September 5, 2008
The Financial Times of London ran a
large feature story and
photos on the Simmons School of Management on Sept. 1, which interviewed
Dean Deborah Merrill-Sands, Professors
Jill Avery and Fiona Wilson,
and recent graduate Cheryl Fudge.
Financial Times is one of the premier international publications
geared toward a business audience.
Simmons College was included in a list of
"Great Schools for Education Majors" in a special section with the Princeton Review's 368 Best Colleges.
The only other Massachusetts schools included were Wellesley, Smith, and Northeastern.
Simmons's ranking in
U.S.News & World Report as a "best college" was featured in more
than 100 newspaper and broadcast outlets nationwide.
Simmons's Forbes.com
ranking of "America's Best Colleges"
was announced in more than 100 newspaper and broadcast outlets nationwide.
Simmons School of Management Professor
Mary Shapiro
was
interviewed on New England Cable News Sept. 2 about Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin
and the issue of work-family balance.
In late July and early August, scores of newspapers nationwide picked up an Associated Press article quoting
Biology Professor
Liz Scott about the prevalence of germs in the workplace.
Simmons School of Health Sciences Dean
Gerry Koocher was interviewed on National Public Radio's
All Things Considered Aug. 15 to discuss a dispute within the
American Psychological Association about psychologists' roles in detainee interrogations
English Professor
Renee Bergland's book Maria
Mitchell and the Sexing of Science
was reviewed in the August issue of ScienceNews magazine.
Simmons Freshman Libby Collins
was
quoted in a Sept. 5 Boston Globe article about the role of
college orientation in building students' spirit and community.
The CityWide Girls Summit to empower teen girls, held at Simmons Aug. 16, was promoted in the
Charlestown Patriot-Bridge, Hyde
Park Tribune, Mattapan Tribune on July 24, and
Bay State Banner Aug 7.
The event was covered in the Aug. 17 Boston Herald and
Aug. 21 Bay
State Banner.
Simmons School of Management Professor
Patricia Clarke was quoted in a July 9
thestreet.com article titled ""Financial Surveys Do Women a
Disservice."
An article remembering the late Simmons Graduate School of Library and
Information Science Professor Allen Smith
ran in the Aug. 18
Attleboro Sun Chronicle.
The hire of Stefano Falconi as Simmons's senior vice president of
finance and administration and treasurer
was announced
in the Aug. 24 issue of BostonHerald.com.
Simmons School of Management alumna
Juliette Mayers
was profiled in the Aug. 28
Bay State Banner and
the Sept. 2 Quincy Patriot Ledger about her new role as chair of
the board of directors of Action for Boston Community Development Inc.
Simmons alumna Hannah McCarthy
was featured in an Aug. 23 Brookline Tab article for receiving
Simmons's Lifetime Alumnae Achievement Award during Alumni Reunion Weekend.
Simmons School of Management alumna
Jessica Good
was profiled in the Sept. 4 Cambridge Chronicle about her retail
store Passport Boutique, which focuses on travel items and clothing.
Junior Juliana Ross was featured in an Aug. 21
Israel on Campus Coalition
website article announcing her
role as a Grinspoon Israel Advocacy Intern at Simmons Hillel for the 2008-09 school year.
A July 27 Quincy Patriot Ledger article about the role of librarians
mentioned the Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information
Sciences. The article also was picked up in the July 27 Brockton
Enterprise.
