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Nathan Braccio: The Power of Mapmaking in 17th-Century New England
No full textFor the English and Algonquian inhabitants of 17th-century New England, paper maps were a rare and powerful tool. Mapmakers created them to establish borders, facilitate cross-cultural communication, and record spatial information. But maps were also used to misinform, steal land, and erase Indigenous cultural presence. In this talk, Nathan Braccio, Assistant Professor of History at Clark University, will explore how both Algonquian-speaking communities and English colonists made maps as tools in a struggle for cultural and physical control of the Northeast. In doing so, he will investigate how maps, including those that we interact with in the present day, promote particular value-laden ways of understanding the world.
This event continues the Roots of Everything, a lecture series sponsored by Early Modernists Unite (EMU)—a faculty collaborative bringing together scholars of medieval and early modern Europe and America—in conjunction with the Alice Coonley Higgins Institute for Arts and Humanities. The series highlights various aspects of modern existence originating in the early modern world by connecting past and present knowledge.
With thanks to the Department of History at Clark University for its support
Do “say-on-pay” votes affect M&A decisions?
Full text linkThis paper demonstrates that firms receiving above-industry-average support in their “say-on-pay” (SoP) votes engage in more M&A transactions in the subsequent year. Our empirical findings suggest that high levels of SoP voting support may boost managerial confidence, thereby stimulating increased pursuit of acquisitions. Moreover, we observe that managers garnering higher SoP vote support are more likely to secure shareholders\u27 backing in M&A votes, receive higher compensation in successful deals, and face a reduced likelihood of forced turnover following unsuccessful deals. Additionally, we find that both short-term and long-term M&A performance significantly improves in deals announced by managers receiving higher SoP voting support. These findings contribute to our understanding of the relation between shareholder support for CEOs and firm investment
To enhance sustainable development goal research, open up commercial satellite image archives
Full text linkObserving the Earth with satellites offers clear advantages when it comes to tracking the health of the planet—consistent measurements that can be translated into environmentally relevant estimates, such as carbon, crop productivity, or land use. The resulting information covers large regions, irrespective of administrative boundaries. These measurements also drastically reduce costs compared with on-the-ground data collection efforts. Earth observation (EO) data thereby efficiently deliver timely insights that can directly inform sustainability debates, including with regard to United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). At the heart of these efforts are open data initiatives linked to the public release of medium- to high-resolution EO image archives, such as Landsat (from the US Geological Survey) or Copernicus data (from the European Space Agency [ESA]). A growing body of scientific literature attests to the important role of EO data in providing timely and accurate information that’s directly relevant to the SDGs
Boundary Behavior of Compact Manifolds With Scalar Curvature Lower Bounds and Static Quasi-Local Mass of Tori
No full textA classic result of Shi and Tam states that a 2-sphere of positive Gauss and mean curvature bounding a compact 3-manifold with nonnegative scalar curvature must have total mean curvature not greater than that of the isometric embedding into Euclidean 3-space, with equality only for domains in this reference manifold. We generalize this result to 2-tori of Gauss curvature greater than −1, which bound a compact 3-manifold having scalar curvature not less than −6 and at least one other boundary component satisfying a ‘trapping condition’. The conclusion is that the total weighted mean curvature is not greater than that of an isometric embedding into the Kottler manifold, with equality only for domains in this space. Examples are given to show that the assumption of a secondary boundary component cannot be removed. The result gives a positive mass theorem for the static Brown-York mass of tori, in analogy to the Shi-Tam positivity of the standard Brown-York mass, and represents the first such quasi-local mass positivity result for nonspherical surfaces. Furthermore, we prove a Penrose-type inequality in this setting
Action shot of women’s basketball team [8], circa 1940s-1950s
No full textAction photograph of a Clark University women\u27s team basketball game, circa 1940s-1950s.
All photographs in this collection were digitized between 2022 and 2023.
The photographs in this collection are part of the Photographs and Media record group of Clark University’s Archives & Special Collections.https://commons.clarku.edu/basketball/1193/thumbnail.jp
Action shot of men\u27s basketball game [18], 1961
No full textPhotograph taken during a Clark University men\u27s basketball game, 1961.
All photographs in this collection were digitized between 2022 and 2023.
The photographs in this collection are part of the Photographs and Media record group of Clark University’s Archives & Special Collections.https://commons.clarku.edu/basketball/1053/thumbnail.jp
Men\u27s basketball team group photo [2], circa 1984-1986
No full textPhotograph of the Clark University men\u27s basketball team circa 1984-1986, led by Coach Wally Halas.
All photographs in this collection were digitized between 2022 and 2023.
The photographs in this collection are part of the Photographs and Media record group of Clark University’s Archives & Special Collections.https://commons.clarku.edu/basketball/1041/thumbnail.jp
Action shot of men\u27s basketball game [8], circa 1984-1986
No full textAn action photograph of the Clark University men\u27s basketball team during a game, circa 1984-1986.
All photographs in this collection were digitized between 2022 and 2023.
The photographs in this collection are part of the Photographs and Media record group of Clark University’s Archives & Special Collections.https://commons.clarku.edu/basketball/1020/thumbnail.jp
Closeup photograph of a basketball hoop, Circa 1980s
No full textA closeup photograph of a basketball hoop at Clark University, circa 1980s.
All photographs in this collection were digitized between 2022 and 2023.
The photographs in this collection are part of the Photographs and Media record group of Clark University’s Archives & Special Collections.https://commons.clarku.edu/basketball/1063/thumbnail.jp
Bruce Bolcer, Kevin Cherry, and Kevin Clark of men\u27s basketball team pose for a photo, circa 1979-1981
No full textBruce Bolcer (#20), Kevin Cherry (#10), and Kevin Clark (#34) of Clark University men\u27s basketball team pose for a photograph, circa 1979-1981. All three are members of Clark Athletics Hall of Fame. They led their team to become NCAA Northeast Regional Champions and advance to the Elite 8. The Cougars finished the 1981 season a remarkable 22-2 and were ranked 6th in the country.
All photographs in this collection were digitized between 2022 and 2023.
The photographs in this collection are part of the Photographs and Media record group of Clark University’s Archives & Special Collections.https://commons.clarku.edu/basketball/1032/thumbnail.jp