Emerson College Today

Gordon Awarded Knight Foundation Grant

Emerson Visual and Media Arts Assistant Professor Eric Gordon has been awarded a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for his project Community PlanIt, a mobile role-playing game combined with social software.

Hurricane Earl: Storm expected to mostly bypass Boston

Hurricane Earl is making its way up the East Coast. The storm is expected to be off the coast of Massachusetts Friday night and completely out of the Boston area by Saturday afternoon. The current forecast predicts some rain showers for Boston but no major wind. We are not anticipating any disruption to our plans for campus move in or the start of classes.

Paramount Center Wins 2010 Preservation Achievement Award

Emerson’s Paramount Center has been awarded a 2010 Preservation Achievement Award by the Boston Preservation Alliance.

New Faculty Members Bring a Wealth of Experience to Emerson

What do a Guggenheim fellow, a Kant philosopher, a former staff writer for the New York Times, the screenwriter for Gangs of New York, and a Frederick Douglass Doctoral Scholar have in common? They are all joining the Emerson faculty this fall.

Alexa Jackson joins Emerson in human resources

Alexa Jackson joined Emerson on July 27 as the newly appointed associate vice president for human resources.

Rebecca Meyers named director of film programs

Starting this fall, Emerson’s new 170–seat Bright Family Screening Room at the Paramount Center will be programmed by Rebecca Meyers. The Paramount Center also houses the 590-seat main Theatre and the 150-seat Black Box Theatre.

Now That's Something to Tweet About

This summer, Emersonians are interning, working, and volunteering for a variety of businesses and organizations all across the country. More than 100 Emersonians responded, via Twitter, with what they have been up to.

Jay Cocks named Semel Chair in Screenwriting

Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Jay Cocks, whose work includes Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ, The Age of Innocence, Gangs of New York, and Kathryn Bigelow's Strange Days, has been named Emerson’s Jane and Terry Semel Chair in Screenwriting for the Fall 2010 semester.