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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

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Simmons Celebrates 125 Years

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Simmons University Celebrates the Class of 2025

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Unsung Contributions to the History of Nursing

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    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...

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    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 for practitioners and researchers who have made a remarkable impact on the nursing profession.

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    Alumnae/i Feature

    From Struggles to Strengths: Overcoming Mental Health Challenges and Helping Others to Do the Same with Socio-Ecological Research and Treatment

    Genevieve Peck Nowicki '20 studied Neurobiology at Simmons and is now pursuing her PhD in Counseling Psychology at Northeastern. She shares with us her approach to research and how Simmons prepared her for further studies. What made you choose to...

  4. Steven D. Booth '09MS
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Steven D. Booth '09MS Expands the Possibilities of Archival Work

    Archivist and independent researcher Steven D. Booth '09MS was recently named a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists. Booth has worked in both traditional and unconventional archival settings, including his current role at the Getty Research Institute, and is...

  5. Elena Palladino ’07
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Elena Palladino ’07 Publishes Revelatory Book on Local History

    In her new book, Lost Towns of the Swift River Valley: Drowned by the Quabbin (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2022), Elena Palladino tells the story of a community that was displaced to make room for a new reservoir. In doing so, she conveys what was lost in the name of progress.

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    Alumnae/i Feature

    School of Nursing Alumnae Rachael Puszczynski '21 and Sarah West '21 Publish Award-winning Research on Screen Time and Social Anxiety

    When finishing their nursing program at Simmons in the spring of 2021, Sarah West and Rachael Puszczynski published "Exploring Recreational Screen Time and Social Anxiety in Adolescents” in Pediatric Nursing (April 2022). Their article won the Donna Wong Writers’ Award...

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    Alumnae/i Feature

    Charlotte Rivard ’19 Applies Data Science to Study Climate Change

    What inspired your interest in climate change and environmental economics? While I care about “the environment” itself, my concern for people is really what comes first. Changes to the climate threaten human lives and can exacerbate various social issues from...

  8. Tamia Hargrove
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    Tamia Hargrove ’19 Explores Cleft Palate and Craniosynostosis Research

    “I experienced the joy of learning while at Simmons. Going to a women-centered college boosted my confidence. I’m a pretty shy person, but the environment encouraged me to speak up more.”

  9. Headshot of Danielle Ehrnstein with dog
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Deep Dive: Special Investigator Danielle Ehrnstein ’14 Puts her Research Skills to Work

    Working for a federal contractor, Ehrnstein conducts background investigations for security clearances. Learn how this former triple-major student utilizes the research skills she honed at Simmons, and the interesting places she's conducted interviews.

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    Alumnae/i Feature

    Researching the Music of Marginalized Communities with Adaliz Cruz '20MS

    Adaliz Cruz ’20MS isn't interested in the traditional subjects of music research. Learn more about her journey into studying and amplifying historically repressed, censored, and criminalized music.