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Comedian Denis Leary '79 is one of the founders of the Emerson Comedy Workshop, which is sponsored by the Writing Department. During the 1970s, co-curriculars developed as important training grounds for Emerson’s future comedy greats, including…

Emerson opened its international branch, the European Institute for International Communication, in Maastricht, The Netherlands. Students and faculty came mainly from Europe. The Dutch government gave EIIC a historic building for…

Since 2000, Emerson's Los Angeles campus has hosted an event to showcase student films and connect alumni to Emerson students. Today, the Emerson College Film Festival and LA Showcase screens student films from the Emerson and Los Angeles campuses…

In 1954, Moss Hart's "Lady in the Dark" was presented as the first Annual Spring Musical.

In 1908, the first Emersonian yearbook was published.

Image: Group portrait of eleven women and one man with the caption, Emersonian Board - Their Holiday.

The Engagement Lab is an applied research lab at Emerson College focusing on the development and study of games, technology, and new media to enhance civic life.

The very first EVVY awards were held in 1982. (The 2nd EVVYs ceremony, from 1983, is pictured). The EVVYs were created to recognize student achievement in television and video. Decades later, this annual awards program has evolved into the largest…

In 1972, the college leased, and later purchased 534 Beacon Street for use as the Fensgate Dormitory.

Hotel Fensgate was built in 1923-1924. The 72-room apartment house had a restaurant downstairs famous for its steak and lobster menu.
During…

David Wong Louie became the first recipient of the Zacharis Book Award award for his collection of short stories, Pangs of Love. The annual award was created by Ploughshares literary magazine to honor an outstanding debut book of short fiction or…

Iku Saegusa, from Tokyo, Japan, becomes the first international student at Emerson in 1911.