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Boylston SJP Protesters gather on the sidewalk in front of Boylston Place Alley, following a police restriction of the alleyway on Friday, April 25, 2025 (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).
Boylston SJP calls for ‘end to scholasticide’ in Gaza on one-year anniversary of encampment arrests

Dozens of people affiliated with Boylston Students for Justice in Palestine rallied in front of the 2 Boylston Place Alleyway Friday evening...

Emerson College buildings in Downtown Boston on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)
College warns against planned SJP protest in 2B Alley one year after the encampment

Emerson College issued a statement acknowledging an upcoming protest action on Friday by Boylston Students...

Emerson College 2 Boylston Place Encampment
Police body camera footage shows use of force against protesters, phone call from Bernhardt to police
In an extensive public records request, The Beacon obtained nearly 10 hours of footage documenting the night of the arrests from 36 body cameras worn by state troopers and cruiser-mounted cameras from the Massachusetts State Police.
Linda Gayle ‘69 and Moonyene Jackson-Amis ‘69 raise their fists on the steps of the former Emerson College administration building at 130 Beacon Street. (Image Courtesy Moonyne Jackson-Amis, Expression Magazine)
More than 55 years later, EBONI co-founder reflects on activism and civil rights on Emerson’s campus

Over the years, Emerson College has had a significant history of student-led activism on its campus....

Emerson College to integrate AI into classrooms
SGA discusses Back to Boylston Week expansion, continues the ABR

With only one general assembly meeting left in this academic year, Executive Treasurer Oliver Katz presented...

‘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,...

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 women’s lacrosse team were...

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...