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Newsweek Names Simmons a Top Women-Centered College in MA

The 2026 Honorary Degree Recipients: Gregory Maguire ‘78MA, Dr. Anthony Estreet, and Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll

Simmons Names 2026 Commencement Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients

The six Simmons students who received the 2026 Senior Scholar Award

Six Students Selected for the 2026 Senior Scholar Award

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Women’s History Month: Legacy and Leadership

Celtics VP of Team Operations Allison Feaster, Business Case for Women’s Sports Podcast Host Caroline Fitzgerald, and ESPNw VP Susie Piotrkowski.

Sports Industry Leaders Bring Expertise to Simmons

A collage of the 2026 Bonner Leaders: Ammy A. Cardenes Santana ’29, Gulsah Cayan ’29, Lily-Rose O’Brien ’29, and Mackenzie Oprea ’29

Meet Our 2025–26 Bonner Community Leaders

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New Master’s Degree Focuses on Business of Women’s Sports

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Boston Globe Highlights Women’s Sports Management at Simmons

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  1. Shelves full of books in a rural library
    Faculty Spotlight

    SLIS West Director on Funding Cuts in Rural Libraries

    Director of the Simmons School of Library and Information Science SLIS West program Eric Poulin published an editorial in The Shoestring warning that funding cuts to social services will result in a lack of access to electronic resources that will disproportionately hurt small, rural communities and their schools.

  2. Student Using Cell Phone
    Faculty Spotlight

    Professor Speaks to Social Media Influencer Trend

    Suzanne Leonard, Professor of Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Director of the Graduate Program in Gender and Cultural Studies, was recently quoted in an article on the B-Side, connecting the current “stay at home girlfriend” trend on social media as a response to the previous “girlboss” trend.

  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. 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.

  5. 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...

  6. A selection of cut vegetables arranged in a salad bar
    Faculty Spotlight

    Nutrition Professor Weighs In On Dietary Guidelines

    Department of Nutrition Professor Teresa Fung was quoted in an article on Civil Eats, “Everything You Know About the Dietary Guidelines Is Wrong.”

  7. A close up photo of a block of text, much of which has been crossed out with a black marker
    Faculty Spotlight

    Professor Shares Response to Censorship in Higher Ed

    School of Library and Information Science Professor and Associate Dean Laura Saunders published an article on “The Chilling Impact of Censorship in Higher Education."

  8. Helen G. Drinan Hall on main campus
    Faculty Spotlight

    Simmons School of Management Welcomes New Faculty

    Justine Pouravelis is a 15-time Emmy-Award Winning sports media executive with 17 years of industry experience. Christina Ramey specializes in program development and operational excellence in higher education and professional learning.

  9. Headshot of Suzanne Leonard
    Faculty Spotlight

    Simmons Faculty Member Quoted in The Washington Post

    An article in The Washington Post discusses the impact of Miranda July’s second novel and features commentary by Suzanne Leonard, Professor of Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Program Director for Gender and Cultural Studies.

  10. Simmons University archives.
    Faculty Spotlight

    Boston Globe Interviews Professor on Threats to Archives

    Katherine Wisser, Associate Professor and Master's Program Director, Director Archives Concentration, and Director of Archives Certificate Program in the Simmons School of Library and Information Science was interviewed by The Boston Globe for, “An archivist’s job is to ‘keep the receipts.’ What happens when they can’t do their job?”