Undergraduate Research and Fellowships
The Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (URF) is committed to supporting the intellectual curiosity, creativity and scholarly development of Simmons students. We work closely with students to locate research and funding opportunities, fellowships, and faculty mentors to advance their major, academic and career goals.
SURPASs
The Summer Undergraduate Research Program at Simmons (SURPASs) is a paid, intensive summer research experience for undergraduate students and faculty mentors across a variety of disciplines.
Undergraduate Symposium
The Simmons Undergraduate Symposium is a day-long celebration of undergraduate student research and creativity.
Barbara Lee Fellowship
The Barbara Lee Fellowship gives young women exposure to and education in the nuts and bolts of Massachusetts political leadership through practical experience, thereby increasing the number of young women who enter the pipeline of political leadership.
Undergraduate Research and Fellowships
Jaime Libowitz
- (617) 521-3854
- Send an email
Richard Gurney
- (617) 521-2729
- Send an email
- S441
Kristina Pechulis
- (617) 521-2274
- Send an email
- L328
Recent news
Assistant Professor Colin Rhinesmith and School of Library Science students, Jo Dutilloy '20MS and Susan Kennedy '20MS presented their research at the 17th Community Informatics Research Network Conference in Prato, Italy.
Jennifer Putney '12PhD, Sara Keary, PhD, Nicholas Hebert ’16MSW, Lisa Krinsky '94MSW, and Rebekah Halmo ’17MSW received the Rose Dobrof Award for their paper entitled, “Fear Runs Deep: The Anticipated Needs of LGBT Older Adults in Long-Term Care.”
We caught up with Social Work PhD candidate, Jeremy Brown '22PhD about his research on a variety of issues relevant to individuals with intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorder.
Professor and Dean Emerita Michele Cloonan’s book, The Monumental Challenge of Preservation: The Past in a Volatile World, received the University of Mary Washington Historic Preservation Book Prize for 2019.
The CSWE Council on the Role and Status of Women in Social Work Education annually awards a feminist scholar who has advanced feminist knowledge as it pertains to social work theory, research, practice, policy, and education. Congratulations to Dr. Johnnie Haliton-Mason!
Faculty of the College of Organizational, Computational, and Information Sciences presented at the 2019 Grace Hopper Celebration, known as "the world's largest gathering of women technologists."
Social Work PhD candidate, Mbita Mbao ’22PhD, tells us about what brought her to Simmons and her passion for researching issues affecting immigrants.
Associate Professor Ellen Grabiner selected for a fellowship at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
