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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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Simmons Named a Top 100 Women-Led Business

President Lynn Perry Wooten and Provost Stephanie Cosner with a group of alumnae/i at Reunion 2025

Simmons Celebrates 125 Years

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Simmons University Celebrates the Class of 2025

Ava Dugan ’27

Unsung Contributions to the History of Nursing

Mariana Rodríguez Rivera ’25

Cultivating Diverse Perspectives, in Boston and Abroad

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  1. Headshot of Mariam Ismail
    Faculty Spotlight

    Meet Your Professor: Mariam Ismail

    We caught up with Mariam Ismail, assistant professor of chemistry and physics! Learn more about her passion for chemistry and why she loves guiding undergraduate students.

  2. Headshot of Abbye Meyer
    Faculty Spotlight

    Meet Your Professor: Abbye Meyer

    We caught up with Abbye Meyer, the new assistant professor in the children's literature program! Learn more about her passion for children's literature, disability studies, and how she knows Scottish rock band, Belle and Sebastian.

  3. Headshot of Rebecca Davis
    Faculty Spotlight

    Assistant Professor Receives Grant to Research African American Students in Academic Libraries

    SLIS Assistant Professor Rebecca Davis has received a Laura Bush 21st Century Early Career Development Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

  4. Main College Building on Simmons' academic campus.
    Faculty Spotlight

    Assistant Professor Kate Walker to Lead Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Webinar on Malnutrition

    Simmons Assistant Professor Kate Walker to participate in webinar that helps registered dietitians and physical therapists better identify and treat malnutrition.

  5. Headshot of Lydia Ogden
    Faculty Spotlight

    Traumatized in Life, Objectified in Death: Professor Lydia Ogden Discusses Media Coverage of the Police Homicide of Eric Garner

    "Race and Disability in Media Coverage of the Police Homicide of Eric Garner," co-authored by Professor Lydia Ogden, asks clinical social workers to turn a critical eye toward media accounts of police violence, racism, and ableism in order to better treat their clients.

  6. Headshot of Spela Trefalt
    Faculty Spotlight

    Fixing the "Broken Rung" on the Career Ladder with Professor Špela Trefalt

    Professor Špela Trefalt tells us about her upcoming “Coach Approach to Leadership” course and what we can learn by researching the struggles and successes of working women.

  7. Associate Professor Rong Tang, Elaine Martin, and SLIS Director Sanda Erdelez present RDMLA at the iConference, April 2019 in Washington, D.C.
    Faculty Spotlight

    SLIS Faculty and Students Aid in Development of Data Management Program

    Simmons SLIS faculty and students work with academic and research libraries to develop the Research Data Management Librarian Academy learning program.

  8. Headshot of Michelle Putnam
    Faculty Spotlight

    Social Work and a “Super-Aged” Society

    Professor Michelle Putnam, Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Gerontological Social Work, discusses a significant oversight in the field of social work: our aging population.

  9. Susan Kennedy, Jo Dutilloy and Colin Rhinesmith giving their presentation at CIRN in Prato, Italy.
    Faculty Spotlight

    Joining the Global Conversation

    Assistant Professor Colin Rhinesmith and School of Library Science students, Jo Dutilloy '20MS and Susan Kennedy '20MS presented their research at the 17th Community Informatics Research Network Conference in Prato, Italy.

  10. Headshot of Jennifer Putney
    Faculty Spotlight

    School of Social Work Professor and Alumnae/i Receive Rose Dobrof Award

    Jennifer Putney '12PhD, Sara Keary, PhD, Nicholas Hebert ’16MSW, Lisa Krinsky '94MSW, and Rebekah Halmo ’17MSW received the Rose Dobrof Award for their paper entitled, “Fear Runs Deep: The Anticipated Needs of LGBT Older Adults in Long-Term Care.”