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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

The Simmons soccer team in a huddle. Photograph by Mike Broglio.

New Master’s Degree Focuses on Business of Women’s Sports

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Boston Globe Highlights Women’s Sports Management at Simmons

The Simmons University management building in fall

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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  1. Matoaka Kipp
    Campus & Community

    Matoaka Kipp ’16 Helps Provide Basic Needs Items to Simmons Students

    This fall, the REEF Support Center will be launching a Community Resource Room (CRR) that will provide food access and basic needs items to all Simmons students. Matoaka Kipp '16, the Director of The REEF Support Center, talks about the...

  2. Cody Zygmont '18MSN
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Cody Zygmont ’18MSN Helps Save a Life as a Bone Marrow Donor

    After completing his nursing graduate program at Simmons, Cody Zygmont is now a nurse practitioner based in Providence, Rhode Island. He recently made headlines for saving a young life. What made you become a bone marrow donor? Before Simmons, I...

  3. Photo of Stephanie Meyers ’03MS
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Mindful Eating with Stephanie Meyers ’03MS, author of 'End the Mealtime Meltdown'

    Stephanie Meyers '03MS is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, and the founder of Families Eating Well, a nutrition practice that coaches parents to encourage healthy eating habits in their children. A nutrition manager in The Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and...

  4. Nursing students in the Nursing Simulation Lab
    Faculty Spotlight

    Adjunct Steve O’Neill on the Value of Transparency in Healthcare

    School of Social Work Adjunct Professor Steve O'Neill '81MSW has been part of a movement to make healthcare more transparent and to actively engage patients. He has spearheaded the use of OpenNotes for mental health practitioners at Beth Israel Deaconess...

  5. Matoaka Kipp
    Campus & Community

    Matoaka Kipp ’16 on Wellness Resources for All Simmons Students, On Campus and Online

    What does the REEF Support Center offer? I joined The REEF Support Center as Director when it opened in October 2021. It’s our mission to make foundational services and supports more accessible atSimmons, which includes services on campus and those...

  6. photo of Anne Villano ’21MSW
    Student Story

    Anne Villano '21MSW: Addressing the Mental Health Stigma in the Military Community

    Anne Villano '21MSW was awarded the 2022 Hanscom Air Force Base Military Spouse of the Year by the Armed Forces Insurance Program. Villano was selected for her candid approach to the mental health issues faced by members of the U.S. military and their families through creative therapies. We spoke to her about this work, and her advocacy for mental health in the military.

  7. Teresa Fung
    Faculty Spotlight

    Eating Well in the New Year: Advice from Professor Teresa Fung

    We caught up with Professor Theresa Fung about how to eat well in 2022.

  8. Headshot of Gary Bailey
    Campus & Community

    Reflecting on World AIDS Day at the Intersection of Pandemics

    Professor of Practice Gary Bailey, MSW, ACSW reflects on the 33rd annual World AIDS Day, a time to honor and remember those we have lost to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

  9. Headshot of Cecilia Elhaddad
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Cecilia Elhaddad '16 Equitably Serves her Community in Response to COVID-19

    Cecilia Elhaddad ’16 tells us about working for the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Pandemic Health Worker Program.

  10. Side by side photos of Robyn Cortese with and without a mask on
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Robyn Holman Cortese ’05: Any Sacrifice You're Making Today is Truly Saving Lives Tomorrow

    We caught up with Robyn about her experience working at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego during the COVID-19 pandemic.