Kindness Counts: New Award Celebrates Caring and Community
An anonymous donor has collaborated with the Spirit of Emerson Committee to debut a new campus-wide award in Spring 2020 celebrating the act of kindness.
VMA Professor’s ‘Poetic Cyber Movement’ Tackles Mass Incarceration at the ICA
People investigate how mass incarceration affects low-income families and communities of color through many lenses: poverty rates, education levels, health metrics. Visual and Media Arts Assistant Professor Rashin Fahandej uses the lullaby.
Jade Catta-Preta ’07 Ready to Dish It Out For E!’s The Soup
Jade Catta-Preta has gone from majoring in Musical Theater at Emerson to hosting E!’s The Soup.
No Debating It: Exhibit Explores Emerson’s History of Prison Education
Over the past few years, Emerson has developed a robust and cutting edge prison education program. But nearly 70 years before the Emerson Prison Initiative (EPI) launched, the College was facilitating the exchange of ideas inside prison through its award-winning debate team.
Sustainable Tourism for (and in) an Ecuador Cloud Forest
In the remote mountains of western Ecuador, a small group of families operate an ecolodge and care for the surrounding 1,800 acres of cloud forest reserve. That’s where Emerson students will travel this summer, to help the families grow their business. In the process, they will earn college credit while studying biodiversity conservation, local cultural preservation, sustainable tourism, and marketing.
First-Year Roommates Led to Discount Tacos and Lifelong Friendships
Who knew that when we met freshman year we’d be friends for life?
Emerson Alumna Leads Campaign to Defy Negative Stereotypes Around Aging
Boston anticipates its senior citizen population to grow nearly 50 percent by 2030. To better serve these residents, the city organized the Age Strong Commission, and Cassandra Baptista ’11, MA ’19 is leading the effort to promote positive messaging around growing older.
Emerson Welcomes Marlboro College Students and Faculty to Campus
Marlboro College faculty and students had the opportunity to get to know Emerson’s campus and community on Sunday, November 24, marking Marlboro’s first official visit since the schools announced plans to explore an alliance earlier this month.
Emerson, 7NEWS to Team Up for New Hampshire Presidential Polling
Emerson Polling is partnering with 7NEWS/WHDH, to provide the Boston TV station and its viewers with a series of polls on the 2020 presidential race in New Hampshire.
Emerson to Host ‘How to Survive the End of the World’ Podcast, with Toshi Reagon
Emerson College will host a live recording of the podcast How to Survive the End of the World, a show featuring sister hosts Autumn Brown and adrienne maree brown (Emergent Strategy), who will interview composer and performer Toshi Reagon about climate apocalypse and transformative responses to climate change