News Archives
News Items for 2009
NovemberBonnie Comley '94 and husband Stewart F. Lane awarded the Paul Newman Award for Services to Children and the Arts
Annual scholarship dinner brings scholarship funders and recipients together
Emerson staff and students attend the SOAR and CCOR Conference
Assistant Professor of Marketing Communication Julie Lellis tapped as expert in Fox 25 News segment
Emerson co-hosts Poetically Speaking event with Teen Voices magazine
Boston Globe publisher Steven Ainsley and editor Marty Baron to visit Emerson
Women's volleyball, having won conference, defeated by Williams in tough championship match
Miley Cyrus backup singer Sara Mann '97 offers advice to Emerson students
Emerson team attends and covers NCA Conference
Lions roar through GNAC fall playoffs
Oscar-nominated director Jason Reitman speaks to Emerson students
The Boston Jewish Film Festival screens films through November 19
Students participate in Balinese dance performance/demonstration
Institute Experts Bureau launched
Student profile: Chase Finn '13
Globe reporter and three-time Pulitzer Prize winner speaks to Emersonians
Faculty member works with Boston Beijing Opera Association
Silvia Hodges, Samina Azhar-Gheorghe speak at prestigious Frontiers in Service Conference
Local media leaders discuss how to succeed in the new media climate
Malalai Joya, feminist Afghan Parliamentarian and author, speaks at Emerson
October
Emerson Women's Tennis closes most successful season with tough loss
Emerson grad '09 chosen for American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's 2009 Minority Student Leadership Program
Mann Stearns faculty awards celebrated
WEBN covers President Obama's visit to MIT
Emerson Forensics team takes first place at Suffolk tournament
Family Weekend 2009
Gary Grossman '70 speaks to NPR
Dzanc Books publishes alumna's work
Denis '79 and Ann '85 Leary are profiled in New York Times article
Men's and women's cross country teams sprint to finish
Bensussen directs The Taming of the Shrew in Harvard Square
Emerson College recognized for reviving city's Theatre District
Phi Alpha Tau Room dedicated to late radio personality Brudnoy
Stars and director of The Boondock Saints bring new film to Emerson
Emerson to celebrate 48th Annual Family Weekend
Emerson sponsors 2009 Academy of Aphasia Conference
Alumnus Phelan pens new movie on Amelia Earhart
Chrystee Pharris '98 speaks to students about the business of Hollywood
Emerson students celebrate Diversity Week; College moves Diversity Strategic Plan forward
Emerson data confirm low crime rate on campus
2009 Pulitzer Prize finalist and alum Brendan McCarthy visits campus
Alex Jones speaks about journalism ethics and the future of the press
A 'Laramie Project' update on local stages
John Davis to speak at the 2009 World Knowledge Forum in Seoul, Korea,
Lighting and production-design experts visit classes
Film salon with Amy Holden-Jones and Michael Chapman
Educator, Alumnus Publishes New Book
First WLP Fall 2009 Reading Series features Pablo Medina and Steve Yarbrough
Chrystee Pharris '98 on campus October 14
Networking experts speak to E3 class
Language and Learning Differences Symposium on October 2
September
Softball Team Named National Academic Champion
Emerson participates in The Laramie Project
Emerson Communication Sciences and Disorders Department Co-Sponsors Conference
Memoirist, novelist Kathryn Harrison visits campus
Award-winning 'Celluloid Closet' producer gives tips on selling scripts to Hollywood
Student reporters cover G-20 Summit
Emerson Marks Birth of American Journalism
Emerson to host national slam poetry event
Emerson Receives Japan Foundation Grant
Regina Spektor Visits Emerson's WERS
Emersonians win Emmy Awards; WEBN students travel to L.A. to report on event
Freshmen read U.S. Constitution on Boston Common
Emerson Partners with Los Angeles-based Caucus for Producers, Writers and Directors
Jersey Boys Star Joseph Bwarie '99 Speaks at Emerson
College's Paramount Center Featured in Winning Photo
Students Move In
College, Adjunct Faculty Sign Five-year Contract
Emerson College Mourns William "Bill" McCabe
Orientation Video Hits Big Online
Meade Named President and CEO Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate
August
Political Strategist Trippi Visits Emerson
Emerson College Remembers Senator Kennedy
Little Building Exterior Renovation Begins
Jay Leno Performs at Emerson College
Emerson hosts Journalism Camp for high school students across the country
Emerson Faculty and Students Play Integral Role In Hosting AEJMC National Conference
Alum in 'Jersey Boys' uses 'what I learned at Emerson'
Longtime administrator Anthony Bashir to retire
July
Robert J. Orchard named Emerson College's Executive Director for the Arts
Alumni help Emersonians create Winter Olympics preview
College's art gallery hosts new LGBT exhibit
Emersonian wins host slot for series on opera
Emerson College reaches agreements with Massachusetts; New York
Harry Potter commercial features Emerson Students
Faculty elected to top positions at UFVA and NCA
Museum of Science showcases Emerson student films
Emerson mourns loss of recent graduate
Emerson faculty members win major state grants
June
News about the passing of Ed McMahon recall his days at Emerson
Passing of former theatre arts chair mourned by Emerson community
Communication Studies chair voted president-elect of NCA
Honored alumnus tosses first pitch at Fenway
Emerson students placed second in national comedy contest
College celebrates alumni during gala festivities
May
Lions win Conference trophy for most winning team; first time in College history
The College celebrates 129th annual Commencement exercises
Emerson pays tribute to those who are receiving honorary degrees at the 2009 Commencement
129th Commencement speakers included acclaimed civil rights leaders U.S. Rep. John Lewis and actor Blair Underwood
New Huret & Spector Gallery exhibit evokes voice of 'next generation'
April
Emerson alumnus Vin Di Bona honored by Smithsonian Institution
Entrepreneur, author Michalowicz to keynote Emerson entrepreneurship exposition
March
Author, Screenwriter Dennis Lehane is honored at Emerson College
Harvard communications director becomes Emerson's newest V.P.
Emerson dedicates Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gym
State Rep. and Emerson alumna Kathi-Anne Reinstein gives Littlefield Talk
College approves 3.7 percent increase in tuition for 2009-10
Women's basketball team makes ECAC Division III finals
February
Ninth annual Emerson Film Festival held on March 5 in Los Angeles
January
Acclaimed novelist Alice Hoffman is latest visiting artist at Emerson
Award winning actor Joe Pantoliano meets with Emerson students Jan. 30
Emersonians witness, celebrate Obama inauguration on campus
Alumna/makeup artist Bobbi Brown meets students and admirers at book signing
Museum of Fine Arts in Boston to screen films by young Emerson alumni
'South Park' creators Parker and Stone to address Emerson community