Professor Megan Marshall has been elected the next president of the Society of American Historians, the organization that awards the annual Francis Parkman Prize for best-written American history, along with several other honors for literary or academic distinction.
As COVID-19 closes businesses and puts people out of work, many current Emerson students will need financial help in order to return to classes in the fall.
In 1970, the President’s Commission on Campus Unrest concluded that the shootings at Kent State University occurred in “the most divisive time in America since the Civil War.” When asked about the current climate in America in 2020, 41 percent of Americans polled said the country is more divided now than in 1970.
On March 13, the day that President Lee Pelton announced that Emerson students in Boston and Los Angeles needed to safely leave their respective campuses, a professional development opportunity was scheduled to take place in the evening at Emerson LA.
There are many ways to tell Boston’s story. On Saturday, May 2, 2:00 pm, WERS 88.9 FM will showcase several of them.
On Monday, May 4, Associate Professor David Kishik’s performance in Paramodernities will be streamed on nettay.com/live.
On May 5, Emerson will participate in Giving Tuesday Now, a global day of giving from the organization behind Giving Tuesday, created as an emergency response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19.
In certain and lonely times we can connect through storytelling.
On April 23, Bob Newhart logged onto Zoom to chat with roughly 45 students about his career. The master class followed a visit from Norman Lear the week before.
Emerson lost a beloved friend, teammate, student in Dan Hollis.