Laura van den Berg, MFA ’08, has great reason to be proud: her short story collection The Isle of Youth is being published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and will … Continue Reading Van den Berg’s short stories to be published
Eric Gordon, associate professor of Visual and Media Arts, has been named a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet Society at Harvard University. Eric Gordon, an associate professor … Continue Reading Gordon named fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Center
Peter Shippy, adjunct faculty member in the Writing, Literature and Publishing Department, was honored to hear that his poem “Our Posthumous Lives” was published in The Best American Poetry 2012, … Continue Reading Faculty work selected for Best American Poetry
There was a good sized crowd for the “What's Next?” panel discussion on the 2012 presidential election at the Cutler Majestic Theatre on November 8. After hosting an election … Continue Reading Journalists, former governor talk election
Emerson student Maxine Renning '14 donated her bone marrow to a cancer patient in Chicago, and will meet the recipient on Saturday, November 10. When an Emerson College junior … Continue Reading Emerson student saves cancer patient’s life
Marion Stoddart, the Massachusetts woman who led efforts in the 1960s to clean up the then-heavily polluted Nashua River, and who is the subject of the documentary The Work of … Continue Reading River cleanup pioneer to lead film discussion
Noam Chomsky with Olga Kovaleva, a visiting Fulbright fellow from Russia. Students in Emerson Historian-in-Residence Brad Verter’s class were treated to a distinguished guest speaker who has authored more … Continue Reading Linguist, activist Chomsky visits campus
The relationship between nonprofit and commercial theater was discussed at an event to mark the release of In the Intersection: Partnerships in the New Play Sector, the first book from … Continue Reading Nonprofit, commercial theater examined in book
Instead of lecturing about a historical figure, Communication Studies Associate Professor and Interim Chair John Anderson embodies the figure by reenacting pivotal moments in American history. These reenactments are reminiscent … Continue Reading Becoming Robert Frost
A record number of Emerson College students rubbed shoulders with Hollywood bigwigs and some were named finalists at this year’s Austin Film Festival Screenwriter Conference, held October 18 to 21. … Continue Reading Students score at Austin screenwriting fest