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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. Closeup photo of a Simmons student working on a laptop on their bed in their residence hall room
    Campus & Community

    Information Literacy Consultants Support Simmons Students

    This fall, the Tutoring Center received an internal grant from the Simmons Center for Information Literacy (SCIL) to hire five School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) students as Information Literacy Consultants (ILCs).

  2. Maryona Vicente '25
    Student Story

    Exploring Internships, Locally and Abroad

    Maryona Vicente '25, a biochemistry major on the pre-med track with minors in business and health care management, engaged in unique internship opportunities while at Simmons, locally and abroad.

  3. Sunset at Schoodic Point, with a view of Cadillac Mountain across the bay on Mount Desert Island
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Alumna Communicates Scientific Discovery at National Park

    Julia Rush ’24 is the 2025 Cathy and Jim Gero Acadia Early-Career Fellow in Science Communication for the Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park. We spoke with her about her love of journalism and the outdoors, and the essential training she received at Simmons.

  4. The Simmons University campus on a fall evening
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Alum Profiled for Dedication to Making Culture Accessible

    Olawumi “Ola” Akinwumi ’13MA, who serves as president of the Roxbury Cultural District (RCD), is a dynamic cultural strategist, event producer, and community engagement leader who is committed to celebrating communities of color through arts, culture, and storytelling.

  5. Jeffrey Steen visited the newly-open safe consumpiton site in Providence, RI
    Faculty Spotlight

    Professor Takes New Approach to Countering the War on Drugs

    Assistant Professor Jeffrey Steen brings lived/ living experience and academic rigor to social work and the area of substance use. We spoke with him about his recent research award, advances in harm reduction, and the collaborative community at Simmons.

  6. A graphic of a brain full of computer chip connections
    Faculty Spotlight

    SLIS Professor Shares How AI Can Benefit Libraries

    School of Library and Information Science Assistant Professor Don Simmons was featured in an Elsevier story, “The role of AI in universities is growing — what does that mean for librarians?”

  7. Alexia Malone Oliver running onto the field during an NFL game
    Alumnae/i Feature

    A 3+3 PT Alum on the NFL Field

    A graduate of the Simmons Accelerated Program in Health and Exercise Science & Physical Therapy (3+3), Alexia Malone Oliver ’16 ’18DPT is Assistant Athletic Trainer and Physical Therapist for the Denver Broncos. We spoke to her about what it means to treat players on and off the field.

  8. A building on the Simmons campus
    Announcement

    Simmons Receives Grant to Address Opioid Overdose Crisis

    Simmons’ School of Social Work is among the grant recipients from RIZE Massachusetts Foundation (RIZE), a nonprofit foundation solely dedicated to funding and collaborating on solutions to end the opioid overdose crisis in Massachusetts. The grants are aimed at developing a pipeline of social workers trained in harm reduction approaches to this crisis.

  9. Mascots from the Colleges of the Fenway
    Campus & Community

    Simmons’ Mascot Featured in WBZ NewsRadio

    Stormy the Shark, Simmons University’s mascot, kicked off the 2025–2026 school year with a spirit of community by gathering with other Colleges of the Fenway mascots (L-R): Halo the Saint Bernard (Emmanuel College); Red the Cardinal (Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences); Willy the Leopard (Wentworth Institute of Technology); and Marty the Mastodon (Massachusetts College of Art and Design).

  10. Orientation Leaders cheering on move-in day 2025
    Campus & Community

    Simmons Welcomes the Class of 2029 and New Graduate Cohorts

    Simmons is pleased to welcome 441 undergraduate students and 962 new graduate students to the start of the 2025–2026 academic year. We look forward to interacting with this diverse and interdisciplinary group of thinkers and leaders.