Emerson College

Sue O’Connell sat down with Dr. M. Lee Pelton, president of Emerson College, who will soon be leaving his post to lead the Boston Foundation.

The president of Emerson College is leaving his post to become the leader of the Boston Foundation. The philanthropic organization announced Tuesday night that Lee Pelton would become its next president and CEO. Emerson College also announced that Pelton would be stepping down in June at the end of the spring semester, calling the news “bittersweet.” “I want to express…

Lance Cpl. Samuel London faces five charges in total in the death of Daniel Hollis, a representative for the Marines said Monday: murder, voluntary and involuntary manslaughter and two counts of assault consummated by battery.

U.S. Marine Corps prosecutors have filed charges, including murder and manslaughter, against a lance corporal who’d been under investigation in the death of an Emerson College student after a fight in Boston in 2019. Lance Cpl. Samuel London faces five charges in total, a representative for the Marines said Monday: murder, voluntary and involuntary manslaughter and two counts of...

Boston’s Emerson College issued an all clear around 11:15 a.m. Friday after a campus-wide alert for a report of a person with a gun on or near their campus. According to the alert, which was issued around 10:45 a.m., the person was seen at the rear of the Paramount Center loading dock, moving away from campus. The person was...

As the fall semester slowly begins, with new precautions in place, at Boston University and nearby Emerson College, at least one person at each institution has tested positive for the new coronavirus. The tests may not be the last among students who return to universities in the Boston area this fall during the COVID-19 pandemic. Local schools, including BU and…

A Massachusetts college professor is facing charges in Minnesota, where he is accused of sexually assaulting four children when he taught at a middle school. Emerson College said Friday that it had cut ties with Jefferson Fietek, who was hired last year as an assistant professor of theater education. Fietek, 46, was arrested Thursday morning, according to police in Malden,…

Boston University has announced that students will be back on campus for the fall semester, but with restrictions. The university created a website called “Back 2 Bu,” where the reopening plan for each area of the school is detailed. Policies include the option of both online and in-person courses for undergraduates, which will incorporate social distancing. Dorm life guidelines are…

Two New England colleges on Wednesday announced their reopening plans for the fall 2020 term amid the coronavirus pandemic. Emerson College in Boston announced it is launching “One Emerson Flex Learning,” which will combine both online and in-person learning. College officials said the vast majority of students and their parents wanted to return to campus. “Flex Learning is our approach…

Prof. Jabari Asim, author of “We Can’t Breathe,” shared his thoughts on the worldwide protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death.

The woman recently traveled to Italy with the school system. If the positive test is confirmed by the CDC, it will be the second known case in the Commonwealth.

The U.S. Marine Corps troop under investigation in the death of an Emerson College student who succumbed to injuries he sustained in a fight in Boston in September, will not be indicted. A Suffolk County grand jury voted Friday to not return an indictment against the marine. That marine had been under investigation since 19-year-old Daniel Hollis, a Hopedale...

As the world continues to worry about the spread of coronavirus, college students are among those being affected. Students abroad at Emerson College’s castle, Kasteel Well, in the Netherlands, are now restricted from traveling out of that country until March 15. The school has also cancelled an upcoming trip for those students, who were planning to visit Milan, Italy. “I…

Marlboro College has released documents related to its plan to merge with a college in Boston as a group tries to keep the school open. The information, including financial statements from 2015 through 2019 and tax returns from 2013 to 2017, was released on the school’s website after a group issued a challenge at a community meeting Dec. 14, the…

Pete Buttigieg has jumped into first place among New Hampshire voters, according to a new poll released Tuesday. The Saint Anselm College poll has the 37-year-old South Bend, Indiana mayor at 25% with New Hampshire Democratic primary voters, 10% more than both Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren.

A new poll shows Sen. Elizabeth Warren trailing in New Hampshire and Sen. Bernie Sanders gaining ground as the state gets ready for the first-in-the-nation primary.

The U.S. Marine Corps has identified the troop under investigation in the death of an Emerson College student who succumbed last month to injuries he sustained in a fight in Boston. The Corps had previously said a Marine was under investigation in the death of Daniel Hollis but only gave the name, LCpl Samuel London, in a statement to WGBH...

Marlboro College plans to close its Vermont campus after this school year and move its academic programs to Emerson College in Boston. The move was announced Wednesday following years of declining enrollment at Marlboro. In the fall of 2018, the private, liberal arts school had just 142 students.