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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
It might only be April, but prom was on the minds of visiting high school students at Emerson College Los Angeles (ELA). On March 29 and 30, ELA hosted Operation … Continue Reading Prom Giveaway at ELA Brings Smiles, Tears to High School Girls
A new internship in the broadcast booth at Fenway Park could blow doors wide open for an Emerson student interested in sports announcing, sports communication, or journalism. Emerson alumnus and … Continue Reading Neverett Internship at Fenway Park ‘Could Mean the World’
Bill Knott Friends, colleagues, and students of the late poet and Emerson faculty member Bill Knott gathered last Thursday in the Bill Bordy Theater to celebrate Knott’s unique style, quirky … Continue Reading Poet, Faculty Member Bill Knott Remembered for Gifts, Quirks
Award-winning Israeli playwright and activist Joshua Sobol took centerstage at the Semel Theater on Thursday, March 30, to talk about his early life experiences, “polydrama,” and use of social justice … Continue Reading Playwright Sobol on ‘Polydrama’ as Political Theater