Dr. Lee Pelton has informed the Board that he will be leaving his position as President of Emerson College at the end of the academic year in June to accept a new role as CEO and President of The Boston Foundation.
On Giving Tuesday, December 1, Emerson is launching a three-year, $10 million fundraising initiative for student financial aid, so that students like Esse and Eryn McCallum ’22 can go on creating, innovating, and changing the world.
Comedian and Emerson alumnus Bill Burr ’92 was nominated for a Grammy Award earlier this month for the recording of his Netflix comedy special, Paper Tiger.
Visual and Media Arts (VMA) Chair Cristina Kotz Cornejo was in Patagonia last spring when COVID-19 began tearing through country after country.
Emerson’s staff union, SEIU Post 888, sent students a video to students on Wednesday, November 25, giving thanks for their care and sacrifice in keeping the COVID-19 caseload at bay during the fall semester.
Emerson Los Angeles held its seventh annual PitchFest competition, co-sponsored by Final Draft and the International Screenwriters Association (ISA), virtually for the first time on November 19
Emerson Contemporary continues to present art during the pandemic.
In these past eight months, our commonwealth of learning has come together like never before. With the health and safety of our community members as our top priority, we not only re-opened Emerson safely in August, we have positioned the College to thrive in a post-pandemic world.
Lamenting the loss of normal comedy shows, Eddie Tarr and Jonah Bowen realized that Boston Common would be a safe and accessible place to perform…with a built-in audience.
Students learned from alumni the valuable lessons of managing uncertainty with mental resilience, adaptability, and flexibility.
