As below-freezing temperatures blow through Boston this January, the tensions described by the Boston Architectural College (BAC) students living in Emerson...
President Donald Trump’s vows for mass deportation and expansion of immigration law enforcement powers have generated hundreds of arrests across the...
As former President Joe Biden peacefully transferred power to President Donald Trump on Jan. 20, Emerson community members described feelings of uncertainty,...
By Merritt Hughes, Multimedia Managing Editor
/ January 22, 2025
President Donald Trump’s first few days in office came with a slew of executive orders and policy changes. He notably declared a state of emergency at...
By Iselin Bratz, Content Managing Editor
/ January 15, 2025
At a routine evening rehearsal last fall for “POTUS,” an Emerson Stage production, recent graduate and on-set observational director Emma Ahlin watched...
As wildfires continue to rage in Southern California this week, students, faculty, and staff expecting to start the spring semester at Emerson Los Angeles...
By Sam Shipman, Living Arts Editor
/ January 8, 2025
Emerson students finishing their meal in the dining hall often throw the remains of their scraps into the compost bin, but where do the seemingly endless...
By Max Ardrey, Dept. Living Arts Editor
/ December 28, 2024
Emerson College earned an accreditation with the ARRI Certified Film School Program, a global leader in the development of film equipment and technologies,...
By Arthur Mansavage, Photo Editor, Website Editor & Chief Photographer
/ December 28, 2024
From on-campus protests to the 2024 presidential election, Beacon photographers told stories when words could not, gave unique perspectives into the...
By Merritt Hughes, Multimedia Managing Editor
/ December 27, 2024
In the early morning hours on Christmas Eve, Nora Kate Onanian, 22, an Emerson journalism student who graduated weeks ago, passed away at her house surrounded...
By Hannah Nguyen, Editor-in-Chief
/ December 14, 2024
The college has declined Emerson Staff Union’s request to voluntarily recognize staff in the Office of the Arts as union members. The bargaining unit...
By Hannah Brueske, Dept. Projects Editor
/ December 12, 2024
Two massage therapists, three bunnies, and numerous arts and crafts stations walked into Emerson’s Iwasaki Library, and Relaxapalooza was born.
Though...
Scrolling through TikTok in the car, Katrina Kusa saw a video about the Miss Massachusetts USA beauty pageant. She turned to her mom and asked if she thought...