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  1. Simmons' Beatley Library, photograph by Ashley Purvis
    Student Story

    SLIS Student Receives Josephine Forman Scholarship

    School of Library and Information Science Student Rai Terry ’26MS was named the 2025 recipient of the Josephine Forman Scholarship.

  2. Photo of main campus quad on a bright sunny day. the view is looking from the Fens towards Drinan Hall and Palace Road
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Simmons Alumna Honored by Forbes

    Lisa ("Liz") Kautz '99MBA was honored by Forbes in a 2025 listing of "Top Women Wealth Advisors Best-in-State."

  3. Bookshelves in a library
    Faculty Spotlight

    SLIS Professor Named Outstanding Information Science Teacher

    School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) Professor and Library and Information Science PhD Program Director Kyong Eun Oh has been named the 2025 winner of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award.

  4. The 8 SURPASs scholars for 2025
    Student Story

    Congratulations to the 2025 SURPASs Scholars

    Eight undergraduate scholars from disciplines across Simmons have been selected to join the Summer Undergraduate Research Program at Simmons (SURPASs). SURPASs students receive the necessary funding and mentorship to execute an independent research project of their own design.

  5. Headshot of Gary Bailey
    Faculty Spotlight

    Social Work Professor Honored as Legacy Maker

    Professor and MSW Program Director Gary Bailey was featured in Portraits of Pride 2025, a recognition of LGBTQ+ leaders in the Greater Boston area.

  6. Houley Koundourou ’28
    Student Story

    Undergraduate Receives Prize from New England Poetry Club

    Houley Koundourou ’28, a double major in Writing and Political Science, recently won the 2025 Victor Howes Prize in Poetry, awarded on behalf of the New England Poetry Club. We spoke with Koundourou about poetic inspiration, her Senegalese ancestry, and the value of a women’s-centered education.

  7. Breanna J. McDaniel wearing a long gold dress
    Alumnae/i Feature

    The Story Listener

    Breanna J. McDaniel ’14MA is the author of four acclaimed picturebooks and the recipient of the 2025 Ezra Jack Keats Writer Award. On July 26, McDaniel will present a presentation with author-illustrator Vashti Harrison at the Summer Children's Literature Institute at Simmons University.

  8. Naresh Agarwal writing on a whiteboard during a class lecture
    Faculty Spotlight

    SLIS Faculty Member Receives Research Grant

    The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) announced that Professor Naresh Agarwal, a faculty member at Simmons’ School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) and Director of the Information Science and Technology Concentration, has received the 2025 Bob Williams...

  9. Emma Soule '26, Anna Gagliastro '26, Eli Ratner, Abby Ferrone '25, Ally Hyde '27
    Student Story

    Barbara Lee Fellows Intern at the Massachusetts State House

    Simmons recently hosted a celebration for student participants in the Barbara Lee Fellowship, an internship program that pairs Simmons students with female-identifying senators and representatives at the Massachusetts State House.

  10. Mallory Wareham ’20MS and Jason Homer ’11MS, ’26PhD
    Alumnae/i Feature

    SLIS Alumnae/i Selected as Library Journal Movers and Shakers

    Mallory (Walker) Wareham ’20MS and Jason Homer ’11MS, ’26PhD were named Movers & Shakers 2025 by Library Journal.