Featured Alumni News

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.

Emersonians Win Student Hatch Award

Four Emerson alumni won bronze in the student category at the 50th annual Hatch Awards for their JetBlue Twitter advertising campaign “Where’s Jackie?”.

TV Producer Bright '76 Honored at Jewish Film Fest

The Boston Jewish Film Festival (BJFF) recently honored Emerson Executive Artist-in-Residence at its “Friendsational Celebration” October 23.

Local Journalists Visit Campus for Post-Election Conversation

Emerson students asked questions and were offered advice at the Post-Election Conversation held in Emerson’s Charles Beard Room on November 9.

Mega-hit Megamind, written by Emerson grads

Congratulations to Alan Schoolcraft ‘95 and Brent Simons ‘97, who wrote the screenplay for the #1 movie in North America. Last weekend, DreamWorks’ Megamind scored $43.7 million at the box office.

Emerson Students Collaborate on Winning Ad Campaign

Four students. Four hours. $10,000 dollars on the line. When Sam Clarke ’09, Ian Cardoni ’12, Phil Hamilton ’11, and Stella Plato ’10 decided to revive Romeo and Juliet for the Jawbone Stimulus Video Contest, they didn’t know how it would turn out, but they knew it had to be funny.

Alumnus Donates Archives From Major News Site He Founded

In the early 1990s, Viscount Rob Sands ’68 recognized that there was an information gap that could be addressed using new emerging technology called the Internet.

Q&A With Lucia Cottone '92 from Lifetime TV

We recently sat down with alumna Lucia Cottone ’92, Vice President of Series Development and Current Programming at Lifetime Television, to discuss her experiences in the field of television production.