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Overseers connect with students through panels and classes

November 5, 2015

The Board of Overseers hosted an event on Tuesday to provide professional mentorship for students and allow board members to gain a better understanding...

Engagement Lab managing director runs for local office

Engagement Lab managing director runs for local office

November 5, 2015

Mariko Davidson, managing director of Emerson’s Engagement Lab, is running as a first-time candidate for a seat on the Cambridge City Council. There...

Full-time Title IX Investigator hired

November 5, 2015

Pamela White, associate vice president for Title IX and Clery Act coordinator, announced the hiring of full-time Title IX Investigator Pamela Ring last...

Pamela Ring is Emerson's first full-time Title IX Investigator.
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New Title IX Investigator to bring professionalism

By Allison Hagan, Former Staff / November 4, 2015

Emerson’s new full-time Title IX Investigator Pamela Ring said she is excited to work with students who are interested in issues of gender equality. Ring’s...

New media suite for journalism department

New media suite for journalism department

October 29, 2015

The journalism department is almost finished building a high-tech media suite on the sixth floor of the Walker Building according to Paul Niwa, chair of...

Crime Log 10/22

October 28, 2015

Tuesday, Oct. 13 The Emerson College Police Department and Boston Fire Department investigated a alarm activation at the Little Building. A visual and...

ArtsEmerson creative director awarded Person of the Year

October 28, 2015

Polly Carl, creative director of ArtsEmerson, has been named Person of the Year by the National Theatre Conference. Carl won the award for her/his help...

Mental health awareness event held on campus

October 28, 2015

Fresh Check Day, an event held to discuss mental health, was held for the first time in the Max Mutchnick Campus Center on Oct. 21. The event consisted...

Mid-semester safety checks administered in dorms

October 28, 2015

Student dorm rooms were inspected for health and safety last week by resident assistants, a procedure that usually does not happen until residence halls...

Historical dig takes place in Boston Common

October 28, 2015

On Monday, archaeologists from the Public Archaeology Laboratory in Rhode Island began a dig in Boston Common, between the gazebo and the Boylston Street...

SGA discusses cultural competency for faculty

October 28, 2015

Nancy Allen and Jabari Asim, chairs of the Ad Hoc Cultural Competency Committee, and Robert Colby, president of the Faculty Assembly, appeared at the Student...

SGA addresses student union possibility in letter

SGA addresses student union possibility in letter

October 28, 2015

The Student Government Association released an official response last week on its blog to a Beacon opinion piece that called for the creation of a student...

Entrepreneurial students run produce pickup, donate funds

Entrepreneurial students run produce pickup, donate funds

October 28, 2015

Four students in Emerson’s Entrepreneurial Studies Program organized a produce pickup service last week and donated the $213.36 in profits to the...

Residence hall spends night without heat

Residence hall spends night without heat

October 28, 2015

On Sunday, as the sun went down, the temperature in the residence halls did the same. “It was so cold in my room in the Little Building,”...

New members and appeals in SGA

October 28, 2015

Emerson’s chapter of Active Minds received funds for a trip to a national conference from the Student Government Association on Oct. 20. Ashley...

After dismissal, former student resubmits Title IX complaint

October 28, 2015

A former student who sued Emerson for mishandling her rape case filed an amended complaint to her lawsuit on May 27. The student, Jillian Doherty, edited...

College continues to request dismissal of Title IX lawsuit

October 28, 2015

The college continues to request the dismissal of an amended complaint in a lawsuit filed by a former student Jillian Doherty, who alleges Emerson mishandled...

Students stand with college employees in call to unionize

October 21, 2015

Members of Progressives and Radicals in Defense of Employees, or P.R.I.D.E., the student worker solidarity group at the college, stood alongside Emerson...

Rebranding survey out next month

October 21, 2015

A survey meant to collect data for Emerson’s rebranding initiative will likely be released much later than originally anticipated. Initially slated...

Crime levels rise and fall, according to new Clery Report

October 21, 2015

The number of reported burglaries at Emerson’s Boston campus more than doubled over the last year, according to the latest Clery Compliance Report. Released...