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“It’s in your hands,” Johnnetta B. Cole told Emerson staff and faculty members in her lecture titled “The Case for Diversity and Inclusion in American Higher Education.” “The moral of … Continue Reading Diversity and Inclusion are Themes of Major Opening Event
Emerson Visual and Media Arts Assistant Professor Eric Gordon has been awarded a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for his project Community PlanIt, a mobile … Continue Reading Gordon Awarded Knight Foundation Grant
Emerson’s Paramount Center has been awarded a 2010 Preservation Achievement Award by the Boston Preservation Alliance. The annual awards honor outstanding achievements in historic preservation and compatible new construction in … Continue Reading Paramount Center Wins 2010 Preservation Achievement Award
What do a Guggenheim fellow, a Kant philosopher, a former staff writer for the New York Times, the screenwriter for Gangs of New York, and a Frederick Douglass Doctoral Scholar … Continue Reading New Faculty Members Bring a Wealth of Experience to Emerson
Alexa Jackson joined Emerson on July 27 as the newly appointed associate vice president for human resources. “I’m very excited to be a part of the Emerson community,” said Jackson. … Continue Reading Alexa Jackson joins Emerson in human resources
Starting this fall, Emerson’s new 170–seat Bright Family Screening Room at the Paramount Center will be programmed by Rebecca Meyers. The Paramount Center also houses the 590-seat main Theatre and … Continue Reading Rebecca Meyers named director of film programs
This summer, Emersonians are interning, working, and volunteering for a variety of businesses and organizations all across the country. Emerson wanted to find out what our current students and alumni … Continue Reading Emersonians celebrate summer
Robert J. Orchard, executive director of the arts at Emerson College, recently announced the appointment of Dan Hirsch as director of music programs for ArtsEmerson. Hirsch will program music for … Continue Reading ArtsEmerson names Dan Hirsch as new director of music programs
Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Jay Cocks, whose work includes Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ, The Age of Innocence, Gangs of New York, and Kathryn Bigelow’s Strange Days, has been … Continue Reading Jay Cocks named Semel Chair in Screenwriting
Sixteen Emerson alumni have been nominated for Primetime, Daytime, and News and Documentary Emmy Awards this year. Held this year on August 29 and broadcast by National Broadcasting Company (NBC), … Continue Reading Sixteen Emersonians nominated for Emmys