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  1. A rendering of the entrance to the new Living and Learning Center
    Campus & Community

    Exploring the New Living and Learning Center

    The Living and Learning Center, the final phase of the once-in-a-generation One Simmons project, will serve as a vibrant epicenter for the entire Simmons community to share. Slated to open in January 2027, it features welcoming living spaces for students, a modern fitness and wellness center, two dining spaces, event spaces, and areas to connect, study, and socialize.

  2. A collage of photos: Gina Gawargi ’27, MJ Vasquez ’26, and Fuma Iwakura ’27
    Student Story

    Thriving as Future STEM Leaders and Innovators

    Gina Gawargi ’27, Fuma Iwakura ’26, and MJ Vasquez ’27 are part of the Dynamic Research Education Academy for Mentoring (DREAM) program, which currently has about 60 student participants. The NASA-funded initiative helps increase the retention of Simmons students in STEM fields.

  3. The cover of the 125th Anniversary issue of the Simmons magazine
    Campus & Community

    125 Years of Simmons: Founded for Equality, Built for Now

    As Simmons University celebrates its 125th anniversary, culminating in a special 125th Reunion this June, the Simmons Magazine team reflected on our founding mission of empowering women through education to achieve independent livelihoods.

  4. The Deans of the six schools at Simmons University: Astrid Sheil, Heather Shlosser, Paul Geisler, Michael LaSala, Ammina Kothari, and Sanda Erdelez
    Campus & Community

    The Simmons Six: Meet the Deans

    Meet the new deans of Simmons’ School of Library and Information Science; School of Sciences and Health Professions; Gwen Ifill School of Media, Humanities, and Social Sciences; School of Social Work; School of Management; and School of Nursing.

  5. Professor Alden Poole in the 1961 issue of Microcosm, courtesy of Simmons University Archives.
    Campus & Community

    Editor Extraordinaire Inspired Generations of Journalists

    A World War II military veteran turned journalist, Professor Emeritus Alden W. Poole was a faculty member and later chair of Simmons’ Department of Communications from 1955 to 1986. He taught courses in journalism, article writing, and copyediting. Poole also supervised contributors of the student newspaper (then called Janus).

  6. Dr. Dorothy (Boulding) Ferebee, Class of 1920, receives the first Alumnae/i Lifetime Achievement Award in 1959, photograph courtesy of Simmons University Archives.
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Harbinger of Health, Racial, and Gender Equity

    An early proponent of reproductive rights and a courageous advocate of racial, socioeconomic, and gender equity decades before the Civil Rights and Women’s Movements, Dr. Dorothy Celeste Boulding Ferebee, Class of 1920, was a visionary leader ahead of her time.

  7. Miniature portrait of a young John Simmons, possibly worn by his wife, Ann (Small) Simmons, courtesy of Simmons University Archives.
    Campus & Community

    John Simmons: A Businessman with a Pivotal Vision

    In honor of the University’s 125th anniversary, we offer an in-depth chronicle of the life and legacy of founder John Simmons (1796–1870).

  8. Barbara Margolis
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Realizing Reparative Justice

    In honor of the University’s 125th anniversary, we examine Barbara (Schneider) Margolis ’51 and her resolute commitment to rehabilitating incarcerated individuals. Barbara Margolis ’51, who majored in retail management (then retailing) at Simmons, became one of the nation’s most beloved prisoners’ rights advocates. Margolis developed rehabilitation and career-transition programs for male inmates at Rikers Island, the world’s largest penal complex (situated within the Bronx and accessible via a girder bridge in Queens).

  9. Denise Coll ’95MBA
    Alumnae/i Feature

    The Gift of Scholarship

    Simmons University Trustee Denise Coll ’95MBA credits her School of Management education with making a real difference in the success she had professionally in the hospitality industry. “And for that, I really wanted to give back. I hope other people...

  10. Horn Book creator Bertha Mahoney and a poster celebrating 100 years of the Horn Book magazine
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Blowing the Horn for Children’s Literature: One Hundred Years of The Horn Book Magazine

    In October of 1924, the first issue of The Horn Book magazine appeared. It began as a newsletter from the Bookshop for Boys and Girls, one of the first children’s book shops in the United States, established in 1916 by...