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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 USA flag flying next to the Main Campus Building on the Simmons University campus
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Coming Full-Circle: Simmons Alum with Veteran Parents Now Supporting Veterans in Need

    Sarah Clinton ’17MSW is an Aftercare Social Work Case Manager for the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) Program. In honor of July 4, we spoke with her about what drew her to social work and working with Veterans.

  4. The logo for Ruth's Army: Education, Outreach, Access
    Faculty Spotlight

    Assistant Professor of Public Health Kristen Brewer is a Champion of Sex Education

    Kristen Brewer joined the Simmons Department of Public Health faculty in spring 2024. She spoke with us about her passion for health education, the stigmatization of sexuality in the Southeast, and the importance of community engagement.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. A side-by-side photo collage of Rebecca Wellington and the book cover for "Who is a Worthy Mother"
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Gender and Cultural Studies Alumna Publishes Breakthrough Book on Adoption History

    In her new book, Dr. Rebecca Wellington ’02MA reveals the unsavory underbelly of adoption practices in the United States. Part memoir and part scholarly monograph, Who Is a Worthy Mother? An Intimate History of Adoption demonstrates how adoption became entangled with the histories of assimilation, race, patriarchy, and law.

  8. 100-year-old Isabelle Chang '46, who says reading is the secret to a happy life. Photo credit: Evan Walsh, Community Advocate
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Simmons University Celebrates the 100th Birthday of Isabelle Chang ’46

    100-year-old Isabelle Chang '46 says reading is the secret to a happy life. A first-generation American, Chang graduated from Simmons (then-College) with an undergraduate degree in Library Science.

  9. 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...