Dr. Ellen Foley, Associate Professor of International Development and Social Change, first went to Senegal in 1992 as an undergraduate. Since then, much of her work has focused on health concerns facing populations in West Africa, with a primary interest in reproductive and sexual health. Most recently she has teamed up with researchers from Senegal,…
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International Development Community and Environment
IDCE Professor Shares Insight On Land Tenure and Disasters
On Friday, February 13, 2015 USAID sponsored a panel discussion on the topic: Land Tenure and Disasters. The event highlighted the important linkages that exist between land tenure and disaster planning and recovery. Among the key takeaways from the event were the importance of proactively addressing land tenure as a part of disaster risk reduction…
Graduate School of Management, International Development Community and Environment
Clark innovators offer novel transportation solutions at Worcester incubator event
Several Clark University graduate students took part in a special Worcester Incubator for Innovation Launch event on Jan. 22, at Union Station in Worcester. As Fellows in the Art of Science Learning program, the presenting teams offered novel solutions for some of Worcester’s transportation challenges.
International Development Community and Environment
Clark Launches Year-Long Initiative on UN’s Millennium and Sustainable Development Goals
Clark University’s International Development, Community, and Environment (IDCE) program is embarking on a year-long initiative assessing the effectiveness of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) adopted by the United Nations in 2000. The initiative will include opportunities for engagement among the university, the community at large, and noted scholars focused on specific aspects of the MDGs.…
International Development Community and Environment
New Signature Fellowships Launched for Fall 2015
The International Develoment, Community, and Environment Department (IDCE) is pleased to announce six new Signature Fellowships. IDCE Signatures encompass issues of pressing global and local concern and are areas where the department is investing significant energy in deepening its teaching, research, advocacy, practice, and activism. Students whose prior experiences and research interests exemplify these signature…
International Development Community and Environment
IDSC Student first to partner on gender research
Lisa Anderberg from Clark University will be the first graduate student to conduct gender analysis directly with a biological scientist working in the Roots, Tubers, and Bananas (RTB) Research Program as part of a new partnership between RTB and various US universities.
Graduate School of Management, International Development Community and Environment
PricewaterhouseCoopers and AHOLD USA Executives Discuss Sustainability Reporting
Clark University was honored to have senior executives from two large international corporations meet with graduate students recently to take part in a panel discussion on sustainability reporting and assurance. Executives from AHOLD, an international Dutch retailer and parent company of Stop & Shop, Giant Food Stores, Martin’s Food Markets and Peapod were on hand, as…
International Development Community and Environment
Sustainability students and staff visit SolarFlair, one of Clark’s partners in green energy
In late October, 20 members of the Clark community—a cross section of students, staff, and faculty—hopped on a bus to tour SolarFlair in Charlton, MA. Greeted by Matt Arner, founder of SolarFlair, the group heard the story of the farm and the support from Clark that made the solar farm possible. In his quest to apply his…
International Development Community and Environment
Professor Borges-Mendez on the Puerto Rican community in Western Mass.
Community Development and Planning Professor Ramon Borges-Mendez recently participated in a community meeting to discuss the accomplishments and challenges facing the Puerto Rican community in western Massachusetts.
Graduate School of Management, International Development Community and Environment
Net Impact Continues Busy Semester of Activities
The Clark University Net Impact group continued its busy semester of events and activities. In late October, twenty members of the Clark community, including students, staff, and faculty, toured SolarFlair’s solar farm in Charlton, MA. The University maintains a financial agreement with Solar Flair to purchase the offsets produced by the solar panels through virtual…