CSD Implements Parkinson Voice Project Grant
The renewable grant includes free training in a treatment approach called “SPEAK OUT,” and therapy supplies.
For Next Novel, Reiken to Study Climate Science in Germany
“It’s not sci-fi. It’s literally science,” Reiken said.
With New Book, Denizet-Lewis Asks How and Why People Change
Tentatively titled We Don’t Know You Anymore, the book will also explore our society’s beliefs about, and reaction to, those who have undergone a radical transformation, as well as ideas around who has the right to redemption.
Gayle’s Research Honors Her Father, Cleveland’s Pioneering Black Photojournalist
Is it “memories fade and pictures last” or “pictures fade and memories last”?
VMA Professors Awarded Seed Money for New Documentary Projects
Amalya and Gianvito, both faculty in the Visual and Media Arts department, each were awarded $2,500 Early Development seed funds from the LEF Moving Image Fund, which supports New England-based filmmakers.
Emerson Professors, Alum Awarded TBF Grants for Theatre Projects
Emerson faculty members Kim McLarin and Natty Justiniano, and alumna Alison Qu ’20, recently were awarded Live Arts Boston (LAB) grants from The Boston Foundation.
With Black Kung Fu Chick, VMA Professor Creates a Heroine for Young Girls of Color
Set and filmed in South Los Angeles, Black Kung Fu Chick is a coming-of-age story that mirrors the lives of many teenage Black girls whose dreams are deferred by responsibilities they must shoulder.
Prestigious Lannan Fellowship ‘Cherry on Top’ to Tshuma’s First Semester at Emerson
Novuyo Tshuma may never know who nominated her for the Lannon Literary Fellowship.
Kotz Cornejo Wins Grant to Make Virtual Reality Documentary
Visual and Media Arts (VMA) Chair Cristina Kotz Cornejo was in Patagonia last spring when COVID-19 began tearing through country after country.
Emerson Faculty Deploy Scholarship, Creativity in Tackling COVID-19, Racial Injustice
Emerson’s Office of Research and Creative Scholarship (ORCS) has gathered together examples of faculty research, writing, artistic work, classroom projects, and media engagements around the impact of the coronavirus, police brutality, and social change. The work originates from nearly every department and institute on campus, and has continued through the summer.