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It was a party, but you’d never know by listening to it. All anyone could hear in the Bill Bordy Theater last Thursday evening were the occasional closing of doors … Continue Reading Sign Language Course a Hands-Down Hit with Students
First-Year Writing Program instructor Michael Schrimper. Courtesy photo Michael Schrimper, MFA ’16, an affiliated faculty member in Emerson College’s First-Year Writing Program, has been selected from a national applicant pool … Continue Reading WLP Affiliated Faculty Member Receives National Fellowship
President Lee Pelton talked to NPR’s Scott Simon last weekend about his response to racist emails and flyers that have targeted Emerson College this year. Pelton told Simon that he … Continue Reading Pelton Tells NPR About Emerson’s Response to Racist Flyers
A group of Emerson undergraduate students trying to raise awareness about mental health and illness has organized Project WOW, an arts festival aimed at reminding people that no one need … Continue Reading New Festival Starts Conversation about Mental Health Through Art
President Lee Pelton on Monday reminded everyone gathered inside the Semel Theater for the 2017 Gold Key Honor Society Induction Ceremony that “excellence is not an act, but a habit.” … Continue Reading Students, Faculty Honored for Academic Excellence
Most students are happy to get out of a class with an A and some solid experience. Students in Cathy Edelstein’s class are hoping for at least $8,000 and … Continue Reading Having a Ball: Students in Nonprofit Class Organize Fundraiser for LIPSTICK
How long would it take you to tell a really compelling, moving story? One that makes your audience laugh, cry, wow? Two hours? Twenty minutes? Mere seconds? Facebook and … Continue Reading Stories at the Speed of Sight: Facebook Partners with Emerson in Flash Video Pilot
Emerson faculty, students, and staff threw on some denim and headed to the Bordy Theater on Thursday, April 6, to show their commitment to fighting sexual and domestic assault, and … Continue Reading Emerson Says No to Violence, Yes to Jeans
Adobuere Ebiama in Daniel Beaty’s Mr. Joy. Photo/Craig Bailey Mr. Joy, Daniel Beaty’s exploration of race and class in America first produced by ArtsEmerson two years ago, is on the road … Continue Reading ArtsEmerson Bringing ‘Transformative’ Play to Boston Neighborhoods
Colleen Kelly Poplin MA ’10, MFA ‘16 grew up in the Mormon Church. She says she can trace her family back to the founding of the Church of Jesus Christ … Continue Reading Things Get Personal at It’s All True Student Documentary Fest