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Professor John Skoyles, associate chair of the Writing, Literature, and Publishing Department, recently released A Moveable Famine (2014, Permanent Press). Not quite fiction, not quite nonfiction is the way Professor John … Continue Reading Skoyles releases ’A Moveable Famine’
Karen Bordeleau, part-time faculty member of the Journalism Department and executive editor of the Providence Journal, has won the Yankee Quill Award from the Academy of New England Journalists. The … Continue Reading Bordeleau wins journalism’s Quill Award
Twelve Marketing Communication students recently developed a mock campaign for Mary Kay Cosmetics and scored second place in their district as part of the American Advertising Federation’s (AAF) National Student Advertising … Continue Reading Marketing students create Mary Kay campaign
Seth Bacon ’00 has been named senior vice president of media for Major League Soccer (MLS) and Soccer United Marketing, according to a press release issued July 1 by MLS. … Continue Reading Bacon ’00 named VP at MLS network
Massachusetts’ gubernatorial candidates are having an important discussion on the impact of the arts in the Commonwealth on Tuesday, July 15—and Emerson’s Elma Lewis Center for Civic Engagement, Learning, and … Continue Reading Gubernatorial forum on arts July 15
A large group from the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders was at the Massachusetts State House on June 26, testifying and raising awareness about aphasia — a language disorder … Continue Reading Aphasia awareness at State House
A collection of digital short stories released by Emerson-based Ploughshares was recently designated as one of the best of the year to be sold on Amazon.com. Ploughshares Solos, a series … Continue Reading Ploughshares on Amazon’s ’Best of Year’ list
The Emerson College Polling Society announced Wednesday, June 25, that the Republican challenger to Democrat John Tierney’s 6th District congressional seat has a five-point lead among likely voters (45 percent … Continue Reading Tisei edges Tierney in Emerson poll
Emerson College and Suffolk University are hosting the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) annual international conference June 26–29. A dramaturg is a behind-the-scenes role in theater production, … Continue Reading International dramaturg conference at Emerson
Thirty Emersonians connected to the television industry are quoted in the new book Write to TV: Out of your Head and onto the Screen, 2nd Edition (Focal Press, 2014) by … Continue Reading Cook releases new TV writing book