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    Faculty Spotlight

    SLIS Professor to Receive Information Science and Technology Service Award

    The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) recently announced that Simmons Library and Information Science Professor Naresh Agarwal is the recipient of the 2024 Watson Davis Award for Service. This award “recognizes an individual member of the Association who...

  2. Book covers from the 2024 Horn Book winners: Do You Remember, Remember Us, The Mona Lisa Vanishes, and Kin
    Faculty Spotlight

    Children’s Literature Professor Helps Select Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winners

    The Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards “recognize and reward excellence in literature for children and young adults.” As the School Library Journal reported, Professor and Graduate Program Director of Children’s Literature Cathryn Mercier chaired a group of judges who determined the 2024 awardees.

  3. The Simmons academic campus in Spring, 2024. The construction of the new Living Learning Center is visible.
    Faculty Spotlight

    Nutrition Professor Receives Award from Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation

    Recognizing the professional achievements of Assistant Professor of Nutrition Dr. Jacqueline Beatty, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation honored her with the 2024 Margene Wagstaff Award for Innovation in Dietetics Education.

  4. Morgan Library and Museum, New York. Photograph by Mike Peel, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and Creative Commons.
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Library and Information Science Alumnus Named Curator of Morgan Library and Museum

    The Morgan Library and Museum in New York City recently announced three new curatorial appointments. Among them, Dale Stinchcomb ’16MS has been named the Drue Heinz Curator of Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

  5. A seal for the Carnegie Foundation Elective Classification for Leadership for Public Purpose 2024-2030
    Announcement

    Simmons Awarded Prestigious Carnegie Designation for Leadership for Public Purpose

    This designation recognizes our institutional commitment to the pursuit of leadership and the collective public good. Most exciting, this honor is a national recognition of the unique brand of leadership we have developed and advanced at Simmons – a group of everyday leaders committed to doing well and doing good.

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    Press Release

    Simmons University Selected by Carnegie Foundation for Inaugural Leadership for Public Purpose Classification

    Simmons University announced today that it is one of 25 U.S. colleges and universities – and the only women’s-centered college – to receive the first Carnegie Leadership for Public Purpose Classification. This elective designation is awarded by the American Council...

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    Student Story

    STEM Student Receives Research Scholarship from American Chemical Society

    Biochemistry major and Literature and Writing minor Reagan Cleversey ’26 received the competitive James Flack Norris / Theodore William Richards Summer Research Scholarship from the American Chemical Society. She spoke with us about her passion for medicinal chemistry and the importance of mentorship.

  8. Boston Children's Hospital Main Entrance
    Student Story

    School of Nursing Students Train to Work with Children with Developmental Disorders

    Simmons School of Nursing students Rachel Takes ’24MSN and Elizabeth Strager ’19 ’21MSN, FNP- C, ’25DNP were recruited into the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities Program (LEND Boston) at Boston Children's Hospital’s Institute for Community Inclusion.

  9. The cover of "Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science", flanked by photos of Emily Dickinson and Charles Darwin
    Faculty Spotlight

    The Boston Globe Praises Literature Professor’s Daring New Book

    A recent article in The Boston Globe commends Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science (Princeton University Press, 2024) by Professor of Literature and Writing Renée Bergland.

  10. A student sits on a bench outside a building on the Simmons University campus
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Graduate Receives Advanced Practice Provider of the Year Award

    Vivian Williams ’06MSN ’25DNP was selected the winner of the AUA Advanced Practice Provider (APP) of the Year Award by the American Urological Association.