♦ Fall Symposium to focus on ‘Why We Educate’ ♦ This fall, Clark University’s Higgins School of Humanities will celebrate 25 years since its founding by Alice Coonley Higgins. Since 1986, the Higgins School as provided a wealth of support through grants for humanities faculty research, sponsored innovative interdisciplinary seminars, and convened innumerable public programs, conferences,…
Yearly Archives: 2011
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Clark in top 40 ‘Great Schools, Great Prices’ in U.S. News ‘Best’ list
Clark University’s academic caliber and financial value has helped it climb up ten spots from last year to earn a No. 31 ranking in the “Great Schools, Great Prices” category of the 2012 edition of America’s Best Colleges released by the U.S News Media Group. “We think it is especially noteworthy that Clark was recognized…
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AG Martha Coakley advises constitutional vigilance
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley urged a Clark audience to keep close watch on the debates surrounding the constitutionality of several major issues, paying particular heed to how those issues will be decided legally and how those decisions will reverberate in the public. Coakley delivered a lunchtime Constitution Day address before a crowd of more…
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Alumna’s ‘Checkered Floors’ to make Clark debut next week
“My senior thesis changed my life.” That’s a rare sentiment to describe a project that many a college senior grinds through, then permanently puts away following graduation. But Cheryl Hamilton ’01 says the words without a hint of irony. In her senior year, the international relations major returned to her hometown of Lewiston, Maine, to…
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Renowned health care author to deliver Drapos Lecture
Jessie Gruman, Ph.D., nationally known health care author and expert on patient engagement, will deliver the Alex Drapos Memorial Lecture, “That’s Not What I Wanted to Hear!: Evidence-Based Medicine and our Hard Choices,” at 4 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 4, in Razzo Hall. The Alex Drapos Memorial Lecture Series is a program of free, public lectures…
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Clark recruitment poster garners CASE Circle of Excellence Award
The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has named Clark University a winner in the 2011 CASE Circle of Excellence Awards Program. Clark received a silver award in the category of Individual Student Recruitment Packages: Posters. There were 2,500 individual entries for the Circle of Excellence Program, representing 614 institutions. Overall, 171 colleges,…
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Sierra magazine lists Clark among America’s Top 20 ‘Coolest Schools’
Sierra magazine’s fifth annual ranking of the nation’s “Coolest Schools” places Clark University at No. 17. A salute to the efforts of colleges around the country helping to solve climate issues and operate sustainably, the Sierra cover feature spotlights the schools that are making a true impact for the planet, from Clark’s bike-share program to…
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Clark Labs receives $1.8 million grant to develop land-use software
Clark Labs is the recipient of a two-year, $1.8 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to develop a decision support software application for land management. The new software suite will be built upon Clark Lab’s Land Change Modeler, an application developed for land change analysis, prediction and the examination of impacts on…
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Clark moves up on annual Forbes list of ‘America’s Best Colleges’
Clark University is listed in Forbes’ annual “America’s Best Colleges” report, rising further into the top third at #125 on the list of 650 schools recognized this year, up from #161 overall in 2010. Besides the overall ranking, Clark is listed as follows in separate categories: #111 in Private Colleges #38 in Research Universities #52…
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Princeton Review recognizes Clark among ‘Best in the Northeast’
Clark University is one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education, as recognized by The Princeton Review in its newly released college guidebook, “The Best 376 Colleges: 2012 Edition.” Clark is also among the institutions deemed “Best in the Northeast.” The guidebook, which includes only about 15 percent of America’s 2,500 four-year colleges, includes detailed profiles…
