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  1. Photo of Maria Karagianis
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Trailblazing Reporter Maria Karagianis ’70 Shares the Power of Stories, Rebellion, and Luck

    Coming of age in the 1960s and 70s, Maria Karagianis witnessed tumultuous protests. As a staff writer for The Boston Globe, she covered desegregation in Boston, apartheid in South Africa, and Syrian refugees in the Greek islands. She is a Pulitzer Prize winner, a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow, and founder of the non-profit organization Discovering Justice.

  2. Photo of Stephanie Seales with her dog
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Children's Literature Alumna Shares Fresh Perspectives for Children's Books

    Stephanie Seales '09MA has touched many aspects of publishing throughout her career, and is using her understanding of the industry in her works as an author , career coach, book reviewer, and authenticity reader. What led you to study children's...

  3. Photo of Keeva Haynes
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Meet Keeva Haynes '02, Senior Manager at PwC and Member of the African American Alumnae/i Association

    In her career and volunteer work, Keeva Haynes is passionate about gender and racial equity. Working at a major accounting, audit, and consulting firm, Haynes manages performance, planning, and evaluations operations across partners in the U.S. and Mexico, as well...

  4. Photo of Yunxin Li
    Faculty Spotlight

    Assistant Professor of History Yunxin Li Receives North Star Collective Fellowship

    This spring semester, Professor Yunxin Li is participating in the North Star Collective as a Faculty Fellow. The fellowship offers engagement opportunities for BIPOC faculty members from a variety of New England institutions. Li reflects on how the North Star...

  5. Photo of Sheldon George
    Faculty Spotlight

    Professor of Literature and Writing Sheldon George Discusses Innovations of Black Women Writers

    Professor and Department Chair Sheldon George has diverse research and teaching interests in literary and cultural theory, race, and psychoanalysis. He spoke with us about his new scholarship that explores Black women authors from around the world, as well as...

  6. Passionate Leaders Project Students Spring 2023
    Announcement

    Passionate Leaders Project: Spring 2023 Cohort

    The Passionate Leaders Project (PLP) supports Simmons undergraduates by enriching their academic and professional interests beyond the confines of the classroom. Students may request up to $4,000 to support their research, internships, and creative endeavors. This semester's cohort is producing...

  7. Photo of Kate Clifford Larson
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Kate Clifford Larson ’80 ’95MA Writes History through the Eyes of Women

    Historian Kate Clifford Larson '80 '95MA is the author of Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero (2003, Penguin Random House), The Assassin's Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln (2008, Basic...

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. Simmons Student walking on a snowy path
    Faculty Spotlight

    Adjunct Anita Silvey Reflects on Snowflake Bentley

    It's snowflake season in New England, and beyond. In honor of the chilly landscape, we asked SLIS and Children's Literature Adjunct Anita Silvey to discuss a particular book from her publishing career: Snowflake Bentley . This book, written by Jacqueline...