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Elevating Nursing Education in Bangladesh with Associate Dean Anne-Marie Barron

Since 2009, Associate Dean Anne-Marie Barron has led the international project with Ayat Education in Bangladesh. Learn more about how this partnership began and the importance of elevating nursing education in Bangladesh.
- Behavioral and Health Sciences
Student Story

Julia Hart '21 on Taking our Last Chance to Combat Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Julia Hart '21 is a keynote speaker at the 2021 Undergraduate Symposium! Learn more about her project, "Engineering a Bi-functional Heterostructure for Enhanced and Selective CO2 Adsorption/Reduction Under Visible Light Irradiation."
Student Story

Irene Nguyen '21: The Human Brain is a Testament to our Uniqueness

Irene Nguyen '21 was selected to present at the 2021 Undergraduate Symposium! Learn more about her project, "DMD-10 is dispensable for the initial development of amphid sensory neurons and their survival in mature C. elegans."
- Behavioral and Health Sciences
- Research
Faculty Spotlight

Meet Your Professor: LaDonna Christian, Director of the Dotson Bridge and Mentoring Program

We caught up with School of Nursing Professor LaDonna Christian about what motivates her most: working with students of color and helping them navigate the nursing program. Also, don't miss her expert tips on reducing anxiety when it comes to tests.
- Behavioral and Health Sciences
- Research
Student Story

Samin Charepoo ’22 Dedicates Passionate Leaders Project to Strengthening the Boston Community

Charepoo's project, “Understanding How The Ruhi Institute Can Advance in The Boston Area,” will focus on the Institute's successes in communities around the world in the hopes of contributing to the growth of local programs in Boston.
Student Story

Katie Mansour '21 Translates Boston Children's Hospital Internship into Senior Capstone Project

The COVID-19 pandemic didn't stop Katie Mansour '21 from interning in a Boston Children's Hospital lab. Read more about her experience working during the pandemic and what skills she learned in addition to essential laboratory techniques.
Faculty Spotlight

Failure to Provide COVID-19 Testing is “Inequitable and Unethical,” According to New Commentary in EClinicalMedicine

Simmons University faculty member, Dr. Cherie Lynn Ramirez, is the senior author of a paper published in The Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine journal outlining the urgent need for universal, frequent rapid COVID-19 testing to promote greater equity.
- Behavioral and Health Sciences
- Research
Announcement

Simmons University Biology Faculty Member Awarded National Science Foundation Grant

Assistant Professor John Young to lead project to advance knowledge about limb generation processes in frogs.
- Behavioral and Health Sciences
- Research
Student Story

Susana Donkor '21 Advocates for Simmons Students

We caught up with Susana Donkor '21 about her experience as a biochemistry major, RISE mentor and vice president of the Commuter Student Organization.
Student Story

Kimberly Calle '23 Provides Humanitarian Aid Services to Asylum Seekers on US Border

Kotzen scholar and nursing student, Kimberly Calle '23, tells us about her independent service project with Casa Alitas and the many lessons she learned from her fellow volunteers and immigrants seeking asylum.