![Estefania Galvis, one of the organizers of the rally, shouting and leading the crowd of over a thousand people through the streets outside of Boston city hall plaza on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MG_0095-1200x800.jpg)
Hundreds of protesters from nearly 100 local and statewide organizations gathered at the Parkman Bandstand in the Boston Common for the “Stop...
![Boston City Hall in the evening on Monday, October 28, 2024.(Nick Peace/ For the Beacon, File)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DSC_2577-1200x800.jpg)
The Boston City Council unanimously voted on Feb. 5 to ban councilors from requiring their staff to sign nondisclosure agreements (NDA) to get...
![A group of Lion Dancers perform in the street during this years Lunar New Year parade. Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025 (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_1610-1200x800.jpg)
Hundreds gathered in Boston’s Chinatown to celebrate the annual Lunar New Year parade on Sunday morning, despite the heavy snowfall the night...
![City council race heats up as candidates pledge ethical leadership and better city services](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/boston_city_council-1200x986.png)
With Boston’s 2025 municipal election just eight months away, the field for district and at-large city council seats has recently grown. Current...
![A drone view of Kasteel Well between 1920 and 1940 from the Netherlands Institute for Military History / Courtesy Archief Well](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Kasteel-1920-1940s-Drone-image-of-Kasteel-Well-From-Netherlands-Institute-for-Military-History.png)
Emerson will celebrate its 40th anniversary of sending students to its Kasteel Well campus in Well, Netherlands, next year. While this is a big...
![Emerson Colleges' Little Building and Colonial Building on Boylston Street. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/MG_5961-1200x800.jpg)
President Jay Bernhardt on Wednesday reaffirmed Emerson’s “enduring commitment to building and sustaining an inclusive and caring community”...
![The starters for Emerson women's basketball ahead of their game against Wheaton on Feb. 15, 2025. From left to right: Kendra Dodd, Kaylin O'Meara, Elise Arnold, Claire English and Jessie Silk (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Staff).](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_1829-1200x800.jpg)
The Emerson women’s basketball team played its final home game of the regular season on Feb. 15, ending on a high note with a 67-57 victory...
![Nathalie Stutzmann conducts the BSO at Symphony Hall. (Courtesy Robert Torres/BSO)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2.6.25-Nathalie-Stutzmann-conducts-the-BSO-at-Symphony-Hall-Robert-Torres-1200x800.jpg)
Pristine classical music seeped into the brisk air through the window creases of Symphony Hall last weekend, as the Boston Symphony Orchestra...
![Mark Adamo photographed by Daniel Welch. (Courtesy of April Thilbeault)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/0213GreekComedy-1200x801.jpeg)
When Aristophanes dropped “Lysistrata” in 411 BC, Ancient Greece didn’t know how to react. The play follows Lysistrata, a woman who...
![Søren Lind (left) and Larissa Sansour (middle) discuss “Entire Nations Are Built on Fairy Tales” with Dr. Leonie Bradbury (right). (Nick Peace/ Beacon Staff)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_1365-1200x800.jpg)
On Feb. 4, Emerson’s Media Art Gallery opened a new multi-media exhibition: “Entire Nations are Built on Fairy Tales.” The exhibition features...
![The starters for Emerson women's basketball ahead of their game against Wheaton on Feb. 15, 2025. From left to right: Kendra Dodd, Kaylin O'Meara, Elise Arnold, Claire English and Jessie Silk (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Staff).](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_1829-1200x800.jpg)
The Emerson women’s basketball team played its final home game of the regular season on Feb. 15, ending on a high note with a 67-57 victory...
![Graduate guard Trevor Arico shoots against Springfield College on Feb. 15, 2025 (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Staff).](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_1645-1200x800.jpg)
As the Emerson men’s basketball team dueled against Springfield on Feb. 15, sophomore guard Guillermo Gasset Ruiz had done just about everything...
![The Emerson women's basketball team huddles up before facing the WPI Engineers on Feb. 12, 2025 (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff).](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/WomensBBall-02-12-25-2-1200x800.jpg)
The Emerson women’s basketball team came together on Feb. 12 for a cause that went beyond the court. Before facing the WPI Engineers, the Lions...
![Jibo sits on a desk in the XR-Studio](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AIStory-8-1200x800.jpg)
On the third floor of the Ansin building, a large square outlined in blue tape is centered on the floor between a camera and a wall-sized...
