Emerson in the News

Worcester Telegram & Gazette spotlights Ryan Ansin '09

In May 2010, Ryan Ansin ’09 traveled with his nonprofit, Every Person Has a Story Productions (EPHAS), to Cambodia to conduct photography workshops. On August 11, EPHAS took its mission to Rwanda.

Globe notes Emerson’s New Chair in Screenwriting

Two-time Oscar nominee Jay Cocks will be teaching a weekly seminar at Emerson this fall. Cocks’s screenplays include Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence and Gangs of New York. 

Boston Business Journal Commends President Liebergott

In an article in the the Boston Business Journal on August 9 Emerson College President Jacqueline Liebergott is commended for helping to transform Boston's Theatre District.

Kevin Bright honored by Boston Jewish Film Festival

This year’s Boston Jewish Film Festival fall fundraiser is being called a “Friendsational Celebration” in honor of Emerson alumnus and Executive Artist-in-Residence Kevin Bright ’76.

Emerson alumna Sheryl Kaller tapped to direct The Great Game

Kaller ’82. has been drafted by acclaimed producers Randall L. Wreghitt and Jana Robbins to direct D. Tucker Smith’s The Great Game on Broadway.

Recent MFA graduate on short list for international award

Laura van den Berg’s (MFA ’08) debut story collection, which she wrote while completing her MFA at Emerson, has been put on the short list for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, reports the Boston Globe.

Alumna profiled as one of the top young entrepreneurs by Inc. magazine

Inc. magazine recently recognized Emersonian Morgan First ’06 as an entrepreneur who is “changing the way we do business.”

Like father like son for Emerson broadcasters

Adam Harding ’08 landed a reporting job at WMUR-TV in New Hampshire which is the sister station to his father, Ed Harding's ’75, WCVB-Boston station.