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Bites with Becca: Off-campus cooking starter pack

Bites with Becca: Off-campus cooking starter pack

September 20, 2017

Ramen, mac and cheese, takeout, repeat. Sound familiar? While eating pizza every night may be my heart’s true desire, it’s not so great for...

Arasha Lalani speaks to students at PERIOD's first chapter meeting last Friday.
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Freshman brings menstrual movement to campus

By Stephanie Shih / September 20, 2017

With over 100 high school, university, and community chapters established around the world, PERIOD is the largest and fastest growing youth-run nongovernmental...

Harrison Blum is leading an eight-week course in mindfulness.
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Mindfulness course moves students to meditate

By Andrew Stanton / September 20, 2017

Overwhelmed students seeking tranquility can turn to the Mindfulness Practitioner Program, a new initiative focused on mindfulness meditation. Harrison...

Cooking on your own can be one of the hardest adjustments to moving off-campus. Illustration
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Bites with Becca: Off-campus cooking starter pack

By Rebecca Szkutak / September 13, 2017

Ramen, mac and cheese, takeout, repeat. Sound familiar? While eating pizza every night may be my heart’s true desire, it’s not so great for...

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Entrepreneurs envision future after E3 experience

By Stephanie Shih / September 13, 2017

Since its establishment in 2005, the Emerson Experience in Entrepreneurship program (E3), which results in an entrepreneurial studies minor, has served...

Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin
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Alum Gaby Dunn returns to Boston for YA book tour

By Kam Burns / September 6, 2017

Gaby Dunn frequently walked by the Wilbur Theatre during her time at Emerson and saw the faces of her comedy heroes flashing on the billboard that...

Students to walk in support of suicide prevention

Students to walk in support of suicide prevention

March 30, 2017

Last semester, Suzie Hicks sat in class, idly scrolling through her Facebook feed in a desperate attempt to relieve her boredom. Through the site’s...

Women’s march organizer gives lessons on leadership, feminism

Women’s march organizer gives lessons on leadership, feminism

March 29, 2017

Weeks after the historic Women’s March on Washington, Emerson students gathered in the Bright Family Screening room to show a different kind of solidarity. Women’s...

Students designs device to keep kids safe

Students designs device to keep kids safe

March 29, 2017

About 17 years ago, a regular day at the beach took an abrupt turn when 3-year-old Sierra Ducey found herself lost and completely panicked. Luckily, a...

Bites with Becca: Let them eat cake

Bites with Becca: Let them eat cake

March 23, 2017

This one doesn’t start in the kitchen. It’s around 1 a.m. and the room is dark. My partner and I’s eyes are glued to the television,...

Tony-nominated alumna premieres on primetime

Tony-nominated alumna premieres on primetime

March 22, 2017

During her time as a performing arts student, Emily Skeggs earned three EVVY nominations for acting. After graduation, her collegiate success was far from...

Q&A: Dana Morgan, lawyer and pageant champ

Q&A: Dana Morgan, lawyer and pageant champ

March 16, 2017

Emerson alumna Dana Morgan’s dreams didn’t always focus on a courtroom. Instead, she dreamed of a crown. Although she recently formed her own...

Fashion fosters activism

March 8, 2017

With fashion week coming to an end, what stands out the most to me, besides the fact that Christopher Kane still sends Crocs onto the runway, are the moments...

Finding power through postcards

Finding power through postcards

March 8, 2017

Last week, a variety of students filled the Iwasaki Library’s CoLab. This wasn’t a quiet study session. Instead, these students were intent...

Students raise awareness for mental illness

Students raise awareness for mental illness

March 8, 2017

College is filled with important papers and tests that can leave students feeling overwhelmed and stressed out. Project WOW, a fair aimed at promoting...

Emerson bloggers shine in cyber spotlight

Emerson bloggers shine in cyber spotlight

March 8, 2017

Lifestyle blogging is more than just putting your life on the internet for fun. It is now a real platform for people to express themselves and their opinions....

"She persisted." He put it on a shirt

“She persisted.” He put it on a shirt

March 1, 2017

Late on the evening of Feb. 7, Matt Rudinski, ‘12, was scrolling through his Twitter feed. On this seemingly quiet night, Rudinski found an uproar....

Students use finstas to find privacy

Students use finstas to find privacy

March 1, 2017

It all began with a photo of her friend, a playful quip about the Emerson soccer team, and a declaration that she wouldn’t post again. One day later,...

#AskJackie: Good Vibes

March 1, 2017

Anonymous asks: I'm thinking about getting a vibrator but I've never been with a boy intimately. I’m worried that getting a vibrator will ruin the...