Standup Guy: Bill Burr ’93 Shares Advice, Laughs with Comedy Students
Burr joined Trustee Doug Herzog for a conversation that explored Burr’s Emerson experience, professional journey, and advice for building a career in entertainment.
SMC Alums Inspire with Stories of Life after Grad School
Flexibility, worldliness, assertiveness. Three qualities that have served alumni of Emerson’s Strategic Marketing Communication program. Former students were asked last semester to tell their post-graduate stories and share with first-year SMC students which lessons they learned have proved useful in addressing their current business challenges.
Jennifer Coolidge ’85 Visits Harvard for Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year Honor
Alum Jennifer Coolidge ’85 braved the cold New England weather on Saturday, February 4, to accept Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ Woman of the Year award.
MFA Students Tout Films, Learn Industry at Sundance
Daily breakfast talks gave students the opportunity to hear from filmmakers about their festival experiences.
Update: Sad News About Brooks Walker ’25
I am writing to follow up with additional information regarding the tragic death of a member of our student community.
Campus Update – Follow Up
It is with deep sadness that we write to you today to share the news of the death of a member of our student community. At the request of the student’s family, we are not providing any additional details at this time.
House: An Alternate Way to Educate on Black Political History: The Hill
Associate professor in American Studies Roger House wrote an opinion piece about a potential response to the recent news that the Florida Department of Education will not implement a pilot AP course on African American Studies.
‘Training Our Future Colleagues’: CSD Faculty Symposium Celebrates Scholarship, Community
The symposium featured CSD faculty sharing their work with students and colleagues and highlighting students who have completed theses under their guidance.
Community Advisory: Extreme Cold Temperature Warning
Please be advised that the National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a “dangerously cold” warning for Friday and Saturday.
Black History Month: James Spruill Founded Important Black Theater Company
Spruill co-founded the New African Company in 1968, and taught an uncountable amount of students at Emerson and BU.