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  • Halloween Costume Swap

    By Katie Koenig Emerson has a large Halloweekend culture, and many of us feel the drive to come up with different costumes for each party. Last Halloween was especially big, with people dressing up for both the weekend before and the weekend after Halloween itself, which lands on a Thursday. Although fun, having several costumes…

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  • Teach-In: Writing as Activism

    By: Katie Koenig On Friday, six speakers, from WLP faculty to Emerson MFA candidates, led by Christine Casson, a WLP assistant professor, hosted the Environment & Sustainability Writer’s Panel: Create/Communicate/Convince. This Writer’s Panel exemplified the Teach-In as a whole—a diverse panel of perspectives on how different people in different positions bring sustainability into their work…

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  • Teach-In: 2024 Retrospective

    By: Katie Koenig Thanks to everyone who participated in the Teach-In on Sustainability this year! Emerson hosted it from November 20th to the 22nd. Thanks to all the faculty, alumni, and guests who presented, we got a glimpse at how the Emerson community is examining sustainability in different ways. We were lucky to have Boaz…

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  • History 7: The Back Bay Fens and Charlesgate

    By Katie Koenig The Back Bay Fens In my last post, I covered the inland end of the Emerald Necklace. This time, I’ll explain the Back Bay Fens and Charlesgate, jumping back towards the Charles River. The Back Bay Fens is a 100-acre park located in the Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood. The area hosts a myriad of…

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  • Museum 5: Harvard Museum of Natural History

    By Katie Koenig The Harvard Museum of Natural History is a medium-sized museum, comfortably larger than the Institute of Contemporary Art, but much smaller than the behemoth that is the Museum of Fine Art. It’s just one floor, but there are many sprawling rooms with different exhibitions. The museum typically hosts a few different special…

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