Dr. Jay M. Bernhardt, current dean of The University of Texas at Austin's communication college, will become Emerson College's 13th president in June, after two years of an interim leader presiding,...
By Adri Pray, Content Managing Editor November 8, 2022
The Presidential Search Committee, spearheaded by the Chair of the Board of Trustees Eric Alexander, has narrowed the search to four presidential finalists, per a communication from the committee Tuesday...
By Adri Pray, Content Managing Editor October 18, 2022
A Tuesday morning email correspondence from Interim President William Gilligan announced David Howse as vice president of Emerson’s division of Institutional Advancement. The appointment will ensure...
By Adri Pray, Content Managing Editor September 7, 2022
The Office of Equal Opportunity will expand the scope of responsibility of the former Office of Title IX following its absorption of the office in August.
The OEO will serve as the college’s on-campus...
Conversation about the staff union buzzed Thursday morning as faculty members entered the Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gym for the 2022 Faculty Institute. Many people donned “I support the Emerson...
By Maeve Lawler, Kasteel Well Bureau Chief June 17, 2022
The Office of Communications, Office of Marketing, and Office of Web and Digital Services will form a stand-alone division starting July 1, per Interim President William Gilligan’s email correspondence...
By Adri Pray, Content Managing Editor May 30, 2022
The Board of Trustees relaunched its presidential search in partnership with SpencerStuart, a global consultant firm, per an email correspondence sent to the Emerson community Tuesday afternoon.
The...
By Adri Pray, Content Managing Editor May 13, 2022
Interim President William Gilligan announced that Shaya Gregory Poku will become Emerson’s next vice president for equity and social justice via a community-wide email correspondence Friday morning.
Poku...
Chair of the marketing communication department Dr. Brent Smith will succeed Dean Raul Reis as Dean of the School of Communication, per a community-wide email correspondence sent Friday morning by Interim...
Emerson released an update to students, faculty and staff Friday morning concerning the college’s community equity action plan. The plan outlines the college’s commitment to “dismantling systemic...
Emerson received a $114,000 grant from a Massachusetts-based foundation last year, intended to help improve the art galleries of Emerson Contemporary.
The grant, approved by the George I. Alden Trust...
By Adri Pray, Content Managing Editor March 17, 2022
Emerson is slated to increase the undergraduate tuition by 2.0 percent, and room and board charges by 2.0 percent for the 2022-23 academic year, according to a campus-wide email from college officials...
By William Gilligan, Interim President of Emerson College February 5, 2022
I write today in response to an opinion piece, “Emerson’s next president should serve students, not their pockets,” in order to clarify information provided in this piece, as well as to reaffirm...
Interim President William Gilligan published his first State of the College report on Tuesday detailing the college’s accomplishments over the course of the past year, including the induction of new...
William Gilligan, Emerson's former vice president for information technology, will emerge from retirement to helm the college as interim president beginning June 1, college officials announced Friday...
Three of Emerson’s 12 vice presidents will retire by the end of 2020 after opting into the college’s early retirement program.
Christine Hughes, vice president and general counsel, who has been...