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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

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. School of Management Professor Ray Pfeiffer
    Faculty Spotlight

    Professor Ray Pfeiffer Named Outstanding Educator of the Year

    School of Business Professor Ray Pfeiffer was named the 2022 Outstanding Educator of the Year by the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants (MassCPAs), selected from all accounting educators in the state of Massachusetts and based on nominations from students.

  2. Headshot of Dietitian Dasha Agoulnik ’19DPD
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Dietitian Dasha Agoulnik ’19DPD Wins Pitch Competition for Vegan Protein Powder

    What made you choose to pursue your degree/major? I have always been interested in how our bodies work. I did my undergraduate degree in biology at UMass Amherst and thought I may be a doctor. I like understanding the biochemistry...

  3. Shealynn Hendry ’21MS
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Shealynn Hendry ’21MS Wins Gates Cambridge Scholarship for PhD

    Shealynn Hendry ’21MS, a graduate of the dual degree in Archives Management and History (MS/MA) at Simmons, has won the Gates Cambridge Scholarship to attend the University of Cambridge, UK, for her PhD in History. Tell us about your studies...

  4. The cupola on top of the Main College Building at Simmons University in the fall.
    Announcement

    Simmons Joins National AmeriCorp Public Health Program to Support Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

    Simmons University will be one of fourteen universities working with experts to improve the public health response. Simmons University School of Social Work announced today that is joining a grant-funded partnership with the Office of Gender-Based Violence at Arizona State...

  5. Students sitting in radio studio, wearing masks, talking into microphones
    Campus & Community

    The Shark Receives Award from Intercollegiate Broadcasting System

    The Simmons University radio station, Simmons Radio: The Shark, was awarded "Best Community Outreach Event" by the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Conference.

  6. man jumping on the middle of the street during daytime photo
    Faculty Spotlight

    "Choosing Happiness" An Interview with Naresh Agarwal

    This is a conversation between Naresh Agarwal, Associate Professor in the School of Library and Information Sciences and Director of Information Science and Tech Concentration at Simmons University, and Taylor Eubanks, graduate student in the Gender and Cultural Studies program...

  7. Headshot of Professor Johnnie Hamilton-Mason
    Faculty Spotlight

    Professor Johnnie Hamilton-Mason Researches South End’s League of Women as King Boston Visiting Scholar

    As King Boston's inaugural Visiting Scholar, School of Social Work Professor Johnnie Hamilton-Mason supports the organization's research infrastructure while delving into her own research on the League of Women for Community Service, an organization created by and for Black women in the South End of Boston in the 1940’s.

  8. Nicole Morison Acrylic Gouache on Paper
    Campus & Community

    Technology, History, Art, Gender, and Class: Students Re-Envision Modern America (and the World) at the Simmons Undergraduate Symposium

    Undergraduate students across Simmons presented research projects and creative works in a dynamic day of live Zoom panel sessions and pre-recorded video presentations. In a live presentation, Computer Science students Chelsea Hua ’24, Liv ’22, Melat Ali ’22, Nardos Alemu...

  9. Headshot of Nanette Veilleux
    Faculty Spotlight

    Professor Nanette Veilleux Awarded Undergraduate Teaching Award

    Veilleux was selected by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Computer Society’s Awards Committee and the Society’s Board of Governors to receive the 2022 IEEE Computer Society Mary Kenneth Keller Computer Science and Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award.

  10. Asiyah Herrera
    Student Story

    Asiyah Herrera ’25 Writes a Love Letter to Roxbury

    This year, English major and education minor Asiyah Herrera ’25 will see her words in print — large print. Her poem is part of the “Love Letters to Roxbury” mural project on display in the Roxbury Public Library.