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    Student Story

    Announcing the 2023 Senior Scholar Awards

    The annual Senior Scholar Award is presented to six graduating seniors in recognition of outstanding scholarship and contribution to a field of study.

  2. Photo of SURPASs Summer 2023 Cohort.
    Announcement

    Introducing the 2023 SURPASs Scholars

    These students will gain hands-on research experience in their field of interest, including: critical reading of literature, acquiring and interpreting data, learning relevant technology, writing, and presenting before an audience.

  3. View of the cupola from the quad through trees
    Announcement

    Twelve Simmons Faculty Members Receive Promotions, Tenure, and Emerita/us Status

    Last month, the Simmons Board of Trustees finalized decisions concerning the promotion, tenure, and emerita/us status of select faculty members. We are pleased to congratulate the following faculty members for their outstanding accomplishments: Promotion to the rank of Professor Daren...

  4. Photo of Rita Olans
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Dr. Rita Drummond Olans ’95 SNP is Selected as Fellow by the American of Academy of Nursing

    Dr. Rita Olans, DNP, RN, CPNP-PC, SNP-BC, FAAN, FNAP, an Associate Professor of Nursing at MGH Institute of Health Professions, has been inducted into an elite society of Fellows within the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). This honor is reserved...

  5. Professor Bob White
    Faculty Spotlight

    Professor Bob White Receives 2022 Alden Poole Faculty Mentor Award

    Bob White, Professor of Communications in the Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts, and Humanities, is the 2022 recipient of the Alden Poole Faculty Mentor Award. This award recognizes a faculty member in the Ifill College who has had a...

  6. Headshot of Rebecca Davis
    Faculty Spotlight

    Assistant Professor Rebecca Davis Receives North Star Collective Faculty Fellowship

    "The North Star Collective Faculty Fellowship provides an opportunity for BIPOC faculty to come together and create a community in which we can support one another," says SLIS Assistant Professor and Faculty Fellow Rebecca Davis. "Faculty Fellows learn about professional...

  7. April Ryan holding 2023 Gwen Ifill Next Generation Award posing with President Wooten and group of women
    Campus & Community

    Simmons Honors White House Correspondent April Ryan at Ifill Forum

    On the afternoon of February 11, the Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts, and Humanities hosted its fourth Ifill Forum. This event honors the legacy of pioneering journalist Gwen Ifill '77, '93HD by bringing together "important national voices for a...

  8. Students working in lab
    Announcement

    Simmons University Awarded Prestigious STEM Grant

    A substantial grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute will fund a collaborative effort to support students who have been historically excluded from STEM-related disciplines. Simmons University recently announced that it has been awarded a six-year STEM grant as part...

  9. Vivian Williams ’06MSN holding award
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Vivian Williams '06MSN Receives American Academy of Nursing Edge Runner Award

    The American Academy of Nursing's Edge Runner initiative recognizes the nursing profession's contributions to transforming the health system through nursing solutions. Vivian Williams '06MSN spoke with us about her passion for nursing and her reaction to receiving this recognition. This...

  10. ASIS&T Student Chapter Winner
    Announcement

    Simmons Wins 2022 ASIS&T Student Chapter of the Year

    For the third consecutive year, Simmons University's Student Chapter of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) received the Student Chapter of the Year award from ASIS&T. Remarkably, the student chapter has now received this recognition twelve times since...