College staff members are reviewing new federal Title IX regulations released on Wednesday with one administrator calling the timing of the release "shocking"...
Students who originally led the charge to get the college to review its Title IX policies are speaking out against a report containing recommendations...
By Parker Purifoy, Former 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, Former News Editor
/ March 25, 2020
Senior Tatiana Melendez found out there wouldn't be a traditional 2020 Commencement weekend only a week after her ELA classes moved online and she had...
By Parker Purifoy, Former 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...
By Dana Gerber, Former News Editor
/ March 19, 2020
While Emerson will be issuing partial credit for room and board charges for the spring semester due to circumstances brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic,...
The college announced that all students must vacate campus residence halls in both Boston and Los Angeles by March 20—a dramatic reversal of an earlier...
Following Gov. Charlie Baker’s declaration of a state of emergency Tuesday, a cascade of colleges and universities across the commonwealth told students...
Emerson College joined on Tuesday a series of universities and colleges across the state that have transitioned classes online in response to the rapidly...
By Jacob Seitz, Former Staff Writer
/ March 8, 2020
The college announced Sunday that it will eliminate college-funded travel to five countries in response to the rapidly spreading COVID-19, commonly known...
By Katie Redefer, Former Staff Writer
/ March 7, 2020
Kasteel Well students trudged bleary-eyed through the rain at 4:00 a.m Central European Time on Friday to board a bus to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, beginning...
By Andrew Brinker, Former Senior Investigative Reporter
/ March 2, 2020
The college has prepared a contingency plan and will review the safety procedures of its vendors in an effort to prepare the community for the rapidly...
Emerson College Student Union posted a response to an email from President M. Lee Pelton on Monday highlighting financial issues faced by students and...
By Ann E. Matica, Former Deputy News Editor
/ February 10, 2020
President M. Lee Pelton called for defeating bigotry and racism in a speech Wednesday at the college's first Creative Expression Against Hate series in...
By Jacob Seitz, Former Staff Writer
/ February 8, 2020
MARLBORO, VT—The Marlboro Board of Trustees announced they are attempting to expedite the timeline of the proposed merger with Emerson College at their...
By T. Hunter Wilson, Marlboro College Faculty Emeritus
/ February 8, 2020
Marlboro College Faculty Emeritus T. Hunter Wilson responds to President M. Lee Pelton's letter to Marlboro College President Kevin Quigley sent in December....
By Jacob Seitz, Former Staff Writer
/ February 4, 2020
Three months after the Emerson-Marlboro merger was announced, The Beacon is examining how we got here, what's been done, and the questions that remain...
By Parker Purifoy, Former Managing Editor
/ January 30, 2020
College administrators faced questions about how the merger with Marlboro College would impact Emerson’s tenure and curriculum processes at Tuesday’s Faculty Assembly meeting, which drew over 100 faculty and staff.
By Domenic Conte, Former Sports Columnist
/ January 30, 2020
During the Thanksgiving and winter breaks, freshman Jehan Ayesha remained on campus, over 9,000 miles away from her home in Malaysia. Ayesha received a...
By Dana Gerber, Former News Editor
/ January 26, 2020
Rooms in the college's newest residence hall were defaced Friday with "words that have been used to demean Asians and Asian Americans," according to an email sent Sunday.
