Emerson College Today

CNN anchor sheds tears

A candid Don Lemon, news anchor on CNN, talked about everything from his struggles with diversity to text messages from his mom while speaking for two hours with Emerson students February 26—even shedding tears at one point.

Fun times at Presidential Wiffle Ball Game

Carole Simpson to receive ROBIE Award

Carole Simpson, Senior Leader-in-Residence of the Journalism Department and former ABC News anchor, will receive the Jackie Robinson Foundation's ROBIE Award in New York City on March 4.

International Grad Student Organization is formed

Emerson has formed its first International Graduate Student Organization amid a steady increase in the number of global students.

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.

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.

Film student gracing Oscar stage

An Emerson student filmmaker will be on stage at the Academy Awards this Sunday, February 24, after beating out more than 1,000 other college students who vied for the honor in a video contest.

Romney press secretary visits Emerson

Rick Gorka, the former press secretary for Republican Mitt Romney during his recent presidential campaign, stopped by an Emerson class Thursday, February 21, in one of his first public speaking appearances since he quit the campaign after a media firestorm last summer.