Simmons College

An article in the April issue of CondeNaste Portfolio magazine on sexism in the workplace featured an interview with former Simmons School of Management co-founder Ann Jardim. Also, this year's "MBA All Stars" Boston Business Journal featured a profile and photo about School of Management student Janet Takaringwa on Friday, March 21.

The April issue of Good Housekeeping magazine cited a recent Simmons College study led by Nutrition Professor Elizabeth Metallinos-Katsaras on calories in coffee drinks.

Zach Abuza, professor of international relations, was interviewed in a March 19 Cybercast News Service article about Easter threats against Christians in Indonesia by the radical Islamist group Jemaah Islamiah. He also was interviewed in a March 20 AFP wire service article about violence in Thailand's Muslim south provinces. AFP (Agence France-Presse) provides news coverage to 165 countries worldwide.


Alumna Desirae Simmons was featured in a February/March Career World article titled "Report from the Real World." Simmons discussed how her years as a student volunteer and intern at Jumpstart led to a full-time position, and how her former College roommates continue to be a source of support and friendship. Career World is published by the Weekly Reader Corporation.

Susanna Flug, associate director of service learning at the Scott/Ross Center for Community Service, and senior student Darcel Hunt were interviewed in a March 18 Boston Now article about the Boston Immersion Alternative Spring Break, organized by Colleges of the Fenway. Hunt was one of the students who spent her spring break tutoring local high school students and talking to them about college.

A WIS-TV (Columbia, S.C.) website article about graduates schools' efforts to recruit women in MBA programs included quotes from Simmons School of Management Dean Deborah Merrill-Sands and student C.A. Webb. The story said the School of Management is designed specifically for women, and that its curriculum is tailored by its research on the needs of women in business.

Performer and Grammy-winner Gloria Estefan, keynote speaker of the May 3 School of Management Leadership Conference, was interviewed in the March 12 Boston Herald's "Star Tracks" entertainment column. also Lawrence Langer, professor emeritus of English, was featured in a March 1 Boston Globe article about a fraudulent Holocaust memoir by Misha Defonseca titled Misha: A Memoire of the Holocaust Years. Langer, a Holocaust scholar, had reviewed the manuscript for factual accuracy and pointed out numerous errors to the book's publisher.

An article about a recent Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science graduation ceremony for 25 Vietnamese librarians ran in the March 12 issue of Thanh Nien News, a daily Vietnam newspaper. A grant from Atlantic Philanthropies enabled the librarian students to study at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science before returning to Vietnam to complete their coursework.

Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science is Professor Margaret Bush and Susan Bloom, associate professor emerita of the Simmons Center for the Study of Children's Literature, were thanked in an April 1 Horn Book editorial. The two are retiring from service as reviewers for Horn Book, a publication featuring reviews and articles about children's books.

The March 13 Boston Globe ran an article about the annual Belle of the Ball event and Simmons's role as the site of the "boutique." The April 26 event offers free gowns to local high school girls who otherwise couldn't afford them.

Simmons College was ranked 25 in a March 6 Boston Business Journal list of the "Area's Largest Colleges & Universities." The list included educational institutions throughout the Commonwealth.

March editions of Hotel and Motel Management magazine and Boston Business Journal announced the appointment of Simmons School of Management alumna Denise Coll as president of Hotel Group, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, North America.

Basketball coach Tony Price is quoted in the March 2 Boston Globe describing the talent of new student basketball player Nikki Cohen.