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Emerson's 2010 Commencement ceremony. (Courtesy Emerson College, File Photo)

Get ready to bend and snap: Jennifer Coolidge is delivering the 2025 commencement address

By Rylie Burns, Former Operations Managing Editor, Layout Editor & Newsletter Editor / April 2, 2025
Jennifer Coolidge, an Emmy and Golden Globe–winning actress, will deliver the commencement address to Emerson’s graduating class of 2025 on May 11, the college announced Monday.
Thousands gather in Somerville Massachusetts on Wed. 26, 2025 to protest the detainment of a tufts student by ICE. (Hannah Brueske/Beacon Staff)

Thousands rally at Tufts University to decry ICE detainment of Rumeysa Öztürk

By Meg Richards and Hannah Brueske / March 26, 2025

Thousands of protesters gathered to demand justice for Rumeysa Öztürk the day after her arrest on Wednesday beneath the windmill in Powder House Square...

People sitting at a Boston park during the COVID-19 Pandemic. (Zhihao Wu/ Beacon archives)

Zoom fatigue and dorm room hangouts: How COVID-19 shaped the Emerson experience five years ago

By Hannah Brueske, Dept. Projects Editor / March 19, 2025

As the head of the musical theater department, Amelia Broome has always considered Emerson a beautiful place to be—an environment full of “sassy,...

‘Good old classic Boston’: An early start to St. Patrick’s Day celebrations

‘Good old classic Boston’: An early start to St. Patrick’s Day celebrations

By Hannah Woods and Ari Mei-Dan / March 17, 2025

Vibrant green flooded South Boston’s streets as over one million people gathered for the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade. People lined up and...

Emerson College buildings in Downtown Boston on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

Despite Emerson’s promise to provide meaningful financial support, students feel neglected and ignored

By Avary Amaral, Hannah Brueske and Sage Jezierski / March 6, 2025

In 2023, Oscar Grubelić was excited to start studying film at Emerson College, satisfied to have received what he felt was a “solid” financial...

Emerson College buildings in Downtown Boston on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

College declines to amend policies after faculty assembly narrowly votes to end disciplinary action against student protesters

By Merritt Hughes / February 26, 2025

The faculty assembly Tuesday afternoon adopted a motion that sought to end disciplinary action related to nonviolent protest that was then sent to the...

A Ukraine war veteran holds a "Defense Intelligence of Ukraine" flag at the Parkman Bandstand on Feb. 23 (Yogev Toby/ Beacon Staff)

Boston marks three years of Ukraine War amid Trump stance shift

By Yogev Toby, Editor-at-Large (on leave) / February 25, 2025

A blue and yellow wave washed over Boston Common Feb. 23 to mark three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Hundreds of protesters gathered...

Around 20 protesters gather outside of Ansin building, glueing flyers listing their demands and hand-drawn stickers on the side of the building. (Madalyn Jimiera/ Beacon Staff)

‘Administration is forcing us to escalate.’ Boylston SJP demands revitalized protest policies, financial transparency, and divestment.

By Iselin Bratz, Madalyn Jimiera and Adri Pray / February 21, 2025

Dozens of protesters affiliated with Boylston Students for Justice in Palestine, a group of students advocating for a free Palestine, demonstrated in front...

The Bright Family Screening room in the Paramount Theatre building on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff)

Faculty host screening of ‘The Palestine Exception’ in an attempt to open the conversation about the on-campus climate

By Izzy Bryars, Staff Writer / February 19, 2025

The Department of Journalism hosted a screening of “The Palestine Exception” Wednesday, Feb. 19 in the Bright Family Screening Room in Paramount Center....

Jibo sits on a desk in the XR-Studio

How Emerson is—and isn’t—using artificial intelligence in the classroom

By Yogev Toby, Editor-at-Large (on leave) / February 12, 2025

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 screen. With...

A protestor holds up a sign with the word “fascism” crossed out in front of the Massachusetts State House on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Country wide movement to protest President Trump reaches Mass. State House

By Avary Amaral, Magazine Editor / February 9, 2025

At noon on Wednesday, protesters wearing keffiyehs and carrying pink and blue transgender pride and rainbow flags gathered at the Massachusetts State House...

(Abigail Hoyt/ For The Beacon)

Cooking up community: Emerson celebrates the Lunar New Year in the Dining Center

By Madalyn Jimiera and Adam Nuñez / February 4, 2025

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

Doug Struck holds the latest issue of Discipline News on Boylston Street outside of Emerson College on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Discipline News argues it’s ‘reasserting Emerson’s values.’ The college calls it an ‘anonymous propaganda campaign.’

By Hannah Brueske, Dept. Projects Editor / January 29, 2025
Discipline News emerged on Emerson’s campus in early December, quickly embedding itself into the Emerson community. For the first time ever, the publication’s contributors discussed its operations and why its message is necessary now.
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Late Marlboro College professor leaves $1.5 million grant for student research

By Merritt Hughes, Dept. Campus Editor / January 29, 2025

Starting this semester, Emerson students and faculty have the opportunity to apply for research grants funded through $1.5 million left to Marlboro College...

An Emerson College banner on the side of The Colonial Building on Boylston street. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

Emerson doubles down on commitment to protect undocumented, international students

By Yogev Toby, Editor-at-Large (on leave) / January 26, 2025

President Donald Trump’s vows for mass deportation and expansion of immigration law enforcement powers have generated hundreds of arrests across the...

The Delta Youth Chorale group from West Monroe, Louisiana, singing to the crowd of Trump supporters in front of the U.S. Capitol on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)

As It Happened: Trump moves into White House, signs first executive orders

After a freezing cold Inauguration Day in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump and former President Joe Biden participated in a peaceful transfer of power that, four years earlier, the 47th president subverted.
Paul Dworkis poses for a photo inside of the newly completed fitness center on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Always ‘an Emersonian,’ Paul Dworkis, CFO, departs Emerson after five years

By Hannah Nguyen, Editor-in-Chief / December 12, 2024

For Paul Dworkis, being an Emersonian came almost naturally.  “I didn’t start at Emerson until December [2019], but I actually started working...

Visitors watching skaters at the Frog Pond in the Boston Commons on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff)

Boston Common Frog Pond ice rink welcomes skaters for the season

By Madalyn Jimiera, Dept. Campus Editor / December 11, 2024

The Boston Common Frog Pond ice rink opened its gates for the winter on Nov. 30, inviting locals and tourists alike to take to the ice and unite under...

Beverly School Committee President Rachael Abell outside Beverly High School following the re-opening of district schools (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).

A historic teacher strike upended a North Shore town. The Beverly School Committee president says ‘it wasn’t about the kids.’

By Bryan Hecht, News Editor / December 9, 2024

The Beverly School Committee President said the 12-day teacher strike was a “planned, coordinated, strategic attack” as high school students streamed...

Boston City Hall on Monday, October 28, 2024. (Nick Peace/ For the Beacon, File)

Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson arrested on federal charges, colleagues call for her resignation

By DJ Mara, Senior Political Reporter / December 8, 2024

District 7 Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson was arrested Friday morning on federal public corruption charges relating to an alleged 2023...