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The first cohort of Brave Space Listeners. Font row, left to right: Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion Sylvia Spears; Erin Glover, Disabilities Service Office; Eric Glaskin, Enrollment Management. Back … Continue Reading Emerson Launches Active Listening Program Aimed at Diversity Issues
This summer, students who are interested in the history and future of comedy will have the opportunity to study it in the comedic crucible of London. From Shakespeare to Stand-Up … Continue Reading New Global Pathways Open Up to Europe, Cuba, Africa
Michael Cyril Creighton ’01 has come a long way since his mother dropped him off at Emerson College and he worried about his inability to do his own laundry. Over … Continue Reading “Spotlight” Actor Creighton Shares Hard-Won Wisdom with PA Students
. Theater makers around the world can now connect with each other in an instant and see what productions are happening anywhere on the planet, with HowlRound’s World Theatre Map, … Continue Reading World Theatre Map to Connect Stages Around the Globe
Elizabeth (Alpert) Granados ’01 has taken her idea for attractive play mats from a living room in the New York City suburbs to a Culver City sound stage. Granados and … Continue Reading Emerson Alumna Gets in “Shark Tank” with Play Mat Company
In the wake of President Trump’s executive orders banning refugees and immigrants from some Muslim-majority countries, a panel of Emerson faculty took the stage at the Paramount Center Wednesday to … Continue Reading Emerson Panel Looks at Details, Context of Immigration Order
First impressions matter. And a new paper co-authored by Emerson College Associate Professor Ruth Grossman finds that for people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), first impressions are less favorable than … Continue Reading Grossman Paper Shows Role of First Impressions of People with Autism
A group of Emerson College film students, alumnae, and faculty networked, marched, brunched, and braved a blizzard at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, held January 19-29. This was the third … Continue Reading Emerson Women Get Sundance Experience
Emerson alumna Emily Pietro’s Departure preceded the Bright Lights Film Series screening of Arrival on January 26. This semester, Bright Lights is piloting a program matching Emerson community film shorts with … Continue Reading Emerson-Made Film Shorts to Whet Audience Appetites at Bright Lights
Emerson President Lee Pelton talked to WBUR 90.9 about the College’s reaction to President Trump’s executive order limiting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries and suspending the admission of refugees. In … Continue Reading Pelton to WBUR: Many Emerson Faculty "Distraught and Disturbed" over Trump Executive Order