by Jennie Stephens, associate professor of environmental science and policy, and boasts contributions from a host of Clark faculty, students and alumni. The series provides a holistic consideration of…
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New NSF-funded Research on Post-Sandy Climate and Energy Linkages
In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, a new research initiative is exploring how societal discourse of energy systems and climate change is changing in response to the storm’s devastation and disruption. Jennie Stephens, Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy in IDCE, and her collaborative research team have received funding ($60K) from the National Science…
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Effort to End Youth Homelessness Gets $450K in New Funding; CDP Prof Laurie Ross and IDCE Students Contribute Vital Research
By Savannah Cooley (B.A. ’16) The announcement of a $450,000 grant from the Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts sounded a clear and hopeful note at press conference on “Addressing Youth Homelessness in Worcester,” on Feb. 15 at the YWCA in Worcester. Laurie Ross (left), Clark University associate professor and co-director of The Compass Project, made introductions…
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Clark University to Host Conference on Women’s Rights in Sudan and South Sudan February 22-24
Clark University will host the conference, “Building Bridges: peace, gender equality, and women’s rights in Sudan and South Sudan,” from Friday, Feb., 22, through Sunday, Feb. 24, on the Clark campus. The conference will bring together over 30 women activists, policy-makers and academics from Sudan and South Sudan to share experiences, identify priorities and strategize…