After weeks of anticipation, the results from the Student Government Association election for the 2023-24 academic year were made public last week, with sophomore Charlize Silvestrino elected as executive...

William Gilligan knew right away he didn’t want to be president long-term. Gilligan stepped into the interim presidency in May 2021, just weeks after retiring from his job as vice president of IT....

Emersonians celebrated a year’s worth of sustainability strides and reflected on further increasing climate awareness at the 2022-23 Earthfest on Saturday, an event featuring games and activities promoting...

After years of lobbying from students, Emerson’s administration has committed to providing period products in all public restrooms on campus—including in men’s and gender-neutral bathrooms—starting...

ChatGPT, a new artificial intelligence program that has the capability to write basically anything can write your essays for you. Emerson community members, along with those at other colleges, are adjusting...

Emerson College is set to increase the undergraduate costs of attendance by four percent for the 2023-24 academic year, prompting negative reactions from the student union. The increase will bring tuition...

Since Emerson relaxed its COVID-19 policies and removed its campus-wide mask mandate last May, the faces of many or most students have gone unmasked in classrooms, on sets, and in other campus spaces. This...

Emerson College is set to increase the undergraduate costs of attendance by four percent for the 2023-24 academic year, according to a community-wide email from Interim President William Gilligan and Board...

For many, course registration is a stressful event each semester, as students scramble to log in before their classes fill up completely. This semester, though, course registration was especially hectic...

Emerson honored actress and alumna Judee Wales Watson ’10 last week by naming the Student Performance Center in the basement of the Little Building after her. The ceremony, held on April 4 outside...

Brent Smith will become the dean of Emerson’s School of Communication starting this summer, according to a community-wide announcement from Interim President William Gilligan on Wednesday. Smith served...

Students gathered and laughed at TikTok and Tumblr references at Emerson Poetry Project’s biannual “Box of Doom” slam competition Monday evening. Dubbed by the student organization as “the worst...

Emerson celebrated students and faculty that displayed outstanding academic achievement and teaching excellence in the 2022-23 academic year by inducting selected community members into the college's Gold...

Flashing lights, goofy caricatures, and dancing to a song no one but you can hear: Emerson Mane Events hosted a decades-themed silent disco event on March 31 in the SPC that was meant to foster community...

Candidates for the 2023-24 Student Government Association have spent weeks marketing their campaigns to the Emerson community, who will choose their representatives between April 6-8 through electronic...

This spring break, the Emerson Forensics Team traveled to Tokyo for the International Forensics Association’s Annual Speech and Debate Tournament and Conference—a trip three years in the making.  The...

To celebrate this week’s major religious holidays, members of the Emerson community are invited to an interfaith dinner on Friday at 7 p.m. in the college’s private dining room.  The dinner, organized...

The Emerson College Police Department provides the Incident Journal to The Beacon every week. Beacon staff edit the Incident Journal for style and clarity but not for content. Monday, March 27 ECPD...

The Emerson Prison Initiative held its first conference on Friday in the Bill Bordy Theater. The program, which offers incarcerated persons at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Concord to...

The Student Government Association projects student organizations will be able to submit proposals for the SGA Fund for Student Impact as soon as next semester, according to SGA Executive President Pranit...