Kaitlyn Bryson is a senior at Emerson College and serves as a student representative on the Title IX working group created by President M. Lee Pelton in the summer of 2019. She is also a contributing Op-Ed...
In a world filled with instant gratification, personally tailored advertisements, and one-click shopping, it can be easy to overlook how our purchases impact others.
But our lack of knowledge is exactly...
At 2 a.m. one morning, I broke down and called my mom. Frantic about my decision to change my major, I told her how scared I was because journalism was all I ever thought I could do—it was all I ever...
Emerson came in last place in a recycling competition against five other Boston colleges and universities last spring. This semester, the Sustainability Committee and Bon Appetit combined resources to...
The Backstage Cafe now offers customers free reusable straws.
Emerson dining services chose to eliminate all plastic straws campus-wide at the beginning of the semester, Director of Operations for...
The college shaped its alcohol and marijuana peer-led programs around conversation and education rather than punishment.
The Office of Community Standards and Student Conduct renamed the alcohol education...
The sustainability coordinator position remains vacant following Amy Elvidge’s resignation in July. A senior visual and media arts major and an employee from the Office of Marketing temporarily occupy...
Class of 2022 journalism students will have to purchase a $1,500 MacBook Pro as part of a journalism initiative, according to Department Chair Janet Kolodzy.
In 2016, the journalism department piloted...
The performing arts committee selected Robert Colby to strengthen communication between students and faculty as Performing Arts Chair starting fall semester of 2018.
Colby started at the college’s...
On Jan. 16, ITG sent out an email stating Emerson’s former video streaming program, Median, will expire June of 2018, encouraging students to save their old median content as the college transitions...
The Undergraduate Admission Office’s new Diversity Outreach Interns worked on recruiting more students of color to the college through outreach to local and national communities this semester.
Emerson...
Student veteran Jonathon House said he didn’t feel any culture shock when he returned to the United States in 2016 from his military base in Iwakuni, Japan, but rather when he began attending...
Campus Services and Facilities received five reports of elevator-related incidents in the 2 Boylston Place residence hall in October. Reports included student entrapments, delays, and internal...
An unidentified student posted a petition titled “Keep the Music Behind the Counter” in the dining center near the sandwich station. Within a couple of days, the petition gathered a surplus of signatures,...
Emerson journalism department enrollment increased by 6 percent since last year.
Of 687 applicants accepted into the journalism department, 128 enrolled in the college, said Director of Admissions Michael...
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