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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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Cultivating Diverse Perspectives, in Boston and Abroad

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Sexual Health Research, Travel, and Community Involvement

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  1. The top of a pair of sneakers with five direction lines drawn on the ground in different colors
    Faculty Spotlight

    SLIS Deans Discusses Serendipity for NHPR

    Dr. Sanda Erdelez, dean of Simmons’ School of Library and Information Science, was recently featured in New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR) for a segment on serendipity.

  2. Clickworker 3d-printed by Max Gruber via Creative Commons
    Campus & Community

    Strengthening Information Literacy in Divided Times

    Generative AI, rapid information exchange, and political polarization have reshaped the way we interact with information. A few faculty weigh in on the risks involved in using and the importance of detecting AI in the information we consume.

  3. Simmons Cupola in the Fall
    Announcement

    SLIS Forms Partnership with University of Maine at Augusta

    Through a new partnership, undergraduate library and information science students at UMA will be able to fast track their graduate education at Simmons.

  4. The Deans of the six schools at Simmons University: Astrid Sheil, Heather Shlosser, Paul Geisler, Michael LaSala, Ammina Kothari, and Sanda Erdelez
    Campus & Community

    The Simmons Six: Meet the Deans

    Meet the new deans of Simmons’ School of Library and Information Science; School of Sciences and Health Professions; Gwen Ifill School of Media, Humanities, and Social Sciences; School of Social Work; School of Management; and School of Nursing.

  5. Simmons' Beatley Library, photograph by Ashley Purvis
    Campus & Community

    Recognizing Freedom of Information Day 2025

    According to the American Library Association, Freedom of Information Day (March 16), “promotes the public’s right to know and access to information.” To honor Freedom of Information Day 2025, Simmons News has compiled stories of faculty and student research, University initiatives, and alumnae/i accomplishments published over the last calendar year that advance access, reliability, and inclusivity regarding public information.

  6. The rear of the MCB. Photo by Ashley Purvis.
    Announcement

    Simmons Receives Mellon Grant for Information Literacy

    With funding from the Mellon Foundation, Simmons will establish the Center for Information Literacy, which aims to promote informed decision-making and nurture civic participation.

  7. Interior of the Boston Public Library, McKim Building, 2019. Photograph by Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and Creative Commons.
    Faculty Spotlight

    Dean of SLIS Discusses Public Libraries in The Boston Globe

    The Boston Globe featured commentary from Sanda Erdelez, Dean of Simmons‘ School of Library and Information Science, on the remarkable resilience of public libraries, particularly those in New England.

  8. The logo for the Institute of Museum and Library Services
    Announcement

    Simmons School of Library and Information Science Receives National Grant for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Education

    Simmons School of Library and Information Science Dean Sanda Erdelez and Professor and Associate Dean Laura Saunders have been awarded a three-year Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grant of $249,510 to “implement a nationwide system to develop, audit, and share library and information science courses with an equity, diversity, and inclusion focus.”

  9. An aerial view of Greenfield Community College
    Announcement

    Simmons University Brings Graduate Program to Greenfield Community College

    Simmons University School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) has relocated the SLIS West program — a part-time master of science in Library and Information Science degree program in Western Massachusetts — from Mount Holyoke College to the campus of Greenfield Community College (GCC), as of Fall 2024.

  10. The Simmons campus in the spring
    Faculty Spotlight

    SLIS Dean Sanda Erdelez Receives Croatian Women of Influence Award

    The School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) Dean Sanda Erdelez was selected as a winner of the Croatian Women of Influence Award, a recognition of leadership, innovation, and community impact of Croatian women around the world.