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Emerson College President Lee Pelton is joining nearly 200 leaders from the state’s arts, culture, and education sectors in an initiative to make arts education a priority for Massachusetts’s high … Continue Reading Pelton joins arts education initiative
Arun Gandhi, peace activist and grandson of Mohandas Gandhi, spoke at the Bright Family Screening Room to a full house of students about his grandfather’s philosophy of nonviolence. Arun Gandhi … Continue Reading Arun Gandhi shares nonviolence wisdom
WERS-FM morning host George Knight and WBZ-AM news anchor Joe Mathieu ’96, both of whom are accomplished guitarists, held a recording session in the WERS studios in the Ansin Building … Continue Reading Mathieu ’96, Knight jam for Live Music Week
Jim Schubin ’11 is one of 14 exceptionally talented young singer-actors selected as finalists for the 2014 Lotte Lenya Competition, held annually by the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music. They … Continue Reading Schubin ’11 finalist for Lenya Competition
Students are literally driving home their experiences about immigration with a creative new project in the Department of Writing, Literature and Publishing. Since the beginning of this semester, students in … Continue Reading Van, art drive home immigration messages
Emerson College Los Angeles students are taking the burrito exam. With Southern California being a haven for Mexican food, locating the best burritos in Hollywood is no easy task—and wondering … Continue Reading Burritos put to the test
Helen Carlotta Rose ’38, Emerson Trustee Emerita, died peacefully at her Palm Beach, Florida, home on March 23. Rose, who became a Trustee in 1952, majored in speech pathology at … Continue Reading Helen Rose ’38 dies peacefully at home
Emerson joined scores of institutions worldwide by joining the Light It Up Blue campaign for autism awareness on April 2. The Paramount Center lit up blue for World Autism Awareness … Continue Reading Paramount, Cutler lit blue
Several teens and pre-teens from the Bird Street Community Center in Boston read essays inspired by the dreams of Nelson Mandela and other social leaders at the What’s My Dream … Continue Reading Boston teens share dreams
Several Emerson faculty and staff members with a creative side have their artwork on display near President Lee Pelton’s office in the Ansin Building. Associate Professor Daniel Gaucher, of Visual … Continue Reading Art exhibit at President’s Office