Seventeen years later, the details are still fresh in Clarkson Photographer Steve Jacobs’ mind. “I was in Albany, on the thru-way heading to work at the local newspaper, listening to the radio when I heard about the attacks in New York City on September 11, 2001. Reports said it was likely a terrorist attack. I […]
Environmental Education Program Expands Offerings to New Area Schools The Hudson Highlands Land Trust (HHLT) and Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries, Clarkson University (BIRE) today announced a new initiative to transfer and expand the Hudson Highlands River of Words (ROW) environmental education program. Given its extensive academic and public education programming, BIRE will conduct the program as of July 1.
On Tuesday, September 11, the Clarkson University campus community and members of the local community will gather at Clarkson’s World Trade Center Memorial Sculpture at 8:25 a.m. for Clarkson’s annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony. The memorial is located across the road from the Rowley Laboratories building (#14 on the map at http://internal.clarkson.edu/about/clarkson_map.pdf). The event is open
Emmalyn Dupree, a Clarkson University chemistry doctoral student from Massena, N.Y., will travel to Plainsboro, N.J. in November to accept the EAS Graduate Student Research Award and present her research at the Eastern Analytical Symposium. Dupree was one of four students selected from many highly qualified nominees from all over the United States east coast.
Lance Clark, a former Ambassador of the United Nations with 35 years of experience in international work, is scheduled to speak at Clarkson University on September 12, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Student Center Multi-purpose Rooms. The talk is titled “Climate Change—A Top National Security Threat”. Clark says most of the talk
Logging into any online account comes with the built-in security of a password, but what happens if someone gets past this line of defense? Three professors at Clarkson University have been granted $75,000 through Facebook’s Secure the Internet Grants program to continue research on post password authentication, which can help determine whether someone else is
Schenectady, NY — Clarkson University’s highest community service honor, the Bertrand H. Snell Award, was bestowed upon Capital Region academic and community leader Laura Schweitzer, Ph.D., at a reception in her honor co-hosted by Clarkson University, the Center for Economic Growth and the SUNY University at Albany on August 28, 2018. The Bertrand H. Snell
The Sierra Club has named Clarkson University one of the Cool Schools for 2018. Out of more than 250 schools nationwide that reported on sustainability programs, Clarkson ranks 22 for academics, 9 for grounds, 32 for diversity & affordability, and 57 overall. The ranking is open to all four-year undergraduate colleges and universities in the
Delta Upsilon International Fraternity is pleased to announce that its Clarkson Chapter at Clarkson University was named one of the seven finalists for its Sweepstakes Trophy, the highest honor bestowed upon a DU undergraduate chapter. The announcement was made at the Fraternity’s annual Leadership Institute, held July 26-29 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The chapter was also a
www.paywallthemovie.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 27, 2018 DOCUMENTARY ON OPEN ACCESS TO PREMIERE ON SEPT. 5, 2018 IN WASHINGTON, DC New film, “Paywall: The Business of Scholarship,” propels the need for open access forward, targeting the for-profit academic publishing industry “Paywall: The Business of Scholarship,” a documentary about the hidden costs of academic publishing and
