Reception and dinner to feature three internationally known, award-winning writers — The Friends of the Robert Hutchings Goddard Library present an opportunity for guests to mingle and dine with some of the most accomplished and best authors in the region during the annual Book and Author Dinner on April 7. Featured authors at this dinner,…
Clark University is making great strides toward reducing its environmental footprint by installing composting bins around campus, most recent in the Academic Commons at Goddard Library. This high-traffic campus location was previously equipped with recycling stations for plastic, metal, glass, paper, styrofoam, batteries and cardboard; however, Clark’s sustainability experts knew there was room for improvement.…
Top projects include agraponic food systems, a campus pub, and help for students struggling academically Each spring, the Innovation & Entrepreneurship program at Clark University holds the Ureka! Big Idea Challenge, a contest that encourages students to propose creative ideas that benefit the Clark community and beyond. The winners receive funding to help turn their…
David Goodtree, co-founder of the New England Water Innovation Network (NEWIN), will discuss “Water Scarcity: Geopolitical Threat or Technology Opportunity?” a free, public lecture presented by the President’s Lecture Series at Clark University, beginning at 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, in Razzo Hall in the Traina Center for the Arts on Downing Street. Goodtree is…
David H. Strassler, M.B.A. ’11, honorary member and former chair of the Board of Trustees and longtime supporter of Clark University, recently was honored by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in recognition of his dedicated commitment to the fight against ant-Semitism and for his decades of leadership in the service of ADL’s mission to combat hate.…
Clark University Professor David Hibbett, in collaboration with the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), is working to understand the genetic basis of how plants and fungi grow and function together, which may provide clues to how these symbiotic relationships help plants survive in changing environments. Hibbett is a…
Clark University is number 10 on the Peace Corps’ 2015 rankings of the top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in the U.S. Clark is ranked on the list of small universities and colleges, with 11 alumni volunteering worldwide. Since 1961, 239 Clark alumni have served in the Peace Corps, but the University last appeared in the…
The Clark University Mock Trial team was awarded an automatic bid to the American Mock Trial Association National Tournament in Washington, D.C., in March, as a result of their outstanding performance at the 2015 Manchester, New Hampshire Regional Tournament at St. Anselm College. The team earned a trophy for Outstanding Trial Team, and finished fourth among…
This semester, the Clark University Higgins School of Humanities‘ dialogue symposium is focusing on “The Work of Play” and how play thrives in our achievement and results-oriented society. We will consider free play and games, cooperation and competition, sports and technology. Programming will explore how play provide space for fantasy, diversion, and escape. It will also examine…
UPDATES about Clark alumna Rebecca Liebman’s venture: Forbes “30 UNDER 30” for 2016 (Forbes, Jan. 2016) LearnLux Gets Dorm Room Fund Backing to Educate Millennials on Finance (BostInno, Dec. 2016) “You’re doing too much. Try picking one direction.” That’s what Rebecca R. Liebman says her teachers have been telling her for years. Her response: “What other…
