克拉克大学：挑战常规，改变世界
英文导读
Back to its origin
Clark University is a private research university and liberal arts college in Worcester， Massachusetts. Founded in 1887， it is the oldest educational institution founded as an all-graduate university. Clark now also educates undergraduates. Clark University was founded by American businessman Jonas Gilman Clark in 1887. He started the university with a million dollars， and later added another million dollars to the fund because he feared the university might someday face a lack of funds. It was opened on October 2， 1889 as the first all-graduate university in the United States. It is one of only three New England universities， along with Harvard and Yale， to be a founding member of the Association of American Universities， an organization of universities with the most prestigious profiles in research and graduate education. The campus is located on Main Street in the Main South neighborhood about two miles west of downtown Worcester. In recent years， Clark has been noted especially for its geography and psychology departments.
More information
System： Clark has eight research institutes and centers including： The William and Jane Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise(The institute focuses on important social issues， including focal areas such as education reform， environmental sustainability， access to healthcare， human development， well-being and global change)， The George Perkins Marsh Institute (conduct collaborative， interdisciplinary research on human-environment relationships and the human dimensions of global environmental change)， The Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies faculty(draw on a wide range of disciplines-from history， to psychology， sociology and literature)， The Jacob Hiatt Center for Urban Education(develop exemplary models of urban schooling， teaching and teacher education through local partnership)， The Center for Risk and Security (security issues includes： terrorism； disaster management； law and human rights； resource availability； and public health)， The Center for Technology， Environment and Development (Current projects include theoretical work on hazard analysis， hazard taxonomies， vulnerability， environmental equity， corporate risk management， emergency planning and hazardous waste transportation)， The Center for Community-Based Development.Clark has eight research institutes and centers Clark offers 31 undergraduate majors. It offers 33 study abroad programs in 21 different countries.
生词助读
dimension [dimenn] n. 尺寸；面积；范围
terrorism [terriz()m] n. 恐怖主义；恐怖行动
hazard analysis 危害分析
taxonomy [tksnmi] n. 分类法；分类学
中文概述
克拉克大学是一所私立的、以文科为主的研究型大学，位于美国马萨诸塞州的伍斯特市。克拉克大学建于1887年，当时是美国第一所只开设研究生专业的大学，直到1902年，才开设本科专业。克拉克大学是美国最早提供研究生课程的大学。最初做为新英格兰地区仅有的三所大学之一，与哈佛大学和耶鲁大学，共同成为著名的美国大学协会创始成员之一。
克拉克大学的心理和地理两科是举国知名的。该大学颁发的地理学博士，则是全美各大学中之冠。最受学生欢迎的学科，分别是心理学、政治学、商业管理、地理学、经济学。其他较佳的学科有历史和理科。在城市教育、环境研究、国际发展、社会变化等多个学术领域都走在前列，成绩斐然。
克拉克大学商学院着重培养学生的创造性解决问题的能力、批判性思考的能力以及领导能力。本科生在修读商科本科专业的同时，还可以选择为期五年的本科/MBA或者本科/金融学硕士连读项目。
克拉克大学鼓励学生和教师使用自己的智慧和求知欲，摆脱传统常规知识的束缚，去寻找适用于当今时代的创新的技术和思想，通过实践对世界作出积极的贡献。
梦想成功录
When you"re good to others，you are best to yourself.
善待他人，即是最善待自己。
The greater the man， the more restrained his anger.
人越伟大，越能克制怒火。
Anger begins with folly， and ends in repentance.
愤怒以愚蠢开始，以后悔告终。