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  1. Students wearing VR headsets and holding controllers sitting in front of laptops with a faculty member assisting.
    Campus & Community

    Learning Real-Life Skills in Virtual Reality

    "Virtual Reality is the Zoom of the future," says Assistant Professor Catherine Dumas. Simmons SLIS is on the cutting edge of using broadly accessible Virtual Reality (VR) technology as a general pedagogic tool. Dumas, along with Assistant Professor Rachel Williams...

  2. Photo of Divya Kumar
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Divya Kumar '19MSW Supports Perinatal Mental Health for People of Color

    Divya Kumar '19MSW is a psychotherapist at And Still We Rise therapy practice in Boston, and a co-founder of the Perinatal Mental Health Alliance for People of Color. She writes about the intersections of race, trauma, and perinatal mental health...

  3. Director of the School of Social Work Melinda Gushwa
    Announcement

    Director of the School of Social Work Melinda Gushwa Receives Funding from Boston Children’s Collaboration for Community Health

    Gushwa to serve as Principal Investigator and Project Director for grant that will support children's mental health workforce and diversity Simmons University is proud to announce that the School of Social Work has received a grant of $298,393 from Boston...

  4. The Simmons cupola against a blue sky
    Announcement

    Simmons Releases Annual Report on Research for Fiscal Year 2019

    Dear Friends of Simmons University, I am so pleased to have the opportunity to reflect on the role of research at Simmons University, and to offer this Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2019 that features the research accomplishments of faculty...

  5. Headshot of Lydia Ogden
    Faculty Spotlight

    Traumatized in Life, Objectified in Death: Professor Lydia Ogden Discusses Media Coverage of the Police Homicide of Eric Garner

    "Race and Disability in Media Coverage of the Police Homicide of Eric Garner," co-authored by Professor Lydia Ogden, asks clinical social workers to turn a critical eye toward media accounts of police violence, racism, and ableism in order to better treat their clients.