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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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 Alumnus Hao Xin Named China’s National Water Conservation Person of the Year
IDCE alumnus Hao Xin (GISDE ’11, ES&P ’10) recently garnered China’s National Water Conservation Person of the Year award for his work on the Qiantang River in Hangzhou, China. Xin is the cofounder and vice president of Green Zhejiang, an eco-culture association based in Hangzhou. He is also the waterkeeper and spokesperson for Qiantang River…
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Diving to protect ecosystem stability
MY INTERNSHIP DIDN’T BRING ME TO a distant country, nor did it introduce me to any prominent academics. Instead, I spent my summer working fifty hours per week, most of it doing intense physical labor—all with the goal of protecting ecological stability right here in the northeastern U.S. In early 2010, I was hired as…
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Haiti Field School
IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IT’S BEEN MORE than a year since the deadly January 12, 2010 earthquake struck Haiti. Knowing that the devastation was severe, and that rebuilding efforts would take years, outgoing President John Bassett and current President David Angel launched the Haiti Relief Initiative at Clark in an effort to organize long-term…