February 4, 2008
Biology Professor
Elizabeth Scott and her study about bacteria in "ready-to-eat" spinach were mentioned in the
September 2007 issue of The Lancet, Britain's leading medical
journal, in an article about fresh fruit and vegetables as vehicles of food-borne diseases.
In its annual wrap-up of public library projects and academic facilities, the
December 2007
Library Journal included the
Beatley Library among the projects providing "handsome
support to our educational infrastructure."
Simmons School of Social Work Alumna Kathy Lopes '05SW was praised
in a Jan. 17
Washington Post editorial for her efforts to call police and
child welfare workers' attention to the suspected abuse of four children, who were later discovered dead in
their home. A social worker for the charter school where one of the children was a student, Lopes made the
calls after the child missed classes for more than a month.
The speakers of this year's Simmons School of Management
Leadership Conference (including entertainer Gloria Estefan and paleoanthropologist Louise Leakey) were
announced in a variety of media outlets, including the
Jan. 14
Boston Globe "Names" column, CentreDaily.com (State College, PA),
Investors.com
(Investors Business Daily online) and Yahoo!Finance
, as well as Gloria Estefan's official website.
Nutrition Professor Teresa
Fung was interviewed in a Dec. 15 Family Practice News article about
her recent study on the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet. Her findings show that women who
follow the DASH diet, heavy in fruits and vegetables, had a significant risk reduction of heart disease and
stroke.
A feature story on artist Chantal Zakari in Art Papers magazine's
December 2007 issue mentioned The Trustman Art Gallery's
exhibit of Zakari's work, "Transgress" and the gallery's subsequent "Spinning Straw into Gold" art series.
Art Papers is a bimonthly national publication featuring contemporary art and culture.
Alumnae Professor of English
Afaa Michael Weaver was mentioned in a
Jan. 11
SouthCoastToday.com (New Bedford
Standard Times online) article about John Landry, poet laureate of New Bedford. Landry listed
Weaver's The Plum Flower Dance among the books of poetry he is reading, and called Weaver's works
"incredible."
Sociology Professor Steve
London was interviewed in a
Jan. 18
Patriot Ledger article about presidential candidate Sen. Barack
Obama being compared to John F. Kennedy and Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. London, who joined King's
civil rights crusade in Chicago in 1966, said he finds King more charismatic than Obama.
President Susan Scrimshaw's father, Nevin Scrimshaw,
was featured in the
Jan. 28 Boston Globe and the
Jan. 18
MIT News in honor of his 90th birthday. The articles described
Scrimshaw's global contributions to the nutrition field, and his daughter's position as Simmons's
president.
A photo of Simmons School of Social Work Professor Gary Bailey taken at
Boston's Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast ran in
Boston.com's
"Party Photos" section Jan. 23.
