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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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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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    Announcement

    Simmons University Receives more than $400,000 in a grant from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Simmons University has received grant funding from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to address health needs in the communities the hospital serves. The $416,000 grant awarded to Simmons University will help support mental and behavioral health at Fenway High School located in Mission Hill.

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    Faculty Spotlight

    Associate Professor offers Testimony on Act Prohibiting Body Size Discrimination

    A clinical social worker and an Associate Professor of Practice in the Simmons University School of Social Work, Olivia Montgomery offers talks on anti-fat bias and healthcare in her community. In her virtual testimony, she related an experience visiting a new primary care physician.

  3. Phot of Marina McCollum in Simmons sweatshirt outside by tree
    Student Story

    Marina McCollum ’25 on Deconstructing Stigma: Changing Attitudes toward Mental Health

    McLean Hospital recently launched Deconstructing Stigma: Changing Attitudes toward Mental Health. This campaign challenges popular and erroneous assumptions about psychiatric disorders. Social work major Marina McCollum is a participant in the program. She spoke with us about her personal experiences...

  4. Photo of Elizabeth Metallinos-Katsaras
    Faculty Spotlight

    Professor Elizabeth Metallinos-Katsaras, a.k.a. Dr. M-K, Shares How Good Nutrition Improves Cardiovascular Health

    February is American Heart Month, a reminder for all of us to focus on cardiovascular health. Professor and Ruby Winslow Linn Endowed Chair of the Simmons' Nutrition Department Elizabeth Metallinos-Katsaras shares what specific nutritional and lifestyle modifications can help people...

  5. Photo of Esther Blum
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Esther Blum '92 Helps Women Master Menopause

    Dietitian, author, and podcaster Esther Blum is known as celebrity and wellness ambassador Gwyneth Paltrow 's "menopause mentor." In her private practice, Blum helps women diagnose and treat menopausal symptoms. Moreover, she has published five books on women's hormones, diet...

  6. Academic Campus under a blue sky
    Announcement

    Simmons Joins JED Campus To Support Student Mental Health

    We are pleased to announce that Simmons University has been selected to join JED Campus, a nationwide initiative of The Jed Foundation (JED).that supports student well-being and mental health. Currently more than 400 campuses are engaged in the JED Campus...

  7. Stethoscopes hanging on rack
    Faculty Spotlight

    MPH@Simmons Assistant Program Director Meenakshi Verma-Agrawal on the Importance of Racial Justice in Public Health

    The Master of Public Health (MPH) at Simmons University is an online program that requires students to participate in two in-person "immersion" experiences throughout their course of study, to gain hands-on public health experience and have the opportunity to collaborate with peers, faculty, local organizers, and public health leaders.

  8. Photo of Valerie Leiter
    Faculty Spotlight

    Professor and Dean Valerie Leiter Works as Statistical Consultant for the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth

    Over the last four years, Valerie Leiter, Professor of Sociology and Public Health and Interim Dean, College of Social Sciences, Policy, and Practice, has worked as statistical consultant for the Massachusetts Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning...

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    Campus & Community

    How the Counseling Center Supports Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Simmons

    The Counseling Center offers a variety of mental health services for Simmons students, and the Center's racially diverse practitioners are uniquely positioned to support the needs of BIPOC students. When it comes to mental health and wellness on campus, the...

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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...