New Student Space Taking Shape on Tremont
172 Tremont Street, set to open later this spring, is quickly transforming into a modern space for student collaboration and campus offices.
Asim Hopes to Put Emerson in the ‘Vanguard of Social-Justice Efforts’
Emerson College Associate Professor Jabari Asim was recently named the first recipient of the Elma Lewis Distinguished Fellowship in Emerson’s Social Justice Center.
Super Bowl Spots Were Fun, Affecting, But No Gillette Ad
Last year’s crop of Super Bowl ads were a direct response to the divisive American politics prevalent under Donald Trump’s presidency. This year’s ads focused more generally on social issues and and good old-fashioned entertainment, said two Emerson Marketing Communication faculty members.
Emerson Grad Heads to Colombia to Report on Art, Indigenous Culture
After graduating with degrees in Journalism and Global & Postcolonial Studies, Margaux Maxwell ’18 took her passion for international human rights to Bogota, Colombia, where she is working as a freelance journalist.
Catching Up After 52 Years
Writing, Literature and Publishing Professor Emerita Charlotte Lindgren got a hug last night from one of her former students: Emmy Award-winning actor and children’s book author Henry Winkler ’67.
Professor’s Film on Occupation of Puerto Rico Wins Creative Capital Funding
Visual and Media Arts Professor Kathryn Ramey’s current production, El Signo Vacio (The Empty Sign), a cinematic ethnography interrogating the U.S. occupation of Puerto Rico, was one of just 50 projects selected out of roughly 5,000 for funding and professional support through a Creative Capital grant.
Inaugural Global Pathways to Australia Brings Students Down Under for PR Perspectives
While Bostonians retreated indoors from the cold during the College’s winter break, some Emersonians were enjoying the summertime Down Under, learning public relations with a global perspective during the inaugural session of the Sydney, Australia Global Pathway.
Reflection: MLK’s ‘Three Evils of Society’
For me, King’s work is relevant today not because of his poetic calls for us to be better human beings, but because of his deep and searing analysis of what prevents us from being better human beings and a better nation.
Athletics Roundup: Emerson Athletes Selected to Cover the Super Bowl
Two Emerson athletes are two of the four Journalism students covering the Super Bowl this week.
Emerson’s Leccese Named First Journalist Professor to State Judiciary-Media Committee
Emerson’s Mark Leccese is the first journalism professor to be appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Judiciary-Media Committee, which has been tasked since 1995 with improving the relationship and understanding between the judicial branch and the media.