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On April 30, Simmons students gathered at the residential campus to celebrate May Day, a longstanding tradition at Simmons. Attendees enjoyed complimentary food and gifts, live performances, and more. While the event has shifted and evolved over the years, it continues to honor the unique and supportive community at Simmons.

• Community Engagement
• Traditions & Annual Events

On March 3, Caitlin Curry '24 and Charlotte Rice '23 delivered a poster presentation, "A Qualitative Analysis of Parenting Young Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic," at the Eastern Psychology Association Annual Conference in Boston. Their research reveals how families were...

• Behavioral and Health Sciences
• Research
• Science & Technology

Ariel Vanece, who completed the dual Children's Literature MA and Writing for Children MFA program in 2022, recently secured a two-book deal with Penguin / Rocky Pond Books. They spoke with us about what motivates them to write and how...

• Internships & Careers

Bestselling and Award-Winning Author Andrea Davis Pinkney will be the Undergraduate Commencement Speaker and Inaugural Director of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty ’03MS will be the Graduate Commencement Speaker.

• Commencement

Emily Mills ’19 shares how receiving a Pell grant impacted her experience as a first generation college student.

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In her career and volunteer work, Keeva Haynes is passionate about gender and racial equity. Working at a major accounting, audit, and consulting firm, Haynes manages performance, planning, and evaluations operations across partners in the U.S. and Mexico, as well...

• Community Engagement
• Internships & Careers

Dr. Rachel Deleveaux, Assistant Vice President of Organizational Culture, Inclusion, & Equity at Simmons (OCIE), recently completed her doctorate in Education from Northeastern University. Her doctoral dissertation, The Effects of Predominantly White School Culture and Black Mentorship on Black Academic Identity Development, is now available on Proquest.

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Simmons University's College of Natural, Behavioral, and Health Sciences is using HoloLens and HoloAnatomy technology to teach anatomy to undergraduate students. A grant from the George I. Alden Trust is helping to fund this opportunity. The HoloAnatomy software, created by...

• Facilities
• Science & Technology

Neurobiology major Debora Edouard, who participated in a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program this past summer, is now receiving training with Scholars Transforming Through Research . During this six-month program, students develop advocacy skills that help bolster undergraduate research...

• First-generation Student
• Science & Technology

Simmons University is one of only a select group of institutions nationwide to receive this designation. The CAE program was established in 1998 to reduce vulnerability in the national information infrastructure by promoting higher education and research in cybersecurity and...

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