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When Heather May came to teach public speaking at Emerson College a little more than 10 years ago, the Forensics Team here was more or less “on hiatus.” Which, to … Continue Reading Emerson Forensics Team Talks a Good Game
For students at Emerson College Los Angeles, attending a panel on the Pathways to Success: Creative Entrepreneurship makes sense. With less than a month to go until graduation, many students … Continue Reading Panel Discusses Pathways to Creative Success
Two feature-length documentaries and a slew of shorts made by Emerson College alumni, students, and faculty will screen at this year’s Independent Film Festival of Boston from April 27 to … Continue Reading Emerson Filmmakers Loom Large Over IFFBoston
Faculty member Ziad Hamzeh’s feature film Irrefutable Proof took home the Golden Palm Award, awarded to the best overall film in all categories, from the 16th Annual International Beverly Hills … Continue Reading VMA Faculty Hamzeh Takes Top Prize at Beverly Hills Film Fest
Emerson students who like their comedy with a side of philosophy will have a new course offering this fall, thanks to a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant awarded … Continue Reading Together We Laugh, Divided We Bawl
Novelist and essayist Teju Cole talked about politics, social media, and the writing process on April 7 at this semester’s final WLP Reading Series event. Cole, author of the PEN/Hemingway … Continue Reading Teju Cole: Artists Must “Think Beyond the Conventional”
Boot cut, straight cut, skinny jeans, or “mom jeans”—faculty, students, and staff from across Emerson College pulled on their denim on April 8 to show their commitment to ending sexual … Continue Reading Emerson Dons Denim, Supports Anti-Violence Efforts
Emmy Award-winning director Stanley Nelson said he hopes his latest documentary, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, can be used as a “tool” to help today’s activists find ways … Continue Reading Black Panthers Filmmaker to Young People: “You Can Make Change”
The Emerson Dance Company held their spring showcase, Spectrum, on Thursday, April 7, for a robust audience at the Paramount Mainstage. “I’ve had the pleasure of getting to watch these … Continue Reading Emerson Dancers Offer a “Spectrum” of Movement
Two dozen faculty, staff, trustees, and family members spent three days in the Netherlands last month to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Kasteel Well, Emerson College’s flagship study abroad program. … Continue Reading Emersonians Celebrate 30 Years of Global Engagement at Kasteel Well