Emerson College Today

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.

Stewart '82 sees boom time ahead for strategic communicators

Stewart ’82 will show Emerson students how McDonald’s and other companies have dealt with significant CSR issues, including sustainability and environmental and social responsibility, through his class.

A call to continue King's work at MLK Luncheon

At Thursday’s annual Martin Luther King Day luncheon, Gwendolyn Bates, took advantage of an unexpectedly large audience to call on Emersonians to make diversity and inclusion an individual duty.

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.

Emerson Soccer Teams Garner Academic Honor

Emerson College is one of only 133 colleges nationwide to have both its men’s and women’s soccer teams named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Team Academic Award winner lists.

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.

Journalism institute provides real-world opportunity

During winter break, some students go skiing. Others sleep until noon. Emerson Print and Multimedia Journalism major Laura C. Morel ’11 was reporting on a murder.