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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

Angie O’Connor ’25

Sexual Health Research, Travel, and Community Involvement

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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. President Lynn Perry Wooten at Convocation
    Campus & Community

    President Wooten's Convocation Address: A Purposeful Life

    President Lynn Perry Wooten welcomed first-year students and addressed the Simmons community about what it means to experience dark times, and yet, grow in ways that enable us to live more purposeful and more meaningful lives.

  3. Main College Building on Simmons' academic campus.
    Announcement

    2020 Alumnae/i Award Recipients Announced

    Congratulations to Paula Dore-Duffy ‘70, Tiffani Sykhammountry ‘16, Carol F. Anderson ‘70, Margaret Marr Kearney ‘65, and Rita Taddonio Walsh ‘55!

  4. Christina Shutt with the Outstanding Achievement in Exhibitions Award from the Arkansas Museums Association
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Christina Thompson Shutt ’10MS, ’11MA Organizes Virtual Juneteenth Celebration Viewed by 20,000 Worldwide

    We caught up with Christina on her work as the Executive Director at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center and how she's shifted programming to a virtual format.

  5. Lynn Perry Wooten Reading "What the Eyes Don't See" by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha
    Campus & Community

    President Wooten's 5 Takeaways from the First-Year Read

    The 2020 First-Year Read selection is "What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City" by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha. Check out President Lynn Perry Wooten's takeaways from this powerful first-hand account of the Flint water crisis.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. Kate Leppanen wearing a mask in the library
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Kate Leppanen '04MS on the Lasting Impact of the Pandemic in Libraries

    We caught up with Kate about her experience working at Cary Memorial Library during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how it's impact is bringing lasting change to public libraries.

  9. Headshot of Saloni Kumar
    Student Story

    Meet the New Woman on Campus: Saloni Kumar '23

    We're excited to introduce the new Woman on Campus! Learn more about Saloni and why she's excited to share her Simmons experience with prospective students and families.

  10. Headshot of Michael Rush
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Michael Rush '01MS, '03MA Receives Highest Honor from Society of American Archivists

    Michael Rush '01MS, '03MA, Assistant Head of the Manuscript Unit in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, was selected as a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists (SAA).