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Maria Corrigan (left), Thomas Vogel (middle), and Randy Harrison (Right) pose for a photo with their teaching award certificates in the Semel Theatre on Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff).
Emerson College recognizes three educators for teaching excellence

Out of over 200 nominees, three Emerson College professors shone the brightest this academic year, receiving recognition for their work with...

Emerson College buildings in Downtown Boston on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)
Emerson’s Social Justice Academy celebrates trans identity amid worsening attacks by the Trump administration

This year’s Social Justice Academy workshops, hosted by the Intercultural Student Affairs office, brought...

Anna Feder, FSJP, speaks at the town hall on Monday, April 29, 2024. (Rian Nelson/Beacon Staff, File Photo)
Anna Feder, former Bright Lights curator, sues Emerson for wrongful termination, alleging targeting for ‘personal political activism’

Anna Feder, former curator of the Bright Lights Film Series, filed a lawsuit against Emerson College...

The Emerson Esports League of Legends team, Hexcores (Courtesy of Birdie Nelson).
On your marks, get set, game: Emerson Esports gears up for playoffs

While the Emerson Lions continue trudging through conference competition, one campus organization is...

Skywell of the Little Building.
‘Clearly enough people have complained’: Emerson students lose their cool over dorm temperatures

As temperatures outside rise, so are temperatures inside many of Emerson College's residential dorms....

‘It's a really beautiful experience’: Muslim students observe Ramadan with help from Dining Center
‘It’s a really beautiful experience’: Muslim students observe Ramadan with help from Dining Center

Around 4:15 a.m. Friday, Rokiya Elhak, president of the Muslim Student Association, awoke to a call from the organization’s vice president,...

The Emerson men's volleyball team breaks their huddle ahead of a match against Wentworth on April 1, 2025
Men’s volleyball swept by No. 9 Wentworth

It may have been April Fools' Day, but the Emerson men’s volleyball team’s duel against nationally-ranked Wentworth Institute of Technology...

Talia Suskauer and Max Chernin in the National Tour of PARADE, photo by Joan Marcus
Review: ‘Parade’ marches into the Colonial, telling a story that is still timely today

The Tony Award-winning revival of Jason Robert Brown’s musical “Parade” marched into Emerson’s Colonial Theater on March 11.  “Parade”...

Nora Onanian receiving her award, "Courage, Grit, and Determination in Successful Journalism Degree Completion" on December 16, 2024. Left to right: Douglas Struck, Christine Onanian, David Onanian, Nora Onanian (front).
Nora Kate Onanian, Emerson journalism student, remembered as ‘impactful’ and an ‘inspiration’ by classmates, professors

In the early morning hours on Christmas Eve, Nora Kate Onanian, 22, an Emerson journalism student who graduated weeks ago, passed away at her...

Dan Crocker and Amy Rinaldo leaflet on Boylston Street outside of the Emerson College Dining Hall on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. Crocker and Rinaldo are both leaders in the Emerson College Staff Union. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
Financial aid, student accounts demand entry into staff union’s contract nine months after joining
Members of the staff union leafletted Thursday afternoon advocating for the admission of the financial aid and student accounts departments into its contract.
(Abigail Hoyt/ For The Beacon)
Cooking up community: Emerson celebrates the Lunar New Year in the Dining Center

Chatter and laughter filled the Dining Hall on Jan. 29 as aromas of vegetable dumplings, Taiwanese noodle soup, char siu pork ribs, and more...

Emerson College Police Department Door (Beacon Archives/ File Photo)
Incident Journal: ECPD completes medical, mental health checks in residential dorms and campus buildings
The Emerson College Police Department’s Incident Journal is made available to the public daily.
Formerly the Title IX office, Emerson's Office of Equal Opportunity will address issues of discrimination, sexual violence and harassment on campus.
Office of Equal Opportunity extends Title IX reach

The Office of Equal Opportunity will expand the scope of responsibility of the former Office of Title IX following its absorption of the office...