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Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

Eric Gordon, executive director of the Engagement Lab and professor

New initiative ‘Transforming Narratives of Gun Violence’ launches two undergraduate courses

By Sophia Pargas / December 1, 2021

Emerson’s Engagement Lab is launching a new three-year initiative titled “Transforming Narratives of Gun Violence” in partnership with Massachusetts...

A meeting of professor Nancy Allen's Plagues and Pandemics course in the fall semester.

Learning about a pandemic while living one is ‘far too real’

By Dana Gerber / October 29, 2020

For 60 students this semester, the raging pandemic is more than a force disrupting daily lives and the world economy—it’s homework.  Those students...

Howard Univesity in Washington, D.C.

Exchange program with Howard University to begin in the spring

By Ann E. Matica / October 25, 2020

Emerson will launch an exchange program with Howard University in Washington, D.C. in spring 2021 that will allow students from both institutions' communication...

A lone traveler pulling their suitcase through the snow in the Boston Common.

Optional four-week winter term to be launched remotely in December

By Ann E. Matica / October 5, 2020

Emerson will offer nearly 40 full- or half-credit courses in an optional remote winter term this December that will replace the typical week-long intersession...

Journalism professor Mark Lecesse

New fall course revives Emerson Student News Service

By Faith Bugenhagen / May 12, 2020

The journalism department will restart the student-run Emerson Student News Service this fall to provide students and professors within the department...