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After Nora Monahan graduated from Simmons with a degree in Neuroscience in 2021, she promptly began a research position at a prominent mental health treatment and research center. While still engaging in full-time scientific research, she has taken on a...

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Tozoe Marton, MS, is a Ph.D. student at Brandeis University's Heller School for Social Policy and Management. She has done research with the Women's Global Health Imperative Group at Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International as a public health analyst. While...

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Historian Kate Clifford Larson '80 '95MA is the author of Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero (2003, Penguin Random House), The Assassin's Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln (2008, Basic...

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Dr. Rita Olans, DNP, RN, CPNP-PC, SNP-BC, FAAN, FNAP, an Associate Professor of Nursing at MGH Institute of Health Professions, has been inducted into an elite society of Fellows within the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). This honor is reserved...

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Genevieve Peck Nowicki '20 studied Neurobiology at Simmons and is now pursuing her PhD in Counseling Psychology at Northeastern. She shares with us her approach to research and how Simmons prepared her for further studies. What made you choose to...

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Archivist and independent researcher Steven D. Booth '09MS was recently named a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists. Booth has worked in both traditional and unconventional archival settings, including his current role at the Getty Research Institute, and is...

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In her new book, Lost Towns of the Swift River Valley: Drowned by the Quabbin (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2022), Elena Palladino tells the story of a community that was displaced to make room for a new reservoir. In doing so, she conveys what was lost in the name of progress.

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When finishing their nursing program at Simmons in the spring of 2021, Sarah West and Rachael Puszczynski published "Exploring Recreational Screen Time and Social Anxiety in Adolescents” in Pediatric Nursing (April 2022). Their article won the Donna Wong Writers’ Award...

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What inspired your interest in climate change and environmental economics? While I care about “the environment” itself, my concern for people is really what comes first. Changes to the climate threaten human lives and can exacerbate various social issues from...

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“I experienced the joy of learning while at Simmons,” recalls Tamia Hargrove ’19, now a Research Specialist at Boston Children's Hospital. “I didn’t drag my feet when it came to doing homework. I would often go beyond the assignment, reading...

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