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  1. One of the Simmons University signs near campus
    Announcement

    Simmons Awarded Grant Funding from Luce Foundation

    Funding from the Henry Luce Foundation will support Simmons’ efforts to advance student success, retention, and confidence in STEM-related fields as well as a Clare Boothe Luce Professorship.

  2. A lightpost with a Simmons University banner attached.
    Faculty Spotlight

    Two Simmons Faculty Members Receive North Star Fellowships

    Samuel Odom from the School of Social Work and Don Simmons from the School of Library and Information Science, have been named fellows by the North Star Collective Faculty Fellowship, which is designed to promote supportive community and racial healing for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) faculty members across New England.

  3. The Passionate Leaders Scholars, Fall 2024 Cohort
    Student Story

    Celebrating the 2024-25 Passionate Leaders Scholars

    Six Simmons undergraduate scholars from different disciplines have been selected to join the 2024-2025 Passionate Leaders Project cohort.

  4. A group on stage during the 2024 Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards Ceremony
    Campus & Community

    Simmons Linked to 2024 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards

    The 2024 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards Ceremony was held on November 24 at the Boston Public Library, where Cathryn Mercier, Professor and Graduate Program Director of Children's Literature, reflected on her role as a judge.

  5. A seal identifying Simmons as an ALLIN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting
    Campus & Community

    Simmons University Recognized as a Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting

    Simmons is one of 471 colleges and universities recognized by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge for outstanding efforts to increase nonpartisan student voter participation in the 2024 election.

  6. Susan Perron ’18 in front of the Shiprock known as the winged rock in Navajo
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Simmons Nursing and Dix Scholar Alum Offers Palliative Care to Navajo Nation

    Susan Perron ’18 received a DAISY award for her work as a palliative nurse at the Northern Navajo Medical Center. Perron reflects on the award and her work for the Indigenous community.

  7. Professor Johnnie Hamilton-Mason delivering a public lecture at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa
    Faculty Spotlight

    Professor Visits University of Johannesburg as Fulbright Specialist

    Professor Johnnie Hamilton-Mason received a Fulbright Specialist Award this year. Recipients of the Fulbright Specialist awards are "selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement, demonstrated leadership in their field, and their potential to foster long-term cooperation between institutions in the U.S. and abroad."

  8. Simmons University Main College Building
    Campus & Community

    Contextualizing Simmons’ Top Performance in Social Mobility

    As recent college rankings suggest, Simmons University is a catalyst for social mobility, especially for first-generation students and students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

  9. Logo for NACADA - The global community for academic advising
    Announcement

    Director of Undergraduate Advising Receives Award from National Academic Advising Association

    “In college, I was one of those people who was involved in everything, and I liked helping everybody. . . . So when I realized that I could support students for a living, I was very excited,” recalls Cindy Firestein...

  10. A small child eating a piece of toast.
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Nutrition Alum Receives Award for Article

    Jennifer Lerman ’09 received the 39th annual Huddleson Award for the article, “Evaluation of the Healthy Eating Index-Toddlers-2020” which was featured in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.