School of the Arts
School of the Arts News
-
Watsky '10 a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Slam poet George Watsky ’10 appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday, January 27, performing Pale Kid Raps Fast, a video that has brought him Internet fame.
-
Shakespeare's portrayal of Jews was topic of panel
Shakespeare’s Jewish characters and the interpretation of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice were a few of the themes addressed in a panel discussion held January 26 at the College’s Paramount Center.
-
The Fighter, Black Swan among Academy Award nominees
Two members of the Emerson community are among those celebrating Academy Award nominations.
-
"Jersey Boy" Bwarie '99 shares career advice with students
He described his path from Emerson to his lead role as Frankie Valli in the national tour of the hit musical and offered his advice on how to make it in the performing arts world.
-
Ploughshares contributors share NYT Book Review acclaim
The New York Times’ Sunday Book Review section was recently dominated by writers connected to Emerson’s Ploughshares literary magazine.
-
Emerson-made film debuts at Slamdance Festival
The 16-year-old festival will screen just 56 shorts and 18 features from around the world this year, including Beneath Contempt, which was filmed locally in late summer 2009 by a handful of Emerson graduates.
-
Actor F. Murray Abraham, 2011 Waldman Chair
Abraham will be at Emerson from January 23 to 28 to teach master classes and hold forums on campus.
-
WLP Department names new interim chair
Associate Professor William Donoghue has taken the helm in the Department of Writing, Literature and Publishing, said Daniel Tobin, Interim Dean of the School of the Arts.
Pages

emerson college at a glance
- 3,453 full-time undergraduates
- 837 full-and part-time graduate students
- 45 states
- 40 countries




