Boston’s Future Leaders
This week, we explore Boston’s future leaders. The driving force behind any city is its leaders; people who go above and beyond what we’ve come to expect. And these kinds of people don’t just happen spontaneously. They owe their success to Boston, just as much as it owes its success to them. And [...]
The Medical Metropolis
This week we look at Boston as a hub for medical innovation. Our area has some of the of the best medical care in the world, much of it thanks to a network of universities and industry working together to bring advancements to the patient. Our reporters explore some of the new technology being worked [...]
Building Boston
This week, You Are Here explores the city of Boston with an eye on development. Between 1630 and 1880, the city of Boston tripled in size. Its location, prime territory on a harbor, allowed it to attract trade, immigrants and resources. It used these resources to establish itself as a port town, a trading center. [...]
POLL: President Obama’s Ratings Plunge, Snowden Seen as Traitor
By Juliet Albin and Felix Chen, Emerson College Polling Society BOSTON—August 1st, 2013: Plagued by the summer scandals and controversies of the Associated Press, the Internal Revenue Service and the National Security Agency, President Obama’s favorability rating is 39%, with nearly 55% of Americans viewing him unfavorably, according to a new national poll by the [...]
Whitey Bulger: The identity of a gangster
This week You Are Here explores the identity of the American Gangster using our own infamous mobster James “Whitey” Bulger. Bulger faces federal court charges this month for crimes the prosecution says he committed as leader of the Winter Hill Gang in South Boston. We talk to the experts and the people who lived in [...]
You Are Here: Voices of Boston
Boston’s poetry scene remains vibrant and alive. And our national identity has not only grown, it has diversified to include a variety of voices from across the world. This week, we look at some of the people who continue to keep Boston’s strong literary tradition alive, and change it in ways that few could have [...]
You Are Here: Bottom of the Ballot
Ever get confused by the media storm surrounding local elections? Us too. This week, on You Are Here we sort through it and bring the results to you. June 25 was a special election day for Massachusetts. Our former senator John Kerry was nominated to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state this year. Running to take his [...]
You Are Here: Boston’s Hierarchy of Needs
This week, we explore Boston’s Hierarchy of Needs. In 1943, psychologist Abraham Maslow created a pyramid of human needs, from the basic to the most abstract. At the bottom is food, water, and shelter. At the top is morality, creativity, and self-awareness. Between them lies friendship, security, and achievement. You can’t get to the top [...]
You Are Here: Security and Our Future
This week we take a look at security. Over the past few days, millions of Americans learned that the National Security Administration has been running a massive surveillance campaign, monitoring phone calls and web traffic. This is the first concrete evidence of the Obama administration collecting personal data from American citizens. The data is collected [...]
You Are Here: Social Media
This week we take a look at social media. In today’s world, we have any number of ways to share our lives and connect to one another. This allows us to stay in touch with each other or bond over shared interests or concerns. But social media has grown in ways that nobody could have [...]
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Serenata de Amor Brings Cape Verde to Emerson
Serenata de Amor, a musical theater project spearheaded by visual media arts associate professor Claire Andrade-Watkins, was brought to Emerson this past year. The project is a tribute to the morna of Cape Verde and Brava set in the 1940s. Andrade-Watkins worked with a team of faculty, staff members, and students from Emerson to bring [...]
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