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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

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‘It’s an immeasurable loss’: Emerson remembers Maureen Shea

By Frankie Rowley / September 29, 2022

Remembered as a “force of nature,” Emerson mourns the loss of Maureen Shea, former co-chair of the performing arts department, who worked at the college...

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Former performing arts co-chair passes away

By Frankie Rowley / September 26, 2022

Maureen Shea, the former co-chair of Emerson’s performing arts department, passed away Thursday due to an undisclosed illness.  Shea served as the...

Pictured above, Performing Arts Department Chair Bob Colby.

Robert Colby, chair of performing arts, dies at 70

By Frankie Rowley / April 5, 2021

Robert Colby, chair of the performing arts department who worked at Emerson for 44 years, died early Monday morning in Beth Israel Hospital after a lengthy...