Featured Alumni News
Nearly every day, it seems we’re hearing about something new that Emerson alumni are bringing to the fields of communications and the arts. Whether they’re making movies, creating plays, or planning political campaigns, Emersonians are innovators. They are changing how we see, feel, and experience the world.
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Recent MFA graduate on short list for international award
Laura van den Berg’s (MFA ’08) debut story collection, which she wrote while completing her MFA at Emerson, has been put on the short list for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, reports the Boston Globe.
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Alumna profiled as one of the top young entrepreneurs by Inc. magazine
Inc. magazine recently recognized Emersonian Morgan First ’06 as an entrepreneur who is “changing the way we do business.”
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Sixteen Emersonians nominated for Emmys
Sixteen Emerson alumni have been nominated for Primetime, Daytime, and News and Documentary Emmy Awards this year.
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Like father like son for Emerson broadcasters
Adam Harding ’08 landed a reporting job at WMUR-TV in New Hampshire which is the sister station to his father, Ed Harding's ’75, WCVB-Boston station.
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NPR's Robin Young interviews alum Michael Angelakos
Passion Pit lead singer and songwriter Michael Angelakos ’09 recently told NPR that he began writing songs in 2007 in his Emerson dorm room.
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Paramount Pictures set to produce screenplay by Emerson duo
Paramount Pictures recently picked up a screenwriting pitch from two alumni of Emerson’s Film program, Jacob Emanuel ’08 and William Block ’08.
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Trustee is appointee in Obama administration
President Obama announced his intention to appoint Emerson College Trustee and alumna Suzan Johnson Cook ’76 Ambassador-At-Large for International Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State.
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McGuire Takes on New Role at Warner Bros.
Paul McGuire ’80 has been named senior vice president of worldwide corporate communications at Warner Bros.
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The West Wing got him hooked, but it was his writing skills that got him there. Michael Moats, MFA ’10, came to Emerson as a graduate student in creative writing. He never thought he’d leave as a political speechwriter.
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