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Emerson College to integrate AI into classrooms
Meet next year’s SGA executive board

The votes are in, and the next executive board of the Student Government Association has been decided: Georgia Winn will be the executive president,...

Emerson College buildings in Downtown Boston on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)
Emerson leadership sign national letter calling for ‘constructive engagement’ in higher education

More than 200 university presidents nationwide signed onto a letter calling for “constructive engagement”...

Seniors Grace Danehy, Ava Selby, and Callie Krosin smile for a photo with women's lacrosse coaches Hannah Pelletier (left) and Jessie Koffman (right) during senior night festivities.
Women’s lacrosse drops senior night thriller to Mass Maritime

While most Boston-area festivities this weekend were focused on the 129th Marathon, at Rotch Field, the...

Emerson College buildings in Downtown Boston on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)
Two more international student visas terminated, college says, not related to on-campus protests

Two more international student visas have been revoked by the Trump administration for reasons unrelated...

The Emerson men's lacrosse class of 2025 in a pregame senior day ceremony (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Staff).
‘I’m unbelievably grateful’: Men’s lacrosse celebrates class of 2025 in senior day game vs. Coast Guard Academy

Blanketed by sunny, 75-degree weather, the Emerson men’s lacrosse team honored six seniors ahead of...

‘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,...

‘She’s earned it’: Emerson College welcomes first female baseball player, Laney Fukuoka
‘She’s earned it’: Emerson College welcomes first female baseball player, Laney Fukuoka

That headline? Yep, you read it right. Laney Fukuoka, a relief pitcher for the Cougars of John F. Kennedy High School in Sacramento, California,...

A table with things for the Nightcap event in a Little Building classroom on Wednesday, March, 26, 2025. (Rina Laby/ Beacon Staff)
‘Hello sharks’: Shark Tank alums and siblings offer advice to students

On March 26, around 20 Emerson students gathered in the Little Building to hear the founders of Nightcap, a company dedicated to counteracting...

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...

(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...