Emerson College Today

Rasky Spins Music with Boston Roots

Emerson Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees and alumnus Larry Rasky ’78 made a guest DJ appearance on Emerson radio station WERS (88.9 FM) on August 30.

Orientation Meets Project Runway

Project Runway (Season Five) finalist Korto Momolu addressed Emerson students August 30 at new Paramount Mainstage at Emerson’s Paramount Center.

Emersonians Bring Home Emmys

Eric Drysdale ’93 and Joe Celli ’91 recently won 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards. Drysdale won for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Series for his work as a writer on The Colbert Report episode #5076 (in Iraq). Celli won for Outstanding Art Direction for Variety, Music, or Nonfiction Programming for his work as art director for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards.

Class of 2014 Comes to Town

More than 150 cheering Emerson undergraduates were on hand to greet incoming freshman and their families during Emerson Orientation Week this year.

Diversity and Inclusion are Themes of Major Opening Event

Talk by Johnnetta Cole kicks off 2010–11 academic year

Luncheon Recognizes Staff Members for Exceptional Service

Emerson staff members from departments all across the College gathered in the Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gym on August 24 to celebrate the hard work and dedication of their colleagues.

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.