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  1. The cupola on top of the Main College Building at Simmons University in the fall.
    Announcement

    Simmons Joins National AmeriCorp Public Health Program to Support Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

    Simmons University will be one of fourteen universities working with experts to improve the public health response. Simmons University School of Social Work announced today that is joining a grant-funded partnership with the Office of Gender-Based Violence at Arizona State...

  2. Students working on crafts in the Maker Space
    Campus & Community

    Cut, Paint, Print, Sew: Mindful Creativity in the Simmons Makerspace

    That vision encompasses the entire Simmons community, for which the Makerspace will serve as a focal point for mindful, collaborative creativity. Much of the creative exploration will be led by students; the "MakerSharks" are trained student workers who will manage...

  3. Simons Biles, Brene Brown, and Amanda Gorman
    Campus & Community

    Looking back at the 43rd Annual Simmons Leadership Conference

    The 2022 Simmons Leadership Conference, produced by the Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership, focused on the transformational power of “Cultivating Courage and Connection.” Such power was evident in speeches given by powerful leaders, including Luvvie Ajayi Jones, Susan MacKenty...

  4. Students sitting in radio studio, wearing masks, talking into microphones
    Campus & Community

    The Shark Receives Award from Intercollegiate Broadcasting System

    The Simmons University radio station, Simmons Radio: The Shark, was awarded "Best Community Outreach Event" by the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Conference.

  5. man jumping on the middle of the street during daytime photo
    Faculty Spotlight

    "Choosing Happiness" An Interview with Naresh Agarwal

    This is a conversation between Naresh Agarwal, Associate Professor in the School of Library and Information Sciences and Director of Information Science and Tech Concentration at Simmons University, and Taylor Eubanks, graduate student in the Gender and Cultural Studies program...

  6. Headshot of Professor Johnnie Hamilton-Mason
    Faculty Spotlight

    Professor Johnnie Hamilton-Mason Researches South End’s League of Women as King Boston Visiting Scholar

    As King Boston's inaugural Visiting Scholar, School of Social Work Professor Johnnie Hamilton-Mason supports the organization's research infrastructure while delving into her own research on the League of Women for Community Service, an organization created by and for Black women in the South End of Boston in the 1940’s.

  7. Mothers and children at the Mothers for Adequate Welfare (MAW) sit-in at the Roxbury Crossing welfare office
    Faculty Spotlight

    "Boston's Welfare Rights Movement" An Interview with Tatiana M.F. Cruz

    Below is a conversation with historian Tatiana M.F. Cruz, Assistant Professor of Critical Race, Gender, and Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Program Director of Africana Studies at Simmons University. Talking with Taylor Eubanks, graduate student of Gender and Cultural Studies, Professor...

  8. Patchwork Flowers Blue Background Turquoise Purple
    Faculty Spotlight

    "Narrative Practice as Tapestry" An Interview with Hugo Kamya

    The following interview between Professor Hugo Kamya from the School of Social Work at Simmons University and Taylor Eubanks, graduate student of Gender and Cultural Studies, discusses Professor Kamya's work on narrative practice and how our stories get told. What...

  9. Simmons School of Social Work alum Siobhan McDonold ’21MSW
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Siobhan McDonold ’21MSW: Increasing Access to Therapy

    What the job entails Siobhan is the clinical director for the Division of Digital Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Collaborating with a psychiatrist and research team, she conducts weekly virtual therapy sessions with a wide range...

  10. L. Michelle Vital ’00
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Learning the History and Cultural Context of Being Black in America

    L. Michelle Vital ’00 is Interim Director and Assistant Professor of the International Higher Education Master’s Program at Lesley University. She reflects on how her double majors in Sociology and African American Studies (now Africana Studies) at Simmons prepared her for her career.