Emerson Today
A topping-off ceremony took place at 2 Boylston Place—a new student residence hall being built at Emerson College—on August 8. (A topping-off ceremony is a construction-industry tradition marking the moment … Continue Reading Construction of Emerson Residence Hall Reaches Milestone
Emerson College will host a slate of innovators at Forbes’ Under 30 Summit, a gathering of Millennial entrepreneurs and business leaders from a range of industries being held in Boston … Continue Reading Emerson to Host Tech Stage at Forbes Under 30 Summit
Three Emerson College students spent their summers interning at cable TV networks in New York and Washington, DC, through the T. Howard Foundation, a nonprofit that works to increase diversity … Continue Reading Emerson Students Bring Fresh Perspectives to TV Networks
In 2010, Evy Chen ’11 won first place in the Emerson Experience in Entrepreneurship (E3) Expo with her concept for a high-end tea house. Three years later, Chen’s tea house … Continue Reading From E3 to EvyTea: Emerson Alumna Grows Cold-Brew Tea Business
Emerson’s Writing, Literature and Publishing Department has announced a number of new alumni publications and performances Novels Jay Baron Nicorvo’s (MFA ’01) debut novel, The Standard Grand, is coming out from … Continue Reading New Work Out from Many WLP Graduates
Andrea Rios is wearing a crimson cape and a plastic gold crown. She is Gertrude, once and current queen of Denmark—for now, anyway—and she’s conferring with one of three Hamlets. … Continue Reading La Obra Es La Cosa: Alumna Directing Spanish Youth Production of “Hamlet”
Interim Dean of Students Sharon Duffy has been named co-facilitator of the Spirit of Emerson initiative, an annual awards program that recognizes students, faculty, staff, or organizations who represent and … Continue Reading Duffy to Co-Lead Spirit of Emerson Awards Program
Last summer, when Shreya Katuri was about to start her master’s program in Integrated Marketing Communication, she was contacted by a current student, Ivana, who helped her with finding housing … Continue Reading International Grad Students Help New Arrivals through iGrad Transition Program
In 1971, DeWitt Henry, now professor emeritus of Emerson’s Writing, Literature and Publishing Department, and Peter O’Malley, owner of The Plough and Stars pub in Cambridge, Massachusetts, decided through discussions … Continue Reading For 45 Years, “Ploughshares” Has Been on Cutting Edge of Literature
Norman Lear ’44 can still sing a school song he learned while at Emerson College. And he does. In tune. “Emerson is marching, Follow the lead. Firm friends and classmates, … Continue Reading Norman Lear Recalls His Days at Emerson, Work in Television