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Dean Deborah Merrill-Sands quoted in the Boston Globe
Dean Deborah Merrill-Sands is quoted in the Boston Globe article “Ranks of top-level women
decline.” The article discusses a study done by the Boston Club examining the falling number of
top-level women executives in Massachusetts.
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Simmons School of Management Named One of Top 15 Socially Responsible Programs in the World
BOSTON (October 21, 2009) — The Simmons College School of Management in Boston has been ranked No.
15 in the “Global 100” list of business schools by the Aspen Institute in its 2009-2010 MBA
ranking, “Beyond Grey Pinstripes.” Simmons is the only school in Massachusetts to make the top 20
list.
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Sylvia Maxfield Associate Professor of Management at Simmons College Interviewed on NPR
Investment firm Goldman Sachs recently reported big, third quarter profits providing a bright example of
economic recovery on Wall Street. But the good news was not received well on Main Street after the company
announced its plans to hand out billions in bonuses. Sylvia Maxfield, an Associate Professor of Management at
Simmons College and former senior Sovereign Analyst at Lehman Brothers talks about the practice of giving out
bonuses. And Emmy award winning journalist Valerie Coleman Morris discusses the anger behind the announcement
and how much control does the government really have over investment firms on Wall Street.
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Women Not Hopeful About "Green" Funding
Teresa Nelson, Elizabeth J. McCandless Chair in Entrepreneurship and Director of the Entrepreneurship
Program at Simmons School of Management was quoted in the MSNBC article "Women not hopeful about "green"
funding.
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Princeton Review Names Simmons One of the "301 Best Business Schools" and the #1 School for Women
BOSTON (October 8, 2009) — Simmons College School of Management, the only AACSB-accredited business
school in the world offering an MBA program designed specifically for women, has been named by the Princeton
Review as the number one MBA program in the U.S. with the "greatest opportunities for women." Simmons School
of Management is the only Boston-based MBA program to rank in this category on the 2010 list.
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Entrepreneur & Princeton Review Name Simmons School of Management's Entrepreneurship Program "One of Nation's Best"
BOSTON (September 22, 2009) — The Simmons School of Management's entrepreneurship program has been
named one of the 25 best programs in the nation by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review, which
jointly surveyed more than 2,300 schools. The Simmons entrepreneurship program was one of only two MBA
programs ranked in the top 25 in New England within the graduate program category.
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National Gates Arrest Review Committee Features Simmons School of Management Professor
BOSTON (September 18, 2009) — Stacy Blake-Beard, a professor at the Simmons School of Management,
has been appointed to the 12-member Cambridge Review Committee, a national independent group that aims to
identify lessons learned from the July 16 arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Blake-Beard, who
specializes in organizational behavior, diversity and mentoring, joins a distinguished body of academic and
law enforcement representatives to address a range of issues surrounding the controversial incident that made
international headlines. Among the committee's goals are to assess whether the Cambridge Police department
should modify its operational procedures; how issues of race, class, and interpersonal conflict should be
included in officers' training; and what should be done to better appreciate the cultural and social
complexities of the residents who deal with police.
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Dean Deborah Merrill-Sands Writes on "Principled Leadership: A model for the 'reset' economy" in Women's Business Boston
BOSTON (September 2, 2009) — Simmons School of Management Dean Deborah Merrill-Sands speaks to the
importance of 'principled leadership' during times of financial uncertainly in a column titled, "Principled
Leadership: A model for the 'reset' economy," featured in the September edition of Women's Business
Boston.
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Professor Lynda Moore Quoted in July Issue of Wealth Matrix Magazine
Professor Lynda Moore was quoted in the article "Impact of the Economic Crisis on Women" in the July issue
of The Wealth Matrix Magazine. The Wealth Matrix is a monthly publication based in the UAE.
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Forbes Magazine Highlights Survey Conducted By Simmons School of Management Faculty and CGO
Forbes Magazine highlighted research conducted by Simmons School of Management faculty members Vipin
Gupta, Susan Hass, Sylvia Maxfield, and Mary Shapiro in the article "How to Take Smart Risks".
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Simmons Chapter of Net Impact Releases Summer Edition of The Principled Leader
The Simmons School of Management Chapter of Net Impact released the Summer edition of the newsletter The
Principled Leader. Inside this edition you will find: Sustainable Entrepreneurship in the New Economy,
Sustainability in China: SOM Study Abroad, Financial Perspective: Internal CSR Practices—Does Corporate
Governance Matter?, A Photo Essay: Study Abroad in Brazil—Sustainability in a BRIC Economy, On the
Ground: Raytheon and Cummins Reduce Carbon Footprint Through Energy Management, and Mission Minded: Helping
Do-Gooders Create Positive Change.
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Simmons Named One of "The 371 Best Colleges" in Nation by Princeton Review's 2010 Guide
(July 30, 2009) -- Simmons has been named one of the nation's "Best 371 Colleges" in the Princeton
Review's newly published 2010 college guidebook, an honor held by 15 percent of four-year colleges in
America.
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The Boston Herald and Women’s Business feature Article with Simmons SOM and CGO Research
The Boston Herald and Women’s Business featured the Simmons School of Management and CGO research on
women and risk taking in the article “Forget the gender myth: women business leaders are
risk-takers”. The article and research was written and conducted by Simmons School of Management
faculty members Vipin Gupta, Sylvia Maxfield, Mary Shapiro, and Susan Hass.
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Entrepreneurship Program Garners Six-Figure Support from Two Foundations
(August 3, 2009) -- With crucial support from the Coleman Foundation and the Will J. Reid Foundation, the
SOM will extend the opportunities offered through its nationally acclaimed Entrepreneurship Program into the
undergraduate college, the non-business Simmons community, and to local community college entrepreneurship
efforts. Founded in 2005 as a certificate-only offering to MBA-trained women, the curriculum expanded into a
full-fledged program in 2007.
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