Ruby Winslow Linn Endowed Professor, Nutrition Co-Chair, and Director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics Teresa Fung offers nutritional advice rooted in science. We spoke with her about her decades of research and her endorsement of plant-based food sources.

• Health and Wellness
• Research

Simmons is one of six Massachusetts colleges named a “hidden gem” among American colleges.

• Awards and Honors

School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) doctoral student Chelsea Jordan-Makely ’29PhD is one of three recipients of the Julie J. Boucher Memorial Award for Intellectual Freedom from the Colorado Association of Libraries, for their work on the PRISM Project. We spoke to Jordan-Makely about what drew her to this research and what inspired her to pursue her PhD in Library and Information Science at Simmons.

• Awards and Honors
• Social Justice & Advocacy

A digitally restored version of the 1984 independent horror comedy film Screamplay by Rufus Butler Seder was recently shown at Anthology Film Archives. In the film, Professor of Communications Bob White plays an “electric guitar-wielding prophet.”

• Simmons in the News

There were cheers, tears, and embraces between classmates when generations of School of Management alumnae gathered at Simmons on September 17 to celebrate the 90th birthday of Dr. Anne Jardim ’13HD.

• Leadership
• Simmons History

School of Social Work Associate Professor Christina M. Sellers is passionate about training Simmons students in suicide prevention clinical skills. To honor National Suicide Prevention Month (September), we spoke with her about the interconnectedness of her research and teaching and her efforts to destigmatize suicide.

• Behavioral and Health Sciences
• Health and Wellness

With funding from the Henry Luce Foundation, Simmons has named five rising juniors pursuing accelerated dual-degree engineering and STEM-related bachelor’s degrees as the second cohort of Clare Boothe Luce Scholars.

• Awards and Honors
• Research
• Science and Technology

Professor of Practice, Fellow at the Simmons Institute for Inclusive Leadership, and US Army combat veteran Samuel Odom published a new book on uniformed social work officers. We spoke with him about this unique contribution to the field and why he enjoys teaching at Simmons.

• Behavioral and Health Sciences
• Research

President Wooten reflects on Anne Jardim ’13HD on her 90th birthday — and the extraordinary legacy she helped create at Simmons University.

• From the President
• Leadership

Pirita Tolvanen is an illustrator and writer from Finland, with expertise in illustrating data in nonfiction picturebooks. She came to Simmons University as a Fulbright Scholar to research data visualization in children’s nonfiction picturebooks at the Center for the Study of Children's Literature. She wrote a “Manifesto on Illustrating Data” to highlight the results of this research. We spoke to Tolvanen about her experience at Simmons.

• Research