Five IDCE graduate students—Latoya Jones (ES&P ’13), Jenkins Macedo (IDSC ’12/ES&P ’14), Danielle Battle (ES&P ’13), Maya Pilgrim (IDSC ’13), and Mario Torrico (IDSC ’13)—have won a $5,000 grant from the Cambridge, Mass.-based New Economics Institute to host the “New Economy Summit” at Clark University in mid-April. Other IDCE students involved in the summit leadership…
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ES&P Prof Jennie Stephens Presents “Smart Grid” Research at Denmark Conference
Clark University associate professor of Environmental Science and Policy, Jennie Stephens, presented research and organized a research panel on energy system transitions at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) conference held October 17-20 at the Copenhagen Business School in Frederiksberg, Denmark. At the conference, which was held jointly with…
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ES&P Prof Jennie Stephens and Alum Yue Liu Contribute to New Book on Carbon Capture and Storage
Jennie Stephens, Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy (ES&P) and Coordinator of the Graduate Program in ES&P at Clark University, coauthored two chapters in the recently published The Social Dynamics of Carbon Capture and Storage: Understanding CCS Representations, Governance and Innovation (Routledge 2012). The book, edited by UK researchers Nils Markusson, Simon Shackley, and…
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Peace Corps Partners with IDCE in Graduate Fellowship Program
The Peace Corps has welcomed Clark University’s International Development, Community & Environment (IDCE) department to its Paul D. Coverdell Fellows program, a graduate fellowship that offers financial assistance to returned Peace Corps volunteers (RPCVs) and places them in degree-related, professional internships in underserved American communities. Through the program, RPCVs admitted to Clark’s IDCE graduate programs…
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Devastation in Japan: One Year Later
First-year IDCE student Eriko Nakanishi (IDSC) was traveling in Myanmar on March 11, 2011, when the devastating tsunami and earthquake hit Japan. A Japanese native, Eri arrived back in her homeland a month later and volunteered in the humanitarian aid effort. Her “internship” with Megumi Japan involved lots of dirty and dangerous work. To mark…
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IDCE Announces New M.S. Degrees
The International Development, Community, and Environment (IDCE) department at Clark University will now offer a Master of Science degree in its Environmental Science and Policy (ES&P) and Geographical Information Science for Development and Environment (GISDE) graduate programs. Previously all IDCE graduate students, including ES&P and GISDE students, earned M.A. degrees. The change was made because…
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ES&P Masters Final Project Symposium To Take Place February 8
The Environmental Science and Policy (ES&P) program will hold its sixth annual ES&P Masters Final Project Symposium: An Interactive Poster Session on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, from 3 to 5 pm in the Dana Commons Multipurpose Room. This event is a poster session featuring ES&P students presenting their theses, research projects, or practitioner projects. Refreshments…
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Clark’s Peace Studies Program Spring 2012 Activities
Six-Part Workshop on Essential Peacebuilding Skills Learn to equip yourself with the expertise and experience necessary to effectively engage in peacebuilding and conflict resolution. The Peace Studies Program will offer six day-long workshops throughout the Spring 2012 semester. Each workshop will focus on one essential skill related to non-violent peacebuilding. Field practitioners from various peace…
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ES&P Students Share Boundary-breaking Sustainable University Research
Rain gardens, e-transcripts, faculty transportation – even making the most of a severe October blizzard – were discussed in a public presentation by students who completed the course, The Sustainable University. Their research projects delved into issues and proposed solutions related to Clark’s role in sustainable practices on campus and beyond. The Sustainable University, which…
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IDCE Alumna and Anthropologist Genese Sodikoff Publishes New Book
IDCE alumna Genese Sodikoff (IDSC ’96) edited and contributed to The Anthropology of Extinction: Essays on Culture and Species Death, which was recently published by Indiana University Press. Sodikoff is an assistant professor of anthropology at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey. Her research focuses on rain forest conservation and international development in Africa, specifically…