Beginning in January, members of the Clark University community will have a new transportation option on campus: Zipcars. The Boston-based car sharing program has agreed to provide two of their publicly shared vehicles to Clark for hourly and daily use by students, faculty and staff. Persons who wish to use a Zipcar will be able…
Yearly Archives: 2009
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Carbon neutral in 2030: Clark releases Climate Action Plan
Clark University today (Dec. 15) released a Climate Action Plan outlining the University’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ultimately become carbon-neutral by 2030. “Clark University has had a longstanding commitment to environmental sustainability,” said Clark President John Bassett, who became a charter signatory of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC)…
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Clark leading the charge for liberal education and effective practice
The Fall 2009 issue of Liberal Education magazine focuses on the “rich body of research, thought and experience” shared at the Clark University/AAC&U Conference on Liberal Education & Effective Practice, an invitation-only conference that included 30 experts from academia as well as the nonprofit and corporate worlds that took place at Clark University in March…
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Steinbrecher Fellow studies climate change effect on grizzlies
Findings help convince Federal Judge to order grizzly relisting Colin S. Peacock of Tucson, Ariz., was one of 11 Clark University undergraduates who was awarded a Steinbrecher Fellowship to support his creative research project this summer and throughout the 2009-2010 academic year. Peacock is using his Steinbrecher Fellowship to study climate change and its…
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Research 'HEROs' honored
Clark University recently honored four students who were selected to become members of its 2009-2010 Human-Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) Fellowship program. Clark President John Bassett presented the awards at the annual fall dinner reception for outstanding students. Initiated at the Graduate School of Geography at Clark, the HERO research program provides opportunities for students to…
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$500,000 gift intensifies Clark focus on urban education
Clark alumnus and former Worcester resident Lee Gurel, Ph.D., of Alexandria, Va., has given $500,000 to the University to establish the Endowed Education Fund, aiming to help “share the secret” of Clark’s model of effective urban education. The gift provides for a permanent endowment designed to help close the gap between research and practice, promising…
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ASU, Clark U join to improve world tourism industry
The tourism industry is the world’s largest employer, and a new collaboration between Arizona State University (ASU) and Clark University is devoted to making it more responsible to communities. ASU’s Megapolitan Tourism Research Center and Clark’s George Perkins Marsh Institute are developing several international and national projects focusing on the role of travel and tourism in the social, economic and environmental prosperity of small and large communities.
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President Bassett to Step Down
During a decade marked by tumultuous global and domestic crises and a dramatically altered higher education landscape, Clark President John Bassett has worked closely with faculty, alumni and friends of the University to advance academic goals and strengthen Clark’s reputation as a research institution. Under his tenure, Clark has significantly strengthened its position
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Drapos Memorial Lecture focus on immigration law
The Alex Drapos Memorial Lecture Series at Clark UNiversity continues its program of free, public lectures concerning law and American society. Kevin R. Johnson, a noted international expert on immigration, race and civil rights law, delivered “Opening the Floodgates: Why America Needs to Rethink Its Borders and Immigration Laws.”
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Clean Energy Center Awards $150K for Innovation, Sustainability
Sept. 28, 2009 – The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (CEC) has awarded a grant of $150,000 to the newly formed Institute for Energy Innovation and Sustainability (IEIS) in Worcester to support the start-up phase of its operations. The IEIS grew out of discussions led by U.S. Congressman James P. McGovern, D-Worcester, and involved local university, civic, and business leaders. The primary goal of the IEIS is economic development and job growth in the clean and alternative energy, energy conservation, and sustainability sectors.
