School of the Arts News

Scott Sinclair '10 Has Directorial Debut

Performing Arts alumnus Scott Sinclair's directorial debut, Striking 12, runs from December 8 to January 2 at Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street.

Romanska Wins Gerald Kahan Scholar Prize

Performing Arts Assistant Professor Magda Romanska recently won the 2010 Gerald Kahan Scholar's Prize from the American Society for Theatre Research.

National Book Award Winner is Ploughshares' Guest Editor

2010 National Book Award Winner Terrance Hayes talks about editing the 2010 winter issue of Ploughshares, Emerson's award-winning literary journal.

WLP Faculty Read from Their Latest Novels

Three celebrated authors and Emerson faculty members read excerpts from their recently published books at the December 1 WLP Reading Series program.

Scholarship Dinner Brings Students and Donors Together

Graduate and undergraduate students mingled with alumni, family, and friends at the annual scholarship dinner hosted by Emerson President Jacqueline Liebergott on November 18.

Filmmaker Valerius Goes to White House

Valerius, MA ’06, was among the group of 25 influential black women invited by First Lady Michelle Obama to the White House for a special screening of Tyler Perry’s For Colored Women.

The Health Benefits of a Media Diet

Twenty years ago, Cooper began experimenting with media fasts and media diets as a way to counter society’s media obsessions and addictions.

Emerson Faculty Featured at Irish Journalism Conference

Journalism Associate Professor Jerry Lanson, and Writing, Literature and Publishing Associate Professor Jeffrey Seglin were two of just three academics invited to a workshop at the Irish Institute at Boston College.