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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

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Unsung Contributions to the History of Nursing

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Cultivating Diverse Perspectives, in Boston and Abroad

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Sexual Health Research, Travel, and Community Involvement

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  1. Headshot of President Helen Drinan

    My Observations to the Class of 2020

    As I anticipate the final months of my presidency at Simmons, I have decided to write about my observations of leave taking. I am not a fan of long farewells or tours, but I do think that writing about important...

  2. The Main College Building at Simmons University

    Simmons Joins Amicus Brief in Support of DACA

    A message from President Helen Drinan A few days ago, Simmons University, together with 165 colleges and universities, joined an amicus brief in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in the case before the U.S. Supreme Court. We...

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    A Message from Senior Leadership on Recent Tragedies

    Like many people around this country, we at Simmons were horrified, outraged and saddened by the murders motivated by hate and racism in Gilroy, El Paso and Dayton. Increasingly, we are facing the manifestations of white supremacy, white nationalism, racism...

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    In Remembrance of Associate Professor Emerita Susan P. Bloom

    Susan's colleagues and friends, Professor Cathryn Mercier and Carolyn Shute, have written the following lovely tribute...

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    Message from the President on New Zealand Tragedy

    A message from President Helen Drinan. As we awoke this morning to news of yet another tragic attack against peaceful, innocent people, I find myself deeply saddened and bewildered by the idea that anyone would have the capacity to kill...

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    What You Can Do: Five Ways to Respond

    A message from President Helen Drinan In the wake of last week's events, I write to you with a deep sense of purpose. When the unique strengths of our form of government are strained as they have been with homicidal...

  7. Close-up of "Simmons" etched into the Main College Building

    Inclusive Actions and Accountabilities

    A message from Chair of the Board of Trustees, Regina Pisa and President Helen Drinan. Over the past several weeks, we have had a number of difficult conversations with members of our Simmons community who are dismayed that we did...

  8. Headshot of President Helen Drinan
    Campus & Community

    Ten Demands Update: May 2018

    A message from President Helen Drinan Throughout this academic year, we have shared detailed updates on the progress we are making on diversity, equity, and inclusion at Simmons. We hope you have read the three reports: September 28, 2017 –...

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    Alumnae/i Feature

    Message from President Drinan on Recent Tragedies

    President Drinan shares her thoughts on the recent tragedies in Puerto Rico and Las Vegas. It seems that almost daily, a tragedy or situation occurs in our world that deserves a message to our community. As I was finalizing a...