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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

President Lynn Perry Wooten with Maureen Flores and others

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. Sydney Villegas ’26MS
    Student Story

    Public Librarianship and Community Involvement

    Sydney Villegas ’26MS reflects on how she was encouraged to bring her interests and passions to her coursework and create projects that she was genuinely excited to explore as a graduate student in library and information science.

  2. Shelves full of books in a library
    Alumnae/i Feature

    SLIS Alumna Honored with ‘I Love My Librarian’ Award

    Joanne Doucette ’01MS is a 2026 honoree of the "I Love My Librarian" Award. She is one of ten honorees selected from more than 1,300 nominations from library users nationwide.

  3. The Nantucket Atheneum
    Alumnae/i Feature

    SLIS Graduate Named Director of Nantucket Atheneum

    The Nantucket Atheneum is not only the island’s public library, but also the home of historic research and art collections. For Leslie Malcolm ’05MS, the Atheneum’s newest executive director and head librarian, her journey there began with service.

  4. Brittany Durgin '17MS, pictured with New Hampshire Library Trustees Association board member Ann Xavier, receives the Library Director of the Year Award
    Alumnae/i Feature

    SLIS Alumna Named Library Director of the Year

    Brittany Durgin ’17MS, director of the Moultonborough Public Library, has received the Library Director of the Year Award from the New Hampshire Library Trustees Association.

  5. The 2025–26 Graduate Research Award Recipients
    Campus & Community

    2025–26 Graduate Student Research Award Recipients

    The Office of Research and Fellowships has announced the recipients of the 2025–2026 Graduate Student Research Award. This competitive, cross-disciplinary award provides up to $1,500 to five doctoral and master’s degree candidates to conduct research in the fields of mental health, social work, children’s literature, and archival preservation.

  6. The skyline in Seoul
    Alumnae/i Feature

    SLIS Student Relishes Exchange in Seoul

    Graduate student Ryan Harrington ’27MS recently returned from an exchange program at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. We spoke with him about this unique opportunity, the superb training at Simmons, and the importance of historical memory.

  7. The reading room in the State Library of Massachusetts
    Student Story

    SLIS Students Intern for State Library of Massachusetts

    The State Library of Massachusetts recognized two graduate student interns from Simmons’ School of Library and Information Science (SLIS): Emily Buff ’25MS and Emily Colson ’26MS. Both students worked within the Library’s Government Documents Program.

  8. A close-up photo of a dictionary entry of the definition of misinformation
    Alumnae/i Feature

    SLIS Alumnus Reexamines Misinformation

    SLIS alumnus Matthew Connor Sullivan ’14MS, ’24PhD is a Librarian for Collection Development and Assessment at Harvard University’s Widener Library. We spoke with him about his interdisciplinary approach to library and information science (LIS) research and the formative mentorship he received at Simmons.

  9. Mallory Wareham ’20MS and Jason Homer ’11MS, ’26PhD
    Alumnae/i Feature

    SLIS Alumnae/i Selected as Library Journal Movers and Shakers

    Mallory (Walker) Wareham ’20MS and Jason Homer ’11MS, ’26PhD were named Movers & Shakers 2025 by Library Journal.

  10. Truro Public Library interior
    Student Story

    Library and Information Science Doctoral Student Named New Director of Truro Public Library

    The Provincetown Independent reported that Chris Kaufmann ’20MS, ’25PhD, a current student at Simmons’ School of Library and Information Science (SLIS), will be the new Director of the Truro Public Library.