Clark University News

Clark University held its 109th Commencement on Sunday, May 19. Degrees were granted to 1096 graduates: 523 baccalaureate, 541 masters, and 32 doctoral.

Thelma Brodsky did not much enjoy the company of Howard Lockwood in kindergarten.

Professor Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, co-author of "When Will My Grown-Up Kid Grow Up? Loving and Understanding Your Emerging Adult," will talk about the book Saturday in Westboro.

Marcy Reed, president of National Grid in Massachusetts, right, speaks at the announcement Thursday of the company's Sustainability Hub at Clark University.

Clark University President David Angel has signed a pledge that the university will have 20 percent "real food" by 2020.

National Grid has found a home to house its new smart grid pilot. The Waltham, Mass.-based utility giant has secured space at 912 Main St.

Melt from Alaska's Columbia Glacier and other glaciers around the world contributed as much to global sea rise as the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets combined from 2003 and 2009.... While 99 percent of Earth's land ice is locked up in the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, the remaining ice in the world's glaciers contributed just as much to ... (more)

He was born June 13, 1938 in Worcester, the only child of the late John A. and Marion Broderick.

Robb D. Bunde, 48, is an Edgeworth resident since 2005. He has a bachelor of science degree from the University of Nebraska in 1987 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Nebraska College of Law in 1990.

When I was in college, 'real food' consisted of processed cheeseburgers with fries.

Most girls dream of getting married. Some dedicate an entire Pinterest board to their future wedding before they even have a boyfriend ; others daydream about the day they'll meet their husbands.

Nine Clark University undergraduate students were recently named Steinbrecher Fellows ; all will undertake projects this summer and during the 2013-2014 academic year.

From Scanlon Funeral Home : Loretta A. Wawrzniak SPRINGFIELD Loretta A. Wawrzyniak, 88, died Monday, May 6, 2013 at Wingate of Springfield after a period of declining health.

Abbie E. Goldberg , associate professor in The Department of Psychology at Clark University, received $718,770 from the National Institute of Mental Health for her three-and-a-half year project, "Mental health in the postpartum period among visible and invisible sexual minority women: A U.S.-Canada study." Goldberg will serve as principal ... (more)

The American Psychological Association today announced the winners of the prestigious annual APA Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools Excellence in Teaching Award.

Parents of 18- to 29-year-old emerging adults feel so positive about their relationships with their children that they welcome them back home, according to a new 2013 Clark University Poll of Parents of Emerging Adults, which has become the definitive national survey of this demographic group.

Former recipients of Anton and Steinbrecher fellowships returned to campus April 25 to celebrate the creation of the Steinbrecher and Anton Fellows Society.

Young adults may bloom slowly, but they are doing something right: They are, for the most part, pleasing their parents, a new survey finds.

The NOAA Summer Fellows 2013 are Faye Harwell '15, Lucas Earl '14 and Desiree Jerome '14. Lucas Earl '14 , a geography major, will work on the project Land-based Influences on the Ecology of Coastal Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems in Puget Sound, Wash .

Each Windgate Fellow receives $15,000 - one of the largest awards offered nationally to art students.