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  1. President Lynn Perry Wooten and Provost Stephanie Cosner with a group of alumnae/i at Reunion 2025
    Campus & Community

    Simmons Celebrates 125 Years

    Over 350 members of the Simmons community gathered on campus June 6–8 to celebrate Simmons University’s 125th Anniversary with a unique Reunion for all classes that included special celebrations for the classes of 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 2000, and 2003.

  2. A collage of photos featuring Simmons alums, with a banner for "Reunion 2025, June 6-8, 2025"
    Campus & Community

    Simmons Marks 125 Years with Reunion Celebration

    First-ever all-inclusive reunion aims to raise $1 million for student scholarships while celebrating Simmons' legacy of excellence.

  3. 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.

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

    Thriving as Future STEM Leaders and Innovators

    Fuma Iwakura ’26, MJ Vasquez ’27, and Gina Gawargi ’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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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).

  8. 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.

  9. 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).

  10. 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).