Clark Newsmakers
Eileen (Carroll) Schofield ’60 Hartsdale, N.Y.
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lark research and expertise drew strong media attention
during the past months, with reports and commentary appearing in many top-tier news outlets. Visit the News HUB (news.clarku.edu)
for an online archive. Here is a recent sampling:
USA Today: The headline asks: “Is ‘Girls’ the voice of a generation?” and cites the Clark University Poll of Emerging Adults and Jeffrey Jensen Arnett (psychology), who says the TV characters are “typical emerging adults.” CNBC: Christopher Williams (geography) talks about ongoing, severe drought in parts of the U.S. continuing into 2013 and the real and potential economic threat. Williams’ research and comments on drought and wildfire risks appeared in several top-tier media outlets, including in his co-authored editorial in The New York Times. Boston Globe: Two separate articles showcase women’s basketball standouts Emily Reilly ’14 and Ashleigh Condon ’14. Coach Pat Glispin is interviewed in each feature. The Wall Street Journal: “How to Have the ’Happy-Meal’ Talk” includes expert advice from Wendy Grolnick (psychology), author of “Pressured Parents, Stressed-out Kids.” Time: Gary Chaison’s (GSOM) comments on the steep declines in union membership ran in news articles across dozens of media. Bloomberg Businessweek and others also included Chaison’s comments in a piece about legal action impacting workers who complain on Facebook. The Progressive: Research Professor Cynthia Enloe (IDCE) pens an op-ed about the Pentagon lifting its ban on American military women serving in combat. Bloomberg Businessweek: Robert Ross (sociology) is interviewed after a deadly factory fire in Bangladesh. His op-eds on failed efforts to stop factory fires appear in The Huffington Post and The Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Lucky: The magazine highlights the student-run Clark Community Thrift Store, “exactly the type of secondhand shop you hope to find in a small city.” Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting: Anthony Bebbington authors “The New Conquistadors: Mining Policy as Foreign Policy.” The Huffington Post: Abbie Goldberg (psychology) posts “Beyond Dolls vs. Trucks: How Children of Same-Sex Parents May Be Less Constrained by Gender Stereotypes, and Why It Matters.” The New York Times: Srini Sitaraman (political science) discusses the U.N. vote on status for Palestine. Education Week: Sarah Michaels (education) co-authors the commentary “Science Standards Require a Teacher-Learning Rethink.” The New Republic: Debórah Dwork (history/Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies) comments on the “fraught legacy” of Catholic-Jewish relations and the retirement of Pope Benedict XVI. Al Jazeera English: For the TV series “Empire,” Douglas Little (history) discusses the historical and political context of U.S.-Syria relations.
spring 2013
I greatly enjoyed reading the Food Issue of the alumni magazine. I knew Mark Bittman was a Clark alum but didn’t know about Padma Lakshmi. Both of their stories are so interesting. In the 1950s, the restaurant now known as Annie’s Clark Brunch was operated by a dysfunctional family of eccentric people who often ignored customers to continue their squabbles. They also seldom cleaned out the fryers, so there was a strong odor of stale oil in the air. It permeated our clothes, so later in the day anyone we met knew where we had been. I’m very pleased that Tom Dolan received a special award. Probably no individual has done as much for Clark over so many years. I got acquainted with him at reunions, when he accompanied his wife (and my classmate) Joan. Finally, I was saddened to read that my favorite professor, Vernon Ahmadjian, had died. Biology majors like me who were interested in botany were without courses for two years after Dr. Potter retired. So we were delighted when Vernon was hired in our senior year, and his class filled up quickly. However, that happened in September 1959, not 1969 as indicated in the obituary. Several years later, I married his first graduate student and got to know Vernon as a friend. He was an excellent teacher and mentor and a fine person. Keep up the good work!
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