In Memoriam: Fall 2022
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”
—Dr. Seuss
Fall 2022
EPI Celebrates Five Years of Transformative Education
In 2017, Emerson launched the Emerson Prison Initiative (EPI), led by associate professor Mneesha Gellman. EPI offers a pathway to a college education for admitted students who are incarcerated at Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Concord (MCI-Concord), a medium-security men’s prison about 20 miles west of Boston. Students are taught by Emerson faculty and are held…
Recently Published Works by Emersonians
Fantasy, science fiction, pop fiction, non-fiction, short stories, biographies, poetry. You name it, Emersonians are writing it.
Connections and Opportunities
Since its inception in Fall 2017, more than 1,000 students have participated and 86 alumni have served as advisors.
Last Issue, We Asked…
What’s the soundtrack to your Emerson experience?
La La Land
An iconic view from Emerson’s Los Angeles campus on Sunset Boulevard—where Comedic Arts students will now spend a semester during their junior year
Editor’s Note
Throughout this pandemic, Emersonians have kept on being their brilliant, creative, bold, entrepreneurial selves.
A Familiar Face
At Emerson, Hurley has become the personification of a warm hug for students and families.
A Sweet Spot
During his gap year, Eitan Ehrlich made the Kafė Büs—a marine blue, solar-paneled coffee-shop-on-wheels.
10 Things to Know About Shaya Gregory Poku
Shaya Gregory Poku is Emerson’s new vice president for equity and social justice.
A Taste of Success
Speech-language pathologist Rik Lemoncello MSSp ’99, helps clients with acquired brain injury transition into the workforce through the social enterprise bakery he created.
20 Questions with Jon Honea
Jon Honea’s research focuses on the influence of environmental change.
State of the Arts
Emersonians in the visual and performing arts weigh in on how the pandemic affected the industry, and what this means for the future.
It Goes On
Now, as we prepare to transition to new leadership in the months ahead, I know that Emerson will have even more accomplishments and milestones to celebrate.