Emerson College

From The Pitt and Paradise to The Simpsons, Saturday Night Live, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Emerson College alumni are once again well represented among this year’s Primetime Emmy Award nominations. The Television Academy announced nominations for the 78th Annual Emmy Awards on July 8.

Emerson alum and Los Angeles affiliated faculty member Gary Grossman ’70 teamed up with the creators of the National Treasure movie franchise on his latest novel, The Midas Touch, which was released on June 2.

Provost Alexandra Socarides Provost Alexandra Socarides traveled to Washington, D.C., earlier this month as one of 36 academic leaders nationwide selected for the Executive Leadership Academy (ELA), a competitive professional development program for senior administrators in higher education.

Transatlantic Rising Stars filmmakers, left to right, Sofia Exarchou, Guillermo Galoe, Mara Tamkovich, Moonika Siimets, and Leonardo van Dijl at an Emerson LA reception for the delegates, Emerson community members, and people from the film industry. Photo/Joshua J. Ortiz Writer/director/producer and director of the Rising Stars filmmaker program Seanne Winslow, right, introduces filmmakers Sofia Exarchou and Leo van Dijl at ELA. Photo/Joshua J.

Writing, Literature and Publishing Senior Distinguished Writer-in-Residence Jessica Treadway’s new book I Felt My Life With Both Hands has received excellent reviews. Treadway discussed her new book with the Times Union via Yahoo. She also discussed the art of writing as well as her short story “An Early Departure,” which was selected for inclusion in the Best American Short Stories of 2025. That same story was narrated aloud by actress Cynthia Nixon on a National Public Radio segment.

Journalists from WCVB post with their regional Emmys for Evening Newscast – Larger Markets at the gala on June 6. Standing, left to right, Emily Maher, Chris Roach, Mary Saladna, P ’27, Barb Baranowski, Margaret Cronan, Ted Cooper, Sharman Sacchetti ’93, Mike Beaudet ’92, Ben Phillippo ’07, Richard Feindel ’09, and Tim Devlin ’88. Gerry Wardwell ’80 is kneeling in front. Not pictured is Maria Stephanos ’89, MA ’92 .

Natalie Lemle, MFA ’24, author of Artifacts. Courtesy photo Natalie Lemle, MFA ’24 already had a draft of her debut novel before she started Emerson’s MFA in Creative Writing program, but once here, she said faculty and fellow students helped her turn it into a book that Simon & Schuster bought in a pre-empt in late 2023.

Desiree Baker was recognized for working at Emerson for 10 years. Jackie Yun, AVP of Student Affairs and Kellie Fuller, Manager of Talent Development. VP and Chief Human Resources Officer James Montgomery-Hyde Shelby Allen was recognized for working at Emerson for five years. Many people were recognized for working at Emerson for five years. Numerous people were recognized for working at Emerson 10 years. A handful of people were recognized for working at Emerson for 15 years.

Professor Ruth Grossman, left, and Gabriela Garcia, MS ’26 present research at the INSAR conference in Prague in April 2026.

Marylee Fairbanks ’88 is a producer on Schmigadoon! which won Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Orchestrations, and Best Book on Sunday, June 7. And Jen Schriever ’02 shared a Tony for Best Lighting Design of a Musical with Michael Arden for their work on The Lost Boys. Fairbanks is a producer/performer and co-host of the Stages podcast. She was a co-producer of The Outsiders, which won four Tonys in 2024.