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  1. The cover art of What's Your Favorite Season by Professor Ed Vieira

    We caught up with the author and illustrator about their collaboration on this project. This year Professor Ed Vieira published his first children’s book, What’s Your Favorite Season? . After brainstorming, writing and rewriting for 25 years, Vieira is thrilled...

  2. President Helen Drinan, Cathryn Mercier and Professor Lowry Pei

    In honor of her commitment to mentoring, Professor Cathryn Mercier receives the Alden Poole Faculty Mentor Award. Faculty mentors can change students' lives. They work with students both inside and outside the classroom, ask tough questions, push them to try...

  3. Erica tells us how she turned her passion for witchcraft and feminism into HausWitch Home + Healing. Erica Feldmann ‘12MA is many things: an entrepreneur, a historian, a radical feminist — and a witch. Although the witch figure has been...

  4. Kelley Chunn moderating the BraveSpace panel discussion.

    Kelley Chunn '90MS recently moderated the "BraveSpace: A Conversation on Diversity in Media & Communications" panel. Here's a glimpse into her discussion about how to incorporate diversity, equity and inclusion into the hiring process and beyond. Key questions to consider...

  5. We joined Emma Willman during Boston's Women in Comedy Festival and learned about her journey into comedy. Hours before headlining a show for the Women in Comedy Festival, we sat down with Emma Willmann '08 to discuss her journey from...

  6. Hannah Green while studying abroad.

    Hannah tells us about studying abroad in South Africa and how the Honors Program helped her get there. On choosing Simmons Simmons gave me the opportunity to experience living in Boston while also benefiting from a small campus environment, with...

  7. Pride flag waving with Simmons cupola in the background.

    Professor Jo Trigilio has been an influential activist within the LGBTQ community since 1985 and is honored to be the Pride Marshal for the 48th Annual Boston Pride Parade. How Pride began Gay Liberation marches began in cities across the...

  8. Headshot of Susann Vaeth

    A former high school teacher, Susann now studies the construction of texts used in schools. You recently graduated from the MA in history program at Simmons. What's next for you? I'll be pursuing a Ph.D. at Brandeis University, focusing on...

  9. Headshot of Christina Guerrier

    Christina Guerrier '18 reflects on her Simmons experience and tells us why she's ready for a career in nursing. On pursuing nursing Growing up, I noticed the lack of access to health care in my own neighborhood. The nearest hospital...

  10. Two wedding rings on a blue background

    Professor Suzanne Leonard discusses her study of 21st century wives in female-centered media culture and their changing role in modern America. Wives are central in pop culture Simply put, the work of wifedom entails gaining, and sustaining, visibility. Wives write...