School of the Arts News

Avalanche of award nominations

The Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) recently nominated numerous Performing Arts faculty, alumni, and students for IRNE Awards, which recognize talent in the Boston theater community. 

Asim in 'R-word' discussion on HuffPost Live

Associate Professor Jabari Asim was one of several guests on the HuffPost Live video web chat on the Huffington Post site March 6, speaking about the dangers of using hostile epithets, including the "N-word," in public discourse. 

LA sun shines on film fest

The 13th annual Emerson Film Festival took place in Los Angeles on February 28.

Emerson well represented at writing conference

There will be a strong Emerson presence March 6-9 at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference in Boston.  

Randolph releases novel

Ladette Randolph, editor-in-chief of the Emerson-based Ploughshares literary journal, has released a new fiction book, Haven's Wake.

Student takes aim at 'voicemail hell'

Frank Kelleher '13 interviewed a disabled Rhode Island doctor about "voicemail hell," which is when disabled people cannot end phone calls. The video was shown at the widely-popular TED 2013 Conference in California on March 1.

Emerson basks in Oscar ceremony

Hearin Ko '15 won a film contest to be an on-stage usher at the 2013 Oscars, while David Magee, Jane and Terry Semel Chair of Screenwriting, was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for a movie he wrote, Life of Pi.

Ko '15 back to Emerson after Oscars

  After living it up among the glitz and glamour of Hollywood the past several days—capped with being onstage at the 85th annual Academy Awards—Hearin Ko ’15 has already boarded a plane and will be back in class February 26.