August 15, 2007
Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Lecturer Anita Silvey was interviewed in July on
National Public Radio's Morning Edition about what books children
might enjoy after the release of the last Harry Potter book. Click
here to listen to the
interview.
Zachary Abuza, professor of
political science and
international relations, was interviewed on the public radio show Here
and Now August 8 to discuss Radical Islam's dramatic growth in Southeast Asia.
Here and Now airs on 50 public radio stations across the country. To
listen to the program, click here.
Simmons School of Management Associate Professor
Mary Shapiro was interviewed in the August 5
Boston Globe Sunday Magazine in about how job seekers should handle
tough questions posed to them during job interviews. Shapiro also led an hour-long online "chat" about job
interviews on Boston.com the following day.
Susan Bloom, associate professor emeritus of
children's
literature, was interviewed in the online edition of School Library
Journal July 23 about the national children's literature conference, "Food, Glorious Food!" which was
held July 26-29 at Simmons College.
Simmons School of Social Work alumnus
Austin Lim was among the career changers spotlighted in an August 5
Boston Sunday Globe feature story. The article, titled "Plan B,"
told how Lim switched from a technology position at Harvard Extension School to the more fulfilling job of a
social worker at Brookline High School.
An August 1 Boston Herald feature story on Simmons alumna
Barbara Lee and her mission to empower women for roles in politics
referenced her charitable giving to Simmons through the Barbara Lee Family Foundation.
Janie Ward, chair of the
Africana studies department
was quoted in the June/July issue of Upscale magazine about single
black mothers raising sons. Ward, a single mother herself, said that black boys need to have positive male
role models in their lives. Upscale is a lifestyle magazine for African Americans.
Communications
Professor Dan Connell was quoted in an August 1
Chicago Tribune article about old hostilities heating up between
Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Simmons School of Management Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship
and author Margaret Heffernan was featured in the July/August issue
of More magazine. Heffernan explained why "midlife women make
superior entrepreneurs," and she referenced a class she taught at Simmons. More is an award-winning magazine
for women age 40 and older.
Andrea Caldwell of the class of 2008 was featured in an Aug. 2
Boston Globe sports feature about her soccer-playing family, in
which she and her three siblings each have competed in college, and in some cases, professionally. The
article also mentions her Simmons
study-abroad trip to Nicaragua last year, when which she brought sporting goods to the local
children.
Terry Buttaro, a member of the School of Health Sciences class of
1995 and a clinical assistant professor of
nursing, was highlighted in a June 18
story in Advance for Nurses (New England), a regional biweekly trade
publication. Buttaro discussed her commitment to teaching nursing students.
