By Piper Greene, Beacon Correspondent
/ October 1, 2024
The Boston chapter of the international environmental advocacy group Extinction Rebellion (XR) held its third annual Week of Rebellion last week, staging non-violent protests outside the Massachusetts Statehouse and trying to engage the public in discourse about climate change.
When it was first announced that legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola had sold his $650 million wine empire to self-fund his passion project of over 40 years because no studio wanted to, it read as another sad signifier of Hollywood’s hesitancy to invest in original concepts.
By Merritt Hughes, Opinion Co-Editor
/ September 29, 2024
Hillary Clinton appeared live at the Wang Theater in Boston on Friday evening as part of a traveling tour discussing her new book, “Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, & Liberty.”
In a packed room on day two of the 2024 Boston Globe Summit, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey joined Globe climate reporter Sabrina Shankman in a 30-minute discussion on building the climate workforce.
While sitting below a tree in the area of the Boston Common and Public Garden during the day on Sept. 11, Matthew Nelson began to record himself speaking to the camera, saying he was about to “engage in an extreme act of protest.”
On the first day of the 2024 Boston Globe Summit, Anna Kuchment, the Globe’s health and medical editor, led a discussion with Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the former director of the Center for Disease Control (CDC), about “The State of Public Health.”
By Hannah Woods, Beacon Correspondent
/ September 25, 2024
Emerson has maintained its spot at No. 13 in this year’s Best Regional Universities North Rankings and is tied with two other colleges, according to the latest update by U.S. News & World Report.
Hundreds of cannabis fanatics gathered in the Boston Common on Saturday for the 35th annual Boston Freedom Rally, the second-largest advocacy event for marijuana in the country.
By Yogev Toby, Beacon Correspondent
/ September 22, 2024
As the late September breeze blew trash across the Charles River Esplanade, Emerson Green Collective (EGC) and Emerson Sustainability volunteered to pick it up.
By Danielle Bartholet, Assistant Living Arts Editor
/ September 18, 2024
Elisa Gabbert '05 began working on her essay collection before the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, causing her writing to take a turn to reflect on the tumultuous time.
By Yogev Toby, Beacon Correspondent
/ September 12, 2024
Bagpipe skirls echoed around the Massachusetts State House this Sept. 11 afternoon as dozens of Boston Fire Department Honor Guard Members and the Greater Boston Firefighters Pipes and Drums..
Emerson unveiled a new initiative, updated its code of conduct, and released an interim policy in August, generating a wave of concern among students, faculty, and staff over free speech.
In the wake of campus turmoil last spring, President Jay Bernhardt pledged to prioritize enrollment, strengthen the community and build Emerson’s brand...
As part of a wave of announcements heading into the new school year, the Emerson College Board of Trustees unanimously adopted a policy on institutional neutrality and mutual respect earlier this month.
In preparation for the upcoming school year, Emerson launched a modified code of community standards, according to an email sent from President Jay Bernhardt to the Emerson community Friday.
Emerson’s decision to eliminate two programs will not be reversed, college officials said in a statement to The Beacon, after announcing they cut both...
The 2024 Democratic National Convention is set to begin on Monday in Chicago, where Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz are expected to receive their party’s nominations for president and vice president.