![The alley entrance to the Walker building casts a beacon of light on the campus.](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Jin-Ko-outside-Walker-900x600.jpg)
![Screengrab of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion page on the Emerson College Website.](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DEIemersonwebsite-1200x675.png)
“Emotional terrorism.” “Censorship.” “Hyper-nationalism.” A period of tumult likened to “the late 1960s.” These are the words...
![Emerson Colleges' Little Building and Colonial Building on Boylston Street. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/MG_5961-1200x800.jpg)
President Jay Bernhardt on Wednesday reaffirmed Emerson’s “enduring commitment to building and sustaining an inclusive and caring community” in an email sent...
![Graduate guard Trevor Arico shoots against Springfield College on Feb. 15, 2025 (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Staff).](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_1645-1200x800.jpg)
As the Emerson men’s basketball team dueled against Springfield on Feb. 15, sophomore guard Guillermo Gasset Ruiz had done just about everything for the Lions—blocking...
![Nathalie Stutzmann conducts the BSO at Symphony Hall. (Courtesy Robert Torres/BSO)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2.6.25-Nathalie-Stutzmann-conducts-the-BSO-at-Symphony-Hall-Robert-Torres-1200x800.jpg)
Pristine classical music seeped into the brisk air through the window creases of Symphony Hall last weekend, as the Boston Symphony Orchestra performed from repertoire...
![Courtesy of Jiwon Kim.](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-12-at-7.25.10 PM-1200x661.png)
Six years ago, Emerson College was a completely different school—it was untouched by the COVID-19 pandemic, Little Building was pre-remodel, Lee Pelton was still...
![Estefania Galvis, one of the organizers of the rally, shouting and leading the crowd of over a thousand people through the streets outside of Boston city hall plaza on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MG_0095-1200x800.jpg)
Hundreds of protesters from nearly 100 local and statewide organizations gathered at the Parkman Bandstand in the Boston Common for the “Stop the Coup” rally on Feb 14—symbolically...
![A person holds a sign with the transgender flag in front of the State House. (Brianna Silva/ File Photo)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DSC_0030-900x600.jpg)
![Estefania Galvis, one of the organizers of the rally, shouting and leading the crowd of over a thousand people through the streets outside of Boston city hall plaza on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MG_0095-1200x800.jpg)
Hundreds of protesters from nearly 100 local and statewide organizations gathered at the Parkman Bandstand in the Boston Common for the “Stop...
![Boston City Hall in the evening on Monday, October 28, 2024.(Nick Peace/ For the Beacon, File)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DSC_2577-1200x800.jpg)
![A group of Lion Dancers perform in the street during this years Lunar New Year parade. Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025 (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_1610-1200x800.jpg)
![A drone view of Kasteel Well between 1920 and 1940 from the Netherlands Institute for Military History / Courtesy Archief Well](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Kasteel-1920-1940s-Drone-image-of-Kasteel-Well-From-Netherlands-Institute-for-Military-History.png)
Emerson will celebrate its 40th anniversary of sending students to its Kasteel Well campus in Well, Netherlands, next year. While this is a big...
![Yellow caution barriers block the entrance to the Massachusetts Transportation Building in the 2 Boylston Place alley on Thursday Feb. 13, 2025. ECPD sent a community advisory telling students and staff to stay away from the area. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MG_9755-1200x800.jpg)
![The starters for Emerson women's basketball ahead of their game against Wheaton on Feb. 15, 2025. From left to right: Kendra Dodd, Kaylin O'Meara, Elise Arnold, Claire English and Jessie Silk (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Staff).](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_1829-1200x800.jpg)
The Emerson women’s basketball team played its final home game of the regular season on Feb. 15, ending on a high note with a 67-57 victory...
![The Emerson women's basketball team huddles up before facing the WPI Engineers on Feb. 12, 2025 (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff).](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/WomensBBall-02-12-25-2-1200x800.jpg)
![Men's volleyball head coach Ben Read huddles with his team against Endicott (Courtesy of Anna Schoenmann/ Beacon Archives).](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/204v.endicott-3-1200x798.jpg)
![Mark Adamo photographed by Daniel Welch. (Courtesy of April Thilbeault)](https://berkeleybeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/0213GreekComedy-1200x801.jpeg)
When Aristophanes dropped “Lysistrata” in 411 BC, Ancient Greece didn’t know how to react. The play follows Lysistrata, a woman who...