Updated SEVP Guidance Clarifies Continued Flexibility for Fall 2020 Study
On July 24, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) issued their long-awaited guidance for Fall 2020 study for international students in F-1 status.
Cooper on COVID-19, Kids, and ‘Emotional Poisoning’: Time
Cooper told Time that he sees parallels between the wall-to-wall media coverage of the coronavirus and the nonstop media images of 9/11.
House on ‘Gunsmoke’ and Police Reform: The Hill
Journalism Associate Professor Roger House suggests that reruns of the Western TV series Gunsmoke demonstrate why America mythologizes law enforcement officers, and argues that the way toward reform lies in “narrowing the scope” of police unions at the state and local levels.
Emerson-Marlboro Alliance Completed
I am pleased to let you know that the Emerson-Marlboro Alliance has been completed, after many months of tireless work by members of both communities.
Notification of Security Incident
On Thursday, July 16, 2020, Emerson College received notification from Blackbaud of a ransomware attack which occurred in May of 2020.
Review of Marshall’s Fuller Biography Reposted: The New Yorker
The New Yorker republished a review of Charles Wesley Emerson Professor Megan Marshall’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Margaret Fuller: A New American Life, as part of the April 1, 2013 archived issue it made available online last week.
Alumna Starts Nonprofit to Help Families in Bangladesh
Visual and Media Arts alumna Afsara Alvee ’19 recently co-founded a nonprofit organization called Kandari that helps to provide food to low-income families affected by COVID-19 in her home country of Bangladesh.
Emerson Marlboro Alliance Update
Emerson College is pleased that the Vermont Attorney General’s Office has approved the Emerson College and Marlboro College alliance agreement.
Reisman on Making Films Amid COVID-19: WBUR
Senior Distinguished Producer-in-Residence Linda Reisman talked to WBUR about the challenges of producing independent film during the pandemic.
Video: Rep. John Lewis Tells 2009 Graduates, ‘Be Not Afraid’
Eleven years ago, Rep. John Lewis stood on the stage of the Wang Theatre and told the graduates of the Class of 2009 they needed to “get in trouble.”