Beginning December 18, 2024, Beacon staff will be away from the newsroom for the Emerson College winter break. Daily news coverage will resume on January 13, 2025.
The college hopes to announce a plan for the fall semester featuring some in-person classes combined with the continued use of online instruction some...
The college hopes to make an announcement regarding the fall semester in the coming weeks, President M. Lee Pelton said on Wednesday.
“It is our hope...
By Parker Purifoy, Digital Managing Editor
/ May 7, 2020
College staff members are reviewing new federal Title IX regulations released on Wednesday with one administrator calling the timing of the release "shocking"...
Claire Rodenbush is a rising junior at Emerson College who was recently elected as SGA's executive president for the 2020-2021 academic year.
My initial...
Students who originally led the charge to get the college to review its Title IX policies are speaking out against a report containing recommendations...
Five Emerson departments are collaborating to offer two courses in fall 2020 that will take over the production of The Independent, an indie online film...
On this week’s episode of The Beacon, we support the medical frontliners who are fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, with producer Melissa Rosales, Vice...
highly contested race for the Student Government Association’s executive presidency has taken shape this week, with three candidates vying to be the...
Daniel Suazo depends on the money he earns from his job at the Emerson College Dining Center to support his child and pregnant wife. As a result of the...
Amy Tudor is an alum of Marlboro College and affiliated with I Believe In Marlboro College, a group of alumni and community members opposing Emerson College's...
After being assigned to watch Anthony Bourdain’s television shows for a class, Marina Starkey ‘15 began asking questions about how gender influences...
The Emerson-Marlboro merger remains on its initially scheduled timeline despite the COVID-19 outbreak that forced both colleges to move classes online,...
The college plans to issue a refund for costs associated with the Milan academic excursion that officials canceled due to concerns with the spread of COVID-19...
By Parker Purifoy, Digital Managing Editor
/ March 31, 2020
Faculty Assembly overwhelmingly voted to support a policy that will give undergraduate students a pass/fail option for their classes during their meeting...
By Dana Gerber, Assistant Enterprise News Editor
/ March 28, 2020
One month ago, sophomore Maximo Lawlor served as president at Phi Alpha Tau meetings, wrote for Raiz Magazine, and co-captained the tennis team. Now, he...
By Parker Purifoy, Digital Managing Editor
/ March 25, 2020
An Emerson staff member has tested positive for COVID-19, marking the first diagnosis within the college community, President M. Lee Pelton announced in...
The COVID-19 pandemic has left little of Emerson College unscathed as the quickly growing public health crisis ignites action from national, state, and...
